I hate street dates

[dvandom]

I just dropped $375 in one day on Transformers, and didn't even get all the transforming toys, much less the various tie-in stuff. Normally, that would be spread out over several months, and wouldn't seem so bad.

Edit: Reviewed Cyber Slammer Barricade because I figured it'd be a quick one. :)

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[thandrak.livejournal.com]

Did you get Target Op?
I got the plushies today, and some other stuff... and $150 in car maintenance.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I got Robo-Vision Prime, yeah. Here's the list. In cases where I didn't get the whole set, it was by choice, not because something was already gone from the shelf.

Robot Heroes: All six sets that seem to be out
Real Gear Robots: All six
Cyber-Slammers: just Barricade
Deluxe: Swindle (the other six shipped from Amazon yesterday, finally)
Fast Attack Battlers: Starscream and Brawl
Optimash Prime
Voyagers: Blackout, Ratchet, Ironhide, Starscream, Robo-Vision Prime
Leader: Optimus Prime, Megatron
Voice-Changer helmet

See my sightings page (http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/movie.html) for all the movie stuff I saw but passed on. I might get Stratego later, might not.

Oh, BTW...my monthly car payment for Tribarrel is only $354. Ow. The last time I spent this much at a Target was when I bought a portable DVD player, and that was before they got cheap. And it's definitely the most I've spent on toys in a single sitting, EVER.

[5eh.livejournal.com]

omg, post pics!

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's a stack of boxes. What's to see? shortpacked has a pick of a stack of boxes that would be very similar. :) Or do you want pics of Barricade in specific?

[5eh.livejournal.com]

eeeeeeee!

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

Oy, you found a Leader Megatron? I hit up 7 stores today and all I saw were leader Primes, and I've already got him. I ended up ordering Leader MEgatron from HasbroToyShop with the free shipping option, so it was still cheaper than the 44.99 Target wants for the leader class. Can't wait for the review!

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Gonna be a bit of a wait...saving the Leaders for last, and there's a LOT of stack ahead of 'em, sorry.

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, take your time, I've got a decent haul of figures myself to keep me occupied until then! Although if you figure out how to get Megatron's arms to stay together in "fusion cannon" mode, let me know. I'm hoping to have figured it out by the time you get the review up, but you never know. I've got each of the actual movie chars (deluxe Bumblebee, Brawl, Barricade, Bonecrusher, Jazz, Voyager Ratchet, Ironhide, Starscream, Blackout, and Leader prime), so once Megatron gets here, it's just a matter of waiting for the '08 Bumblebee to be released and I'm done with toys for a good while. (It doesn't hurt that my Botcon set is paid for and will be showing up in the interim :)

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was the first person at Target yesterday morning. They had 3 Primes and 1 Megatron. I guess Leaders are 4/case?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

That, or they're 2/case, but wave 1 is all Prime and wave 1.5 is one of each. Early on, I was getting indications that there were no Megatrons at all in wave 1, but street dating tends to compress waves.

TF Stratego

[zqadams.livejournal.com]

...is the first thing on my list tomorrow (couldn't get a ride today, sadly). If I can get that and Ironhide, I'll be pretty darn happy.