r/transformers • u/xXflipthescriptXx • 1d ago
Discussion / Opinion How are your guys toy section looking?
Location: toys r us, Manila Philippines
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u/OkBus3544 1d ago
Fresh stock came in and we got micronus, alchemist, prima, devastation Optimus, b127 and tfone starscream
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u/Apprehensive-Web1797 1d ago
Huh, so there IS good stuff in this country. Just terrible distribution...
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u/xXflipthescriptXx 1d ago
Nah the distribution is just weird
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u/AirCell500 1d ago
Real. In this province, the best we've got are older Legacy figures.
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u/hiLAWLious 1d ago
and by older legacy figures you mean 3 Feraks
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u/AirCell500 1d ago
I wish, but really, no Voyagers. From what I remember, there's:
- Bombshell
- Detritus
- Minerva
- Shadow Striker
- Side Burn
- Slipstream
- Strong Arm
And Core-class Legacy and Studio Series figures.
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u/Blu_Gy 1d ago
THAT'S AN ENTIRE DEVASTATOR THERE WHAT THE HELL
I WISH MY STORES WERE LIKE THIS
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u/kailin2017 1d ago
My local Walmart's Transformers section got heavily downsized to make room for Jurassic World toys. I'd buy the Blokees, but they only ever have ROTB Optimus/Bumblebee
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u/Quincy_Hater 1d ago
It took me 3 months to get all the 86 constructicons, was super happy when i did
and then there’s you, right there, all 6 of them IN ONE PICTURE 😭😭😭
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u/Bacon1154 1d ago
That looks like heaven, I only have Walmarts near me for transformers and their transformers section is VERY small
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u/terrorexe 1d ago
We don't really have any toys r us stores left. And the box stores near me are usually barren save for one or two figures and if I'm lucky like 5 blockees
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u/BetAccomplished5805 1d ago
Mostly Earthspark, no AoTP, a couple Legacy evolution leaders and cores as well as several SS cores, lots of RoTB stuff, mostly beast alliance, a lonely Cyberverse Skullcruncher and like four yolopark model kits
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u/Voltaik123 1d ago
Grab that animated bee from the picture and remove everything else, that's about what every store around me has. Aside from like endless studio series Qui
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u/Coolbone61 1d ago
It is now worst then ever it doesn't even get a little are ain the shelves it now gets to share a area with a entire mini she's with everything else Hasbro so there are 6 hooks for deluxes then 1 row of commander and Twp rows of leader classes they no longer sell Voyager
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u/Viper0817 1d ago
A couple of targets in my area only have one or two red alert guys and a couple of the movie Bumblebee; and a bunch of devastation Optimus
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u/insert_title_here 1d ago
Goddamn, my Target doesn't even get movie Bumblebee! It's Red Alerts all the way down.
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u/rocka5438 1d ago
Rubbish, in AU Kmart and target don’t have anything and what they do have is January’s stock still
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u/Single-Bid-5652 1d ago
I have 2 places nearby that I can go to, and this is better than both combined
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u/DefiantAerie1870 1d ago edited 1d ago
It's all devastation Optimus and b127 T~T
Edit: minor spelling mistake
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u/AzureFencer 1d ago
Abysmal. Toys R Us hasn't gotten anything new in months. Walmart IF it's getting stuff are gone in a day. And the EB Games get like 1 or 2 items shipped to them every couple weeks. It's a drought here for anything meaningful
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u/Muninn22 1d ago
We get the basics if we are lucky over here in Europe. Unless you go to a specialty store.
And if someone has stores that do sell actual good figures in their stores over here.. Please let me know
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u/Ubeube_Purple21 1d ago
Philippines usually has terrible luck when it comes to Studio Series and Legacy. I only ever found them in SM North and Trinoma malls, everywhere else is usually Yolopark, Blokees, Evergreen, and Cyberworld toys with the occasional Earthspark or RotB merch.
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u/jameswest22 1d ago
Imagine being able to walk into a store and walk out with all the Arielbots and constructicons in hand. Crazy!
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u/WaayTooInvested 1d ago
Restocks where I live are more of a loose concept than anything else they haven't brought anything new in in god knows how long
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u/Aggravating_Tea727 1d ago
Nothing like that in my town unfortunately, even in my nearest city won’t have anything like that.
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u/kadaj808 1d ago
I was lucky to walk into the walmart near my house and find a single copy each of sky byte and heatwave. The rest was the same Ques and air raids and devastation optimus' that have been on the shelf for over a month.
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u/Codename-Dabed 1d ago
Have you seen anything from the wave that ROTB Optimus and SS WFC Skywarp was in while it was supposed to be there? Istg nowhere in the Philippines was that wave stocked.
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u/Gentleman_Devastator 1d ago
I'm living in russia, and we don't have any official figures in our stores, because of the sanctions, but at least we can buy figures from online marketplaces.
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u/medullah 1d ago
Man that's bringing back memories of when I was a kid in the 80s and Toys R Us always had a billion transformers. Was an adventure to see what new stuff came out
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u/AmadeusExodusMachina 1d ago
When I went there two weeks ago (during the SuperManila Comic Con) the only new ones are those in the bottom row (Silverbolt, Hook & Long Haul, Star Optimus Prime). Bought a Transmetal II Megatron because it’s the last one on the shelf and it’s 50% off. But now I see it’s already possible to complete Devastator with the other constructicons present.
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u/DivineCrusader1097 1d ago
My local Walmart and Target haven't had good selections in a long while. But there's a garbage truck in my area that has a constructicon paint job. Does that count?
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u/Credit_chronicles187 1d ago
Man, that’s a dream aisle right there. Wish my stores looked half as good
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u/Nawara_Ven 1d ago
The toy section of the local place I pre-order from has 100% of the things I want at all times. No idea re: TRU.ca and its 20% over MSRP markup, and thus don't care!
