Still nothing new at:
Big W Kawana
Kmart Maroochydore
Target Maroochydore
Pretty desolate, really.
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Still nothing new at:
Big W Kawana
Kmart Maroochydore
Target Maroochydore
Pretty desolate, really.
KMart Helensvale had Cyberverse 1-step (bumblebee, blurr, soundwave), Scout class (Bumblebee, Starscream, 1 Grimlock left and no Optimus..... not that I would buy). They also had Warrior Class @ $35. I had to get Starscream though, but feel really ripped off at that price.
They also had POTP Outback and Cindersaur, and 1x Inferno.
Toymate Robina Town Centre, Gold Coast:
POTP wave 3 prime masters: Megatronus, Quintus, Solus $10
The Last Knight: Leader Dragonstorm $49
POTP Rodimus Prime $80
POTP later wave hunting:
North Lakes:
Myer had Wave 2 of Legends (got a Tailgate. They still had the Duocon.
Big W, Target, Myer: nothing
Morayfield Big W: nothing
Kawana Waters Big W: nothing
I often count how many POTP Deluxes are on the shelf and then take one to service and ask how many they have. If the discrepancy is large, I ask them to check out the back. I had a strange experience with this at North Lakes. She happily helped by looking them up, but she did say that supposedly POTP deluxes are end-of-life and they won’t be getting any more. But inversely, Titans Return Deluxes WERE NOT end-of-life. So, take from that what you will. Maybe it just means that Wave 1 is end-of-life. That would be nice. But it could also mean that POTP is winding down before it finishes. That would not be nice.
Kmart Chermside has the new cyberverse stuff. The smaller ones anyway. $35 for whatever they call deluxe these days. Complete rip off if you ask me, but they're there. $15 for the smaller ones, which is also way too much for what they do.
Target Strathpine had a few of the cyberverse stuff. The optimus/shockwave/starscream. Saw a combiner/duocon thing and a leader megatron.
Also saw what looked like a simple combiner menasor type thing, can't recall the series name.
Finally got around to checking out toyworld at Rothwell today. They had quite a selection of the titan master heads, a bunch of outback / cindersaur and well, a bunch of other stuff I can't recall, but quite a variety.
Robina Toymate is amazing.
Photos to come, but a big range of Tfs... with a lot of older items at clearance prices for those who missed out them first time around.
All of the first wave of Cyberverse is there, and heaps of current Rescue Bots as well as a mountain of the dickie RID/TF5 figurines. Wave 1 Deluxe and leader Studio Series and wave 2 Voyagers. The down side is that Generations were almost non-existent. 1 Elita and about 5 wave 1 Legends & Prime Masters. No deluxe or leaders... if they had them a week ago when they opened, they sold out fast.
Forgot to mention the big sighting at Toymate... Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniter Power Plus wave 1 toys, which I think is a world first, and could just be an accidental early release.
They were $30 each - Camaro Bumblebee, VW Bumblebee and gen1 cab Optimus.
POTP wave 3 prime masters: Megatronus, Quintus Prime, and Solus Prime @ K-Mart Innisfail for $9 each
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Originally Posted by griffin
Oops, I forgot about the photos...
The store is at the entrance to the food court (called the Kitchens), and is on the second floor, so you have to go up an escalator/lift first.
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The rainbow entrance.
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Inside, it is a winding path of toys and displays... and colours everywhere.
With so much open floor-space, this sort of store wouldn't be profitable at a Westfield store... as the rents are way too high, needing a much more compact store with greater amount of stock per square meter for greater turnover.
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In one room off the main track are the action figures, including Transfformers.... lots of Transformers (in addition to the ones in the main areas of the store that were being discounted).
Most of the TF5 Movie toys were there, and most were discounted. But very few Generations toys.
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The big find was the first release of some of the Energon Igniter toys for the Bumblebee Movie... which I think shouldn't be released until October.
They scanned up, so were meant to be there, but there was only two sets, so probably just a single case snuck though to the store.
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The Cyberverse toys... just about every size class from wave 1.
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Heaps of the bigger Rescue Bots toys, including the newest ones like the Epic Optimus and the new Bumblebee with two canine Minicons.
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HEAPS of the Simba/Dickie diecast vehicles and figures from RID and the Movie. I've never seen so many of the RID ones before, and they probably had all of the colour variants too (fluro, metal, black, regular). Also some really old TF4 Kreon Customs from wave 1, and the new Mighty Mugs ($20 each).
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As noted by others... the Optimus statue from the shortlived Robina ToysRUs store.
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And painted on the floor at the Transformers section...
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If only there were premises outside of westfields that would make for perfect toy store locations...Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Toymate now has TR Sky Shadow for $20, a bargain for those who haven't picked him up. Also restocked Potp elite 1 and Terrorcon hydra dude. Got scalped for the VW Bumblebee figure at 39.95, got to be well above RRP FOR A DELUXE SIZED TOY. plenty of Cyberverse leaders Megs and Optimus at 59.95
Sky Shadow is actually $40 not $20.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
There were 2 POTP wave 3 terrorcons at Toymate Robina today but someone bought them a minute later.
