QLD Transformers Sightings.

[Ravagecat]

Wow, straight into wave 4... looks like I'm gonna have trouble finding wave 3 wingfinger at an affordable retailer.

that sux! I think I grabbed mine from amazon when it was 36.99 (or something) - its now over $40!
I hate how amazon inflate their prices depending on demand :mad: That's how it seems anyway....

Did you get your Waspinator yet?

[kovert]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?


I hate how amazon inflate their prices depending on demand :mad:

Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

[XCool]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?
Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

[Ravagecat]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

Not that i am aware of and I've been checking regularly


Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

Not Necessarily - Market place sellers usually have inflated prices but Items Sold by/Shipped By Amazon US and Amazon AU do it too!

[kovert]

Not that i am aware of and I've been checking regularly

Thanks for confirming.

[Ravagecat]

Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

And the price of Wingfinger is still trending..it was $40.49 earlier when I was complaining, it's now $41!

[griffin]

Did you get your Waspinator yet?

It still hasn't shipped or been processed yet... 8 days later.

I contacted customer service yesterday (the chat screen option), and was passed around 3 different people before they terminated the session without any actual answers (telling me details that I can already see on my account page).

Today I managed to get someone who was able to tell me that the order is currently "stuck in the fulfilment centre", and they have to wait until Friday to be able to investigate it (because that's the estimated delivery date, and I guess the order is still potentially active until it is overdue).
So I'll have to check back again next week to find out what has caused this.


Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

Jolt was spotted somewhere on the gold coast in the QLD sightings about a week ago... and Gnaw has been on Amazon Australia for about a month (all 3 were supposed to be in the same wave, but I don't think I've seen all 3 appear at the one place anywhere yet. Maybe it is a split revision wave.


Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

You can filter the results to only show "Amazon US items", and when you bring up the product page of the item, if it says "sold by" and "ships from" Amazon US, go up to the url address and remove the ".au" after the amazon.com and when you press enter the listing should change to its Amazon America page... and it will tell you if it is an Amazon US item (if it is a 3rd party listing, it will either say who the seller is, or will say that is unavailable because you aren't logged in with an American postal address).
I sometimes do that on more expensive items to see if the price is cheaper getting it via Amazon AU (as a free import, but sometimes they over-price the conversion to au$) or directly from Amazon US (in us$ with shipping).

[Keidatron]

I bought SS Gnaw from Catch about a month ago, he is glorious

[nalops]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?


I saw a lone Bumblebee with Sam at Big W Garden City which makes me think they had the others but no way to confirm.

[XCool]

You can filter the results to only show "Amazon US items", and when you bring up the product page of the item, if it says "sold by" and "ships from" Amazon US, go up to the url address and remove the ".au" after the amazon.com and when you press enter the listing should change to its Amazon America page... and it will tell you if it is an Amazon US item (if it is a 3rd party listing, it will either say who the seller is, or will say that is unavailable because you aren't logged in with an American postal address).
I sometimes do that on more expensive items to see if the price is cheaper getting it via Amazon AU (as a free import, but sometimes they over-price the conversion to au$) or directly from Amazon US (in us$ with shipping).

So far, all Amazon US items I checked using the method above are 3rd party listings. I've never seen any that's sold by Amazon.com themselve.

[Keidatron]

There?s still one Waspinator and one Shadow Panther at Kmart Chermside

[griffin]

So far, all Amazon US items I checked using the method above are 3rd party listings. I've never seen any that's sold by Amazon.com themselve.

Generally they don't want to be competing with themselves, so the only reason we should see Amazon US items filter through to the AU site is when that current product is out of stock in Australia or not sold here at all.

[Defcon]

Classic Beast Wars Transformers at Big W. Rattrap and Cheetor $59 ea, Optimus Primal $85

[Brobot]

Anyone is Brissy want to buy Earthrise Skywarp and Thundercracker? I bought it off a website at full price because I thought the Amazon order would never come through. I just got an email that it has come through, so if anyone really wants to buy them, let me know.

[Dogboy]

Sorry.. bit of a late posting, took these yesterday...

Kmart Northlakes

Netflix Deluxes - 2x Rusticon, 2x Cheetor, 2x Deep Cover, no Drones..
Netflix Voyrager - 2x Megatron, 2x Hotlink

Kingdom Voyager - 4x Inferno, 4x Dinobot

SS86 Voyager - 2x Sweeps, 1x Wreck-gar

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6560
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6561


Big W Northlakes

Beast Wars - Only had Optimus Primal on show - about 12 of them on a display.

Kingdom Deluxe - 3x Huffer, 3x Arcee, 3x Air Razor.
Kingdom Voyager - Tones of Inferno and Dinobot only.
Kingdom Leader - 4x Ultra Magnus.

SS86 Voyager - 3x Hot Rod, 1x Scourge

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6562
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6563


Target Northlakes

Headmasters - All wave 1 - roughly 5 of each still. No wave 2.

Kingdom Core - 1x Soundwave, 1x Dracodon, 2x Megatron.
Kingdom Deluxe - 2x Air Razor, 2x Huffer, 3x Arcee, 1x Ractonite.
Kingdom Voyager - 3x Inferno, 3x Dinobot.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6564


Myer Northlakes

Buzzworthy - 4x 4 pack of Cyberverse figures (no Worlds Collide)

Transformers X - 4x Ecto 1

Kingdom Voyager - 1x Dinobot, 2x Inferno
Kingdom Leader - 2x Ultra Magnus
Kingdom Commander - 2x Rodimus Prime

SS86 Leader - 1x Grimlock

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6565


Zing Northlakes

Generations Selects - 2x Artfire, 1x Transmutate

Kingdom Voyager - 2x Paleotrex
Kingdom Leader - 1x Ultra Magnus

Shattered Glass - 1x Lonely Starscream.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6566



PS: If anyone sees a random Shadow Panther out and about I wouldn't mind an update! I haven't ordered him online yet.

[Dogboy]

EB Games Northlakes - If anyone is after a Shattered Glass Jetfire, I cancelled mine and it came in the next day. They still have it in stock, but they don't know what to do with it so it may be out back. Enquire within.

[christalcase]

Big W Hyperdome has a display stand filled with Wave 3 Kingdom Deluxes - $36 (they price match against Kmart's $29 as well)

[nalops]

Big W Hyperdome has a display stand filled with Wave 3 Kingdom Deluxes - $36 (they price match against Kmart's $29 as well)

Oh nice, you found them. Hopefully show up in more stores.

[christalcase]

Oh nice, you found them. Hopefully show up in more stores.

Now the hunt begins for the next SS Deluxe wave as I want Jolt :D (although I should probably just buy it from Amazon for full RRP).

[griffin]

Kmart Sunnybank yesterday morning - nothing new, but they must be really close to restocking Voyager SS and Kingdom Deluxe, as there was only a single Kingdom Deluxe left.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km63.jpg



Target Northlakes

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6564



Someone stole a Cyberverse combiner Swoop???
It may well be better not being combined, but that is a really random toy to steal.
(something we should get used to now that Hasbro is phasing out plastic windows from next year - which leaves the toys and any accessories on display, vulnerable to theft or damage)

[BrickFormers]

Someone stole a Cyberverse combiner Swoop???
It may well be better not being combined, but that is a really random toy to steal.
(something we should get used to now that Hasbro is phasing out plastic windows from next year - which leaves the toys and any accessories on display, vulnerable to theft or damage)

Is that why my Origin Bumblebee had an open space where the window usually was? I didn’t realise they were doing this I thought I just got one with a boxing error.

[griffin]

Yeah, they've been progressively removing plastic windows and plastic trays... and it looks like the Generations toys next year will no longer have windows or trays, which leaves the toys and accessories exposed.

Today at BigW Garden City... a nice healthy restocking, and more that they still hadn't put out yet.

The display near the front of the store, with wave 2 Kingdom Deluxes and SS Leader Slug/Slag...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw35.jpg

The side of the display had another bit of artwork for Kingdom, which joins up to one of the two from the June toy sale pre-pack display. (The Megatron artwork doesn't join up, as it also has the Ark in the background)
I'm really annoyed that I didn't get the June sale artwork, as the pairing of Optimus and Bumblebee would have looked nice.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw36.jpg . http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw37.jpg

Over in the main toy section, we had wave 3 Kingdom Deluxes (except Wingfinger... drat, the only one I wanted).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw38.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw39.jpg

A pallet of boxes that was still being broken down, had EIGHT! boxes of Kingdom deluxes. Unfortunately, the toy boxes don't say what wave they are like they used to a few years ago, so I had to ask if they were going to be opening them up. One of the staff said no, because they didn't have enough room yet for them... but I asked if I could see what was inside, hoping that it was the Wingfinger wave. Sure enough, the box they opened up was wave 3... and I got Wingfinger.
I would expect them to still unbox them and put them somewhere, so if you are after wave 3 (Tracks, Wingfinger, Scorponok, and Wheeljack).
Since someone had just recently found wave 4 Deluxes at Kmart Garden City, it means wave 2, 3 and 4 are all in the one shopping centre (plus several Blackarachnias at BigW)... which is almost all of the Deluxes from Kingdom in one place.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw40.jpg

[Dogboy]

Kmart North Lakes - Nothing new for Kingdom, just less stock than my last posting (Still 1x Sweeps and 2x Rusticons on the shelf). There there were these two guys, hadn't seen them before so thought I would share for those interested.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6567


Big W North Lakes - They received wave 3! But very little stock.. only 1x Wheeljack left (after I took the only Wingfinger). They got even more classic Primal in, as well as 4x classic Rattrap. They also have SS86 Slug in stock (only 1 remaining), and 1x SS86 Sweep Left.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6568
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6569


Mr Toys Rothwell - Only Kingdom Arcee and Dinobot on the shelf. There is 1x Titan Ark behind the counter also. Couple of SS86 Slug and Grimlock's, and 4x World's Collide 4-pack (which they said they have not sold 1, or had any questions about it). The lovely staff said they haven't really received any Kingdom or Transformers stock in ages.

Edit: Also forgot about the Rodimus Prime you can see up top sideways.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6570

[Brobot]

Anyone is Brisbane want Skywarp and Thundercracker Earthrise for $100?

[Ravagecat]

Anyone is Brisbane want Skywarp and Thundercracker Earthrise for $100?

Unfortunately I think you will find that those of us that wanted it, secured it at Amazon's introductory price. Will Amazon let you return it? Otherwise you may find a buyer on FB marketplace or Gumtree...

[icemango]

I'll grab it off you if its still available

[Brobot]

Unfortunately I think you will find that those of us that wanted it, secured it at Amazon's introductory price. Will Amazon let you return it? Otherwise you may find a buyer on FB marketplace or Gumtree...

