Rid Combiner Force legions at Woolworths at Willows Townsville. Still yet to see the RID deluxe Starscream and Paralon at Toys R Us.
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Rid Combiner Force legions at Woolworths at Willows Townsville. Still yet to see the RID deluxe Starscream and Paralon at Toys R Us.
Titan returns deluxe wave 3 at Big W Northlakes all but 1 Hot Rod and 2 Breakaway (Getaway) left as the rest went home with me and my son, also they price matched K-mart.
On that front no wave 3 deluxes at K-mart Caboolture, Morayfield or Northlakes.
Sweet. I so want trigger happy. Is it a good figure?
Kmart Helensvale chock full of Wave 2 deluxes (no room to put out Wave 3), and I did spot a Wave 1 Scourge if anyone is army building
Woolworths Helensvale has combiner force (Optimus, Grims, green frog)
Found multiple Soundwaves at Carindale Toyworld.
No wave 3 deluxes at Kmart in Pacific Fair or Cannon Hill but plenty of wave 2 and stragglers from wave 1.
It was also pretty bare at Pacific Fair Big W, if there were wave 3 deluxes they have been thoroughly cleaned out
Checked yesterday all the majors at capalapa park/central, carindale, garden city, sunnybank, and today at chermside. Only found wave 3 deluxes at TRU Aspley, grabbed hot rod, triggerhappy and twinferno, was at least 3 left of each (and price-matched kmart), didn't grab getaway cos I just don't like the paint for the face, will wait for the takara release.
Robina Kmart and Big-W partially cleared on Wave 2 TR deluxes, but no room yet to unpack a full wave 3 case. So might be another week or so
At Garden City yesterday with JustOwen, looking for the new Titans Return toys, in vain as it turned out... :(
Target - Had the second wave of Legends (Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble). Still a very small range, more like the David Jones stores, back when they were stocking Transformers toys.
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Kmart - had the new RID 1-steps with Ratchet, Bisk, Energon bumblebee and the blue Sideswipe from the previous wave (which we look to have skipped here).
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BigW - had a couple of the wave 2 TR Deluxes and the last wave of RID Minicons (the weapons ones)... but not much else.
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Myer - for about two months each year they have a decent range.... while for the rest of the year it looks much like this.
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ToysRUs - probably the only new thing is the RID walkie talkies. Oh, and the new Rescue Bots Hoist.
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Being disappointed with leaving Garden City empty-handed, we headed over to the Sunnybank Kmart, to still left with no new toys to go home with. :(
Another store with HEAPS of Titanmasters... which will be causing a glut that might prevent many stores from reordering when the later waves are released.
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Brisbane southside Kmarts look to be late getting the new Deluxe TRs - I checked out 5 Kmarts in 2 hours tonight and none had any... Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Browns Plains, Woodridge, and Garden City.
Only two days left for the $20 sale price.
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It'll definitely appear on the pegs the day after the sale ends. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Talked to one of the Kmart (GC) staff around 15:30 on Monday. He said that he had put a few new items on the shelf that morning (I assume existing waves).
They had several trolleys of toys to be stacked and said that there was a truck out the back with a fresh load. They are gearing up for Christmas. It is just whether they will have Wave 3 out before Thursday.
Check Big W as well i got all wave 3 deluxes minus breakaway as i don't think it's a good enough retool lastweek from the Northlakes store.
Price matched K mart as well.
I don't think they intentionally do it, and are just understaffed. But it really ticks me off when hey have the stock, and don't put it out for a sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jellico
Big W Runaway Bay has 1step Bisk and Autobot Ratchet. To clarify, that's not the Legion Bisk release
Plenty of wave 3 deluxe at kmart aspley, alpha trion, astrotrain, bruticus, ravage, laserbeak, rumble.
Kmart Sunnybank got the TR Deluxe wave 3 on last nights truck, and all 8 toys were gone by 5pm. According to the staff member in that section of the store, they didn't even make it to the pegs... they were all taken off the cages that they use to wheel out the stock from the back, before the staffmember was able to get to that aisle of the toysection.
They also received a case of the new Rescue Bots transforming toys (with the new Hoist), and the RID 3-steps that have Bisk in it.
Ah you all suck buying them all. No triggerhappy at North lakes kmart or bigw. :( Bought the last skull cruncher at kmart though. Probably be a waste of time going to Aspley now too.
Carindale Big W has restocked. I got the last Hot Rod but the other 3 are there.
Whee! finally got a Trigger happy. Had to cough $25, but ah well. Got it at Kmart Hypermarket. They had quite a few of the wave 3 deluxes there. No gnaw or relevant heads though.
Target Helensvale has 3x sets of TR Deluxe Wave 3 scanning in at $20 each
This seems to be a sale price (all toys 20% off). I picked up a full set (it would be one hundred at Kmart, so with the money I saved I can afford peg warming Getaway)
Kmart Helensvale chock full of Wave 1&2, no room to put out stock. Unless they restocked an old wave, it means they didn't sell any in the week since.
