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04-13-2012, 03:44 PM | #1 |
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Hey. I just recently got back into collecting Joes, and the Retaliation figures will be the first time in years (hell, decades) that I'll be able to go into a store and buy brand-new Joe figures (as opposed to specialty stores or Ebay). Yeah, it's a shame that this honor befalls the so-so Retaliation figures, but it's better than nothing.
Anyway, my question: how do waves work, as far as how they're released? Retaliation has at least 5 waves announced so far. For example, the Night Viper is supposed to be in Wave 5. How much time usually goes between the release of Joe waves at retail? Does more than one wave release at a time? Wassup?
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Well because it is a movie line, Hasbro will release the first two waves a few weeks before the movie. Those first two waves will be overstocked by the stores, and will sit there until December.
You will come on this site, and will hear sporadic stories of waves 3 to 6 being sighted in this store or that store. This will make you got to all the stores in your locality. You will find, despite what is said on the forums, that only waves 1 and 2 are at the stores. Welcome to modern Joe collecting. If you are really interested in the Retaliation toys, your best bet is to check out Hasbro Toyshop of BBTS for pre-orders. |
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04-13-2012, 04:34 PM | #3 |
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Sound advice.
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Anyway, my question: how do waves work, as far as how they're released? Retaliation has at least 5 waves announced so far. For example, the Night Viper is supposed to be in Wave 5. How much time usually goes between the release of Joe waves at retail? Does more than one wave release at a time? Wassup?
As a movie tie in product, retailers have traditionally stocked such lines heavily, so the first few waves will be relatively easy to find at retail. The fall assortments will depend on how much retailers get of prior waves and how well those sell. From what I'm seeing with Joe, here is "the plan", which is subject to change: wave 1- Street Dated for May 28, 2012. Retailers likely already have product, but "aren't allowed to sell" them until next month. Retailers are known to break street dates in the past. so... Wave 2- Estimated on shelf around the release of the film. MAY end up available earlier Wave 3- August-ish release Wave 4- September-ish Wave 5- October-ish Note that waves 4 and 5 WILL feature more figures than we've seen revealed.
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Thanks for explaining that for me. Damn, I might not get my Night Viper until after the summer? Bummer. But at least I'll have a Cobra Commander soon.
Also, I saw that article on the front page that a mid-west chain is already stocking Retaliation figures...now I'm going to be obsessively checking everywhere near me for the damn things. Grr.
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All joking aside, TRansformers: Dark of the Moon (which was stocked a HELL of a lot more than Retaliation will be) got to wave 5 deluxes (even if they didn't show up until the fall/after Christmas)
Even RoC, for its weak performance, still put out 4 mass retail waves (Wave 4 was MIA) with 2 SKUs. I think Retaliation would have to do a LOT worse than RoC to make the last couple waves discount fodder similar to what we saw with RoC. I have faith everyone has learned enough that we will get the five listed waves out to retail.
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Well because it is a movie line, Hasbro will release the first two waves a few weeks before the movie. Those first two waves will be overstocked by the stores, and will sit there until December.
You will come on this site, and will hear sporadic stories of waves 3 to 6 being sighted in this store or that store. This will make you got to all the stores in your locality. You will find, despite what is said on the forums, that only waves 1 and 2 are at the stores. Welcome to modern Joe collecting. If you are really interested in the Retaliation toys, your best bet is to check out Hasbro Toyshop of BBTS for pre-orders. |
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