Every Transformers Titans Return Toy Accounted for at US Retail with Overlord Now Found at Walmart

I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

neither have i

bodrock wrote:I see what ya mean, Rysquad.

I'm diggin' Nitro ZEUS -- even his default head. But I do believe he works best as a transtector for the Titan Masters...!

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I'm still trying to decide if I should buy Nitro Zeus and, if so, what I could use him for when it come to customization.

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

DeathReviews wrote:

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

could be skimming by store employees

Ultra Markus wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

could be skimming by store employees

I know an employee at Walgreens that does helpful skimming. He hold collector stuff in the back as long as possible so any actual collectors can get them, and not scalpers. His method is how wave 3 TR revision restocks don’t clog the shelves for all of eternity, while also making it so cyber battalion won’t be available until Christmas shopping starts so scalping them won’t be as big of an issue.

DeathReviews wrote:

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

Got plenty of Sky Shadows. Only saw my first Six Shot, in town, yesterday. My Targets seem to have given up on Leaders, whereas Wal Marts are multiple waves behind.

So where's Ramhorn?

Was that ever available in a walmart , target or TRU?

Or just in some random hole in the wall store in middle America?

Rated X wrote:So where's Ramhorn?

Was that ever available in a walmart , target or TRU?

Or just in some random hole in the wall store in middle America?

He was found at Meijers.

I always thought my area was bad for having the latest transformers.

My local walmart and target are getting in the newer titan return waves.
I have seen a lot of octones and blitzwings. Even voyager optimus prime and megatron through out.
Another walmart i go to had about 4 six shots in last i checked.
The only one i an looking for though is the new windblade for titans return.
Cant seem to find her

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

I picked him up a month or two ago. Since I grabbed him & went back to the same store, I've only been seeing Sixshots there now.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

Got plenty of Sky Shadows. Only saw my first Six Shot, in town, yesterday. My Targets seem to have given up on Leaders, whereas Wal Marts are multiple waves behind.

The nearest Walmart, last year at Christmas, WAY over-stocked on wave1 TR deluxes. It is now October, and many of those same wave1 figures never sold and are still on the pegs. And of course, Walmart is not disposed to putting up new figures until the old ones have sold. So I don't think they've even ordered any newer TR deluxes. I wish they'd have a clearance sale for the wave 1s and make room for a restock of newer figures...

Skritz wrote:

bodrock wrote:I see what ya mean, Rysquad.

I'm diggin' Nitro ZEUS -- even his default head. But I do believe he works best as a transtector for the Titan Masters...!

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I'm still trying to decide if I should buy Nitro Zeus and, if so, what I could use him for when it come to customization.

From what I've seen, that Titan Master for Thunderwing looks pretty bad ass...but Terri-BULL looks good too.

Terrsolpix wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:

kurthy wrote:I still haven't seen sky Shadow in the wild.

Lots of them have still not been seen in many stores. Six Shot is only just now starting to wheeze and limp it's tired way into local Walmarts and such after nearly six months of being MIA after it's release. Still no sign of Misfire, Slugslinger, or many of the other later wave figures. I'm not sure how distribution is being managed - or if it's being 'managed' at all. Some parts of the country seem to get flooded with some figures, while some never see them at all. And other figures are never seen in that same location, but choking shelves at others. If there's a pattern to it, I'd like to see the math...

could be skimming by store employees

I know an employee at Walgreens that does helpful skimming. He hold collector stuff in the back as long as possible so any actual collectors can get them, and not scalpers. His method is how wave 3 TR revision restocks don’t clog the shelves for all of eternity, while also making it so cyber battalion won’t be available until Christmas shopping starts so scalping them won’t be as big of an issue.

i wish toys r us, target, and walmart employees would do the same i have a feeling either they dont care whats on the shelf or they help themselves

Ultra Markus wrote:i wish toys r us, target, and walmart employees would do the same i have a feeling either they dont care whats on the shelf or they help themselves

I don't think most employees at mass retail stores with tens of thousands of items on their shelves are especially invested in or knowledgeable about our hobby.

When I interviewed with TRU they were super excited because I was as knowledgeable as I was about multiple hobbies and brands. They're a specialty store compared to WM or Target, yet I get the impression that most job applicants aren't toy collectors themselves.

A lot of people kinda just go for whatever pays the bills. You'll get a few who chose the job because they love TMNT or Transformers or Power Rangers; but most are naturally there because they need to pay the rent or feed little Billy.

I'm still looking for Twintwist and Slugslinger

ThunderThruster wrote:Apparently if you've got the cash to spare, you can forge a monstrous Trypticon combiner:

https://twitter.com/singgg4/status/911494702838333440

That is amazing...

