Animated Toy Sightings!

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

That price tag was on the shelf when I got mine a few weeks ago, but it still scanned in cheap. :rolleyes:

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:p

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

Saw Activators Thundercracker and Ratchet today at Big W $15.xx

And found Activators Lockdown and Patrol BB at K-Mart, but they weren't on computer yet (and manager wouldn't let the cashier sell them) :( .

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If the toys were on the shelf then they should have sold them to you. :/

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Originally Posted by Pulse

You know what's strange? Nearly 2 weeks ago I put that pic of translucent Lockdown on my Flickr Profile & still Yankees haven't found him yet... :confused:

How can that be? Yankees always seem to get figures before us - but this time we got a figure before them? What the? :confused:

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They posted sightings (and on the main news page) on tfw2005 a few days before they were found here. If they appeared here first, I was going to post it there to 'rub it in their faces', but alas, it wasn't meant to be... :p

Finally found Swoop and Sentinel yesterday at a Kmart in Perth. Swoop is awesome. Love him. Haven't opened Sentinel yet.

Now I'm up-to-date with animated. Just need to find me a Sideswipe and Silverstreak.

Found the new wave of Activators in a local Big W for $15 something each.
Same store had 2 Blitzwings and a Prime as well. Strangely no Deluxes.

Had to elave them there for now, Thundercracker is very purple... (I like it!).

I think every store at Browns Plains (Target, BigW, Kmart) and Calamvale (BigW) had Animated Blitzwing, Lugnut and Grimlock. Kmart and Target both had a heaps of figures, but none of the newer Activators (which I was hoping to find). Target had about a half dozen of each of the Animated 3-packs (Stealth Lockdown and Rescue Ratchet).

The same K-Mart store that wouldn't sell me Activators Patrol BB and Lockdown on Saturday now have heaps of the wave of activators (those two, Ratchet, Thundercracker and Prime; at least five of each)

They are in the computer now so they'll sell them... but as Animated Deluxes $25! :eek:

I was up to 3am last night working so I was in no mood to argue the correct price at the register today (particular since there was no shelf tag on any of the 10 pegs holding the toys) so left them there yet again.

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

They are in the computer now so they'll sell them... but as Animated Deluxes $25! :eek:

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Oh no! I hope they'll fix this. :( Am looking to get a Thundercracker from Kmart.

Youv'e had rotten luck with getting prices recently Paul. I hope they remedy that.

I ain't paying $25 for an Activator. Did you try scanning one of the older waves to see if those come up as standard Activator prices? If so theres a point one can argue. I'm yet to see either Patrol Bb or Thundercracker.

On the other hand:

TRU Highpoint:

20+ Rollout Command Optimus Prime

10+ Bumblebee Cyberstomber thing

About 4 wave 1 deluxes and a lone Starscream Activator.

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Originally Posted by Stompy

Youv'e had rotten luck with getting prices recently Paul. I hope they remedy that.

I ain't paying $25 for an Activator. Did you try scanning one of the older waves to see if those come up as standard Activator prices? If so theres a point one can argue. I'm yet to see either Patrol Bb or Thundercracker.

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I know, I feel like giving up on buying TFs for a while! :(

They only had the new Activators on the shelf, but I scanned in one of each of the five new ones and each came up as "Deluxe".

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

I know, I feel like giving up on buying TFs for a while! :(

They only had the new Activators on the shelf, but I scanned in one of each of the five new ones and each came up as "Deluxe".

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:mad: Don't give in! You could've had 1 for free since it scanned up wrong! I'd darn well go there tmrw and get a freebie if I wasn't heading to the city tmrw. Not to mention give 'em a piece of my mind.