Thanks for the advice. I thought the Amazon order would never come. I will try Facebook market place. I'm in no rush.

[Convoid]

Big W Burleigh Heads
Kingdom wave 3 deluxe: 4-6 each of Scorponok, Wingfinger and Tracks.

https://imgur.com/wBwlxUZ.jpg

[Jellico]

Carindale Big W still has a full Wave 3 Kingdom Deluxes. $20% off making them $28. Guess they got sick of price matching.
Voyagers are $47.

Myer has a pair of Wreck Gars and bunch of Ectotrons.

Kmart has 2 Sweeps, Wreck Gar, and the Netflix Deluxes.
And a random shelf of giant simplified Primes and Bumblebees. Cyber Commanders apparently.

Zing has a Japanese Abominous box set high above their Lego case. $369. There is a Rodimus Prime there too.

And Mr Toys has Waspinator and Shadow Panther. $29 which is good for Mr Toys.

[Dogboy]

Carindale Big W still has a full Wave 3 Kingdom Deluxes. $20% off making them $28. Guess they got sick of price matching.
Voyagers are $47.

Myer has a pair of Wreck Gars and bunch of Ectotrons.

Kmart has 2 Sweeps, Wreck Gar, and the Netflix Deluxes.
And a random shelf of giant simplified Primes and Bumblebees. Cyber Commanders apparently.

Zing has a Japanese Abominous box set high above their Lego case. $369. There is a Rodimus Prime there too.

And Mr Toys has Waspinator and Shadow Panther. $29 which is good for Mr Toys.

Damn... Going to have to check out Mr Toys again to see if they have Shadow Panther in stock, as well as Big W.. every other store seems to have gotten a lot of stock. Wonder what went wrong at North Lakes?

[Brobot]

Damn... Going to have to check out Mr Toys again to see if they have Shadow Panther in stock, as well as Big W.. every other store seems to have gotten a lot of stock. Wonder what went wrong at North Lakes?

Mr Toys in the CBD has plenty of Shadow Panthers

[BrickFormers]

Mr Toys Myer Centre

At least 3 Waspinator and Shadow Panther
https://i.imgur.com/21dbpum.jpg

[griffin]

Kmart North Lakes - There there were these two guys, hadn't seen them before so thought I would share for those interested.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=6567



Damn... Hasbro Australia is still sitting on those.
They have been given them to Aldi at least twice in the last 3 years, and always those two (the Movie deco Optimus and Bumblebee).

[Dogboy]

Damn... Hasbro Australia is still sitting on those.
They have been given them to Aldi at least twice in the last 3 years, and always those two (the Movie deco Optimus and Bumblebee).

I went right to the back of the shelf.. definitely only those two! Very sad in that case. Haven't been to Aldi since I moved from my last place so was unaware.

[reillyd]

Aldi has the four (MEGQTRON, grimlock, Starscream, OPTIMUS) advertised for special buys

[nalops]

Kmart Garden City has 1 Netflix Primal and 1 Sparkless Seeker. Also has 1 Sweep, 1 Tracks, 2 Waspinator and 2 Shadow Panther.

Big W has a buttload of Kingdom Deluxe Wave 3 if anyone's after them.

[Ravagecat]

Kmart Garden City has 1 Netflix Primal and 1 Sparkless Seeker. Also has 1 Sweep, 1 Tracks, 2 Waspinator and 2 Shadow Panther.

Big W has a buttload of Kingdom Deluxe Wave 3 if anyone's after them.

Awesome, thank you for the update - Kmart GC now minus the Sparkless Seeker :D

[Defcon]

Kmart Garden City has 1 Netflix Primal and 1 Sparkless Seeker. Also has 1 Sweep, 1 Tracks, 2 Waspinator and 2 Shadow Panther.

Big W has a buttload of Kingdom Deluxe Wave 3 if anyone's after them.

I grabbed Netflix Primal, and a Waspinator, tempted to buy another Sweep, but left it behind. There is a restock of Netflix deluxes from wave 2, not sure if there was much left only 2 figures, a Bumblebee and Impactor.

[griffin]

Someone let me know that they saw several SS Sweeps at Myer CBD store, which would be on sale too

[christalcase]

Kmart Garden City has 1 Netflix Primal and 1 Sparkless Seeker. Also has 1 Sweep, 1 Tracks, 2 Waspinator and 2 Shadow Panther.

Big W has a buttload of Kingdom Deluxe Wave 3 if anyone's after them.

Thanks for this. Surprisingly, there was still one Waspinator left this morning so I grabbed that. Still one Shadow Panther.

[Convoid]

Toymate Robina
Optimus Prime T-rex

https://imgur.com/OW1j5q7.jpg


Mr Toys Toyworld Helensvale
Kingdom wave 4 deluxe: Waspinator and Shadow Panther (3-4 of each)

https://imgur.com/0XXxBZJ.jpg

[griffin]

Toymate Robina
Optimus Prime T-rex

https://imgur.com/OW1j5q7.jpg



Ah, something new.
Expensive though. :(

(looking back to our 2014 checklist page, the original release was $70... almost a 50% increase in 7 years)

[TilAllAreOne]

Kmart Oxenford - I was able to get Wreck-Gar. He wasn’t there last week when I got a Sweep. And there were no Sweeps today. Also have a look through the large assortment of Netflix toys at your local Kmart. I was able to find a Bumblebee today when I looked. I got it for a mate.

[TilAllAreOne]

Zing Pacific Fair - Has the unicron companion pack in the glass cabinet. I thought it wasn’t coming out until May next year. I was very surprised. I didn’t get it. So it’s still there.

[griffin]

Garden City BigW on Friday - I was in there to get the new Cyberverse Roll & Change toys during the 20% off sale... they were there, along with the Vintage Beast Wars Megatron toy (all four now available), and a restock of a number of other items (a restock of the Kingdom Leaders with several Galvatrons, including ones with good shoulders... and Studio Series Deluxe with Jolt and Mv2 Bumblebee).
Plus, year 4 packaged Cyberverse Scout class (wave 11), which I think is the first sighting of any existing size-classes of Cyberverse in the green year 4 packaging (Scout, 1-step, Deluxe, Warrior, Ultra, Ultimate) .
Unfortunately, with most of the year 4 toys being identical re-released toys, Scout and 1-Step classes don't have any new toys expected during year 4 (not even any redecos, which is a missed opportunity, especially with things like Seekers and Generic Bots in the cartoon).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw41.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw42.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw43.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw44.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw45.jpg


Zing Pacific Fair - Has the unicron companion pack in the glass cabinet. I thought it wasn’t coming out until May next year. I was very surprised. I didn’t get it. So it’s still there.

Confusingly, that Hasbro PulseCon exclusive is listed in America for March (https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-leader-behold-galvatron-unicron-companion-pack) and I'm not sure why some countries got it in December, but that was it's release date here and in those other countries.

[popculturepooka]

Are Big W buyers really that stupid? They hardly seem to get decent stock numbers of mainlines in, but they ordered THAT many BW Vintage figures at more than $50 a pop? Seriously?

[Dogboy]

Are Big W buyers really that stupid? They hardly seem to get decent stock numbers of mainlines in, but they ordered THAT many BW Vintage figures at more than $50 a pop? Seriously?

I dunno.. they seem to be selling. North Lakes Big W only has 1x Vintage Megatron on the shelf, they sold everything else. But you are right.. They don't seemd to be getting enough of the current main line. They got like 2x cartons in of wave 3 and I managed to get the only Wingfinger they had left. Still yet to find a Trax or Scorponok.

[Convoid]

Kmart Robina
Cyberverse Deluxe: 1x Cheetor
Kingdom: 1x Rhinox
Netflix deluxe: wave 2 and 3

https://imgur.com/KuD4pF8.jpg


Big W Robina

https://imgur.com/djRQq16.jpg

https://imgur.com/i2LQtaf.jpg

https://imgur.com/qupGwDr.jpg

https://imgur.com/KUxjkGd.jpg

[TilAllAreOne]

Kmart Oxenford - Has one Rhinox left. One sweep also.

[Jellico]

Got around to Kmarts at Indooropilly, Garden City, and Carindale over the last two days. Looks like the waves including Rinox, Shadow Panther, and SS Gnaw have been up in the shelves in the last couple of day. What is left is variable from store to store, but it looks like Shadow Panther is hanging around.

[griffin]

Rhinox has certainly come out in force quite suddenly... I see it in quite a few sightings, and only in the last week. (it was first out in Australia in August, but I think that was just Amazon Australia)

[Jellico]

I am at Big W Carindale. They have a secret shelf of Rinoxes and Cyclonus up high in the toy section. The other Voyagers are 20% off so I am guessing they will be $40 too. So that is two stores with Rhinox in the wild.

[lambi]

I found Wreck-Gar at long last at Myer CBD, $12 off too!
Does anyone know if Buzzworthy origins Bumblebee is set to be released anytime?

[Dogboy]

I found Wreck-Gar at long last at Myer CBD, $12 off too!
Does anyone know if Buzzworthy origins Bumblebee is set to be released anytime?

As fat as I'm aware from info here, he is not coming to Aus. Have to import.

[Dogboy]

Seems like Netflix Wave 3 voyagers are getting a restock now - 2x Sparkless Seeker and 1x Primal/Rattrap now in stock at Kmart North Lakes.

[nalops]

Big W Garden City had quite a few Rhinox yesterday.

[griffin]

Kmart Sunnybank on Wednesday - A restock of Netflix since I was last there a couple weeks ago, but only two characters left. I noticed that was new was the Cybervese Deluxe (green packaging), but only Soundwave and Thunderhowl left (no Cheetor).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km66.jpg

Kmart Garden City on Friday (yesterday) - also had Cyberverse Deluxe, but only Soundwave (Cheetor was gone already too). The had a single Netflix toy left, and a single SS Jolt from that wave left too.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km67.jpg

BigW Garden City same day - had a lot of new Transformers toys (for Christmas), but probably not a lot to interest the older collectors. The new Cyberverse Roll N Change, and a LOT of Rescue Bots Bumblebee 3-packs & electronic Optimus Prime T-Rex.
Also a SS86 Sweep, which is the first I had seen at a BigW (previously at Kmart)... plus a lot of Kingdom Rhinox and wave 4 Deluxe.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw46.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw47.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw48.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw49.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw50.jpg

[griffin]

Kmart Carindale today - still had quite a few of the Cyberverse Deluxe wave that has Cheetor. (I got one, and there was at least one left). Also most of the wave 3 Netflix Deluxe figures, and a Voyager Sparkless Seeker. Plus a couple of SS Sweeps.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km68.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km69.jpg

Also found the first of what will be fairly common in future with any toys that come apart easily that are in packaging that has no plastic windows - little fingers playing with the toys are able to easily remove parts (unintentionally, or intentionally).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km70.jpg

Coles Sunnybank - found a Transformers birthday card...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021c01.jpg

[Beryllium Balone]

Myer CBD has about 10 Wreck-Gars & 20 Sweeps, 10 or so Gnaws & Jazz, about 10 or so SS ROTF Bees & Jolts.

