Talk:Shelfwarmer

Real Gears move O.K. in my neck of the woods.

Signal flare and Offshoot however, despite their awesomeness, lasted for years.Chiasaur11 03:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not sure the entire Real Gear line could be lumped in as "pegwarmers". I know there's some give and take depending on where you're located, but it's not like there's pegs and pegs of these things just sittin' around for months on end... -- Repowers 03:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

...well, there are everyplace I've looked since July. I guess it is a regional difference, but if so it's a very stark and extreme one.--Thylacine 2000 13:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd say Signal Flare and Offshoot should replace the Real Gears. The Real Gears are moving well, I haven't seen Meantime and the gorilla game controller since I picked up my own. Signal Flare and Offshoot were hanging around well into 2006. --Detour 04:11, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah the way things went over the summer, I don't think one can objectively call any of the movie toyline "shelfwarmers" in the truest sense. At least in the case of the actual transforming toys rather than all the tie-in merchandise, nearly every store has had trouble keeping them on the shelves.--Rosicrucian 04:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Power-Up is the only RGR who I'd say would qualify as a shelfwarmer. Everyone eles moved and moved well... and I've hit a LOT of stores in a fair few states since the movei-line launch. --M Sipher 13:26, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Swindle and Bonecrusher in Germany. Seriously. I know I might sound like a broken record, but these fuckers are STILL warming the pegs in half a dozen stores I visited over the past few weeks, and that's more than three months after the two of them first came out. One TRU store even still has TWO ENTIRE SHELVES full of them.--Nevermore 19:57, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Supreme Cheetor and Alternators Swindle should be added to this page, I think. Also, I don't know if it was only my area that was like this, but the stores in my area were LOADED with Drill Bit and Manterror for years, even after Beast Machines was on the shelves and even after Transquito and BW Scavenger finally vanished. Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart (ESPECIALLY K-Mart), even the GROCERY STORES had these guys flooding the shelves for years. They made it hard to get early Beast Machines toys until the stores finally decided to take them off the shelves. C.V. Reynolds 11:15, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, excuse me. I should tried to make my comment actually make some... sense. Yes, Drill Bit and Manterror were on the shelves all through the remainder of Beast Wars, but they didn't cause as much trouble as I made out. Some of the stores were giving more space to Transformers at the time, after all. It did briefly seem like Drill Bit and Manterror were disappearing at one point, but they returned in full before Beast Machines. I believe that the stores may have wanted to take one more try to clear their inventory of an ending line, and put out their remaining shelfwarmers in hopes they might actually sell. Much like in the case of the Fuzors, clearance failed to work for these guys as well. Still don't know if any other places were flooded with Drill Bit or Manterror, though. 71.243.235.10 11:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC) It logged me out while I was typing my message for some reason, so I'm re-signing. Sorry about that. C.V. Reynolds 11:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

As a random aside, and possibly an isolated case, but I remember as late as... I dunno, but the first waves of Toy Biz Marvel Heroes were out, there were still reasonable piles of Insecticons at some toy stores in the Atlanta area. (Specifically, at a Lionel Toy World near my childhood home - I found them while looking for the first Toy-Biz Daredevil, shoulda bought 'em). -hx 02:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

This might be pointless to ask, but can we get some verification on the shelfwarmer/pegwarmer status of some of these toys, especially Transformers Movie Stockade? I can verify as a personal eyewitness that Movie version Payload is a pegwarmer (my local Wal-Mart store has about two or three pegs filled with nothing but Payload). However, I've only seen Stockade from time to time, so he seems to be quite popular in my area. - Zadok Rox 02:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Current (April 2009) shelfwarmers...

The TRU exclusive Mudflap should probably be mentioned, a shelfwarming redeco of a shelfwarmer. Who's bright idea was this? Also, is it just my area that seems to have unlimited numbers of original deco Animated Lugnuts? Khajidha 21:35, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

It's July and ROTF is out (obviously). Try buying a Voyager Movie 2 anything that isn't fucking Demolishor. I checked pretty much every toyshop worth looking at in London, and only once managed to find Starscream (or indeed anything that wasn't Demolishor).

That's London as in the largest city in the UK. Yeah. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.154.60.137 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 15 July 2009.

