Alternator Rumble Confirmed to be a Wal-Mart Exclusive
Thursday, March 29th, 2007 9:39PM CDT
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Posted by Autobot032 on March 30th, 2007 @ 2:49am CDT
Nightwatcher wrote:Not really a problem for me considering I think he is one of the worst Alternators ever released.
Damn straight. I haven't been that angry (I threw him after 90 minutes, and the damn thing didn't break) since Energon Slugslinger. (But, even he was conquered finally.)
Chaingun wrote:I just picked mine up yesterday. unfourtunatly it was missing it's engine gun, I'm thinking of writing a letter to hasbro, but i'm not sure what kind of response I'll get. I'm not that impressed with the figure overall either. Both Rumble and ravage have relativly simple transformations for all, and while Ravage ends up looking fairly neat, in hindsight I wouldn't have purcahsed Rumble. To me He just is the least visually impressive alt released ever.
I got all the parts to mine (thankfully), but his feet need to be detached in order for his car mode to fully seal shut. If they stay intact, he literally pops loose all over the place. URGH!
Ravage is the clear winner of the two for sure, but Alternators sure went out on a bad note. If this is any indication of where they were headed in terms of design beyond this point...it's a good thing they killed the line now.
Crapola von Crap!
Posted by Blozor on March 30th, 2007 @ 5:10am CDT
As far as having to go into a Wal-Mart, I picked up mine at, like 3 in the morning when there is virtually no one inside the store. Also I would suggest trying Wal-Mart Online; their website used to be good about stocking new Alternators.
Posted by Tigertrack on March 30th, 2007 @ 5:39am CDT
Posted by GeidiPrime on March 30th, 2007 @ 6:36am CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on March 30th, 2007 @ 7:15am CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on March 30th, 2007 @ 7:16am CDT
He's different from every other Alt in several good ways. First off, he's bulky, which is a very refreshing change from the spindly arms that almost every other alt has.
His homage is spot on. Even my girlfriend picked up on his chest piece representing his cassette heritage. Hell, he even has the little back-guns from the G1 figure.
Why is it that everytime a figure deviates from a formula, it becomes 'an absolutely horrible design'? Yet, if we rehash the same figure over and over again, we instead bitch about repaints when we should be getting new molds.
Chaingun wrote:I just picked mine up yesterday. unfourtunatly it was missing it's engine gun
The first one I bought was missing the engine gun as well.
I went back to Walmart, purchased another one, slit the packaging, took out the gun and returned it there promptly.
Let Hasbro eat their own mess.
Posted by muswp1 on March 30th, 2007 @ 7:55am CDT
Posted by Maldroth on March 30th, 2007 @ 10:34am CDT
Better it exclusive to walmart rather than an obscure store, but seems strange that it was changed just recently, normally Hasbro mentions these things when they show the figure on the website.
Posted by zodconvoy on March 30th, 2007 @ 11:18am CDT
I got all the parts to mine (thankfully), but his feet need to be detached in order for his car mode to fully seal shut. If they stay intact, he literally pops loose all over the place. URGH!
Yeah that happened to me the first time but then I remembered that I spun the foot around to put him in bot mode.
All in all, it was a good concept that got the short end of the stick because it was the end of the line. I'm already planning to get 3 more. One to make into Blue Rumble (or as I like to call him... RUMBLE!), one to leave as Red Rumble and another to make Blue Rumble again. I'm also looking for some good arms to attach to the end of the piledrivers so it can, you know, suck less. All 4 get new arms and the second pair go on eBay!
One last detail, the plates on the blue ones will stay Hawaii Rumble and the plates on the red ones will be changed to Alaska Frenzy. That's right, no lower 48 for these guys!
Posted by Starscreams bad comedy on March 30th, 2007 @ 11:36am CDT
Posted by Darth Bombshell on March 30th, 2007 @ 11:58am CDT
Posted by Immortal Starscream on March 30th, 2007 @ 2:49pm CDT
then they took out the spiderman pics and logos from the display and flipped them around revealing tf logos, that looked like the movie merchandise weve ben seeing, then proceeded to bring out 10 cases of alt ravage and rumble.
each case had an alternators display, consisting of 3 rumbles and 3 ravages each. they said they had a ton more of the alt boxes in the back, and im guessing the devestator and movie promo figs too.
Posted by TFBuyer on March 30th, 2007 @ 3:30pm CDT
Immortal Starscream wrote:then they took out the spiderman pics and logos from the display and flipped them around revealing tf logos, that looked like the movie merchandise weve ben seeing, then proceeded to bring out 10 cases of alt ravage and rumble.
I am so tempted to beg you to go back to your Walmart for me right now......
Posted by Immortal Starscream on March 30th, 2007 @ 7:18pm CDT
TFBuyer wrote:Immortal Starscream wrote:then they took out the spiderman pics and logos from the display and flipped them around revealing tf logos, that looked like the movie merchandise weve ben seeing, then proceeded to bring out 10 cases of alt ravage and rumble.
I am so tempted to beg you to go back to your Walmart for me right now......
i plan to tonight, b4 i go see TMNT~
Posted by Barricade on March 30th, 2007 @ 9:55pm CDT
I hate working at Wal-martStarscreams bad comedy wrote:Aw, I hate shopping at Wal-Mart
Posted by buddha-con on March 30th, 2007 @ 10:40pm CDT
Posted by Barricade on March 31st, 2007 @ 9:31am CDT
yeah i got my rumble and ravage today too... so i retract my statementbuddha-con wrote:I hate working there too but, working at walmart is what got me five "display" boxes for my alt collection along with 1 rumble and 1 ravage for 37.72(w/discount)...so as of right now, I can't complain too much...I hate working at Wal-mart
Posted by ExtremeGz on March 31st, 2007 @ 10:01am CDT
Thanks for info ahead of time!
ExtremeGz
Posted by Barricade on March 31st, 2007 @ 11:26am CDT
it'll cost youExtremeGz wrote:Heya fellow transfans? Just a quick question on whether or not anyone has the information that I need to have a manager (at Walmart) look up the two recent alternators? SKU # or walmart #?
Thanks for info ahead of time!
ExtremeGz