QUOTE (Los @ Feb 5 2005, 07:46 PM)
QUOTE (GenerationZero @ Feb 5 2005, 04:15 PM)
QUOTE (Los @ Feb 5 2005, 05:55 PM)
Would like to trade a Alt. Ravage for a Alt. Tracks. Must be MISB. Can anyone help?
You have Ravage, and want to trade for Tracks? Why? I'm surprised you found Ravage before finding Tracks... If I see another Tracks anytime soon, I'll get it and trade you. I need a Ravage in a box, all I have is the Test Shot.
Well, like an idiot I quit hunting for Alts last fall b/c it was taking forever for my local Target and Walmart just to stock Hounds and Dead Ends. Once 2005 rolled around, I found out that the Tracks/Miester wave had come and gone. It appears that Hasbro is now producing smaller amounts of Alts, at a faster pace. I guess they learned their lesson on the Smokescreen/Sideswipe figures. Within one month, my Walmart has seen 3 boxes of the last 2 waves (including the last wave w/ Ravage). That is 24 new figures that are all gone.
Long story short, for my small MISB Alt collection I would rather have a Tracks than a Ravage.
Ahh... makes sense. Like I said, I need an official Ravage, but I'm in no hurry, so I'll just wait 'till he shows up in my area. I've been bitten by the test-shot bug lately, it's a much more expensive way to go, but I've got all of the alts now, or will have, anyway, as soon as Wheeljack and Dragstrip get here next week.

I'll still buy the official releases, but I've already spent the big bucks on the protos, so I won't be paying to ship the official releases like I did with Grimmy and Windcharger... and Tracks, and Meister... actually, the last Alt I bought for myself at a store locally was Dead End. Man, I'm a money wasting, impatient mo-fo!