Front Page Diamond Comics Dist. news???

Mern-Ra · 07-11-2008, 03:13 PM

HISS Tank.com has received an official list of G.I. Joe related items to be shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors for release next Wednesday, July 16th. Out in comic book stores that day will be:

GI JOE 25TH ANNIVERSARY AF ASST 200806 79.92
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE TP VOL 05 WWIII OMNIBUS 34.99
GI JOE VEHICLE ASST 200801 (C: 1-1-3) 79.96

So what figure and vehicle assortments are these?

Kaisugi · 07-11-2008, 03:22 PM

If it's what I saw in "Previews" (the comic store digest of things Diamond has on offer to shops and customers) a while back, it's the same items as we've seen before but with a much higher mark up. I don't have the issue anymore but I remember seeing vehicle wave 1 in there for that price for a case of 1 each. The same issue had transformers toys for $5 more than retail. Ouch. Too bad for comic stores that want to carry popular items.

SNAKE EYES · 07-11-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mern-Ra

HISS Tank.com has received an official list of G.I. Joe related items to be shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors for release next Wednesday, July 16th. Out in comic book stores that day will be:

GI JOE 25TH ANNIVERSARY AF ASST 200806 79.92
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE TP VOL 05 WWIII OMNIBUS 34.99
GI JOE VEHICLE ASST 200801 (C: 1-1-3) 79.96

So what figure and vehicle assortments are these?

Wave 9 figures with Wild Bill and Torpedo to round out the case of 8 and Wave 1 vehicles Vamp, HISS Tank, Armadillo vs. Serpentor's air chariot, and Ram vs. Trouble Bubble

Kaisugi · 07-11-2008, 03:43 PM

yeah, that's what it was. $79.92 / 8 figs = $9.99 each before tax. $79.96 / 4 vehicles = $19.99 each before tax.

Blackdragon · 07-11-2008, 06:53 PM

Yea i ordered a case of wave 9 through my comic store to see if they would get it in before i found it in stores. They're getting the case in this wednesday so i beat them by a week. They'll be my moc set. Hopefully mint

morgana08 · 07-11-2008, 07:01 PM

I saw that in Previews awhile back and considered preordering through my shop but since he doesn't normally order Joes he said it would have cost me more since he had to buy a whole case or something.

Blackdragon · 07-11-2008, 07:03 PM

Thats weird, my shop is selling me them for the listed price of 9.99 each. I was only willing to spend that much cuz this is one killer wave to spend that on and with the amound of gas i waste looking for joes i'll prob be saving money. haha.

nighthawk · 07-11-2008, 07:05 PM

Well, they used to be $59.99 and I was getting cases from my friend at the local comic shop for that price. He sells his singles at $7.99. Now, he'll have to raise it up to TRU pricing. :(

Kaisugi · 07-11-2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nighthawk

Well, they used to be $59.99 and I was getting cases from my friend at the local comic shop for that price. He sells his singles at $7.99. Now, he'll have to raise it up to TRU pricing. :(

What do you mean? Last time I was in TRU it was $6.99 so that would be a drop for your guy, not an increase. How much are TRU's in your area? Everyone on this site has been going nuts about Target raising to $7.99 so the $9.99 at comic stores is just nutso to pay at retail (and sadly it's solely the fault of Diamond marking them up and passing that along to comic stores, and in doing so making THEM look like they are the ones doing the price fixing). KB toys is still "only" $8.99~! ;)

Mern-Ra · 07-16-2008, 02:04 PM

Anyone get these from thier shops today?