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The Fridge
10-19-2007, 11:17 AM
At my local Wal Mart this morning I was pleased to see that after an absence of a few weeks, there were 25th Anniversary Joes on pegs. They had a refresher of wave 2 out, and a couple of Legions packs. Everything was there but the trooper. I did not need any of them so I left them. I hope this is a sign that Hasbro has started getting more of these things out, and they will be more available. At least it means you may not have missed wave 2 yet.
DaViper
10-19-2007, 12:10 PM
I got an email from HTS.com yesterday that my backordered wave 2 figures are being shipped to me. So I'm sure they just got a good size shipment in. Definetly good news for us joe fanatics..
OUTBACK
10-19-2007, 12:13 PM
yet, people were acting like they were never going to produce another figure ever again....
Amazing$piderman
10-19-2007, 01:26 PM
Wave 2 is ALIVE!!!
*Runs to Wal Mart
Shogi
10-19-2007, 01:50 PM
Yeah a few days back my local Wally world got in 2 cases of Wave 2 and had a butt load of Cobra Legions sets (around 12 of them or so)
The Commander
10-19-2007, 01:52 PM
Yeah a few days back my local Wally world got in 2 cases of Wave 2 and had a butt load of Cobra Legions sets (around 12 of them or so)

It seems Hasbro realizes lots of collectors like to army-build and are making the Legions pack available in bulk.

What I've noticed, at least at the local Target, is that the original Cobra 5-pack is not out there anymore, only Joe and Legions.
Compulsive Collector
10-19-2007, 02:07 PM
What I've noticed, at least at the local Target, is that the original Cobra 5-pack is not out there anymore, only Joe and Legions. I'll be thrilled when that happens here. I still haven't seen a Legions pack, although I honestly haven't been making many trips to look.
C.I.A.D.
10-19-2007, 02:08 PM
I've noticed that the Legions packs are/were very accessible.
DarthBrett
10-19-2007, 02:21 PM
Just got back from a two-hour Joe run and saw.........absolutely nothing on the shelves. I went to 1 K-Mart, 1 Target, 1 TRU and 3 Wal*Marts. Out of all of those stores, none had 1 single carded figure whatsoever. TRU had 2 or 3 of the Joe & Cobra 5-packs and 1 Wal*Mart had a Joe 5-pack. What is going on? I can understand Hasbro didn't anticipate the demand, but they should have been able to start putting some more wave 1 and wave 2 out by now. I am hoping by December that this situation is not quite as bad.
Tin_Trencher
10-19-2007, 02:21 PM
I've noticed that the Legions packs are/were very accessible.

Yes, I've picked up 2 myself from different sources. Can't wait to make my weekly to the retailers to see if I can get the hands on Wave 2 and 3 this weekend.
DaViper
10-19-2007, 02:53 PM
Just got back from a two-hour Joe run and saw.........absolutely nothing on the shelves. I went to 1 K-Mart, 1 Target, 1 TRU and 3 Wal*Marts. Out of all of those stores, none had 1 single carded figure whatsoever. TRU had 2 or 3 of the Joe & Cobra 5-packs and 1 Wal*Mart had a Joe 5-pack. What is going on? I can understand Hasbro didn't anticipate the demand, but they should have been able to start putting some more wave 1 and wave 2 out by now. I am hoping by December that this situation is not quite as bad.

I'm sure the stores are just getting there shipments in. I would wait at least another week til things start hitting the shelves.
Compulsive Collector
10-19-2007, 03:14 PM
I've noticed that the Legions packs are/were very accessible. Yeah, I'm sure they'll be available around here pretty soon. I've actually acquired a couple of the troops from the pack, but I want an actual set to keep boxed, too. Also, I just want to open one and pull out the troopers myself, because it's fun.
DarthBrett
10-19-2007, 03:47 PM
Well, the frustrating part is that others on these boards in my area have reported seeing these about two weeks ago, but it seems like there was maybe only two shipments of wave 2 and 3 and now nothing.

As CIAD would say.......nerd angerrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!
Compulsive Collector
10-19-2007, 04:04 PM
Yeah, and it didn't help that wave 3 hit about two weeks after wave 2. I think that really caught people off guard.
C.I.A.D.
10-19-2007, 04:09 PM
Yeah, and it didn't help that wave 3 hit about two weeks after wave 2. I think that really caught people off guard.

You aren't kidding. When it was first reported that wave 3 had already hit the west coast, yet I still hadn't found wave 2, my nerd anger was at all time levels.
slim19722
10-19-2007, 05:15 PM
Yeah, I aint seen zilch, since I scored wave 3-minus Zartan, 2 fridays ago. Searched today at 3 WM, 2 Targets, TRU and K-Mart, nothing.
Tomax & Xamot
10-19-2007, 08:34 PM
Thank God, now if they would just ship some my way!!! :)