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12-11-2008, 02:40 PM | #11 |
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Either way, you would think Hasbro would have made sure that everyone has a chance to get their figures. They are starting to get as bad as Mattel, whose DCU line is next to impossible to find (still trying to figure out when Walmarts are going to start carrying the exclusive wave).
Not only that, but considering it's almost mid December and almost a full year since DCU has been released, only wave 1 and remnants of wave 3 and 4 can be found in Targets and ToysRUs'. Compare that with Hasbro's Joes, where 8-9 single figure waves, 7 comic pack waves, and 3-4 vehicles waves have been released this year, most of which has been nowhere near as challenging to find as Mattel's DCU 6" figures.
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Either way, you would think Hasbro would have made sure that everyone has a chance to get their figures. They are starting to get as bad as Mattel, whose DCU line is next to impossible to find (still trying to figure out when Walmarts are going to start carrying the exclusive wave).
Hasbro manufactures the items, then ships them off to the retailers. you aren't their customer, you are the consumer of the product. big difference. they ship to their customers, the retailers, and they make it available to you. all product is eventually readily available to everyone -- it is your own impatience and timeframe of when you want them that is causing the problem. in 2 months, when the waves you can't find are on the shelves, it won't matter that you found them out of order, so the problem isn't and never will be Hasbro. |
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12-11-2008, 02:42 PM | #13 |
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Yeah, I got some wave 3 at Target, and all of wave 11, but haven't seen wave 10 or 12 at Target. Wave 10 is just now hitting TRU, but has been at Kohl's. WM is so full of reissues who knows when waves 10 and up will hit there.
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12-11-2008, 02:49 PM | #14 |
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Has anyone actually found wave 12 at retail?
Kohls doesn't count. |
12-11-2008, 04:12 PM | #15 |
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Hasbro is not even close to being as bad as Mattel. With Hasbro, you can at least find more than 1 figure on a peg. With DCU, you are lucky to find any to begin with.
Not only that, but considering it's almost mid December and almost a full year since DCU has been released, only wave 1 and remnants of wave 3 and 4 can be found in Targets and ToysRUs'. Compare that with Hasbro's Joes, where 8-9 single figure waves, 7 comic pack waves, and 3-4 vehicles waves have been released this year, most of which has been nowhere near as challenging to find as Mattel's DCU 6" figures. |
12-11-2008, 05:33 PM | #16 |
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Targets around here have only been stocking wave 10. Just picked up another Para-Viper and Bazooka Trooper this week. I'd like to see wave 11 show up, so I can pick up an Airborne.
From what I've read, he's in the Target cases while Wal-Mart gets the revision with Wraith (which I've found).
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12-11-2008, 05:52 PM | #17 |
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It would be nice if I could find a Wave 1 Batman, Wave 2 black Firestorm, or a Wave 3 Sinestro and Deathstroke. No stores seem to have gotten those in, as no store seem to have gotten more than a case in (not to mention Walmart does not even carry the line). I'm actually surprised I've managed to get WW, Artemis, Ares, and the gold variant of Capt Atom for Wave 4, as they just showed up the other day out of nowhere.
That is defintely a CO dist. thing because here in Jacksonville, FL, I have seen every wave since the beginning on the shelf, Now there are not pegs of these guys but they do hand around for a few days at a time.. These only seem to show up at Targets and TRU though. Just found the 2 packs this week at TRU. |
12-11-2008, 05:54 PM | #18 |
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Actually, Wave 12's never came to my part of California at any of the stores and I don't think other states, collectors have not seen wave 12's at their store it seems. I got them online at HTS (and came before my wave 11's).
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12-11-2008, 09:04 PM | #19 |
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Same here in SoCali. I saw wave 13 yesterday, everything except the Resolute Trooper. Never seen wave 12, come to think of it, I haven't seen wave 11 either. I got my wave 11 figs coming from HTS.
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12-11-2008, 09:12 PM | #20 |
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I was once told by a wal-mart toy department manager when I was working there that she dosnt order the joes hasbro just sends them. Also I coulda sword I heard wave 12 was a wal-mart exclusive wave???
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