ROTF FAB Long Haul, Jetfire, Ratchet at Big W.
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ROTF FAB Long Haul, Jetfire, Ratchet at Big W.
Saw pretty much the whole first release of ROTF line @ bigw today.
Robot heros, legends, scouts, voyagers, deluxes, gravity bots, fabs, leaders, voice mask, hand blaster.
I had to double check the scouts, they're tiny, I thought they were legend class. Their packaging has shrunk. Which is good.
I went to Garden City and Sunnybank yesterday.
K mart Sunnybank has OP and Megatron LEADER
none of the others.
Garden City
most of the stores have the ROTF. Big W seemed to have missed out on the Deluxe class.
Big W Mt Ommanney has stacks of all sorts ranging from BB mask and gun to leader class Prime and Megs, ironhide, starscream and heaps of the smaller classes, didnt take much notice as iam not getting any of these except for Prime and Megs.
Does anyone know if Fallen has been sighted in Brisbane?
Will Ratchet and Hotshot (Universe) get released over in Australia?
I saw Fallen at Toyworld Runaway Bay (44.95). Its maybe a 40 minute drive from Brissie if you're desperate.
Got to say, it was kind of surreal to see him, his face, and then look at the Decepticon logo and see where it came from.
The fallen has been sighted (by me and others) in a couple of Toyworlds on the northside and in the city.
For the Voyagers, The Fallen and Ratchet are wave 2, so are being found just about everywhere in America and here. Even wave 3 (Megatron and Mixmaster) and wave 4 (Stratosphere) have been seen in America, and wave 4 isn't supposed to be out until September!
TFA Sunstorm and Purple Shockwave at Robina Town Center Kmart, I suspect these will be all over the place soon. (Now if only they'd stock normal Shockwave, Skywarp and Wreck-Gar, if only >_< )
Sighted ROTF Mixmaster and Megatron voyagers at kmart yesterday.
along with Purple shockwave with bumblebee packs in animated.
Chermside Toyworld:
-Voyager Mix 5+
-Voyager Fallen 1
-Voyager Megs 5+
-Deluxe Smoko
-Deluxe Desert Brawl
just been to indro'
nothing really special ..
but if after sideswipe, only found in kmart (i got mine from toysworld..as their price are cheaper than others retailers price.)
and now kmart also have wave 2 scouts.
City today.
Toyworld -
Movie Leaders, some Deluxe, Voyagers up to Mixmaster and Megatron, Legends wave 1 and 2, Scouts, FABs wave 1 and 2, Gravity bots, Roleplay cannon and helmet, Powerbots, and RPMs mini-car 2-packs and Battle Chargers.
Animated deluxe 2-packs.
SWTFs up to black Emperor and new Grevious wave.
Marvel TFs wave 1 only, but they had the 2-pack for $60. (target didn't have them, but it scanned in at $65)
PLUS several MP Starscream for $90.
BigW -
Movie Leaders, Voyager wave 1, FABs, Scout, Robot Heroes, Gravity bots (no deluxes).
Target -
Movie Leader Megatron, Voyagers, Deluxe Soundwave, Legends, Robot Heroes, Powerbots, Gravity bots, Roleplay.
All prices were noted and added to the price comparisson listing in the Oz news section.
Don't know if its new or not, but there's new TF "Merchandise" in both Kmart and Target, with cool metal keyrings which have action features, and "Magnets" in Target that are heavy and metallic faces / autobot or decepticon logos.
Gold Coast, West Field Helensvale K-mart.
has anybody seen the voyager class the fallen there?
I've only seen the Failen in Toyworld Chermside.
ROTF Mudflap, Ravage, Brown Breakaway, Interrogator Barricade and Cannon Bumblebee all out at Sunnybank K-mart QLD.
I think I grabbed the last Ravage, and there didn't look to be more than 1 or 2 left of Mudflap, Barricade and Bumblebee.
They still have heaps of Voyagers Mixmaster and Megatron, and early wave stuff of other size classes.
Plus heaps of the Animated multi-packs (sunstorm, Shockwave).
BigW Carindale had an odd cardboard 'merchandiser' display, which had Wave 5 Deluxes packed with Wave 1 FABs (Op, Bbee, Megatron, Jolt) and both Power Bots. These pre-packaged displays are shipped out from the supplier fully stocked with toys (we have similar food-related merchandisers go through our warehouse), so it is odd to have such a big difference between the assortment waves.
