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09-24-2022, 09:43 AM | #15261 |
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Come on, now. This definitely has *everything* to do with Hasbro's American retail partners--especially the big ones. With Europe getting just about every wave 6-8 months before the US, Americans are ordering from over there more and more. This has to be frustrating to the big domestic retailers that are lagging behind. So Hasbro is now limiting UK/EU distribution to the one channel that absolutely does not ship to the US. There is really no other incentive for them to do what they are doing. It has to be pressure from American retailers.
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09-24-2022, 10:03 AM | #15262 |
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Star Action Figures! They've had Tomax, Xamot, and Stalker for a while now... just waiting on the Viper 3 pack... and this morning, I noticed that my order is now "preparing for dispatch".
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09-24-2022, 10:08 AM | #15263 |
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Come on, now. This definitely has *everything* to do with Hasbro's American retail partners--especially the big ones. With Europe getting just about every wave 6-8 months before the US, Americans are ordering from over there more and more. This has to be frustrating to the big domestic retailers that are lagging behind. So Hasbro is now limiting UK/EU distribution to the one channel that absolutely does not ship to the US. There is really no other incentive for them to do what they are doing. It has to be pressure from American retailers.
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09-24-2022, 10:25 AM | #15264 |
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I think this whole situation caught Hasbro off guard. I bet they never thought their 'exclusive' agreement would come back to bite them by the retail partner refusing to ship the product to pre-paid customers once they received it. I guarantee you Hasbro will have more specific contracts in the future: "when we ship you the product - you are REQUIRED to fulfill pre-orders and release product immediately". Something like that. |
09-24-2022, 10:27 AM | #15265 |
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Correct. Target bought them. If they want to throw them on a bonfire so we never get them, it's up to them.
I think this whole situation caught Hasbro off guard. I bet they never thought their 'exclusive' agreement would come back to bite them by the retail partner refusing to ship the product to pre-paid customers once they received it. I guarantee you Hasbro will have more specific contracts in the future: "when we ship you the product - you are REQUIRED to fulfill pre-orders and release product immediately". Something like that. |
09-24-2022, 10:38 AM | #15266 |
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Come on, now. This definitely has *everything* to do with Hasbro's American retail partners--especially the big ones. With Europe getting just about every wave 6-8 months before the US, Americans are ordering from over there more and more. This has to be frustrating to the big domestic retailers that are lagging behind. So Hasbro is now limiting UK/EU distribution to the one channel that absolutely does not ship to the US. There is really no other incentive for them to do what they are doing. It has to be pressure from American retailers.
The reason they're limiting UK/EU to Pulse is because its not selling there as GI Joe had ZERO presence there in the 80s, the figures they had were all in other lines with different names and sometimes new decos. |
09-24-2022, 10:51 AM | #15267 |
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Correct. Target bought them. If they want to throw them on a bonfire so we never get them, it's up to them.
I think this whole situation caught Hasbro off guard. I bet they never thought their 'exclusive' agreement would come back to bite them by the retail partner refusing to ship the product to pre-paid customers once they received it. I guarantee you Hasbro will have more specific contracts in the future: "when we ship you the product - you are REQUIRED to fulfill pre-orders and release product immediately". Something like that.
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09-24-2022, 11:53 AM | #15268 |
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I'm in "in-box" collector and at this point it's going to be annoying to have Zarana, then get Zandar in window-less packaging.
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09-24-2022, 11:54 AM | #15269 |
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Europe is not getting "Every wave" "6-8 months" before the USA. There are a few people in Spain and the UK who order direct from China and post all over facebook how great the figures are.
The reason they're limiting UK/EU to Pulse is because its not selling there as GI Joe had ZERO presence there in the 80s, the figures they had were all in other lines with different names and sometimes new decos. To say there was zero presence just isn’t true. |
09-24-2022, 12:00 PM | #15270 |
Iron Grenadier
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What I think, is fair to say though, is that GI Joe never really had any sort of revival in the UK in subsequent years the way it did in the US. I don’t recall seeing the 25th Anniversary figures in many places…and I bought all my POC from Star Action Figures when I was still in the UK.
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