Damn damn damn. Animated Shockwave was listed as in stock briefly while I was at work still (about 4ish at the time) so I was about to order it, had to check something else (you know, actual work), come back to it...and it was out of stock! I swear it said 'Available'! I was annoyed. I'm not holding my breath that it'll be back in stock by the end of the week, and who knows about Blitzwing. Has Shockwave even hit Walmarts, Toys R Us' or Targets yet? I'm bitter about not getting it at Amazon, but haven't checked stores in person and all the websites show it as out of stock or a preorder. I'm in a similar position with Blitzwing.

 

Shockwave has been spotted at retail. My local Wal-Mart here in the tiny town of Baxley had two and a Skywarp the day after the first sighting so you may want to start checking locally for them.

 

Dragstrip went out of stock sometime this evening. I was gonna order him after supper, but it looks like I'll have to wait.

 

BTW, HTS is not restricted to using only USPS to ship now for some reason.

I got my three Joes today via FedEx. And it came from California this time, not Pennsylvania. First time that's happened to me ever since I started ordering heavily from HTS.

 

I just checked the box my Eel came in (which was way too big by the way) and it came from Chino, CA. The FedEx thing isn't new though. My big order that came in back in October was shipped FedEx. It is some new super save thing they have been doing called FedEx SmartPost. Someone on here posted a link to it where you can get more detailed tracking info.

FedEx SmartPost

 

Do normal USPS mailpersons deliver those or FedEx? It's weird because a lot of previous orders I had that used the FedEx traking system was delivered by USPS personnel.

 

I preorderd Drag Strip 2 months ago. 3 days ago HTS took the funds from my account and still hasnt shipped. I hope it ships soon I have next day shipping on him and was hopeing he would have been here by now.

 

For standard shipping, the package starts out
with FedEx and ends at your mailbox/door with USPS.
For priority & express, it's all FedEx.

Note: HTS has swindle & blurr back up.
Instead of 12/22, it now says ships in 7-9 days.

 

Damn. Already gone again.

 

Dragstrip and Legends Bumblebee are also out of stock  

 

Definitly check out wal-mart for shockwave & skywarp.
He's popping up in most of them here in philaPA area.
Unlike b-wing which was 1 per case,
s & s are coming 2ea per case.

Easy come, easy go.
They were there with updated ship times for a while.
Blazing L is still there.
He and the new univ dxs are all
listed as shipping in 7-9 days.

 

On top of everything selling out really fast , I didn't anticipate the holiday delay on shipping orders. I ordered some gifts for my kids and a Silverbolt on the 2nd and it still hasn't moved.

And I got a Hound and Nemesis on the 6th but that I really don't expect until late this month, unless they break up shipping orders. Then Nemesis will be here sooner.

I'd rather wait than fight the mobs of parents that have been plaguing the stores thou any day.

 

My credit card has a "pending" charge from HTS, so I assume the Special Edition figures will be shipping soon. Hopefully, quite soon, as I'll be out of the country for a few weeks at the end of the month and don't want to miss these.

Is there some trick to using the HTS gift cards? I've been trying to use a $10 one for an order of Hound and Cyclonus, but haven't been having any success getting the site to recognize it.

They do.

 

Has anyone who pre-ordered the Special Edition figures had theirs shipped yet? My order of Dragstrip and Overkill still have not and now Dragstrip is out of stock...

 

I don't think anyone's SE Classics have shipped. I just got an email saying my Legends Bumblebee, Braw, Beachcomber, and Robot Heroes Perceptor/Bombshell and Slag/Sharkticon shipped though.

 

same...

 

It's weird because those aren't supposed to ship until the 22nd. Guess they got them early.

 

I just wanted to report that my Special Edition Classic/Universe Megatron, Overkill, and Dragstrip have shipped which I knew via checking order status and receiving an shipping email from HTS.

Shipping Option: Priority
Date Shipped: 12/8/2008
^==This is how I made sure.  

-TF2

 

For point of reference, 7-9 business days from now is still the 18th-22nd, so it's not any real change at all.

 

Not unless the items were supposed to ship out on the 22nd as opposed to the estimated arrival of it.

The Robot Heroes and Legends stuff weren't supposed to ship until the 22nd and now it seems people will be getting them well before that date since some orders for those items went out today.