QLD Transformers Sightings.

[reillyd]

Target Runaway Bay has 1 Misfire left, and no restock of the Nitro Last Night wave.

Big w Runaway Bay had new Leader class Optimus put out, no Megatron but might have gone earlier. They did have Wave 3 Legion Dragonstorm, but weirdly no Hound. It's overflowing with stock from other lines and a real mess so they might not have put all their stock out yet.

[MV75]

I picked him up in Burpengary a few weeks back. Missed Octone though. He got bought before I could get back to the store.

Damn, still hasn't made it to civilisation yet. :p

[griffin]

Sighted yesterday at Zing CBD store by member JustOwen, Movie Masterpiece Optimus for $198. (along with Bumblebee for $148).

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[griffin]

At Westfield Indooroopilly yesterday.

Target - they had the wave 3 Movie Voyagers... um, Voyager, with just one Scorn... which still means no Nitro for me.
And no wave 3 Voyagers either. :(
They had Titanmasters Shuffler and Repugnus.

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Myer - surprisingly had a few recent wave items from RID and the Movie. If only the Garden City Myer was like this.... it would have been worth checking out during the 20% off toys offer last weekend.
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Some independent toystore near Kmart - nothing spectacular, including the prices (which are expected to be high, as they would get their stock from a reselling wholesaler).
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Kmart - the first Kmart that I've found the two Rescue Bots Flip Racer Launchers at, after thinking that they were no longer getting them (the stores near me put up shelf tags months ago, then removed them)... and they are $6 cheaper than Toyworld & TRU. And it was just a week after I bought one at Toyworld, thinking that I had to just pay the $30 or else miss out on them. At least I saved on one of them.
The other thing to note here was a new licensed item from Park Avenue - another one of those coffee mugs, with marshmallows in it... for $5.
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Toyworld - had the wave 2 Sqweeks voice-changer mask ($70) and the new Rescue Bots Flip Racer Chomping trackset ($60).
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[reillyd]

I picked up Voyager Nitro from Target Runaway Bay, but it scanned in as Action Figure $59. outrageous for a voyager, but it was the last one so I took it. Anyone else had this prob?

[Paulbot]

I picked up Voyager Nitro from Target Runaway Bay, but it scanned in as Action Figure $59. outrageous for a voyager, but it was the last one so I took it. Anyone else had this prob?

That is Target's price for TLK Voyagers, not a mistake (unfortunately).

[reillyd]

Thanks Paul, at least I won't feel as ripped off :)

[griffin]

Still no Movie Voyagers at Springwood Target. They did put out Movie Leaders since last week, with one Optimus and Megatron. Still 2 Misfires and Twintwist too.

[griffin]

Garden City on Friday afternoon.

ToysRUs - had the new Rescue Bots Flip Racer Chomp & Chase set, for $70 (that's $10 more than Toyworld, who are usually more expensive because they are a franchise).

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Kmart had the Rescue Bots Flip Racer launchers... finally, months after waiting and then buying one at a higher price from Toyworld.

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BigW had one of each of the newest RID Warriors (Bludgeon, Thermidor, Twinferno), and now with Movie Leaders at $88.

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And I found in-store displays for the new Movie DVD/BR at Target and BigW, with multiple versions of the Movie, plus the previous four re-released with it (individually and as a 5-pack).

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[miles_prower]

Kmart Garden City had Leader Movie Megatron for $79, not much else there, was about 2 left and an Optimus

[reillyd]

Robina big w has Leader Optimus and Megatron 65, and voyager megs/hound as well

[griffin]

Thursday night at Garden City, Target had just put out the RID Combiners, but only wave 1 (Bumblebee & Menasor), for $59.
(also recently put out their Movie Leaders too)

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[Ravagecat]

Just found TLK deluxes squeaks, slug , drift , steelbane etc plus a couple of cases worth of RID deluxes Bludgeon, Thermador etc. At big w calamvale

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2s2ZtUUlQACazVaTnMtRlFFUDg/view?usp=drivesdk

[griffin]

The same at Garden City BigW, with the newest 1-steps (wave 3 Scorn, Drift, Cogman), Deluxe (wave 2 Drift, Slug, Sqweeks, Steelbane), and RID warriors (Bludgeon, Thermidor, Twinferno).

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[griffin]

Sightings from over the weekend.

Saturday...

Garden City ToysRUs - LOTS of Broadsides and wave 1 Movie Deluxes on the shelf and above.

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ToysRUs Robina - the newest store for QLD... and it is a big store. But surprisingly had less Transformers toys than Garden City (which says something).
A nice Optimus statue though - same as one in Hong Kong, so Hasbro must have made a few of them.
They had some movie posters as well, for $12 I think.
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The store is a couple blocks from the Robina Town shopping centre, and I thought it might be in the abandoned Masters hardware store, but was actually next to it.

Inside the shopping centre...
Myer - a few newish toys.
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Target - had some Transformers advent calendars by Kinnerton for $4, which are different to the ones at Aldi. And a puzzle box of 8 jigsaw puzzles for $10.
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Kmart.
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BigW - looks like the Rescue Bots dragon Bumblebee is now at BigW for $49.
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Springwood
Target - with the RID Combiner teams. Still no Movie Voyagers.
They had an RID season 1 DVD boxset with bonus kids t-shirt for $16, which I think is new?
And a poster that I've seen at some other stores, for $10.
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Sunday
Garden City
BigW - the new pallet display, and Rescue Bots Bumblebee.
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Myer - the Transformers toys have moved again (about four times in 6 months), and still look nice and tidy.
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[Paulbot]

The series one of RID with a tshirt at Target has been around for ages. The price might have dropped a bit though. I keep looking to see if series two (as a complete set) appears but keep finding series one.

[griffin]

The series one of RID with a tshirt at Target has been around for ages. The price might have dropped a bit though. I keep looking to see if series two (as a complete set) appears but keep finding series one.

Okay... I wasn't sure if it was new, since it was still just season one.
I thought they might have been lazy and just re-released season one for this Christmas, with just a new cover and a new bonus item.

With online streaming, I fear that hard copy releases of Transformers cartoons are becoming a thing of the past. :(

[Major_K]

Finally found another Octone in kmart Morayfield. So they are out in Qld.

Learnt my lesson though. Buying this one. No more on shelf atm.

[MV75]

I only want blitzwing. Nothing at Chermside yesterday when I happened to be there.

[Major_K]

They did have a Blitzwing when I got my Octone at Morayfield but I can't say whether he'd be there now. But if they got stock then Caboolture would also be a good place to phone.

[MV75]

So nothing new at northlakes. I might take a drive outside of civilisation and visit morayfield on Friday. :D

[griffin]

Sightings from the last five days.

Aldi Sunnybank had the blue Transformers Advent calendar for $3. (red one is from Target for $4)
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ToysRUs Garden City (Saturday), had the wave 2 RID Combiner Team Galvatronus (as did Toyworld at Macgregor). I was actually surprised that they had quite a few of Galvatronus, but no Menasors from wave 1.

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Target Garden City - had a restock of Movie 1-steps, but only wave 2. And one of the Movie DVD/BR displays.
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Kmart Garden City - the Movie mugs and RID mini-lunchbox.
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Kmart Logan Hyperdome (today) - had the Movie mega 1-step Dragonstorm for $99, which is the same price as BigW... and some $60 less than Toyworld and ToysRUs.
They also had the new Rescue Bots Optimus (no stegosaurus Chase though).
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Sanity Logan Hyperdome (today) - various copies of the TF5 movie, including their exclusive edition with the character cards and bonus disc for $27 (which does indeed include the Combiner Wars cartoon, but not noted on the case).
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[Jellico]

Was at Garden City Myer today. Nothing specific but they are advertising a toy sale. 20% off of you buy two items.

[MV75]

They did have a Blitzwing when I got my Octone at Morayfield but I can't say whether he'd be there now. But if they got stock then Caboolture would also be a good place to phone.

Dang, they only had astrotrain up there today.

[reillyd]

Target Runaway Bay restocked the Voyager and Leader class TLK Megatrons. Also 1x RiD Meanosaur
Also had a silk sock/stocking that was transformer themed, but seemed on the small side and just had snakes and jellies so I passed. In the Christmaspromo section if anyone wants

[reillyd]

Robina TRU has RiD five set combines 5x Galvatronus and 1 of the Bumblebee/Grimlock team. No Menasaur but maybe old wave? No other new stock

[griffin]

Ravagecat saw the TR Blitzwing and Octone at ToysRUs Garden City yesterday... just in time for the 20% off coupon, for those still searching for them.

[Nonalyth]

Well if they were, they're gone now. All I can find are about a million Broadsides.

Makes you wonder who buys the stock and how many brain cells they've lost.

[MV75]

Yea, blow it, just going to do a bbts order.

[reillyd]

Big W Runaway Bay has a dual MLP/Transformers palette, with the TLK Deluxes Sqweaks, Drift and Ironheart? Dragon guy anyway.

[Ravagecat]

Ravagecat saw the TR Blitzwing and Octone at ToysRUs Garden City yesterday... just in time for the 20% off coupon, for those still searching for them.


Well if they were, they're gone now. All I can find are about a million Broadsides.

Makes you wonder who buys the stock and how many brain cells they've lost.


Yea, blow it, just going to do a bbts order.

Sorry to hear you missed out...Hopefully they went to a collector and not a scalper!

There was one of each down with the Sea of Broadsides and at least two of each up on the very top shelf stacked

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[MV75]

Sorry to hear you missed out...Hopefully they went to a collector and not a scalper!



Yea, never saw it at all. I had high hopes for the new tru store at north lakes, but ah well. Got blitzwing and the wave of titan masters with ram horn in it on its way from bbts. I'll have three spare toys in the end. Bright side is I don't have to bother going to check stores anymore.

[griffin]

I was at TRU just after they opened on Saturday, and they weren't there... so they must have been snapped up on the Friday.

[Bowser The Second]

Kmart Helensvale has 2 each of TR Blitzwing and Octone voyagers on the bottom shelf.

[kovert]

Any sightings of TR Twin Twist for $25 or less? :)

[Convoid]

I was at Tweed city, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast this afternoon. I know that Tweed Heads is in NSW but since 95% of the Gold Coast is in QLD, Queenslanders would find this information useful).

Kmart: 1 Blitzwing, 1 Broadside $39 each.

Big W: 2 Trypticons at clearance price of $208 each (boxes are damaged though). Box 1: the top front right corner has been crushed. Boxed 2: The back of top has been crushed, resulting in a vertical crease that runs down the back. There's also a rip in the front where the image of the 3 modes are displayed.

There's also a guy near the food court that is selling remote controlled cars that resemble the movie transformers. They are obviously not official toys but here's a video on youtube of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-cu0ePukg

[Convoid]

Since Kmart has Titans Returns Voyagers at the clearance price this week of $39 each (normally $49), I been travelling around to all the kmart store on the Gold Coast buying any I didn't have in my collection. This is what I spotted at each store:

Pines, Elanora: Megatron, Broadside.

Robina Town Centre: Alpha Trion, Astrotrain.

Australia Fair: Blitzwing, Broadside.

Pacific fair: Broadside.

Tweed City: Blitzwing, Broadside.

Westfield Helensvale: Octone, Blitzwing, Astrotrain.