I actually saw a walmart last Thursday when I went for an interview that had 8 Sixshots stocked up, and a single Sky shadow included on that shelf. Only the 2nd time I've seen either at retail.

Overlord, Ramhorn, Slugslinger, and the clones are the only figures left from the line to get. They may all need to be online orders. No joke, every leader from this line I own were either online purchases or were shipped from a friend

Blaster was from HTS (only saw him once 3 months later at retail)
Sixshot was from Will (didn't see him till almost 5 months later at retail)
Quickswitch was from o.supreme with the chaos set (never saw it)
Magnus Prime was BBTS, as was Godbomber
Sky Shadow was from TFsource

man, 5 different sources for 6 leaders...

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:So where's Ramhorn?

Was that ever available in a walmart , target or TRU?

Or just in some random hole in the wall store in middle America?

He was found at Meijers.

Is that a major chain? If so they don't exist in CA...has anyone reported seeing a Ramhorn at one of the BIG 3 - TRU Wal Mart or Target ?

Ramhorn & Overlord are the last two I need to complete my TR want list.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:So where's Ramhorn?

Was that ever available in a walmart , target or TRU?

Or just in some random hole in the wall store in middle America?

He was found at Meijers.

Is that a major chain? If so they don't exist in CA...has anyone reported seeing a Ramhorn at one of the BIG 3 - TRU Wal Mart or Target ?

Ramhorn & Overlord are the last two I need to complete my TR want list.

Meijer isn't nationwide, but it's a pretty major chain in the MidWest.

Still no wave 5ers for me - all I see is Fangry and Getaway....and TLK Grimlock.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:So where's Ramhorn?

Was that ever available in a walmart , target or TRU?

Or just in some random hole in the wall store in middle America?

He was found at Meijers.

Is that a major chain? If so they don't exist in CA...has anyone reported seeing a Ramhorn at one of the BIG 3 - TRU Wal Mart or Target ?

Ramhorn & Overlord are the last two I need to complete my TR want list.

Meijer isn't nationwide, but it's a pretty major chain in the MidWest.

Midwest meaning IN, OH, KY, MI, and the Chicagoland area. MN, IA, NE, MO, KS, and most of IL and WI, none existent.

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Found Overlord at Walmart Monday morning which was a huge surprise, I never find stuff that quickly after a sighting. I was just at that Walmart Sunday morning where they had two Six Shots (which was a surprise in itself, I rarely find Leaders here) so Overlord had to have been stocked either sometime during the day Sunday or early Monday morning. I prefer the Japanese version so I didn't buy it, also forgot my phone at home so no proof.

That makes Leader the only class I've seen to its entirety.
Titan Masters: waves 1, 3, and 4 with revision wave 2 so I've never seen Clobber, got Skytread from wave 4
Legends: Everything through wave 4
Deluxe: Everything through wave 4, but only seen wave 4 once at a Target (and just Krok, Quake, and Kup)
Voyager: Everything through wave 4, but I've only seen wave 3 stocked twice at one Walmart and wave 4 stocked once at a Walmart and a Target

The only thing that gets any real consistent stock in my area is Deluxe, but it's basically been nothing but wave 3 for an entire year aside from that one wave 4 sighting and that one recent revision wave that showed up at a local Walmart with older figures in it. Otherwise most other pegs and shelf space is empty more often than not.

Oh well, Takara Tomy has been making their figures more interesting so I've been opting for many of those instead, but I would like a shot at Krok and Quake (and PM OP for under $60 and second Voyager Optimus for under $35).

Emerje

Skritz wrote:

bodrock wrote:I see what ya mean, Rysquad.

I'm diggin' Nitro ZEUS -- even his default head. But I do believe he works best as a transtector for the Titan Masters...!

IMG_7871.JPG

IMG_7863.JPG

IMG_7839.JPG

I'm still trying to decide if I should buy Nitro Zeus and, if so, what I could use him for when it come to customization.

Takara does have that stray "Ghost Starscream" headmaster.

It would probably be a pretty good G.I.Joe/Transformers Jetfire as Skystriker with Headmaster Ace.

I think a Transmetal Waspinator with elements of Darksyde Botcon Waspinator. Bonus, I think this would work with Cogman's head.

I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

There's also reissues of Voyager Megz, Op and Broadside making reappearances....no sign of Overlord.

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

UK does have Walmart, but it is called Asda there.
It's the same company.

william-james88 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

UK does have Walmart, but it is called Asda there.
It's the same company.

Perhaps its the RC Sqweeks which is sold at walmart, and is quite large.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRANSFORMERS ... /248170219?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

william-james88 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

UK does have Walmart, but it is called Asda there.
It's the same company.

