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12-03-2008, 02:50 AM | #51 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Northeastern, Pennsylvania
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No she wasn't cute. But we all have a different definition of cute.
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12-03-2008, 07:20 AM | #52 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sigh...back in Delaware. (The South Carolina of the Mid West)
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Just my opinion, but I don't think there is any way in hell these are cancelled...for the following reasons:
1. Vehicles are selling VERY well. I tried to get a case discount from an on-line retailer and was told they can't do that, they can barely keep the vehicles in stock. I was placing an order of 3 cases for this new wave. In brink and mortor stores I see the vehicles turn over much faster then the figures. 2. By all accounts, I think the Target Exclusives were a huge hit. I know I bought 6 each of the Rattler, Conquest, and UBP. With the exception of the UBP, I had to fight for every one of them. The point is, Hasbro could have taken an initial preorder, saw the data, shared it with Target or Wal-mart and now one or more of these are going to be an exclusive. With Wal-mart coming late to the game, I could easily see them trying to suck up an exclusive as fast as possible. 3. They could be using one or more of these in an exclusive battle pack instead now. I'm thinking Artic Hiss. 4. It could be just as simple as a person in management decided that this line needed to be in movie or Resolute packaging, as mentioned already in this thread. 5. Maybe retailers asked for a break so that they could sell through their current vehicle assortments on the shelf during the holiday. With the predicted holiday sales forecast, I could definitely see this as a viable reason. Also, I continue to read that stores do a VERY large portion of their sales now after Christmas due to the increase in money/gift cards given as gifts. They could be waiting for this. 6. Maybe they got the green light to use the Strato-Viper in something bigger. I could see the Night Raven included in the movie line. If this is the case, then Hasbro may need to find a replacement for that set. 7. It could just be that the factory Hasbro is using for Joes simply can't keep up with this breakneck pace. As the stuff kept pumping out, I was wondering how much longer Hasbro/their factories were going to be able to keep up with this pace. Maybe it just finally caught up to them. The point is, there are so many other possible reasons for the cancel of this preorder other then the line is on its way out. |
12-03-2008, 07:33 AM | #53 |
Cobra Saboteur
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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12-03-2008, 07:58 AM | #54 |
Bovine Excrement Viper
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12-03-2008, 09:03 AM | #55 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Saint-Cyr
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Hasbro, if i don't have this stinger, suicide is near ...
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12-03-2008, 02:16 PM | #56 |
Spartan F5 Viper
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Sparta
Posts: 17,125
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The chinese factory riots are affecting every factory except the ones that make Duke, Firefly, CC and Cobra Troopers, explains why we get so many of those characters!
Look for more variaqnts on those figures as time prgress wheee! |
12-03-2008, 02:41 PM | #57 |
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: whatever!
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I was hoping black Friday would clear out a lot of the old crap but nothing sold except a few Star Wars figures. My Walmart is overloaded. They have Transformers Animated all over the place. Tons of the garbage everywhere, up top, down below, it's a mess. I've never seen the toy dept so overloaded. I was telling my friend last night that there's gonna be a lot of cool stuff on clearance after X-Mas this year.
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12-03-2008, 02:44 PM | #58 |
GI JOE/STAR WARS FAN
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Olympia, Washington
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Happiness!
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12-03-2008, 02:45 PM | #59 |
Master of Disguise
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Sarasota, FL
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I was hoping black Friday would clear out a lot of the old crap but nothing sold except a few Star Wars figures. My Walmart is overloaded. They have Transformers Animated all over the place. Tons of the garbage everywhere, up top, down below, it's a mess. I've never seen the toy dept so overloaded. I was telling my friend last night that there's gonna be a lot of cool stuff on clearance after X-Mas this year.
Sometimes I can't help myself but make it look better than the way I found it. Old Retail Habits die hard, and I'd like to keep the business going.
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12-03-2008, 05:06 PM | #60 |
Trying to be a Eel
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Washington
Posts: 788
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I am very to happy to see/hear this, I was really excited for this wave.
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