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My best hunting trip was in 2008 when Cincinnati, Ohio, saw an early release of Transformers Animated. Rumors and sightings were all over the Cinci area, but nowhere else in the country (later it was determined that Botcon had something to do with it).

So I made a road trip down south with my wife and daughter in tow, on the hunt for Animated. I think I hit up two or three Walmarts, a Target and a TRU and by the end of it, I had found and bought every one through Wave 3 of deluxe and voyagers. Then I spent the next few days rationing out my haul by only opening a few at a time.

To this day, it's still one of my favorite toy lines ever.