Kingdom selection was not as orderly but plenty of Rhinoxeri & various other deluxes & voyagers, Magnus, Galvatron... Also 6 (!) Kingdom Arks. All at Myer prices but 20% off, so Titans going for $240 there.

[griffin]

Reject Shop Sunnybank today - Authentics Bravo (small size) latest wave with Barricade (along with Ratchet, Optimus, Bumblebee and Megatron).
Barricade did first show up at Woolies in April, but this is a second option for people, at the same price of $10.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021oth08.jpg

[Dogboy]

Didn't get a chance to posy yesterday.

Kmart Toombul had some wave 3 Netflix. 2x Sparkless Seeker, 2x Optimal/Rattrap, 2x Rusticon, 2x Deesus Drone and 2x BB Thunderhowl. Nothing else noteworthy..

Target Toombul still had lots of Wave 1 Retro Headmasters, 2x Shadow Panther, 1x Waspinator, 2x Tracks.

[Dogboy]

Anyone seen a Kingdom Deluxe Scorponok floating around??

I've tried a few shops and had no luck.

[BlitzkriegPrime]

Northlakes Big W had a couple yesterday arvo (23/12 at about 4:30pm), hope it helps!

[Dogboy]

Northlakes Big W had a couple yesterday arvo (23/12 at about 4:30pm), hope it helps!

Are you bloody kidding me?? I was there the 22nd and didn't see any! Must have put more out.. now I gotta try my luck again in the busy period ?

[TilAllAreOne]

Kmart Oxenford - they’ve got a couple sweeps and one wreck-gar left. They had another Netflix bumblebee. So they must be getting sent out again which is good for everyone that missed him the first time.

[BrickFormers]

Kmart Victoria Point
Various Wave 2 and 3 Netflix Deluxes including a single Bumbleebee

https://i.imgur.com/nxJfY0B.jpg

[griffin]

These sightings might not be of any use to regulars here, but it can still show us items that could be at chains elsewhere.

Kmart Stockland Hervey Bay DEC 24th - wave 2 Netflix Deluxe and wave 3 Voyagers like other Kmarts have been getting again in the last couple off weeks.
I also saw one of those Cyber Series figures, which someone else had found a couple months ago, but I hadn't seen in Brisbane yet.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km71.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021km72.jpg

BigW Pialba DEC 26th - Still quite a few of the four Vintage Beast Wars toys... plus two waves of Studio Series Deluxe, and an older wave of SS Voyagers with Starscream and Hotrod. Also quite a few Cyberverse Ultra Rack-n-Ruin, which had mostly only appeared at Toyworld and Amazon before now.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw51.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw52.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021bw53.jpg

Coles Pialba DEC 26th - Both small and large Authentics, which were both on sale until today (I thought it was longer, so missed mentioning it before it expired).
All of the Coles stores near me in Brisbane stopped selling Transformers toys months ago, so it was a big surprise seeing some at this store... and the big ones too, which I didn't think were still in Australia.
The small size is the latest wave (Barricade), but the large size could be really old stock, as it looks to be the first wave from back in 2018.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021c02.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2021c03.jpg

[Dogboy]

Kmart North Lakes: Nothing much to report.. Those still looking for wave 3 Netflix, 3x Sparkless Seeker and 2x Optimus/Rattrap. Only 1x Deepcover and 2-3 each of the Rusticon/Deeseus Drone. 1x SS86 Sweep left.

Target North Lakes: Nothing new.. Still stacks of Retro Headmasters wave 1, sold out of the Thunderhowl/Cheetor release.

Big W North Lakes: Stacks of Rhinox, 2x Wingfinger, 2x Tracks, 1x SS Starscream, 2x SS86 Slug, 1x SS86 Sweep. And then just stacks of Kingdom wave 2/3 Deluxes mixed with some 3.

Mr Toys Rothwell: 2x Rodimus Prime, 1x Galvatron, 2x Earthmode Magnus, 2x BB Worlds Collide 4pack and quite a few old Earthrise figures (including Snapdragon if you still need him).

[Convoid]

Kmart Robina
Cyberverse Deluxe Dinobot Slug $32

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[griffin]

From a couple of weeks ago... I forgot that I didn't post them yet.

Kmart Sunnybank - a restock of Netflix and Kingdom, but remember that this was a couple weeks ago, and I haven't been back there since.

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Toyworld Macgregor - it was like a mixed bag of surprises, with a number of new and old collector items, and a KD T-Wrecks that had a discounted price sticker with a written note to say that it was demo stock (not sure what that means, as they don't display toys in this store).

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And near the Transformers section, I saw this KO toy that is clearly based on Cyber Series Starscream, but with some remoulding.

http://toycollectors.com.au/2021tw27.jpg

[Jellico]

Did the walk around Orion Springfield today. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except, Kidstuff closed permanently on Saturday. Kidstuff is always a bit random, though given they had signs like "70% off" and "nothing over $10" I wish I had got a chance to have a look. For the Lego at least. Shame to see them go.

[griffin]

Woolworths have raised their price for the Authentics Bravo (small size) toys, up a dollar to $11.

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[reillyd]

JB-HIFI Burleigh Heads has 1x Rodimus, 1x Titan Class Autobot Ark, 1x T-Wrecks and 1x Megatron.
Hadn?t been into one for ages, and was surprised to find transformers there.

[JJJ]

JB-HIFI Burleigh Heads has 1x Rodimus, 1x Titan Class Autobot Ark, 1x T-Wrecks and 1x Megatron.
Hadn?t been into one for ages, and was surprised to find transformers there.

They do that now, having more or less abandoned selling music. They also stock board games and a range of other dolls. Just don't look too closely at the asking price for that Rodimus, and I cannot imagine what they want for the Ark... :rolleyes:

[Jellico]

I went to the Oxley and Mt Gravatt JB Hifis on Saturday and found the same thing. I could have sworn someone mentioned it months ago. A few there Primals and Cyclonus too. All fairly expensive, but maybe useful if you missed out.

[Convoid]

Toymate Robina
Studio Series core class: 3x Shockwave, 3x Ravage $20 each

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[Jellico]

Okay. Weird one at Kessels Rd Mr Toys. Literally a dozen SS18 VW Bumblebees. I am not sure where they dug them out from.

[Akky82]

About 8 of each Ss Core Shockwave and Ravage at Target Chermside, will edit post with anything else I see while browsing other shops (nothing Kmart)

[Deano85]

Hopefully Ravage and Shockwave go down to $15 on sale.

[griffin]

Toymate Logan Hyperdome on Friday...

Since I was last there (apparently it was all the way back in May... longer than I thought), Toymate has moved the Transformers from the wall to one of the aisles.

Quite a few things to note...
Studio Series Core class Ravage and Shockwave for $20 (just Ravage left now).
Heaps of The Ark for $300, and heaps of Rodimus for $159.
The Worlds Collide 4-pack (with Fangry) for $149.
A butt-load of 2018 Power of the Primes Voyager class Hungrrr and Elita-1 for $35 each.
Speaking of old... Rescue Bots Flip Changers for $30, which are from way back in 2013. The interesting thing is that they were never released in Australia back then. They were labelled at Toyfair that year as New Zealand only... so this makes it a first sighting for Australia, nine years late. Now I have to go back to the 2013 Checklist page and update it, from "not here" to "here 2021-2022". (being 8 months since the last time I was there, they could have been there at any time)
Buzzworthy Bumblebee/Spike 2-packs that flooded Kmart, for $35 here.
Buzzworthy Bumblebee RID combiner 2-packs, also for $35.
Buzzworthy Bumblebee Spark Armor for $30 (down from $50).
Leader class Studio Series used to be $80, but now $89. Still probably the cheapest source for Leader class though.
A single Delorean Transformer, with a big label stuck to the side saying that it was $60 and was the last one. (not sure why it needs a label)
Cyberverse 2-pack combiners (just wave 1) for $50.
Rescue Bots Firetruck Hotshot for $70.
"Rescue Bots" Plane Optimus (with Bumblebee) for $80.
"Rescue Bots" Electronic Trex Optimus for $99.
Earthrise Slitherfang and Singe... the two hardest Battlemasters to find here, for $6 each.
Heaps of those old Siege Battlemasters that flooded Kmart last year, for just $4 here.

It reminds me of how some Toyworld stores were about 10 years ago, with a range of stock that was several years old.

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Going from left to right down the aisle...
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The back of the box of one of the Rescue Bots Flip Changers to show that they were from 2013. Where have they been collecting dust all this time?
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The wave of Cyberverse Scouts, which I think is wave 9... which was just a wave of re-releases.

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At the front of the store they had a large number of these single-pack Hangrees... which are those pooping parody toys released almost 3 years ago, but looks like the unsold stock has been dumped in Australia for cheap, as these were just $3 (from an RRP of $20).
The reason why I noticed them is because I remembered that there was a Transformers one (Pooptimus Prime), but when I got back home I looked it up (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/29/the-hangrees-worlds-poopiest-robots-3-pack-with-pooptimus-prime-figure-spotted-at-us-retail-397200) and that one was in a 3-pack, so it wasn't one of these.

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[Dogboy]

Haven't been able to do the rounds lately.. Stopped in quickly to Target North Lakes while I had the chance. roughly 6x core class SS Ravage and Shockwave on show. Still a few of the Wave 1 Retro Headmasters available, no wave 2.

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[griffin]

Posted to our fb page was a photo of the 2nd wave of Studio Series Core class at Target in Rockhampton...

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[Dogboy]

Posted to our fb page was a photo of the 2nd wave of Studio Series Core class at Target in Rockhampton...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2022/022601.jpg

Any chance that's the Wave 2 Retro Headmasters as well?? Willing to risk the drive for both :P

[griffin]

The autobot box looks to have Brainstorm on the top, so at least that one is wave 1.

[griffin]

Target Springwood on Tuesday... I was there looking for SS Exosuit Spike, but they only had wave 1.
Not sure if there is anything else worth noting, so here are the piccies...

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[jaydisc]

Target Maroochydore had ~10 each of Ravage and Shockwave, but no Spike.

[Dogboy]

Target Maroochydore had ~10 each of Ravage and Shockwave, but no Spike.


I've checked Mt Ommaney and North Lakes Targets (Jindalee Mr Toy's too), no sign of Spike in QLD yet sadly..


