Transformers Titans Return Wingspan and Cloudraker Two-pack now available on Walgreens website!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Bradimus wrote:There were 2 Triggerhappys and one had a perfectly painted face so I chose to go ahead and get him. I love this figure. I love the look and the transformation and the paint and the weapon options.

But I have one small issue: The head connection joint is very tight on my Triggerhappy. I have found a way to slide the head in on an angle like I do with Hot Rod but there is still more resistance than I would like. I was wondering if anyone else has this minor issue and if it will loosen up in time?

Dude, good call on Triggerhappy. To many (myself included) he is the best design in all of TR.

I haven't had the head issue on my Triggerhappy, but I did have an extremely tight head joint on Perceptor. In fact, the first time I removed the head right out of the package, the TM head actually pulled out of the TM body and stayed in Perceptor's body. The good news there is after a few times of putting the head on and taking it off very carefully, the joint loosened up and is about as tight as the rest of them now.

I picked up the only Perceptor I found back when the wave first hit stores but I had to return it because I could not get any of my other Titan Master heads into the joint at all. Plus I had concerns about the longevity of the microscope arm slider. That thing scares me.

Good to know your joint loosened up. I've been working on Triggerhappy and I do think it will loosen over time so I don't plan to return this one. Without question this is the best jet-former I have. And it transformers very quickly, which surprised me. Well done !

Just got in on the online order.
Thanks folks for the link!!

triKlops wrote:Just got in on the online order.
Thanks folks for the link!!

Are you talking Walgreens/Clones or ToysRUs/Grotusque? (Heart began pounding as I am looking for Grotusque.)

I'm glad the Walgreens exclusives have been available online. I have hope for Grotusque since Arcee is still available on the Toys R Us website, despite going out of stock several times in the past...

Managed to finally snag the remaining clones. I like Wingspan the best of the four. He really improves on the original. It's a shame Cloudraker seems much weaker than his original.

yeah you cant order grotesque though! already out of stock?

i found the clones at walgreens a month ago they had 4 on the shelf

Ultra Markus wrote:yeah you cant order grotesque though! already out of stock?

Never in stock, it's just a placeholder. Maybe tomorrow?

Emerje

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Dude, good call on Triggerhappy. To many (myself included) he is the best design in all of TR.

I haven't had the head issue on my Triggerhappy, but I did have an extremely tight head joint on Perceptor. In fact, the first time I removed the head right out of the package, the TM head actually pulled out of the TM body and stayed in Perceptor's body. The good news there is after a few times of putting the head on and taking it off very carefully, the joint loosened up and is about as tight as the rest of them now.

I decided to try some other heads on Triggerhappy that I hadn't tried earlier and I could barely get Megatron's head into the head slot. After careful examination of Triggerhappy, I compared his head slot to Hot Rod's and noticed that Hot Rod has quite a bit of space between the outside of clips and the red body plastic while Triggerhappy has almost no space. Thinking this is a clearance issue I used a hobby knife to shave a little blue (purple?) plastic away along the outside of the slot. The result is I can now insert and remove Triggerhappy's head into and out of the slot without the previous frightening resistance. I still have some difficulty with a few of my other heads, but this seems to have solved the worst of the problem.

Agamemnon wrote:

triKlops wrote:Just got in on the online order.
Thanks folks for the link!!

Are you talking Walgreens/Clones or ToysRUs/Grotusque? (Heart began pounding as I am looking for Grotusque.)

I'm glad the Walgreens exclusives have been available online. I have hope for Grotusque since Arcee is still available on the Toys R Us website, despite going out of stock several times in the past...

In reference to the Clones, my friend.

Although, i am glad to have that link to the Grotusque listing.
At least i have a good reference point for that now.
Hopefully it will prove to be fruitful.

So I woke up at 7AM and saw an email from 3:30 that Grotusque was in stock. Hit the link and he was sold out..... wth.

LordTwann wrote:So I woke up at 7AM and saw an email from 3:30 that Grotusque was in stock. Hit the link and he was sold out..... wth.

Same here, damnit!!!!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

LordTwann wrote:So I woke up at 7AM and saw an email from 3:30 that Grotusque was in stock. Hit the link and he was sold out..... wth.

Same here, damnit!!!!

I went to sleep half an hour before the email. But I wouldn't have seen it because it goes to promotions.

