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With 2003's [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' toyline]], Walmart got quite a few exclusives, and most of them ended up [[shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] real bad, especially | With 2003's [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' toyline]], Walmart got quite a few exclusives, and most of them ended up [[shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] real bad, especially with of some of the prior line's exclusives being released around the same time. This had a knock-on effect, as Walmart scaled back the following year. | ||
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Revision as of 08:51, 24 January 2023
Walmart (previously spelled Wal-Mart until 2008) is one of the biggest discount department store chains in the United States, with branches in many other countries.
Over the years, they have carried a lot of exclusive Transformers toys, in addition to the regular mass retail releases.
Walmart employees are also often accused of not really caring about what they sell in addition to a lax return policy, making Walmart one of the main victims of toy swapping.
Walmart is also the parent company of Sam's Club.
Fiction
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
The Transformers Trilogy
During a battle against Bumblebee and Prowl, Bonecrusher crashed through a Wal-Mart in Las Vegas. Hardwired
Walmart exclusive toys
- Ultra Magnus with Ironhide
- Optimus Prime with Prowl
- Opposites Attack
(Excellion vs. Thundercracker) - Search for the Pirate Moon
(Downshift vs. Cannonball) - Red Alert with Dirt Boss
- Landmine with Dirt Boss
- Thundercracker with Downshift
- Dirt Boss with Downshift
- Hot Shot with Mirage
- Override with Mirage
- Cybertron Primus with Bonus Mini-Cons:
Primus was unchanged from his single release. Likewise, the Mini-Cons were unchanged from the Classics Mini-Cons Strongarm, Dirt Rocket, Knockdown and Thunderwing, respectively.
- Constructicon Devastator giftset, contains:
- Masterpiece Starscream
- Protoform Optimus Prime with poster
- Protoform Starscream with poster
- Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter two-pack
- "Leader for the Ages" two-pack, contains:
2007 Optimus Prime is the Fast Action Battlers, "1984" Optimus Prime is the one from the Classics "Ultimate Battle" two-pack.
- Optimus Prime Blaster (redeco of Energon role-play weapon)
- Jolt
- Big Daddy
- Divebomb
- Grindcore
- Decepticon Fracture
- Breakaway
- Crankcase
- Mass Media Battle two-pack, contains:
- Robo Recon Team two-pack, contains:
- Brain Scrambler Team two-pack, contains:
These Real Gear Robots were all identical to their single releases.
- Robot Replicas Megatron vs. Optimus Prime (battle damaged redecos)
- Optimus Prime Voice Changer Bonus Pack with T.E.C.H. Digital Dagger
- Ultimate Bumblebee with "Bonus Value" Scorponok & Decepticon Brawl
- Cyber Stompin' Optimus Prime with Bonus Cyber Slammers Bumblebee
- Cyber Stompin' Bumblebee with Bonus Cyber Slammers Barricade
- "The Legacy of Bumblebee" three-pack, contains:
- "Decepticon Sneak Attack" five-pack (Robot Heroes), contains:
- "G1" Mirage (hologram deco)
- "G1" Cliffjumper
- "G1" Optimus Prime (supermetal finish)
- "G1" Skywarp
- "G1" Megatron (supermetal finish)
- "The Finale Battle" five-pack (Robot Heroes), contains:
- Hardhead
- Powerglide (red redeco)
- Skyfall
- Masterpiece Skywarp
- War of the Waves (Air Raid vs. Storm Surge) (Cybertron Series)
- The Data War (Clocker vs. Hardtop) (Cybertron Series)
- "The Revenge of Blackarachnia" two-pack, contains:
- "Battle in Space" two-pack, contains:
- Skywarp
- Ramjet
- "The Fury of Fearswoop" three-pack, contains:
- Blowpipe vs. Sideways
- Optimus Prime (Leader Class) with "Bonus Value" Deluxe Class Autobot Camshaft
- Megatron (Leader Class) with "Bonus Value" Deluxe Class Autobot Camshaft
- Beachcomber vs. Deadlift
- Slap Dash vs. Deadlift
- Devastator Legends-class seven-pack.
