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07-19-2008, 10:05 PM | #31 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Appleton, WI
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Wow... the new items are hitting fast and furious in Wisconsin now. I was on a trip for work this past week, and checked out stores throughout the North half of the state. Here's the breakdown:
Vehicles - These have hit Wal Marts, Targets, and Toys R Us stores (but not all stores as far as I can tell). My brother picked up his vehicles at the Northside Wal Mart in Sheboygan. I couldn't find them anywhere so I ordered them on Amazon. Then, I found all the vehicles but the VAMP at the Medford Wal Mart (yeah, it's a bit out of the way). Since mine were in transit, I left them for the next guy to find. On Friday, I found the Armadillo pack at the Wausau Target, so they are starting to see them. Then my sister and sister in law found a VAMP for me at the Appleton Toys R Us. So if these haven't been sighted in your stores yet, keep checking because the distribution centers obviously have them. Video packs - These are starting to show up in Targets. My brother was in Stevens Point for a wedding on Friday, and happened to stop at the Target while they were being put out. He grabbed one of each set (there are four sets per box, two of each of the first two DVDs), and called me. Since I was on my way home from the twin cities, I decided to take the route through Stevens Point, and I picked up the others. So there aren't any there now, but obviously these will hit other Targets very, very soon. The Storm Shadow/Firefly, Shipwreck/Copperhead, and Duke/Red Star comic packs I've seen in Wal Marts and Targets now, so those should be showing up as long as your store doesn't already have racks full of old waves. The Wave 9 figures are harder to find... I've only seen evidence of these in Wal Marts... and other than the first night they were stocked (July 3) I haven't seen any of the new figures again, although I have seen the Torpedos and Wild Bills from those cases. I'm guessing Target will stock these when they do their toy reset... too bad the price will be so high ($8 vs. Wal Mart's $7). Overall... this is a good time to be a Joe collector... there is nothing like the thrill of finding these videos and vehicles on the shelf. Btw... Target is stocking the video sets in the Toy Department, retail is about $20 (which makes no sense... since you get at least 3 figures and a DVD... while they sell single figures for $8!). |
07-25-2008, 12:02 AM | #32 |
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Stopped at the Appleton Target at the Fox River Mall... the toy aisle looks like a hurricane hit... half way through the reset from the looks of it. However... they have a spot for the vehicles (empty), and they had the Destro/Roadblock/Lady Jaye video battle pack. The other one wasn't in sight.
Also stopped at the TRU.. and they must have gotten a new shipment of the vehicles (I was there on Monday and they had a sticker indicating that they had reordered them that day). Last I talked to a toy manager there (my wife works on the Babies R Us side), they usually get their Joe shipments on Thursdays. Anyway... the only vehicles left about 7pm tonight were the VAMP and RAM set. I was hoping to find another HISS tank, or the Armadillo set which I've been undecided about buying... but of course I find the other two which until today had been the more elusive ones from what I've heard. So all of this was there around 7-8pm tonight... I didn't buy anything because I'm only looking for BATs, another HISS, and maybe the Armadillo pack. |
07-26-2008, 12:37 AM | #33 |
Cobra Viper
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Tonight I hit the east side of Appleton. Target had nothing. Wal Mart had the vehicles... I picked up my second black HISS and the Armadillo set. They had two VAMPs, two RAM/TBs, and 1 more Armadillo after I left around 8pm. Still haven't seen Wave 9 since July 3. How is it that TRU and Wal Mart can not only stock the vehicles, but restock them in less than a week after they sell out, but the single carded figures and the latest wave of comic packs can't be found anywhere? You'd think the single carded would be filling the pegs while the vehicles would be more scarce, but I've been seeing vehicles everywhere, but I'm not even seeing peg warmers most places (except for the Appleton TRU that has plenty of Serpentor, Lady Jaye, Buzzer, and Cobra Commander).
