Walmart's Galaxy Shuttle Listing Appears On and Off as In Stock

Maybe they found the one of mine that they printed the shipping label for and then NEVER SENT

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje

As someone who actually owns Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle, he feels almost like a KO with how loose and floppy he is. I understand were the situation reversed, I'd still be wanting to add him to my collection though. Kind of sucks all around.

My Galaxy Shuttle isn't floppy. It has tight joints, and can even balance on one of either of its legs.

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje

As someone who actually owns Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle, he feels almost like a KO with how loose and floppy he is. I understand were the situation reversed, I'd still be wanting to add him to my collection though. Kind of sucks all around.

Oh, this sucks to hear. I haven't heard of wide issues with this release.

Emerje wrote:I put a request in with Buyee, we'll see what the fee for that looks like.

Got a reply, $60-something for the figure and $5-something for fees, total of $65.99 before shipping, about $10 more than the Hasbro price I can deal with that. Sucks having to go this rout because Walmart failed us, but it sure is beating the eBay totals, I suspect I'll be ending around $90.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Emerje wrote:I put a request in with Buyee, we'll see what the fee for that looks like.

Got a reply, $60-something for the figure and $5-something for fees, total of $65.99 before shipping, about $10 more than the Hasbro price I can deal with that. Sucks having to go this rout because Walmart failed us, but it sure is beating the eBay totals, I suspect I'll be ending around $90.

Emerje

90$US counting shipping? 100$US would be a more realistic price. Assume the worst.

Still, even at 100$US total, that's better than if I'd have bought it for you at my local geek store at 90$CAN plus 15% taxes plus at least 35$CAN of shipping.

Rise of the Beasts voyager Optimus Prime is in stock as well! Great figure!

Nope, like Cosmos, Shuttle-boy is out of stock!



"Hey - my thighs are like REALLY short!"

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje

As someone who actually owns Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle, he feels almost like a KO with how loose and floppy he is. I understand were the situation reversed, I'd still be wanting to add him to my collection though. Kind of sucks all around.

My Galaxy Shuttle isn't floppy. It has tight joints, and can even balance on one of either of its legs.

Mine is good and tight too. It's a better use of the mold than Astrotrain funny enough

I swear, the way hasbro has been distribution transformers, if I ever get my hands on this guy, he's getting cataloged right away. The difference between shelf warmer and rare as heck is getting worse.

Cheetron wrote:I swear, the way hasbro has been distribution transformers, if I ever get my hands on this guy, he's getting cataloged right away. The difference between shelf warmer and rare as heck is getting worse.

In this particular case, it's all Walmart's fault.

DeathReviews wrote:Nope, like Cosmos, Shuttle-boy is out of stock!

Well aware. The post is to tell you guys to keep checking it since it becomes in stock very momentarily sometimes.

So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

You can also try this:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fitm%2F204230045719%3F

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

You can also try this:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fitm%2F204230045719%3F

Thanks for weighing in on this Kanrabat. I assume you have used this product and were happy with results?

Nemesis Destron wrote:Thanks for weighing in on this Kanrabat. I assume you have used this product and were happy with results?

Never because I find it expensive. The pros are using it though.

So far, I only used the Crazy Glue trick. But it often make a mess. Crazy Glue is too liquid and it's too easy to drip it where you do NOT want it to go.

Maybe I should pay the price and try out the pro stuff.
(Seller do not ship to Canada)
Oh, F U.

Well, I tried another listing. This one work. So, shipped, it's around 20$CAN a bottle. That's expensive and it come exclusively from Thailand. In a month or so of shipping time, I'll try this "magic potion" to see if it's really better than Crazy Glue.

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

There is a very cheap temporary fix that you can try if it is on a ball joint that you can easily get to. Just put a tiny bit of paper towel, like a 2mm x 2mm square, into the socket and pop the ball back in. The paper should tighten things up, but will eventually wear down or even wiggle itself loose and need to be redone. I've used this to fix the loose ankles on Kingdom Terrorsaur and BW Skywarp along with SS Sideways.

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

Basically anything that leaves a thin layer will do to tighten up ball joints. One widely used item for that actually has its own applicator brush: clear nail polish, like a clear top coat.

This is unfortunate. As anyone could guess, there wasn't really a shortage of Velocitron toys, at least not at the manufacturing/distribution level. Instead, Walmart botched their stocking of this line and eventually dumped it on liquidators. We know this because these Walmart exclusives, including Cosmos, are now showing up at Ross. Also unfortunately, it took a while for this news to be far reaching, so odds are your local Ross is already depleted of that stock which has been scooped up in voracious fashion. The entire first wave of the line was spotted at Ross, that includes the deluxes, voyagers and leader class. Sightings have been sporadic, but we have confirmed sightings in Daytona and Vegas. The photo below comes from Ultra Reverb.