Both stores have the Rumble, Lazerbeak and Ravage wave as well.
Photos from this five-stop window-shop...Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Kmart Sunnybank, with the Combiner Wars Gen2 Bruticus set for the usual $99.
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Kmart Sunnybank Hills.
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Target Browns Plains... as bad a Target Garden City in terms of quantity. It was the first time I'd seen the TR Leaders and Voyagers, but didn't realise it at the time, so didn't think to look at the prices (to add to the Price Comparison Listing).
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Kmart Browns Plains, which had the new Bisk 3-step toy... at the same time as the Bisk 1-step toy.
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BigW Browns Plains, with a new cheaper price for RID 1-steps (could have been like that for a while, as the BigW near me (Garden City) hasn't had 1-steps in a long time.
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Kmart Woodridge.
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Found the Deluxe Titans Return Wave 03 at my local Toy World today.
TRU Mt Gravatt had only Wave 2 deluxes and I think Wave 1 legends.
Ditto for Big W.
Toy world Oxenford only Wave 1 figures (and some combiner wars stock) but did have platinum Insecticons if anyone chasing
Dropped in a Big W Carindale and found it full of last years G1 Legions???
Target in Brisbane CBD has about 500 Combiner Wars Leader Skywarp's for $69 each.
I think those will come down pretty fast following Christmas.
At Target CBD/Myer Centre, the third wave of Titanmasters were found by member JustOwen.... at $10 each.
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I think there were at least 4 sets but only 2 completed sets left and a few Overboard.
Target Mt Ommaney has lots of Sawback, Fangry, Ptero and Overboard.
Myer Robina has 2x box damaged G1 coneheads and 2x pristine Optimus vs Gun Megatron, all full priced.
Robina Target has dozens of Skywarp Leaders, no Starscream.
Kmart has Titans Wave 3 deluxes @ 25.00 no sale now
I know it's a long shot, but has anyone sighted TR Wave 3 legends in SE Qld?
Only after the Bumblebee for a Bumble fan and they already have the tiny G1 legion that Big W have. Hit all three GC Big W and no luck :(
Have any other retail chains been releasing them?
Mackay QLD has had Bumblebee, Kickback and Gnaw turn up at both toyworld and Big W, sadly they sold out the same day. I only got one BB and gnaw. missed out on kickback. Friend got set between both stores.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
Mr Toyworld CBD has wave 3 legend. only Bumblebee left as of yesterday evening
At $23 !!!! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by JustOwen
Found a nightbeat at Kmart northlakes. Shelves are pretty empty on all toys. Only went there because I picked up food at Ikea.
Big W hyperdome had on Wednesday a lonely Bumble, they must have restocked as Thursday afternoon they had a lonely Gnaw, which I promptly found a home for. So they seem to have some in backup and a filling overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
Thanks I'll hit it tomorrow on the off chance he's still at hyperdome.
Power master prime, blaster, soundwave, kick back, bumblebee at Toyworld Lawnton. No sharks. :(
It was the Last Knight before Christmas Eve yesterday and I checked out the Garden City Westfield a little after 1am during their all-night opening... and it was more empty of Transformers than usual. So either the toyline is doing well this Christmas, or Retailers/Hasbro didn't get the stores to stock up to keep supplies above a regular minimum amount.
ToysRUS - after a big influx in the last two months, the store has returned to its former bare state that we have been used to all year, with very little variety (range of lines and characters) in both sections.
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Target were also back to their usual empty state with just small carded figures left... nothing boxed or over $20.
They did have the newest Titanmasters (just one of each), but I wasn't going to pay $10 each for them, so left them there.
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Myer - also shrinking, but they did manage to find a Fortress Maximus.
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Kmart - still the most reliable source for Transformers at Garden City, but nothing new.
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And finally BigW - the reliably empty store for Transformers, looked to have had a massive amount of the $5 Legends toys (according to all the tagged up pegs), and still had a couple of dozen available.
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It is fairly standard on the final shopping days to be that stripped of Transformers toys, but every year it is the same, so it is really annoying and puzzling why Retailers or Hasbro don't get more stock out to stores in the week before Christmas, because it would clearly sell if there is so much empty space for desperate parents to grab last-minute gifts of anything they see in store.
During the final hours of Christmas Eve shopping in the Brisbane CBD yesterday...
Target - had the only wave 3 Titans Return toy I found in the City, which was Doublecross/Twinferno.
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Myer - had a decent range, including a Liokaiser (for $180) several Fortress Maximus toys (which obviously didn't sell for Christmas at their full price).
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And Toyworld - a very small range, with almost half being 2014 Movie toys. They did have one new toy that hasn't been reported yet - the redeco of the Rescue Bots Elite Heatwave.
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Mr toys at Burleigh Heads has a bunch of wave 3 legends and Soundwave. Only problem is the prices are astronomical. Haven't seen soundwave anywhere else but not sure I can pay the $90 asking price... and they won't price match of course...