Canada Transformers Sightings Roundup with Galaxy Shuttle, Legacy Wave 3 and SS Crosshairs Wave

There's a few Black Friday deals at Amazon.ca that are "better than noting", but THE sale not to miss is Kingdom Leader T-Wrecks for CHEAPER THAN A DELUXE at Walmart.ca:

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... FD91R3PHQR

I initially skipped that repaint but at that price? Gimme!

-Kanrabat- wrote:There's a few Black Friday deals at Amazon.ca that are "better than noting", but THE sale not to miss is Kingdom Leader T-Wrecks for CHEAPER THAN A DELUXE at Walmart.ca:

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... FD91R3PHQR

I initially skipped that repaint but at that price? Gimme!

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That's cool, but by the time you posted it, it got sold out

william-james88 wrote:That's cool, but by the time you posted it, it got sold out

ARGGH!
And there I was, browsing the website to find something else to add to my basket to have free shipping. Granted, I posted the news AFTER I completed my purchase but still, I played with fire then...

Here are some black Friday sales on amazon Canada sent to us

Studio series 86 Sludge 30% off. $53.99 sale price reg. $76.99. Lots more deals including seige micrometers for $10.76 CAD. here's the link for https://www.amazon.ca/Transformers-Stud ... 14ff1bc_66?tag=seibertron0b-20&

What's up with that mega dox above, Will?

-Kanrabat- wrote:What's up with that mega dox above, Will?

Thanks! Cleaned it up. Also, the best deals are gone

william-james88 wrote:Thanks! Cleaned it up. Also, the best deals are gone

Speaking of best deals gone, Walmart.ca should clean up their pages and tell that the thing is sold out upfront instead of days after the fact. That T-Wrecks must have blue-balled many fans...

At least I could secure a Vintage Beast Wars Wolfang before it was gone.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Thanks! Cleaned it up. Also, the best deals are gone

Speaking of best deals gone, Walmart.ca should clean up their pages and tell that the thing is sold out upfront instead of days after the fact. That T-Wrecks must have blue-balled many fans...

At least I could secure a Vintage Beast Wars Wolfang before it was gone.

Was Wolfang on sale too?

william-james88 wrote:Was Wolfang on sale too?

No sale, full 36$ deluxe price with free shipping. But compared to buying it on eBay, that's still a win.

It's X-Mass season at Marshall's and Winners so here's what I found:

At Winners, I only found Voyager SS86 Wreck-Garr and the Studio Series Bee Movie Thrust for 40$.

Marshall's have those same voyagers at the same price but they also have:
Vintage BW Cheetor and Rattrap at 17$.
X-Men X-Panse at 70$ (still not worth it.)
Dracula at 40$, which is the best price since the clearance at GameStop.

Let me know if you find anything else that is interesting!

Soloing this thread again to report that the Joe Bee is at TrU. Of course, they sell it for 20$ more than the competition.

https://www.toysrus.ca/en/Transformers- ... 16B38.html

We can all agree Black Friday was a real dud this year for Transformers toys. Boxing week is looking a lot better already, if you're Canadian. Not only are the wave 3 Legacy deluxes on sale but so are the Legacy Evolution wave 1 toys. And it's a whopping 40% off sale, bringing deluxes down to $21 CAD, which is around $15 USD. These are all preorders though with the wave 3 deluxes shipping Jan 1 and the Legacy Evolution Wave 1 deluxes shipping March 1. FYI, to get the sale price, you have to order the toy from the search page rather than the actual individual product's page as this seems to be an early boxing week sale that is materializing.

We thank Onslaught from the Cybertron.ca boards for the news and screenshots.

I had to create a new account on the fly to make sure I don't miss out on some of these deals. Classic deluxe prices are hard to resist, even on some that I planned to skip like Needlenose.

Man, getting 3 deluxes for less than 75 shipped sure is sweet

william-james88 wrote:Man, getting 3 deluxes for less than 75 shipped sure is sweet

It's like we went 10 years back in time.

