QLD Transformers Sightings.

[reillyd]

So yes to SEQld. Runaway Bay still has them.


I found RiD Legion Ratchet and Blizzard Blue Prime in Woolworths. I think this might be the first Aus sighting of Ratchet? There was only one, but two blue Prime so got.one of each. I didn't realise it until I got home, but I don't think he's just a repaint of Strongarm - the head looks spot on for TF:Prime Ratchet. So I'm almost certain the head is a remold. Shame they couldn't put siren lights on him in vehicle mold though.

[Krayt]

So yes to SEQld. Runaway Bay still has them.


I found RiD Legion Ratchet and Blizzard Blue Prime in Woolworths. I think this might be the first Aus sighting of Ratchet? There was only one, but two blue Prime so got.one of each. I didn't realise it until I got home, but I don't think he's just a repaint of Strongarm - the head looks spot on for TF:Prime Ratchet. So I'm almost certain the head is a remold. Shame they couldn't put siren lights on him in vehicle mold though.

First sighting was 30th of May.... But that was down here in the south and our sightings seem to slip under the radar a lot

[griffin]

First sighting was 30th of May.... But that was down here in the south and our sightings seem to slip under the radar a lot

That's not really a fair comment. I'm the only one on the staff currently posting the first sightings postings, which often means a group posting of items from a week or two beforehand. This means scrolling through EVERY sightings posting, and I know (and have acknowledged it a few times in the past) that I sometimes miss something... which is why I recommend posting a photo if it is something new so that I can better see it and can post it as proof to others (here and overseas who follow our first sightings topic).
I'm sorry I missed yours, but it has now been added into the first sightings topic now.

Since the beginning of this year, sightings posts that have been quoted in the first sightings topic have been from...
9 - NSW
9 - ACT
8 - QLD (now 7, as I swapped out one for your sighting)
4 - VIC (now 5, from your sighting)
4 - WA (includes one of your sightings, so there is nothing deliberate in missing your sightings)
0 - SA
0 - TAS

Victoria may not be at the top of the list, but it isn't being totally ignored either... and "southern states" take out the top two spots. Not to mention, QLD would probably be equal or less than Victoria if you took out my sightings of the more obscure items that I have to keep track of here that most others don't even collect to notice.

[RayRay84]

K-Mart Hervey Bay had a new G1 Soundwave T-shirt for $10 that wasn't there earlier in the week - must be a new arrival as they had about 100 of them. Great to see a Decepticon T-shirt as nearly all the ones I've seen before have been Autobot-themed.

http://imgur.com/ietPalU

[reillyd]

That's an awesome Soundwave shirt! Going to have to track it down!

[reillyd]

First sighting was 30th of May.... But that was down here in the south and our sightings seem to slip under the radar a lot

With the greatest respect, I do think you might be missing the point of the sightings thread. It's not about who gets recognised first, but rather letting people know which stores things are appearing in.

If you want up to the minute information, based on Griffins stats you should at least be checking the NSW and ACT/Vic threads. I do each day, so that I'll know when Titans Returns start appearing at retail.

[Bowser The Second]

Stopped by Big W at Runaway Bay. Had 3 or 4 Fort Maxes and about 5 Victorions. Max was up in the back of the store on the left and Vic was in the normal Transformer section on the right.

[griffin]

Yesterday at Garden City for the start of the BigW toy sale, I got there at about 9.30am, which was already 90 minutes after opening, so a few of
the big items would have already been bought. (they kept them & the big Lego at the service counter)



In the regular section they had the other two Transformers items from the catalogue in stock (RID Power Surge pair and the TF4 Power Battlers.

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It's kinda funny that Junkheap (and the other two from that final wave) were so rare at the time of the movie in 2014 that it would fetch huge
prices on ebay (not so much two years later), and now we have had heaps of them being dumped in Australia for cheap (at the Reject Shop and BigW).

Myer had actually restocked for their sale (including several Wreck Gars) after having empty shelves since the last big sale for Transformers. They
had three Fort Max toys as well, but were keeping them out the back to prevent them from being stolen... so people just have to ask for them.


At the QBD bookstore, I impulsively went inside remembering the TFPrime paper-craft book... and not only found it, but saw that it was on clearance at $8, from $35.
The activity box that Myer had been sitting on since mid last year (see photo above), was also on clearance, at $5 from $17.



And at Woolworths, they had in stock wave 6 of the RID Tiny Titans ($5 each) and a new Transformers line - Rescue Bots 2-packs for $10 - making
them a source for five different ongoing Transformers lines now, which is pretty impressive for a food store.


Target still had just 6 Transformers toys, while Kmart didn't appear to have anything new. ToysRUs also didn't have anything new, and are not
expecting to get the Rescue Bots firehouse set... which I was hoping to get for 20% off yesterday.
I got the Transformers Monopoly set instead, but when I opened it up at home I found that the 2007 Gen1 version was HEAPS better than this 2015
Gen1 "Retro" version.

[kovert]

Platinum Edition Insecticons are on clearance at Toys "R" Us (Aspley) for $99.99 from original price of $149.99. Last week's 20% off would have been handy.

[Megatran]

Platinum Edition Insecticons are on clearance at Toys "R" Us (Aspley) for $99.99 from original price of $149.99. Last week's 20% off would have been handy.

That made me laugh. Bravo ToysRUs Oz. Bravo.