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10-04-2022, 07:24 PM | #1351 |
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Almost all the Hasbro exclusives are sold in store at Hong Kong TRU. At least the Star Wars and Marvel ones do. I don't know about Joe ones as I can't remember if I ever saw someone mention it. However, Dr. Mindbender is all over Ebay right now from China, so I suspect he is available at the Hong Kong TRU.
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10-04-2022, 07:29 PM | #1352 |
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They're shipping at the same time as anywhere else and the exchange rate favors the dollar right now. Relax, it's not a grand conspiracy, just global economics.
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10-04-2022, 10:46 PM | #1353 |
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You are correct - Gamestop gets all the Convention Exclusives, though not always earlier than just ordering through Pulse (although, I did get MOD Zartan in store last June, so there's that). Toys R Us gets Target Exclusives only, but not sure why they are so much earlier than Target or Pulse.
Other Canadian Retailers also seem to get their stock earlier than the US for some reason... but I really don't think that's Hasbro's fault. Most likely, it's distribution lines. The shipping container(s) for US imports probably goes straight from Hong Kong to Vancouver, Halifax or another Canadian port and then distributed to Canadian Warehouses. Probably completely separate from the import to the US. And maybe there's something there that's just faster than whatever arrangement the US Ports have... Whether it's the Canadian warehouses just being closer to the Port of Entry or just faster off-loading. A lot of people are blaming Hasbro, like they're getting all the imports directly to one master warehouse in Pawtucket or wherever and sending stuff to everyone but the US |
10-04-2022, 11:15 PM | #1354 |
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I'd also bet that it's just easier to distribute toys here... if you get your distribution to the GTA, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary that's like 60% of the population covered in just five shipment chains. It's easier to do port-to-stores distribution (or with a minimal of warehousing).
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10-06-2022, 01:17 PM | #1355 |
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Global econ IS a grand conspiracy LOL. Kill the dollar. Usher in The Great Reset BUH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....Ah-hem.
Y'all snag the new OG Classic Snake Eyes? I'm super excited about that guy. Three different black finishes, spankin' new Fred Aczon sculpted portrait, det pack, grenades, suppressed 1911. I'll never need another OG13 Snake Eyes again. He's PERFECT.
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10-06-2022, 01:33 PM | #1356 |
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He is a thing of real beauty, isn't he?! People can say what they want about this line and some of its shortcomings, but when Hasbro really nails a figure, they clobber it out-of-the-ballpark Judge-style!!!
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10-06-2022, 01:44 PM | #1357 |
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I'd also bet that it's just easier to distribute toys here... if you get your distribution to the GTA, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary that's like 60% of the population covered in just five shipment chains. It's easier to do port-to-stores distribution (or with a minimal of warehousing).
Or are you trying to keep it secret that Toronto is the center of the Universe.
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10-06-2022, 01:54 PM | #1358 |
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Even though the current posts are talking about Robot Kingdom, I saw a video on You Tube where, just like in the last couple years Gamestop Canada had all the Pulse Exclusives available to order from there.
Plus, Canada has TRU yet which gets almost all the exclusives for any store the US would get all in one place and in plentiful quantities it seems. Which is absolutely awesome for folks in Canada. Don't get me wrong, that is great for you all. Couple this with so many avenues available overseas that we see like Hong Kong, Spain, England, etc. All getting so many figures months and months earlier, which is all great. I was also able to go to a Canada online store which allowed me to get Tomax, Xamot, and Stalker already almost a month ago. Going to an online store in England allowed me to get a Python Patrol Viper in the last week. I am also a Pulse Premium Member, and I am happy to pay it. For what I order for Joes, some Star Wars, some Marvel and even Ghostbusters when it hit my fancy I feel it is worth it. All this being said, it is still frustrating to see almost nothing in the US for Classified. I am sure there are many factors for this, but it seems to affect the Joe Classified line more than any other Hasbro line and any other toy company (Mattel, McFarlane, Hot Wheels / Matchbox - I am not sure who makes those -, Lego, etc). GI Joe Classifieds are going to be a Pulse EU only item. Star Action Figures is trying to get them back but if they succeed I expect it will be with shipping restrictions so the figures aren't returning to the US.
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10-06-2022, 02:55 PM | #1359 |
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10-10-2022, 10:47 AM | #1360 |
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