Did my toy hunt in Mankato like usual, Wal-Mart just restocked deluxes they had a few 08 bees, no luck on MP Starscream. Target has a mcquarrie Han Solo that i nabbed and all of GI Joe 25th wave 3 except for Red Ninja so I grabbed them. Other then that there really isnt anything new, I did not bother with shopko because they only restock once every decade.

Bloomington Walmart had two MP Starscreams. Picked both of them up. They also had a massive endcap of Leader Megatrons and Primes, if anyone cares. haven't checked Fridley lately, but I plan to get out there either tonight, or tomorrow. Updates when I get around to it.

As expected, Fridley turned nothing new up. The Toys R Us had just gotten a mass shipment of TFs, but as I was going down the aisle, two scalpers were filled with glee, and their arms were filled with '08 Bees and Voyager Optimus'. I couldn't help but feel a bit bad as these two walked away with all of those figures, and another guy with two kids asked if there were any 'Bees left, and the employee could only motion toward the guys who had just cleaned them out. :tfmad

Didn't I heat about TRU's putting a sign saying customers were limited to a certain amount of TF's? or was that just a single store?

 

Kinda wish I still work at a TRU (my local one closed) I'd have limited the Afterburners! "sorry sir, only 2 of any one kind............you ass"

10 MP starscreams at wal-mart in Mankato....well 9 now :tfgrin

I assume it's probably a nation-wide deal, but Targets are having a sale on all Deluxe figures. $7.99, but they're the only ones on sale. I Most of them are pretty well stocked, save for both 'Bees, of course. I also saw some first-wave voyagers for the first time since mid-summer. The Target on Central (across from Menards) had Blackouts, Ironhides, and movie-deco Starscream. They also probably had the best selection of Deluxes. I had planned on picking up an Arcee, but upon closer inspection, she was broken in the damn box (white stress points I could see on the leg joint. Looked like she'd snap right apart once you'd try to transform her) so I decided not to get her.

 

Ended up picking up a second Wreckage, though.

Saw the transformers universe 2-packs with the repacks of excellion with thundercracker and brushguard with dowshift at the BLue Earth Wal-Mart. Then at the Mankato Sam's CLub they had the starscream, arcee, and battle damaged prime, and man that package they come in is HUGE!!!! im guessing its atleast 23 inches.

Bloomington Walmart had all four of the new Robot Heros 2 packs. I picked up three of the four, having already got Protoform Jazz and Brawl when I was down in Iowa over Thanksgiving. Scorpinok is freakin' huge. That's all I noticed for new TFs, sadly.

 

However, most of the Twin City area Targets have gotten shipments of the 25th Anniversary GI Joes. Many places seemed to have just gotten a case or two, but the Target in Richfield (across from the MoA) got TONS of them. They have four or five pegs, and each one was literally overflowing to the point where there was also a pile of them on the shelves. I picked up five different figures, including somewhat rare ones like Flint, and Lady Jane. Saw some moderately rare ones too, like the Red Ninja (which I also grabbed, but there were many of him there) and a few others.

Nothing "new" for a while, per say, although the Bloomington Walmart got a few more Leader Primes. They also still have the second-wave of RH figures. Area Targets have Voyager figures on sale for something like $15.88.

 

Also, if anyone cares, the Bloomington Walmart also had wave 5 25th Anniversary GI Joes in (Iron Grenadier version Destro, Snowjob, the new Snake Eyes, and the laser....dude. No Crimson Guard sadly. :tdown ) I love that Walmart, though, because the 25th Anni. Joes are only $4.88 there, as opposed to $5.99 everywhere else. Probably why they're nearly always sold out of them. They also seem to have almost completely reduced their shelf-space for them (was three pegs now it's...one) in favor of those cheap, $1.50 Joe knockoffs, or whatever....

new Joes at the wal mart in Mankato wal mart, picked up wave 5 including 2 crimson guards