Black Friday (event)
| This article is about the day after Thanksgiving. For the episode of Transformers Animated, see Black Friday (episode). |
Black Friday is a colloquial term for the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is one of the largest sales days of the year. Often, stores open very early (6am is common), slash prices and offer special time-sensitive sales (such as ending pricing at noon).
In the case of toys, they may also offer special multi-pack deals or release exclusives on that day as an incentive. Hasbro is particularly mercenary in this regard, as they sometimes offer same-line exclusives to different stores. Sometimes these are merely bonus packs, while occasionally, a toy may be specially redecoed.
Shopping on Black Friday is a contact sport; bruises and contusions are commonplace. A helmet and pads are highly recommended, although using tasers or mace is considered unsporting.
Black Friday exclusives
2003
- Robots in Disguise Landfill (Walmart)
- Armada "Battle for the Matrix" set (Kmart)
- Optimus Prime with Sparkplug, Jetfire with Comettor, Adventure Mini-Con Team, and Longarm
- Armada Super-Con with Bonus Mini-Con (Toys"R"Us)
- Blurr with Incinerator and one Adventure Team Mini-Con
- Powerlinx Cyclonus with Crumplezone and one Destruction Team Mini-Con
- Powerlinx Hot Shot with Jolt and one Destruction Team Mini-Con
- Sideways with Rook & Crosswise and one Adventure Team Mini-Con
2006
- Cybertron Deluxe three-packs (Toys"R"Us)
- Three deluxe figures on a single wide card. Were either sets of Landmine, Snarl, and Dirt Boss; or Brimstone, Sideways, and Thunderblast.
- Cybertron Cybertron Primus with Bonus Mini-Cons (Walmart)
- Primus with Knockdown, Nightscream, Offshoot and Strongarm
2007
- Universe Deluxe two-Packs (Walmart)
- Two Deluxe figures on a single wide card under the 2003 Universe banner. Came in two sets, either "Opposites Attack" with Excellion and Thundercracker, or "Search for the Pirate Moon" with Downshift and Cannonball.
2008
- Animated Deluxe two-packs (Walmart)
- Two different packs; The Revenge of Blackarachnia, which features Deluxe Optimus Prime (from the Battle Begins pack) and Deluxe Blackarachnia. The other, called Battle in Space, includes Deluxe Cybertron-mode Megatron (from the Battle Begins pack) and Deluxe Prowl.
2009
- Universe Scout two-packs (Walmart)
- Two different packs; The Data War (which includes Clocker and Hardtop) and War of the Waves (includes Air Raid and Storm Surge). All of the figures are identical to their Target Movie (2007) single releases.
2011
- Power Core Combiners Value Pack (Walmart)
- Double Clutch and the Rallybots bundled with Steelshot and Beacon.
- Over-Run and the Stunticons bundled with Sledge and Throttler.