Edit: Make that.. no sign of Spike in Brisbane as it was sighted up North earlier last week. Also anyone looking for a Wreck-Gar, there was one left at Jindalee Mr Toys.

[griffin]

Today at Kmart Sunnybank... I popped in impulsively looking for something else, and just checked out the toy section while I was there. Lucky I did, as there was one new toy there that I then bought - Rescue Bots Rescan Ratchet.
They also had the new "Rescue Bots" Dino 2-packs, which the shelf tag has them called "Dinobot Defenders", for $29 each.
Quite a few Rescue Bots toys at the moment, plus 3 SS Sweeps and a single WreckGar, along with Kingdom Voyagers Cyclonus, Rhinox and Dinobot.

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[Dogboy]

Okay, did a small round trip today. Nothing note worthy found sadly. I know people have talked about the price hike in Big W previously, but I only remember them talking about the Leader being increased to $95. But SS Voyagers have increased to $60 as well (Kingdom still listed at $45). Sadly no tag up for Kingdom Leaders and didn't have time to run around to find the price of Galvatron. Zing also did have 1x Commander Rodimus and 2x Worlds Collide packs in the display case.


Kmart Northlakes

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Big W Northlakes

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Target Northlakes

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JB Northlakes

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Zing Northlakes

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[jaydisc]

There’s 1-2 SS Core Shockwave/Ravage at North Lakes Target now. Otherwise unchanged from the 10th.

[Silverbolt]

I spotted core Shockwave, Ravage and Spike for $29 at Ipswich Riverlink toyworld this morning. At that price, I'll wait for the other stores to get stock.

[griffin]

I spotted core Shockwave, Ravage and Spike for $29 at Ipswich Riverlink toyworld this morning. At that price, I'll wait for the other stores to get stock.

That's like scalper pricing!
It's a shame that they don't really price-match.

[Dogboy]

Target Northlakes got restock of SS Cores - Ravage, Soundwave and Spike as well. 4x each except Spike as I took one.

Target Strathpine also got a restock, but when I went there only 4x Ravage and Soundwave were on show.

[griffin]

Two SS Spikes left at Target Garden City.

[TilAllAreOne]

Target Pacific Fair - at least 5 spikes left. Also ravages and shockwaves.

Big W Pacific Fair - Optimus Primal reissue is on clearance for $34. And Cheetor and Rattrap for $24. They don’t have stickers on the pegs saying clearance. But they had the clearance price at checkout. They also had Worlds Smallest Transformers for $13. They had Optimus, bumblebee, and starscream.

Zing Pacific Fair - they have a Perceptor behind the counter in a glass cabinet.

[2inchesofwater]

Picked up Studio Series 86 Perceptor at Toowoomba Zing this morning

[Dogboy]

Kmart Northlakes has 1x lonely Cyberverse Snarl on show for $32.

Zing Northlakes had 1x SSBB Wheeljack and 3X SSBB Soundwave. Also had 1x each of Selects Lift-Ticket, Transmutate and Galvatron.

[JJJ]

Kmart Northlakes has 1x lonely Cyberverse Snarl on show for $32.

Snarl or Slag? The former would be quite exciting, as it has been speculated that we won't get the new warrior class toys in Australia.

[griffin]

Snarl or Slag? The former would be quite exciting, as it has been speculated that we won't get the new warrior class toys in Australia.

That would have to be Slag/Slug, as Snarl is Warrior class and Kmart doesn't sell Warrior Class (and Australia didn't get any of the series 4 Warriors which are in green packaging).

[JJJ]

Dang. Figured, but still dang. Snarl looked pretty good for a warrior class toy...

[griffin]

At Garden City on Friday...

Kmart - the newest thing looks to be the SS DLX wave 14 Sideswipe, which has been around for a couple months now through online sources, but now popping up at retail stores.

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Another example of what open, window-less packaging is going to be leading to as more and more Transformers toylines go that way... two of the Cyberverse 2-pack combiners, one has Slug missing an arm, and one has Bumblebee missing its head. If you buy from a retail store, you MUST check over the contents to make sure nothing is missing or damaged. (at least you can do that at a store - if you bought online and something had fallen out, or someone had mis-handled the item before shipping it, you could be stuck with it if it came from overseas).
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Meanwhile over at Target -

Still a small range, but had the newest wave 2 Studio Series Core toys with Spike.
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In the mens clothing section were the new licensed TFs socks.
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And at the front of the store were the new licensed TFs underwear.
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I hadn't noticed this before (probably has been there a while and I never noticed) but FAO Schwarz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAO_Schwarz) is/was a very high end toy store in America, that was bought and sold a few times in the last 10 years (including by TRU just before they collapsed)... they have their own branded toys, but I didn't realise that they had managed to make their way to Australia.
For those old enough to remember the movie "Big" with Tom Hanks (it has a Transformers reference in it), there is a scene in it where he is in a toy store (FAO Schwarz) and starts dancing on a giant floor keyboard (a scene that has been homaged in a lot of other shows, including the Simpsons). If you look closely at the bottom of the shelf in this photo, they have a giant floor keyboard that you can buy.
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[Dogboy]

Yeah sorry, got my Slug and Snarl mixed up.. definitely Slug :(

[DELTAprime]

Big W has Core Class SS figures now. $19.

My local store has the Shockwave and Ravage wave. Sigh...

[Silverbolt]

Ipswich Big W and Target have the SS core class spike, shockwave and Ravage for $19. Toy world still has theirs at $29.

Theres seems to be a restock of sorts happening as I've seeing a smattering of Kingdom Tracks and Waspinator in Big W and Kmart.

[Jellico]

Springfield Orion

Big W
2 x SS78 Sideswipes

Zing
1 x SS Wheeljack

[Silverbolt]

I found a lonesome Kingdom Scorponock and Springfield Orion Big W today. It's home with me now. $28.80 with the current sale.

[jaydisc]

Maroochydore: Myer had a few things on clearance including the Ghostbusters crossover for $75, but nothing new in months. Target still had Headmasters and some Studio Series deluxes (incl. a couple Gnaws), but no Core class, so that's good, I guess, as we can hopefully expect a restock soon. Didn't get around to the other shops.

[jaydisc]

Target Maroochydore restocked with more SS Cores, but only Ravage and Shockwave.

Big W Noosaville had the same SS Core assortment. They also had Grindor, Slag and Kingdom Commander Rodimus.

I wish they’d send some Exo-Suits my way.

[BrickFormers]

Some unexpected finds at JB Riverlink Ipswich tonight

Not sure if these have been spotted yet but they had:
2x SG Jetfire ($165)
2x SS86 Perceptor ($40)
1x SG Goldbug ($45)
2x Jurassic Park x Transformers ($200)
1x Coronation Starscream ($95, I took this one home)
2x SS Bumblebee Movie Ratchet ($40)
2x SS Bumblebee Movie Soundwave

Plus some Gigawatt and Worlds Collide packs

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[Kyle]

A fellow fan posted his sighting of Legacy Deluxe Arcee ($35) and Voyager Bulkhead ($49) at a QLD Target to the Ozformers Facebook page. He mentioned it's Morayfield on another FB page.

[griffin]

From the end of last week... I took too many photos to process, and had a number of more higher priority things to do first.

BigW Garden City on Wednesday 11th May - A pretty decent range across the different lines, but nothing too significant to note. This BigW did NOT have the new Rescue Bots Optimus Primal and Grimlock.

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Woolworths Garden City same day - Had about 15 Authentics, with just about all of them up to Barricade.

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Then on Friday 13th May at Carindale, while doing the rounds of the three major retailers testing out their price-check scanners for Legacy toys.

Kmart - Nothing too noteworthy. I find it funny when Kmart has their "currently unavailable" tags left out after restocking an item.

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Target - This was AWESOME... six of the seven Retro Headmasters from early 2021, more than a year ago. Where were all of these when many of us were desperately hunting them down and being forced to buy blind several of them from their website, ending up with duplicates.

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BigW - had the new Rescue Bots beasts (one of each left after I was there).

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Woolworths - only had two Authentics, but one was Barricade from last year. (hopefully we see this year's Arcee soon)

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Myer - a HUGE amount of Transformers, but since it is all old stock, it might be a long time until they get in Legacy toys, or a restock of anything really.
(as with just about every store, there were several Studio Series Sweeps shelfwarming... sometimes producing something for the fans isn't a good idea as a regular retail toy, as it can have limited appeal to the general public and clog up inventory for retailers to not restock for a long time, potentially missing waves here)

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[BrickFormers]

Legacy is at Target CBD. I got a Bulkhead, Arcee and Dragstrip. There is a Bulkhead, Blaster and at least one of each Deluxe left. A worker saw me leaving with them as said I was lucky to find them as she had only put them out an hour prior.

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[Dogboy]

Found Legacy at Northlakes as well. After my purchase of Skids, Arcee and Bulk there is 2x Bulkhead left and 1x Blaster.

Edit: just spoke to Zing. They were expecting the deluxes today, but they only just hit the Warehouse. Voyagers still aren't expected until next month.

[BrickFormers]

Lots of Legacy at Target Carindale as well. Unfortunately some POS has ripped open both Blasters and stolen his cassettes.

[Skyfire]

Unfortunately some POS has ripped open both Blasters and stolen his cassettes.

Yeah, I knew this would happen. (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/28928-Legacy-toys-revealed?p=651622#post651622) This thief is a collector/scalper who knows the value of Rewind.

[Dogboy]

Now there has been sightings of the second wave of Retro Headmasters in QLD and NSW, I tried my luck with Target Morayfield (had plenty of stock) bur only had wave 1.

Legacy was there, but its alrwsdy been raided. Only 1x Blaster and 1x Arcee left.

[TilAllAreOne]

Target Robina - Has a full selection of legacy.

[jaydisc]

There was a full selection at Target Maroochydore. I took 1 Bulkhead & Kickback (1 of ea. still remain) and I took the only Blaster.

[Jellico]

Orion Target has their Legacies in. I grabbed the last Blaster but there is still Bulkhead, Arcee, Skids, and Kickback. There is a restock of the first wave of Headmaster taking up space.

Mr Toys is pretty bare and Big W has a fair bit of last years Generations including Grinder, Magnus, Slag, and Galvatron.

[lambi]

Looks like the CBD's been wiped clean of any sign of Legacy

[reillyd]

Helensvale Target plenty of Legacy toys (Deluxe, Voyager class). I only took Arcee and Bulkhead, but it was a full case.

[jaydisc]

Kmart Maroochydore has quite a few Kingdom Deluxes ($15). I grabbed a Tracks.

And I didn’t realise it was significant, but they also have 2-3 Studio Series BB Movie Soundwave.

