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05-25-2008, 08:27 AM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Virginia
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Has anyone else noticed wave 8 seems to be extremely well stocked compaired to previous waves? I have gone into my local walmart the past 4 nights in a row and seen a minimium of 5-6 boxs of wave 8 sitting in the stacks each night waiting to be stocked. Wave 7 is stocked to the point where it is about to fall off the pegs too. I mean its greeat and all, just wondering if maybe the distribution problems have finally been corrected.
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05-25-2008, 08:30 AM | #2 |
Drunk-Viper
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In an alley with a viper
Posts: 1,540
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i haven't notice that yet with wave 8, but i was able to get a complete set without any problem. wave 7, on the other hand, seems to be so well stocked that some of the figures (Snake Eyes and Duke, i am looking in your direction) are in danger of becoming the next Buzzer and Hooded CC.
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05-25-2008, 08:47 AM | #3 |
487121987219863.2
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: The parade grounds of electric dreams
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I think it's a local thing. Some areas seem to have good quantities, most likely due to the managers of those stores ordering heavy numbers well in advance or by staying on top of restock orders. I have not seen wave 7 more than once and have yet to see wave 8 though there have been sightings in the area it seems to have sold out pretty quickly. Central Ohio has lots and lots of stores but they equal out to lots and lots of empty pegs most of the time.
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05-25-2008, 08:52 AM | #4 |
PROUD AMERICAN
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Florida
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I have yet to see wave 7 and I have only seen a wave 8 Baroness. I live in st.pete,Fl and there is 3 wally's, 3 targets and 1 TRU within a shrt distance of each other.
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05-25-2008, 08:59 AM | #5 |
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 518
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Snake eyes is hot in l.a. People are stealing him out of package, duke looks like. The hunch back of notre dame. Baroness fig looks horrible
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i haven't notice that yet with wave 8, but i was able to get a complete set without any problem. wave 7, on the other hand, seems to be so well stocked that some of the figures (Snake Eyes and Duke, i am looking in your direction) are in danger of becoming the next Buzzer and Hooded CC.
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05-25-2008, 09:03 AM | #6 |
Mad Scientist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: VA
Posts: 564
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I wish I had that problem. I have checked every walmart near here on a daily basis and have yet to see any wave 8 figures. I did find a Flash and a Storm Shadow v2, so it wasn't all for loss.
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05-25-2008, 09:19 AM | #7 |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Scottsburg, Indiana
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I've seen wave 8 twice now and wave 4 comic packs only once. While it helps working at Walmart, NONE of the stores in my area are saturated with either. The second time I saw wave 8, they had gotten one case of them and two cases of wave 7. Sad to say, but the only figure that I REALLY wanted out of wave 8 anyway was TF Flint. I now have 4 total, so I have met my quota on that figure. Not to worry... I'm NOT scalping or hording him. I just have some customs that require the assistance of his arms.
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05-25-2008, 09:22 AM | #8 |
endlesssummerofthedamned
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Midway, PA
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There is no problem of surplus Joes in western PA. Nine and a half times out of ten there is nothing on the pegs but Hooded Cobra Commander and some comic packs. I got lucky yesterday, finding the Baroness, Roadblock, Cobra Commander and Viper from wave 8, and a Shipwreck v. Copperhead pack between Target and Walmart. Otherwise, these stores haven't had anything in about a month. They seem to now have a couple of Vipers and Snake Eyes from wave 7 hanging around, as well as waves 1-3 comic packs. Hopefully overstock becomes a problem real soon - like for wave 9 and the upcoming vehicle and dvd packs. I'd love to be able to pick up G.I. Joe on clearance.
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05-25-2008, 09:38 AM | #9 |
Ex-Pharisee
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace
Posts: 12,216
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No surplus here. I check Wal-Mart daily, and gotlucky one day and found a combined waves 7 and 8, but that's long gone now. No new comic packs either, which is really what I'm waiting on.
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05-25-2008, 09:53 AM | #10 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Maryland
Posts: 4,555
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this surplus thing is a farse. my stores got maybe 2-3 cases of each wave in and thats it. all of which i can gaurantee you did not last more than a day. the idea that these waves are flooding the market as a whole is unfounded at this point in my opinion and nothing more than a regional supply issue. for example, same stores within a 50 mile radius have gotten significiantly more qnty than any of the same stores in my area. this may come off as meer bitter rant but it's frustrating to read that some feel product is finally reaching the qnty we as fans would like while my area seems to remain the nail bitting, dash and grab what you can while you can. to that, all i can say is some of you may be happy however there are many of us that continue to be frustrated by a trickle of product. i feel fortunate in that my stores are atleast getting something as others are reporting they still are not getting anything. if i was in one of those lucky markets, i would certainly be offering my services to help others if possible. i'm not saying this is in any way required of anyone else but if your finding surplus and want to see it sold to get restock, perhaps helping others whom are less fortunate could be the solution to both you and your fellow collectors.
congratulation though to those who are the lucky ones. it must be nice.
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