RID Clash Bumblebee was elusive in Melbourne / VIC too. I've never seen one in a TRU store.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
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RID Clash Bumblebee was elusive in Melbourne / VIC too. I've never seen one in a TRU store.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Did you want me to get one for you, next time I'm back there (if it is still there - they only had one left)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Megatran
They were, but perhaps Hasbro got in more stock and ToysRUs didn't want them... so offloaded them to Toyworld instead. (or just MrToys Toyworld, who seem to have a good relationship with Hasbro already, after getting the SDCC Devastator last year)Quote:
Originally Posted by Major_K
The photos below were sent to me by member JustOwen, and the Optimus 2-pack is very cheap, at just $40 for two voyagers... I would have expected the Insecticon set and Platinum YOTH Optimus to be a fair bit cheaper as well though.
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Myer CBD Titan Returns spotted. Leader Blaster and Optimus Prime, Deluxe Blurr Scourge and Skullmasher, Voyager Sentinel Prime and Galvatron
No Titan Masters?
Big W in MacArthur Square had a huge restock of toys last night as well but I couldn't see everything on the cages. I'm heading back there now to find out if anything interesting went up. Not holding my breath too much though.
Oh. Mr Toys in the mall has pm Prime and Blaster as well.
And deluxes and voyagers in stock but not in the shelf yet so I can't say what they have in stock.
I asked the Big W staff last week about transformers. A guy replied with an arrogant tone saying this store does not sell Transformers.
Computron at TRU Aspley (near front counters with uw superion and cw g2 menasor). Normal section still has tracks, road rage, victorion and g2 superions (and a lotta armada megs) but no titans stuff.
Edit : Guess I should've taken a photo, doesn't seem to be any other sightings of it yet ? I'll be back there around 9am tomorrow anyway and snap one.
Sorry for size, hate mobille
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So I K-Mart at farfeild waters had Astrotrain and Alpha Trion, picked up the last Trion :) had a look in Toy World which had reduce their Transformers section by half...nothing new. Big W nothing, Target nothing new.
Myers at Robina had all the wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers available. Picked up a Rewind for myself today.
KMart Helensvale had 3x Astrotrain, 1x Alpha Trion, no deluxes, no heads, and a single Rewind. I passed on Alpha.... He looks garish
Kmart Hervey Bay have plenty of wave 2 titan masters and wave 1 legends.
completely sold out of voyagers and they haven't gotten any deluxes yet.
Target had nothing new except for the RID 1 step 6-pack, which is apparently a target exclusive, and has an deco for 1 step optimus prime which isn't available anywhere else.
Do you mean Wave 2 Voyagers, or was it Wave 2 Deluxes? Because that might be a first for AustraliaQuote:
Originally Posted by RayRay84
Titan Masters are the individually packaged heads...Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
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yeah, it was wave 2 Titan masters - I wish it was the deluxes!
I only watched seven the other night as well... :)
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Robots In Disguise One Step Changer Collection @ Target in Toowoomba, $79
TRU Mt Gravatt (Garden City) had only a few Wave 1 Titan Master head dudes left, but someone had stashed a full set on one of the top shelves. After a little climbing, I finally had my CrashBash.
There is one Horibulk, one Nightbeat left on shelf, and as a nice surprise three full sets of Mini-con Weaponizers. I don't know which wave this was, and interspersed with previous waves. Includes Lormdoomitron, Bashbreaker, Slipstream (but not the old slipstream, he's a blue autobot binocular set) and Dino dude Tricerashot.
Also spotted Alpha Trion, Astrotrain on top shelf, and the big Rid Hyperthing flying Optimus. Sadly no Computron, which I'd come up to pick up.
Still no Titans Return toys at Kmart Sunnybank and Sunnybank Hills... or at BigW Kuraby and Calamvale.
I know it is a non-sighting, but I have people asking where to find them, so this saves them the trip... for now at least.
Wasn't sure where to post this one (as it's not a physical toy) but saw an ad for Transformers Titans Return "In Store Now" on a bus shelter this morning. I didn't see any others for the rest of the trip.
