Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders

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We receive news from UK based Seibertronian RavageXK regarding Smyths Toys - which has been one of the major sources of UK Transformers toys news in the past year or so - and the whole Toys R Us deal, given the closure of the stories in this country too.

Effectively, Smyths have set up a system that allows customers to receive 20% off any purchase by handing in their Toys R Us Gold Card to a Smyths Toys Superstore, meaning if you missed out on some deals, you can still save a little! You can read the actual terms of the offer below:

20% OFF In-Store Today!

Didn't get the chance to use your points?
Hand in your Toys R Us Gold Card at your local Smyths Toys Superstore and get 20% OFF your purchase!
Terms & Conditions

20% OFF is taken on the latest marked price and will be calculated at the checkout. This offer is valid in-store only when you present your Toys R Us gold card at the checkout. This offer is restricted to a once off use only. Smyths Toys Superstores will retain your Toys R Us Gold Card once the discount is applied. Customer limits apply. No bulk buying.This offer is strictly restricted to one per household and one per transaction. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotional offers or money off vouchers and is not redeemable for cash or gift vouchers. If items purchased in conjunction with this offer are returned at a later date only the cash value exchanged will be refunded. This offer is not valid for purchases of gift, savings, digital download or POSA cards, plastic bags, video games, games consoles, gaming chairs, Samsung, Kurio and Linx tablets, Skylanders figures, Disney Infinity figures, amiibo figures, LEGO Dimensions, POP! Vinyl figures, gaming figures, gaming plush or electronics. Photocopies will not be accepted. We reserve the right to withdraw, alter or decline this offer without prior notice. This offer is valid from 16.03.18 - 31.03.18.

Ravage XK also points out that Smyths is currently carrying Transformers Titans Return Trypticon for £99.99, meaning you can apply the discount and still have a good price if you missed out on the giant space purplesaur so far!

Credit(s): Smyths UK

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Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947194)
Posted by Coptur on March 20th, 2018 @ 3:41am CDT

I was literally going to shred my Toys R Us gold card last night.

Smyths have to improve to fill the void that Toys R Us will leave behind.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947251)
Posted by Seibertron on March 20th, 2018 @ 1:49pm CDT

Tired of hunting for the latest Transformers figures? Amazon.com currently has all five of the Power of the Primes Wave 2 deluxes back in stock. The figures are currently listed as of this writing for $16.99 with free Prime shipping for those who are eligible. Amazon states that these products will ship next week. We've been following these products all week to see when they would be back in stock. Act fast to get yours now before they sell out again or the prices go back up.

Make sure you share your sightings in our sightings forum and sightings section. You can also share any great deals that you find online or in brick-and-mortar stores with your fellow Seibertronians!

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

Snarl: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... ords=snarl?tag=seibertron07-20&

Sludge: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... ords=snarl?tag=seibertron07-20&

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

Blackwing (aka Darkwing): https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =blackwing?tag=seibertron07-20&

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947252)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 20th, 2018 @ 1:54pm CDT

Dinobots are already Sold Out.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947253)
Posted by o.supreme on March 20th, 2018 @ 1:55pm CDT

kind of a sad state of affairs when just finding these items in stock at normal price is newsworthy. Just to be clear, I'm not berating the messenger, its just that these items should be widely available to everyone at this price, for more than just a few minuets. Discounts are what should make news.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947254)
Posted by Nightbeat339 on March 20th, 2018 @ 1:58pm CDT

I am soooooo excited!!!

I've been looking to get Moonracer at regular price for several weeks, and have been in and out of stores quite a bit. Hopefully they'll stay in stock for a while longer so more people can buy them.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947256)
Posted by Seibertron on March 20th, 2018 @ 2:07pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:kind of a sad state of affairs when just finding these items in stock at normal price is newsworthy. Just to be clear, I'm not berating the messenger, its just that these items should be widely available to everyone at this price, for more than just a few minuets. Discounts are what should make news.

Not when it's a brand new product. Finding a hot new toy at a regular retail price when it hasn't reached saturation at regular retail is definitely news when you can find it!