Other stores I visited:

Toys r us, Robina: Trypticon ($300), Sky Shadow, Broadside.

Toyworld, Australia Fair: Broadside, Astrotrain, Combiner Wars Onslaught.

[griffin]

A week late with the first few photos.

Last Saturday...

- Kmart Sunnybank - the latest Rescue Bots "rescan" bots, and Mega 1-step Dragonstorm.

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- Garden City ToysRUs - HEEEEEAPS of the first wave Movie Deluxes and GEN Broadsides. They did have the third wave of Movie Legions which was new for them... missing wave 2 (which appears to have only been at Woolies so far). Plus one remaining toy from the latest wave of Rescue Bots Rescan bots.
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- BigW Garden City - a MOUNTAIN of Rescue Bots mini playsets from last year, for a tiny $10 each ($8 during the sale last weekend, and this weekend). Considering the robot animal toy is sold on its own for $9, you get a human figurine AND a whole playset for free.
Also new is the Mega 1-step Dragonstorm and licensed remote control Bumblebee.
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- Target Garden City - also had the licensed remote control Bumblebee, plus Mega 1-step Dragonstorm. Plus, some wooden transforming toys (a police car and a firetruck), that aren't Transformers, but I thought they looked interesting.
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- Kmart Garden City - quite a few new licensed diecast vehicles and bots for RID and TF5 movie, as well as the newest wave of Rescue Bots Rescan bots and Rescue Bots Megabot Blades.
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And from today.
BigW Garden City didn't have anything new, but still had all those Rescue Bots mini-playsets from last week.
ToysRUs was pretty much the same as well, but I did find the Fidgit Cube Optimus Head (produced by Hasbro)... and they still have the Cardboard Optimus at the customer service desk from the July sales.
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[Jellico]

Looks like Myer Garden City has searched its back cupboard for stock. The Little display now goes around the corner. Bunch of extra Rid stuff and they found a couple of TR Soundwaves somewhere.

[Major_K]

Kmart Caboolture has one each of Blitzwing and Octone if anyone is after one still.

[Jellico]

Myer Carindale has Soundwave, Octone, Blitzwing, Trypticon and Fort Max. They might have even got a sale if they were there 4 months ago.

[griffin]

ToysRUs at Aspley have TR Voyager Blitzwing and Octone, as well as Leaders Sixshot and Skyshadow.
They also had RID Warrior Twinferno and Thermador. At 20% off this weekend, it makes them $24 each.
Plus the 2nd wave of Movie Legions, and just the earlier waves of everything else.

[Stug]

ToysRUs at Aspley have TR Voyager Blitzwing

Did have... I must have bought the last one earlier today. Still had 3 Octones left.

[MV75]

Ah well, makes me feel better I still have a blitzwing coming from bbts then. :p

[griffin]

Did have... I must have bought the last one earlier today. Still had 3 Octones left.

We were there at 12.30pm, and we found a Blitzwing hiding behind the Octone. :p
They also had both Megatron and Optimus... which meant two versions of each "mould" at the one store.
They didn't have anything I wanted though. :(

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[spiii]

Picked up Galvatron and Octone at TRU Sunshine Plaza today. Had a few Blitzwing and Megatron too. Still 20% off. 1 Victorion set. Standard fare otherwise.

Myers had a similar range (no Galvatron) plus Blaster and Soundwave, and a Liokaser set. Parking is pretty crazy though (we got there at 8:30)

Toyworld at Kawana have a G1 Insecticon reissue box.

Happy holiday hunting!

[Stug]

We were there at 12.30pm, and we found a Blitzwing hiding behind the Octone. :p

That was exactly where I found him, only about 15 minutes after you...

[kovert]

Stug - did the 20% coupon apply to promotional items like TR Blitzwing?

[Stug]

Kovert - No, but funny you should ask. Bought 2 different items, both on sale, and teller automatically scanned his copy of the code. The register began giving bizarre messages and he had to call his supervisor. It was melting down because it had nothing to apply the discount to.

[kovert]

So no further discount, Stug? IIRC, TR Voyagers were on sale for $44.99. At that price, the saving would have been only 10%. Did they offer to put it through for the normal price of $49.99 so the 20% coupon could be applied?

[griffin]

From about a week ago, Kmart Sunnybank had the new 1-step RID Soundwave as well as the Rescue Bots Megabot Blades, while the Rescue Bots trailers and mini-playsets are both on clearance.

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Coles at Sunnybank last week restocked their RID Legions, but with wave 1!!!!
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Fortunately today, they had restocked again, with the last wave of Legions, which includes Twinferno. (also there, was Bisk, Blurr and Groundbuster on the peg, which could be part of that final wave case)

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[Moltenstorm]

I must say that I am fairly disappointed with how terrible the selection is, makes me sad seeing Broadsides and Wave 1 TLK Deluxes at K-mart Toombul.

[reillyd]

Myer Pacific Fair has Titans Return Octane and Blitzwing in stock, as well as some older TR/RiD stock. I even saw a platinum coneheads there, but for $199 it ain't going any time soon. Big W seems pretty cleared out there, only really rid so hopefully potp restock.

[christalcase]

Springwood Coles had the new wave of RiD Legions, but I took the last Twinferno. One Groundbuster if anyone is still looking for that one. They still weren't scanning and require manual input by the staff.

[griffin]

Found at the CBD Toyworld yesterday by member Justowen, the wave 5 Titans Return Legends (Seaspray and Cosmos) for $23.
That just leaves Ramhorn and Overlord left to be released here. The Legends were unlikely to show up here, with the new POTP toyline just weeks away, so who knows... maybe we might still see those other two here as well.

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[griffin]

For those looking for Octone near Garden City, there are still several at ToysRUs, but they are on an endcap that is at the back of the store... so you don't see them if you just go to the regular Transformers section and not wander up to the back wall.
No Blitzwing though.

[jaydisc]

Myer Maroochydore has Octane and Blitzwing.

[griffin]

For those looking for Octone near Garden City, there are still several at ToysRUs, but they are on an endcap that is at the back of the store... so you don't see them if you just go to the regular Transformers section and not wander up to the back wall.
No Blitzwing though.

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The rest of the end cap, facing the back wall of the store.
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And RID 1-step Soundwave, which is showing up everywhere now.
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At Coles Ipswich (south)...
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And Coles Ipswich North...
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Kmart Ipswich North.
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And at Target Ipswich North - I saw a single RID Warrior Starscream, which I think was a toy that was in demand when it was released at the beginning of the year. (and the new 1-step RID Soundwave) Plus, Remote Control Barricade to join Bumblebee... which looks even worse than Bumblebee (to me).
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And at JB Hifi Ipswich North, the new Season 2.5 RID DVD for $13.
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[griffin]

The week after Christmas... and shelves were still noticeably stripped, while Kmart had just about everything on Clearance ready for the POTP toys to start arriving.

BigW Mount Ommaney.
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Toyworld Macgregor.
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Kmart Sunnybank - clearance tags everywhere in the toy section for Transformers, while their licensed mugs and mini lunchboxes were also on clearance. Also found the kids Optimus t-shirt in the kids clothing section.
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BigW Garden City - actually restocked the RID Warriors, and had on clearance some of the Diecast RID cars, along with the large Dragonstorm, the RC Sqweeks, and those Rescue Bots mini-playsets that they only just got in for cheap at $10 (now discounted even further to $7 - originally $35 here).
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Kmart Garden City - no photos, because I had trouble finding any Transformers toys. They had a couple of Dragonstorms and the licensed Diecast vehicles, but not really anything else.

Target Garden City - almost the same, with very little to choose from (Transformers must have done well this Christmas... which is good for us, as it means better "restocking" of the Brand with the new POTP toyline later this month).
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Myer Garden City - more than Target and Kmart combined, but nothing too recent though.
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[DELTAprime]

Hmmm, you guys in Brisbane seem to have a ton of Transformers left over from TR still. Hope that doesn't delay POTP hitting shelves later this month. I haven't checked Kmart Gladstone lately but Big W Gladstone is down to the last couple of TR figures, one Dragonstorm and some left over movie figures, but have just restocked RID and Rescue Bots (and I didn't even know Big W carried Rescue Bots).

[griffin]

Today at Garden City ToysRUs.

Looks like they just did a stock-take, as there were little orange stickers everywhere, with counts on them.
I would say that I hope this means that a restock is likely, if adjustments show that they are short on some things, but it looks like they had a small restock just before the stock-take... and with POTP just around the corner, I can't see them wanting more Movie, TR and RID toys.

So now they have a heap of the wave 2 Movie Legions, and the last wave of RID Warriors were there, which has Twinferno underneath a different Twinferno.
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The end cap at the back of the store has been filled out as well, and now has a banner at the top.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tru02.jpg

And at the front of the store, heaps of the Movie Tiny Changers (wave 1 - I guess that means we won't see wave 2 here), and Fidgit Cube heads for $15 each. (I didn't realise they were that expensive - I think Reject Shop had them for about $5).
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tru03.jpg

Nothing new at BigW... and I didn't bother checking Kmart, Target or Myer, which were already pretty depleted a week earlier when I was there.

[kwanzaabot]

Did you see any Brainstorms at Garbo? He's the one TR fig I've been on the fence about getting. Might as well finally cave and get him while I have a chance.

[DELTAprime]

Did you see any Brainstorms at Garbo? He's the one TR fig I've been on the fence about getting. Might as well finally cave and get him while I have a chance.

Brainstorm is a US Walgreens exclusive, not mass market retail. I think The Little Toy Company still has him in stock.

[kwanzaabot]

Brainstorm is a US Walgreens exclusive, not mass market retail. I think The Little Toy Company still has him in stock.

I know that, but I swear I've seen him before.

It wouldn't be the first time an exclusive has shown up in an Aussie store. Take Computron and Victorion, for instance.

Didn't hurt to ask.

[DELTAprime]

I know that, but I swear I've seen him before.

It wouldn't be the first time an exclusive has shown up in an Aussie store. Take Computron and Victorion, for instance.

Didn't hurt to ask.

You're probably thinking of CW Brainstorm, that's the only one that was available at mass retail.

Computron and Victorion were picked up by Aussie retail (TRU and Big W), that's why you saw them in store.

Brainstorm was not picked up by general retail outside of Walgreens in the US. There are a few online retailers like The Little Toy Company that got some stock of him in. Your best bet if you want him is to get him from there.

I'm just giving you the best information, not having a go at you for asking.

[griffin]

You're probably thinking of CW Brainstorm, that's the only one that was available at mass retail.

The Gen-14 Brainstorm?

For some reason, Hasbro seemed to want both versions of the TR Brainstorm to be limited editions, with one being in that SDCC 3-pack boxset, and the other being the Walgreens single pack version.
The bluer Japanese release (which was a general release toy in Japan) was probably made in greater numbers... than both of the Hasbro versions combined.

[DELTAprime]

The Gen-14 Brainstorm?

Was it really that long ago? Feels like he's just a could of years old.:p

All the CHUG lines have started to blur together for me.:rolleyes:

[reillyd]

I thought for SURE that Mr Toys Toyworld on Queen Street would have the new PoTP toys, but no joy :(

They did have 2x TR Cosmos, and 1x Slugslinger though if anyone is chasing

[kwanzaabot]

I thought for SURE that Mr Toys Toyworld on Queen Street would have the new PoTP toys, but no joy :(

They did have 2x TR Cosmos, and 1x Slugslinger though if anyone is chasing

Yeah, I went in on Thursday. Not much of a spread then, either.

