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Target looks to be putting their exclusives on clearance, at least toy Terrorsaur, raw chicken Dinobot and red Cog. I scored a red Cog for 50% off today.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Target looks to be putting their exclusives on clearance, at least toy Terrorsaur, raw chicken Dinobot and red Cog. I scored a red Cog for 50% off today.

My local target was utterly barren, with Power Rangers taking up most of the former TF area. Only one i saw on sale was Dinobot, and he was still $27

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Target looks to be putting their exclusives on clearance, at least toy Terrorsaur, raw chicken Dinobot and red Cog. I scored a red Cog for 50% off today.

My local target was utterly barren, with Power Rangers taking up most of the former TF area. Only one i saw on sale was Dinobot, and he was still $27

I saw your photo. Apparently nobody, and I mean NOBODY, likes the yellow ranger, huh?

Walmart really needs to figure out its toy distribution. They get exclusives and hold onto them for so long instead of stocking them that they then unload the stock of previous years to a market six retailer (liquidator). Case in point, these crazy findings at Ross that tf fan Marco posted over at the Botposting Facebook group.

The highlighted prices were $8.99 USD for the Walmart exclusive retro Headmasters and $16.99 USD for the Walmart exclusive Sparkless Seeker. Looks like Studio Series Perceptor was found as well. If you have a Ross near you, could be a good time to check it out. Also, looking at this situation, it wouldn't be a surprise if we see Cosmos at Ross for a similar price to these deluxes two years from now.

The second headmaster wave never even hit saturation around me. And I think most of us wanted a replacement Wierdwolf for that issue with his spine cockpit

william-james88 wrote:Walmart really needs to figure out its toy distribution.

Absolutely. Hilarious that the zombified jet that was such a pain to get a couple years ago is on sale. Even on walmarts site

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /587909652

As for thsoe retro TR Headmasters, well, looks like some 3rd party retailers will be getting another shipment for those that missed out:

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/196744

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/197071

Flashwave wrote:The second headmaster wave never even hit saturation around me. And I think most of us wanted a replacement Wierdwolf for that issue with his spine cockpit

Just wish that joint wasn't so thin at all. If not for that, Wierdwolf was actually our favourite figure.


Anybody know if the retro Skullcruncher has bad legs too? Can't remember if it was widespread on the original TR release or we were just really unlucky, but ours has super floppy hip and knee joints on both legs

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Walmart really needs to figure out its toy distribution.

Absolutely. Hilarious that the zombified jet that was such a pain to get a couple years ago is on sale. Even on walmarts site

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /587909652

As for thsoe retro TR Headmasters, well, looks like some 3rd party retailers will be getting another shipment for those that missed out:

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/196744

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/197071

Unfortunately, Hardhead is in both of those sets on bbts. Is there an easy custom to convert Hardhead into a different character/figure?

Flashwave wrote:The second headmaster wave never even hit saturation around me. And I think most of us wanted a replacement Wierdwolf for that issue with his spine cockpit

I had the opposite issue, wave 1 came and went with one sighting from me while wave 2 lingered through two toy department resets.

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Flashwave wrote:The second headmaster wave never even hit saturation around me. And I think most of us wanted a replacement Wierdwolf for that issue with his spine cockpit

That's the point, all these toys we see at Ross never made it to shelves. Instead, they remained in a walmart warehouse and were only dumped to a wholesaler when they had to make space for the 2023 reset.

SynchroBunny wrote:Anybody know if the retro Skullcruncher has bad legs too? Can't remember if it was widespread on the original TR release or we were just really unlucky, but ours has super floppy hip and knee joints on both legs

It was widespread on the original release and it was fixed on the new one.

Unlike others, the reissues did hit my area, but it was the issues with the Decepticon Headmasters from TR that made me skip them, mostly related to the softer rubbery plastic:

- Weirdwolf's cockpit hinge breaking from constant stress
- Mindwipe's wings deteriorating and breaking off
- Skullcruncher's wonky legs, cockpit panel and now the teeth making the mouth jam up

Prices are a steal, so I'm tempted despite that. Any sightings of Sparkless' wave mate Primal?