- "Bombing Run Battle" two-pack, contains:
- "Desert Ruins brawl" two-pack, contains:
- Decepticon Brawl (Deluxe Class)
- Jolt (Legends Class)
- "Starscream's Assault" two-pack, contains:
- Starscream (Voyager Class)
- Mudflap (Deluxe Class)
- "The Fury Of Bonecrusher" two-pack, contains:
- Ironhide (Voyager Class)
- Bonecrusher (Deluxe Class)
- Power Core Combiners Special Value Offer
- After most stores had long gotten rid of Power Core Combiners (and a few waves of product virtually never hit normal retail shelves), Walmart put out these bonus packs of a 5-piece combiner team with a two-pack taped to the side... all for the whopping price of ten dollars. TEN DOLLARS. These were placed mostly on pallets pretty much wherever there was room in the aisle. There does not appear to be any particular order to who got packed with what, but reported combinations include:
5-pack 2-pack Crankcase with Destrons Salvage with Bomb-Burst
Skyhammer with Airlift
Sledge with Throttler
Undertow with WaterlogDouble Clutch with Rallybots Huffer with Caliburst
Salvage with Bomb-Burst
Steelshot with Beacon
Undertow with Waterlog
Windburn with DarkrayGrimstone with Dinobots Icepick with Chainclaw
Leadfoot with Pinpoint
Salvage with Bomb-Burst
Skyhammer with Airlift
Undertow with WaterlogMudslinger with Destructicons Darkstream with Razorbeam
Icepick with Chainclaw
Searchlight with Backwind
Smolder with Chopster
Skyhammer with AirliftOver-Run with Stunticons Salvage with Bomb-Burst
Sledge with Throttler
Steelshot with BeaconStakeout with Protectobots Heavytread with Groundspike
Huffer with Caliburst
Searchlight with Backwind
Skyhammer with AirliftSteamhammer with Constructions Heavytread with Groundspike
Icepick with Chainclaw
Leadfoot with Pinpoint
Salvage with Bomb-Burst
Sledge with Throttler
Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus - Bumblebee
- Sideswipe
- Optimus Prime
- Optimus Prime and Comettor
- "Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus" 3-pack contains:
- "Battle in the Moonlight" 3-pack contains:
- "Ultimate Gift Set" 5-pack contains:
- Lunarfire Optimus Prime
- Track Battle Roadbuster
- Bonus Value pack
- Leader-class Bumblebee
- Deluxe-class Starscream
- One-Step Turbo Changer Autobots Unite 2-Pack (includes Bumblebee and Hot Rod)
- Mission To Cybertron Legion Class 2-Packs
- Bumblebee and Hot Rod
- Optimus Prime and Ravenspar
- Megatron and Berserker
- Flip and Change Bumblebee
- Flip and Change Hot Rod
- Legion Class Hot Rod
- Deluxe Class Hot Rod
- Bumblebee (w/ show-accurate face)
- Outback
- Swerve
- Tailgate
- Hot Rod
- Starscream (w/ Megatron gun)
- Devastator (giftset)
- Gears
- Warpath
- Optimus Prime (w/ two blasters, w/o trailer)
- Soundwave & Condor Cassette: Buzzsaw
- Astrotrain
- Blaster
- Chromia
- Autobot Hound
- Decepticon Mirage
- Scrapface
- Sideswipe
- Hotlink
(w/ Heatstroke and Heartburn) - Megatron
(w/ Captive Lionizer and Captive Pinpointer) - Spoiler Pack:
- Bumblebee
- Autobot Elita-1
- Autobot Impactor
- Red Alert
- Wheeljack
- Optimus Prime
(w/ Enerax and Sheeldron) - Soundwave
(w/ Ravage and Laserbeak) - Spoiler Pack:
- Cheetor
- Deep Cover
- Deseeus Army Drone
- Sparkless Bot
- Optimus Primal
(w/ Rattrap) - Sparkless Seeker
(w/ Sparkless Caliburst and Sparkless Singe) - Spoiler Pack:
- Buzzsaw
- Autobot Nightprowler
- Predacon Sandstorm
- Blurr
- Diaclone Universe Burn Out
- Diaclone Universe Clampdown
- Autobot Cosmos
- Cybertron Universe Override
- Road Hauler
- G2 Universe Road Rocket
- Robots in Disguise 2000
Universe Scourge - Decepticon Crasher
- G2 Universe Shadowstrip
- Autobot Hot Rod
- Victory Universe Galaxy Shuttle
- Transformers movie DVD with exclusive bonus DVD Beginnings
- To commemorate their exclusive release of Revenge of the Fallen, Walmart issued a foil gift card with Bumblebee on it. Included with it was a four piece cardboard figure of Bumblebee.