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947257)
Posted by o.supreme on March 20th, 2018 @ 2:21pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
o.supreme wrote:kind of a sad state of affairs when just finding these items in stock at normal price is newsworthy. Just to be clear, I'm not berating the messenger, its just that these items should be widely available to everyone at this price, for more than just a few minuets. Discounts are what should make news.

Not when it's a brand new product. Finding a hot new toy at a regular retail price when it hasn't reached saturation at regular retail is definitely news when you can find it!

But its also motivated by fear. Fear Hasbro wont produce enough product, or that scalpers will purchase them all, so there never will be proper saturation (i.e. TR Deluxe wave 5) . Gotta get it NOW, because I might never see it again...that sort of thought saddens me.I have Rippersnapper, and I've seen one Sludge (which you could tell had been opened and returned). Expecting not to see these toys at B&M, or a case of *blink and you'll miss them" is frustrating. I've already told my family if they see a Blackwing, or Moonracer, those are the priority ones right now, since they are shortpacked. But as it is, I can only afford to get one of these each time I get paid. If ever I start to see them with regularity that is, or if these are still available at this price on Amazon come Friday...(yeah I know, not likely...)

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947259)
Posted by william-james88 on March 20th, 2018 @ 2:26pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:kind of a sad state of affairs when just finding these items in stock at normal price is newsworthy.

It is when said product is shceduled to appear in April. These figures arent released anywhere else in the world, so of course their release at the moment is sparse in the US. This is more like a preview with stores getting one or two cases at a time. And since fans want them now rather than waiting, we try to help you out to get these early appearances.

Basically, finding them before april anytime is lucky enough and newsworthy enough, for these sought after products.
Good luck in your hunt.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947264)
Posted by WreckerJack on March 20th, 2018 @ 2:40pm CDT

Darn price keeps jacking up on moonracer.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947269)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 20th, 2018 @ 3:32pm CDT

Everything at the $16.99 price point is gone. My tip for everyone would be to keep checking back on them from time to time. Hopefully, they get more in stock soon.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947275)
Posted by nycPrime on March 20th, 2018 @ 3:49pm CDT

Relic0037 wrote:Everything at the $16.99 price point is gone. My tip for everyone would be to keep checking back on them from time to time. Hopefully, they get more in stock soon.

Agreed. I've seen it in stock a few times at $16.99. By the time it makes the news, if at all (I never bothered reporting it in the past), it's likely sold out or close to it.

I only ordered Dinos. I'm hopeful HTS will have the rest of wave 2 and the leaders available with a discount code.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947282)
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on March 20th, 2018 @ 4:42pm CDT

*slightly off topic* The one thing that worries me is... situations like Cogman... we've blown past him and into PotP... and he's never even shown up on Hasbrotoyshop.com. What will happen to MPM Barricade?

I appreciate knowing when Amazon gets new things in, but like many say... by the time it hits the news the scalpers have swooped in and "private warehoused" them for resale... T_T

Nothing kills me more when I see "fulfillment by Amazon" and it's a scalper...

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947283)
Posted by o.supreme on March 20th, 2018 @ 4:46pm CDT

TLK Deluxe Cogman and Generations TR Deluxe Wave 5 apparently have far more in common than previously thought...were any other TLK deluxes equally as scarce?

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947284)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 20th, 2018 @ 4:54pm CDT

nycPrime wrote:
Relic0037 wrote:Everything at the $16.99 price point is gone. My tip for everyone would be to keep checking back on them from time to time. Hopefully, they get more in stock soon.

Agreed. I've seen it in stock a few times at $16.99. By the time it makes the news, if at all (I never bothered reporting it in the past), it's likely sold out or close to it.

I only ordered Dinos. I'm hopeful HTS will have the rest of wave 2 and the leaders available with a discount code.

I use something called camel tracker to help set price and in stock reminders but lately figures have been coming and going before I get a notification.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947291)
Posted by Lore Keeper on March 20th, 2018 @ 5:30pm CDT

SpikeyTigertron wrote:*slightly off topic* The one thing that worries me is... situations like Cogman... we've blown past him and into PotP... and he's never even shown up on Hasbrotoyshop.com. What will happen to MPM Barricade?