I was watching Beast Wars at the time of the email - and only saw the email an hour ago lol

Guys, no one was able to order the figure. All that happened was that their system went from "Notify me when available" to " add to cart" mistakenly and that meant that everyone who signed up for an e-mail got an e-mail. But there was never any actual stock in and anyone who tried got a message saying ti was sold out. So TRU glitched and was premature. Sucks but it happens all the time and there is no shame in being premature.

william-james88 wrote:Guys, no one was able to order the figure. All that happened was that their system went from "Notify me when available" to " add to cart" mistakenly and that meant that everyone who signed up for an e-mail got an e-mail. But there was never any actual stock in and anyone who tried got a message saying ti was sold out. So TRU glitched and was premature. Sucks but it happens all the time and there is no shame in being premature.

I was just about to say the same thing once nobody appeared able to order it.

That's a relief -- I guess I was expecting it to have sold out in minutes....

bodrock wrote:That's a relief -- I guess I was expecting it to have sold out in minutes....

If I remember correctly, we went through the same thing with Arcee back earlier this summer. And she is still available on TRU.com. I'm just hoping Grotusque releases in time to take advantage of both the sale and the free shipping...

BBTS has the Transformers Legends LG-EX God Ginrai Set listed for sale.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/V ... ails/54712

Hey Folks,

Spoke with a TRU representative via the 800 number listed on the email. According to her, there are 7000 listed as in their warehouse. She was unsure when they will open up the sale of them. I'm figuring once the 20% off sale ends, so most likely Monday as it would generate an extra $35K in sales right of the bat.

We don't always have a clear idea of inventory when it comes to big box retailers so it is always pleasant when we get any kind of clue. Fellow Seibertronian Tranzilla called Toysrus customer service to clear up any confusion there may have been with users receiving e-mails that their exclusive Titans Return Grotusque figure was in stock. They learnt that not only has it not actually been in stock yet on the site, but that they have 7000 in their warehouse. This is great news to all fans waiting anxiously for Grotusque since it shows that as with Arcee, any American fan who wants that figure will be able to get it thanks to such high numbers.

Them being ready in their warehouse and accounted for in their central inventory is also a good sign that they should be available to order soon. Of course, as with Arcee there is no indication that this will be found in stores and will most probably instead be an online exclusive. Here is the listing on Toysrus.com and below is the message Tranzilla wrote informing us of these facts:

Tranzilla wrote:Hey Folks,

Spoke with a TRU representative via the 800 number listed on the email. According to her, there are 7000 listed as in their warehouse. She was unsure when they will open up the sale of them. I'm figuring once the 20% off sale ends, so most likely Monday as it would generate an extra $35K in sales right of the bat.

Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

Insurgent wrote:Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

Unless I misread the shipping information, they don't send anything outside of the States and their territories. So basically, for all us fans outside of the US, we're stuck with inflated scalper prices on eBay or asking a state-side friend to order one for us.

So 7000 figures divided by... how many TF fans in the States again?

*Double post*

aye......AMERICA! I'll be a monkey's uncle if the UK TRU ever get those in(& I don't mean just on their website, I mean actually in-store)

Relic Dinobot wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

Unless I misread the shipping information, they don't send anything outside of the States and their territories. So basically, for all us fans outside of the US, we're stuck with inflated scalper prices on eBay or asking a state-side friend to order one for us.

So 7000 figures divided by... how many TF fans in the States again?

don't worry, i'm sure scalpers will be selling them on ebay for $100 each.

megamanfan wrote:

Relic Dinobot wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

Unless I misread the shipping information, they don't send anything outside of the States and their territories. So basically, for all us fans outside of the US, we're stuck with inflated scalper prices on eBay or asking a state-side friend to order one for us.

So 7000 figures divided by... how many TF fans in the States again?

don't worry, i'm sure scalpers will be selling them on ebay for $100 each.

TRS.com TRU.com has a limit of 2. Harder to get quantities to make scalping worth it.

[Edit] TRS?

I just got the clone 2 pack on walgreens.com had to buy two to get the free shipping, but it was only a ten dollar difference so I'll repaint them I guess.

Ooook, add another store where Transformers overstock can be found. If you have an Aldi supermarket in your neighbourhood, they're stocking Titan Returns Ramhorn. Look it up! They'll ring up as Stocking Stuffers, much like the PotP Legends at Walmart.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Good news about Aldi

AWESOME! Thats where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping.

