Walmart Canada News: ROTB Rhinox Found and G1 Retro Releases at 40% Off

Amazing deals.... if I had money to spend.

Ah yes, cartoon-colors Thundercracker sort of drives home the point of the Troop-Builder 4-pack's blue Seeker: pick whichever shade of blue you consider your "true" Thundercracker, and repurpose all the other TCs into generics from specific eps.

So far in Michigan, the only G1 repaint I've seen in any Walmart is Starscream, which I've sort of already had for almost 2 decades now via Takara's book-reissue, but the others are all on my kinda'-want list. I'd better start checking more frequently in case they get clearanced as soon as Hot Rod appears.

Starscream is still the only G1 Retro figure I've seen in US Walmarts. Glad I ordered them all online.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Starscream is still the only G1 Retro figure I've seen in US Walmarts. Glad I ordered them all online.

Emerje

Same. I was kinda hoping to see Hot Rod in person, see if he would tempt me

I forget if we covered this but this buzzworthy set is avait from walmart. Very weird.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... ZIQBV1IYG0

william-james88 wrote:I forget if we covered this but this buzzworthy set is avait from walmart. Very weird.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... ZIQBV1IYG0

And at almost full price instead of on clearance.

Also, it's bizarre that after weeks and weeks, that set is still plenty available online and in store at that price at TrU.

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 8E9FC.html

As if, no one care, or for those who cared enough to get at full price before, none want a spare.
If for some reason the price get even lower, like at 50$, I'll get a spare. But not before.

For some reasons, the ROTB mainline voyagers are 40$CAN at Walmart. So I got the last one of the trio, the one I thought I would skip, Rhinox.

I also found Kingdom Roadrage at Amazon.ca for 30$CAN. No taxes, free shipping. Nice!

I found the Legacy Evolution Medix at my local GameStop!

New sightings in Canada are coming at us in a fast and furious fashion and from three different retailers:

- At Toysrus we have a sighting of the Buzzworthy Ironhide and Prowl two pack in most provinces.

- At Walmart we have sigthings in the Ontario eregion for the Walmart exclusive G2 deluxes 2 Deluxes including Mirage, Jazz, Laser Cycle and Dead End. These are all part of the same wave.

- At Gamestop, fellow Seibertronian -Kanrabat- found the Legacy Evolution Medix, these are hitting several provinces simultaneously.

In Canada, Medix is a GameStop exclusive if I remember?

-Kanrabat- wrote:In Canada, Medix is a GameStop exclusive if I remember?

Yup

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:In Canada, Medix is a GameStop exclusive if I remember?

Yup

So that was pretty damn lucky of me to have stumbled onto that lone Medix at my local GameStop then.

The Sudio Series Autobots reissue collection never appeared on amazon.ca.
But here's the Decepticons one! At 195$, it seems expensive at first glance, but considering the base price of each figures, meaning a leader, two voyagers, and one deluxe (around 204$) 195$ ain't so bad. Especially compared to eBay.

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/F6957/dp/B0B ... 82&sr=1-10?tag=seibertron0b-20&

The mainline deluxes 3 pack of Cheetor, Nightbird, and Wheeljack are available at last at Toys R Us Canada!

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 338B2.html

At 80$CAN, the price is very reasonable for 3 deluxes. Hurry up and get yours before the bots take everything!

-Kanrabat- wrote:The mainline deluxes 3 pack of Cheetor, Nightbird, and Wheeljack are available at last at Toys R Us Canada!

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 338B2.html

At 80$CAN, the price is very reasonable for 3 deluxes. Hurry up and get yours before the bots take everything!

And you can get it for 60$ with the 25% off code TRU has sent to r members.

Sadly in Canada, Toysrus looks more and more like what it did at the tail end of its run in the US with the only stuff on the shelves being last year's product at higher prices than any other retailer. But, it is also where most Target exclusives are sold in Canada, so it's still a destination for collectors. You just have to be alerted of the seldom times something is new in stores and this happens to be on of those times.

A lot of new Transformers toys have now been found in Toysrus and they are:

- Buzzworthy Prowl and Ironhide (dead Autobots) two pack
- Buzzworthy RID Towline
- Buzzworthy SS Grimlock reissue
- The ROTB mainline deluxes 3 pack of Cheetor, Nightbird, and Wheeljack
- Smash and Change Scourge
- Titan class Nemesis
- Leader class Snarl from the Studio Series line (not a new sighting, but a worthy mention since people are still looking for that toy)

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:The mainline deluxes 3 pack of Cheetor, Nightbird, and Wheeljack are available at last at Toys R Us Canada!

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 338B2.html

At 80$CAN, the price is very reasonable for 3 deluxes. Hurry up and get yours before the bots take everything!

And you can get it for 60$ with the 25% off code TRU has sent to r members.

It's been years since they sent any coupons so I threw my R cards to the trash and removed myself from their mailing list months ago.
Oh well.
Mine is already bought and paid for at full price. Still worth it tho.

Huh . . . I wonder what it's like to see shelves actually stocked. It's been the same kiddie-line crap on the shelves down here for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to see something on the shelves I might actually want.