Mr Toys seems to be overcharging for them anyway, if the ACT thread is anything to go by. I was under the impression that the previously-reported (https://tformers.com/hascon-2017-official-power-of-the-primes-dinobots-images-plus-leader-optimus-prime-pricing-info/32445/news.html) price increase wasn't happening (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/early-listings-reveal-prices-for-transformers-power-of-the-primes-toys-in-canada/40024/) after all.

[reillyd]

At Mr Toys Toyworlds EVERYTHING is above retail price. It used to be collector oriented and people would pay a premium for getting it NOW in hand.

[Nonalyth]

At Mr Toys Toyworlds EVERYTHING is above retail price. It used to be collector oriented and people would pay a premium for getting it NOW in hand.

I'mnot sure what their business plan is now, any time I ask a staff memeber when they're expecting certain stock in all they can do is shrug.

[Major_K]

I'mnot sure what their business plan is now, any time I ask a staff memeber when they're expecting certain stock in all they can do is shrug.

One of the people at the Queen St Mall store told me last year they used to know dates and would get excess stock in because they knew they would sell it, but now they don't get told what's coming, when its coming, they're rarely told about new lines, and they're generally only able to get one or maybe two boxes to a store. Hasbro is behind part of that, apparently.

[optimall]

I'mnot sure what their business plan is now, any time I ask a staff memeber when they're expecting certain stock in all they can do is shrug.

Most staff at stores are generally very lazy now.

Years ago, staff used to gladly phone if figures turned up.

Years later the new batch of staff wouldn't do it unless I offered a bribe of sorts.

Now they just look at me with glazed eyes and say "I don't think we get that anymore" or "have you looked on the shelf? "

If I ask for anyone to have a look out back for anything, you would swear I had just taken their Xbox away from them. The one guy that did go out back just walked through the plastic curtain, pulled out his phone and started playing with it not knowing I was watching through the curtain, and then he came back out and said he couldn't fine anything. I couldn't even be bothered arguing with him.

In my time as a collector, I have lost so much faith the staff of stores. No one cares about their job anymore. No pride in anything.

Sorry for the rant, I really hope its just my town and not like this everywhere.

[kwanzaabot]

Most staff at stores are generally very lazy now.

Years ago, staff used to gladly phone if figures turned up.

Years later the new batch of staff wouldn't do it unless I offered a bribe of sorts.

Now they just look at me with glazed eyes and say "I don't think we get that anymore" or "have you looked on the shelf? "

If I ask for anyone to have a look out back for anything, you would swear I had just taken their Xbox away from them. The one guy that did go out back just walked through the plastic curtain, pulled out his phone and started playing with it not knowing I was watching through the curtain, and then he came back out and said he couldn't fine anything. I couldn't even be bothered arguing with him.

In my time as a collector, I have lost so much faith the staff of stores. No one cares about their job anymore. No pride in anything.

Sorry for the rant, I really hope its just my town and not like this everywhere.

To be fair, as an ex-retail employee, I completely see where the staff is coming from.

It's easy not to have pride in your work when you get paid next to nothing (I was lucky to get $400 a week. No lie, that was what I considered a "good week"), have no rights (because you're only casual and the SDA is the most useless union in Australia- case in point, you can sue for unfair dismissal, but if your boss decides to keep you on and simply never ever give you a shift ever again, that's OK), and you're expected to take all sorts of verbal abuse from people because an item scanned at the correct price (the amount of times I was screamed at, literally screamed at, because some idiot customer looked at the wrong price tag is staggering).

If you wanna blame anyone, blame management. They're the ones who created the kind of work environments where it was more practical to not care rather than work hard.

[reillyd]

Kmart Helensvale had "Temporarily out of stock" tags up, and empty shelves :(.
They do have a ton of Dragonstorms on clearance though.

[Convoid]

Today at Mr Toys Toyworld Burleigh, Gold Coast

Titans Return:
Hot rod, Kup, Wolfwire, Hardhead $30
Galvatron, Astrotrain $50
Soundwave, Blaster $90
Wheelie, Roadburn, Brawn, Gnaw $23
Plenty of titan masters $9

Combiner Wars:
Scattershot, Onslaught $50

Platinum Edition:
Optimus Prime (clear and bronze colour) $169

[kwanzaabot]

Toys r Us at Garbo was doing some restocking today. Seems to be RID randos, a bunch of those giant TLK Dragonstorms/Megs, and TR Broadside, and lots of him.

Nowhere else at Garden City has bothered restocking since Xmas, completely missing out on prime "kids flush with Xmas money on school holidays" time.

[Nonalyth]

Nowhere restocked before christmas either from what I saw.

Big W MacArthur Central has been restocking their toys for the past few days. Seem to have finished now, and not a single new transformer figure to be seen.

[reillyd]

Toyworld Helensvale says (on phone, but he seemed confident) that they haven't had any new Transformers in months. I'm going to give up hunting and will try next week. I really want Optimus!

[kwanzaabot]

Nowhere restocked before christmas either from what I saw.

Big W MacArthur Central has been restocking their toys for the past few days. Seem to have finished now, and not a single new transformer figure to be seen.

Ha, too right. You gotta wonder if kids are even into Transformers anymore, judging from how hesitant the big retailers are to actually stock them. Kid appeal bots like Bumblebee and Grimlock shelfwarm hard, too.

[Nonalyth]

I blame the likes of One-step Changers and Fast Action Battlers. Not sure why Hasbro want to take the transform out of transformer.

[tinyJazz]

No POTP at Mr Toys Indro or Jindalee yet.


I blame the likes of One-step Changers and Fast Action Battlers. Not sure why Hasbro want to take the transform out of transformer.

Both of these products transform though.

[CaminusPrime]

POTP full wave one minus deluxes at mr toys toyworld riverlink Ipswich. Including leader Optimus and Rodimus

[ILikeSoundwave]

Saw Potp Leaders, Legends and Titan Masters at Southport Mr Toys Toyworld.

[griffin]

Saw Potp Leaders, Legends and Titan Masters at Southport Mr Toys Toyworld.

Hey, keep to your side of the border... :p

I guess if Toyworld is the only national retailer with POTP toys so far, you need to travel a bit out of Sydney to find one. (okay, maybe not that far, but the absence of Toyworlds within most of Sydney has always fascinated me)

[CaminusPrime]

Hey, keep to your side of the border... :p

I guess if Toyworld is the only national retailer with POTP toys so far, you need to travel a bit out of Sydney to find one. (okay, maybe not that far, but the absence of Toyworlds within most of Sydney has always fascinated me)

Also from Nsw and just happen to be up here on holiday :p . Some decent stuff at stores from what I’ve seen up here so far, any good recommendations of places to check out?

[Nonalyth]

Toyworld Indooroopilly has PotP stock. I snagged the only Optimus and Rodimus I coukd see, and also spied two Grimlocks. Didn't see any deluxes, but then again I didn't stay long.

It begins.

[griffin]

Also from Nsw and just happen to be up here on holiday :p . Some decent stuff at stores from what I’ve seen up here so far, any good recommendations of places to check out?

Well... you're both welcome to have a quick look at my collection if you end up being in Brisbane during the long weekend. Otherwise, it just sits here collecting dust, and no one else gets to enjoy it. :p
Send me a PM if you are wanting to check it out while north of the border this weekend, to book in a time.

[Nonalyth]

Keep in mind though that Griffin's "collection" consists of other transformer fans who he invited to see his collection.

[CaminusPrime]

Well... you're both welcome to have a quick look at my collection if you end up being in Brisbane during the long weekend. Otherwise, it just sits here collecting dust, and no one else gets to enjoy it. :p
Send me a PM if you are wanting to check it out while north of the border this weekend, to book in a time.

If I had access to a car and some spare time I definitely would! Might have to hit you up next time I’m up because I’ve seen photos before and it’s an impressive collection to say the least


Keep in mind though that Griffin's "collection" consists of other transformer fans who he invited to see his collection.

good thing mine are over the border then :P

[Major_K]

The Mr Toys website has them listed and will tell you what stores have stock. No deluxes, only the Prime Masters, Legends, and Leaders. Some people are grabbing anything on the shelf - Slash seems to be very popular with women buying multiples in stores according to the discussions I had yesterday.

Morayfield has nothing though. Their stock truck on Friday didn't have any.

[reillyd]

Wow, I totally didn't know that Mr K and you've saved me hours of fruitless toyhunting. Thanks heaps!

Looks like Helensvale and Southport are the only stores on the Gold Coast. I'm heading to Helensvale now and they confirmed Optimus is on the shelf. Hopefully he'll still be there at that price :)

He was. Voyagers and Rodimus remain, but didn't see deluxe so. They said they have more to unpack

[Major_K]

Wow, I totally didn't know that Mr K and you've saved me hours of fruitless toyhunting. Thanks heaps!

No problem. I forgot they had the feature years ago. It was when I was in at Morayfield, they reminded me the website could do it. That's where I also found out they have the series under Primes rather than the full name.

[reillyd]

Toyworld Southport had them, only Optimus Prime, 1 legion shrapnel, and 1x alpha trion. Hunt for the dinobots continues ;)

[griffin]

Toyworld Southport
and 1x alpha trion.

Wave 2 Alpha Trion? With the yellow Landmine shell?

Or one of the wave 1 Prime Masters - Liege/Skullgrin, Micronus/Cloudburst (red shell), VectorPrime/Metalhawk?

[reillyd]

Wave 2 Alpha Trion? With the yellow Landmine shell?

Or one of the wave 1 Prime Masters - Liege/Skullgrin, Micronus/Cloudburst (red shell), VectorPrime/Metalhawk?

My bad, it was Vector Prime/Metalhawk. I always get the two characters confused Vector/Trion.

[spiii]

Morayfield Mr Toys had legends class primes today — picked up Beachcomber, Windcharger, Slash and Skrapnel.

Saw a Starscream. No Grimlock, Optimus or Rodimus — although the ones I nabbed were just put out so maybe there's more to come … ~:)

Man, I am looking forward to those dinobots!

[Convoid]

Mr Toys toyworld Queen St Mall, Brisbane has:

Beachcomber, Windcharger, Dinobot Slash, Skrapnel $20 each
All 3 primemasters $10 each

Only 1 of each on the shelves of the larger figures:
Grimlock, Starscream $55 each
Rodimus Prime $90

[griffin]

Tonight at Garden City.

ToysRUs have moved their Transformers section again (twice in 12 months).
Nothing new though. They did have a couple of the final wave of RID Warriors though (Thermidor, Bludgeon, Twinferno).
http://toycollectors.com.au/2018tru04.jpg

Kmart - pretty much just heaps of TF5 mega 1-step Dragonstorm and Rescue Bots Optimus/Blurr trailer.

Target - almost nothing.

BigW - even less than Target.

Myer - surprisingly had more stock than the three stores above, but mostly older stuff. They did have one set of the last RID Warriors (Thermidor, Bludgeon, Twinferno).
http://toycollectors.com.au/2018m02.jpg

[Nonalyth]

With people in other states spotting PotP in Myer, I thought I'd swing by the CBD store.

