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.
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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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverbolt
It's a shame that they don't really price-match.
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.
Two SS Spikes left at Target Garden City.
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.
Picked up Studio Series 86 Perceptor at Toowoomba Zing this morning
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by JJJ
Dang. Figured, but still dang. Snarl looked pretty good for a warrior class toy...
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 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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Yeah sorry, got my Slug and Snarl mixed up.. definitely Slug :(
Big W has Core Class SS figures now. $19.
My local store has the Shockwave and Ravage wave. Sigh...
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.
Springfield Orion
Big W
2 x SS78 Sideswipes
Zing
1 x SS Wheeljack
I found a lonesome Kingdom Scorponock and Springfield Orion Big W today. It's home with me now. $28.80 with the current sale.
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.
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.
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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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.
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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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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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.
Lots of Legacy at Target Carindale as well. Unfortunately some POS has ripped open both Blasters and stolen his cassettes.
Yeah, I knew this would happen. This thief is a collector/scalper who knows the value of Rewind.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrickFormers
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.
Target Robina - Has a full selection of legacy.
There was a full selection at Target Maroochydore. I took 1 Bulkhead & Kickback (1 of ea. still remain) and I took the only Blaster.
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.
Looks like the CBD's been wiped clean of any sign of Legacy
Helensvale Target plenty of Legacy toys (Deluxe, Voyager class). I only took Arcee and Bulkhead, but it was a full case.
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.
JB HiFi in Maroochydore HOME (not the Plaza) had a decent selection:
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Target Springwood has full case of Legacy Deluxes, but for Voyagers, only 2x Bulkhead is left.
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.
Oxenford Kmart - has the 3 Legacy core class figures out.
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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Lots of Legacy at Toymate Robina including Legacy Laser Optimus and Legacy Galvatron.
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.
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.