[jaydisc]

JB HiFi in Maroochydore HOME (not the Plaza) had a decent selection:

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[christalcase]

Target Springwood has full case of Legacy Deluxes, but for Voyagers, only 2x Bulkhead is left.

[Dogboy]

A lot of Kmart's in QLD are now showing the Legacy Cores in stock (at least the south side of Brisbane). Closest to me was Bupengary.

They had 5x each Skywarp, Hot Rod and Iguanas on show.

[TilAllAreOne]

Oxenford Kmart - has the 3 Legacy core class figures out.

[griffin]

From yesterday and Wednesday...

Target Springwood - had some Legacy still there from the sighting a couple days earlier, but no Kickback... and now there is only Skids left.

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Kmart Garden City - didn't have the Legacy Core class yesterday. The new thing that they did have was year 4 Cyberverse 1-steps (green packaging), which we didn't get here last year when it was released globally. (we still haven't had year 4 Warriors or Ultra class here)

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Target Garden City - had some Legacy toys, but only Bulkhead, Arcee and Dragstrip. Also a lot of Cyberverse toys in different areas of the toy section, of the combiner 2-packs and the Ultimate class.

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Kmart Sunnybank - had the Legacy Core class, looked like they were only just out, as there were heaps (about 12).

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Coles Sunnybank - had the Optimus dog toy (this was on Tuesday, while it was on sale). I didn't buy one, as I was interested, but then I saw it in person.

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[BrickFormers]

Lots of Legacy at Toymate Robina including Legacy Laser Optimus and Legacy Galvatron.

[Dogboy]

Kmart Northlakes: Online says the Legacy Cores are instock, but none on show.

JB Hifi Northlakes:
1x Rodimus Prime
2x Kingdom Megatron
2x Kingdom Cyclonus
3-4x of each Golden Disk collection
2x Gigawatt
2x Worlds Collide 4 pack
2x SS Wheeljack/Ratchet/Brawn
6x SS core Ravage/Shockwave
1x SS86 Kup/Jazz

Few other figures also on show but can't remember them all. Want to say they had 1x SS Blackout and Jolt.

[jaydisc]

Myer Maroochydore has 2 Legacy G2 Primes left in Leader class (I took the Galvatrons), but they’re not on the floor yet, nor are any other Legacy. You have to ask behind the service desk.

[griffin]

I was at the Brisbane CBD Myer today at 2pm, just as they were putting out their Legacy stock - Leaders, Voyagers, Deluxe.

Mr Toys inside the Myer centre also had Legacy - Core ($23), Deluxe ($40), Leader ($99).
(pics tomorrow, as I'm too tired right now)

No Legacy toys yet at the Garden City Myer.

[lambi]

I was at the Brisbane CBD Myer today at 2pm, just as they were putting out their Legacy stock - Leaders, Voyagers, Deluxe.

Mr Toys inside the Myer centre also had Legacy - Core ($23), Deluxe ($40), Leader ($99).
(pics tomorrow, as I'm too tired right now)

No Legacy toys yet at the Garden City Myer.

Can confirm myer cbd has all the voyagers and deluxes! Thanks so much for the tip ( I was about to head to chermside via the cbd).
Interestingly I got a voyager and a deluxe and the cost was $30 less than the marked price. Didn?t see a sale sign, but there mustve been one on

[reillyd]

JB Hifi Robina Jurassic Park Transformers crossover x 2 @ eye-watering price of $199. Yikes!

Robina Toymate and Myers Legacy Deluxes, Voyagers and Leaders all full priced.

[griffin]

I was at the Brisbane CBD Myer today at 2pm, just as they were putting out their Legacy stock - Leaders, Voyagers, Deluxe.

Mr Toys inside the Myer centre also had Legacy - Core ($23), Deluxe ($40), Leader ($99).
(pics tomorrow, as I'm too tired right now)

No Legacy toys yet at the Garden City Myer.

The pics from Saturday, so the Legacy Leaders are likely to be gone now from the CBD store.

Myer Garden City - didn't have any Legacy toys Saturday morning (and didn't have any in the system for that store on that day either).
The amusing thing I saw was a Dinosaur display in the middle of their toy section, which pooled together all of their dinosaur toys to cash in on the Jurassic Park toys, which included two Kingdom Dinobot toys buried in the middle of the display.

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Myer CBD - I went to the CBD store because the Garden City store staff told me that there were Leaders at that other store. When I got there a few hours later, I didn't see any out on the shelves, so I asked at the desk to look it up, and they called down to receiving bay who sent up some boxes. I got one of each Leader, and a friend got one Optimus, so there might have been a few Leaders left (there were supposed to be a total of 10 that morning, but some may have already been secured for online orders).
The first three photos were taken when I first stopped by the toy section, and the fourth photo was about half an hour later (after I had checked out Mr Toys), and the Legacy toys were now out on the shelf.

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Mr Toys (Toyworld) is now inside the Myer Centre on level 2 (the toy section inside Myer is level 4). It used to be outside at the river end of the mall, but moved earlier this year to be inside the Myer Centre. (for those who have been toy hunters in Brisbane for more than 20 years... yes, there once was a Toyworld inside the Myer Centre, just outside the entrance to the Myer store on level 2 - on one side of the walkway to Myer was toys, on the other side was for computer games - and both stores existed while the outside store existed... but then those two Myer Centre stores were shut down).
They had three of the four Legacy size classes (Leader $99 - DLX $40 - Core $23), and Cyberverse 1-steps from the 4th year (green packaging).

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[Keidatron]

Haven?t had a chance to post sooner but the Toy world in Chermside has/had all the Legacy figures when I stopped in on Tuesday. Not sure what?s left now but the full range was there.

[Silverbolt]

Just spotted 3 each of legacy laser Optimus prime and galvatron at Ipswich Big w. $89 each. Looks like the store is gearing up for the big toy sale.

[kovert]

Mr Toys (Toyworld) is now inside the Myer Centre on level 2 (the toy section inside Myer is level 4). It used to be outside at the river end of the mall, but moved earlier this year to be inside the Myer Centre. (for those who have been toy hunters in Brisbane for more than 20 years... yes, there once was a Toyworld inside the Myer Centre, just outside the entrance to the Myer store on level 2 - on one side of the walkway to Myer was toys, on the other side was for computer games - and both stores existed while the outside store existed... but then those two Myer Centre stores were shut down).
.

I'm about to go slightly off topic (sorry). Remember the other Mr Toys Toyworld locations in the Myer Centre around 1993/94? These operated alongside the two Griffin mentioned:

* Level 2 south-eastern side (toys). The swinging boat/ship was located near there.
* Level A southern side, along the corridor approaching eastern exit (toys).

So at one stage, there were four!

[griffin]

Saw yesterday at Sunnybank Woolies - an Ooshies pre-pack display with a couple of the Transformers 7-packs at half price for $5. And at the back of the store was a brand new pre-pack display of licensed Hasbro dog toys, including several of the Optimus dog toy that is in the Oz news section... on clearance for $7.20 (from $18), but only for the current sale week, so it might not actually be "clearance". At about 60% off, it does make it more tempting to buy that creepy-eyed thing as a novelty item.
Seeing the Ooshies was more than just a surprise for me (as they were made 4 years), because one of the two sets this display still had in the back of it was one set that I was missing to complete the Constructicons. It still meant being left with several figures that I didn't want or need just to get it though.

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I'm about to go slightly off topic (sorry). Remember the other Mr Toys Toyworld locations in the Myer Centre around 1993/94? These operated alongside the two Griffin mentioned:

* Level 2 south-eastern side (toys). The swinging boat/ship was located near there.
* Level A southern side, along the corridor approaching eastern exit (toys).

So at one stage, there were four!

Yes! I remember that one now. Four at once, so close together.
That was a great time to be alive... going through the city from Uni, with the bus station surrounded by toy stores, comic stores and movie theatres. I remember spending a lot of my spare time between classes or before/after classes, in the city checking out the stores for toys and comics and seeing movies.

[Convoid]

Big W Burleigh Heads
Vintage Beast Wars Wolfgang $39
Vintage Beast Wars Scorponok $79
Legacy: Deluxe, Voyagers, Leaders. Staff took Motormaster off the shelves.

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[Defcon]

Myer has 40% off Transformers, Deluxes come down to $24, Voyagers $35. I grabbed some Legacy figures.

[kovert]

Myer has 40% off Transformers, Deluxes come down to $24, Voyagers $35. I grabbed some Legacy figures.

Voyagers are $36. Sorry Defcon. :)

[Defcon]

Voyagers are $36. Sorry Defcon. :)
Yeah $35.99 I noticed right after I posted. It was Myer Garden City, they rarely have new stock. All the Dragstrip were gone, only 1 Blaster left. There was at least 4 Bulkhead, 1 Leader Optimus Prime, 2 Galvatron. This was yesterday around 1pm.

[Jellico]

I hit Carindale Myer around 5pm yesterday. Whoever was on the phone asking for the last Legacy Optimus can thank me for directing the sales lady to the last one ;) I didn't want it.
There were still heaps of Deluxes. Voyagers were getting a bit thin. I think only one Blaster, and a few Bulkheads. Plenty of Galvatrons.

None of this year's Bumblebee Movie Studio Series yet.

[griffin]

Those Ooshies at my nearest Woolies were half price last sale week (ending yesterday)... and this sale week they are now another half off - which for the Transformers sets (the 7-packs) they are now just $2.50. So get them if you can find them.

(this is just the photo from the other day from an earlier posting, as I don't need to post up the photo from today)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022ww07.jpg

[Beryllium Balone]

Brisbane CBD Target had some Legacy Nightprowlers in stock on Friday night. Two left after I grabbed one. No Buzzsaw or Sandstorm though.

[reillyd]

Robina Target - . Legacy Nightprowlers and Buzzsaw

Robina Big W 1 x Motormaster on shelf. Scans in full price though, but I don?t know if it will be there during the sale.

[christalcase]

Myer Garden City is cleared out of Legacy apart from 2x Leader Galvatron and 1x Bulkhead.

However, Myer Carindale has everything in the first Legacy wave, including 1x Leader Optimus, at least 2x Blaster, and 2x of each of the Deluxes, 40% off still running.

Target Carindale had 1x Nightprowler left.

[Beryllium Balone]

Big W Carindale had a good selection of Legacy including both leaders (3 of each). Also had 4x SS Coronation Starscreams. Couldn’t spot the price tag though.

[kovert]

Big W Chermside: 5x Legacy Galvatron, 5x Legacy Laser Optimus Prime.
Target Chermside: 1x Legacy Buzzsaw, 2x Legacy Nightprowler.

[TilAllAreOne]

Big W Robina - Picked up my click and collect Legacy Motormaster from the online Big W toy sale.

