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07-07-2015, 03:38 PM | #201 |
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Good luck finding Gung-Ho at retail. There's a snipe hunt you might be interested in. Did any TRU ever get more than 1 case of wave 1 at a time? That's 1 Gung-Ho per store, and then waiting for a restock while CC and Spirit clog the pegs. I wouldn't hesitate to order it on SmallJoes now if I had missed it yesterday and didn't want a full case. DO EET. DO EET NOW!
What Hasbro figured was everyone's going to be buying SW:TFA starting in August, so they'd give Joe even more of an uphill battle by heavy-packing the crappiest packs so the pegs get clogged quick and short-packing the hottest piece so that they wouldn't get too many sales out of it. Logic from the potato heads at Hasbro... Last edited by JediJones; 07-07-2015 at 03:42 PM.. |
07-07-2015, 03:43 PM | #202 |
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I do have to say that the use of the word "clogged" is hilarious to me considering that, at most, the TRU here in Greenville got 2 pegs worth of carded 50th Anniversary stuff. Well and truly "clogged" full of product, that TRU.
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07-07-2015, 03:50 PM | #203 |
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07-07-2015, 03:53 PM | #204 |
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No, it went live at 3:18 PM per this thread.
I think the most cases of 2-packs last year I ever saw at one store were 3. So instead of 12 Low-Lights, the store would have 3 Gung-Hos. And the Low-Lights all sold eventually. Only consolation is they won't switch to wave 2, they'll just ship more of this case. Not that every store even got wave 2 here due to all the pegwarming HEAT Vipers. |
07-07-2015, 03:53 PM | #205 |
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Sadly no solo Gung Ho sets. I wanted 3 of this Shadow Guards.
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07-07-2015, 03:58 PM | #206 |
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Good luck finding Gung-Ho at retail. There's a snipe hunt you might be interested in. Did any TRU ever get more than 1 case of wave 1 at a time? That's 1 Gung-Ho per store, and then waiting for a restock while CC and Spirit clog the pegs. I wouldn't hesitate to order it on SmallJoes now if I had missed it yesterday and didn't want a full case. DO EET. DO EET NOW!
What Hasbro figured was everyone's going to be buying SW:TFA starting in August, so they'd give Joe even more of an uphill battle by heavy-packing the crappiest packs so the pegs get clogged quick and short-packing the hottest piece so that they wouldn't get too many sales out of it. Logic from the potato heads at Hasbro... Yeah, I just went ahead and pulled the trigger on the entire set minus the Vanishing Act set. If that pops up, I'll snag that too. I'm a set it and forget it kind of guy. Last edited by Diezelboi; 07-07-2015 at 04:02 PM.. |
07-07-2015, 04:07 PM | #207 |
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And for the table, how are smalljoes on the business end? First time I think I've actually ordered from them directly, let alone preorder. I wanted to get one of their display cases since right now I'm opting by using an old fish tank, which seems like the same difference to me.
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07-07-2015, 04:07 PM | #208 |
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There was the same fear about the Retaliation Ultimate wave, and we all preordered that. Then got doubles at 5 Below. And triples at Ollie's. I jumped on the first set of 50th stuff that I saw at TRU last year. Then picked up a Destro, the best figure in the whole set, for $3.99 on ebay. I'll wait and pick them up at the store.
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07-07-2015, 04:09 PM | #209 |
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I would totally buy this from BBTS so I don't have to worry about running around, but those prices on some of the packs are laughably high. Seriously. I will take a chance and figure on getting them some day. I had no problems finding packs, even 10 packs with the BATS last go around.
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07-07-2015, 04:11 PM | #210 |
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And for the table, how are smalljoes on the business end? First time I think I've actually ordered from them directly, let alone preorder. I wanted to get one of their display cases since right now I'm opting by using an old fish tank, which seems like the same difference to me.
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