I just spent the last couple of minutes staring at this post. I feel like my whole world has been compromised and blown apart from the inside.

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

UK does have Walmart, but it is called Asda there.
It's the same company.

I just spent the last couple of minutes staring at this post. I feel like my whole world has been compromised and blown apart from the inside.

It could possibly just be a mistake. He said Voyager when he meant Deluxe. Usually the simplest explanation is the correct one.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

UK does have Walmart, but it is called Asda there.
It's the same company.

I just spent the last couple of minutes staring at this post. I feel like my whole world has been compromised and blown apart from the inside.

It could possibly just be a mistake. He said Voyager when he meant Deluxe. Usually the simplest explanation is the correct one.

The 'asda is the same company as walmart' part

OMG, sorry guys -- I totally meant Deluxe!!

But yeah, I wonder how they came up with "Asda"....

bodrock wrote:OMG, sorry guys -- I totally meant Deluxe!!

But yeah, I wonder how they came up with "Asda"....

They didnt. Asda existed before and was a known store. So for Walmart to infiltrate the UK, they simply decided to buy out Asda, keep the name and now run it as Walmart in all but name. But its Walmart with the same George clothing and all. And like the US and Canada, its one of the main places where TFs are sold, including all the exclusive Last Knight Hot Rods.

Kurona, care to share how this has changed the way you look at life Asda? I am real curious.

Kurona wrote:The 'asda is the same company as walmart' part

Not exactly true, to be exact Asda is a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, with Walmart proper as a Division. In that sense, the Target Corporation has hardly any subsidiaries, let alone in the UK.

It can be kind of an academic distinction since subsidiaries are sometimes run like divisions and vice versa, except on paper. It's hardly the kind of dramatic distinction you can sometimes have with a franchise or local partner, like Czech Burger King or Hungarian Frito Lay, where the local company can adjust flavors or deal with competitors or have different licensing partners.

Walmart and Asda are closer to Kroger and Fred's or Hardee's and Carl's Junior than they are to Hasbro and Takara or even Pepsi and Pepsi UK.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:The 'asda is the same company as walmart' part

Not exactly true, to be exact Asda is a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, with Walmart proper as a Division. In that sense, the Target Corporation has hardly any subsidiaries, let alone in the UK.

But that just makes us go in circles, since all international stores are usually subsidiaries (or licensees). Walmart Canada and Toysrus Canada are subsidiary of Walmart Inc and Toysrus Inc respectively, yet look the same (well my TRUs are better stocked than yours, so maybe thats different enough ). The point is, Walmart is 100% present in the UK, but under a different name.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:I have yet to see Cogman -- I finally saw another Voyager Sqweeks in Walmart yesterday, though.

Voyager Sqweeks?

wei jiang luckya maybe?

At Walmart?

I dunno? do they sell wei jiang stuff there?(we don't have Walmart in the UK)

anywhoo...it's Voyager sized

It's the 100$ RC squeak that you saw.

Sorry, Kanra, but RC Sqweeks doesn't even transform - and therefore doesn't count lol His deluxe incarnation was what I saw (very scarce btw), and I hope others have better luck hunting him down.

Nitro is even harder to find -- but as I mentioned earlier, he makes an excellent transtector for the Titan Masters!

With Titans Return winding down, I'm glad the Prime Masters will retain the Titan Master play-concepts....I'm totally using those matrices as heads.

bodrock wrote:With Titans Return winding down, I'm glad the Prime Masters will retain the Titan Master play-concepts....I'm totally using those matrices as heads.

Same here. As well as using TR Rodimus Prime's die cast head to make a face matrix for Rodimus Prime of course. Or would it be better used in Rodimus Unicronus?

Kup available for $14.99 at Amazon. Choose Timmy's Toy Box to save on tax.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... ywords=kup?tag=seibertron07-20&

Important random question: Can Generations Whirl fit Titan Masters in his cockpit?

Bronzewolf wrote:Important random question: Can Generations Whirl fit Titan Masters in his cockpit?

no

william-james88 wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:Important random question: Can Generations Whirl fit Titan Masters in his cockpit?

no

Thank you. Much appreciated.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

bodrock wrote:With Titans Return winding down, I'm glad the Prime Masters will retain the Titan Master play-concepts....I'm totally using those matrices as heads.

Same here. As well as using TR Rodimus Prime's die cast head to make a face matrix for Rodimus Prime of course. Or would it be better used in Rodimus Unicronus?

Looking forward to Roddy Unicronus!

Well, that's disappointing. Its always a bonus when titan masters can fit inside things. Or at least be posed with them.


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