I appreciate knowing when Amazon gets new things in, but like many say... by the time it hits the news the scalpers have swooped in and "private warehoused" them for resale... T_T

Nothing kills me more when I see "fulfillment by Amazon" and it's a scalper...

I recently bought a Cogman on Amazon from a scalper for $35. I NEVER do this. I hate scalpers and, up to this point, have refused to give them my money. But, all signs have pointed to him never showing up at mass retail in the US, similar to the final waves of Transformers Prime or TR Slugslinger. It makes me angry to feel like I have to pay absurd prices in order to get an item that was distributed so poorly that it will probably never find its way to your local B&M. What's more is that this situation seems to be becoming more and more prevalent, as if it is now just par for the course.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947295)
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on March 20th, 2018 @ 5:54pm CDT

Lore Keeper wrote: I recently bought a Cogman on Amazon from a scalper for $35. I NEVER do this. I hate scalpers and, up to this point, have refused to give them my money. But, all signs have pointed to him never showing up at mass retail in the US, similar to the final waves of Transformers Prime or TR Slugslinger. It makes me angry to feel like I have to pay absurd prices in order to get an item that was distributed so poorly that it will probably never find its way to your local B&M. What's more is that this situation seems to be becoming more and more prevalent, as if it is now just par for the course.

A big part of it and it started with The Age of Extinction which introduced all that extraneous (non-core transforming toys). B&M would blow out their budgets/warehouse on Wave 1 to make sure they had STOCK!!!! and then would fail to either purchase the later waves due to full inventories... or lack of moving product, which when Hasbro shoots their fans in the foot with repaint/repacks like in Last Knight... it becomes a nightmare.

It's like either the B&M logistics/purchasing folks don't know how "waves" work, or have no clue *how* Hasbro works. That doesn't even take into consideration the fact that distribution in general seems to be a crap shoot. For whatever reason most retailers seem to get their shipments on the East Coast and proliferate that way, as opposed to West Coast (which if they're coming from Asia would make more sense imo). So you'd think East coast or West Coast would get product first. But more often than not... everything seems to pop in the mid-west/great lake region...which makes not sense to me. Unless there's where most B&M keep their primary warehouses.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947296)
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on March 20th, 2018 @ 5:57pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:TLK Deluxe Cogman and Generations TR Deluxe Wave 5 apparently have far more in common than previously thought...were any other TLK deluxes equally as scarce?

Hell wave 2 TLK was hard to find on the West Coast for a long time. It's only really started showing up at Toys R US due to them liquidating inventory. I've maybe seen wave 2 deluxes once at a Target or Walmart in California... and that was by no means "during the window of relevancy" when the movie was out.

The rare exception seemed to be the Voyagers. Wave 1 and 2 seemed to be pretty regular. Though Scorn and Nitro were very hit and miss.

Robots in Disguise were hit and miss, though I think there was also a BIG lag between waves. Or got lost with wave repacks.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947302)
Posted by partholon on March 20th, 2018 @ 6:26pm CDT

ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

managed to snag a rippersnapper before he went back up but it wouldve been a great chance to pick up the last two dinos i needed for volcanicus.

like others have said i reckon itll happen again so i'll keep the eye out.

with shipping included its only 1 euro odd more than retail in my country so its deffo worth it.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947310)
Posted by william-james88 on March 20th, 2018 @ 7:58pm CDT

I am currently compiling a list of toys that seem to have been skipped in the US. While there were not a lot of them, the US did get wave five titans return, at target. But you guys have yet to get the cyclone us and heat seeker legion toys from robots in disguise.. Also can somebody confirm if the last night legion dragon storm and hound were found at retail, along with all spark squeaks and Megatron?

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947320)
Posted by YoungPrime on March 20th, 2018 @ 9:01pm CDT

partholon wrote:ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

Yep... This is why I'm skipping Blackwing. If Hasbro want's to continue hiking up the prices then I'm going to be less likely to collect every Generations figure I spot.