Demolishor certainly seems to be around in greater numbers than most other Voyagers here in San Antonio, but I still see a fair number of Starscreams and Stratospheres, a few Megatrons, and sometimes some Optimus Primes. The Fallen and Mixmaster have also shown up, but haven't been refreshed on the shelves as often, at least at the Wal-Marts and Targets to which I've had time to go.

The point is, while Demolishor may indeed turn out to be shelfwarmer, your local Voyager availability status alone isn't enough to judge. Your situation is regrettable, but not necessarily representative of the situation anywhere beyond London, or at least whatever falls within your definition of "toyshop[s] worth looking at in London".

Oh—and please don't forget to sign your talk page posts. Click the signature button (second from the right) above the edit window, or type four tildes (~~~~).--Apcog 18:19, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

as for August 2009...

While the fifth wave of Animated STILL haven't reached Poland, there's LOTS AND PLENTY of Jazzes, Oil-Slicks (seriously, who would want this guy...?), Snarls (same here - but Swoops have vanished!) and Soundwaves lying around. Damn, they even started to cut these Deluxes' prices by half in some markets. ...but try buying first wave's Prowl for example. I went on a damn shopping crusade and in the end I settled for an online shop. And international shopping's is really expensive. At last I found my Prowl in an obscure toy shop, totally by chance, by the way. I bet it was the last copy around. And we're talking 'bout the capital here. Ah, the bitter joy of being TF fan while living on the Outer Rim of the galaxy. -- Silvery 06:28, 29 August 2009 (EDT)

As of March 2010

Big Bad Toy Store claims to be sold out of Battle Unicorns. I just looked. (Darn darn darn darn darn. I want that toy. I smell scalpers). ZeldaTheSwordsman 23:09, 15 March 2010 (EDT)

Japanese movie toys

Am i the only one who noticed that they are publishing Japanese movie toys in retail now? I noticed it in Belgium, but i have no idea if the rest of Europe/America has the same trend. If so, could this be considered to be such shelfwarmers that they try to get rid of the Japanese toys in time for the ROTF toy line?(not that i'm complaining...clear windows '76 Bumblebee? battle damage Arcee? count me in!)--Sunjumper 15:23, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

Titanium Galvatron

The major shelfwarmer ever? Titanium Galvatron, he has been laying around in my city for years, and only one store got rid of him, by selling himm at $2. In other stores (just one because the other having him closed and thay had like 10 of him) there are about 6 or 7 and there's so little chance of him selling out (has been there for 3 years), that I call the place Galvatron lair, and to make matters worse, they STILL have the T.E.C.H. line.ACIDSTORM92 20:16, 30 December 2009 (EST)

Both Titanium Galvatron and the T.E.C.H line are still there, I guess that sets a new record.-ACIDSTORM92 03:38, 6 July 2010 (EDT)

Mudflap

In Northern VA, Mudflap, along with the "Tuner" variant are major shelfwarmers. Is this true in any other places?--MistaTee 15:49, 27 May 2010 (EDT)

He does shelfwarm quite well in France - in my sector, anyway (along with Chromia, Skids and Wheelie...) --HunterCham 16:04, 27 May 2010 (EDT)

All over the place here. Some stores, he's at least 90% of the peg contents. --M Sipher 16:14, 27 May 2010 (EDT)

Around here (NC foothills) both twins, in all size classes, are major shelfwarmers. When will movie makers learn that trying to force a "kid appeal" character never works? --Khajidha 11:45, 6 July 2010 (EDT)

He's all over the place here, too. TRU is sold out of all their new stock except for a few HFTD Legends and one PCC, but Tuner Mudflap still dominates. Here's a thread on seibertron.com about it: http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/tuner-mudflap-killed-wal-mart-s-transformer-section-p1101154.php--Kookaburra 16:04, 21 July 2010 (EDT)

I haven't seen him. But then again, I live in Belgium and the local store is full of ROTF Demolishors anyway. ---Blackout- 16:18, 21 July 2010 (EDT)

You know what, Hasbro should never use the name Mudflap again, is cursed. I went to many stores in Texas, Alabama and Florida and every store had Mudflaps and Tuner Mudflaps, in some cases it was the entire Deluxe pricepoint.ACIDSTORM92 02:00, 29 July 2010 (EDT)