TFW2005 boards member, silentrob, has reported in with news of finding the latest Transformers Animated items at retail. To remind our readers, one 2-pack features Voyager Shockwave (in G1 colors) and Activators Bumblebee, and the second 2-pack features Voyager Sunstorm (Starscream repaint) and Activators Ratchet.
The Target exclusive 2-packs were found in Maineville, Ohio.
Stune
Got my Shockwave Tuesday at the Lake Pleasant/Happy Valley Super Target in Peoria.
Really nice set. First Shockwave, and animated voyager. Has a problem with the left fist, but I don't regret the purchase at all.
I had thought about buying the Grey Shockwave they had in stock, but the extra five dollars for the purple is easily worth it.
Pick him up if you see it.
Sportimus
Well, after posting my flame-fest regarding my local Targets filled with epic fail, I actually found these Tuesday night. They had only a few, and they were all Shockwaves, so I snagged me one. I much prefer the purple over the gray. THIS IS SHOCKWAVE.
Waverider
I know I shouldn't, but I did. Why was I tempted to buy both. It was like the end cap was calling my name. And all I wanted to buy was toothpaste.
Sage o’ G-fruit
Targets are fickle. The first Target I went to to preorder my Platinum wouldn't let me preorder it, but the second did.
Go to a Target with dumb people, or nice people. Both ways, you can't go wrong.
Sage o’ G-fruit
Shockwave=epic win.
Blackout
Damn bills…
Foster
SPLIT LIP
Oh I hope so.
Sportimus
Why is it that MY Targets NEVER get things like this. Seriously! I have 5 of the worst Targets in the entire nation. They don't have jack squat. Activators Ratchet and the Safeguard packa are all they have. They SUCK at getting anything new, which is why I LOATHE exclusives, especially from Target, and seconded on Walmart. I'd love to get Sunstorm and Shockwave repaints. They're really cool.
Oh, and…
Backscatter
Scored mine today 3/17/09 at Chantilly VA. Target. Shockwave and Sunstorm weren't out yet, but the kindly folks at Target retrieved them from the back for me. Kudos for them!
Plastic Man
Transformed my Sunstorm and his left leg was extremely stiff. The leg kept popping off. I would just be careful instead of returning them.
cylence
Maybe this should go under the feedback topics, but for those picking these up, what's your opinion on the figure quality? The plastic on my Sunstorm feels extremely brittle (much more so than Starscream or Skywarp), and the joints are extremely stiff – so stiff that I'm constantly popping off the legs every time I try to move the hip joints. And the head is the complete opposite – it's so loose, it pops off every time I transform the thing. Shockwave is a better plastic, but various parts of mine are coated in a wet-looking varnish (overuse of glue, some paint-app gone wrong?). I'm seriously tempted to take both back for exchange, but want to know what other's figures are like before I do so.
Plastic Man
SO I GOT THEM BOTH! WOOOOOOOOOO!
Took the DCPI number on a piece of scratch and went to the second nearest Target near me. The closest Target, I had just been there the other day and their toy isle was decimated. So I went to the 2nd Target, looked around, and didn't see it. Went to the machine and punched the numbers in and it said they were in the stockroom! I then went to a employee and asked if he could grab me a couple. He entered the numbers on his machine and told me "these have a soft shelf date of March 22nd. I'm not allowed to put them out until then. Some other people have been asking about them too. Mostly collectors." I was pissed off, but I said thanks and left. I was going to go home but I decided to try another Target even further out.
So I look around at this 3rd Target and no luck. Enter the code and it says they are in the stockroom again. I get another employee, and he punches in the code, goes on the radio and asks the backroom for a pull. Couple minutes later out comes a guy with a nice cardboard box w/ two of each of the exclusives in it. WOOOO! AND i bought one of each.
It looks like the Targets have them and either they are following the "soft shelve date," or they will gladly get them for you because the are not tools. Worth a shot if you have a Target near you.
trebleshot
I wonder if someone from Target HQ has been eyeing these boards and disabled those two.
Gen. Magnus
The excuse that the inventory system isn't working is BS. If you try other items they come up fine. It is just these two exclusives from what I have found.
Plastic Man
I mean yea…but….I want it to work. So DAMN U TARGET
Bgrngod
Because Target can't keep their crap running right?
Plastic Man
This thing hasn't worked for a couple days. Any idea why?
Dom
Sunstorm is cool, but not loving Ratchet
outsider
Located in S. Florida (Target on 150th). Endcap items as well.