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01-20-2021, 04:19 PM | #8391 |
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I stopped in my local Target this at lunch. I do not like collecting this line. Not at all. I love the product - but I hate trying to get it. I hate this 'form' of collecting.
There was a girl stocking toys from four of those huge mixed-pack repacked Target boxes as I walked up. I hate 'asking' for toys from the back room... so I take a look at the aisles first. Full stock on new Star Wars figures, New Fortnite figures, Masters of the Universe, etc. No Joes though. So, I walk over to the girl at her stacks of boxes and ask if she has seen any. I get an eye roll and she answers, "no - there are none here - and I've already checked three times for others this morning". Ugh. As a mid-forties guy, I just love getting the eye roll and dismissal from miss twenty-something. Its not 'embarrassing' per se... its just annoying. WHY do we have to go thru this to try to get this stuff? It's demeaning in a small way. I have so many better and more important things to spend my time on. But I'm out here jumping thru hoops trying to beat all these other collectors to get stuff from the back room. Its senseless. |
01-20-2021, 04:22 PM | #8392 |
Snake Eyes FTW!
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I haven't been posting this year because the Cobra Island discussion is just too dreary, but I assume everyone saw that the Thundercracker and Skywarp Target exclusive set from last summer is now available in quantities from EE and BigBadToyStore. This was, for a while, almost as hard to get as any Cobra Island figure and is another good example of how Hasbro is dealing, long-term, with their big retailer exclusives.
I would be somewhat shocked if this isn't the case for the Cobra Island stuff. So if people are having trouble getting the quantities of Vipers they want, I wouldn't really worry about it right now. The good thing is that Tcracker and Skywarp were recent, last year, and already hit the reprint elsewhere phase. The Star Wars figs were older when offered for reprint. So, that gives hope that maybe Troopers will show up reprinted before end of year. |
01-20-2021, 04:33 PM | #8393 |
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They did a big retailer exclusive reprint offering for Star Wars last year, and then like you said, Tcracker and Skywarp. The only difference with those is that after a long stretch of going in and out and being scalped, units did hit stores and sat a bit. That never happened with CI.
I think the CI figures being even scarcer than the Transformers exclusives actually increases the chances of another run 9-12 months after the initial release (the fact that EE had Skywarp and Thundercracker available to ship January 14 suggests the delay could be as low as 6 months). I think Cobra Island stuff is going to show up at BBTS and EE. And that's not even considering the minor repaint possibilities for Beach Head, Baroness, and the Viper.
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01-20-2021, 04:49 PM | #8394 |
Snake Eyes FTW!
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Someone else posited that the reason Thundercracker and Skywarp are now available is that Target ordered more, then when they sat, let Hasbro redirect it to other retailers. That seems incredibly unlikely to me, but it is a more pessimistic view, if someone were inclined in that direction.
I think the CI figures being even scarcer than the Transformers exclusives actually increases the chances of another run 9-12 months after the initial release (the fact that EE had Skywarp and Thundercracker available to ship January 14 suggests the delay could be as low as 6 months). I think Cobra Island stuff is going to show up at BBTS and EE. And that's not even considering the minor repaint possibilities for Beach Head, Baroness, and the Viper. I think all CI will get put out main line differently like Cobra Infantry (aside from Roadblock). That being said, they still need a reprint of these, if for nothing other than the numbering system. Any fans who wanted to do that sealed box thing, which the numbering entices you to do, gets screwed here if they don't have the coin to go aftermarket. Not to mention international fans who do the same. |
01-20-2021, 04:58 PM | #8395 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Michigan
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I stopped in my local Target this at lunch. I do not like collecting this line. Not at all. I love the product - but I hate trying to get it. I hate this 'form' of collecting.
There was a girl stocking toys from four of those huge mixed-pack repacked Target boxes as I walked up. I hate 'asking' for toys from the back room... so I take a look at the aisles first. Full stock on new Star Wars figures, New Fortnite figures, Masters of the Universe, etc. No Joes though. So, I walk over to the girl at her stacks of boxes and ask if she has seen any. I get an eye roll and she answers, "no - there are none here - and I've already checked three times for others this morning". Ugh. As a mid-forties guy, I just love getting the eye roll and dismissal from miss twenty-something. Its not 'embarrassing' per se... its just annoying. WHY do we have to go thru this to try to get this stuff? It's demeaning in a small way. I have so many better and more important things to spend my time on. But I'm out here jumping thru hoops trying to beat all these other collectors to get stuff from the back room. Its senseless. |
01-20-2021, 05:07 PM | #8396 |
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01-20-2021, 05:26 PM | #8397 |
OG Joe Collector Since 82
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Northern VA
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I stopped in my local Target this at lunch. I do not like collecting this line. Not at all. I love the product - but I hate trying to get it. I hate this 'form' of collecting.
There was a girl stocking toys from four of those huge mixed-pack repacked Target boxes as I walked up. I hate 'asking' for toys from the back room... so I take a look at the aisles first. Full stock on new Star Wars figures, New Fortnite figures, Masters of the Universe, etc. No Joes though. So, I walk over to the girl at her stacks of boxes and ask if she has seen any. I get an eye roll and she answers, "no - there are none here - and I've already checked three times for others this morning". Ugh. As a mid-forties guy, I just love getting the eye roll and dismissal from miss twenty-something. Its not 'embarrassing' per se... its just annoying. WHY do we have to go thru this to try to get this stuff? It's demeaning in a small way. I have so many better and more important things to spend my time on. But I'm out here jumping thru hoops trying to beat all these other collectors to get stuff from the back room. Its senseless. |
01-20-2021, 05:38 PM | #8398 |
ha!
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It's so bad out here that if I ever see any of these, let alone cases, you can bet I'm buying the whole damn case. Do I need or want that many? Nope. But I guarantee I'll need some trade options for when the 3rd installment of target exclusives to roll out.
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01-20-2021, 05:56 PM | #8399 |
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My firefly right hip is very tight too. I tried boiling it to loosen it up but it’s still tight
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01-20-2021, 06:01 PM | #8400 |
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This. You know damn well collectors who don’t collect this line are snapping them up when they see them to fund their hobby. I guess this form of scalping is okay tho.....
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