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Post by blueshift on Dec 24, 2009 18:15:47 GMT
*Choke*. I dread to think how much that many points costs. Is the HMV scheme the one you have to pay to join as well? EDIT: 100 points for every £1 spent. So Grimlock is yours for only £1,200! |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 25, 2009 20:34:27 GMT
BLOODY HELL!
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Jan 22, 2010 16:35:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2010 9:35:23 GMT
It's Argos Catalogue Day !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2010 12:07:51 GMT
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Post by Nigel on Jan 23, 2010 18:02:51 GMT
I just saw the catalogue. Legdev's listed as an exclusive. One I shall have to buy.....
Not quite a toy as such, but TRU Cardiff had new Transformers goodies in their gashapon machines or bubble gum dispensers or whatever you want to call them - little ROTF figures in a pewter style. They also have large "eco friendly" reusable shopping bags featuring various children's brands including ROTF - Optimus on the front, the TRU logo on the back and the red pattern from the toy boxes as the background. The ROTF bag is £1.99.
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Post by Nigel on Jan 24, 2010 12:34:41 GMT
I noticed that a Waspinator in TRU was in US packaging, not the Mexican versions that have been seen so far.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 2, 2010 9:43:44 GMT
2005 Boards claims the ROTF Legends 5 pack with the Universe Legend Warpath recolour is in circulation in the UK
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Post by Nigel on Feb 2, 2010 9:56:33 GMT
Which reminds me, I saw a repainted ROTF version of the G2 Megatron in Asda the other day.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 2, 2010 11:13:53 GMT
Which reminds me, I saw a repainted ROTF version of the G2 Megatron in Asda the other day. Wait, what, really?!? |
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Post by Nigel on Feb 2, 2010 11:29:42 GMT
Calm down, I meant the Legends version, silly.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 2, 2010 11:31:44 GMT
Yes but I didn't realise there was a repaint of that one! Tell me more!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 2, 2010 11:32:03 GMT
Wow. What? I had no idea there was a recolour G2 Legends Megs!
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Feb 2, 2010 12:45:09 GMT
Neither did I till I saw it. It was grey and I can't remember the name. No, hang on. Maybe it was a repaint of the Movie Legends Brawl. Yeah, I think it was. Sorry, I'm not being much use, am I? Edit. It might have been this one: tfwiki.net/wiki/Tankor_%28ROTF%29 I thought it was a grey one I saw, though.  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2010 18:00:50 GMT
Saw the NEST dlx BB vs Soundwave 2 pack in ASDA today
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Post by Nigel on Feb 25, 2010 15:54:29 GMT
I saw some new RPMs toys in Tesco that I hadn't seen before - Light and Sound cars. They're non-transforming chunky cars (think Bumblebee in a GoBots style) with various push-button sound effects. About £10, I think.
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Post by kayevcee on Feb 25, 2010 22:06:15 GMT
Wow.
The new Hamleys in Glasgow is suffering in the post-Christmas action figure drought. They have a massive TF display, 8ft across emblazoned with logos and banners in front of a kid-scale Optimus Prime truck laden with... unrelated R/C cars. What does the display consist of? 10 Animated Swoops, half a dozen big Devastators marked down to a still-silly 70 quid, and every peg full of RPMs. The single packs are the same four characters Toys'r'us has had since July. Most of the two-packs seem to have one from that wave in them too, although they do serve to prove that there are actually more than four RPM moulds (in my field of experience- I know other moulds have shown up in Tesco's, but not one near me). Hamley's were the only shop I'd seen the RPM playset in.
No new TF joy in Toys'r'us apart from NEST Bumblebee and Soundwave, at a very fair £19.99.
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Post by Nigel on Feb 26, 2010 10:32:24 GMT
Is the Hamleys in Glasgow as expensive as the London shop? Last time I was there, everything I looked at was about 20% above RRP.
I actually sold a lot of RPMs in the run up to Christmas, especially Bumblebee. There are still an awful lot of that first wave out there, though. I think the only place I've seen later waves (I don't know how many there are) is Argos.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 26, 2010 11:12:52 GMT
Wow, who buys these RPMs?
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Post by Hero on Feb 26, 2010 13:26:55 GMT
I do, but for the pre-school I work at. It started when I bought an Optimus Prime out of curiosity. I've since bought a Megatron and Bumblebee.
I have to agree with Nigel, the Bumblebee RPM is quite popular. The one I have here is liked more than Prime and Megs.
I'll be picking up the 2 pack with Barricade on my way home tonight.
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Post by Nigel on Mar 7, 2010 12:10:03 GMT
The boy next door has at least RPMs Bumblebee; he told me once that he wants to collect all the RPMs. There was a boy at a collector fair I was selling at in November that said, "Ooh! RPMs." So they seem to be popular amongst children. If there'd been RPMs when I was a boy I think I'd have had some. I used to "transform" my toy cars by standing them on end and opening the boot (feet), doors (arms) and bonnet (a head of sorts) - I'm sure I can't be the only person who did that. RPMs must tap into that idea.
Anyway, on the subject of RPMs, that first wave that is still easier to come by than any others has now been repackaged on the newer style cards, those with the toys mounted horizontally rather than vertically. Asda has them. I guess that explains their advert on the back of the current issue of the comic that pictures them with an "all new characters" caption. The others pictured in the ad were also in stock.
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Post by panderson on Mar 11, 2010 21:21:08 GMT
Bury St Edmunds Toy Master type store has had a restock - Animated Shockwave and Skywarp...for a tenner each. And thats shocky nabbed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2010 18:01:41 GMT
I'm going to the Toys r Us and The Entertainer in Reading tomorrow, hopefully with some news <.< doubt it somehow though
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2010 15:03:41 GMT
Reading TRU had Thrust and Gears, this made me happy
Though the Entertainer was closed due to refurbishments, hopefully meaning it's getting a better toyline next month <.<
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Post by Benn on Mar 13, 2010 23:34:08 GMT
Spotted a single G1 Commemorative Skids in TK Maxx in Derby a few days ago, along with a single Universe Leo Prime.
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 26, 2010 19:52:15 GMT
A new wave of RPMs is available in Toys'r'us- I can't remember exactly who's in it but I did see Barricade, Jolt and Mixmaster. Also joining us on a recent delivery truck was the 'lost' wave of deluxe figures- wave 4. It contained:
2 x Blaze Master
2 x Jolt
2 x Skids & Mudflap (ice cream van)
2 x Dead End (Sideways repaint)
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Post by KnightBeat on Mar 27, 2010 22:57:37 GMT
Various TF forums are reporting that 25th anniversary Optimus Prime has appeared in Toymaster for £49.99.
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Post by KnightBeat on Mar 27, 2010 23:15:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2010 6:58:36 GMT
Various TF forums are reporting that 25th anniversary Optimus Prime has appeared in Toymaster for £49.99. *twitch* My local The Entertainer is refurbishing now, but by the time I get to go there again hopefully He'll be there (never got him) |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2010 12:03:51 GMT
On TRU Trip today saw Animated Blurr. Don't recall seeing him before. Has he been out for ages and I've not noticed ?
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