Originally Posted by reno96teg
holy crap! makes me wonder if i should get a few and sit on them for a bit.
i just checked kaybee because it was close.. i didn't really expect to find anything. and yeah, those four guys are the ones i saw at target.
by the way, did walmart ever carry alternators? because i'm pretty sure i saw smokescreen alternators there a year or two ago.
That TRU Sideswipe had 1 production run made, about 3,000 (just like the Astrotrain that went on sale today) Although you may see 8 of them, this is it. When eBay auctions run their course and the dust settles, you'll see the price go back up.
From what Steven told me, they're buy 1 get 1 half off too.
Walmart used to carry Alternators. They stopped back in April. The biggest problem with Alternators is their distrbution. You'd get case assortments of 4 ... but these assortments were never dictated by sales, it was always what Hasbro felt like making. This created "shelf warmers" ... Walmart would be PACKED with figures like Swindle (yellow jeep) but never see more than 1 of the hot figures like Jazz.
Walmart said, "fuck it" and will carry Alternators when Hasbro adjusts their replenishment methods. This goes for all Hasbro toys now ... if Walmart sells out of a specific toy in a certain line, Walmart will be able to order a case of that toy only. No more mixed assortments.
Walmart.com keeps place holders for figures, but that's about it ... you'll never see any of those again in a Walmart store ... unless you live in Canada ... where most of those are 8 usd ... but that's a totally different story.