[griffin]

BigW Loganholme had most of their Transformers near the front of the store.
They had three Wolfangs and two Scorponoks, and a couple of Studio Series Leader Slug/Slags. A LOT of Studio Series Cores, but all wave 1.
No Studio Series toys from 2022 larger than the Core class.
They had the kids clothing that were taken down from the BigW website (because of the Movie imagery), so I guess they were still allowed to sell the stock... just not have the images left up online (too late now - once out online, it is always out there).

Target Garden City just got in their Legacy Beasts (Sandstorm, Nightprowler, Buzzsaw), starting with 12, but I had ordered 5 (to improve my odds of getting one of each), and when I told someone else that they were there, they wanted a set too, so there are now just 6 left. The strange thing is that after taking two full sets, the remaining six were not two of each - there was 3 Buzzsaw, 2 Sandstorm, 1 Nightprowler. It isn't an even split either, so maybe they just got loose units from the warehouse and not complete cases.
They also had two of the Retro Headmasters - Brainstorm and Hardhead.

Kmart Garden City - I was hoping to find the newest Studio Series Deluxes (Arcee & Ironhide), but they didn't have them yet. They did have Legacy Core, Deluxe and Voyager.

Mr Toys Macgregor - They had Legacy Leader (both Optimus and Galvatron), and Voyagers (could only see Bulkhead).

[Nonalyth]

Big W MacArthur had 4 Motormasters when I checked today, if anyone is waiting to pick one up in-store. Not much else of interest, don't know if that's because they were still setting up, didn't get stock, or sold a lot online.

[BrickFormers]

Still not much else of interest at MacArthur. One of the Motormasters was already gone at 8am so maybe that one got picked for an online order. Someone else grabbed two off the shelf so only one left now, probably won’t last long.

[Brobot]

I got the last one at Loganholme after missing out in Carindale.

[Convoid]

Big W Burleigh Heads
3 Legacy Motormaster left this morning.

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Big W Runaway Bay
Studio Series: Ironhide, Perceptor and Arcee. I bought the only Coronation Starscream.

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[Brobot]

My Motormaster wasn't assembled properly. When transforming into Menasor one of the Motormaster legs was assembled the wrong way round so that it wouldn't secure properly. It was an easy fix with a small screw driver.

[BlitzkriegPrime]

Did not think to take pics, but I just scored SS Bumblebee Arcee at Big W Strathpine! (There was also a guy who bought 3 Motormasters. Look. Not my business to judge... He could be buying two as gifts??)

[Lucretia]

Did not think to take pics, but I just scored SS Bumblebee Arcee at Big W Strathpine! (There was also a guy who bought 3 Motormasters. Look. Not my business to judge... He could be buying two as gifts??)

1 in each form ;)

[Defcon]

I spotted a Studio Series Ironhide at Big W but with close inspection I looked inside the windowless box. Its possible someone removed the blaster accessory, it was missing. So no purchase ☹️ I hope another collector will be aware of this, otherwise going to be upset, I would be.

[Defcon]

My local Target has the Legacy Beast Figures, a couple of Buzzsaw, Sandstorm and 1x Night Prowler. $39 each. I didn?t feel like spending that much so just let them be. Big W still has Motormaster.

[christalcase]

Garden City Big W has like 20 Motormasters split between the cardboard display in the middle of the store and the row of special items near the toy section..

Underwood / Kuraby Big W didn't have Motormaster but had the Studio Series Deluxe wave with 3x Ironhide, 2x Arcee and 1x Perceptor at the normal Transformers section (not the cardboard stand), $28, but they are willing to pricematch against Myers' $23.99.

[BanDork]

I just left Carindale Big W which had at least 7 motormasters in transformers display near front of store

[Ravagecat]

Frustrating that all Brisbane Big W stores in my area are showing having no Motormaster in stock so I was unable to click and collect. Decided to go to the Browns Plains store and like most people found they did have stock...10 or more at least!

Something worth noting is that I also picked up the SS Exo Suit Spike Witwicky. Only saw the one that I grabbed but I guess they have more somewhere?

[griffin]

Photos to go with what I posted up 4 days ago... so it might not be completely accurate now.

BigW Loganholme had most of their Transformers near the front of the store.
They had three Wolfangs and two Scorponoks, and a couple of Studio Series Leader Slug/Slags. A LOT of Studio Series Cores, but all wave 1.
No Studio Series toys from 2022 larger than the Core class.
They had the kids clothing that were taken down from the BigW website (because of the Movie imagery), so I guess they were still allowed to sell the stock... just not have the images left up online (too late now - once out online, it is always out there).

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Target Garden City just got in their Legacy Beasts (Sandstorm, Nightprowler, Buzzsaw), starting with 12, but I had ordered 5 (to improve my odds of getting one of each), and when I told someone else that they were there, they wanted a set too, so there are now just 6 left. The strange thing is that after taking two full sets, the remaining six were not two of each - there was 3 Buzzsaw, 2 Sandstorm, 1 Nightprowler. It isn't an even split either, so maybe they just got loose units from the warehouse and not complete cases.
They also had two of the Retro Headmasters - Brainstorm and Hardhead.

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Kmart Garden City - I was hoping to find the newest Studio Series Deluxes (Arcee & Ironhide), but they didn't have them yet. They did have Legacy Core, Deluxe and Voyager.

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Mr Toys Macgregor - They had Legacy Leader (both Optimus and Galvatron), and Voyagers (could only see Bulkhead).
(and yes... at the bottom of the shelves is a Dragonstorm from 5 years ago!)

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[griffin]

A quick drop by the BigW at Underwood/Kuraby to see if they still had the new Studio Series Ironhide and Arcee... and score. :)

I also got to see one of the themed pre-pack displays too, as the Loganholme store didn't have one.

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And then there was this nice little find on the shelf... I just don't get how stores can refund and reshelve items that are clearly no longer saleable. This one had a torn box that was taped up over the bottom, no plastic insert, the inner tray was upside down, and the robot was a balled up mess. Who knows if it was missing anything or had something broken... there is no way anyone would buy it, even if it was heavily discounted.
http://toycollectors.com.au/2022bw22.jpg

[TilAllAreOne]

JB Hi-Fi Coomera - I got Studio Series 86 Sludge with click and collect on their website with the sale price of $75. The website shows a bunch of places on the Gold Coast have it in stock. So I recommend click and collect for others wanting to grab it.

[BrickFormers]

EB Games Albert St 1x Legacy Jhiaxus $58

No sign of any other wave 2 figures

[lambi]

Thanks! I was nearby and grabbed that Jhiaxus. Their last one unfortunately

[Beryllium Balone]

I got SS86 Sludge at JB Oxley, was the last one but seems they are there to be found in Brisbane area too. They had two Legacy Blitzwings left & a bunch of Legacy Elita 1. Leaders were $75, deluxes marked at $40 but might scan at $30 as Sludge was incorrectly marked on the shelf at $100.

[nalops]

I saw that returned Wreck-Gar at Big W Kuraby today.

[christalcase]

So the windowless packaging strikes again with two SS Core Ravages being easily stolen, leaving only empty boxes, found at Springwood Target. If Hasbro is going to go windowless for small figures, I would rather prefer them to be fully enclosed like the Leader class figures. I am now paranoid that someone might have stolen an accessory (a gun or Eject from Blaster) whenever I buy something and triple check that it's there.

https://i.imgur.com/rsekJKO.jpg

[Convoid]

TK Maxx Burleigh Waters
Kingdom: Tigertron, Rhinox, Ultra Magnus, Galvatron
Earthrise: Starscream, Snapdragon
Cyberverse Battle class: Prowl, Shockwave


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[Brobot]

There are heaps of Sludge's at JB Hi Fi Carindale for $75. The price says $99 on the box. But they charged me $75

[lambi]

I spotted a legacy Elita-1 for $30 at JB hifi in the city. The one next to big W

[popculturepooka]

TK Maxx at Chermside has about three Kingdom Tigertrons at $40

[BrickFormers]

New stock at JB Hi Fi MacArthur today:
- Legacy Core Shockwave
- all Legacy wave 2 deluxe and voyagers (Elita, Wildrider, KnockOut, Tarantulas, Jihaxus, Soundwave)
- Transformers x GI Joe Megatron HISS tank
- SS86 Junkheap

[griffin]

The JBHifi store in Garden City still hasn't processed its new Transformers stock (the dozen or so items that had a release date of yesterday on their site)... so it is all still sitting out the back, and they can't tell me exactly what they have other than the Beast Wars Monopoly set. They said that there are a number of new toys as well, but it doesn't mean that they got all of the new items. (especially considering the large amount of stock they have in the store already, which includes about 20 Legacy Deluxe toys from wave 1, and for some reason quite a few Elita-1 toys and nothing else from wave 2).

Also - BE AWARE if you go into that store and want to buy one of the Worlds Collide 4-packs (the one with Fangry in it), one of the packs has Fangry missing its head... and since those 4-packs have honeycomb-shaped holes in the top (as does the new Beasts Collide 4-pack), those sorts of small things can be lost through the top of the box if someone was wanting it - I could touch the Fangry toy by pushing against the plastic window of the box, so it might have been possible to push the head off the top, and then shake it out of the top of the box. Those boxes really shouldn't have holes in the top like that. They can still have that honeycomb effect, but have another layer of card underneath to stop things from being lost that come loose (or are shaken loose).

[reillyd]

JB Hi-Fi Pacific Fair Wave 2 Legacy Deluxes - Elita-1, Knock-out, some purple character.

[lambi]

I saw lots of stuff at the city jb hifi. (The one across from the myer center, to be precise. Legacy wave 2 deluxe and voyagers. Megatron gijoe crossover. Bumblebee movie iron hide and arcee

[lambi]

-also the one around the corner has’86 Perceptor

[BrickFormers]

SG Blaster and Rewind at Zing Carindale - $70

[griffin]

SG Blaster and Rewind at Zing Carindale - $70

I don't think that EB/Zing were supposed to be getting it, which might be why any store that did get one, just put it straight out for sale, instead of waiting for mid-September as they would have had on its pre-order page if they had had one.
(I don't remember seeing it listed, or hearing about it being listed there)

[griffin]

Last week at JBHifi Garden City...

All of the new goodies from end of July were now out - they didn't get the Studio Series toys though (Junkheap, Sideways and Bumblebee).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022jb01.jpg

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And the Buzzworthy 4-pack that has Fangry missing its head.
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And yesterday at Kmart Sunnybank... pretty much everything here except Blaster. (this was a photo from a previous visit, but that was the only thing that I noticed was different).

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[miles_prower]

Was at Westfield Carindale today, saw this at JB Hi-Fi
6622

[griffin]

Garden City JBHifi has Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus.