- Leatherhide vs. Blackarachnia (Halloween Horrorcons)
- Nightprowler vs. Waspinator (Halloween Horrorcons)
- Piranhaking giftset, contains:
This set of "Piranhacons" was originally intended for the Universe line, but Walmart had later asked Hasbro to release it in Energon packaging instead before backing out of the deal altogether. Eventually, the toys, now named "Seacons" again, were released via the Transformers Collectors' Club in 2008.
- Leader Class Sentinel Prime and Bonus Value Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee
- A 2009 television ad for Walmart's "Cyber Week" deals featured two moms discussing the "Revenge of the Fallen Ramjet Raptor" figure available at Walmart, only to be interrupted by a "nerd" who gleefully informs them that the "Ramjet raptor figure was added to the Transformers family in 2009," although he personally prefers Skywarp.
- God dammit. We're totally the new Trekkies, aren't we?
- For the 2011 release of Dark of the Moon, Walmart had exclusive retailer rights to use Sentinel Prime in their signage and marketing as part of their "Power of the Primes" campaign.[1]
- ↑ "The Power of Partnership." Walmart World Jun. 2011: 13
- Official Walmart website
- Walmart at Wikipedia
Beast Wars
Beast Wars didn't just have Walmart's first Transformers exclusive, but the first Transformers store exclusive period in the US in roughly a decade.
| Deluxe Class |
Robots in Disguise (2001)
The unexpected level of success 2001's Robots in Disguise line enjoyed meant Hasbro suddenly found themselves putting out quite a lot of exclusives to meet demand. Walmart would more or less have the lion's share of these through this line and the next several years.
Curiously, the "urban camo" Ruination set and yellow Black Friday (event) Landfill sets came out in the packaging style of the Armada toyline, but still labeled as part of Robots in Disguise. A few other stores got exclusives like this, and it only gets weirder in the next section....
| Mega Class | Ultra Class | Autobots Multi-Pack |
Dinobots
A very strange sub-line, Dinobots had Armada style packaging, complete with character "card" stickers, but was seemingly its own disconnected thing, with no fiction attached. Still, it brought US fans two molds that had previously only been available by importing them from Japan.
| Two-packs |
Universe (2003)
With 2003's Universe toyline, Walmart got quite a few exclusives, and most of them ended up shelfwarming real bad, especially with of some of the prior line's exclusives being released around the same time. This had a knock-on effect, as Walmart scaled back the following year.
| Spychanger 2-packs
|
Deluxe Class | Deluxe + Mini-Cons | Ultra Class | |||
| Deluxe 2-packs
|
Unicron Trilogy toylines
Energon
After the glut of exclusives from the prior lines, Walmart's Energon exclusive output wasn't so much scaled back as almost obliterated. The two Mini-Con multi-packs, consisting of unchanged versions of regular-release toys, were a "shared" exclusive with Toys"R"Us, and the combiner set was outright canceled (but revived many years later through the Transformers Collectors' Club).
| Mini-Con Team 2-packs | Ultra Class (canceled/used later) |
Despite the name on the packaging, the "Road Wrecker Team" actually used the toys' original Destruction Team colors.
The Deluxe Class toys were unchanged from their single releases. The Mini-Cons were available in one deco, each with two different Deluxes, and came with a Tiny Tin.
These two toys were identical to their mass retail releases. The only thing "exclusive" to Walmart is the addition of a poster, which is advertised on the packaging.
These toys were also identical to their single releases.
These role-play accessories were identical to their single releases.
These two-packs contain unchanged versions of the Scout Class toys from the 2007 Movie toyline of the same name, which were available exclusively at Target stores in the USA, and (at least some of them) as mass releases in Europe. The Universe two-pack versions were also found at Walmart-owned Asda stores in the United Kingdom and at Target stores in Australia.
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List of non-toy Walmart exclusives
Movie (2007)
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Unreleased toys
Over the years, some toys that were originally intended as Walmart exclusives were ultimately never released. In some cases, they were ultimately made available through other venues instead.
This giftset would have contained a Dark of the Moon Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee figure and a Dark of the Moon Leader Class Sentinel Prime figure. They would have been unchanged from their individual releases. The existence of this unreleased set was revealed by an eBay auction after the DOTM toyline was effectively over.