It was fleeting and from the other side of the road. Will try and get a pic on the way home. I couldn't tell what was actually featured on the poster... it was quite dark (I thought it was a movie poster at first; I got that kind of feel from it...)
I don't recall seeing TF toys advertised this way before. So does that mean Hasbro believes they have good volumes in the market now?
I noticed Titan returns ad on Foxtel children’s channel last Sunday. Can't remember which one but I thought what the ??? this is new as they never advertise.
Also noticed RID advertised this morning at a bus shelter in NSW. I wonder if there was a marketing team change of sorts at Hasbro??
All I can say about time :D
TRU Aspley just put out their stuff to stock the shelves tonight, noted super bumblebees, power surge optimis prime, 2 cases of wave 1 deluxes (so 4 of each), and 13 cases of voyagers (didnt think to check what waves sorry they were closing). No titan master restock unfortunately, i got skytread the other day and theres still a brawn and clobber left, I was hoping to find an apeface in the restocks. Also a blaster there.
Kmart aspley got wave 1 titan masters the other day, around 8+ of each and i picked through with the ones with the least noticeable sprue marks, there's only about 2 or 3 of each now. Heaps of legends too, 1 hardhead, and 2 of each other deluxe. Very tempted to grab 3 scourge to be sweeps for my future takara one. (Edit scratch that as i walked away a guy grabbed the hardhead).
From last weekend...
Looking for RID Legion Groundbusters for some people, I only saw the previous wave (with Ratchet & blue Optimus) at every Coles, BigW and Woolworths I checked out.
BigW Kuraby - nothing new. They were also unpacking some 1-steps that were really old, and more of the Power Hero Bees and Swipes.
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Woolworths Kuraby - another with the Ratchet wave.
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Kmart Calamvale - lots of toys, but nothing new (like Titans Return). A heap of the RID Megatronus wave though, so not just BigW restocking with older items.
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Woolworths Calamvale - Rescue Bots 2-pack figurines on clearance at half price.
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Kmart Sunnybank - also a nice range of toys, but no new ones like Titans Return. Also with the old RID Megatronus wave of Warriors.
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The CW Legends clearance tag. (apparently Deluxes also have a clearance tag)
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Kmart at cannon hill had plenty of wave 1 titan mattress on Tuesday. And there's a nice bus stop billboard for TR with Fort Max on it on Wynnum Road as well. Been too sick to notice anything else.
MacArthur Central Big W has all of the Wave 1 Titans Returns Deluxes, Voyagers and Legends.
At Garden City today.
Myer - very little left for Transformers, and no Titans Return toys yet. They did have the Platinum Edition 2-pack for $150.
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Kmart - had Titans Return wave 2 Voyager Astrotrain, wave 1 Legends, all four wave 1 Deluxe, plus Crashbash as the only Titanmasters left.
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Target - had the new RID 6-pack for $79, RID Powersurge Optimus for $89, wave 2 TR Titanmasters, all 4 wave 1 Deluxes, and the second wave of weapon Minicons (Dragonus, Lancelon, Winstrike, Sawtooth).
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ToysRUs - they've moved their Transformers section over one aisle, and actually restocked, but still no imports or CW exclusives.
They have Titans Return Legends (w1), Deluxe (only Skullsmasher), Voyager (both waves, but missing Astrotrain), Leader (w1).
Plus, a first sighting for RID Powersurge Starscream, for $60... along with the first wave of Weapon Minicons (Doomitron, Bashbreaker, Slipstream, Tricerashot), and Rescue Bots pull-back racers (no shelf-tag yet).
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I couldn't resist to pat his head. The electronic voice was a little muffled.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
hey all, going for a trip to the gold coast soon, any good places to check out while I'm up there? (both for transformers or general stuff :p)
wave 2 TR Titanmasters, all 4 wave 1 Deluxes, and the second wave of weapon Minicons sighted in Target CBD
Myer North lakes had 2x wheelie and 2x the other legends. I don't care for those so can't give names, looked like cassette types.