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Good news about Aldi

AWESOME! Thats where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping.

They may not be in every Aldi, the sighting in question came from PA. I have one in my immediate neighbourhood, I'll go check when I get the chance.

Insurgent wrote:Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

It only ships to US but there are plenty of forwarding options where you can buy in the US and have them ship it to you, like borderlinx: http://www.borderlinx.com/US/en/

That will probably be your cheapest option

william-james88 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Would i be able to order this to the uk or is it us only?

It only ships to US but there are plenty of forwarding options where you can buy in the US and have them ship it to you, like borderlinx: http://www.borderlinx.com/US/en/

That will probably be your cheapest option

Oh cool. I didn't know companies like that existed. I'll have to check it's shipping rates. Thanks!

Alright Folks,

If what happened to me this morning happened to you, you got a few emails at 330AMish saying Grotusque was ready to go only to find out the 'Add to Cart' button was still grayed out. I called the 800 number again and looks like they were making some changes to the products page most notably that the item looks to be only available in stores according to the 'Good To Know' section of the page. I confirmed the 'store only' info with the Rep. I asked if there was a way she could verify stores that had it and was given a few, but none of them had it when I called directly after. At store level they said to check back when they get their next truck. Talk about frustrating. Ugh.

Tranzilla wrote:Alright Folks,

If what happened to me this morning happened to you, you got a few emails at 330AMish saying Grotusque was ready to go only to find out the 'Add to Cart' button was still grayed out. I called the 800 number again and looks like they were making some changes to the products page most notably that the item looks to be only available in stores according to the 'Good To Know' section of the page. I confirmed the 'store only' info with the Rep. I asked if there was a way she could verify stores that had it and was given a few, but none of them had it when I called directly after. At store level they said to check back when they get their next truck. Talk about frustrating. Ugh.

Arcee has the exact same "good to know" info so it doesn't mean "store only". The rep was probably just confirming that it would be available in stores as we believe Arcee eventually will be too. If anything this just confirms that Grotusque will be released the same way as Arcee.

Emerje

DeathReviews wrote:The Grotusque figure is just such a hodge-podgey mess... Can't see myself getting it, even if I stumble across it in store.

I actually think it is an incredible deluxe, and a fun Monsterbot. I like him more than Twinferno, and I really like him too

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Good news about Aldi

AWESOME! Thats where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping.

They may not be in every Aldi, the sighting in question came from PA. I have one in my immediate neighbourhood, I'll go check when I get the chance.

Huh, I go there fairly regularly. Too bad I already have Ramhorn and the rest of his wave waiting in my BBTS POL, otherwise I'd give it a shot

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:The Grotusque figure is just such a hodge-podgey mess... Can't see myself getting it, even if I stumble across it in store.

I actually think it is an incredible deluxe, and a fun Monsterbot. I like him more than Twinferno, and I really like him too

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Good news about Aldi

AWESOME! Thats where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping.

They may not be in every Aldi, the sighting in question came from PA. I have one in my immediate neighbourhood, I'll go check when I get the chance.

Huh, I go there fairly regularly. Too bad I already have Ramhorn and the rest of his wave waiting in my BBTS POL, otherwise I'd give it a shot

You could always stock pile them if you find them knowing there are friendly collector buddies out there hungry for some Ram Horn!

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Huh, I go there fairly regularly. Too bad I already have Ramhorn and the rest of his wave waiting in my BBTS POL, otherwise I'd give it a shot

You could always stock pile them if you find them knowing there are friendly collector buddies out there hungry for some Ram Horn!

Well well, guess I have a solid reason to check it out

I just got back from my local Aldi (I posted this same report in the Michigan sightings thread).

They had 1 Ramhorn, 1 Apeface and 1 Ptero by the register. I don't know if there is a fourth figure in the assortment. I bought the Ramhorn.

Now I'm only waiting to get Windblade and Twin Twist.

Special thanks to JelZe GoldRabbit for the sighting report!

Bradimus wrote:I just got back from my local Aldi (I posted this same report in the Michigan sightings thread).

They had 1 Ramhorn, 1 Apeface and 1 Ptero by the register. I don't know if there is a fourth figure in the assortment. I bought the Ramhorn.

