mikeszekely Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) My TRU didn't have crap over the weekend, but I got time. I figure I'll pop over tomorrow and see what kind of pickings they got. EDIT: They still don't have jack crap. Edited July 27, 2010 by mikeszekely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) TRU must be a regional store, since there are none in the Houston, Texas area. The store might not even be in the United States, for that matter. The only stores that even carry Transformers near me are the Copperfield Target and Wally-World (my little nickname for Wal-Mart). Edited July 27, 2010 by Wanzerfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiotheforsaken Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 TRU = Toys R Us as far as I know. So they are certainly in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Yep it's Toy's R Us and as a Texas boy yes they are everywhere in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 TRU must be a regional store, since there are none in the Houston, Texas area. The store might not even be in the United States, for that matter. The only stores that even carry Transformers near me are the Copperfield Target and Wally-World (my little nickname for Wal-Mart). TRU is an abbreviation for Toys R Us. I plugged Houston, TX into their store locator and found 10 of them within 25 miles of Houston. Since you mentioned your Target is in Copperfield, I plugged Copperfield, TX into the store locator and found one within 3 miles, in College Station on Harvey Rd. Does that sound familiar? I'm not sure if that's the right one or not. If you put Copperfield, TX in Target's store locator, it gives you an "incomplete information" error, so I'm not sure which Houston Target is the Copperfield one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) Got an email from TRU saying they don't have any idea when they're gonna be able to ship the MP Grimlock now. Along with this nice blurb at the end 30-Day Policy If the item(s) is not shipped by 08/27/2010 the item will be automatically cancelled and your credit card will not be charged, and/or your money will be refunded Edited July 28, 2010 by eugimon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Got an email from TRU saying they don't have any idea when they're gonna be able to ship the MP Grimlock now. Along with this nice blurb at the end 30-Day Policy If the item(s) is not shipped by 08/27/2010 the item will be automatically cancelled and your credit card will not be charged, and/or your money will be refunded Well you're obviously lying and making that up. A few people over at TFW shared that same email a few days ago and people were accusing them of fabricating it. Kind of a crappy policy to uphold when they keep pushing the release date back. Hopefully it doesn't result in people having to re-place their orders, espeically now that the price has been raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I'm not even sure what the hold up is. We know they were manufactured, and we've seen them in their packaging. I figured the first delay was because they wanted to hype it a little more at Comic Con, but now? Either they're going to start shipping out and turning up in local stores soon, or TRU found that the demand was way higher than anticipated and wants more manufactured first. Either way, buying one online (if it were even possible now) doesn't seem like a viable option at the moment. I'm just going to look for him on my thrice-weekly pilgrimages to my local TRU (where I'm still searching for Peg and Thrust... yeah, I'd order them from HTS at this point, but they're out of Peg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Well you're obviously lying and making that up. A few people over at TFW shared that same email a few days ago and people were accusing them of fabricating it. Kind of a crappy policy to uphold when they keep pushing the release date back. Hopefully it doesn't result in people having to re-place their orders, espeically now that the price has been raised. what is pretty shaddy is I had already received a confirmation email that my order had gone through. At this point I'm thinking they're going to cancel everyone's order that went through at the lower price point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 I'll keep an eye out for you guys. I've got the MP version so I don't have a need for this one. Peg and Thrust are hitting some Targets in full force around here. Hopefully that means they will be very easy for everyone to find soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Thanks, my kid's preschool is right next to a TRU so I'll see if I can grab some when they go on sale and make them available as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 *Pulls size 12 New Balance shoe out of mouth* Okay, guys, I didn't realize the acronym when I first read it, and it confused me. For the record, I do know that there are Toys 'R Us stores in the area. Yet another case where I embarass myself completely. Anyone can ask a question, but it takes someone with integrety to ask a stupid one and own up to how painfully obvious the answer is when it is given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Peg and Thrust are hitting some Targets in full force around here. Hopefully that means they will be very easy for everyone to find soon. I popped over to Target after dinner this evening. The Transformers at my Target used to be at the left end of the aisle, now they're at the right end. And a display that was previously Iron Man 2 stuff and later Toy Story 3 stuff is for Transformers now. The problem is, aside from a few Activators and one or two Power Core Combiners, they don't have anything. Just rows of empty pegs. Still, it's a positive sign that Target's ramping up for some new Transformer action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion One Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I checked the TRU inventory system and the Rialto (CA) DC has the MP Grimlock. The next shipment is due in the fiscal week 27 (next week) I would expect delivery to the east coast DC's and possibly the stores the following week. Due to the nature of the product they may wait until the next shipment is received before distributing the initial allotment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 So I grabbed Peg and Thrust earlier. Thrust is great, aside from being a Classics Seeker(I still think the base mold is pretty weak). I like the metallic plastic they used