Walgreens Exclusive Transformers Titans Return Brainstorm Found at Walmart

william-james88 wrote:Jut got Hardhead the other day and ... urgh. I dont know what you guys see in him. I mean people speak of hollow transformers but this guy takes the cake. The entire back is hollowed out (see pics below) and they even hollowed out the gun. I mean come on, at least make a cool sculpted design out of it. But no, just chunks missing from the gun. And there are literally no paint apps. Golden age of TFs my butt.

Kurona wrote:Dammit WJ, you had me going there for a second

william-james88 wrote: Glad you guys are having fun with what I wrote. But seriously, I just got G1 Hardhead and when I handled him I saw all the complaints people were having now but doubled. I think people forgot how these toys were like.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote: Glad you guys are having fun with what I wrote. But seriously, I just got G1 Hardhead and when I handled him I saw all the complaints people were having now but doubled. I think people forgot how these toys were like.

That, and they might be stuck behind a barrier of ERMAHGERD MAH CHELDHERD

... *ahem* Nostalgia filters aside, personally, I respect the G1 toys, but I am of the opinion that they are not 'good' toys, at least not by today's standards. I'm honestly surprised that the reissues sold at general retail sell well enough to people other than collectors to actually be worth making...

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Rotoraptor wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Even more curious - I contacted Hasbro to ask about this and this is the reply I got:

Daniel,

I apologize for the information you've located on the internet; however, the Titans Return Brainstorm is not an exclusive to any specific retailer. The information in the link you provided is not correct.

Regards,
Veronica

william-james88 wrote:Pradaking

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Rotoraptor wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Even more curious - I contacted Hasbro to ask about this and this is the reply I got:

Daniel,

I apologize for the information you've located on the internet; however, the Titans Return Brainstorm is not an exclusive to any specific retailer. The information in the link you provided is not correct.

Regards,
Veronica

Rotoraptor wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Even more curious - I contacted Hasbro to ask about this and this is the reply I got:

Daniel,

I apologize for the information you've located on the internet; however, the Titans Return Brainstorm is not an exclusive to any specific retailer. The information in the link you provided is not correct.

Regards,
Veronica

YoungPrime wrote:>:oP Hmmm......

Nope, still don't believe it. He could've grabbed Brainstorm online and took a picture of him with the receipt of another TF purchase (It's not like the reciept says Brainstorm). Smartphones are more common than wallets, so why not take a picture of some Brainstorms on actual pegs in a Walmart aisle?

YoungPrime wrote:>:oP Hmmm......

Nope, still don't believe it. He could've grabbed Brainstorm online and took a picture of him with the receipt of another TF purchase (It's not like the reciept says Brainstorm). Smartphones are more common than wallets, so why not take a picture of some Brainstorms on actual pegs in a Walmart aisle?

Rotoraptor wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:>:oP Hmmm......

Nope, still don't believe it. He could've grabbed Brainstorm online and took a picture of him with the receipt of another TF purchase (It's not like the reciept says Brainstorm). Smartphones are more common than wallets, so why not take a picture of some Brainstorms on actual pegs in a Walmart aisle?

That theory would be a lot more believable if any of these figures had actually been sited at Walgreens already....

That's also a whole hell of a lot of trouble to go through just to troll fellow collectors, so it makes little sense to assume that's what happened without reason.

What's more likely?

a) Hasbro mistakenly sent WG Exclusive items to a Walmart?
b) This figure is not actually a WG Exclusive?
c) Someone found the figure, purchased it, drove to another store, purchased a different deluxe figure, and then took a picture to trick people about which store they got it at?

Uhmmmm I'm going to go with A or B there.

Rotoraptor wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Even more curious - I contacted Hasbro to ask about this and this is the reply I got:

Daniel,

I apologize for the information you've located on the internet; however, the Titans Return Brainstorm is not an exclusive to any specific retailer. The information in the link you provided is not correct.

Regards,
Veronica

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:When you're told that Brainstorm is a Walgreen's exclusive, but someone finds it at Walmart. Then Hasbro says it's not exclusive at all.

