Black Friday (event)
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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.
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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 Special Value Offer (Walmart)
- 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 Waterlog |
| Double Clutch with Rallybots | Huffer with Caliburst Salvage with Bomb-Burst Steelshot with Beacon Undertow with Waterlog Windburn with Darkray |
| Grimstone with Dinobots | Icepick with Chainclaw Leadfoot with Pinpoint Salvage with Bomb-Burst Skyhammer with Airlift Undertow with Waterlog |
| Mudslinger with Destructicons | Darkstream with Razorbeam Icepick with Chainclaw Searchlight with Backwind Smolder with Chopster Skyhammer with Airlift |
| Over-Run with Stunticons | Salvage with Bomb-Burst Sledge with Throttler Steelshot with Beacon |
| Stakeout with Protectobots | Heavytread with Groundspike Huffer with Caliburst Searchlight with Backwind Skyhammer with Airlift |
| Steamhammer with Constructicons | Heavytread with Groundspike Icepick with Chainclaw Leadfoot with Pinpoint Salvage with Bomb-Burst Sledge with Throttler |
2012
- Dark of the Moon Special Value Offer (Target)
2013
- Beast Hunters Special Value Offer (Walmart)
- Two mass-release Deluxe figures, (sometimes poorly) held together with plastic shipping wrap and a "BONUS VALUE" sticker. These were sold for $9.96, an obnoxiously good deal.
- Night Shadow Bumblebee and Skystalker
- Bulkhead and Prowl
- Lazerback and Smokescreen
- Ratchet and Soundwave
2014
- Age of Extinction Mega 1-Step Bumblebee Bumblebee Bonus Value (Walmart)
- Contains Mega 1-Step Bumblebee plus a "Bonus Value!" Legion Class Decepticon Stinger, who was previously available individually, also exclusive to Walmart.
- Construct-Bots Bumblebee vs. Decepticon Stinger with Strafe (Walmart)
Fiction
Rescue Bots cartoon
During a meeting at the Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters, Chase eagerly brought Optimus up to speed on what he'd missed in his absence, including some human traditions involving giving thanks before ritually stuffing a turkey and then purchasing discount goods on the darkest day of the week. Land Before Prime
Transformers Facebook page
Bumblebee took advantage of Black Friday in order to buy several replicas of his leader. [1]
External links
- Black Friday at Wikipedia