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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:If anyone is looking for Origins Bee, he is absolutely shelfwarming here. These have been here since before Christmas. which is a shame, he is a great toy

If he was to go on sale like Road Rage recently did for only $16 I would definitely buy a second Bee!

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Pretty much this ^

ZeroWolf wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Pretty much this ^

To add some details:

Target has multiple shipment and store holding options, and their availability varies by product and even store. As others note above, shipping comes from distribution centers, whether ship-to-home or ship-to-store. For some products and stores, you can order online and pick up in-store for products that are on their shelves, but they generally won't ship store-to-store or store-to-home. I'd actually asked in the past when there was a set available at a store pretty far from me.

So all that is to say, one way or another, someone probably did go into that store and buy those.

I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Certainly possible. If I was going to do toy arbitrage, I would go after retailer exclusives, but it's high risk and you might have to wait for years for the payoff.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Certainly possible. If I was going to do toy arbitrage, I would go after retailer exclusives, but it's high risk and you might have to wait for years for the payoff.

Which also makes this odd... SS86 Kup and BW Megatron have been available from most retailers.
Oh well... I guess it kind of clears out more space for Legacy figures, I suppose!

SS86 Cliff back on Pulse for those who can't find him. At 1PM for everyone. Now, for premium members.

Hello, here is a look at two upcoming Beast Wars mold redecos that will be released in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, so exclusively at Target, as far as we know. There is a to deco of Scorponok which does come with two different heads and a purple redeco of Waspinator said to be named Parasite. We know the toys are real and they are coming but we still await confirmation of the specific names used and the specific way they will be released though the rumour is both of these are in a four pack.

These screenshots come from a video review by prime vs Prime.

Without having seen the video and going by only these pics, it almost kinda looks like Scorponok's mutant head is a mask worn by the robot head. Is this the case, or are they definitely two separate heads that need to be attached and detached to be swapped out?

Great -- another exclusive set that will be impossible to find here (NYC)! Would be nice if the Target to eBay pipeline could be shut down. </rant>

With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

Sabrblade wrote:Without having seen the video and going by only these pics, it almost kinda looks like Scorponok's mutant head is a mask worn by the robot head. Is this the case, or are they definitely two separate heads that need to be attached and detached to be swapped out?

Going just by the photos, my guess is 2 separate heads. For the regular head the "jowls" or whatever has the yellow tips appear to hang down lower than the chin. On the mutant head, the "jowls" appear to be even with the bottom of the chin, so if it was a mask or helmet, I think we would see the yellow tips of the regular head peeking out from under.

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

These are both looking good, that Scorponok deco looks sooo much better than the retail one.

Rtron wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

To be fair though, the fact that both Scorponok heads are actually painted here does lead some credence to the fact that it may come with both intentionally. The Blackarachnia face/mask was unpainted.

Egads I wanted to not Luke that Scorpinok but tHt is such a better deco than the show one

Parasite looks cool enough, but that Scorponok, homina homina. I needs him!

Nemesis Primal wrote:These are both looking good, that Scorponok deco looks sooo much better than the retail one.

Rtron wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

To be fair though, the fact that both Scorponok heads are actually painted here does lead some credence to the fact that it may come with both intentionally. The Blackarachnia face/mask was unpainted.

That's what I was thinking, too - seems intentionally deco'd out for both heads, so I'd assume both heads being included is intentional. At least, my biggest hunch about this being a "thing" is due to SG Magnus.

As sub-par a figure as Kingdom Scorponok was, this Buzzworthy re-deco is actually kind of tempting because it's mostly black. And as everyone knows, everything is immediately cooler when it's done over in black. It looks more like a proper Emperor Scorpion in those colors..



Except for the red legs of course - but, those could be painted... hm.

I love these toy redecos. They’re really filling out the BW Season 1 characters. Sad that we’ll probably never get any Fuzors or Transmetals, but anything is possible in the future. (Still out here rooting for a real Pretender gimmick comeback) There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

On that note, a Packrat! Would love a little blue mousey guy.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

On that note, a Packrat! Would love a little blue mousey guy.

Also in due time.

Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

We already had rumors of a toy color Dinobot coming, right?

Dr. Caelus wrote:Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

The other two are Ransack and Goldbug.