Not a sausage. Why does god let mankind suffer?

[Convoid]

Target Myer Centre, Brisbane has all 4 of Power of the Primes Legends figures ($19) and all 3 Prime Masters ($10).

[Opsbuscus]

Myer Maroochydore had all of POTP Wave 1 except Jazz.

[tinyJazz]

Indro Myers
2 each of Swoop, Slag, Dreadwig and one Jazz
Full wave of Legends & Prime Masters

Indro Target
2x Dreadwig, one Each of Jazz Grimlock and starscream.
Full wave of Legends & Prime masters again.

[Convoid]

Robina Town Centre stores, Gold Coast have POTP toys.

Myer
Deluxe: Swoop, Jazz,Slug, Dreadwind ($35)
Legends: Beachcomber, Skrapnel, Windcharger ($20)
All 3 of the prime masters ($10)

Target
Voyager: Grimlock, Starscream ($49)
Deluxe: Swoop, Jazz, Slug, Dreadwind ($34)
Legend: Skrapnel ($19)
All 3 of the prime masters ($10)

[Major_K]

Mr Toys queen st got a restock but no leaders. A pair of deluxe dinobots left as well as 2 each of the other deluxes and 1 each of the voyagers. $40 on the deluxes.

Also a tr Blitz and Octane.

[Mr_K]

Capalaba Mr Toys is selling the prime masters good $12 each. I wanted them so much that I bought them, but darn on that price

[reillyd]

Target Runaway Bay has all of the released characters with the exception of any Leader class. Looks like a full set untouched

[MV75]

Saw TR soundwave and blaster at Toyworld Lawnton.

[RayRay84]

Target Hervey Bay have everything POTP except for the leaders - I Grabbed one of everything :)

[christalcase]

Myer Garden City has the POTP Legends and Deluxes. No Voyagers or Prime Masters.

[Convoid]

Pacific Fair Gold Coast:

Target
Windcharger $19
Starscream $49
Micronus, Vector Prime $10

Myer

Power of the Primes:
Micronus, Vector Prime, Liege Maximo $10
Slash, Windcharger, Beachcomber, Skrapnel $20
Jazz, Slug, Swoop, Dreadwind $35
Starscream $50
Optimus Prime, Rodimus Prime $90

Titans Return:
Fangry, Brawn, Repugnus, Apeface, Loudmouth, Overboard, Nightbeat $10
Twinferno, Triggerhappy $30
Broadside $50
Blaster $90
Tryticon, Fortress Maximus

[griffin]

Thursday night Garden City.
It was as if a Hasbro truck stopped by this week and dropped off POTP toys to most of the stores in there, as I found them at ToysRUS, Myer and Target.

Myer - had POTP Primemasters, Legends and Deluxe. No Voyagers or Leaders (yet)... which was annoying, as I would have bought the two Leaders with the 20% off sale at the moment. I might go back Sunday if I get bored, but I doubt they would have arrived in the last two days.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018m03.jpg

Target - Primemasters, Legends and Voyager. No Deluxe (yet) or Leaders.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tg02.jpg

ToysRUs - all size classes of POTP were there, but only one Legends left, and only Rodimus of the Leaders left... so people have already been jumping on these toys, despite only being there a day or two.
Their Rescue Bots range is almost gone though, as there were only three items left, and one had clearance stickers on them. I hope they don't give up on RB, as it was a good backup source when there was a sale, or if Kmart didn't have something.
I also looked for, and found, the TF5 skateboard that I saw show up on their online store a few weeks back - $25.
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Kmart - almost no Transformers at all, so no point in a photo.

BigW - I saw two Transformers cases in one of their new stock cages and got excited, but closer inspection showed that they were restocking FIRST WAVE Movie Deluxes and wave 2 movie 1-steps. Both are a step back from the last replenishment (the pre-pack display) of wave 2 Deluxes and wave 3 1-steps.
It's just more really old stock to clog their shelves, preventing them from getting anything new like POTP.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018bw07.jpg

And Peter Alexander - some of the new licensed clothing had arrived at the store. I was looking at it and one of the staff there asked if I needed any help, but then walked off when I said I was just looking, but made an off-hand comment about the pricing, in that they are made in China like Kmart's clothing, but these are ten times the price. She wasn't happy, with a very defensive tone rebutting that the quality justifies the price.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018oth06.jpg
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http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018oth07.jpg

Oh, and Kmart Sunnybank on the same day - looking very empty now of Transformers.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018km04.jpg

[jaydisc]

Sunshine Plaza/Maroochydore

Myer
Had POTP Prime Masters, Legends, Voyagers + Leaders (no OP). No Deluxes. I took the Grimlock and Windcharger.

Kmart
Nothing

Toys R Us
All the Deluxes ($35!!). Could have been more, but I was in a rush - grabbed Swoop and Slag and left.

Target Maroochydore
Deluxes ($34!), Legends, maybe more... again, was in a rush by this point.

[Jellico]

Target Buranda.

$49
2 Starscreams
Grimlock

$34
Jazz
Dreadwimd.

Can't see the price for the Legends.
2 Skrapnels
2 Windchargers
Beachcomber

And a bunch of Primes.

[Jellico]

Myer Carindale has at least 4 each of the Deluxes and Legends. One Rodimus and Optimus.

And 20% off till Sunday.

[Galvatran]

Myer Carindale has at least 4 each of the Deluxes and Legends. One Rodimus and Optimus.

And 20% off till Sunday.
Thanks mate. :)

[griffin]

Myer Carindale
One Rodimus and Optimus.



They weren't there tonight... :(

[Jellico]

:(
Carindale Myer is my go to place for toys. It gets less traffic and is a bigger toy section than Garden City Myer. I am always hesitant about pointing people towards it.
But this time around I figured I would never see a Dinobot on a shelf let alone on sale so I pre ordered. Ironically I am now waiting waiting waiting.

[DELTAprime]

:(
Carindale Myer is my go to place for toys. It gets less traffic and is a bigger toy section than Garden City Myer. I am always hesitant about pointing people towards it.
But this time around I figured I would never see a Dinobot on a shelf let alone on sale so I pre ordered. Ironically I am now waiting waiting waiting.

At least you guys have some options to get this stuff that isn't online. If I want to buy Transformers locally my options are Kmart or Big W which locally are still only up to TR.:(

[Facepunches]

Myer Brisbane City had a whole lot of PotP legends and Deluxes. Also saw a hotrod, wasn't really on the lookout for voyagers, but the 20% off helps!

[griffin]

Photos from the last few days.

Thursday night...

Garden City BigW - unpacked all their "new" Movie wave 1 toys... and the second last wave of RID Warriors, for anyone still wanting Skywarp, Soundwave, new Windblade, Blurr at their current cheap price of $20.
Plus a couple of the second last wave of RID Legions (Cyclonus and Heatseeker).

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http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018bw09.jpg

After checking out Myer at Garden City to see that they had nothing new since I was there the previous weekend (and being told from a computer search that Carindale and CBD Myer stores were the only Brisbane stores to get the POTP Leaders... at that time), I headed over to Carindale, as it was Thursday night, so the city store might closed before I got there (and there was supposed to be 3 units at Carindale, and 6 units at the CBD store... so I wanted to do the free parking option first for these 20% off toys, which would make them $72 each).
Carindale didn't have them, and the staff couldn't find any in the toy section or back room.
All of the other POTP toys were there, plus a fair few TR toys as well (including the Misfire Deluxe wave).
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http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018m05.jpg

Failing to find Optimus and Rodimus (so that one of them would be 6,000 in my collection, instead of the one of the 20+ kreons currently sitting at the post office), I headed into the CBD Myer store straight after work on Friday night (getting into the city at about 6.45pm). I parked in the Myer Centre, which only gives you 20 minutes until it slugs you with the next dollar amount.... and since it took five minutes to get a park, I raced up to the toy floor in Myer, found the two Transformers I wanted, took some photos, and raced back down to the parking payment machine, before the 20 minutes was up, costing me $10 (I was saving $36 on these two toys... it would have been stupid to stay longer using up that saving, and it was raining, so parking anywhere else was not ideal.
Fortunately for me (and unfortunately for others), I grabbed the last two POTP Leaders on that day, but they could have restocked if the CBD store is one of the few Brisbane Myer stores that will carry the Leaders.
They had quite a big range of Transformers (compared to other Myer stores, but this is the largest one in Brisbane).
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http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018m07.jpg

[DELTAprime]

Big W Gladstone has a single POTP Grimlock and a single POTP Starscream. That's all, nothing else has come in.

[christalcase]

Toys R Us Garden City had one of each Leader Optimus and Rodimus left at $70. They had signs up saying allocation issues with the Leaders.

[jaydisc]

TRU Maroochydore has 2 Rodimus, and at least 1 ea. of the deluxes after I left, although they're above the shelves out of sight. An employee grabbed them for me, and said they'd be putting them out tonight.

Kmart Maroochydore FINALLY has POTP. I only noticed the deluxe price of $35.

[griffin]

ToysRUs Garden City received several cases of POTP Leaders last night, with 8 left this morning - 3 Optimus and 5 Rodimus... just below a sign saying that POTP Leaders won't be available for the current sale due to supply issues. :rolleyes:
That should cover a few online orders on the southside of Brisbane as well.... and just hope a staffer grabs one of each if you order two for the free shipping.

Toyworld at Macgregor has two of each Seaspray and Cosmos from Titans Return and deluxe Slugslinger.

[griffin]

Just adding to the previous posting, I did a quick lap of the six national retailers that stock Transformers toys this morning, and found POTP toys at all of them except Target, plus a couple of surprises.

Toyworld Macgregor - Titans Return Seaspray and Cosmos, which were sighted at the CBD Toyworld store, so might now be showing up at other Toyworlds now.
I also saw a Deluxe Slugslinger as well.
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ToysRUs - had 8 POTP Leaders in stock (as noted in the previous post), and had this sign next to some of them...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tru10.jpg

And four more on the over-shelf...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tru11.jpg

And these returned toys that were opened and had their toys removed, and even though they would have been given a full refund, the store loses money discounting them just to get rid of them. (they should only accept non-faulty returns that are still mint-sealed)
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018tru12.jpg

BigW - POTP Voyager and Deluxe now in stock... and a first sighting of the RID 3-steps from last year that had the new mould Grimlock and redeco Thunderhoof. (I ended up importing Thunderhoof at some expense because we skipped that wave here last year, so I didn't expect to see it here :( )
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2018bw10.jpg
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Target - didn't have POTP toys, but did have the missing RID 3-steps that were also at BigW (above).
Plus the Easter mug for $6, and RID PEZ Dispensers for $3.
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Myer - nothing new.

Kmart - POTP Voyager, Legends, Deluxe and Prime Masters.
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[1AZRAEL1]

QLD Toyworlds are starting to see Cosmos and Seasprays apparently

[tinyJazz]

Toowong Kmart POTP

2x Jazz, 2x Dreadwing, Swoop & Slag
2x Slash, 2x Beachcomber, several Windcharger and whoever the insecticon is this time around

[DELTAprime]

Big W Gladstone, when I left there at 1:30 today there was a full assortment of POTP Wave 1 Deluxes on a peg in the Transformers section.

