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04-21-2019, 01:38 PM | #21271 |
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No doubt. I’d prefer to deal with the collector sites that ensure their product arrives in good condition.
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04-21-2019, 04:21 PM | #21272 |
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Yeah, that's not cool. I had that happen last year or the year before with something I ordered from walmart.com. IIRC, it was a Playmobile thing for my niece. It was cancelled as being "no longer available", but still showed up as in stock at a higher price and it was sold by walmart and not a 3rd. party.
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Wow that is just wrong! I am proud to not shop there. Though I'd prefer to spend my money on a US retailer, even if it costs me more, I'm happy to circumvent Walmart at any cost. I've been getting my Walmart exclusives over seas at considerably higher shipping costs.
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04-21-2019, 08:10 PM | #21273 |
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Thanks for confirming Goin' Commando.
Wow that is just wrong! I am proud to not shop there. Though I'd prefer to spend my money on a US retailer, even if it costs me more, I'm happy to circumvent Walmart at any cost. I've been getting my Walmart exclusives over seas at considerably higher shipping costs. I ordered my Rey Island Journey from DorkSide with Collector Upgrade. It arrived in perfect condition. I have yet to see that figure show up in an actual store. So glad I didn’t chance it.
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04-21-2019, 08:48 PM | #21274 |
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A month or two later it was pulled as a Walmart exclusive and made an online retailer exclusive. Fuck Walmart, but shame on Hasbro for giving them more exclusives. They screwed up everyone since TBS 3.75.
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04-22-2019, 10:43 AM | #21275 |
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I remember at a Con last year- maybe SDCC- someone asked Steve Evans when Island Journey Rey was going to hit stores, to which he responded "it's already out"
A month or two later it was pulled as a Walmart exclusive and made an online retailer exclusive. Fuck Walmart, but shame on Hasbro for giving them more exclusives. They screwed up everyone since TBS 3.75. I’m willing to give Hasbro a little slack on it though. I think they took a bath on their high end Star Wars liscence the past couple of years. Not to reopen that conversation, but I think Hasbro was just looking to turn a profit for 2019 and would take any retailer they could to get in the green. I suspect that’s why the bulk of new 4” line is vintage. But yeah I agree with Walmart. I give them no quarter. So far I’m happier with Hasbro’s Pulse that I was with HTS.com. They seem to be more collector oriented, in terms of shipping with care, pre orders etc. Hopefully in time we’ll see the bulk of the exclusives offered from Hasbro directly. I’d prefer to see the manufacturer get the profits than a middle man anyway. Especially if it means better availability to the fans who want them, rather than seeing them not appear on pegs, fans pay out the nose on the black market, then retailers dump them onto discount stores and label the brand a poor seller, while they never put the stuff out to sell in the first place.
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04-22-2019, 01:58 PM | #21276 |
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04-22-2019, 11:02 PM | #21277 |
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I picked up a couple of tie fighters from walmart for 10 bucks each. I was monitoring brickseek and as soon as I got the alert, I ran and picked up 2. I was tempted to pick all 6 available but would have had a hard time explaining them to my wife!!
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04-23-2019, 08:37 AM | #21278 |
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I’m certainly not defending Wal Mart here as there’s no doubt they don’t appear to have done a good job getting exclusive product to their stores.
However, it appears to me that there is a distribution problem straight across the board with this line. I check my local Target regularly and they never have new product. Right now there’s basically a missing wave (Yakface & Leia Boushh Wave) I’ve had my Leia on pre-order from a local specialty store for months and the owner has communicated with his customers that the delay is out of his hands. It is good that he is communicating but this puts him in a tough position. He said it is looking like the “next” wave will show up prior to this one. There’s a lot of demand for these and very little supply. I don’t know who is responsible but it looks to me that it is not limited to the failure of one particular retailer. Has that particular retailer handled their product well? Absolutely not. (Both online and in stores) The whole thing is very frustrating for collectors like us searching for product.
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04-23-2019, 09:51 AM | #21279 |
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Still $40 bucks here. Damn Walmart and their weird pricing.
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04-23-2019, 11:05 AM | #21280 |
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$40 in my area as well. They just recently changed the tag on the shelf to a clearance tag.
They did scan at $40
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