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.

If you can’t wait until Saturday to get your hands on the new Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toys, you’re in luck. Toys R Us will be holding a special preview event on Friday, May 29th. Beginning at 9pm, Transformer fans will be able to pick up the latest ROTF toys at participating Toys R Us stores.

Not to be outdone, Wal-mart has also moved up their release to 5pm on Friday, May 29th. All stores should have gotten the memo from corporate about this change but some seem to be sticking to the original release date of May 30th.

Update: Wal-mart has moved their release up to tonight at midnight. Happy hunting!

ToysRUs.com is currently offering $10 off a $30 or more purchase with coupon code “Twitterdeal24″. You had better hurry though as the coupon is only good today.
If you’re looking for something to buy, ToysRUs.com has Star Wars vehicles on sale for $14.99 ($10 off). With the coupon, you can pick up two vehicles for about $20 plus shipping.
Good news for Mighty Muggs fans. The first wave of Transformers Mighty Muggs have begun to hit stores in the US. Over the last week or so, there have been numerous reports of them being found at Kmart and Toys R Us stores across the country. Kenucme of the TFW2005 boards found Soundwave, Megatron, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee at the TRU in Fayetteville, NC. They were priced at $10.49.

Toys”R”Us today announced a “Gift Card Exchange Program,” allowing customers with KB Toys gift cards the opportunity to take advantage of special savings at Toys”R”Us stores nationwide. KB Toys recently announced that it is no longer accepting its gift cards at KB Toys stores. To help those who may still have KB Toys gift cards, Toys”R”Us stores will welcome customers to exchange their KB Toys gift card for a coupon valid for 15% off any one toy item at Toys”R”Us from now through Saturday, January 31, 2009.*
“We’re pleased to offer KB Toys shoppers this special savings opportunity,” said Greg Ahearn, Senior Vice President, Marketing and eCommerce, Toys”R”Us, U.S. “We also hope to familiarize KB Toys customers with the advantages of shopping at Toys”R”Us, including our expert customer service and Rewards”R”Us program, which offers added incentives for loyal customers to shop and save on our expansive selection of toys, games and electronics.”
Wave 4 of the Star Wars comic two packs have begun to show up at retail. Rogue_2 and kenbenobi, of the Rebelscum forums, found the sets at Toys R Us and Wal-mart stores in the Madison and Milwaukee areas. Wave 4 of the comic two packs includes Clone Emperor/Luke Skywalker and Commander Faie/Quinlan Vos as well as the hard to find sets from wave 3 like Grand Admiral Thrawn/Talon Karrde and Darth Vader (White)/Princess Leia. Thanks to Rogue_2 for the picture!

If you missed the Previews exclusive Star Wars Battlefront II Droid and Clone figure sets, you’re going to get a second chance to pick them up. Toys R Us is now offering these two sets as an exclusive. According to SANDTROOPERS.com, the sets now have the white Clone Wars packaging and are priced at $39.99 (ugh).

Toys R Us is currently offering a coupon good for 15% off any one toy item. The coupon is only good in stores and is valid from 11/16 through 11/20.

While the third wave of Transformers Animated Activators toys have only been out for a couple of weeks, wave 4 has already begun to hit retail. tamo536 of the TFW2005 boards found Grimlock, Bandit Lockdown and Megatron at the Toys R Us store in Newhall, CA.

Knowing Toys R Us, these toys should be showing up across the entire country within the next week or two. The cases with wave 4 also include Thundercracker and Patrol Bumblebee so if you missed them the first time around, you’ll get another chance.
Here’s some more good news for G.I. Joe collectors. bram1216 and Snow cat of the Hisstank boards found the first wave of Combat Heroes at Target and Toys R Us. The wave includes Snake Eyes/Zartan, Bazooka/Firefly, Duke/Cobra Trooper and Roadblock/Cobra Commander. The sets are priced around $6.99.
