Thanks to 2005 Boards member Daimao for sharing in our boards photographic proof of his sightings of the new Jada Toys Transformers G1 Nemesis Prime 1:24 at US retail.
This the inevitable black redeco of Jada Toys 1:24 die-cast G1 Optimus Prime truck. It was found at Target in Hampton, Virginia.
Happy hunting!
Jazz 4
I\'m still waiting for the jazz and tracks they showed off years ago. Then this nemesis popped up and everyone forgot
galvatran
I'm glad it plays out the way you scripted.
I don't begrudge any store manager, who has to deal with a tsunami of Karen customers on a daily basis, to say NO.
Dark Starscream
Me: Hi! I want to give you money to buy this item. It doesn't scan.
Store Manager: Yes, we will take your money. I will scan another TF or put in an associate sku to make my customers happy and make my company money. Of course we aren't going to go through the trouble and expense to ship it back somewhere.
I was in retail Management for 15 years (SGM for Sears, Executive Team Lead for Target). That is exactly how we were trained to deal with this situation. We don't have time to deal with mis-scanned items, it happens all the time. You just ring something similar and move on.
galvatran
*Store manager comes to cash register*
And then what?
Dark Starscream
That's total BS. I would have asked for the manager.
GAUGE
Non-Transforming Vehicle modes are right up my ally.
Not really though.
Rob
No problem, the $25 is the celling of what I would call a good price for what you are getting. Anymore and not really worth the price.
That sucks. Yeah, like I said I wouldn't pay more than $25.
Chazztx
Hey all, glad some of you got the Nemesis Prime. I wasn't so lucky. I found one at a Target in San Antonio, TX for $24.99 but when I went to check out, it didn't ring up and the clerk called for a price check over their radio. Another worker came up, scanned it, and then told me it was an online order item only for $41.99 and should never have been put out on the floor. She then took it away from me and left. Boo, hiss, grrrrrr!
galvatran
Oh but it does "transform". Tilt the truck upright 90 degrees & you see the robot mode in all its glory. It's clearly stated on the front of packaging.
j.a.f.o.
(I know nothing about the line and so please forgive my admittedly ignorant comment about an altmode-only "Transformer".)
Chadderbug
Pretty sure I saw him last week at a target in Grand Prarie or Mansfield. Think it was GP South
Rob
$25 is the perfect price.
crazyfist1979
I went to a target in Winston-Salem, nc and found him behind the jada toys optimus prime ($24.99). I scanned it at one of the price checker things and it said item not found. So I took it to the register and told the cashier it was $24.99 since it was with the optimus prime. Score!
Rob
Yes, I know. I have the Optomus version. It's labled as 1/24 scale, it ain't 1/24. It's closer to 1/32. The lil guy is closer to 1/50 scale.
That's way too much.
galvatran
That's the smaller scale version. This one is big momma's truck.
Inflation is biting hard.
neeral36
Grabbed a Nemesis two weeks ago in the Manassas, VA store. It rings up for $41.99. The regular red Optimus in the same scale is $24.99.
Rob
More like 1:32 scale, but close enough I guess. These look great next to their ThreeZero counterparts. It's nice having a perfect robot mode next to a great vehicle mode.
Novaburnhilde
I love that they used the oldest insignia shape for this guy.
Nyarlahotep
Damn, $24.99 is a good price. I ordered this from the site for twice that believing it was an exclusive.
Wyldmaxx
Noted.