He's going to be the most likely to shelf warm in this wave anyway. So let me know when there's a 25% off clearance for him in May or June.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947324)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 20th, 2018 @ 9:21pm CDT

you have a better chance at buying at normal prices when buying from places like BBTS or TFsource
then you can just buy the whole assortment or wave in one purchase and you sometimes save money that way rather than buying individually

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947326)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 20th, 2018 @ 9:40pm CDT

YoungPrime wrote:
partholon wrote:ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

Yep... This is why I'm skipping Blackwing. If Hasbro want's to continue hiking up the prices then I'm going to be less likely to collect every Generations figure I spot.

He's going to be the most likely to shelf warm in this wave anyway. So let me know when there's a 25% off clearance for him in May or June.

Um, isn't $15-$17 what Titans Return deluxes went for? How is Hasbro hiking up the prices? I'm pretty sure MSRP has remained the same for PotP as it was for TR. Stores may have increased their prices slightly over time, but that isn't Hasbro.

Also, Blackwing being single packed in the case isn't likely to shelfwarm that much, at least not in this wave. Possibly in wave 4 when he is re-packed, and out around the lead up to Christmas. This is when you'll want to look for a deal. And clearance usually doesn't happen until the end of the line, so again wave 4 around Christmas or just after like Titans Return did earlier this year. The 17 Blurrs and Scourges that were shelfwarming my local Walmart for 9 months didn't get clearanced until PotP was out in stores.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947331)
Posted by Nightbeat339 on March 20th, 2018 @ 9:57pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
YoungPrime wrote:
partholon wrote:ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

Yep... This is why I'm skipping Blackwing. If Hasbro want's to continue hiking up the prices then I'm going to be less likely to collect every Generations figure I spot.

He's going to be the most likely to shelf warm in this wave anyway. So let me know when there's a 25% off clearance for him in May or June.

Um, isn't $15-$17 what Titans Return deluxes went for? How is Hasbro hiking up the prices? I'm pretty sure MSRP has remained the same for PotP as it was for TR. Stores may have increased their prices slightly over time, but that isn't Hasbro.

Also, Blackwing being single packed in the case isn't likely to shelfwarm that much, at least not in this wave. Possibly in wave 4 when he is re-packed, and out around the lead up to Christmas. This is when you'll want to look for a deal. And clearance usually doesn't happen until the end of the line, so again wave 4 around Christmas or just after like Titans Return did earlier this year. The 17 Blurrs and Scourges that were shelfwarming my local Walmart for 9 months didn't get clearanced until PotP was out in stores.

Agreed. The only time I've found PotP wave 2 in stores, all of the figures were still in stock, EXCEPT Blackwing and Moonracer. Rippersnapper seems to be the shelfwarmer.
Titans Return Deluxes were also $16.99 at my local Target. Walmart had them for around $15, and still does, so I don't think there's been any sort of price jump.
And my experience with getting Transformers on clearance is basically non-existent. If a figure's popular and rare enough, it's never gonna be found on sale. Take TR Perceptor for example. I saw his wave once in stores, and waited to get him, hoping for a sale at some point. Eventually someone bought him and I never saw that wave resurface again.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947335)
Posted by william-james88 on March 20th, 2018 @ 10:20pm CDT

Just so everyone is all on the same page, the MSRP for these wave 2 deluxes is $19.99. Target and Walmart lower them to whatever price they want. But there has been a price jump, some retailers just arent doing it on their end yet for these toys.

Transformers: Generations Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Terrorcon Rippersnapper

(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 SRP /Available: Spring 2018)

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947343)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 20th, 2018 @ 10:39pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:TLK Deluxe Cogman and Generations TR Deluxe Wave 5 apparently have far more in common than previously thought...were any other TLK deluxes equally as scarce?

Most people never saw more than wave 1 and some very late wave 2. As far as I know, only like 3 people in the US ever saw wave 3, and Cogman was never seen at retail here

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947345)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 20th, 2018 @ 10:43pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Just so everyone is all on the same page, the MSRP for these wave 2 deluxes is $19.99. Target and Walmart lower them to whatever price they want. But there has been a price jump, some retailers just arent doing it on their end yet for these toys.

