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08-30-2021, 10:47 AM | #1 |
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It has been 1 year & I'm wondering why Classified wave 1 never hit the saturation point that normally happens. Shouldn't wave 1 be collecting dust in all the stores by now? I was expecting to see the regular wave 1 figures pegwarming by now. But every store I go to has 0 Classified figures. I see people on Youtube finding the Flint/Lady Jaye/CC wave all the time. But the stores near me never have anything.
I want to buy another Scarlett & all the sites have her listed as pre-order. Why am I pre-ordering a figure that has already been out at retail for a whole year? What exactly is going on with this line? |
08-30-2021, 11:16 AM | #2 |
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It has been 1 year & I'm wondering why Classified wave 1 never hit the saturation point that normally happens. Shouldn't wave 1 be collecting dust in all the stores by now? I was expecting to see the regular wave 1 figures pegwarming by now. But every store I go to has 0 Classified figures. I see people on Youtube finding the Flint/Lady Jaye/CC wave all the time. But the stores near me never have anything.
I want to buy another Scarlett & all the sites have her listed as pre-order. Why am I pre-ordering a figure that has already been out at retail for a whole year? What exactly is going on with this line?
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08-30-2021, 11:28 AM | #3 |
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It does seem strange that we would have to pre-order figures that were already released. It seems like those wave 1 figures are just released in small batches. I have seen redeco Roadblock and redeco Scarlett in stores but I've never seen a Destro, Snake Eyes or Duke in the wild. I think I bought all my figures from that initial wave from Pulse and BBTS.
I have been seeing a lot of Flints, LJs and Cobra Commanders lately. In my area, it is starting to seem like they've hit the point where they need to slow down on distributing those. I thought that point would have arrived awhile ago but they kept selling. I was surprised.
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09-01-2021, 10:53 AM | #4 |
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I got really lucky and walked in on the small display that they put out of wave 1. I bought one of every figure and posted in a Facebook group on the rest. Next day, I decided to pick up the extra duke and an extra snake eyes for customs. All gone.
Since then, I have seen redo Roadblock and Scarlett, but no other wave ones. I have gotten really lucky that the only figures I have had to hunt for online were Cobra Island. |
09-01-2021, 01:45 PM | #5 |
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Wave 1 never saturated because sales never slowed enough for product to build up at retail.
"Saturation" typically occurs when stores receive enough product to satisfy immediate demand. That never occurred with GI Joe Classified, and still hasn't.
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09-01-2021, 01:51 PM | #6 |
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Roadblock has just now dipped under MSRP on the aftermarket. The others are all still worth 20 or more... so if collectors don't grab them, scalpers will. You usually only see stuff peg warming/saturating when supply outstrips demand.
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09-01-2021, 02:32 PM | #7 |
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It has been 1 year & I'm wondering why Classified wave 1 never hit the saturation point that normally happens. Shouldn't wave 1 be collecting dust in all the stores by now? I was expecting to see the regular wave 1 figures pegwarming by now. But every store I go to has 0 Classified figures. I see people on Youtube finding the Flint/Lady Jaye/CC wave all the time. But the stores near me never have anything.
I want to buy another Scarlett & all the sites have her listed as pre-order. Why am I pre-ordering a figure that has already been out at retail for a whole year? What exactly is going on with this line? I'm sure the regulars on this site are sick of hearing me say this, but since this question was asked......... I saw Wave 1 Roadblocks sitting around unsold FOR-EV-ER. Months and months sitting on the pegs unsold. Dear God no more Wave 1 please (with the exception of Snake Eyes, who always sells well).
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09-01-2021, 02:38 PM | #8 |
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I'm sure the regulars on this site are sick of hearing me say this, but since this question was asked.........
I saw Wave 1 Roadblocks sitting around unsold FOR-EV-ER. Months and months sitting on the pegs unsold. Dear God no more Wave 1 please (with the exception of Snake Eyes, who always sells well).
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09-01-2021, 04:38 PM | #9 |
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I have never seen a "regular" Classified figure in stores - only Target exclusive Cobra Island figures.
I think most stores only receive 1 case of classified figures, if that |
09-01-2021, 05:07 PM | #10 |
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I'm sure the regulars on this site are sick of hearing me say this, but since this question was asked.........
I saw Wave 1 Roadblocks sitting around unsold FOR-EV-ER. Months and months sitting on the pegs unsold. Dear God no more Wave 1 please (with the exception of Snake Eyes, who always sells well).
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