[reillyd]

I hope "stock transit issues" isn't Hasbro won't trust my liquidity, lol.

Maybe they meant anothersize class?

[Convoid]

Kmart Australia Fair, Gold Coast:
All 3 prime masters
POTP Swoop, Dreadwind and a single Starscream.

Toyworld Australia Fair:
TR Seaspray ($23)

Kmart The Pines
All 3 prime masters
POTP Swoop,Slug, Jazz, Dreadwind and a single Grimlock.

[reillyd]

Big W Robina, two full sets of PotP deluxe, and 2x Grimlock Voyager (no SS). 1 Tr Trypticon @208 clearance.

Tru Robina full sets ofmPOtP deluxes, and prime masters.

Kmart Robina has Potp legends, including Slash

[Convoid]

Big W Stocklands Burleigh Heads has:

POTP: Swoop, Jazz, Slug, Dreadwind, Starscream

Titans Return: Twinferno, Broadside (reduced to $30)

[griffin]

Today at Garden City... nothing much to report unfortunately.

Target - finally got in some POTP toys (they weren't there last week), but just Deluxe and Voyager at this time.
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Kmart - had the newest Rescue Bots "rescan" Optimus, which is the one that was packed with the launcher trailer and Blurr.
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ToysRUs - probably one of the largest ranges of Transformers for a long time, but 2/3rds are Movie toys, with the rest being made up of wave 1 POTP (leaders are all gone), and a few RID toys. (plus the newest Rescue Bots "rescan" Optimus in the Playskool section)

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JB Hifi - had the newest RID DVD, thanks to a tipoff by Paulbot this morning (I wouldn't have gone inside to check otherwise).
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[shockNwave]

QLD Toyworlds are starting to see Cosmos and Seasprays apparently

Let's see if they can make it to the Toyworlds in Victoria.

[reillyd]

I was amazed to find the new Transformers Authentics line at Woolworths Runaway Bay (isle 10 or 11, on the left hand side, whole new shelves of Hasbro toys including Marvel Infinity Wars Wave 2!). They had two full sets (Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee, and Starscream). I didn't care what they were in price (no shelf tag) but was delighted when they scanned in at only $10 each.

The receipt scans in as #Transformers Generations Asst @ $10.00

I would think if it hits Kmart or Big W you might see them a little less, as Woolworths toys don't compete on price. But how awesome to find these at retail. I hope is means we will see the larger size class too eventually, but might just be a one off

Excuse the photography, but here is the
receipt for confirmation (https://flic.kr/p/HF5w8J). I don't know how to inline the photo, but mods feel free to inline or mirror the image.

I have only opened Starscream and Megatron, but they are both good robot modes and feel like OS Legends. QC is an issue on Starscream with joints popping off, yours may vary. Megatron looks more like a brick in tank mode, but great for robot mode. The cannon is removable

[griffin]

A little cropping of your photo... as I wasn't too sure what body parts or clothing was showing.

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I was actually recommending these to Hasbro a few months back for Australia, to replace the RID Legions and Tiny Changers in Grocery stores (Coles, Woolies) because they were no longer being released... but they said they didn't read that part of my email, so I guess in the end it was just a prediction. :(

[reillyd]

Don't worry, nothing risqué just my leg as no table handy. Thanks for cropping:)

[Convoid]

Mr Toys Toyworld Burleigh Waters, Gold Coast

Titans Returns:
Titan masters: Brawn, Sawback, Crashbash, Fangry and others
Legends: Brawn, Gnaw, Roadburn, Bumblebee, 1x Cosmos
Deluxe: Wolfwire, Krok, Hardhead, Triggerhappy
Leader: Soundwave, Blaster

Power of the Primes:
All 4 legends
All 4 deluxes
1x Starscream, 1x Grimlock
1x Optimus Prime

[kwanzaabot]

Out of curiosity, what op shops in the Brisbane area have you guys found to be the most reliable for finding Transformers?

I've done some Work for the Dole gigs at op shops (those days are long behind me, thankfully), and I found that different stores had very different types of "typical" donations- stuffed animals were common at some, while others would get Hot Wheels more often. I never found Transformers with any sort of regularity, though.

[tinyJazz]

Out of curiosity, what op shops in the Brisbane area have you guys found to be the most reliable for finding Transformers?

I've done some Work for the Dole gigs at op shops (those days are long behind me, thankfully), and I found that different stores had very different types of "typical" donations- stuffed animals were common at some, while others would get Hot Wheels more often. I never found Transformers with any sort of regularity, though.

Summer Park Vinnies. They have the warehouse for the western diocese so the store tends to have lots of toys and board games. I’ve only ever seen movie transformers and roleplay toys when I’ve been there though, they don’t seem to last long.

[Convoid]

Myer Pacific Fair, Gold Coast:

Studio Series :
Bumblebee, Stinger, Crowbar, Ratchet $34.95
Optimus Prime, Starscream $49.95
Grimlock, Blackout $89.95

Special offer: 40% off the 2nd toy when you buy 2 toys.
Ends Sunday April 15.

[griffin]

Studio Series Voyager and Deluxe at Garden City ToysRUs.... heaps of each... except no Stingers.

I really hope they aren't being scalped. Even though there is some demand for it being the first real toy of that character, I can't imagine several people going in there to buy one Stinger and not buying any or much of the others.

[Firestorm]

Studio Series Voyager and Deluxe at Garden City ToysRUs.... heaps of each... except no Stingers.

I really hope they aren't being scalped. Even though there is some demand for it being the first real toy of that character, I can't imagine several people going in there to buy one Stinger and not buying any or much of the others.

When I first found the studio series figures I walked out having only bought Stinger. But that’s because I couldn’t afford anything else at the time.
Went back a day later when I had money to get more. But pretty much everything else was gone
So, it IS possible that Stinger is just one of the more desirable figures. At least in the Deluxe wave.
Crowbar is a remould of Berserker, who didn’t sell that well and can still be found on shelves. Bumblebee is ANOTHER Bumblebee. And then red sports cars may just be more appealing than green-ish ambulances.
So for people that can’t afford to get Voyager or Leader figures, Stinger may be the most likely to sell

[kovert]

TRU Aspley had at least two units of Studio Series Stinger in stock on Friday morning. There could have been more. Wave 1 Deluxe and Voyagers were all in stock.

[christalcase]

Myer Carindale had the full suite of Studio Series, with plenty of each figure. Cashier manually keyed in the current 40% off toy promo with no issues.

Big W and Target were very bare with nothing new.

[griffin]

The photos from last night's toy hunt at Garden City...

ToysRUs - as noted above, they had a fair few Studio Series toys in stock, but no Stingers. And no Leaders (maybe removed if they weren't scanning... or snapped up first). Shelf tags - Deluxe were $30, Voyager were $50, Leader were $90.
Nothing else new to report there.

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(I turned the over-flow boxes on an angle to show the numbers, so that people could see which ones were up top... if they needed one that was sold out on the shelf below.)

Peter Alexander - had pretty much sold off all of the Transformers clothing they just got in a few weeks ago... probably thanks to the clearance prices, like $15 for the $70 tops. They had two Bumblebee grey shirts, about five of the pink Bumblebee girls sleepwear tops, and one of the long leg pyjama pants.

Target - RID was on sale. Including the boys shorts, which were $9 from $15.
And all of the Transformers PEZ at the front of the store were gone, with just Toy Story ones left.

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Kmart - The toy section has been moved around, and Transformers is in a different area of the store, so it took me a few minutes to find it.
There were eight "out of stock" labels, but there was stock there for seven of them, covering up prices that customers need to see.
The new item to note is the latest Rescue Bots Megabot, Boulder, who has a really poorly designed vehicle mode, complete with a shovel that can't be used because it is upside down.

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Myer - Like ToysRUS, had Studio Series Deluxe and Voyager only.
Unfortunately, their Deluxes were $35, so with the "20%" off discount, it only brought them to $2 less than ToysRUs' $30 price.
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Woolworths - finally found the Authentics domestically here (for $10 each), but since I just received a set from HK this week from JustOwen, I was happy to not be paying $10 for these. They are much bigger than Legions or other $10-ish toys here, but their simple appearance and engineering makes these feel like the Cyber Series toys - cheap for their size, but VERY simple in design.
(and yes, there is a typo in the product label on the peg, with a space in the middle of Generations, making it two words)

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Sunnybank Kmart from the night before - heaps of the Rescan Rescue Bots, from the latest wave (all recent older figures, with the new Optimus truck).
I also saw the new Star Wars and Marvel Mighty Muggs for $15 each, but not the Transformers ones... so I don't know if this means we aren't going to see them in Australia, or if they are still to come. These are the new type of Might Muggs, that has a push-down button on the top of the head that rotates the inner head to show one of three faces (a bit like that old MOTU Man-E-Faces toy, which had a turn dial on the top of the head).

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One thing I want to mention, for those with fan friends in America - I found a LOT of the last wave of RID Legions (Cyclonus and Heatseeker) yesterday, and this is a wave that didn't show up there... and may not, now that the toyline is pretty much over now. So if you know someone over there, see if they want some, to buy or trade... and note that Target have their sale right now, making them AU$5 - a saving you could pass on if you a trading with a friend, or a saving you can keep if you are selling/trading to a stranger.

[jaydisc]

Myer Maroochydore has Studio Series Deluxes, Voyagers and Leaders, but they're out of Blackouts. By default, the 40% off second item didn't happen with these, but she was kind enough to put it in manually.

[kovert]

PoTP wave 1 Voyager and Leader class figures are back in stock at TRU Aspley.

[kwanzaabot]

The Big W website is advertising wave 2 PotP Voyager (https://www.bigw.com.au/product/transformers-generations-power-of-the-primes-voyager-assorted/p/679670/) and Legends-class (https://www.bigw.com.au/product/transformers-generations-power-of-the-primes-legends-class-figure-assorted/p/679669/) figures.

Anyone seen them in-store yet?

[reillyd]

The Big W website is advertising wave 2 PotP Voyager (https://www.bigw.com.au/product/transformers-generations-power-of-the-primes-voyager-assorted/p/679670/) and Legends-class (https://www.bigw.com.au/product/transformers-generations-power-of-the-primes-legends-class-figure-assorted/p/679669/) figures.

Anyone seen them in-store yet?

Not yet kwanzaabot. Most likely they are stock images provided by Hasbro, but stores don't always know which waves they have in stock or on the way. Might be why it listed Assorted rather than allowing you t purchase character names. TRU.com.au did it last year with Titans Return, when they were clogged with Wave 1.

It's possible that Wave 2 is in the BIGW warehouse, yet to be unpacked. But NZ got Wave 3 just last week, and seem to have skipped Wave 2. If you really want to be sure, they are in stock at Amazon and other online retailers.

[kwanzaabot]

With how hit-or-miss Hasbro's QC seems to be lately, I'm content to get my Generations figs in-store. I have to wait a little longer, but I don't have to worry about shipping costs, and there's (nearly) no hassle if I need to return it.

[Silverbolt]

Was in Myer Queen street Mall today. All wave 1 studio series were there except Grimlock.
I got deluxe crowbar and stinger with the buy 2 and get %20 percent off sale. They didn't scan at 20% off but the cashier made a quick phone call and punched in the 20% off. If your still after Blackout or Stinger, they only had one each remaining when i left.