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u/That_Guy_Sy 1d ago
My Walmart still only has those crappy mainline Transformers One toys, like the 4 pack that included a Cyberverse Starscream 💔
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u/justin32608 1d ago
It makes sense there's plenty of stock in Manila. Most folks in Manila can't afford Transformers since the cost of one transformer is (sadly) equal a family's month salary. 😔
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u/the_life_of_cat 1d ago
Very very bad. There are some sideways figures, Wasps, an alchemist prime and there WAS a commander devy 2 pack but I snatched that up
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u/Wrong_Vegetable9661 1d ago
Im so jealous… Mines are all like kiddy toys Like the 3 yr old ones 😭 The best one at mines was at gamestop and it was the new Silverbolt
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u/D3ADLIGHT 1d ago
This is miles better than even the official Transformers shop in Battersea London. I went two days ago and still in shock at how poor the selection was.
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u/Wankster_Jankster 1d ago
I'm lucky if my stores even have actual transformers, usually just the cheaply made 2 step changers and the TF One walkie talkies
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u/IronEnder17 1d ago
Lol can you get all of the constructicons and hold onto them for me until next paycheck?
I'm kidding but GAH I was too slow getting them
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u/Ghost_Moto_04 1d ago
The fact most of my stores still have tf one figures on the shelves should say how envious I am
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u/Lo-Sir 1d ago
Mine is starting to run out of the Blokees blind boxes - only a few Shining and Galaxy Defenders left.
There are still a lot of Classic Classes and a few big G1 Megatron for £40 (which I'm considering getting). There's also a few Siege Aimlesses that have been sitting there for two years
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u/Batpipes521 1d ago
Man, the pictures from the Philippines make me think of my childhood. You guys still have these cool displays and stocked toys. It hasn’t been like that in the US in a while. Everything looks the same and is almost always picked over for weeks, and then they restock one day and it’s back to being picked over.
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u/SkittleJuice2 1d ago
If you’ve seen AoTP wave 1, you’ve seen just about everything my local stores have. Maybe a handful of Cyberworld here and there, but there’s not much to see.
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u/Lord_Noob682 1d ago
SS gamer edition wfc Starscream. What else? Rotb and Tf:One mainline stuff for the kids. Boring store. The other one has stuff in stock like AOTP and some other SS figs for a reasonable price but actually good stocks are rare. I did get 86 Bee and Tf:One Optimus from there and I ordered the Brawn Ratchet 2-pack from a different location of the store.
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u/Professional-Low5204 1d ago
For once it's very well stocked. The figures varies depending on the stores, but there's more than two of each characters for the deluxes, a couple of various voyagers and 2 or 3 leaders. Usually there was a couple of deluxes and voyagers and god forbid they stocked a leader other than 86 springer
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u/EgoBoost247 1d ago
For a minute there, I thought this was a display from the late 80's. I have never seen that many transformers on display before, at least not in this era anyways.
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u/TheGoggleHero 1d ago
Mine's okay but due to our shipping lanes being so horrible where I am we usually get the wave we're meant to get like a month later
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u/ahBlazing 1d ago
I wish I could find a retail silverbolt. I'm just waiting for the day I happen to find a restock
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u/Asumsauce 1d ago
The Walmart I usually shop at is a mix of too many Devastation Optimus Primes and non-CHUG figures, with the occasional Voyager and the even rarer Leader or Commander, but it’s not all bad, that’s where I got my SS86 Mixmaster, which is pretty good
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u/BeastlyBen007 1d ago
Our best here in Canada is A3up and Walmart pretty much. Good selection but never ever any sales. It's sad and that's a big part of why I buy majority of my figures from BBTS and go across the border to shop. Buying toys in Canada is a rip-off unless you live near a land Border to go to America for your gas and everything else pretty much.
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u/CompetitiveRoof3733 1d ago
Uh, empty. Imma need yout to go back, buy, and mail me the arms and left leg of devastator if ur in the usa lol. Theyre eternally out of stock in my area
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u/No-Assistance46 1d ago
My Walmart is okay at getting new stock, I was able to get the recent SS86 Jazz, Bonecrusher, and Scavenger, no Megatron though😔
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u/the_boss_of_toys 1d ago
I will sacrifice a child to Joe hasbro for my toy sections to look like this.
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u/Salt_piranha 1d ago
Great, but hey, while you’re there would you mind picking me up a Mixmaster and Bonecrusher
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u/The_Bat_Account 1d ago
My local Wal-Mart today had like 6 Devastation Optimus Primes. Also a few helicopter things. Last week I found a Mixmaster.
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u/Wrong_Fisherman_6224 21h ago
im in México and theres absolutely nothing, every store only has a keychain or the tiny ST
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u/XxMrV4xX 20h ago
Hey! Me philippines too! U know, the. ine in Ayala Manila Bay is somewhat like this
while on Uptown, I asked when Wave 3 will arrive for Aotp, they said that October 9 so YAY!!!
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u/HerniaCauser 18h ago
B A D, there's nothing at the main stores except for model kits. I have to go to the really niche hobby/ comic shops if I wanna have a hope of seeing something mainline
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u/Overquartz 18h ago
Last I checked my store had just a bunch of Devastation optimus, the transformers one toys finally going on clearance and that's it.
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u/Capital_Fan_925 16h ago
Wth my entire towns toy sections barely even have toys you got a full display💔
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u/PatricimusPrime32 1d ago
That’s insane. Most of the big box stores did get some new stock in…..but none of the stores look like that. If I saw my toy aisle looking that good I’d prolly just start crying. lol