The prices are $7.99 for deluxes, $8.99 for voyagers and $16.99 for leader Scourge.

I visited a local Ross in Springfield, Mo and found three Universe Scourge. It would have been cool to find a Cosmos.

Congrats to those who manage to find him and others.

SGM

That really sucks, I looked for these a lot and now see I never truly had a fair shot at finding them at Wal-Mart. I never have a problem getting exclusives for any other retailers.

The Cosmos debacle is essentially what turned me off of hunting in brock-and-mortar stores, at least when it comes to Walmart exclusives. The thought of even trying to scan my local overstock stores makes me ill.

Glarryg

I still want a Cosmos really bad, not enough to spend over triple price, but still bad. This is very annoying to know that they should have been on shelves. Which I still would have probably not seen, lol. I even had a friend in England check multiple times because a store there had full cases, and nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated if someone finds an extra.

A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

DeathReviews wrote:A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

Wasn't Galaxy Shuttle only sold online and not in stores though? Isn't that what made him more sought after? I know I got mine online and never saw a single one in any stores.

LordBludgeon wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

Wasn't Galaxy Shuttle only sold online and not in stores though? Isn't that what made him more sought after? I know I got mine online and never saw a single one in any stores.

He only showed up in Walmart stores in Canada.

Sabrblade wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

Wasn't Galaxy Shuttle only sold online and not in stores though? Isn't that what made him more sought after? I know I got mine online and never saw a single one in any stores.

He only showed up in Walmart stores in Canada.

There were plenty to go around too.
Thus, why all the Canadian scalpers on eBay.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

Wasn't Galaxy Shuttle only sold online and not in stores though? Isn't that what made him more sought after? I know I got mine online and never saw a single one in any stores.

He only showed up in Walmart stores in Canada.

There were plenty to go around too.
Thus, why all the Canadian scalpers on eBay.

There's not really any scalping, nor any money being made. The toy is $90 when including taxes, and canadian sellers were selling him for $120 USD shipped. After paypal fees, there was no money to be made.

Plus, is it scalping when every fan in Canada had a chance to buy him at retail?

Anyways, to confirm what was said before, Galaxy Shuttle did have a US release but it was online only.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:A kind fellow Seibertronian sold me a spare copy of Cosmos, and that was a wonderful thing. I guess I'll have to make the minions check Ross to see if there's a "Galaxy Shuttle" there - that's another figure from the Velocitron line that's been impossible to locate.

We all suspected that Walmart had bungled things with the Velocitron line. Popular figures like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle completely missing, while choking the shelves with unwanted figures like Blurr and "Road Rocket". If Walmart took a bath on these, they deserve it.

Wasn't Galaxy Shuttle only sold online and not in stores though? Isn't that what made him more sought after? I know I got mine online and never saw a single one in any stores.

He only showed up in Walmart stores in Canada.

There were plenty to go around too.
Thus, why all the Canadian scalpers on eBay.

There's not really any scalping, nor any money being made. The toy is $90 when including taxes, and canadian sellers were selling him for $120 USD shipped. After paypal fees, there was no money to be made.

Plus, is it scalping when every fan in Canada had a chance to buy him at retail?

Anyways, to confirm what was said before, Galaxy Shuttle did have a US release but it was online only.

Correction: TRIED scalping.
Do not forget the eBay fees. These are HUGE. Plus, those are charged on shipping as well.

But the fact the huge availability was only in Canada is key and what lead to said over priced secondary market. Had it been more available in the U.S. at a lower price I don't think we'd have seen such a high markup, over here it was only $25 so at most you'd see an increase to $40-45 US which is an easier pill to swallow than $80-120.

I got lucky I hit 1 ross today and they had 4 Scourges, bought one. I haven't bought a TF since MP Ironide. For $16.99 why the heck not.

Till-all-R1 wrote:But the fact the huge availability was only in Canada is key and what lead to said over priced secondary market. Had it been more available in the U.S. at a lower price I don't think we'd have seen such a high markup, over here it was only $25 so at most you'd see an increase to $40-45 US which is an easier pill to swallow than $80-120.

Galaxy Shuttle was only $25 in the US?

I checked a ross around here, but they didn't have any of the velocitron stuff. I think at most they had one buzzworthy three pack, I don't remember what it was.

I was speaking about Cosmos, because that one has been in the $100's for a while now.