[Jellico]

Myer Carindale.

Studio Series.
Prime
Crowbar
Bee
Starscream
Grimlock

Fort Max is in the Clearance section. Was $369. Now $300 :D

[griffin]

Friday afternoon at Garden City...

ToysRUs - restocked the POTP Leaders (wave 1).

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And, new Rescue Bots - wave 2 Flip Racer 3-pack (Quickshadow, Boulder, Heatwave), and the newest trackset with yet another Flip Racer Blurr toy.

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[Bowser The Second]

Picked up Power of the Primes wave 2 Legends at Kmart Helensvale.

[kwanzaabot]

Oh man. I've got the day off today. Do I go all the way to Helensvale? Awful tempting.

[reillyd]

Robina Toys R Us (yes, still open!) has done a *massive* restock of PoTp Wave 1 figures (half a dozen Starscreams and Grimlock at the Voyager size class, and the same for Leader Optimus and Rodimus). Same deal with the deluxe figures, but no new restock of Legends or Prime Masters

They've also done a massive restock of the Movie Studio Series Deluxes and Voyagers, and I finally sighted my first Leader Blackout. There are three of them, but only 1 Grimlock. My guess is they put a few cases out and the Grims got sold. It's the umpteenth release of the mold so I left him for others.

Robina Kmart has just been gutted of all Transformers and Star Wars toys. Empty pegs and no Wave 2 figures :(

[kwanzaabot]

Loads of PotP wave 2 legends at Garden City Toys r Us. Every other shop at Garbo has a pretty barren robot selection, tho.

[Opsbuscus]

Found POTP Wave 2 Legends at Toys R Us Maroochydore. About 3 of each left. Bought a Battleslash and Roadtrap.

[Convoid]

Toys R us Robina and Kmart Australia fair have all 3 wave 2 POTP legends.

[griffin]

Sunnybank Woolies finally got in the Authentics for $10 each.

[Stug]

POTP Wave 2 deluxes at Comic Book Heroes, Westfield Chermside for $30 each. Not sure of numbers or any other size classes. My wife found them and grabbed me Sludge and Snarl earlier today.

[MV75]

Slug, snarl, swoop at bigw Strathpine. $29 each.

[Convoid]

Australia Fair, Gold Coast:

Kmart
POTP wave 2: Elita-1 and Hun-Gurr $49 each
Studio Series: Starscream $49

Toyworld:
Titans Return: Blitzwing, Octone, Brawn, Cosmos, Seaspray, Soundwave, Blaster.

[Bowser The Second]

Just grabbed the last Elita-1 at Australia Fair Kmart. Only 2 Hun-Gurrs left.

[Convoid]

Robina, Gold Coast:

Toys R Us:
POTP: Optimus Prime, Rodimus Prime, Starscream, various wave 1 deluxes, legends, prime masters.
The only wave 2 figure left is Tailgate who's hanging on the left of the star wars section.
They also had deluxe, voyager and leader class studio series figures on the shelves.
There's a 20% off storewide promotion at the moment. You have to bring a copy of the coupon from the website and scan it at the checkout to get the discount. Ends this Sunday.

Kmart:
There's 1 POTP: Elita-1 figure left.

Nothing interesting at MYER, Big W and Target. Only POTP wave 1 and Studio series figures.

[Bowser The Second]

Stopped at Big W Runaway Bay in search of the PotP wave 2 deluxe, bit they didn't have anything new in stock. I also asked them to phone the Pacific Fair and Robina stores and neither of them have gotten them in yet.

[Galvatran]

Australia Fair, Gold Coast:

Toyworld:
Titans Return: Blitzwing, Octone, Brawn, Cosmos, Seaspray, Soundwave, Blaster.
Hopeful Cosmos & Seaspray will trickle down south.

[griffin]

Tonight at Kmart Sunnybank - the wave 2 POTP Voyagers, and Rescue Bots Nightwatch Optimus.


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And at Sunnybank Woolworths, the Rescue Bots Flip Racers are on clearance at 60% off, for just $4.80.



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[griffin]

Today at Garden City (I ran into Justowen as well)...


ToysRUs - nothing new.
BigW - nothing new. (they did have the newest RID DVD - vol 1 of season 3 - for $9, which is $1 cheaper than JB Hifi)



Target - Studio Series, only Deluxe and Voyager.


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Myer - nothing new, but two very scuffed and dented Fort Max boxes...


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Kmart - three of each of the new POTP wave 2 Voyagers, each with security stickers AND security bands. Someone at Kmart must have known that the first release new toys would be hot items, and would be a temptation to steal.
Also the new Rescue Bots Nightwatch Optimus T-rex.
(the large TF5 Dragonstorm is now down to just $29)
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Justin found these two kids t-shirts on the way to the registers - the darker one looks like it could be new, and the other, older one, was now on clearance.

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[griffin]

Kmart Indooroopilly Westfield today had one Elita-1, but no Hun-grrrs.
And a heap of those big TF5 1-step Dragonstorms, for just $25 each.


And Toyworld had several TR Seasprays.

[kwanzaabot]

Wave 2 at Garbo Kmart are now long gone.

[kwanzaabot]

There's a Cosmos ($22) and even a CW Onslaught ($50) at Mr Toys Browns Plains, if anyone missed them.

Plenty of RiD Soundwaves at Big W Grand Plaza, too.

Slim pickings everywhere else, though.

[Convoid]

Target Pacific Fair has POTP wave 2:

Prime Masters: Alchemist Prime, Alpha Trion
Legends: Battleslash, Roadtrap, Tailgate
Voyager: Elita-1, Hun-Gurrr

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[JustOwen]

Target CBD
Legends: Battleslash, Roadtrap, Tailgate
Voyager: Elita-1, Hun-Gurrr

[kwanzaabot]

Nothing at Garden City.

[reillyd]

Target Robina Wave 2 Legends and Prime masters (who won't scan in).
No deluxe or voyagers but plenty of Studio Series

[JustOwen]

Target CBD Prime Masters: Alchemist Prime, Alpha Trion. Sighted

[Ravagecat]

Saw A Fort Max at Big W Calamvale Yesterday. They either found it out the back or it was a nearly 2 year old return as the box was pretty beat up and the tape on one end had been cut....

$120 bucks - In the entertainment area on top of the glass cabinets where they lock up the DVD sets etc.

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[Convoid]

Target has a sale on transformers at the moment (ends Wednesday 13th June)

Target Tweed Mall:
POTP: Slash, Windcharger, Battleslash, Roadtrap, Tailgate (Sale: $15 each)
Wave 1 deluxes (Sale: $27 each)
2x Starscream, 2x Grimlock (Sale: $39 each)

Target Robina:
Same as Tweed Mall.

Target Pacific Fair:
POTP: Wave 1 and 2 prime masters (Sale: $8 each)
Wave 1 deluxes (Sale: $27 each)
1x Starscream, 2x Hun-gurrr (Sale: $39 each)

Myer Pacific fair:
4x Trypticon (Clearance price: $150 each)
Deluxe, Voyager, Leader The Last Knight figures on Clearance prices
POTP: Wave 1 deluxes and Starscream
Titans Return: Megatron, Broadside and some deluxes

[DELTAprime]

Saw A Fort Max at Big W Calamvale Yesterday. They either found it out the back or it was a nearly 2 year old return as the box was pretty beat up and the tape on one end had been cut....

$120 bucks - In the entertainment area on top of the glass cabinets where they lock up the DVD sets etc.

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It won't be a 2 year old return. Big W policy is a limit of a 30 days on change of mind returns.

[Keidatron]

Just grabbed Hun-Grrr at kmart cannon hill

[The Letter M]

I managed to grab Outback from Mr Toys in Lawnton. Cindersaur was there as well, but didn't pick that one up.

[Major_K]

Outback at mr toys Morayfield as well.

[MV75]

Saw 2x optimus, 2x of the two rodimus and one optimus primal at Strathpine bigw this morning.

[griffin]

Garden City BigW only had two POTP black Rodimus toys (with a pair of Optimus toys) for the sale, along with some of the Studio Series Leaders and Deluxe.
ToysRUs had a restock of Rescue Bots, with some Rescan bots from about three waves ago, and the new Nightwatch Optimus Prime (dino with two Minicons).

[Bowser The Second]

Toy World Australia Fair has Legends Outback, Cindersaur and Cosmos.

[The Letter M]

Grabbed a Leader Class Primal at Big W in the City this morning.

[kwanzaabot]

Big W Garden City broke the Aussie street date on Optimal Optimus by about 6 months! Only had one in stock, and he's mine now.

[griffin]

Checked some BigWs tonight after 5pm, hoping to get Optimal Optimus and black Rodimus at the sale price. Unfortunately, all three stores had little or no POTP Leaders left (already being bought up before the sale started).

Calamvale - 2 Optimus, 1 Rodimus
Kuraby - 2 Optimus, 1 Rodimus, 1 black Rodimus (which I bought)
Browns Plains - NONE. The toy manager said that they had already put them out, and didn't have any more.

Plenty of Studio Series Leaders and Deluxes at all of the stores though... and quite a few wave 1 POTP Deluxes too... which will peg-warm and prevent restocking of later waves. :(

At least I got one of the two Leaders that I wanted, but the priority was Optimal, as Unicronus is just a redeco of a toy I already have.


Big W Garden City broke the Aussie street date on Optimal Optimus by about 6 months! Only had one in stock, and he's mine now.

They must have put them out after Sunday, as they only had a couple of black Rodimus toys on the shelf with a couple of Optimus toys.

That doesn't leave me with many nearby options now for Optimal, with the four closest stores all being empty of it.

[Shirokaze]

Checked some BigWs tonight after 5pm, hoping to get Optimal Optimus and black Rodimus at the sale price. Unfortunately, all three stores had little or no POTP Leaders left (already being bought up before the sale started).

Calamvale - 2 Optimus, 1 Rodimus
Kuraby - 2 Optimus, 1 Rodimus, 1 black Rodimus (which I bought)
Browns Plains - NONE. The toy manager said that they had already put them out, and didn't have any more.

Plenty of Studio Series Leaders and Deluxes at all of the stores though... and quite a few wave 1 POTP Deluxes too... which will peg-warm and prevent restocking of later waves. :(

At least I got one of the two Leaders that I wanted, but the priority was Optimal, as Unicronus is just a redeco of a toy I already have.



They must have put them out after Sunday, as they only had a couple of black Rodimus toys on the shelf with a couple of Optimus toys.

That doesn't leave me with many nearby options now for Optimal, with the four closest stores all being empty of it.

That's a bummer, was going to go check out Calamvale at opening since it's closest to work. Thanks for the heads up Griffin, saved me some disappointment :p

[reillyd]

Big W Runaway had 1 potp primal (home with me), but the rest were 3 of Optimus first wave . So maybe they are getting mixed cases of old wave 1 stock?

[jaydisc]

Big W Kawana had a lot of Wave 1 POTP Deluxes, 2 x Leader Rodimus. And a few $10 Titans, eg Croc, Quake and the blue Decepticon Targetmaster. Didn’t notice much else.

[griffin]

Mt Ommaney BigW only had a single red Rodimus tonight... which just leaves two stores left to check of the nine on the south side of the river.

[BanDork]

Toyworld CBD has POTP Wave 3 Legends. Full price!

