ToysRUs.ca Transformers Sightings and discussion

[Dark Rage]

Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Those Buzzworthy 86 figures are nuts. It's figures that were already released at $10-15 less just with some small cosmetic differences. and IIRC ER Cliff and SS86 Kup weren't exactly difficult to find. I remember seeing SS Kups on Walmart shelves as recently as a couple months ago. Are opaque windows and slight color tweaks really worth paying like $20 extra by the time you factor tax into the equation?

Um, yes they were hard to find at TRU. It was one case per store as far as I saw.

And Cliffjumper is 2 per case (out of a total of 8 deluxes).

[MapleMegatron]

Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Those Buzzworthy 86 figures are nuts. It's figures that were already released at $10-15 less just with some small cosmetic differences. and IIRC ER Cliff and SS86 Kup weren't exactly difficult to find. I remember seeing SS Kups on Walmart shelves as recently as a couple months ago. Are opaque windows and slight color tweaks really worth paying like $20 extra by the time you factor tax into the equation?

The fact that they sold out at the Toysrus stores I visited while I still see ssKup on Walmart shelves says "Yes". Exclusive + G1 accuracy goes a long way.

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by MapleMegatron

The fact that they sold out at the Toysrus stores I visited while I still see ssKup on Walmart shelves says "Yes". Exclusive + G1 accuracy goes a long way.

Yeah, IMO Dark Rage is underselling how much better BWBB Kup looks.

OFC BKup is also sold out because there are *significantly* fewer of it. It baffled me that Hasbro repacked Blurr and Kup in SS boxes, but didn't ever do that for Gnaw...

[evenstaves]

Originally Posted by RNSrobot

It baffled me that Hasbro repacked Blurr and Kup in SS boxes, but didn't ever do that for Gnaw...

I can’t possibly mash the like button enough

“Man you know what we should reissue”
“The f*ckin awesomest sharkticon troop builder yet?”
“No man, figures with TERRIBLE FACES - the analytics/marketing don’t lie”

[BeeTrain]

Target.com has all their transformers on early black Friday deals this weekend. Maybe a chance to get those target / TRU exclusives for a more reasonable price. I ordered Tonkinator :-)

[Tiffster]

Originally Posted by The Nemesis

Those Buzzworthy 86 figures are nuts. It's figures that were already released at $10-15 less just with some small cosmetic differences. and IIRC ER Cliff and SS86 Kup weren't exactly difficult to find. I remember seeing SS Kups on Walmart shelves as recently as a couple months ago. Are opaque windows and slight color tweaks really worth paying like $20 extra by the time you factor tax into the equation?

Not to me. I skipped them all since I had the original. Cliffjumper did nothing for me. Kup wasn't better enough to double dip and certainly not at Toysrus prices. I only got silver streak cause I found it at Target on Clearance for $7. This velocitron Hotrod isn't worth it either. So for me, no, repaints at higher cost isn't worth it. I'll spend that money on a character I don't have already.

[Dark Rage]

FYI:

Pretty much the final nail in the coffin for shopping at TRU.

[Yonoid]

Interesting, wonder when this went up. I didn't see it in store earlier this week.

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by Dark Rage

FYI:

Pretty much the final nail in the coffin for shopping at TRU.

What do they consider "collectors items"????

[MichaelQuach]

Man thank god I don't shop at Toysrus anymore. GameStop or local shops all the way. For exclusives I just send them to my parents house in the States from Target at this point. They're purposely killing themselves.