Brokebot wrote:Huh . . . I wonder what it's like to see shelves actually stocked. It's been the same kiddie-line crap on the shelves down here for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to see something on the shelves I might actually want.

It feels like "HEY THE TRANSFORMERS SHELVES ARE FULLY STOCKED... With Marvels "shampoo bottle" stuff."

It's the case of my local Toys R Us and Walmart.

Brokebot wrote:Huh . . . I wonder what it's like to see shelves actually stocked. It's been the same kiddie-line crap on the shelves down here for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to see something on the shelves I might actually want.

Most of the stuff on the shelves in Canada is also kid stuff or really old product. Check the image below, what do you see in the pics that you don't see on your shelves and would like to see?

The Dead Ironhide & Prowl 2 pack finally appeared at my local Toys R Us. The price is also very good.
They got the BWBB ROTB Scorponok packs as well.





At GameStop, they just got the Legacy Evolution Armada Universe Hot Shot and Jolt pack!

A dire warning to my fellow Canadians.

Never buy anything from NMC Toys.

That Toronto based store may have been legit once, but the COVID thing transformed that store into a scam. He will take your money, never send anything, then ghost you.

Se some reviews at

https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/nmctoys.ca

And

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/nmc-toys-toronto

And

https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionFigures/ ... as_anyone/

So, avoid and report.

Here to report that my local Toys R Us have lots of interesting things.

First, they have the BWBB SS AoE Grimlock and the SS ROTB Optimus Prime in stock.

They also have the latest JP set and the Top Gun Maverick. Both at full price.

They still have the same things on clearance, but this time, the Earthsparks are at 50%off.

They also have these metal figures.

Finally, the "buy two things on clearance and get the cheapest at 50% off" sale is on. Again.

Christmas shopping season has started at Toysrus. Their stores are stocked to the brim, including the Transformers section. While there is a lot of stock, amount wise, there isn't much variety. It mainly features non Studio Series Rise of the Beasts toys and Cyberverse, which makes sense as they mainly target parents/kids. They also concentrate on their exclusives and their big Transformers deal for the next two weeks combines those two strengths of their: the exclusive mainline Rise of the Beasts 3 pack from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line.

Below is how various Toysrus stores look like at the moment. You'll notice that they did get the wave 4 Legacy deluxes, but in a small amount, compared to the rest. They are also up to date on the Cyberverse line, with the latest Arcee/Hashtag finger puppets and the warrior Megatron wave.

In other sightings news, the final wave of 2023's Studio Series line is being found in Canada. Leader Primal and the deluxe wave with Mirage and Nightbird has been found at Gamestop.

Seeing Buzzworthy toys alongside that WalMart beast trio is downright surreal. Even if TRU had survived in the States, I wouldn't have it quite that good on my side of the river.

The TRU Canada Volvo truck is too cute. Make that into a super-sized TF exclusive please and thank you!

I hate to say it. I did see some of these toys at olloes for only $20. But then I saw new transformers I've never seen in person in these pics! Jealous

A movie mainline Cheetor in the same 3 pack as a tv show Optimus Prime, what is the world coming to!

Which Optimus and which Bumblebee is that exactly?

noctorro wrote:A movie mainline Cheetor in the same 3 pack as a tv show Optimus Prime, what is the world coming to!

Which Optimus and which Bumblebee is that exactly?

That's not the "ROTB Mainline" Cheetor in that pack with the optimus. That's the CYBERVERSE deluxes 3 pack. A 3 pack that is still way too expensive even on clearance.

All Transformers part of the Generations and Studio Series lines are 40% off at Toysrus right now. And that includes the toys labelled as such in the Buzzworthy line like Studio Series Grimlock and Generations Selects toys. The best part is that the pricier toys are part of this sale too, like the Leaders, Commander and Titans (since both Metroplex and the Nemesis can be found on shelves right now).

Below you'll find examples of this sale on three items:

Leader SS Primal is now 46.17 ($34 USD)
Commander Armada Prime is 80.97 ($60 USD)
Selects Antagony is 28.77 ($21 USD)

Those are some serious deals! If we remember correctly that was the price of Armada Prime back when he came out 2 decades ago.

The irony with Black Friday is that I've been burned so many times before by waiting for a sale to never find the toy in store ever again, that I but everything that I want as soon as it comes out. This result in when a big sale like this happen, I already have everything and I end up buying nothing.

-Kanrabat- wrote:The irony with Black Friday is that I've been burned so many times before by waiting for a sale to never find the toy in store ever again, that I but everything that I want as soon as it comes out. This result in when a big sale like this happen, I already have everything and I end up buying nothing.

I do that too, but for Optimus Primal, my Amazon order had not shipped yet, so I bought it from TRU and cancelled the amazon order

william-james88 wrote:I do that too, but for Optimus Primal, my Amazon order had not shipped yet, so I bought it from TRU and cancelled the amazon order

For some reasons, Amazon take its sweet little time to release things. Appart the obvious Amazon exclusives, I cancel most preorders of the standard stuff because I find them weeks or months in advance either at GameStop or my local geek store.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I do that too, but for Optimus Primal, my Amazon order had not shipped yet, so I bought it from TRU and cancelled the amazon order

For some reasons, Amazon take its sweet little time to release things. Appart the obvious Amazon exclusives, I cancel most preorders of the standard stuff because I find them weeks or months in advance either at GameStop or my local geek store.