Transformers: Generations Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Terrorcon Rippersnapper

(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 SRP /Available: Spring 2018)

Will, any idea on how that compares to Titan's Return's MSRP for deluxes? I though that was also $19.99 meaning Hasbro didn't hike the prices, at least for deluxes. I thought I remembered that possibly Voyagers and Leaders might have gone up $5 each like the TLK line did before them.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947347)
Posted by william-james88 on March 20th, 2018 @ 10:54pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Just so everyone is all on the same page, the MSRP for these wave 2 deluxes is $19.99. Target and Walmart lower them to whatever price they want. But there has been a price jump, some retailers just arent doing it on their end yet for these toys.

Transformers: Generations Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Terrorcon Rippersnapper

(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 SRP /Available: Spring 2018)

Will, any idea on how that compares to Titan's Return's MSRP for deluxes? I though that was also $19.99 meaning Hasbro didn't hike the prices, at least for deluxes. I thought I remembered that possibly Voyagers and Leaders might have gone up $5 each like the TLK line did before them.

Frankly, I thought so too, but as it turns out, we were never given an MSRP for those.

Neither in their individual descriptions
https://www.hasbro.com/en-in/product/tr ... F17A01F8F9

Or in the material hasbro sent us
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ion/34036/

The first time we were given a pice lately was with the TLK deluxes which were indeed 19.99

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947355)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 21st, 2018 @ 12:51am CDT

william-james88 wrote:I am currently compiling a list of toys that seem to have been skipped in the US. While there were not a lot of them, the US did get wave five titans return, at target. But you guys have yet to get the cyclone us and heat seeker legion toys from robots in disguise.. Also can somebody confirm if the last night legion dragon storm and hound were found at retail, along with all spark squeaks and Megatron?

I got Megatron off eBay from a US seller who I assumed got it at retail

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947377)
Posted by partholon on March 21st, 2018 @ 5:54am CDT

Dunno if it helps but Pop deluxe are going for 19.99 whereas TR deluxe were 23.99 at retail (Smyths) so there's a difference here

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947394)
Posted by YoungPrime on March 21st, 2018 @ 10:04am CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
YoungPrime wrote:
partholon wrote:ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

Yep... This is why I'm skipping Blackwing. If Hasbro want's to continue hiking up the prices then I'm going to be less likely to collect every Generations figure I spot.

He's going to be the most likely to shelf warm in this wave anyway. So let me know when there's a 25% off clearance for him in May or June.

Um, isn't $15-$17 what Titans Return deluxes went for? How is Hasbro hiking up the prices? I'm pretty sure MSRP has remained the same for PotP as it was for TR. Stores may have increased their prices slightly over time, but that isn't Hasbro.

Also, Blackwing being single packed in the case isn't likely to shelfwarm that much, at least not in this wave. Possibly in wave 4 when he is re-packed, and out around the lead up to Christmas. This is when you'll want to look for a deal. And clearance usually doesn't happen until the end of the line, so again wave 4 around Christmas or just after like Titans Return did earlier this year. The 17 Blurrs and Scourges that were shelfwarming my local Walmart for 9 months didn't get clearanced until PotP was out in stores.

What are you Hasbro's marketing team?

In my neck of the woods TR's ranged from $14.99 to $15 and change at retail. Even the first wave of PotP's were 14.99 with 25% off back in November. But if you wanna pat Hasbro on the back for charging $17.00 for Dlx Dinobots that look like little baked potatoes with legs then go ahead.

That's NOT going to dismiss the scale and quality issue's accompanying the price hike (In My Area) that bothers me and many others...

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947397)
Posted by Lore Keeper on March 21st, 2018 @ 10:24am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
o.supreme wrote:TLK Deluxe Cogman and Generations TR Deluxe Wave 5 apparently have far more in common than previously thought...were any other TLK deluxes equally as scarce?

Most people never saw more than wave 1 and some very late wave 2. As far as I know, only like 3 people in the US ever saw wave 3, and Cogman was never seen at retail here

I actually found a Toys R Us express near me that had a bunch of wave 3 Deluxes (only place so far). However, there wasn't a single Bumblebee among them. This seems to be a common trend, because Bee was the first to sell out (and not get restocked) on Amazon. Was he shortpacked in the case?

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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 21st, 2018 @ 1:52pm CDT

YoungPrime wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
YoungPrime wrote:
partholon wrote:ah cock.

i didnt know it was the entire wave 2 that was going for 16.99.