Ordered Hot Shot, Needlenose & Scrapehook. I'm just trying to complete G1 S1-S3 toon appearanced figures. Any figures outside of those seasons, it's case-by-case and must be the "Want!" category. Pointblank & Skullgrin are not.

We have two new sightings for Canadian Transformers fans. The Toysrus exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series 44 leader class Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime (is that the longest name a Transformers release ever had?) has been spotted at multiple Toysrus stores across the country. The SKU is 652660 if you want to call ahead of time to check if it's there and not waste a trip.

We also have news that Generations Selects Magnificus has been found at Gamestops, also widespread amongst various provinces.

The various sightings were posted on the Cybertron.ca message boards.

william-james88 wrote:We have two new sightings for Canadian Transformers fans. The Toysrus exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series 44 leader class Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime (is that the longest name a Transformers release ever had?) has been spotted at multiple Toysrus stores across the country. The SKU is 652660 if you want to call ahead of time to check if it's there and not waste a trip.

We also have news that Generations Selects Magnificus has been found at Gamestops, also widespread amongst various provinces.

The various sightings were posted on the Cybertron.ca message boards.

AT LAST!
I bet he's 90$CAN plus taxes?
Regardless, I'll hunt him down.

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Not at my local TrU. I'll just have to wait.

Retail distribution for Transformers toys (and action figures in general) can be a little screwy at times. That's why online collectible retailers exist and many fans have since gravitated towards them. What is sad to see is situation like the one below where we see merchandise destined for either Walmart or Toys R Us in Canada that was never put on shelves and was instead dumped to a liquidator after rotting in a warehouse. This is of course dependent on retailer and geographic location but the final wave of Kingdom was never found on Walmart shelves in Canada. And believe it or not, Studio Series Junkheap was scarce as well and no voyager wave beyond wave 1 for the Legacy line was ever stocked in Walmarts either. Well low and behold, liquidator store locations in Canada (specifically Quebec in the example below) are now getting an influx of all those toys skipped by Walmart.

It used to be just one wave was skipped and we'd see some toys at liquidators but this is taking it to a whole other level. This is further aggravating because it shows that retailers did have new stock, which fans surely could have purchased, but never replenished shelves with it, either moving on to the next line or just leaving the shelves with the same stock all year round. The specific location below is Boom Liquidation but there are province specific liquidators all across Canada (like Treasure Hunt in Ontario) so if there is any Canadian who has missed out on the toys shown below, it could be time to visit your local liquidator chain/store as this influx shows Walmart has dumped all their old stock to make room for a lot of incoming toys like the movie line, Earthspark, ect.

This is beyond *****. Seriously. My local Walmart had their TF shelves that consist of 33% same sh!t over and over again, and 66% of EMPTY, BARE SPACE. Why is it so hard to stock up those damn shelves?

I hate Walmart for having the Velocitron line exclusive to themselves and I hate Toys R Us for having the Buzzworthy line exclusive to them. This make getting those toys in store nearly IMPOSSIBLE.

At least so far, there's my local geek store, even if I have to pay a few bucks more. Plus Amazon is reliable most of the time.

Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.

That's a lot of stock to just leave in a warehouse for months at a stretch and then farm out to liquidation stores. Did it even occur to them to at least TRY to sell these at retail and get some profit?

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.

That's interesting, I thought TRU would buy directly from Hasbro. Or is Hasbro the vendor in your scenario?

william-james88 wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.

That's interesting, I thought TRU would buy directly from Hasbro. Or is Hasbro the vendor in your scenario?

Sorry, yes, TRU would buy direct from Hasbro. We called all suppliers and manufacturers Vendors, so it wouldn't be confusing.

I have the feeling either this is stock retailers ordered from Hasbro, and then backed out on, or stock that Hasbro thought retailers would want but then didn't. Usually when the vendor is stuck with stock like that, they'll offer it around to vendors at a reduced cost. If no one bites, they'll drop the price further and offer to their next tier of customers, and so on until Hasbro can finally sell it.

Since these are showing up in Canadian discounters, it's stock that Hasbro Canada had excess of in their warehouse.