for the red. Unfortunately, MY Thrust has no eyes. They didn't paint them. At all. There's just indents above his cheeks. I HOPE this is a quality-control issue and not a case of "colors may vary" from the proto on the back of the box. Peg is an awesome mold. I like how his feet transform. His lower legs are pretty big, but I'm gont gonna complain that he isn't top-heavy. The rubber sword is nowhere near as bad as it could be. It's a little dinky, but not really that bad. ... Then he got some manga. He's been shouting something about Belldandy-sama for the last hour and swings that damn sword at me every time I get near him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhafabio Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 so is walmart going to get any grimlocks? i have access to a 10% discount which will help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Numerous reports of QC issues with Thrust's eyes---usually just 1 being painted, or paint on his forehead that was intended for his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 so is walmart going to get any grimlocks? i have access to a 10% discount which will help out. Nope, he's a TRU exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 MP Rodimus Prime prototype pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) Dumb question, but who is Peg? Edit: Why are you calling him Peg? Is that not Drift? Edited July 29, 2010 by Chewie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiotheforsaken Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Peg is like the MW name for Drift. I dont remember exactly how it came about, but I believe it was in one of the former transformers super threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Took me like 10 minutes on BBTS to find it because of that. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Good, looks like the wings on the hood do move so that he can be Hot Rod or Hot Rodimus. The article at seibertron.com says he is supposed to be Hot Rod but can combine with the trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) Took me like 10 minutes on BBTS to find it because of that. =\ Heh, I searched for "Peg" on Hasbro Toy Shop for a few minutes before remembering that it was just our silly fan name for Drift. It was VFTF1 that coined the name earlier in this thread. MP Rodimus Prime prototype pics. I like what I'm seeing there. I'm still not sure it's a Hot Rod/Rodimus combo though. He looks kind of like Hot Rod in bot mode but strictly like Rodimus in alt mode. If it does have the capability to turn into Hot Rod it would have to be a sort of Hot Rod/Rodimus hybrid look. I'd be fine with that, but I'd be fine with just Rodimus, too. I have to admit though, I have no interest in trailers that transform into bases. I really wish they would have shown him sans trailer... Edited July 29, 2010 by eriku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 THERE it is--got my TRU "30 days notice" for Grimlock. So much for being a birthday present... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Rodimus looks great in bot mode, but he's just always had a terrible alt mode. A lot of the movie/post-movie G1 TFs did. I'm still hoping we someday see MP Soundwave. An MP version of G2 Megatron would be pretty sweet, too. Still my favoruite version of the character (even if the toys he got back then were terrible). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoducks Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 That trailer looks like a perfect waste of plastic in my book; same as with the Fanprojects add on set for Hotrod. Wish they did like Optimus and have one without the trailer... who knows, maybe they will down the road. Too bad that on both products robot mode looks great. Since getting Classics Hot Rod and the add on set looks expensive I might go just for the MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 I think it still remains to be seen exactly how the cab will be on the MPRP. I wouldn't be surprised to see a cab that looks good with or without the trailer/camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It looks like a full car. If you look at the inner leg of bot mode you can see the other set of tires i think. So yes he is indeed a full car without the trailer......i hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 If this does turn out to be some magical Rodimus/Hot Rod toy that looks good in car mode, I'll be sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Then he got some manga. He's been shouting something about Belldandy-sama for the last hour and swings that damn sword at me every time I get near him. Weird, I would've had him pegged as a Naruto or even a Fruits Basket fan. MP Rodimus looks very promising. The trailer looks bigger than it should be in the rear, but that's just a minor quibble. I too am getting the vibe that Hot Rod is in there somewhere as kanedaestes pointed out. I also got Hasbro's 30 day notice email regarding MP Grimlock. I would definitely be peeved if my order ends up getting canned. Speaking of getting canned, did Evac (ROTF Blazemaster redeco) get cancelled? I thought he would've been on the shelves by now. I had plans of making it look like a Coast Guard heli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 So i figured out why the Rodimus MP seems off. The car canopy is too small. It's right for Rodiums prime, but not Hot Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD Blade Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 So i figured out why the Rodimus MP seems off. The car canopy is too small. It's right for Rodiums prime, but not Hot Rod It also looks mistransformed. The spoiler looks like it can be (and should have been) pushed forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Well, the latest pics show that it just might be a magical Hot Rod/Rodimus toy: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generation-1-1/clearer-pictures-of-masterpiece-rodimus-prime-170307/ That's a LOT of back kibble and hinges in robot mode. And the kibble does have a whole lot of Hot Rod's car-mode parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit For Natalie Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I for one am very happy. I've always liked the look of Hot Rod/Rodimus in both vehicle modes and robot mode. It looks like Rodimus' gun comes in parts, with Hot Rod's gun forming the base of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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