ALERT! Movie Dlx figs at TRU in Downers Grove, IL, on Butterfield Rd. east of I-355.

 

They had several: Longarm, Dropkick, Dreadwing, and Payload, and one Final Battle Jazz and one Recon Barricade; I bought that Barricade and Dropkick. They also had 13 Leader Brawls! Go get 'em!

I picked up info on this place from Seibertron.com IIRC. Sounded interesting, so I drove up there today, a few minutes form home. They were closed, with no phone # or hours listed anywhere. What they had was mind-boggling (to me at least)! A couple G1 re-issue TFs, MP Megatron, MP Starscream, a bunch of awesome Gundam figs, and various oher cool plastic robot-type dealies.

 

They have a website on their door, which looks like jptoy.com, but that leads nowhere. I tried jptoys.com, but that's a Jurassic Park site. Tried jrtoy.com and got some kid's homepage. I got their number (847-640-1124) from the yellow pages, but there's just a generic answering machine msg.

 

Looks like a fun place to browse at the very least.

Went to KMart (Des Plaines, IL, Mannheim Rd. and Oakton St.) tonight after dropping off my mom's car at Just Tires to get a flat fixed. They had 2 08 BB's (!), a Final Battle Jazz (grabbed him), a Longarm, and a Dreadwing. One or 2 each of Robot Replicas BB, Megs, and Barricade, and a handful of Voy Megs and Prime. Some G1 Robot Heroes, and some Voice Changer helmets (can't remember if they were Chalk or Cullen). Only 2 Real Gears, on sale for $6.

 

Everything is a little more expensive than other places, like $12 for Dlxs instead of 10, but all TF toys were on sale, 10% off, so I only paid less than a dollar more for Final Jazz. I bought him bec. (a) I've become a complete TF whore, and (b), he's got cooler damage details than I originally thought. Plus the gun. Yay. Hit those KMarts, pee-PLE! Harch!

Your faithful spotter here, just saw several Bumblebee "Evolution" 2-packs at Target in Wooddale, IL, on Irving Park Rd near Prospect Ave. On sale for $15.99. I almost bit, even tho I already have both BBs bec. the battle-damaged Concept BB looks pretty cool in robot mode. Got the Prime and BB Beamer lights instead, clearanced for $3.74!

ALLSPARK ALERT!!

 

Fry's Electronics in Downer's Grove, just off I-355 and Butterfield Rd. has the Allspark Dlxs- Landmine, Cliffjumper, and Camshaft, several of each! (Also many many Ldr Primes.) Go now!

 

The bad news, they're $12, but worth it IMHO to avoid another Concept BB hunt. I grabbed 2 Landmines (to recreate the movie scene where 2 of these buggies are escorting Bumblbee w/ the Allspark) and a Cliffjumper (bec. I have Classics CJ, I just got Energon CJ, and God help me, I'm starting to like this Camaro).

Target on 33rd and Damen in Chicago had Nightwatch Optimus Prime.

Wow, this forum's dead.

 

ANIMATED FIGS at Walmart in Darien, 75th St. They had Dlx Cybertron Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Black Arachnia, Prowl, and the Battle Begins 2-pack, as well as Voyager Cyb. Megatron, Bulkhead, and Starscream. They're not with the Movie TFs, but on an aisle display off the the end of the toy section. HTH

 

FWIW I grabbed BB, Ratchet, and SS.

If anyone ktill needs a Msterpiece Grimlock i stocked a case at the TRU in Schaumburg (the one close to Woodfield Mall)don't know if there r any left but there is another truck Friday so hopefully we'll get more in

Snagged PCC Dinobots and Constructicons at Wal-Mart in Bolingbrook. They had space for them on the shelves, but they didn't scan. The cashier said that they weren't supposed to be out on the shelves, but she let me buy them for the posted price.

Hey guys, thought I would post something in here finally! Don't really know how the rules work anymore, but I know on TFW they kind of let us talk amongst ourselves in the sightings thread. Anyway, Thought I would say what's up and introduce myself, even if I have been a member here for.. a long.. LONG time, LOL. Anyway, if I find anything worth posting about, I'll try to post it here! Deliciouspeter, I didn't know you were an IL member, I always enjoyed your repaints back in the day :).