Heh, the article seems a bit different than what I first read this morning. The bottom line is something is going on with Hasbro distribution, period. There were no Earthspark toys on US shelves for the holiday season, that's just odd. Amazon has canceled orders for the first wave of flip changers while having NO listings at all for the Tacticon figures. Evolution wave 2 voyagers and Leaders were available from independent online retailers and Canadian B&M before they were even announced and before many retailers got stock of the Wave 1 Voyagers. Don't even get me started on the distribution of ROTB Studio Series line. Nothing is going to change and we're not going to get answers if we don't start making noise and asking questions, all the time. Instead of losing our minds over Commander Armada Prime, we should be talking about bare shelves and out-of-order distribution. This has to happen at EVERY live stream and with every post someone from Hasbro makes. Enough with falling postrate in front of our Hasbro masters grateful for any morsel we get. It took us 30 years to learn about the Mysterions, it shouldn't take us another 30 to learn about why whole waves were showing up at some discount store or not at all.

Red Kog is back at normal deluxe price at TrU:

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 658A5.html

Blue Silverstreak is 31.47$:

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 22A11.html

And that's it.
It's better than nothing.

The cheapest place to get the big Select Guardian Robot is at TFTOYS.CA
The preorder is 270$. Unfortunately, shipping is not free but it's not too expensive. Be warned that you MUST pay the TOTAL amount of the preorder upfront.

My previous cheapest option was at GameStop, live in store (not guaranteed) with the Edge Platinum card. Ignoring the fact that I'll have to pay this year's fee, even with the Edge discount, it's 6$ more expensive.

So despite the 20$ shipping fee, the fact that I pay just the federal tax AND that my preorder is secured makes TFTOY.CA the clear winner.

I'm glad I discovered that place!
Now, to wait until May...

Canada has been lagging behind releases as of late in their big box stores. While it is still not caught up, Walmart has had a reset which finally brought new figures to give some variety to shelves which saw no change for a year. That includes:

- The exclusive G1 retro Hot Rod and Starscream
- Studio Series Core Rumble, Laserbeak and Wheelie
- Studio Series Voyager Ironhide and Galvatron wave
- Studio Series Deluxe ROTB Airazor and Bumblebee
- Legacy Voyagers Inferno and Armada Starscream

Also, the same collectible store which got Metalhawk early also got Generation select Guardian Robot in stock now, which can be picked up locally or be shipped.

While that option is $299.99 CAD, there is a cheaper option at TFtoys.ca but that toy won't ship until May.

Also, Toysrus has a sale on two of their exclusives, Red Cog and Silverstreak

Red Cog: https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 658A5.html

Blue Silverstreak: https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 22A11.html

Also, the Leo Prime seen in the image below is a return.

My local Laval Walmart is BAREBONE.

But there's that Cyberverse deluxe Arcee for only 9$ if anyone is in the area and still haven't gotten her.



Also, Toys R Us Laval have 2 remaining Origin Bees at 18.50$.

That store has more toys than my Walmart has. And guys I've never seen out yet!

OMFG, 48$ OFF on SS10 JAZZ!

HURRY TO NOT MISS OUT ON THAT INCREDIBLE SAVINGS!

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... 0197590694

Rumble is still listed as a rollback ($12.97) on Walmart.ca.

Any chance they'll price match their own site, even though they stopped doing price matches?

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Rumble is still listed as a rollback ($12.97) on Walmart.ca.

Any chance they'll price match their own site, even though they stopped doing price matches?

I think they only price match if the article is in stock on the website.

Speaking of in stock, Tarn is back in stock on Amazon.ca

william-james88 wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Rumble is still listed as a rollback ($12.97) on Walmart.ca.

Any chance they'll price match their own site, even though they stopped doing price matches?

I think they only price match if the article is in stock on the website.

Speaking of in stock, Tarn is back in stock on Amazon.ca

I saw Tarn at my local Geek store and I passed. Then I learned he's short packed.

The FOMO was too strong when i saw it back at Amazon.

I called my local Toys R Us Laval about the Buzzworthy Bumblebee NEST and SS44 figures.

Not only they have none in stock, NONE ARE EVEN ORDERED YET.

I don't know if that's the case for the whole province of Quebec. There's no trace of then online either.