The first attached photo below, has the merchandiser, which had the Deluxes and FABS on this side, and the Power Bots filling the other side. The cubicles go all the way to the centre, and only one toy variety fills each cubicle. So on the left hand side, those two cubicles with Mudflap, only had Mudflap - and several of each in the cubicles, which means they had about 15-20 of each (Mudflap, Ravage, Interrogator Barricade and Cannon Bumblebee).
In their regular section (second attached photo) they had wave 2 Voyagers (Ratchet and The Fallen), wave 2 FABs, Robot Heroes, wave 1 Scouts, Leaders, Gravity Bots and both Roleplay weapons.
Target had a lot of Movie figures, but most just wave 1. The only exception was Voyagers, with wave 3 (Megatron and Mixmaster). They had Legends, Scout, Deluxe, Voyagers, Leaders, FABs and both Roleplay items.
They also had a heap of merchandise items like the Bumblebee car torch, Optimus and Bbee alarm clocks, Projection torch and Bbee watch.
David Jones had a small selection - Legends wave 1, Scouts wave 1&2, Deluxe wave 1, FABs, Gravity Bots, Robot Heroes, Powerbots, Voyager wave 1. (prices added to the price comparisson listing).
Myer had 3 Movie assortments, and according to Myer CBD (who said they didn't have any when I called) all that are currently in stores is all they should have for another 6 or so weeks because of an upcoming toy sale that doesn't have any TFs items in it (and therefore are only stocking items in the sale).
The items at the Carindale store were Deluxe preview wave, Power Bots and Wave 1 Voyagers.
And the Toyworld at Carindale has been renamed 'Toyland', starting off its own franchise (of 2 whole stores so far), and with a logo that is coloured like Toyworld's...
Anyway, I was told that they weren't happy with the 'rules and restrictions' of the Toyworld franchise, and wanted to be more independant. As such, their prices are even worse than Toyworld. Things like Scouts for $20, Gravity Bots for $33, Power Bots for $57 and Roleplay for $90.
Funny though that they have signs all around the store saying that they will price beat by 5% of any competitor, to suggest that they have competitive prices, but are far from it.
Drool at the new Deluxes and Wave 2 Voyagers. Hurry up WA stores! :mad:
Also been finding a lot of the Animated Jet 2-packs showing up in different stores. Today I saw them at Target, Myer and BigW (originally it was just Kmart).
Just realised that I didn't even mention the dozen Universe 5-packs at BigW, but you can see them in the first photo I attached above.
Managed to pop into TRU at Garden City for a few minutes before going to see the Star Trek Movie, and saw the huge TFs display at the front, like they did for the last movie.
They didn't appear to have much past the first wave in anything, but did look to have all of the main assortments/sizes.
In their usual TFs section they had several Treadbolts that were new since I was last there, plus the Animated 2-packs (everyone seems to have them now), AND the big surprise for me - the latest Robot Heroes (Ricochet Vs Predaking, Tigatron Vs Inferno, Cheetor Vs Tankor). Only one set were left though, as I bought one of each for me. :D
One thing I also forgot to mention earlier - at Toyland in Carindale, they had some of the 2007 Battle Damaged Optimus (single packed like the 'premium' Ratchet and Megatrons), for $45.
Grand Plaza Browns Plains.
Kmart - has an isle full of transformers, both sides! located up the front. They must be preparing for the big toy sale in like 11 days.
Have many deluxes, mostly Breakaway, Rampage, Sideways, Sideswipe.
Have approx Ravage X2, Mudflap X1, Cannon bumblebee X1, Interrogator barricade X4, Smokescreen(jazz repaint) X4, Desert Brawl X4
Animated deluxes, aprox, Blurr X2, Jazz X2, Swoop X4, Sentinel prime X 4
Have several universe legends, aprox bumblebee X3, beachcomber X2, Brawn X2.
Big w and Target, only really have wave 1 of movie.
Target of note has a couple of last years movie Jolt (the cybertron repaint version), Have Animated Leader primes, about 4 or 5 for $49
Grand Plaza Target,
Also have the Universe Voyagers for about $25 still. I did see only dropshot, heavy load, blaster, and blades. Not sure about how many of each. There must of been at least about 12.
Has anyone seen the next wave Universe Legends, like Wheelie, Cosmos and Warpath? I have yet to see them and deluxe Ratchet up here.
