GI Joe Indiana Jones And Transformers Boost Hasbro Sales

RAR · 07-21-2008, 07:11 PM

"Exxon also posted higher than expected profits. Their CEO attributed half of the increase to GI Joe fans traveling from store to store frantically searching for toys that were not in stock." RAR Daily News

SportingViper · 07-21-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by polyphenus

Hasbro is making their profits just like the oil companies: by driving that price up... :(

Oil companies don't set the price of oil. Back to economics 101 you go!

SportingViper · 07-21-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RAR

"Exxon also posted higher than expected profits. Their CEO attributed half of the increase to GI Joe fans traveling from store to store frantically searching for toys that were not in stock." RAR Daily News

Now this may be true!!

jjk1120 · 07-21-2008, 08:16 PM

Indiana Jones figures would sell better if I saw some of the later waves, not just Shia Labouf keeping those pegs nice & toasty warm.

I want my Short Round!!!

Zefram · 07-21-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jjk1120

Indiana Jones figures would sell better if I saw some of the later waves, not just Shia Labouf keeping those pegs nice & toasty warm.

I want my Short Round!!!

No kidding! I need Maj Toht to lead my time-traveling Nazis!

82joe · 07-21-2008, 08:33 PM

Just how much more expensive can the single carded figures get? $8.99 is the highest I've found at KB. I love my collection and I need my Joe fix, but it's getting very close to not being worth the price tag. If they go up any more I'm going to have to bail out and go back to collecting the vintage ARAH stuff.....it's cheaper.

Just when are these new Indy figures gonna hit? Somebody made a comment that the old wave were flying off the shelf. I think you might have been kidding, because they are clogging every shelf I see. The hoopla has died down and I don't see wave 2 and 3 being anything but a limited release, if at all (think Marvel Legends Showdown wave 4)........guess that's the same reason I haven't found the new Joe comic packs. There ain't no room on the shelf for them. The old waves are hording the space.

Griff · 07-21-2008, 08:48 PM

do what i do at times when im fed up with that. Go grab a big plastic tote, dump all those peg warmers in it then go put the tote back so the shelves are empty. Eventually they may find the tote but if they search for it as hard as they look for things for us when we're instores it'll be a while :>

Agent-GHQ · 07-21-2008, 10:09 PM

Good thing its not confirmed.

ladyhump · 07-21-2008, 11:13 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080721?rpc=44

Could be the reason Target.com has the vehicles for more than $24.99

SITHLOU33 · 07-21-2008, 11:19 PM

It's going to come to a point where they price alot of people out of their products.

07-21-2008, 08:33 PM	#26
82joe Crimson Guard Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,040	Just how much more expensive can the single carded figures get? $8.99 is the highest I've found at KB. I love my collection and I need my Joe fix, but it's getting very close to not being worth the price tag. If they go up any more I'm going to have to bail out and go back to collecting the vintage ARAH stuff.....it's cheaper. Just when are these new Indy figures gonna hit? Somebody made a comment that the old wave were flying off the shelf. I think you might have been kidding, because they are clogging every shelf I see. The hoopla has died down and I don't see wave 2 and 3 being anything but a limited release, if at all (think Marvel Legends Showdown wave 4)........guess that's the same reason I haven't found the new Joe comic packs. There ain't no room on the shelf for them. The old waves are hording the space. Last edited by 82joe; 07-21-2008 at 08:39 PM..

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