Wal-Mart Black Friday PCC Combos Feature Hard to Find Later Wave Commanders
Saturday, November 19th, 2011 12:54AM CST
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As you already know one of the upcoming Black Friday specials will be $10.00 Power Core Combiner five-packs plus a two-pack combo for $10.00 at Wal-Mart, now we are happy to report these combos will feature some of those hard to come by later wave figures. Apparently some Wal-Marts have jumped the gun and already started stocking the sets. TFW2005's Magnus1701 found and purchased the combos seen below, which include Salvage, Undertow, and Skyhammer. The Allspark's ShinRa also reports finding a combo with Heavytread. Great news for those who never were able to track down the later wave Commander two-packs.
Image courtesy of Magnus1701:
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Posted by Megatron Wolf on November 19th, 2011 @ 2:54am CST
Posted by Autobot032 on November 19th, 2011 @ 4:26am CST
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Clamoring for Ultimate Optimus Prime? At Toys R Us the same deals and discounts, including 40% off the popular transformer figure, will also be available on Toysrus.com starting at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night. The toy giant is also offering free shipping on everything except furniture, video game consoles and gift cards.
Wow.
Posted by amtm on November 19th, 2011 @ 5:23am CST
That said, I will be hitting Five Below and Wal-mart tomorrow to see if they have stocked these things. If not, I'll just check the day after. Five Below is not exactly shopper central for Black Friday, and the PCCs aren't that important to me. The new molds are kinda neat, but the whole PCC concept is pretty lame. Who wants non-transforming "drones"? And giant blue squares on every limb?
Posted by --B-- on November 19th, 2011 @ 6:40am CST
El Duque wrote:As you already know one of the upcoming Black Friday specials will be $10.00 Power Core Combiner five-pack plus a two-pack combo for $10.00 at Wal-Mart, now we are happy to report these combos will feature some of those hard to come by later wave figures. Apparently some Wal-Marts have jumped the gun and already started stocking the sets. TFW2005's Magnus1701 found and purchased the combos seen below, which include Salvage, Undertow, and Skyhammer. The Allspark's ShinRa also reports finding a combo with Heavytread. Great news for those who never were able to track down the later wave Commander two-packs.
Image courtesy of Magnus1701:
I already plan on going to Target to get something for the boys, but I will stop into my Walmart to see if they have any of these sets left. It's a great deal.
Posted by Stellerwolf on November 19th, 2011 @ 3:35pm CST
Posted by adamassc on November 19th, 2011 @ 4:37pm CST
Posted by --B-- on November 20th, 2011 @ 6:25pm CST
Damn. The Exton scapler strikes again. At least he/she didn't steal these, or buy and return with something else in it's place. I only wanted to snag one or two.
Posted by Jiah on November 20th, 2011 @ 7:32pm CST
In my store, there won't be a line for the Transformers (or so they think) mainly because they don't see it as a hot item, so I believe they will just put out they toys in the toy section instead of lined off in their own stack, and apparently my Walmart has about 100 of these packs.... Also an employee told me about a Black Friday floor map. Hope this info helps, I'll try to find out more.
Posted by kirbenvost on November 22nd, 2011 @ 3:29pm CST
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=8007
Pretty lame so far though, I'm assuming there will be more widespread discounts as the weekend approaches.
Sneaky buggers raised the price on the ONE item I wanted though, 2010 Primus, now $129.99 instead of $109.99. I only hope this is in anticipation of further price reduction, otherwise I may need to take my purchase elsewhere...
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on November 22nd, 2011 @ 4:05pm CST
Posted by amtm on November 25th, 2011 @ 12:05pm CST
This morning I happened to wake up early, as I went to sleep early last night. I figured what the hay, I might as well swing by Five Below in Laurel, MD to see if they have Windcharger.
Indeed they did--about 6 or 7 of them. They weren't in the normal toy aisle, though, but rather by the counter--had I not asked an employee where to find Transformers I wouldn't have seen them. I also bought Chopsaw for kicks.
Wal-Mart in Laurel was also not very crowded, and most of the registers, unlike usual, were staffed. I found PCC Grimstone packaged with Undertow and bought that. The combinations vary so you could find any 5-pack with any 2-pack, and you'll need to sort through them to find what you want.
I then hit Target in Columbia and found Voyager Cannon Force Ironhide, Megatron, and Sentinel Prime for $10 each, so I bought those. Don't think I'll be keeping Sentinel but I figured I could trade for something later.
