It appears that Toys R Us is trying to clear out the huge pile of Transformers Universe and Animated toys clogging up the shelves at most stores. Until July 18th, you can pick up Universe Ultras and Voyagers as well as Animated Supreme, Leaders and Bumper Battlers for 50% off. Unfortunately, the sale does not include deluxe class figures, Animated Voyagers or the exclusive Universe Ultras.

The Leader class Jetfire from the new Transformers Revenge of the Fallen movie has begun to show up at stores across the U.S. Along with an isolated report of him showing up at a Target in Louisiana, there have been numerous sightings at Wal-mart and Toys R Us stores in California.

While most Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toys have a street date of May 30th, this hasn’t stopped some stores from putting them out early. There have been a number of reports of people finding everything from Legends and Bumper Battlers to Voyager and Leader class toys at Fred Meyer stores along the northwest coast of the US.

Otispq of the TFW2005 boards also found the first wave of ROTF deluxes at a Wal-mart in American Forks, Utah. Unlike other folks who found these toys, the computer did not prevent him from buying them.

With stores doing their post-holiday resets, a number of new toys have begun to show up on store shelves. While out hunting for the latest wave of Transformers Animated deluxes, I came across a shelf full of Shadow Blade Megatrons at the Wal-mart in Delafield, WI. There was no sign of Ultra Magnus so its very likely that Hasbro is shipping full cases of Megatron.

Last week, there were a number of unconfirmed reports that the Leader class Transformers Animated toys had shown up in the US. Thanks to Christoph Prime of the TFW2005 boards , we now have some photographic proof. He found Leader class Bulkhead and Megatron at a Walmart store in Colorado. He also found the Roll Out Command Optimus Prime at another Walmart in his area.

Unfortunately, the selection of Animated toys hasn’t been nearly as good in my area. The sale on Transformers at the Target stores in my area was a total bust. The supposed pallet of toys turned out to be a case of wave 1 Voyagers and Deluxes. Knowing my luck, the wave 3 deluxes will show up the day the sale is over.