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10-02-2008, 03:16 PM | #1 |
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So today, early this morning I went on a Wal-Mart hunt. As usual I didn't find jack $#!+. I was hoping I'd find at least one of the new vehicles, yeah right. It's already October and retailers still haven't recieved Wave 10. This is just plain ridiculous. I'm sick and tired of finding the same @*%!ing Wave 7 revisions. Now we all know that Wave 10 won't hit pegs 'til they move all these revisions that keep poping up every week. Hasbro definetly is not helping by shipping nothing but revision cases. What pissed me off the most, I checked HTS after my useless hunt. What do I find Wave 10 sold out, WTF!!!
Hasbro has a cash cow on their hands and it seems that they intentionally want the line to fail. Keep sending these revisions that most of us have and they're just gonna clog the pegs. Retailers are gonna see that they are not selling so they'll stop ordering and we are just gonna be $#!+ out of luck and not have Joes, again. I'm not a genius but common sense from Hasbro can save this line and make it more profitable. This line is being kept afloat through us the 'collectors'. I can understand revisions, giving others a chance to catch up on what was in very low quantities at the beginning of the 25th Ann. line. I can understand re-releasing; Wave 1 Flint, Snake-Eyes w/ Timber. W2 Beach-Head, W3 Firefly, W5 Flash, & Snow Job. And of course all of Wave 6. But this constant releases of Wave 7,8, & 9 is just plain stupid especially in the quantities we're getting. Honestly how many of you are sick of seeing Urban Roadblock, Jet Pack Duke, Wild Bill, TF Flint, Python Officer and Cobra Commander? If I could get a dollar for every time I see these figures I could buy Hasbro. I totally understand revisions but you got to put figures people want on the pegs. We always bitch on how hard it is to army build get the B.A.T.s, Snow Serpents, Eels, Para Vipers etc get those on the pegs. Each character should not be produced in exact quantities, army building characters should be produced at least 20% more than named characters. I know there is no way to completely make every collector happy, but Hasbro's got THINK before they do something. Honestly, all these revisions we're getting I would have waited until the holidays or even right before the movie gets released. But uncle Hasbro wants to just focus on the movie line only, then so be it. I for one will be taking a break when the movie line comes out. I just pray that the movie does well, for the sake of the movie toy line. Hopefully after the movie line Hasbro puts more effort into the regular line and stop treating us like idiots. Sorry for the extra long drama but I had to get this off my chest. This pass year I've always back Hasbro thanked them in person for what they have given us but now I'm not as happy as before and I can see why some people thrash Hasbro the way they do. Like I said hopefully things will change...
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10-02-2008, 03:21 PM | #2 |
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You know perhaps they are driving us to that...to order thru their HTS site.
I feel your pain, I see the same figs everytime I go out.
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10-02-2008, 03:25 PM | #3 |
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I also feel your pain.
My Local Walmart has 10 or more of SE Wave 7 Wild Bill Spirit Jet pack duke. We just have to be patient. (Sigh)
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10-02-2008, 03:26 PM | #4 |
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My local wal-mart doesn't carry the vehicles at all.
BTW, Hasbro doesn't control what stores order and what sells at different stores. Wal-Mart doesn't pay attention to the figures, they pay attention to numbers. They order basic cases and they get extras of the figures that don't sell, so those figures stack up on the shelf and it prevents them from ordering more cases because the space they have allocated for the figures is taken up.
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10-02-2008, 03:30 PM | #5 |
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Add this to all of that...
Pricewise HTS still the best offer out there. My local Target has dropped their prices on singles in an effort to sell them but nobody wants anymore BBqs or Ninja Kus. But the cheeky monkeys raised the price of the comic packs to join the competion of other retailers. So now comic packs are 10.99. At this rate the lack of new waves, pegwarmers and more price increases is going to kill this line.
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10-02-2008, 03:32 PM | #6 |
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You took the word right out of my mouth i mean come on lets get on with the new stuff or at least the retailers make more room for joes so they can add new ones ... everytime i go to walmart, and target its a waste of gas ... but for those who missed out on the first time thats ccool ... but dont keep sending stuff that is over flowing the pegs and causing the new line not to show up .. and your right if the retailer sees that they are not selling they might stop ordering .... Iam with you i feel your pain
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10-02-2008, 03:35 PM | #7 |
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Yeah I spend the morning hitting 4 Stores and the past 2 weeks its been dry. I took to ordering through Ebay and other online retailers for the items.
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10-02-2008, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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Again, hate to say it, and I wish it wasn't true, but the store itself doesn't control what sells and what stays on the pegs. They also don't get to necessarily pick and choose what comes in the cases they order. They don't keep track that the BBQs aren't selling so next time they order that case they don't want to include more BBQs. Their system just says to "buy case 1".
Sucks, but that's the way it happens.
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10-02-2008, 03:42 PM | #9 |
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It's not Hasbro's fault. Stores will not re-stock until their stock levels are low. Does it suck? Sure it does. But until those shelves start emptying out, it's going to be hard to find newer stuff.
Remember the days when we couldn't find anything? Now we find wave 7 - 9 in piles. Someone needs to start buying those wild bills, dangit! |
10-02-2008, 03:44 PM | #10 |
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Did someone say it was the stores fault?
I must have missed that. I dont think Walmart says to Hasbo "Please send us the old, no longer in demand Joes. I think Hasbro Chooses what case they want to send the store. WILD BILL is killing me. LOL. Released again when HASBRO flooded the stores with Wave 7 months ago. Released AGAIN with Wave 9. Released AGAIN with one of the Wave 8 Revisions. AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGG!!! (Not to mention to be released as repaints with TRU senior 3 pack and new comic 2 packs) Sorry WildBill but I am starting to hate you. LOL! (Before Anyone Gets Mad, It should be obvious I am not serious)
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