[griffin]

Hyperdome bigw yesterday had no POTP Leaders left.
Capalaba bigw today had 1 red Rod left.
Carindale bigw 5 minutes ago had a black Rod left, but was grabbed and bought while I was there looking at it. Now none left in store.

That's all of the Brisbane BigW stores south of the river checked. Their inventory computer says some stores still have 1 or 2 units showing, but anything less than 3 can't be trusted... or could have been misplaced by a customer anywhere else in the store and wont show up until after the sale when all the toys are moved back to the toy section.

[MV75]

Saw what I think was all the potp legends bar cosmos at toyworld lawnton this morning.

[reillyd]

Robina Big W had 2x Optimus, 3x Shattered Glass Rodimus Prime (1 went home with me), stacks of Deluxes but only Wave 1

[Handwnpants]

Toyworld Brownstains has Outback and Cindersaur for $20, not that much else though.

[Convoid]

Brisbane area:

Big W Beenleigh
1 Studio Series Grimlock

Big W Brookside
The Last Knight deluxes: Sqweeks, Drift, Slash, Steelbane and Berserker.

Target Toombol (Heaps of stock)
All 5 POTP prime masters
All 4 wave 1 POTP deluxes (about 4 of each)
3 POTP Starscream, 1 Elita-1
1 of each of the POTP wave 2 legends
3 Studio series Starscream, a few Studio series deluxes
The Last Knight Megatrons (both voyager and leader size)
TR Titan Masters ($8 clearance price) Shuffler, Brawn, Clobber, Skytread and Nightbeat

Big W Brisbane CBD
2 Studio Series Grimlock

[reillyd]

Robina Toyworld has plenty of Outback and Cundersaur, as well as a few Seaspray (no cosmos that I could see).

Big W Runaway has just been gutted. No POTP leaders, a few potp Deluxes Wave 1, no $10 Titan Returns, but one each of Studio Series Grimlock and Blackout, plus some old rid legions.
At the rate POTP leaders went, they seriously underestimated demand

[1AZRAEL1]

Kinda tempted to see if I can get a QLD friend to get me 2 of each of Outback and Cindersaur

[dirge]

Kinda tempted to see if I can get a QLD friend to get me 2 of each of Outback and Cindersaur

Yeah I'm feeling the same way.

[1AZRAEL1]

Kinda tempted to see if I can get a QLD friend to get me 2 of each of Outback and Cindersaur

Temptation over. Anyone able to help a fella out?

[jaydisc]

If you PM me your mobile number I will be checking out Toyworld Thu night and can confirm you’re still keen. They don’t do change-of-mind returns.

[christalcase]

Temptation over. Anyone able to help a fella out?

FYI, another option is that Toyworld has them listed separately available to be delivered but Cindersaur is currently out of stock.

https://www.mrtoys.com.au/action-figures-collectable/transformers-toys/autobot/transformers-gen-primes-legends-autobot-outback-27309.html

https://www.mrtoys.com.au/action-figures-collectable/transformers-toys/transformers-gen-primes-legends-cindersaur-27308.html

[dirge]

FYI, another option is that Toyworld has them listed separately available to be delivered but Cindersaur is currently out of stock.


For $10 shipping you'd really want to be grabbing both to make $20 toys worthwhile. But thanks for the pointer!

[jaydisc]

Big W Kawana: 1 Black Rodimus, plenty of $10 TR Deluxes.

And then it got weird...

There were two palettes of toys. In them, there was about 10 cases of TR Legends W3 17, which is Seaspray and Cosmos. And then there were about 20 cases (!!!) of TR Voyagers W3 17, which is Blitzwing and Octane.

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[kovert]

There were two palettes of toys. In them, there was about 10 cases of TR Legends W3 17, which is Seaspray and Cosmos. And then there were about 20 cases (!!!) of TR Voyagers W3 17, which is Blitzwing and Octane.

A sight to behold.

Keen to get a TR Legends Cosmos.

[Convoid]

Gold Coast:

Toys R us Robina
Action figures are now 15% off.

4 POTP Rodimus Prime, 6 POTP Starscream
2 Studio Series Grimlock, 4 Studio Series Blackout
2 Studio Series Starscream
Studio Series and POTP wave 1 deluxes

Myer Robina
Buy 2 toys or more, get 20% off. Ends July 1
1 POTP Elita-1, 1 POTP Hun-gurr

Big W Robina
Heaps of REALLY CHEAP titans return figures added.

Legends: Seaspray, Cosmos $5
Deluxe: Kup, Hot Rod, Slugslinger, Hardhead $10
Voyager: Bliztwing, Octone $15

There is also 1 Rodimus Unicronus remaining and some Studio Series Grimlocks and Blackouts.

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[MV75]

Ok then. I think a visit to bigw tomorrow is in order to get a cheap blitzwing. I'll also see what sort of inventory levels the local one has.

[reillyd]

Robina TRU has signs saying all store fittings hardware for sale.
They have a human height Optimus Last Knight statue with sword. I don't know if it's 'on loan' from Hasbro or they own it, but if you fancy a unique colllectable might be worth making an offer

[christalcase]

Big W Underwood had:
- one case of TR Voy Blitzwing and Octone for $15
- one case TR Deluxe Krok, Quake, Triggerhappy and Twinferno for $10
- two cases of TR Legends Seaspray and Cosmos for $5
- one POTP Leader Unicornus Rodimus for $68

Toyworld Springwood had the Legends Outback and Cindersaur for $20 and TLK Leader Megatron and Optimus for $50

[DELTAprime]

Big W Gladstone has tons of the discounted Titans Returns figures on an end cap next to Technology.

[Convoid]

Big W Robina
POTP: 1x Elita-1, 1x Hun-gurrr ($45 each)

Big W Stocklands Burleigh Heads
Titans Return: Brawn, Roadburn, Kickback, Krok, Twinferno, Triggerhappy, Blitzwing, Octone

Big W Pacific Fair
Titans Return: Cosmos, Seaspray, Krok, Twinferno, Quake, Triggerhappy, Blitzwing, Octone

[reillyd]

Big W Runaway Bay
Titans Return: Cosmos, Seaspray, Krok, Twinferno, Quake, Triggerhappy, Blitzwing, Octone[/QUOTE]

They are located at the front entrance, turn left towards the new self-serve checkout. Plenty of stock of Cosmos and Seaspray, and the $15 voyagers.
At five dollars I bought a couple of Cosmos and Seaspray for gifts... if they had this type of pricing all the time, they could shift some serious volume.


Oh and one Black Rodimus Voyager in the toy isle. They must have put a new case out, because he wasn't in the first case at the start of the sale.

[Silverbolt]

Spotted PoP Alchemist Prime and Alpha Trion in Toowoomba Target yesterday. One of each.

Also saw at least three Infernocus in Toys R Us.
Didn't know Toowoomba had a Toys r Us until I drove past it.

Big W has as part of their Big sale Legends Roadburn, Brawn, Gnaw and Kickback for $5.

[griffin]

BigW at Calamvale has shelf tags up for the cheap Titans Return toys, but empty shelf space.... so might be all gone already.


Didn't know Toowoomba had a Toys r Us until I drove past it.

Unfortunately, that was one of the most recent new stores for the chain, opened last year I think.... and now it has to close.

[MV75]

Alright then; BigW northlakes has the $15 blitzwing/octone, $10 deluxe Titans and when I left; about 5 cosmos and ~10 seasprays $5.

I picked up an octone, quake, seaspray and cosmos. (49/29/20/20$ normal retail) for $35 total. :D

[Ravagecat]

Was in the area so had a quick squiz...

Big W Stafford City as of 5:30PM yesterday had:

Toy Isle near registers - 3x $15 Blitzwing, 6x $15 Octone, 1x MB Grimlock, 2x MB Blackout
In the actual toy section- 2x $10 Krok, at least a dozen each of $5 Cosmos and Seaspray.

I did not see any POTP leaders...

I didnt search the whole store so there may be other isles that have transformers in them knowing Big W and the way they like to spread stuff around the whole store for their sale :rolleyes:

[kwanzaabot]

TRU Garden City is a warzone. A warzone. Managed to pick up the lonely Triggerhappy that's been selfwarming for the past 6 months or so for $21, but I think I got a little bit of shell shock in the process.

On my way to Underwood to pick up a cheap Blitzwing (nothing at Big W Garbo). Wish me luck!

EDIT: Not a Blitzwing in sight, but I did pick up Elita-1.
Got her for 15, too. Scanned at 45, but the tag says "TF Gen Voyager", and she scanned as a "TF Gen Voyager", so...

I feel a little scummy about being one of those pain in the arse customers (I had to deal with them enough back in my retail days and I've got a bit of a complex about it now), but hey, cheap robots.

[griffin]

EDIT: Not a Blitzwing in sight, but I did pick up Elita-1.
Got her for 15, too. Scanned at 45, but the tag says "TF Gen Voyager", and she scanned as a "TF Gen Voyager", so...

I feel a little scummy about being one of those pain in the arse customers (I had to deal with them enough back in my retail days and I've got a bit of a complex about it now), but hey, cheap robots.


I'm surprised that you were able to get them to price-matched the POTP toy for their Titans Return price, as the $15 Voyager price is only for Titans Return Voyagers (which has a different product code in their system - they might all be Generations to us collectors, but to Retailers, they are two different toylines).


I'm sure that there would be a few adult collectors trying to do the same with various POTP toys, using the prices of the cheap Titans Return toys that hit BigW stores this week.

[kwanzaabot]

Shh.

I wouldn't have done it normally, but the label didn't make the distinction between the two lines, and the scanner didn't either. It was just "generations voyager". Taken at their word, they're selling generations voyagers for $15.

[Stug]

Big W Stafford City as of 5:30PM yesterday had:



You were there an hour or two after me... I was looking for a $10 Kup. Nothing else around the store.

And just on Griffin's last point: Not sure if it's collectors or re-sellers. As I was checking behind a Slug in the toy section a sales assistant turned up and explained they weren't really $10 and he was taking the tags down as he'd just had to give a heap to someone else again for $10. But seeing I beat him to it, he offered me a tag to take to the register and get them for $10 too. Instead I asked for the actual $10 items; they'd been cleaned out and inferred they had constantly had people trying to get more expensive items - I think he may have even said he'd sorted them onto the correct pegs only 15 minutes earlier (all the POTP were crammed onto the $10 pegs when I arrived).

While we were talking, another person on a mobile turned up and loaded all the Blitzwings and Octones into a trolley. I went to the next aisle and heard them say, "No, the cheap tags aren't even here, so I can't try it." Just sounded suss to me...

Anyway, family sourced me a Kup while they were out and about yesterday. :)

[tinyJazz]

From yesterday afternoon- Comic book heroes chermside has Studio Series deluxe Jazz and Lockdown... $40.

I was a bit keen haha, Jazz is a very small deluxe but he's just delightful.

[griffin]

You were there an hour or two after me... I was looking for a $10 Kup. Nothing else around the store.

And just on Griffin's last point: Not sure if it's collectors or re-sellers. As I was checking behind a Slug in the toy section a sales assistant turned up and explained they weren't really $10 and he was taking the tags down as he'd just had to give a heap to someone else again for $10. But seeing I beat him to it, he offered me a tag to take to the register and get them for $10 too. Instead I asked for the actual $10 items; they'd been cleaned out and inferred they had constantly had people trying to get more expensive items - I think he may have even said he'd sorted them onto the correct pegs only 15 minutes earlier (all the POTP were crammed onto the $10 pegs when I arrived).