TrU suck. Seriously.

While TrU is dropping the ball on Transformers, Walmart pick up the slack.

Pre-order for Legacy Metroplex at 200$.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... VCRX5JJGRB

MPM Blackout at 200$

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... 0206365638

The G2 bots and G1 tools are there too.

After 9000 years, Bee Joe is at Amazon.ca!

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Hasbro-Trans ... 82&sr=1-79?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Both NEST Ratchet and Origins Jazz have been found in Canada. Since they are part of the Buzzworthy Bumblebee toyline, they are exclusive to Toysrus. These were found in Markville, Ontario, by Janitor over at Cybertron.ca. But the best news is that Jazz is $35 CAD rather than the obscene 25% markup toysus places on deluxes these days.

Now, will my local TrU even bother to have that Jazz in stock?

The clearance sale previously reported keep going, bu until May 10th, if you buy two clearance items at Toys R Us, the cheapest one is 40% off!

So now it's your chance for some crazy savings, like for my second Biker Baroness and "Sphinx" Dinobot.

Most ROTB and Earthspark toys are on sale at amazon.ca at around 15% off.
It ain't much, but that was enough for me to finally pull the trigger on SS ROTB Battletrap.

The Legacy evolution "origins" 2 packs are at last available on amazon.ca.

The price is REALLY good for Ratbat and Megs at 77$:
https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/F6964/dp/B0B ... 82&sr=1-32?tag=seibertron0b-20&

And for some reasons, the Shockwave and Orion Pax set is the same price, at 77$, Making it more normal.
https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/F7015/dp/B0B ... C83&sr=1-2?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Oh, I must add that the 2 pack with Orion Pax and Alpha Trion was 100$. That's 23$ just for the X-Mass decoration that came as an "extra".
So, the price of these two new sets is once more, really , REALLY good.

It took 9000 years but the elusive SS44 reissue Leader DOTM Optimus Prime finally appeared on TrU's website!

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... E5BB1.html

Good time to visit your local Walmart, if you're in Canada. Not only are there some great new deals but there are also some new toys. Mainline voyager Rhinox from Transformers Rise of the Beasts just hit shelves, along with the latest wave of core class legacy figures (you can see all those on the shelf image below). We have some reviews of Rhinox for you below from our community.

Walmart has also got some nice deals on Transformers toys. The retro G1 releases are only $29 CAD (which is slightly above $20 USD), making Hound and Thundercracker 40% off. The ROTB Beast Weaponizer two packs (which I highly recommend to any parent who wants to get their 5-7 year olds into Transformers) are only $15 CAD ($11 USD). That is great value when you consider that it makes them the same price as the inarticulated Battle Changers.

Amazing deals.... if I had money to spend.

Ah yes, cartoon-colors Thundercracker sort of drives home the point of the Troop-Builder 4-pack's blue Seeker: pick whichever shade of blue you consider your "true" Thundercracker, and repurpose all the other TCs into generics from specific eps.

So far in Michigan, the only G1 repaint I've seen in any Walmart is Starscream, which I've sort of already had for almost 2 decades now via Takara's book-reissue, but the others are all on my kinda'-want list. I'd better start checking more frequently in case they get clearanced as soon as Hot Rod appears.

Starscream is still the only G1 Retro figure I've seen in US Walmarts. Glad I ordered them all online.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Starscream is still the only G1 Retro figure I've seen in US Walmarts. Glad I ordered them all online.

Emerje

Same. I was kinda hoping to see Hot Rod in person, see if he would tempt me

I forget if we covered this but this buzzworthy set is avait from walmart. Very weird.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... ZIQBV1IYG0

william-james88 wrote:I forget if we covered this but this buzzworthy set is avait from walmart. Very weird.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... ZIQBV1IYG0

And at almost full price instead of on clearance.

Also, it's bizarre that after weeks and weeks, that set is still plenty available online and in store at that price at TrU.

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 8E9FC.html

As if, no one care, or for those who cared enough to get at full price before, none want a spare.
If for some reason the price get even lower, like at 50$, I'll get a spare. But not before.