Now I'm only waiting to get Windblade and Twin Twist.

Special thanks to JelZe GoldRabbit for the sighting report!

Pics with Receipt to News it?

Repugnus should be part of that assortment as well, unless it's all just leftovers resold. Anyone with an Aldi, report your sightings!

FYI: TRU is doing a 15% off everything sale today so Grotusque probably won't go up until Tuesday.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:FYI: TRU is doing a 15% off everything sale today so Grotusque probably won't go up until Tuesday.

Emerje

And a case of Arcees has been found inside B&M TRU's... I should plan a visit.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:FYI: TRU is doing a 15% off everything sale today so Grotusque probably won't go up until Tuesday.

Emerje

And a case of Arcees has been found inside B&M TRU's... I should plan a visit.

do you have a source for that?

I got another one of those false in-stock emails this morning for Grotusque.

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:FYI: TRU is doing a 15% off everything sale today so Grotusque probably won't go up until Tuesday.

Emerje

And a case of Arcees has been found inside B&M TRU's... I should plan a visit.

do you have a source for that?

It's a via via, the post has no source link, just an image:

Titans Return at Toys 'R Us retail, courtesy of BWTF.com

The sighting is from Brooklyn, NY. I would wait until another, different sighting comes in though.

Speaking of sightings, my local Walmart got in Wave 6, including Slugslinger, Hot Rod, Kup, Hardhead, Octane, Megatron and a lone Voyager Optimus Prime. So we're caught up? Haven't visited a Target in a while.

There was a lot of debate as to how Toysrus would sell their exclusive Transformers Titans Return Arcee. Being an online exclusive made sense due to how it was packaged in a black box and how it appealed more to fans who would be savy enough to find it online. Plus, it being online only meant the purchases could be controlled with limits of two per customer. However, it seems this toy is making it to brick and mortar locations after all.
Bowser A. Flatiner, a TF fan, found a case of these exclusive Arcees at a Toysrus in Brooklyn, NY, selling at $26.99 each. This toy can still be purchased on their website. This sighting was reported on Ben's World of Transformers and the image sure enough shows that they are displayed in their black boxes with very little clue as to what is inside.

In other Titans Return sightings news, we have been told by Seibertronian Jelze Rabbit that Titans Master Ramhorn has been appearing at the Aldi grocery chain. They have been found for $3.99 and you can check for a store near you by clicking here.

william-james88 wrote:There was a lot of debate as to how Toysrus would sell their exclusive Transformers Titans Return Arcee. Being an online exclusive made sense due to how it was packaged in a black box and how it appealed more to fans who would be savy enough to find it online. Plus, it being online only meant the purchases could be controlled with limits of two per customer. However, it seems this toy is making it to brick and mortar locations after all.
Bowser A. Flatiner, a TF fan, found a case of these exclusive Arcees at a Toysrus in Brooklyn, NY, selling at $26.99 each. This toy can still be purchased on their website. This sighting was reported on Ben's World of Transformers and the image sure enough shows that they are displayed in their black boxes with very little clue as to what is inside.

In other Titans Return sightings news, we have been told by Seibertronian Jelze Rabbit that Titans Master Ramhorn has been appearing at the Aldi grocery chain. They have been found for $3.99 and you can check for a store near you by clicking here.

Yo. I actually have an Aldi! Jelze, do you mind if I ask what region you spotted your Ramhorn?

O, I didn't spot them myself, as I mentioned before the Ramhorn sighting in question is from Pennsylviana, and one of our board members has spotted him with two of his case mates (Ptero and Apeface) in Michigan. Still waiting on photo confirmation.

I'm somewhat further away, in Dallas area TX, but I may visit my nearby Aldi soon and see what I can find. I'll be taking pics of course, with or without Rambi

:EDIT: Did some looking, and it looks like Aldi got full cases of Wave 5, which includes:

- Ramhorn
- Apeface
- Ptero
- OverkillOverboard

A bunch of Aldis in New Hampshire, none in Maine. Story of my life.

Emerje

I checked the Aldi's down the block from our apartment (West Knoxville, TN) and had no luck. They had some larger toys, but the only stocking-stuffer type things they had were candy.

Aldi is awesome. Fun fact: same parent company as Trader Joe's. I 'member looking through some for PRiD Vehicons when they were scarce.