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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
I found 2 very good G1 auctions ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItem
You can't argue with the shipping costs and buy it now's.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItem
You can't argue with the shipping costs and buy it now's.
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From: glass case of emotion
Originally Posted by IluvJae
I was actually thinking bout buying that percepter as well as the reissue one too
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
Details of said figures...
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Looks like Silverstreak finally got corrected in the TRU database ... sort of.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=toys&n=507846
List Price: $29.99
Price: $14.98
You Save: $15.01 (50%)
His list price should have been $24.99.
When this guy hits $10, I'll get another one.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=toys&n=507846
List Price: $29.99
Price: $14.98
You Save: $15.01 (50%)
His list price should have been $24.99.
When this guy hits $10, I'll get another one.
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From: West Michigan
Originally Posted by e3NiNe
Looks like Silverstreak finally got corrected in the TRU database ... sort of.
List Price: $29.99
Price: $14.98
You Save: $15.01 (50%)
His list price should have been $24.99.
When this guy hits $10, I'll get another one.
List Price: $29.99
Price: $14.98
You Save: $15.01 (50%)
His list price should have been $24.99.
When this guy hits $10, I'll get another one.
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From: glass case of emotion
Originally Posted by IluvJae
Details of said figures...
Before they evacuate the metallic planet, an ancient transformer, Vector Prime, appears with a prophecy. With the aid of 4 "planet force chips", which are scattered and hidden across the universe, the "grand black hole" will be demolished and the universe saved ... how? Nobody knows, it's only a myth.
The search for a planet for chip takes the Autobots to the Beast Planet. Ligerjack (Leo Breaker) is a reformatted TF. He originally got his ass squashed by the planet's leader, Flame Convoy (Scourge). After the beating, he scanned a lion and was reborn.
With the "link up" upgrade with Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime), Liger Convoy demolishes Flame Convoy. They get the plant force chip and move on.
Earth happens to be the next location of the planet force chip. Live Convoy (Evac) is the protector of Earth and guardian of the chip.
After a fierce battle with Megatron, First Aid (Red Alert) is killed. With the help of Primus' spark, First Aid is reformatted into First Gunner ... the guy with the massive cannon.
In the Japanese series, every planet's leader is completely unaware there are more TF's in the galaxy. It just happens to be, that all leaders have the "Convoy" or "Prime" added to their name. Every leader has the same spark heritage.
Of course, in the US version ... Hasbro didn't want to confuse the kids ... and dulled it down quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by Wal-Mart
I work at Wal-Mart and wanted to clarify something that had been going around about our stores and the sale of the various Transformers product lines. We are in no way dropping the Transformers brand. Certain regions sell certain toys more than others and those store managers & their regional supervisors have the authority to order more or less of any given item than you might see in a Wal-Mart from a different area. As far as the specifics of the ALTERNATORS brand, other than those specific stores that wish to continue to offer them, as a chain, Wal-Mart will not be carrying the line again until next Spring. This was not an aritrary choice on our part or any sort of "revenge" from Hasbro Toys, as has been speculated. We have a very specific reasoning for this action. We want to clear out our shelves during the holidays before the brand gets a complete reset in 2Q 2006. As collectors are often noticing, certain toys sit on store shelves while other sell briskly. These are your "pegwarmers". virtually every line has them, but the ALTERNATORS line is especially plagued with them, as about half the product line. And the way the figures ship -- four different action figures per case -- it's harder to keep the popular ones in stock for our customers without sitting on product that only moves at clearance prices. We have spoken to Hasbro about this at great length and we feel that we have a simple solution. Single-figure case assortments. If the red Honda S2000 isn't selling, but the yellow one is, we will now be able to order a case of nothing but the yellow Hondas. And since there is such a limited selection of action figures for this brand, Hasbro has offered to keep product the popular action figures in production for as long as the customers (and the retailers) have demand for that toy. But in order to do this, the existing distribution method and method of ordering needs to be overhauled. That will take time, and that is why we will begin our ALTERNATORS restock in the Spring of 2006. I can tell you now, that when our stores do restock, we will launch with eight different ALTERNATORS models, including several older models that will be brought back into production. Scion XB - Blue Acura RSX - Police Highway Patrol Chevrolet Corvette - Blue with flame decal Dodge Viper - Yellow redeco Mazda RX-8 - White #4 street racer redeco Subaru WRX - Fire Dept redeco Acura RSX - Blue street racer redeco Mazda RX-8 - Purple Villian We will also be offering these and all future releases on our web site, www.walmart.com. We are very excited about this experiment and hope that it will better serve our customers and our manufactoring partners. And we hope to offer even better service than you have come to find in our neighborhood brick & mortar stores and on our website.
Thank you,
David Young
Thank you,
David Young