[geraldrat]

Kmart chermside has velocitron stock now, cosmos is gone. Other stores in Brisbane are also getting stock.

[griffin]

JBHifi at Mt Gravatt (not Garden City), has the Collaborative Jurassic Park set and Back To The Future, plus several of the more recent Studio Series Deluxes. I went there for Junkheap, as the website says it was there (and their own inventory system says there were 2), but I couldn't find them, and the staff there couldn't find them. :(
I had it on order at the Garden City store for 3 weeks now, and it still hasn't come in yet, so I might just have to wait for the Amazon release on September 15th.

[BrickFormers]

JBHifi at Mt Gravatt (not Garden City), has the Collaborative Jurassic Park set and Back To The Future, plus several of the more recent Studio Series Deluxes. I went there for Junkheap, as the website says it was there (and their own inventory system says there were 2), but I couldn't find them, and the staff there couldn't find them. :(
I had it on order at the Garden City store for 3 weeks now, and it still hasn't come in yet, so I might just have to wait for the Amazon release on September 15th.

I’m about 95% sure that Zing at Carindale has 2 or 3 Junkheap’s when I saw SG Blaster there the other day. They might still have a few in stock. From memory they were $58 so not too different to the JB price.

[popculturepooka]

Sunnybank and Woodridge also have all size classes of Velocitron.
No Cosmos at either. I got the last at Woodridge.

[Bowser The Second]

Velocitron deluxes and voyagers are at Kmart Helensvale now. Picked up Override and Road Rocket.

[griffin]

Sunnybank and Woodridge also have all size classes of Velocitron.
No Cosmos at either. I got the last at Woodridge.

Yeah, I was at sunnybank at 2.30pm and they had all but cosmos... and then calling up woodridge they had all but cosmos too. :(

[reillyd]

Pacific Fair Kmart Velocitron series located 180 degrees behind where the Transformers Legacy toys are, on their own shelf. I picked up Cosmos, Override, and Scourge.
The remaining assortment was untouched.

Pacific Fair Zing Shattered Glass Blaster is in the glass case. Only one, top right shelf.

Enjoy

[griffin]

Today at Sunnybank Kmart - didn't even need to go to the Transformers toy section...
I picked out some, and they still appeared to have several Scourges, and maybe just one of each of the two Voyagers and the 3 (unwanted) Deluxes - the bike, the black van, and the whatever-it-is (Blurr). I didn't buy Scourge because I am hoping that EB honours their $60 price in about 2 weeks time when they release theirs.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022km23.jpg

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And from last week, in the toddler clothing section near the front door...

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I’m about 95% sure that Zing at Carindale has 2 or 3 Junkheap’s when I saw SG Blaster there the other day. They might still have a few in stock. From memory they were $58 so not too different to the JB price.

Thanks... but I got JBHifi to price-match another retailer ($49) when I made the order 3 weeks ago, so I kinda want to get it at that price if I can, and EB/Zing don't appear to have a price-matching policy.
(the Amazon price was $53... so if the $49 one never shows up, I'll just wait out the Amazon one, as it is still cheaper than JB & EB)

[griffin]

Loganholme Kmart has their Velocitron stock, still in cages though... and it looks like their Cosmos is already gone.

[jaydisc]

Caloundra Kmart had stock when I called this morning, but they were down to 7 out of 8, and Cosmos was indeed confirmed missing. I didn't ask about voyagers/leaders.

Noosa K Hub amazingly got stock next. I called and they still had 8. I reserved Cosmos and just picked him up and a Road Hauler. All the rest of the Deluxes/Voyagers are there (just no more of those two)

Sunshine Plaza is still expecting.

[griffin]

I felt like a toy scalper calling up different Kmart stores asking for just Cosmos, as I'm sure that's what they will be doing. I hope fans get to them first.

It's just really stupid for Hasbro to be short-packing the two figures that would be the most sought after in the Deluxe class, and it doesn't take a genius to know it - for the hardcore fans Cosmos was the only Gen1 homage toy in the Deluxe class case (and of the entire set of 8 toys), with the other four toys being from niche collector eras (Diaclone, Gen2, IDW). Meanwhile for those who aren't hardcore fans, Clampdown would have been the first choice of parents and kids in the store, because it is a sports car, as opposed to two toys that have odd looking vehicle modes (Cosmos and Blurr) and two toys that are still available in a different colour in Legacy packaging (the bike and the van).


Loganholme Kmart has their Velocitron stock, still in cages though... and it looks like their Cosmos is already gone.

All but Cosmos still there...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022km26.jpg

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The regular toy section.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022km28.jpg

And an adult's t-shirt (size M to XXL) that I came across while walking through the store...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2022km29.jpg

[griffin]

A message from someone else - all but Cosmos are out at Indooroopilly Kmart. (maybe Clampdown is gone too, as he said that he got all but Cosmos)

[christalcase]

Garden City has the Velocitron Scourge and one Road Hauler (I took Override as I was only wanting her and Scourge from this assortment). There were no Deluxes, and since the online stock checker still says it is In Stock (green circle too), I'm guessing they aren't out yet, and there is hope for ONE person to get it (Hasbro is so stupid putting Cosmos one per case...).

[BrickFormers]

A message from someone else - all but Cosmos are out at Indooroopilly Kmart. (maybe Clampdown is gone too, as he said that he got all but Cosmos)

My girlfriend grabbed that Cosmos off a stock cage around midday yesterday. I should’ve mentioned it so people could discount it from their search.

Carindale Kmart Velocitron is on the shelves but their Cosmos is also gone.

[Jellico]

Dropped in at Orion yesterday. Looks like Mr Toys is getting Roadmaster now. $180, but it means the other stores can't be far behind.

[Beryllium Balone]

Checked Browns Plains Kmart this AM. Only one RID Scourge as far as Velocitron is concerned, which I picked up.

[Bowser The Second]

Stopped by Kmart Australia Fair yesterday and they had the Velocitron Legacy in stock too. Unfortunately no sign of Cosmos.

[lambi]

Kmart toowong has two scourges, and one each of blurr and Override. All I want is a Cosmos, though

[Convoid]

Sightings from yesterday:

Kmart The Pines
Velocitron Speedia: 2x Burnout, 1x Blurr, 1x Road Rocket, 3x Scourge, 1x Road Hauler, 3x Override.

https://imgur.com/b7uczfc.jpg

https://imgur.com/FqC5xFo/jpg


Kmart Helensvale
1x Blurr, 1x Road Rocket, 4x Scourge, 2x Override.

https://imgur.com/JBLn99r.jpg

https://imgur.com/eS6ZpC1.jpg


Kmart Oxenford
2x Burn Out, 2x Road Rocket, 2x Blurr, 4x Scourge, 2x Road Hauler, 4x Override.

https://imgur.com/0ZnoirT.jpg


Kmart Coomera
I finally found and bought the only Cosmos.
2x Burn Out, 2x Road Rocket, 2x Blurr, 1x Clampdown, 2x Road Hauler, 4x Override, 4x Scourge.

https://imgur.com/x990TvH.jpg

https://imgur.com/WoDAPVQ.jpg

[Silverbolt]

I dint get a hence to get a pic or check the price, but Ipswich River-link JB hifi had a GI Joe Megatron Hiss Tank figure. They also had two Jurassic Park Cross over sets for $199.
Riverlink Toyworld also had a bunch of Kingdom Tigertron for $35.

[griffin]

Kmart Garden City today - I wasn't intending to go inside, but I was at Garden City for JBHifi and a quick look at the Kmart site it was the only store in the nearest 15 that had a "green" in stock noted for the Velocitron Deluxe range... which suggested that they only recently received them in, but when I got to the store, they only had two left.
But the interesting thing is seeing what this store had done with all of their Velocitron toys (even Deluxes), which wouldn't be good for anyone who wanted mint sealed packaging for display or investment.

They also had that new Transformers T-shirt that I found at the Loganholme store last week.

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[tinyJazz]

Kmart Cannon Hill this evening

Velocitron
Plenty of Scourge, Override, Hauler
Couldn’t see any others.

Legacy
Hot Rod, Iguanus, Skywarp, Arcee, Skids, Kickback, Bulkhead 1x Blaster (no smirk)

Studio Series
86 wreckgar, Scourge, 1x Perceptor, Bumblebee movie Arcee, Ironhide

Kingdom
Tracks, Waspinator, Shadow Panther

[Bowser The Second]

I saw Cosmos at Kmart Australia Fair yesterday. Top shelf among the other Deluxes.

[Keidatron]

North Lakes Zing has SS86 Arcee

[Defcon]

Kmart Sunnybank Plaza, Velicitron
3x Voyagers, 1x Road Rocket
1x Blurr 4x Burn Out

[Convoid]

Mr Toys Toyworld Burleigh
Legacy Metroplex high up on shelf.
Lego Optimus Prime at the front counter, I think the price was $279

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[BrickFormers]

Target CBD
Kup and Cliffjumper Buzzworthy Deco versions

[Beryllium Balone]

Target CBD
Kup and Cliffjumper Buzzworthy Deco versions

One Kup & four B127s as of 5:30 this evening. $39 each.

[Defcon]

Target Mount Gravatt Garden City. Buzzworthy 3x Kup 1x Cliffjumper at around 330pm

[Ravagecat]

Target Browns plains Buzzworthy Bumblebee 2x Kup 1x Cliffjumper and a crap load of BB's at around 830am today

[Silverbolt]

So i walked into Ipswich JB HiFI to buy a Mug and i walked out with an MPM 12 Optimus prime for $194 the still had one more available as well as MPM6 Ironhide $239 and MPM8 Megatron for $336. They also had shattered glass Jet fire (he is BIG) for about $174 and shattered glass blaster (didn't get the price) and legacy motor master at the counter for $174.

[Convoid]

Big W Robina
Vintage Beast Wars Terrorsaur, Cybershark and Tigartron.

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JB Hi-fi Robina
Legacy Metroplex $300
MPM-12 Optimus Prime and MPM-6 Ironhide

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[griffin]

I think JB have gone a bit too far with Transformers... which could leave them with a glut of product that doesn't move too quickly, preventing them from taking on new product soon.
Each JB now has more Transformers toys than pretty much every Target store I have been to or seen in photos, and now even more than most Kmarts as well... and it is all Collector lines. Us dedicated collectors will indeed benefit from a one-stop source of collector lines, but many of us will still be ordering online from foreign sources, or sites that list pre-orders first (JB did start out listing pre-orders, but now seem to be just having the stock show up without warning). There just aren't enough dedicated collectors to these toys to support the minimum amount of units that this retailer needs to take on, and it is just not the sort of retailer the general public would think of for toys for JB to make up the difference in sales to keep clearing the shelves in a timely manner.