#Braingate

Rotoraptor wrote:Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your email.

I understand and appreciate your frustrations and will be happy to check into this further for you. Please keep in mind all information, including which retailers the product will be released to, and release dates is always subject to change. However, I've shared this email thread with our team and will notify you once I hear back.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Regards,

Rotoraptor wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Someone got their Wals mixed up.
Very curious indeed.

Even more curious - I contacted Hasbro to ask about this and this is the reply I got:

Daniel,

I apologize for the information you've located on the internet; however, the Titans Return Brainstorm is not an exclusive to any specific retailer. The information in the link you provided is not correct.

Regards,
Veronica

Dr Va'al wrote:#BRAINGATE is still roaring! Rotoraptor updates us on the situation at Hasbro, as they try covering up their misstep in revealing the existence of a terrifying conspiracy!

Rotoraptor wrote:Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your email.

I understand and appreciate your frustrations and will be happy to check into this further for you. Please keep in mind all information, including which retailers the product will be released to, and release dates is always subject to change. However, I've shared this email thread with our team and will notify you once I hear back.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Regards,

You will see that there is no name attached to the response - has Veronica been 'disappeared'? Will we ever find out who they really were? How far does this story go? And will Europe ever see Brainstorm in any form of retail? (No.) These are the questions we are trying to answer.

nycPrime wrote:Interestingly enough, I recently did the online chat thing with Hasbro's customer service. And I received outstanding service. And the customer rep I dealt with was none other than Veronica. Same Veronica? We may never know.

Delta Magnus wrote:For once I'm actually glad of Hasbro's incompetence if only because there's a chance we might actually get this figure in Britain.

Might.

Dr Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:For once I'm actually glad of Hasbro's incompetence if only because there's a chance we might actually get this figure in Britain.

Might.

That bad of a misplacement?

'This box is for New York, says here.' 'Ok, York it is.'

Delta Magnus wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:For once I'm actually glad of Hasbro's incompetence if only because there's a chance we might actually get this figure in Britain.

Might.

That bad of a misplacement?

'This box is for New York, says here.' 'Ok, York it is.'

I more meant from the whole "no exclusivity deals" angle, but that works too.

Europe

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Dr Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:For once I'm actually glad of Hasbro's incompetence if only because there's a chance we might actually get this figure in Britain.

Might.

That bad of a misplacement?

'This box is for New York, says here.' 'Ok, York it is.'

I more meant from the whole "no exclusivity deals" angle, but that works too.

'Send it to the London store'
'...'

Europe

England

Greater London, an administrative region
Greater London Authority, an administrative body
Greater London Council, an administrative body from 1965 to 1986
London (European Parliament constituency)
Greater London Built-up Area, an urban area
City of London, a district of London
Central London
London Bridge
Diocese of London, an Anglican diocese
London postal district, a post town
County of London, a county from 1889 to 1965
London County Council, an administrative body from 1889 to 1965

France

London, Burgundy

Scotland

Bay of London, a bay on the island of Eday, Orkney

Americas

Canada

London, Ontario
London (electoral district), a federal electoral district from 1867 to 1968
London District, Upper Canada, a district from 1798 to 1849

Chile

London Island (Cook Island, Tierra del Fuego), an island east of Londonderry Island and south of Cockburn Channel

USA

London, Arkansas, a city
London, California, a census-designated place
London, Indiana, an unincorporated community
London, Kentucky, a city
London, Michigan, a township
London, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
London, Ohio, a city
London, Texas, an unincorporated community
London, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
London, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Oceania

London, Kiribati

Space

8837 London, an asteroid

Delicon wrote:As I said, cases get shipped to wrong stores all the time. This #braingate stuff is silly at best.

Bronzewolf wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:
Space

8837 London, an asteroid

So, in conclusion, Outer Space will probably see brainstorm before Europe does.

Delicon wrote:As I said, cases get shipped to wrong stores all the time. This #braingate stuff is silly at best.