Thanks to the tip and photo Griffin put up of his local Big W, I hunted down myself a Ravage and Cannon Bumblebee at Big W Burleigh Heads/Robina? on the Gold Coast. I was so disappointed after a forty minute drive, finding bubkus in the TF section. But I walked around the whole store, ever isle, and found it in the dead center of the store, next to confectionery.
If you're desperate for Barricade Bumbles or Ravage, there were so many that even a scalper would probably leave you one.
None at Kmart Helensvale or Kmart Robina, but Robina DOES have a new movie isle, with lots of stationery included animated and movie pencil cases for only $2.50, a bargain at twice the price, and lots of pens, stamps, notebooks, etc.
got mine ravage and mudflap from garden city kmart, and spotted more mudflap and cannon bees in indooroopilly kmart.
I don't know if anyone has seen him before, but I saw Brawl the task as a deluxe at Kmart Robina. On the bottom, he showed "Wheelie" as also available - but I couldn't find any of them in the store. Has anyone seen little Wheels?
Looks like wave 3 (Skids, Chromia, Deep Desert Brawl, Smokescreen, Wheelie) has been split between two 'revision' waves, as people seem to only be finding Smokescreen and Brawl so far with the restocking of the earlier figures. I would expect the other 3 appearing soon, considering wave 4 (ravage, mudflap, etc) have already appeared at Kmarts and BigW.
It is a bit stupid though, having an earlier revision wave containing the two toys of those five, NOT in the movie...
Quick question, I'm from Melbourne, and I'm going to Noosa heads next week.
Is there any Big W's and Kmart's near by? I wanna catch the sales next week. Thanks
http://www.noosacivic.com.au/ has a Big W
I spend a lot of time in Coolum Beach, just 1-2 towns south of Noosa. A few more towns south is Maroochydore Plaza, which has Kmart, Target and Myer.
Thanks alot. I also noticed in Kmart's catalogue that the Qld stores open at 8AM, whereas kmarts in all other states open at 6AM.
Lazy Queenslanders :p
Saw today at BigW Garden City the new Gravity bots Sideswipe. It should have Mudflap with it, but I didn't know to look for it.
Also saw at Kmart, the new wave of FABs - Mudflap, Ironhide (with red) and Sideswipe. Apparently Starscream should be in that wave as well, but didn't look for it.
ToysRUs had restocked their Animated Bumper Battlers with the new Workzone Bulkhead and Stealth Jazz redecos, along with a number of older ones, which were all in multi-lingual packagaging. Looks like TRU are direct importing excess european stock, with those and the Robot Heroes. Unfortunately, the Euro versions of the Bumper Battlers have less dialogue recordings. THey had an old (US) Soundwave there so I was able to play both, and the Euro one only had one vocal line, compared to 3 on the US one. I guess they felt all the non-english speaking countries wouldn't understand what they were saying, so removed just about all of the vocals. This would explain why the Workzone Bulkhead had no vocals, just sound effects, when I played with one a few weeks back. The Jazz redeco was the same, with no vocals either.
Also checked out the Jay Jays, and saw their new TFs clothing range.
I was in the Brisbane CBD yesterday. I noticed the Myer city store has a heap of first movie Rescue Ratchets, and Thundercrackers. These are voyager class. They were price marked $59.95.
In my travels I am seeing alot of ROTF deluxe Ravage, Barricade, and to a lesser extend Mudflap at big w stores. I am hoping all new waves make it into stores for the sales.
Saw the two new volumes of the Animated DVDs (Vol 3 & 4), which takes it up to episode 21 (Garbage In Garbage Out). They were $16 each, so I still think importing the full seasons are cheaper.
Also saw the latest release of the 2007 Movie (same contents, just a slightly different packaging). It's the 2-disc version for $16, and was already Number 4 on their top 10 sellers shelf. It's pretty rare for a movie that's older than a year to make it back to the top end of the best-sellers list.
More money for Paramount should hopefully mean them spending more money on bonus features on the second one.
Saw heaps of non-toy merchandise at BigW Garden City as well.
Activity pack $3 or $4
Inline skate and pads pack $40
Heel Skates (wheels for the heal of shoes) $17
Skateboard $13
40cm kids bike $88
Movie 2-wheel scooter $30
Animated 3-wheel scooter $39
Movie Sports helmet $20
Animated Helmet/Pad set $20