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10-13-2021, 03:15 AM | #21 |
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Easy- they were under ordered and sold like crazy. One person would buy the whole case pack and there was no stock to replace them. The only figure that really hung around was Roadblock and we are already on v4 of him!
As always, the movie line may kill the whole franchise though :( |
10-13-2021, 08:07 AM | #22 |
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I wouldn't worry about the movie line. If they linger, Target (the only retailer that semi-consistently stocks Classified) will clearance them out with a quickness and move on to the next SKU/Assortment.
Anecdotal evidence is no evidence at all, but at least in my area the movie figures aren't complete non-starters. Yes, there's usually a couple on the pegs, but it looks like Target was cautious in their orders on the line and that they've sold at least a bit, as I doubt there's only two or three figures to a case. Either way it's nowhere NEAR the glut that existed with Rise of Cobra or Retaliation product. And yeah, none of Classified has hit saturation because production hasn't caught up to demand (or maybe PRODUCTION has but shipping hasn't, can't say for sure yet). My concern about "killing the line" at this point has nothing to do with the movie figures, and everything to do with that moment that supply DOES reach demand. GI Joe has the unfortunate tendency of starting off hot and then rapidly cooling when that point is reached, to the tune of significant pegwarming that eventually reaches the point of another "hiatus." Last edited by Jmacq1; 10-13-2021 at 08:21 AM.. |
10-13-2021, 09:37 PM | #23 |
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I wouldn't worry about the movie line. If they linger, Target (the only retailer that semi-consistently stocks Classified) will clearance them out with a quickness and move on to the next SKU/Assortment.
Anecdotal evidence is no evidence at all, but at least in my area the movie figures aren't complete non-starters. Yes, there's usually a couple on the pegs, but it looks like Target was cautious in their orders on the line and that they've sold at least a bit, as I doubt there's only two or three figures to a case. Either way it's nowhere NEAR the glut that existed with Rise of Cobra or Retaliation product. And yeah, none of Classified has hit saturation because production hasn't caught up to demand (or maybe PRODUCTION has but shipping hasn't, can't say for sure yet). My concern about "killing the line" at this point has nothing to do with the movie figures, and everything to do with that moment that supply DOES reach demand. GI Joe has the unfortunate tendency of starting off hot and then rapidly cooling when that point is reached, to the tune of significant pegwarming that eventually reaches the point of another "hiatus." I don't know much about the pre-25th Joe though. |
10-13-2021, 11:26 PM | #24 |
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This is a common thing for G.I. Joe. I don’t think any first wave over saturated the stores. 25th Anniversary’s 1st wave (Flint, Hooded CoCo, Cobra Officer etc.) were easy to find but when waves 2 & 3 hit (Lady Jaye, Buzzer, Stalker, Shipwreck & others) it was like a flood. Pursuit of Cobra was the same thing. Wave 1 ( Jungle Duke, City Firefly) were easily accessible and then Wave 2 with Jungle Viper, Desert Zartan were overflowing. Only Retaliation saturated with the first wave. And we all remember how that went. First wave hit then the studio decided to push the Movie six months. Hasbro decided to rerelease the first wave when the movie came out and nobody was buying them because we all got them six months ago. Which hurt future waves and big box stores finally stop carrying G.I. JOE.
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10-14-2021, 07:23 AM | #25 |
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Can you inform us when this pegwarming happened? It seems to have coincided with movie release from what I can gather. Was 25th running our of steam before ROC stank up the joint? The disaster of first wave syndrome Ret figures hanging around for 2 years killed POCs momentum and the also gave the GREAT stuff that came out in the later waves a crib death. Did the 50th linger forever at TRU?
I don't know much about the pre-25th Joe though. Obviously not every figure or comic pack or vehicle pegwarmed, but enough of them that it backed things up for distribution. I think people have a rosy view of the 25th line's success based more on its' first year, when things WERE a little bit scarce and people were clamoring for more product, but there were pegwarmers in the line as early as the first few single-card waves (Buzzer and single-card Serpentor stick out in my head). And as noted, when supply reached the point of demand...stuff started piling up. It was a successful line for a few years, but even if Rise of Cobra hadn't come about it's likely the line would have dwindled at the rate it was going. Last edited by Jmacq1; 10-14-2021 at 07:26 AM.. |
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