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Saw Wave 3 POTP Cuttroat and Blot at Toyworld Australia Fair. Only one of each when I left.
Anyone know of a Coles with Authentic Grimlock on the Gold Coast. Time poor and frustrated nowhere seems to stock them
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Originally Posted by reillyd
I've looked at several around Brisbane, and none of them have the large Authentics at all. Maybe it's just the southern states stores.
Well, it's about time Sinnertwin showed up on this board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Convoid
Is it just Coles that stock the larger Authentics?Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
I haven't seen it in Melbourne either. Several of my local Coles are pretty much a sorry affair TF-wise. Woolworths do stock the smaller Authentics.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Coles at Springwood didn't have the Authentics either, but still had a box full of Tiny Changers.
The Target across the road had all five size classes of Cyberverse, and a new Rescue Bots pair of toys - Flip Racers pullback Heatwave and Quickshadow, for $24 each.
These were on display at SDCC a couple months ago, but there wasn't any signage or mention of them. Even though they are packaged as Flip
Racers, they are a little bigger, which means that they probably won't be compatible with all of the previous playsets and launchers.
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Springwood Mr Toys
One each Blot, Cutthroat and Sinnertwin as of 11am today. Might not have been put on shelf. The box of them was near the counter and the staff opened it for me and let me take 1 of each.
Toyworld Townsville has the Deluxe Terrorcons except Rippersnapper. They didn't have him when I went in earlier and now they have one less of the other guys, too.
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Originally Posted by Gouki
Rippersnapper is the one in wave 2. I don't know if it was re-released in wave 3 with the other Terrorcons.
Jazz is the other figure in wave 3 alongside the three Terrorcons. Rippersnapper, Slug and Blackwing are rereleased in wave 4 alongside Novastar.
Mr Toys Toyworld in Kawana Waters aka Birtinya had wave 3 as well. I took one of each, but there was still a full set of the three plus another 1 or two.
Wat ya still doin in Townsville Gouki. Must really really like it there. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gouki
Toyworld in Brisbane CBD has one each of the wave 3 terrorcons, sat in a trolley by the shelves. No sign of wave 2, which means I'm still 1 terrorcon short.
Australia is suffering.
That is some of the biggest nonsense I have ever heard. What the hell, Hasbro? Did Australia even get wave 2?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I'm not sure whether to blame Hasbro or retailers. It's possible they all just decided to skip the wave because of all the other TF stuff (Studio Series, Cyberverse etc) that's available.
Thet just want toys to sell, they don't care if a bunch of collectors can't complete a combiner.
If you're really after Rippersnapper, he is only $25 on Amazon.com.au
I just checked and he is 35. Not 25.
$24.47 to be precise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gouki
https://www.amazon.com.au/Transforme...dp/B072MZ2112/
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Both correct.
Seller Amazon AU, price $34.99, free postage if order value more than $49.
Seller Amazon US, price $24.47, free postage if you signed up with Prime and order value more than $49. Otherwise adding $13.96 delivery which is totally $38.43.
Cyberverse now at BigW.
Garden City had Ultra wave 2 $39, Warrior wave 1 $ 29, and Scout wave 1 $13.
From today at Garden City...
BigW - as noted in previous post....
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Target - had the new Movie toys that others had been seeing at Target stores in the last week.
Power Charge Bumblebee - $99
Titan Changers - $24
Energon Igniter Nitro size - $39
Energon Igniter Power Plus - $29
Energon Igniter Power - $19
Energon Igniter Speed - $9
Also various Cyberverse toys had sale tags on them (all but Ultimate), as did the new Rescue Bots Flip Racer pullback toys.
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Kmart...
Had two of the Energon Igniter sizes, and they were both already on sale.
Power size - $15 (save $4)
Nitro size - $29 (save $10)
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Myer...
POTP DLX wave 3 Terrorcons and Cyberverse Ultimate ($60).
Also had Transformers on sale at 20% off, for at least a couple of weeks (no end date announced).
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Mr Toys Toyworld (Brisbane cbd one) is at oz-comic con this weekend and has 2 PotP Predaking for $299 a piece. Way to pricy, and they may have direct imported it so not a guarantee we will see it at regular mr toys or Toyworld nationally.
But if you're desperate, and really want him, the show is on until sunday
Is there anywhere near surfers paridise that has the wave 3 guys in stock
Toymate Robina
TR Titanmasters: Repugnus, Shuffler, Nightbeat, Skytread $5 each
Still plenty of Sky Shadows ($40), Dragonstorms ($49) and The last knight deluxes ($20) and voyagers ($25) in store.
TK Maxx Burleigh Waters
TR Titanmasters: Repugnus, Shuffler, Apeface, Overboard, Ptero $6 each
TR Sky Shadow $40
The Last Knight Hound $20
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a TK MAX? Discount store like the Reject shop, or an actual toy store?