Checked my local stores tonight, no sign of any TFs. I would definitely pick up the Sparkless as well as at least 1 headmaster if I actually saw them in stores

Same here. My Ross Stores didn't get the memo

william-james88 wrote:Walmart really needs to figure out its toy distribution. They get exclusives and hold onto them for so long instead of stocking them that they then unload the stock of previous years to a market six retailer (liquidator). Case in point, these crazy findings at Ross that tf fan Marco posted over at the Botposting Facebook group.

The highlighted prices were $8.99 USD for the Walmart exclusive retro Headmasters and $16.99 USD for the Walmart exclusive Sparkless Seeker. Looks like Studio Series Perceptor was found as well. If you have a Ross near you, could be a good time to check it out. Also, looking at this situation, it wouldn't be a surprise if we see Cosmos at Ross for a similar price to these deluxes two years from now.

Guess I'm going to Ross today.

Meh, the only G1 Headmaster that I would buy is Mindwipe. H3ll, he would probably replace my TR Mindwipe which is more of a placeholder on my Lord Zarak faction's shelf anyway.

If I am not mistaken, these are the TR Headmasters, just in retro packaging.

Otaku-mus Prime wrote:If I am not mistaken, these are the TR Headmasters, just in retro packaging.

Sure are... with the Headmasters anime-accurate faces from Legends.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Otaku-mus Prime wrote:If I am not mistaken, these are the TR Headmasters, just in retro packaging.

Sure are... with the Headmasters anime-accurate faces from Legends.

And slightly different decos.

My goodness. And to think they never made it to shelves in my neck of the woods and were going for scalper prices.

Lucky those scalpers who can restock at $8 and sell it for more than $50 to those who have no access to a Ross outlet now.

Did YOU have a hankerin' for Legacy Titan Metroplex, but you didn't think it was worth nearly $200? Check out this weekend sale at BigBadToyStore, and you could pick him up for just $99!

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/203020

Like him or not, this is a 'steal of a deal'! It says 'weekend sale', which means it could end Feb. 26 (or sooner) and you may only have a couple of days to avail yourself of this bargain price! Move swiftly, mortals!

Dang....makes the $117 I paid through Target discount stacking look like a ripoff my comparison. .

That is a great deal. If the Ab Crunch on him wasn't the worst thing ever, rendering him nearly unposeable I'd say go for it.

o.supreme wrote:Dang....makes the $117 I paid through Target discount stacking look like a ripoff my comparison. .

Don't feel too bad. With the addition of the $4 shipping cost and the sales tax, my total came out to $111, almost $112 when you round up the change. Not too far below your $117 total.

DeathReviews wrote:Did YOU have a hankerin' for Legacy Titan Metroplex, but you didn't think it was worth nearly $200? Check out this weekend sale at BigBadToyStore, and you could pick him up for just $99!

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/203020

Like him or not, this is a 'steal of a deal'! It says 'weekend sale', which means it could end Feb. 26 (or sooner) and you may only have a couple of days to avail yourself of this bargain price! Move swiftly, mortals!

That's sold out now, but you can still get a Metroplex for about $112 on Hasbro's official Ebay page:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225264174444?e ... SwTuxjfNx7

King Kuuga wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Did YOU have a hankerin' for Legacy Titan Metroplex, but you didn't think it was worth nearly $200? Check out this weekend sale at BigBadToyStore, and you could pick him up for just $99!

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ils/203020

Like him or not, this is a 'steal of a deal'! It says 'weekend sale', which means it could end Feb. 26 (or sooner) and you may only have a couple of days to avail yourself of this bargain price! Move swiftly, mortals!

That's sold out now, but you can still get a Metroplex for about $112 on Hasbro's official Ebay page:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225264174444?e ... SwTuxjfNx7

Well, I hope you're happy. I said I wasn't getting this guy but now I caved. I blame youuuuuuuuuuuu

Not sure how much of a "steal" this is, but Pulse is having another Wraehouse sale (time to clear out the old junk!)

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/warehouse-sale-2023

Basically for the next 2 weeks (or until items sell out) Premium members can save 35%, and non Premium members 30% (with minimum purchase of $75 to qualify either way) on select items.

Unfortunately there's only one TF item I might consider purchasing, but its nowhere near the $75 threshold, and I'm not purchasing extra items unnecessarily just to get it.

I'm guessing other items may be added as time goes on. I noticed Cybertron Metroplex is still in stock at full price (despite being on sale at half off on eBay recently) I'd be very surprised if that wasnt added in the coming days.

Current list specifically of Transformers:

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/war ... ansformers