[Shin-Gouki]

Yeah I believe it's done. They said it was a filler wave between wave 3 and wave 1 (08) (IE: Wave 5). It originally was not planned to be made at all.

[Cobra-La]

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Originally Posted by Stygian

Ah, a central PHX collector. Okay, finding two cases of Wave 5 makes sense. I'm on the extreme East side, and even though I have access to more Walmart stores than you probably do on your side of town, that doesn't mean I'm having any more luck in tracking down Wave 4 at least.

I'm with you in wondering if this Wave is done and gone. Hardly any trickled to market (in AZ at least), so I'm left to conclude that this Wave was just a courtesy to the fans, and the pocketbooks of Hasbro.

I used to live and work in the East Valley and can attest to how heavily scalped it is. Central Phx is no better. Luckily I have a Wal-Mart and Target on the way to and home from work. There's another Wal-Mart and Target just to the west of where I work. When I'm really hunting I'll hit the Wal-Mart on my to and home from work. I'll hit the other Target and Wal-Mart twice a week at lunch. It's a lot of trips, but I end up finding stuff a week or two after they are first sighted.

[Stygian]

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Originally Posted by Cobra-La

I used to live and work in the East Valley and can attest to how heavily scalped it is.

Indeed. Although not all stores are heavily scalped, many along the 202 Freeway are. Thankfully all scalpers cannot be everywhere at once, so there are select pockets of time where I can snag a few here and there. After all, I'm only looking to complete a set and maybe purchase a dup. here and there. I'm not one of those (from this very Messageboard) looking to complete 2-4 sets, and scarfing up all the Joes I can lay my greedy hands on.

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Originally Posted by Cobra-La

Central Phx is no better. Luckily I have a Wal-Mart and Target on the way to and home from work. There's another Wal-Mart and Target just to the west of where I work. When I'm really hunting I'll hit the Wal-Mart on my to and home from work. I'll hit the other Target and Wal-Mart twice a week at lunch. It's a lot of trips, but I end up finding stuff a week or two after they are first sighted.

Sounds like you follow the same rule of thumb I do. You never, ever know when stores are going to re-stock, so erroring on the side of caution never hurts. :-)

[Stygian]

I found a few Wave 4 figures today! I think I'm finally done with these, however, as I mainly purchased them for the card art anyway:

1Roadblock
1Destro
1Air Trooper

Found at Fry's Marketplace on Greenfield and Target near the Chandler Mall.

[n3rf]

Congrats, Stygian. I'm still in that boat. I just want one complete set for the card art.

Every Target I went to today had all of Wave 4 except Air Trooper, so on the pegs they stayed. Well, I picked up a Roadblock for a buddy. But it was like somebody went to each store and grabbed just the troopers.

[docfairday]

Yesterday I found and bought a complete wave 4 set at the Spectrum Target. The Northern and 101 Target had had 2 cases of wave 4 but no storm shadows or destros were left. I also found and left the smooth belt buckle Shipwreck variant at Metro TRU.

[Shin-Gouki]

Picked up some Crimson Guards at the Walmart on the 202 at Gilbert Rd. Opened the case myself, then stocked the rest on the pegs for them.

[Stygian]

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Originally Posted by Shin-Gouki

Picked up some Crimson Guards at the Walmart on the 202 at Gilbert Rd. Opened the case myself, then stocked the rest on the pegs for them.

Ah, aren't you kind. :-) So, I wonder if this means we'll start seeing more W1/08 (Wave 5) and such on WM shelves again over the next few days? This is first I've heard of anything other than comic packs on WM shelves in several weeks.

[Shin-Gouki]

I think so. Gilbert/202 had Wave 4 and Wave 5, I missed Wave 5 at Signal Butte and the 60 and I think I missed it at Gary/Hunt Highway.

I tend to stock them for them if I open a case, I like seeing them on the pegs.

Oh BTW don't bother with the Walmart on Power and Ray. They did their reset and STILL don't carry any Joes, yet they carry The Craps, makes perfect sense. I tried buying from one and returning them there just so they would get peg space but no luck. Oh well I'll just never shop there then.

[Stygian]

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Originally Posted by Shin-Gouki

I think so. Gilbert/202 had Wave 4 and Wave 5, I missed Wave 5 at Signal Butte and the 60 and I think I missed it at Gary/Hunt Highway.

I tend to stock them for them if I open a case, I like seeing them on the pegs.

Oh BTW don't bother with the Walmart on Power and Ray. They did their reset and STILL don't carry any Joes, yet they carry The Craps, makes perfect sense. I tried buying from one and returning them there just so they would get peg space but no luck. Oh well I'll just never shop there then.

I'm trying to imagine in my mind which WM exists on Power/Ray. Do you mean the one across the street from that Super Target, off the 202? I'm pretty sure that's the one you mean. Yeah, they've never stocked GI Joe, and that just baffles me. Tons of Spiderman movie and Wrestling crap, but nada Joes. Oh well, one less place to have to check. :-)

I haven't checked WM stores since Saturday, as I'm becoming somewhat frustrated with the lack of Joes at WM's across the state right now. If you say Joes are starting to appear I may venture out today, since I have the day off, but we'll see. I think I may just take a wait and see approach. I already have W4 and W1/08, but a few people on this board are requesting W1/08 figures, and I'd like to be able to help a few of them out.

Thanks for the info., Shin!