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View Poll Results: What Single-Carded waves are you having trouble finding? | |||
Wave 1 (Alley Viper, Snow Job, Beach Head, Firefly, etc.) | 11 | 5.67% | |
Wave 2 (Zartan, Dusty, Recondo, Jungle-Viper, etc.) | 6 | 3.09% | |
Wave 3 (Snake Eyes, Desert Duke, Cobra Shock Trooper, Storm Shadow) | 8 | 4.12% | |
Wave 4 (Destro, Low-Light, Skydive, Shadow Tracker) | 95 | 48.97% | |
Wave 5 (General Hawk, Steel Brigade, Jungle B.A.T., Blowtorch, etc.) | 145 | 74.74% | |
Wave 6 (Iron Grenaider, Rock Viper, Crazylegs, Cobra Viper, etc.) | 136 | 70.10% | |
Toys R Us Exclusives Wave (Spirit, Quick Kick) | 42 | 21.65% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 194. You may not vote on this poll |
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08-10-2011, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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After reading thread after thread, post after post, and complaint after complaint about how people here cannot find many of the Pursuit of Cobra Single-Carded figures, I decided to make a poll to see just how bad the distribution/store-support problem really is across the United States.
Many of us have found the vehicles with ease and still do to this day, but others (such as myself) have never even seen Bravo Waves 1 or 2 (Wolfhound, HISS Tank-brown, HISS Tank-Black, Fury, Vamp), and forget even thinking about Alpha Wave 3 (Motorcycle Armor & HISS Scout) or the cancelled Mech Wave 2 (Mountain Wolf & Minotaur) right now. This is an issue for another day, today we're discussing the little plastic guys you jam into those vehicles. Many of you have already asked "what's the deal?" in the "Hasbro 2011 GI Joe Q&A Round 4" thread, and are anxiously awaiting to see if Hasbro will answer your concerns. From what I have read and observed, retailers are clueless when it comes to ordering in new product from this line and they bring in either nothing, old/early POC product, or just 1 assortment of newer waves which go in a flash. Some stores have completely dropped G.I. Joe altogether. So with that, let us all compile our findings, try to gain an idea of the scale of this issue, and see just how many Arctic Destros the World could do without. Above are 7 choices, each listing a specific wave of product. Check off as many choices that apply to you in regards to what waves of product you currently have trouble finding, have not seen at all, have only seen once, or have only found remnants of-(example: finding two Wave-6 Croc Masters on the pegs but nothing else from Wave 6). Hopefully this survey can give us, Retailers, and Hasbro some idea of what the current product distribution, in-store availability, and retailer support looks like. Maybe if we are lucky we will see these hard to find items eventually show up at the big retailers near Christmas time (since right now they appear to be getting in many of the POC waves 1-4 revision cases) or at discount retail stores like TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and ROSS, thus eliminating our concerns and further need for threads like this one. Thank you for your time.
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08-10-2011, 07:00 PM | #2 |
try not to die
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Illinois
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In my area and even when i go 3 hours to chicago and an hour to iowa I've never seen a figure past wave 2 on shelves.
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08-10-2011, 07:13 PM | #3 |
Live it to the fullest...
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Florida
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I see tins of wave 1-3 plus the revision wave. Shadow Tracker and Money Bags Destro are very tough to find (found mine at Walgreens). Wave 5 and 6 are almost non existent but I found mine the first day they restocked. Haven't seen wave 5 since and see wave 6 on occasion.
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08-10-2011, 07:20 PM | #4 |
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After reading thread after thread, post after post, and complaint after complaint about how people here cannot find many of the Pursuit of Cobra Single-Carded figures, I decided to make a poll to see just how bad the distribution/store-support problem really is across the United States.
I HAVE NOT HAD GI JOE FIGURES AT RETAIL IN OVER A GODDAMNED YEAR!!! I'm not exaggerating either, Altus Oklahoma is served by ONE Walmart store, who has not carried GI Joe single figures since spring 2010 (and ditched some leftover RoC Alphas upon us last Christmas AT FULL PRICE). You guys think it is bad just finding revision cases? How about finding NOTHING AT ALL!
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08-10-2011, 07:22 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Indiana
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Found one Wal-Mart of all places that had Wave 6. Got my CC, Genaral Hawk, 2x Steel brigades and my 3x Cobra troopers. They had the Jungle vipers and blow torch but wasn't interested. Every place else I've gone has been the Duke/Alley Viper asst.
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08-10-2011, 07:24 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Chicago
Posts: 2,297
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I have seen some of each waves in stores. Not the SOME I want but some. I order 95% of all my stuff on line now. I bitch 95% less for a Joe collector.
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08-10-2011, 07:24 PM | #7 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Chicago
Posts: 500
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I can find tons of Beachheads, Alley Vipers and Shock Troopers now. I've also found about two Shadow Trackers.
Besides that, I can't find nothing. I really need another Recondo, some more Jungle BATs, and maybe an extra Low Light. It sucks having to pay 15-20 dollars for them online. |
08-10-2011, 07:24 PM | #8 |
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Wave 4. I have gotten Low-Light and Skydive from the revision case but I have NEVER seen Destro or Shadow Tracker
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08-10-2011, 07:31 PM | #9 |
FEED ME MORE!
Join Date: Apr 2009
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only seen Skydive as far as wave 4 goes, no sight of 5 or 6 at all, had to get the ones I wanted from a fellow tanker
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08-10-2011, 07:37 PM | #10 |
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Location: Maryland
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i have only found 1 figure past wave 3. VERY frustrating.
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