Yep... This is why I'm skipping Blackwing. If Hasbro want's to continue hiking up the prices then I'm going to be less likely to collect every Generations figure I spot.

He's going to be the most likely to shelf warm in this wave anyway. So let me know when there's a 25% off clearance for him in May or June.

Um, isn't $15-$17 what Titans Return deluxes went for? How is Hasbro hiking up the prices? I'm pretty sure MSRP has remained the same for PotP as it was for TR. Stores may have increased their prices slightly over time, but that isn't Hasbro.

Also, Blackwing being single packed in the case isn't likely to shelfwarm that much, at least not in this wave. Possibly in wave 4 when he is re-packed, and out around the lead up to Christmas. This is when you'll want to look for a deal. And clearance usually doesn't happen until the end of the line, so again wave 4 around Christmas or just after like Titans Return did earlier this year. The 17 Blurrs and Scourges that were shelfwarming my local Walmart for 9 months didn't get clearanced until PotP was out in stores.

What are you Hasbro's marketing team?

In my neck of the woods TR's ranged from $14.99 to $15 and change at retail. Even the first wave of PotP's were 14.99 with 25% off back in November. But if you wanna pat Hasbro on the back for charging $17.00 for Dlx Dinobots that look like little baked potatoes with legs then go ahead.

That's NOT going to dismiss the scale and quality issue's accompanying the price hike (In My Area) that bothers me and many others...

Hasbro's marketing team? Where the hell is that even coming from. I'm just pointing out what you are blaming Hasbro for, is more likely the retailers pricing decisions.

So, lets see. You are trying to compare a sale price and discount from November, when toys are marked down for the Christmas rush toward a regular non-sale price in March, and insisting is must be Hasbro raising prices. Um, okay, whatever feeds your rage man.

In any case, if you are deal hunting, then November/December is your best bet, been that way for years. There will be some smaller deals right now leading up to Easter, but the best time for deals is November/December for a current line, or the start of a new line for clearance on the previous line.

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Posted by william-james88 on March 21st, 2018 @ 2:00pm CDT

Lore Keeper wrote: This seems to be a common trend, because Bee was the first to sell out (and not get restocked) on Amazon. Was he shortpacked in the case?

No, every character was 2 per box

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/60257

And holy shit, the cases are sold out at BBTS, that means people bought all these toys just to get BB and crosshairs (since the other is a repack and another is a straight redeco).

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Posted by o.supreme on March 21st, 2018 @ 2:06pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Lore Keeper wrote: This seems to be a common trend, because Bee was the first to sell out (and not get restocked) on Amazon. Was he shortpacked in the case?

No, every character was 2 per box

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/60257

And holy ****, the cases are sold out at BBTS, that means people bought all these toys just to get BB and crosshairs (since the other is a repack and another is a straight redeco).

They probably just broke the cases open, because the set of 4 is still for sale

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/60261

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1947419)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 21st, 2018 @ 2:14pm CDT

Anybody else getting the Wave 2 POTP deluxes from Amazon and having them shipped in padded mailers? Rippersanpper had a frayed card but was otherwiser ok. Moonracer was 100% ok.

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Posted by nycPrime on March 21st, 2018 @ 3:38pm CDT

I only ordered the 2 dinobots and it came in a box. No issues.

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 21st, 2018 @ 9:36pm CDT

nycPrime wrote:I only ordered the 2 dinobots and it came in a box. No issues.

Did you order them at the same time? I ordered my two figures separately.

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Posted by nycPrime on March 22nd, 2018 @ 7:59am CDT

Yep same order. I don't think there are smaller boxes so if I only ordered 1, it probably would've came in the padded yellow envelope.

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Posted by o.supreme on March 22nd, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT

I've never ordered any item from Amazon proper that came in an envelope. Even a single dvd, always came in a small box with padding. If it came as you stated it would have been from a 3rd party seller

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Posted by william-james88 on March 22nd, 2018 @ 10:02am CDT

o.supreme wrote:I've never ordered any item from Amazon proper that came in an envelope. Even a single dvd, always came in a small box with padding. If it came as you stated it would have been from a 3rd party seller

I have had several items from amazon come to me in a yellow padded envelope. Especially books.