While we were talking, another person on a mobile turned up and loaded all the Blitzwings and Octones into a trolley. I went to the next aisle and heard them say, "No, the cheap tags aren't even here, so I can't try it." Just sounded suss to me...

Anyway, family sourced me a Kup while they were out and about yesterday. :)

That's disappointing to hear as it gives us collectors a bad name to those stores who may not be as keen to help out other fans like you who want something legitimate.
It could also prompt BigW to not take on cheap stock in future if it is costing them a fortune on other items they paid a lot more for. It only takes a few greedy people (they don't deserve to be called fans) to ruin it for us collectors.
It's also disappointing to hear toy scalpers grabbing all of the stock before real fans can get them, just to sell them at full price or more online.

[Ravagecat]

You were there an hour or two after me... I was looking for a $10 Kup. Nothing else around the store.

And just on Griffin's last point: Not sure if it's collectors or re-sellers. As I was checking behind a Slug in the toy section a sales assistant turned up and explained they weren't really $10 and he was taking the tags down as he'd just had to give a heap to someone else again for $10. But seeing I beat him to it, he offered me a tag to take to the register and get them for $10 too. Instead I asked for the actual $10 items; they'd been cleaned out and inferred they had constantly had people trying to get more expensive items - I think he may have even said he'd sorted them onto the correct pegs only 15 minutes earlier (all the POTP were crammed onto the $10 pegs when I arrived).

While we were talking, another person on a mobile turned up and loaded all the Blitzwings and Octones into a trolley. I went to the next aisle and heard them say, "No, the cheap tags aren't even here, so I can't try it." Just sounded suss to me...

Anyway, family sourced me a Kup while they were out and about yesterday. :)

So Close lol. I guess they put some of the Blitzwings and Octones back... I did wonder why I couldn't see the tags on the shelf. Glad you got your Kup :)


That's disappointing to hear as it gives us collectors a bad name to those stores who may not be as keen to help out other fans like you who want something legitimate.
It could also prompt BigW to not take on cheap stock in future if it is costing them a fortune on other items they paid a lot more for. It only takes a few greedy people (they don't deserve to be called fans) to ruin it for us collectors.
It's also disappointing to hear toy scalpers grabbing all of the stock before real fans can get them, just to sell them at full price or more online.

Makes my blood Boil :mad:...makes me worry about the potential of cheap items in the future too!

[kwanzaabot]

Just to be clear, guys, I'm absolutely not a scalper. I just saw a label say an item was a certain price, and asked to buy it for that price.

If anything, maybe it'll prompt Big W to see that there actually is demand for Transformers, and they'll order more stock in future. I've been looking at empty pegs since before Christmas.

[Akky82]

Big W Taigum has 2 of each wave 2 PotP deluxes. I have them already so not taking any home. Also one elita 1, no seaspray and cosmos but a plethora of brawn, roadbyrn and kickback (as well as quake, twinferno, triggerhappy and krok).

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[Galvatran]

That's disappointing to hear as it gives us collectors a bad name
That line gets banded around way too much. I'd associate with the 'cast' on the Jerry Springer show a lot closer than I would of those turds.




It only takes a few greedy people (they don't deserve to be called fans) to ruin it for us collectors.
It's also disappointing to hear toy scalpers grabbing all of the stock before real fans can get them, just to sell them at full price or more online.
Where's that pic of the smug-faced guy posing in front of TR Devastators.

[kovert]

While we were talking, another person on a mobile turned up and loaded all the Blitzwings and Octones into a trolley.

Was wondering when the scalpers would start buying up all the $15 Blitzwing and Octone stock. :rolleyes:

Spotted a POTP Voyager Hun-Gurrr at Big W Chermside.

[griffin]

Just to be clear, guys, I'm absolutely not a scalper. I just saw a label say an item was a certain price, and asked to buy it for that price.

If anything, maybe it'll prompt Big W to see that there actually is demand for Transformers, and they'll order more stock in future. I've been looking at empty pegs since before Christmas.


My comments weren't aimed at you.

[miles_prower]

Final day for Toys R Us, at Garden City they had several of the Studio Series Thundercrackers, going for $48, and also Masterpiece Movie Barricade for $130 I believe, they had about 10 of the Barricades by the checkouts and lots of the Thundercrackers in the transformers aisle, they are 20% off, so last chance to get the figures, the kraft cheese vouchers are still valid.

[jaydisc]

Big W Kawana (where I took those pictures of about 20 cartons of Blitzwing/Octane) has 3-4 of those figures left a week later! They still have an end-cap full of Seasprays and Cosmos, and most of wave 1 of POTP (no Legends) in the regular section.

Kmart Maroochydore had heaps (~10 of ea.) of Outback and Cindersaur, so they're appearing beyond Toyworld now. (reminder to self: never buy from Toyworld)

Target was uneventful, and Myer toys is closed until November due to renovation.

TRU is down to 20% off Action Figures and Lego, and I still have some Kraft coupons, so I got a couple wave 1 POTP deluxe for $23 each after that all calculated through. The lady at checkout had to check that the $5 off were still valid, and while I couldn't hear the other side of the conversation, it sounds like they aren't, but she made an exception for the two I wanted to use.

[griffin]

Garden City last night...

BigW had in the main aisle next to toys about 100 TR Seaspray/Cosmos and about 20 Voyagers Blitzwing/Octone.
Kmart had several Outbacks and Cindersaurs.
Target restocked RID Warriors with the Starscream and Twinferno wave.
Myer had a lot of empty space as most of their bigger items were now on the Clearance shelf. They had a Tailgate which seemed new.
Toysrus, as noted above, had SS Thundercracker and MP Barricade.
About 20 Thundercrackers were in the regular TFs section, while about 15 Barricades were near the registers with security devices.

[reillyd]

Robina TRU No thundercracker sightings so didn't reach us or a scalper bought every last one. The Optimus Prime statue is gone, so someone scored an awesome lawn ornament.

Robina Big W has lots of octane in the transformers section, no blitzwing. Three or four hot rods and kups , no other characters. There may be an end shelf somewhere else in the store, but I didn't spy it. So maybe Cosmos and Seaspray went, or didn't come?

[griffin]

Robina TRU No thundercracker sightings so didn't reach us or a scalper bought every last one. The Optimus Prime statue is gone, so someone scored an awesome lawn ornament.


Dammit... I was going to phone up tomorrow to ask about if it was up for grabs, or if it had to be returned somewhere.

[jaydisc]

FINALLY found POTP Deluxe Wave 2 Sludge, Snarl & Rippersnapper at Big W Noosaville. Presumably someone bought one of each from the slab before I got there as the other 5 (same 3 + Moonracer & Darkwing) weren't there.

[Convoid]

Myer Brisbane CBD

Power of the Primes:
15x Elita-1
12x Hun-gurrr
2x Battleslash
1x Tailgate
Wave 1 deluxes
Wave 1 prime masters

Titans Return:
Blaster, Soundwave, Trypticon, Fortress Maximus, Quake, Krok, Brawn, Roadburn and a few titan masters.

Studio Series:
Ratchet, Crowbar, Optimus Prime, Starscream

[kwanzaabot]

Picked up $15 Octane yesterday.

It's definitely worth $15. If I'd spent more than that, I'd have some serious buyer's remorse. A loose, floppy, floppy mess.

[reillyd]

Big W Runaway Bay had several Octanes and Blitzwings $15, heaps of Cosmos and Seaspray (now in main tf isle) and one lone Hung-grr voyager which I took. No sign of elita 1. They still have a Shattered Glass Rodimus Leader as well

[Mr_K]

Picked up $15 Octane yesterday.

It's definitely worth $15. If I'd spent more than that, I'd have some serious buyer's remorse. A loose, floppy, floppy mess.

That's a shame, mine isn't loose at all

[Convoid]

Gold Coast

Tweed City

Kmart
POTP: 3x Inferno, 3x Grimlock, wave 2 prime masters, wave 3 legends, wave 1 deluxes
Studio Series: 1x Megatron, 1x Brawl, 1x Starscream, wave 1 deluxes

Big W
1x Dreadwind, 1x Studio Series Grimlock, 4x Blitzwing, 4x Octone

Tweed Mall

Target
Studio Series Starscream, Studio Series deluxes, POTP wave 1 deluxes

Pacific Fair

Big W
POTP wave 1 deluxes, Seaspray, Cosmos, 1x Triggerhappy, 1x Twinferno

Kmart
POTP: 4x Inferno, 4x Grimlock, wave 2 prime masters, wave 3 legends

Myer
POTP: 9x Elita-1, 8x Hun-gurr, 1x Starscream, wave 1 deluxes, wave 1 prime masters, wave 2 legends, Windcharger
Titans Return: Broadside, Megatron, Krok, Triggerhappy, Twinferno, Trypticon, Fortress Maximus, a few titan masters
Studio Series: 4x Grimlock, 4x Blackout, wave 1 deluxes

20% off Toys. Ends Sunday July 15th

Target
Kickback, POTP Starscream, wave 2 prime masters

[griffin]

Sunnybank Kmart had heaps of the POTP Outbacks and Cindersaurs, plus a couple of Voyager Infernos.
Reject Shop has the RID PEZ Optimus, Bumblebee and Grimlock for $2.50 each. (I've seen them in most major retailers now, with prices varying from $1.50 to $5)
Coles had 20% off their RID Legions and Tiny Changers until July 17th, but didn't have the big Authentics, so they might be 20% off as well.

[MV75]

Quite a find today, I don't know what it may signify, if anything, but this morning at bigw strathpine, I see a single octone for $15, fine. I then see the pop shelf below it, has a single toy there, the tag says $45, I then look at the toy, I then have to look again, freaking grimlock. Bought. :) I never saw it at all on first release, then here it is all by itself on the shelf.

[Stug]

Dammit... I was going to phone up tomorrow to ask about if it was up for grabs, or if it had to be returned somewhere.

If you're still chasing the statue, my wife mentioned that Aspley had a notice/add up that one was still available at North Lakes this morning.

[griffin]

If you're still chasing the statue, my wife mentioned that Aspley had a notice/add up that one was still available at North Lakes this morning.


Considering the prices being asked for the ones down south, it's probably more than I'd be comfortable with.
I'm surprised that they were allowed to sell them, as I thought they would have been borrowed form the toy companies... unless they were actually bought from them.

[miles_prower]

Action figures at Toys R Us Garden City are 40% off now, down to just wave 1 deluxe potp, last knight deluxe and voyagers and Broadsides. There was 1 leader class Rodimus Prime but I grabbed him. They are not selling the baskets despite having a sign up saying they were, they gave me 2 reasons.

1. We can't sell them until we remove the label from them
2. Not selling fixtures until all stock is gone

Rather annoyed since they were advertising them at the front of the store.

[reillyd]

Toyworld Australia Fair/Southport has Cogman (check behind front stock, and at the side). Also PotP Inferno but ouch the price. No cyberverse :(

If anyone sees Cyberverse in SE Qld desperate to get me some Starscream, any distance will do :)