And the knock-on affect of JB taking on so many Transformers toys (along with the other "fan outlets" like EB and Amazon) is that the regular retailers are noticeably slower with their turnover of non-exclusive items. We are now at wave 3 of Legacy (today at EB), and yet retailers are still sitting on wave 1, and they didn't get in a big surge of wave 1 stock like with Movie toylines.

[griffin]

Yesterday at Garden City.

BigW - found the newest four Vintage Beast Wars (Tigatron, Retrax, Cybershark, Terrorsaur), along with the new Classic Heroes Team (Megatron tank, Megatron alligator).
They also had a LOT of the Cyberverse Roll-n-Change toys from 2021, at $95, which is a price increase for BigW for those, as they originally had them for $89 a year ago.

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And at JB Hifi - they had two of the Movie Masterpiece toys (Ironhide and Blackout) along with Shattered Glass Jetfire. They might have had Legacy Metroplex somewhere in the store, but I didn't have time to go wandering around to look for other items.

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[Silverbolt]

I went up to toowoomba yesterday an found a store called Jolly What in the grand central shopping centre. They also have an online website. Anyway, i found these two Optimus Prime MU models, along with a whole bunch of other various bumblebees, starscream, jazz, wheel jacks, Megatron, soundwave, Tarn etc.
They're a metal model you push out of sheet metal and bend together.
The instructions suggest the G1 style Optimus will take about 22hr to 'transform' from sheet metal parts into the model.

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[Beryllium Balone]

Kmart Sunnybank has some Velocitron deluxes - Road Rage, Blurr x2, Burn Out x2 & Cosmos. They aren’t in the toy section though - they are sitting on a shelf above some onesies for babies. You’ll spot them easier if you are walking back out away from the toy section than on the way in. $35 each.

[Ravagecat]

Saw the Authentics Soundwave (LGE) at a Mt Gravatt Coles tonight...

Soundwave (https://drive.google.com/file/d/12pKWsdY6EpjscorDGoXvcPpGnitXL4in/view?usp=drivesdk)

[Defcon]

Mr Toys Toyworld at Macgregor has a bunch of Select Legacy Cyclonus for $79.99. I have not visited Mr Toys for ages, so maybe these have already been sighted.

[griffin]

Mr Toys Toyworld at Macgregor has a bunch of Select Legacy Cyclonus for $79.99. I have not visited Mr Toys for ages, so maybe these have already been sighted.

That is really unusual. I don't think Toyworld/Mr Toys has ever had GEN Selects before.
I remember they had a brief dabbling into exclusives with some of the Golden Lagoon figures a few years back, but I can't recall anything too unique or limited since then.
It makes me wonder if they are joining the "fan channel" retailers for future exclusives like JB and EB have been getting, or if this was just a one-off of excess stock that EB and Amazon no longer wanted. (sometimes, very rarely, a small amount of unplanned extra units comes into the country in a planned shipment, and they get handed off to whomever wants them, or whomever already sells them).

[BrickFormers]

Carindale Kmart
Velocitron G2 Shadowstrip and Crasher, at least one of each.

[griffin]

Yesterday at Garden City.

Kmart - wave 2 Velocitron Deluxe were there, but after a call to a friend, there was only a single Shadowstrip left. There was also still two Scourges there (I bought one, because I was really beginning to doubt EBGames was going to get it, so grabbed one while I still could, and then went to EB to cancel my pre-order).
There was also a new Rescue Bots Academy toy - Bumblebee as a redeco of the 2020 Hotshot race car toy. The odd thing is that it has a really new product number on the packaging, which means that Hasbro is still releasing these toys in Rescue Bots packaging, alongside their Classic Heroes Team packaging (which I had thought was replacing the Rescue Bots packaging for this size class).

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Target - had the Cyberverse packaged Movie Optimus, along with one remaining Legacy Beast (Buzzsaw), but they had the latest wave of Classic Heroes Team (Megatron and Megatron) along with two of last year's Headmaster Hardheads.

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JB Hifi - Not sure if they had anything new since my last photos of this store, but I did more wandering around this time and found more toys in other parts of the store (which most of their stores seem to do, so always have a walk around if you are looking for something in particular).
I was there to pre-order the Hero 2-pack and Shattered Glass Soundwave. The person taking my order said that it didn't make sense that they couldn't ship these two items to a store to collect, and sent a note to Head Office to see if it is just an error that needs fixing.

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Meanwhile, at a Newsagency at Sunnybank, I found some real Transformers toys alongside some fake ones... which was weird.

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[christalcase]

Garden City Big W had Wave 2 Legacy Deluxes (1x Knockout, 1x Tarantulas, 2x Elita-1) $39 and the new wave of SS Deluxes (3x SS86 Arcee and 2x ROTF Sideways) $29.

[Convoid]

Kmart Helensvale
Studio Series: Bumblebee(87), Sidesways(88) and Arcee(86).

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Kmart Oxenford
Velocitron Speedia: 2x Crasher, 2x Shadowstrip, 1x Burnout, 1x Clampdown

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[jaydisc]

Kmart Stafford had Wave 2 Legacy Deluxes!. They had a full slab minus 1 Wildrider as of midday yesterday. They also had a full assortment of Wave 2 Velocitron Deluxes.

[Thanatos]

I saw at EB Games in the Brisbane CBD yesterday that Studio Series Hot Rod, Crosshairs and Gen Selects Breaker were available. They keep them in a glass case at the back you'd have to ask staff to open for you.

[Beryllium Balone]

Legacy wave 2 deluxes at Big W Garden City. Hadn’t seen Wildrider riding in the wild before today. Two minus one for me equals one left. At least one of each of his wave mates were there too and an SS86 Arcee.

[christalcase]

Legacy wave 2 deluxes at Big W Garden City. Hadn’t seen Wildrider riding in the wild before today. Two minus one for me equals one left. At least one of each of his wave mates were there too and an SS86 Arcee.

Thanks for that, I picked up the other one this morning. So annoying as I only had time to check Kmart and Target yesterday and skipped Big W thinking it had already come and gone...

[BrickFormers]

EB/Zing Albert Street
1x SG Soundwave - $138

[Burn]

Found Netflix Optimus Primal/Rattrap and Sparkless Seeker in K-Mart Cairns Central for $15.

[griffin]

On Saturday at Logan Hyperdome...

Kmart - wave 2 Deluxe Velocitron, and a stolen SS Bumblebee toy. :(

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TKMaxx - several items from last year...

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And Toymate - a very large selection at the moment, but a lot of old items. They did have the Legacy Metroplex and Motormaster, but are swimming in a lot of wave 1 Deluxe and Voyager, so I doubt they will be restocking any time soon. (Legacy Evolution will probably be released before they need to restock, so I wouldn't be surprised if they end up missing wave 2 and 3 of Legacy)
They also had one of those large Jada remote controlled transforming Optimus figures (the poor-man's alternative to the Robosen Optimus).

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[Thanatos]

EB/Zing Albert Street
1x SG Soundwave - $138

Still there today, along with SS 86 Ironhide

[griffin]

11 years later...


I saw .....

;)

[TilAllAreOne]

JB HI FI in Queensland are starting to get A Hero Is Born 2 pack. Check their website for store stock. But it’s showing up in south east Queensland stores this morning.

[Thanatos]

11 years later...
;)

Every time I get out, they pull me back in.

Legacy Megatron TM2, Armada Starscream, Crankcase and SG Soundwave at EB Games Taigum. There was a Dead End but he came home with me haha

[TilAllAreOne]

JB HI FI Pacific Fair - still has one Hero Is Born and at least five 86 Ironhides.

Zing Pacific Fair - has Legacy Inferno and Skullgrin they’re up in the glass shelves in the middle. And they are behind other figures you’ve got to look under and up through the shelf.

[griffin]

According to the website JBHifi yesterday, the Garden City store appears to only have the SG Soundwave so far, but still waiting for the Hero 2-pack... as I ordered both sets at the same time, and the store hasn't contacted me yet.

Meanwhile, yesterday at Kmart Sunnybank - nothing exciting, but they had one Velocitron Darkstrip and the "Rescue Bots" Jet Prime, which was originally appeared to be an exclusive to BigW last year, but then showed up somewhere else earlier this year. The price was really cheap ($39), so Kmart might have just been getting them as unwanted stock.
Their price for the electronic Hotshot (fire-truck) was also showing as really cheap (just $19!!!), so they must be trying to get rid of them as well.
And over in the diecast vehicles, they appear to have a new assortment of small Jada vehicles, as there was Gen1 Optimus with some new vehicles (priced at $15 (https://www.kmart.com.au/product/hollywood-rides-132-diecast-vehicle-assorted-42855163/)).

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[Jellico]

JB Hifi will price match Kmart on their Studio Series Voyagers, so $45. Better than $55.

[Keidatron]

$138 for SG Soundwave? Surely no one will pay that, what a joke!

[Ravagecat]

EB/Zing Albert Street CBD has 2 Studio Series 86 Ironhide $58.
Also saw Skullgrin, A hero is born pack, shattered glass Soundwave etc. May of been more new stuff but they were all pretty bunched up in the display.
Also Target in the Myer centre has a couple of cliffs and kups from Buzzworthy series.

[Silverbolt]

In amongst a smattering of TFSource at Ipswich TK Max I saw (and bought) the only kingdom Autobot ark for $199.99.

[griffin]

BigW Garden City on Monday - had 3 Micro Machines Movie Bumblebee sets, and HAD one Optimus set. I bought one of each, so there may not be anymore Optimus sets there. (and it was 2 days before the sale that would have knocked off $7)

[lambi]

I saw armada starscream, dragon Megatron and skullgrin at one of the city jb Gigi’s. The one next to big w

[griffin]

BigW Garden City on Monday - had 3 Micro Machines Movie Bumblebee sets, and HAD one Optimus set. I bought one of each, so there may not be anymore Optimus sets there. (and it was 2 days before the sale that would have knocked off $7)

They also had wave 2 Deluxe Legacy (Tarantulas, Knockout, Elita-1 - no Wildriders left), which was the first I had seen of them at one of the major retailers.

[Beryllium Balone]

I just picked up the only Point Blank from Kmart Sunnybank plaza. They also had a Crankcase & a bunch of wave 2 Velocitron deluxes.

[griffin]

I just picked up the only Point Blank from Kmart Sunnybank plaza. They also had a Crankcase & a bunch of wave 2 Velocitron deluxes.

That was fast for wave 3.... we were only just starting to see wave 2 show up at some major retailers a couple weeks ago.
And since JB don't appear to have Pointblank and Crankcase, it will be good to go looking for them from somewhere else right now.