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04-08-2008, 01:58 PM | #1 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Mar 2008
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i am not a scalper , but i do go to every store every day looking for joes.what i have noticed is that walmart and target stores only put 0ne case on the shelf once or twice a week. sice a case only holds 1 of each character it makes it near impossible to find who you are looking for. and as for the revised crotch piece? what is this all about? i cant tell the differrence
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04-08-2008, 02:13 PM | #2 |
Pittsburgh Joe since 1982
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Location: Pittsburgh
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I think scalpers and weak distribution. Ebay is chock full of stuff I see once here in Pittsburgh. The crotch piece is that some characters can now sit down ie, SE with timber, which I recently picked up, can now sit down properly.
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04-08-2008, 03:00 PM | #3 |
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I think it's a combination of the two. It can't be solely the scalpers fault I mean I'm still only seeing Hooded CC and Buzzer. If there was more product on the shelves scalpers wouldn't be an issue.
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04-08-2008, 03:02 PM | #4 |
has been warned
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its distribution.
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04-08-2008, 03:04 PM | #5 |
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It's a combo of distribution and everyone buying multiples of everything such as scalpers, army builders, customizers, etc.
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04-08-2008, 03:24 PM | #6 |
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in my area up here in norcal scalpers are the main problem cause what they do is get jobs working in these places or have friends who do and the friends put the stuff back and only put out a couple things so the really cool hard to find stuff almost never hits the floor. Also too the stroes like target wont put anything new out until the entire peg section of what should be stocked is empty or they put out old series and nothing new. I havent seen a torpedo or amored cc anywhere and only seen rock n roll once (which i promptly snagged to add to my collection.) but these stores not stocking anything is a huge problem cause most of the time the stuff is sittin in back.
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04-08-2008, 03:28 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Maryland
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Yeah, the whole situation pretty much sucks. I don't know what I'd do without BBTS.
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04-08-2008, 03:36 PM | #8 |
Plastic lover
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Is a little bit of both. I don't think there are any scalpers around here purely collectors. We get what we want and move on!
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04-08-2008, 03:58 PM | #9 |
endlesssummerofthedamned
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Midway, PA
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the distribution is awful. there hasn't been anything new on the shelves in literally a month. the tru exclusives came out - i got both the 5 packs, and i was lucky to have gotten the 3 packs, because they were gone an hour later. i don't get to check on the stores much, but it would be a waste of time. kmart, target and walmart have all had the same things on the shelves forever. tru is very hit or miss. the stuff that gets to the floor is gone pretty quick. sucks. i wonder how many little kids have gotten any of these toys?
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04-08-2008, 04:25 PM | #10 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Northwestern PA
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You said it BigErn. I started using BBTS for Star Wars figures last year and now I only get Joes. If I didn't order through BBTS I wouldn't have waves 4,5,6 and the Xamot & Tomax comic pack.
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