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03-29-2008, 10:58 AM | #1 |
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I've been out at a couple Walmarts, Targets and a TRU over the last few days and was shocked that the biggest peg warmers I'm seeing right now are actually Cobra Troopers and Air Troopers. I saw no less than 8 pegs full of only them at TRU last night. Hard to believe, but more of them are sitting on the pegs right now than Serpys and Buzzers, at least around here. Did Hasbro miss the boat on the market for troopers?
And there are plenty of CG/Scarface Comic Packs (among others) hanging out right now too. That surprises me a little because those would seem like pretty good troop builders too, no? What's up? Are all the troop builders holding out for the long awaited introduction of Vipers? (Probably a silly question, since I think I might know the answer already - maybe I should have gone into law...). What say you??? |
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03-29-2008, 11:04 AM | #2 |
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I think a lot of people are spreading out their resources and waiting for Vipers and B.A.T.s
The Blue shirts have been included in a lot of case revisions and I think the market for them is drying up. I still think they'll sell eventually, but it may take a little while. |
03-29-2008, 11:11 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, same here in the midwest. Before I was happy to find troopers, now I pass. Have too many for an MOC collector.
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03-29-2008, 11:15 AM | #4 |
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I think it is simply that those have been around a long time and most people have enough of them.
the CG/Scarface pack sells less rapidly because I think most people only want 1 Scarface and aren't particularly interested in paying $11 for essentially just a Fred CG. |
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03-29-2008, 11:24 AM | #5 |
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I think that there are alot more blue shirts in a case than any other figure, and how many of them do you need with the vipers and bats around the corner (seems like a very large corner)
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03-29-2008, 11:35 AM | #6 |
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Around my area the only thing of abundance is Stalker. I bought up all the Airtroopers & then I switched the heads with SCAR so I could have regular officers.
I am really shocked at the distribution though. I rarely saw anything from Wave 6...(Snow Job) or even Wave 1...OR people around my area already picked those up....either way WHY do we have so many damn Buzzers.
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03-29-2008, 11:41 AM | #7 |
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funny, at one point i saw atleast 5 troopers sitting on pegs at tru but in the last month or so i have not seen any troop builder single carded left on pegs. cg's are still a rare find in my area and i still find myself buying them when i see them despite already having 13 moc and 10 loose. i will not buy any more troopers simply because they do not have the fixed articulation and most suffer from wet noodle legs/waist. i'm going to find myself in trouble when the vipers hit the pegs...
i think many are holding back with the FLOOD of new stuff, ie; exclusives, 3 and 5 packs. this month and the next will prove to be very expensive for collectors so army building i assume is on the back burner for now. as for me, my armies are good for now. just waiting for vipers, bats and maybe greenshirts.
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03-29-2008, 11:46 AM | #8 |
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What with the troop from the original 5 pack, the Legions pack, and the single carded silver sigils and officers, the market has been flooded with troops and troop repaints, which is why I question the troop 5 pack at this point (5 CGs would sell much better, I would bet). Hasbro simply released enough to surpass demand in most places, like they have done with some of the Star Wars troops.
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03-29-2008, 12:02 PM | #9 |
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for the longest time everyone complained about a lack of production so i don't think it's fair to say they have exceeded demand, they just have horrible timing. the initial releases trickle out and by the time they are widespread, much later, people have had enough time to scrounge around most likely to find what they need or they release a multi figure pack or repaints just as they restocks are available. this seems to be the issue in my area atleast where your lucky to get 1/2 cases at initial release and maybe 1/2 months later, restock and by then 1st release of multi figure packs are hitting the shelves. just poor timing in my opinion. now if your on the west coast, things may be very different as it doesn't seem to be hard at all to find what you need in whatever quantity. i can tell you on the east coast (md/va/dc) it's very difficult.
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03-29-2008, 12:17 PM | #10 |
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In our area it seems that ebayers are bringing them back to the store as they aren't selling.... we have seen a massive influx at stores with no figures then packed pegs of air troopers and CGs the next day...
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