Agreed and so true. Magnus is a good example of that. Does TRU do rainchecks? Can't remember

Dino-Snarl wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I do that too, but for Optimus Primal, my Amazon order had not shipped yet, so I bought it from TRU and cancelled the amazon order

For some reasons, Amazon take its sweet little time to release things. Appart the obvious Amazon exclusives, I cancel most preorders of the standard stuff because I find them weeks or months in advance either at GameStop or my local geek store.

Agreed and so true. Magnus is a good example of that. Does TRU do rainchecks? Can't remember

They did but I haven't attempted getting one in years since they were the worst option for toys. Low stock, late stock and higher prices.

I went to my local geek store and he had a out ALL the "Walmart exclusive" Legacy G2 toys. He also have the Joe Soundwave, the new JP set, the most recent Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys (including that infamous Optimus) and even the Pulsecon exclusives that are supposed to be only for GameStop.



Looks like most if not all big retailers exclusives will be available at all the small independent shops not too long after their initial releases.

So, dear Canadians, if you can't find the "exclusive" you want at your nearest big name retailer, hit the local independent geek shop. You may be surprised.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I went to my local geek store and he had a out ALL the "Walmart exclusive" Legacy G2 toys. He also have the Joe Soundwave, the new JP set, the most recent Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys (including that infamous Optimus) and even the Pulsecon exclusives that are supposed to be only for GameStop.

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Looks like most if not all big retailers exclusives will be available at all the small independent shops not too long after their initial releases.

So, dear Canadians, if you can't find the "exclusive" you want at your nearest big name retailer, hit the local independent geek shop. You may be surprised.

Very true. Or online geek shop too.

Of course I FOMO'd too fast.

Joe Soundwave is now available at Amazon.ca for only 111$ instead of 150$ from the independents shops.

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/F7138/dp/B0B ... 4b9bf7d0d6?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Heads-up, you no longer have to import the Battle Master ROTB Airaizor from Japan. She's right here at Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Tra-Beast-Ba ... 82&sr=1-78?tag=seibertron0b-20&

-Kanrabat- wrote:Heads-up, you no longer have to import the Battle Master ROTB Airaizor from Japan. She's right here at Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Tra-Beast-Ba ... 82&sr=1-78?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Thanks!

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Heads-up, you no longer have to import the Battle Master ROTB Airaizor from Japan. She's right here at Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Tra-Beast-Ba ... 82&sr=1-78?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Thanks!

No prob!

I already have my 3 and consequently, I had to basically pay double because of the shipping. I will not quad-dip but at least, you and our fellow Canadians can finally get the tiny bird for the normal price without having to pay extra.

We've heard of Transformers exclusives ending up at liquidators like Ross or Ollie's in the US and BOOM or Treasure Hunt in Canada but this new sighting takes the cake. We got wind that three Transformers exclusives (two of which were never sold in Canada before) are now available at Samko and Miko toy warehouse, which only has 2 locations in all of Canada. They do have an online presence which means anyone in Canada can order from them. The three toys in question are the Beast Wars rereleases of Iguanus and Wolfang along with Legacy Minerva. All of these are $20 CAD ($15 USD) each and shipping is free above the $75 threshold.

Here is a link to these toys for interested Canadians: https://samkoandmikotoywarehouse.com/pr ... -playsets/

I don't care about these specific toys, but I do care about finding out one more hunting ground.

I'll double check their reputation before buying though. I've been burned once already and that was enough.

Thanks for the heads-up!

-Kanrabat- wrote:I don't care about these specific toys, but I do care about finding out one more hunting ground.

I'll double check their reputation before buying though. I've been burned once already and that was enough.

Thanks for the heads-up!

I purchased all three so I'll let you know

If you search further they also have these two too:

Monopoly: Transformers Beast Wars Edition Board Game - Samko & Miko Toy Warehouse
https://samkoandmikotoywarehouse.com/sh ... oard-game/

Transformers Generations Legacy Deluxe Autobot Skids Action Figure - Samko & Miko Toy Warehouse
https://samkoandmikotoywarehouse.com/sh ... on-figure/

This place turned out quite legit

Good!

And I can add, FAST!

I'll add that store to my bookmarks just in case.

I went to GameStop and I found something peculiar.

The DOTM deluxe Bumblebee reissue, Universal edition.
One strange thing is that it's labeled as "Revenge of The Fallen."
The price is of a normal deluxe toy.



I didn't bought it because I already have the original deep in storage.

Also, sad news.

Toys R Us brought back the expensive prices of 2022.

40$ a deluxe, 50$ a voyager.

Now that the BWBB line is basically canceled, there's no more point in shopping there. Unless the last troopers 4 pack goes on clearance.