I also hit Wal-Mart in Columbia, and found nothing of interest there, except a leftover ROTF Long Haul, which I bought. It was clearance-priced on the tag, but not in the system, so I had to wait a few minutes for the clerk to get approval from a manager to give me the clearance price.
I stopped at Toys R Us and saw they had DOTM Ultimate Optimus for $47.99--best price I've seen anywhere so far--but I passed on that since I really don't dig it.
And somewhere in there I hit Ross and bought RTS Wreck-Gar and Tracks and HFTD Leader Starscream.
All in all, not a bad haul.
And I was pleasantly surprised to find traffic was light and parking was easy. You'd never know there were lines the night before. So that says to me that as retailers have responded to the Black Friday rush by opening earlier and earlier and now Thanksgiving night, the best time to go is really early Friday morning, so you don't have to deal with the madhouse. Yes, you might miss some deals, but I've noticed that most of the really marked down stuff is crap no one wanted before anyway. So it's just a way for the retailers to make people think they're getting a good deal and get rid of all the stuff they couldn't sell before.
Posted by RodimalToyota on November 25th, 2011 @ 12:30pm CST
So I don't think he's become less hard to find.
Posted by amtm on November 25th, 2011 @ 2:39pm CST
RodimalToyota wrote:Out of 4 Walmarts, with about 100 of each of the 10$ deal PCC packs, I found one heavy tread.
So I don't think he's become less hard to find.
Good point. I completely forget Heavy Tread existed--never seen him once anywhere, and today I didn't see him at either Wal-Mart I visited.
Posted by Kung Fu Man on November 25th, 2011 @ 5:08pm CST
One of the best win-wins of my day.
Posted by Jiah on November 25th, 2011 @ 5:15pm CST
Posted by NTESHFT on November 25th, 2011 @ 6:08pm CST
Posted by kirbenvost on November 25th, 2011 @ 6:36pm CST
Posted by Erailea on November 25th, 2011 @ 8:27pm CST
I don't really own it yet though <.< Handed it off to my folks to give me for x-mas after I got home. Figured $10 would be two gifts for me. Saves them some money and saves my mum some hassle. She never really knows what to get any of us young-ins anymore now that we're all grown up (it's much easier when you're a little kid... in fact I found it much more difficult deciding what *not* to buy my 2 year old niece. Lol). And I finally found out why she refuses to buy me Transformers, so aptly said by my dad - "I don't know what Former-Trans to buy you, you have them all." Lol. If only I did own them all xD
Posted by Jiah on November 25th, 2011 @ 10:00pm CST
Posted by smartguy2536 on November 25th, 2011 @ 10:26pm CST
Were they even in the toy section?
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on November 25th, 2011 @ 10:39pm CST
smartguy2536 wrote:Where exactly were the PCC's? I couldn't find them ANYWHERE in 3 different walmarts
Were they even in the toy section?
The local walmarts here had all the sale merchandise including the pcc's in the middle aisles shrink wrapped until 10. They may or may not have been near the toys.
Posted by Erailea on November 25th, 2011 @ 10:39pm CST
smartguy2536 wrote:Where exactly were the PCC's? I couldn't find them ANYWHERE in 3 different walmarts
Were they even in the toy section?
No, not in mine anyway. I have a super walmart, so I found my PCC's on the "toy" end (the other end being food) just as you enter the door. They were where the holiday stuff (like Halloween costumes, Easter items, etc) are usually placed.
I'm sure every Walmart had it's own set up, but none of the Black Friday toy deals in mine (that I noticed) were in the toy section. Near it, but not in it.
Posted by Jiah on November 26th, 2011 @ 10:41am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 26th, 2011 @ 10:48am CST
Jiah wrote:My Walmart still has a bunch left, I'm willing to get some Grimstones or Steamhammer for those who want one.
Have you seen what figures they come with?
Posted by Jiah on November 26th, 2011 @ 10:52am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 26th, 2011 @ 11:02am CST
Jiah wrote:Steahammer had just Sledge, I say Grimstones with Icepick, Undertow, Sledge, and Skyhammer. There was one Stakeout and protectobots with salvage.
Undertow is a big surprise here, so is Skyhammer. I just need those and Grimstone, the rest of that list I already have.
May I add Sledge looks wonderful with the Constructicons?
Posted by Jiah on November 26th, 2011 @ 11:06am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 26th, 2011 @ 11:20am CST
Posted by funeralthirst7 on November 27th, 2011 @ 11:19am CST
Walmart had all of the hard to find PCC figures. I have an Undertow and Stakeout, both in the package if anybody wants them.