On the eve of Toyfair 2018 and a ton of new toy reveals, we have a new Transformers sighting at retail. 2005 Board member Signals3 has found Power Of The Primes Deluxe wave 2 at his local Wal-Mart in Springfield, MO. With more self control than this newsie could muster, he picked up a sole Moonracer from a fresh case and shared with us a photo for proof. This wave features the aforementioned femmebot Moonracer, finishes off the Dinobot team with Snarl and Sludge, completes the Decepticon Powermaster duo with Blackwing and gives us our first deluxe Terrorcon with Rippersnapper.
You can check out the photo for yourself and join the discussion on the 2005 Boards. Please feel free to share your own Wave 2 Deluxe sightings in the thread or in our Sightings forum.
MelodiousGiant04
Our Target has had empty POTP deluxe pegs for weeks so I stalk brickseek for any uptick, hoping it’ll be a new wave.
Chillyn
Somebody needs to make a letter illustrating how fucking stupid distribution is and we should all sign it. Shit just keeps going down hill. This is ridiculous.
Silvaus
Have only found wave 2 Deluxe figures, and wave 1 of everything else at my local target, but haven’t found any other wave 2 figure anywhere else in Texas, it is really bothering me
Lazerwave
The collector store in the next town from me has wave 2 Deluxes in stock. And as predicted, Snarl and Sludge are sold out.
peaces
ty for the info
Neko-bot77
They charge your card pretty much immediately when a preordered item arrives. Then it goes to "pending payment" while they process your credit card. (this can take anywhere from a few hours, to a few days if you hit it on a weekend.) You'll know you can ship once the "pending payment" becomes a drop-down menu, after which, you have 90 days maximum it can sit in the POL before you HAVE to ship it.
My 5-pack of W2 deluxes hit, and i slammed that ship button as soon as i could. Volcanicus is only a week away…. bwahahahaha!
bachamn
This is my first preorder from BBTS, but I know they don't charge until preorder items arrive. Assuming inventory department hits it first, then they send it over to billing for processing, and once that's done you'll have an option to ship. Anyone with experience preordering from BBTS that can confirm?
peaces
why does it say payment pending on mine
bachamn
Snarl and Sludge pre-orders just hit my BBTS pile of loot.
bachamn
Finally came across wave 2 Prime masters. Located in the Easter section of QFC in Seattle. Another confirmed sighting in the WA thread so might be regionally relevant to PNW.
Nevermore
Bookmark this thread so you might never have to ask this question again!
Grand Slam
Could someone please post the SKU or Walmart equivalent for Moonracer?
edit: I think I squinted it out of the first post: 063050965927.
jaws
IMHO, it seems each store only received one case of wave 2. I haven't seen any at my local WM since I bought mine a week ago.
No Prime masters neither.
peaces
same experience as you
bachamn
Found Hun-Gurrr at Target in Seattle today; was the only W2 figure in stock.
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Masters and Deluxes pegs were still full of W1 figures so I asked an associate to check stock and confirmed they only had W1 figures in the back. While ringing me up he mentioned that a he'd "sold a few of this guy" within the last day or so.
Anyway, I think it's interesting that they apparently received the Voyagers but nothing else. Maybe Target is only ordering W2 stock after they deplete W1 stock?
Jaymo
Hmm…just realized Moonracer will see the least distribution. Blackwing gets another release and Firestar will probably be at least 2 per case with her other three wave mates.
MelodiousGiant04
Do most wal marts stock overnight?
fanbase0000
This week I went to 3 different Walmart , 3 Toysrus, and 1 Target in my area and all I found from wave 2 was 1 unicronus Rodimus and 1 Elita-1. No wave 2 Prime Masters, deluxe, or Legends figures and no Hun-Gurr.
I’m in south Atlanta.
Altihex
Scooped up 4 of the five on that auction site …
I don't dislike Moonracer – just the opposite, I'm glad we're getting her – but I really don't need the combiner Elita (I have MMC's Eupatorium, and she works quite well as Elita for my display purposes). Plus, I started Volcanicus, and I want to finish him.