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Posted by triKlops on March 22nd, 2018 @ 10:13am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I've never ordered any item from Amazon proper that came in an envelope. Even a single dvd, always came in a small box with padding. If it came as you stated it would have been from a 3rd party seller

I have had several items from amazon come to me in a yellow padded envelope. Especially books.

Seconded.

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Posted by o.supreme on March 22nd, 2018 @ 10:20am CDT

Different distribution centers? :???:

Heck I even got a single Blu-Ray one time in a box that was like 12X12X16 lol...such a waste.

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Posted by Relic0037 on March 22nd, 2018 @ 12:59pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:Different distribution centers? Heck I even got a single Blu-Ray one time in a box that was like 12X12X16 lol...such a waste.

I think it may depend on the DC it comes from or maybe the individual packaging the order. I most often remember having my orders arrive in a box, but the condition of the card can vary. Sometimes a figure will come to me with the card/ box in pristine condition & other times it will look like they sat on the figure while they were taping one side of the box together.

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Posted by Relic0037 on March 22nd, 2018 @ 5:20pm CDT

Amazon has the POTP Wave 2 Deluxes back in stock. Rippersnapper & Sludge are available for purchase at the price of $16.99. Blackwing & Snarl are also $16.99 showing an in stock date of March 24. The one catch is it doesn't look like Moonracer is on sale right now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=nb_s ... Q39D4QJFLH?tag=seibertron07-20&

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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 22nd, 2018 @ 9:00pm CDT

Relic0037 wrote:Amazon has the POTP Wave 2 Deluxes back in stock. Rippersnapper & Sludge are available for purchase at the price of $16.99. Blackwing & Snarl are also $16.99 showing an in stock date of March 24. The one catch is it doesn't look like Moonracer is on sale right now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=nb_s ... Q39D4QJFLH?tag=seibertron07-20&

FYI - It isn't really a case of on sale, versus not on sale. Amazon's regular price for the PotP deluxes is $16.99. The ones that are showing up higher, are sold by other sellers, which means that Amazon itself is out of stock. That is why the price seems to fluctuate so much. When Amazon gets some in stock, the listing will default to Amazon as the seller at their price. As soon as they are out of stock, it will usually default to whatever other seller has the lowest price.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 27th, 2018 @ 6:57pm CDT

Ebay is at it once again, bringing us a new day and a new deal! Today's special offer is a chance to make an eBay order and get 15% off the whole order. This deal can only be used once, but it can be used on multiple items paid for at the same time, as yours truly was able to prove by just using said coupon.

The code for the deal is PREPSPRING and can be added in the window where you finalize your payment. The offer is only good until tonight at 11pm Easter, 8pm Pacific time, so make sure to place your order in the next 3 hours to get the deal!

And stay tuned to both Seibertron.com, for all your latest Transformers news, and to Ebay as more than likely they will continue dropping these few hour long deals on us without warning. And if they do, make sure to report it to us so the rest of the fanbase may have a chance!

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1948761)
Posted by sol magnus on March 27th, 2018 @ 9:45pm CDT

How much did you spend? It says there's a minimm.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1948780)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 28th, 2018 @ 12:01am CDT

Just when I gave up on buying my figures from eBay... I'm really tempted to try it one more time though.

Re: Smyths Toys UK Offering 20% Off to Toys R Us Gold Card Holders (1949090)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 29th, 2018 @ 1:04pm CDT

Relic0037 wrote:Looks like POTP Deluxes are on sale at Target for $14.99 through 3/24.

As I would expect, now that the sale is over, my local Target had all the Wave 2 Deluxes (except Moonracer) which I purchased on Amazon last week. Maybe if I'm lucky the Walmart I'm heading to next will have the Prime Masters or Voyagers.

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Posted by hushed on March 29th, 2018 @ 1:53pm CDT

Target weekly ad has $10 off $50 and $25 off $100 on Toys. Works on Transformers.

https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=https%3A%2F%2Fweeklyad.target.com%2Fpromotions%3F%20...%20318%26page%3D7%3C%2Fa%3E

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