2x hard head / skull cruncher / blurr / scourge.
3x galvatron / sentinel prime I think it was.
About that for the TR on sale. I grabbed wheelie, hard head, blurr and galvatron because they are definitely the best looking ones and were pretty much the ones I really wanted from this line. :)
Myer CBD as of closing only has Titans Return:
- 6x Voyager Sentinel Prime
- 3x Legends Wheelie and Rewind
- 1x Leader Powermaster Prime
- 1x each of Deluxe Hardhead, Blurr and Scourge
Myer Hyperdome had sale items but not many.
1 Galvatron and Sentinel.
1 Hardhead and Skullsmasher.
2 Blurr and Scourge.
2 Wheelie, Stripes and Rewind.
No Leaders and aren't getting them.
Plus 2 Fort Max toys and 3 Platinum Edition sets.
Along with some CW toys and a number of 2014 Movie toys collecting dust.
Target Runaway Bay has been ransacked, with only a few TR Wave 2 Titanmasters left (so I passed until I can get a set), but a full assortment of Rid Wave 2 Weapon minicons.
Big W finally has Voyagers so I can finally get staff discount on Voyagers. My store has a couple of Galvatron's. Also we have gotten those Titanmastesr/Headmasters with a little vehicle. Looks like the first wave. I might have to grab the ones that are not getting a Legends release.
Mt Ommaney today
Target had heaps of tfs
Titans return
Blaster, Powermaster Optimus,
Galvatron, Sentinel Prime
Blurr, Scourge, Hardhead, Skullcruncher,
rewind, stripes, wheelie,
Clobber, Brawn's head, Apeface (they had tons of these little guys)
RID deluxe Megatronus, quill fire, the tractor/stag guy (eyo)
Doomitron, dragonus, bashbreaker(? Sideswipe's friend)
Legion Ratchet, Windblade, no ape guy though
And about ten of the one-step five packs.
Kmart and Big W had a lot of the TR legends: stripes, rewind and wheelie, and the first wave (?) of the little headmaster guys, nightbeat etc.
Photo of Myer Hyperdome from that day...Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
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And ToysRUs Garden City tonight - a new endcap for the catalogue sale, in addition to the regular section in the main aisle.
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Only wave 1 of the TR Deluxes and RID Clash Warriors.
As for the Voyagers, it looks like ToysRUs might have a revision case for wave 2 that doesn't include Astrotrain, as I couldn't find any Voyager Astrotrains, but quite a few of the other three (Galvatron & Sentinel Prime from wave 1, Alpha Trion from wave 2)... and it is really unlikely that they would have this much stock and sell out of just one of the four. Often a revision wave will include previous figures, but tries to avoid having multiples of the same mould (like Astrotrain & Sentinel Prime).
Myer at Garden City pretty much had no Transformers toys at all now... at least, no Titans Return toys, and just like the Hyperdome store, the staff said that they are not expecting to get in the Leaders at all.
Fortunately Kmart and ToysRUs were willing to price-match to the Myer sale catalogue, for me to get the two Leaders and three Voyagers I was after. From that $90 of savings, I bought myself the RID Powersurge Starscream (which is $60) as well.
Bumping this because I'm heading up in a few days, any suggestions?Quote:
Originally Posted by Autobot1995
Robina and Helensvale shopping centres are good (both Kmart and Target), and Robina has Big W as well. No Tru on the coast though, and our Toyworlds don't have much stock at the moment. Enjoy your hunt though! :)
Carara markets has a shop called "mantiques" they stock some vintage transformers - i've gotten a few from them in the past.
Amongst other things they stock a whole lot of collectibles like star wars and thunderbirds
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Originally Posted by reillyd
Noted! Thanks guys :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Perceptor
Don't know if it has been mentioned, but there is a place called Butter Beats. It is in Southport. 21 Davenport St.Quote:
Originally Posted by Autobot1995
They have collectibles etc. Have seen them post up about various stuff.