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07-27-2008, 10:14 AM | #34 |
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Hit the West Side of Madison yesterday, and actually had some luck. Super Target had wave 7, which is nothing new, but they did have a Hiss Tank, so that's now mine. Walmart West had 2 Armadillo sets and 1 Vamp, both of which I already have. TRU had nothing. They've had vehicle tags up for a month, and still no stock. The way this TRU works, though, they'll get all of wave 1 vehicles in when wave 2 hits, and then sit on them forever. Except the Ram set and Hiss tank, which will fly off the shelves. Target West had 2 DVD sets; one of each. I literally grabbed those and clutched them to my chest. I'm going up again today to see Dark Knight in the Imax, so hopefully Super Target will have restocked. I need a Ram and Troublebubble!
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07-28-2008, 05:25 PM | #35 |
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I've been seeing the vehicles in literally every Wal Mart I visit... so keep looking and you're bound to see them. Wish the single carded figures were that easy to find. Haven't seen Wave 9 (except Wild Bill) since July 4th.
Off topic - wasn't Dark Knight awesome? Saw it Saturday night, loved it. |
07-30-2008, 12:24 AM | #36 |
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Checked the Green Bay Baypark Square Shopko tonight, they had the comic pack wave with firefly/storm shadow, duke/red star, and shipwreck/copperhead. Inflated Shopko prices of (I think) $11.99, but if you need this wave of comic pack it might be worth it because these are still scarce around here.
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07-31-2008, 11:21 PM | #37 |
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Hopefully someone's lurking... I feel like I'm talking to myself here. Anyway... Wave 9 was at the Cormier Rd Target in Green Bay around 6pm tonight. Even though I whined about Target's $8 price, I wasn't going to risk having to wait another month to finally get a BAT, so I bought that. I want Bazooka and maybe Hawk too, but not at that price. I'll wait until I find them at Wal Mart or Kmart.
For those who were keeping score, this is the second time I've seen Wave 9, the first was on July 4. I picked up a set for my nephew... and bought a Ninja Ku and Barbecue for myself (I skipped Hawk and Bazooka only to regret it later, and the other BATS were sold before I got there). I gave up the BAT to my nephew even though I wanted it because I knew he'd be playing with it while mine would sit in a box probably until my son is old enough to play GI Joe with me in 2-3 more years. I was starting to think I'd never see this wave again, but finally tonight I stopped at the Target on a whim and found a full set of the Wave. |
08-02-2008, 11:01 AM | #38 |
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Lake Geneva, WI. WM - Has TONS of wave 7, 8 and now 9 (no major bludds, bats or snow serpents). Also got few wave 5 comic packs left.
Delavan, WI. WM - Has TONS of wave 7, 8 and now 9 (no bludds and bats and ss will go fast). Has lots of wave 5 and few wave 4 comic packs. |
08-02-2008, 10:16 PM | #39 |
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Wave 9 hit Wal Marts hard overnight Friday/Saturday morning (I checked on Thursday night/Friday morning and they weren't stocked then). At both the Oshkosh and Grand Chute Wal Marts I saw at least four or five Wave 9 cases... except for BATs. There was one left in Oshkosh (around 5:30pm), but none in Grand Chute.
Wave 5 comic packs are also hitting Wal Marts... my brother found a set for me in Sheboygan at the North Wal Mart (no blackhead Destro though), and I saw them about 2 hours after I talked to him at the Grand Chute Wal Mart. Only Falcon/Nemesis and Destro/Grenadier pack left, either CC/Tripwire is short packed or very popular??? This is insane how much stuff we've been getting lately... nearly every week we have something... Wave 9, vehicles, videos, comic packs. I can't keep up, but I'm loving it! |
08-14-2008, 02:24 AM | #40 |
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Dang. Kmarts are doing their toy reset. The single figures have gone up $1 to $6.99 and the comic packs to $10.99. Oh well, cheap Joes were good while they lasted. Since Kmart rarely restocks, I doubt I'll be checking there now that the comic packs are more than Wal Mart and the single carded figures are about the same.
Not much new to report... I've seen plenty of DVD packs and vehicles, plenty of Wave 9 except for Snow Serpents and BATs. Not much in the new comic packs, but the racks are starting to clear of the old packs, I guess people are snapping them up to send away for one more Doc. Hopefully we'll see more of the recent Comic Pack waves and less Hawk/Scarlett, CC/Duke, and SE/SS. |
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