Pennsylvania Transformers Sightings

Discussion in 'Transformers Sightings' started by Maverick Hunter Christian, Jun 28, 2003.

  1. Schide

    Schide Buyer of Too Much

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    Can you get to the South Hills TRU? They had one left earlier today when I was there.
     
  2. Nebucron

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    Got one there today, thanks.
     
  3. gargunkle

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    West Mifflin Walmart had Cyclonus/Hot Spot, I think three each.
     
  4. pWEN

    pWEN Formerly BugsNBots

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    Picked mine up from the Monroeville TRU today (called in and asked them to hold it for me). I also have the chest thrusters pointing inwards, making it difficult to slide the cockpit down in robot mode. Took quite a bit of fiddling to get it to go, and I'm not sure that's something that will improve over time. I haven't really noticed any other issues except that Starscream prefers to tilt his head to one side. The leg wings are much more stable than the ones on my Acid Storm, oddly enough.

    Are the fingers backwards? I should look into that. I just remembered that the null ray guns were backwards, on the wrong sides! Had a minor panic attack that I got two of the same null ray, but I switched them around and they were fine. :lol  Extending the legs was very difficult, but turned out okay.

    Oh, the Monroeville TRU had the RiD minicon deployers, and a few Masterpiece Blue/Silverstreaks. The nearby Target had two each of CW Hot Spot and Cyclonus.
     
  5. Timothy.R

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    there are a couple sets of wave 4 figures at the target in montgomeryville.

    they also had 2 black series kylo ren's.
     
  6. longhaulsub

    longhaulsub BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP

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    I am in K of P guys and have a hard time catching anything good at this store but if you happen to come across a MP SS locally and I am in your travels help a brother out, I'll give you an extra 20 bucks for your time, thanks. :) 

    I always will report anything I see here but usually this store has crap for a selection.


    BTW I did look online this morning and North Wales supposedly has this guy in stock FYI.
     
  7. mirarage

    mirarage Agent of Primus

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    Both sets there as of noon saturday.
    Also there:
    3 cyclonus, 2 hot spot, 1ea blades & first aid

    There was 1 mp starscream in the montgomeryville(north wales) TRU around noon.
     
  8. Kimmer

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    You guys think MP SS will get restocked? I completely forgot about him but don't wanna miss out. Hope to find him in Montco.
     
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    I'd say it's likely. At Willow Grove TRU, we got a case on Wednesday, sold both immediately. Got 2 more cases on Friday, which were gone by this morning.
    I severely doubt 3 cases is all we'll get, especially since we went through 5 or 6 cases of Devastator before we stopped getting them. I'd say it's almost certain there'll be more on the next truck, which should be Tuesday.
     
  10. POSSESSED_DIGIT

    POSSESSED_DIGIT WE ARE NUBBY THUMB!!

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    Target of wyomissing has 1 full set of wave 4 deluxes, plus 1 extra Prowl, & 3 extra Mirages. I'd get the set but I have a set in my BBTS loot
     
  11. gargunkle

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    Homestead Target had Cyclonus/Hotspot and a Magnus, but no CW deluxes that I could see.
     
  12. SolidGreg

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    Chambersburg Walmart has some 6 inch Star Wars figures.

    1x Rey
    1x Finn
    1x Chewbacca
    2x Kylo Ren

    For TF stuff, nothing new. It's the same stuff that's been there.
     
  13. jru42287

    jru42287 Ass Möde is a way of life.

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    Thanks guys. Sounds like the issues I've been having are pretty much the same across the board: The inwards pointing chest thrusters, the tight leg sliders (mine as pretty damn tight knees too). Surprisingly, the leg fins on mine aren't all that bad. I read a review that said you just need to push them in until they really click, which somewhat works, but the one still wants to come off just when I move it for transformation. I, too, thought the fingers were backward, but I didn't feel like pulling out my Thundercracker to check either.

    The only other issue I had was that the two screws that slide along the track when pushing the nosecone down into the chest seem to have scraped up the paint along that piece pretty bad. Not sure if that's normal or not.
     
  14. aledromo

    aledromo Decepticon at the Gate

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    The tolerances on this thing are insane and pathological. It's like a passive aggressive f-you from all the designers tired of hearing us whine about how "loose" the mp-11 mold is.
     
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    Willow grove TRU: 4 MP Starscream on the shelf this morning
     
  16. Purvis

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    Those 4 at Willowgrove were there at 5:50 pm. I got one. T
     
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    My room mates turned psychotic and moved out. They took my whole Defensor, probably trashing him, alongside my rent money, which was in my travel bag. Called the police but have little hope. Anyone see a streetwise blades or first aid let me know.
     
  18. Kimmer

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    Well I was hoping to get lucky this afternoon but they were all gone. Stopped by Montgomeryville TRU too and they don't even have a tag for MP SS there. Hope I can find one soon.
     
  19. galien

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    I picked up the last Starscream at Wyomissing TRU around 2:00 today. I wasn't planning on getting one, but I couldn't pass it up for $60.

    Seriously, how can that price not be a mistake?
     
  20. POSSESSED_DIGIT

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    Exactly. Especially when Ass-id Storm & Shit-Storm were both $75-$80. And they're generic seeker characters.