[jabalong]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

I think it's still pretty popular with kids too. My son has a couple of friends who still collect the toys even though they're teens and have pretty much outgrown toys.

I was putting my new Spin Master Batmobile up in the display of Batmobiles in my garage when my son and a couple of his friends came in to look at it (and the other things I have in there). One of them said they were gonna look for that Batmobile when they go looking for The Bear. Turns out that kid has all the Fortnite vehicles and figures. Anyway, point is, I think the figures still sell to kids. lol

Interesting! Maybe there's hope for creating the next generation of adult 1:18 collectors. And with the legs on this line and Fortnite being the phenomenon that it is, it will be interesting what that nostalgia factor for the line might be in say 20 years.

[jason1551]

Old line was discontinued and we have nothing in our system at Target for any of the new stuff.

[slim19722]

Picked up Riptide at Walmart because he looks like Slade Wilson.

[MacDowin]

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Originally Posted by jason1551

Old line was discontinued and we have nothing in our system at Target for any of the new stuff.

That seems hard to believe. Yes, 6" was discontinued, but new stuff like the Truck has been found on shelves. Also the new 2.5" line is getting stocked.

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by jason1551

Old line was discontinued and we have nothing in our system at Target for any of the new stuff.

Is that just for your store or district/region, or is it a company-wide thing? I guess I don't have a dog in the hunt really, but it sucks to see another line of 4" action figures disappear.

[WVMarvel]

Time for a rant. I hate the fact that Walmart and Target have third-party sellers on their websites. It makes searching for in-stock figures a pain in the rump. I know that you can filter them out, but not always. It just is not user friendly. I don't have time to drive all over God's creation to do toy hunts. I love doing them,but I don't have time. You have a website, make it easy to use and I will give you money. Nope, total poop show.

Walmart and Target, you are not Amazon, so stop pretending that you are. I think that it is deceiving, especially when the person buying may not know that a product is being sold by a third party for a huge mark-up. This was the case with my mother-in law at Christmas. She was showing the kids the Walmart website because she did not want to go to the store, and they were picking things that were being sold by a third-party. Of course she bought them even though they were way over priced. My wife tried to explain to her that she was overpaying and why. "But that can't be true, its on the Walmart site. It is being sold by Walmart." Completely went over her head. Of course my wife only knows this because I collect toys. Normal stuff is sold by Walmart.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I see this as a problem in getting figures as well. And don't get me started on Target and putting Halo figures on its website and then not allowing you to order them online and them never being in the two stores in my city. But i guess that is a rant for the 1:18 Halo thread.

[MacDowin]

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Originally Posted by WVMarvel

Time for a rant. I hate the fact that Walmart and Target have third-party sellers on their websites. It makes searching for in-stock figures a pain in the rump. I know that you can filter them out, but not always. It just is not user friendly. I don't have time to drive all over God's creation to do toy hunts. I love doing them,but I don't have time. You have a website, make it easy to use and I will give you money. Nope, total poop show.

Walmart and Target, you are not Amazon, so stop pretending that you are. I think that it is deceiving, especially when the person buying may not know that a product is being sold by a third party for a huge mark-up. This was the case with my mother-in law at Christmas. She was showing the kids the Walmart website because she did not want to go to the store, and they were picking things that were being sold by a third-party. Of course she bought them even though they were way over priced. My wife tried to explain to her that she was overpaying and why. "But that can't be true, its on the Walmart site. It is being sold by Walmart." Completely went over her head. Of course my wife only knows this because I collect toys. Normal stuff is sold by Walmart.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I see this as a problem in getting figures as well. And don't get me started on Target and putting Halo figures on its website and then not allowing you to order them online and them never being in the two stores in my city. But i guess that is a rant for the 1:18 Halo thread.

I completely agree. Their websites need to show only the items they carry and nothing else. Best Buy does that as well. So frustrating.

[WVMarvel]

Hey Macdowin, my sons and I love your videos.

[Jay West]

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Originally Posted by jason1551

Old line was discontinued and we have nothing in our system at Target for any of the new stuff.

That would suck but looks like what is happening at my Target except they have the vehicles still?wonder what happened? Can?t imagine Target just passed on Fortnite toys. They have so much junk in the toy aisle that peg warms. Fortnite usually sold fairly well around me.

[Jay West]

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Originally Posted by MacDowin

That seems hard to believe. Yes, 6" was discontinued, but new stuff like the Truck has been found on shelves. Also the new 2.5" line is getting stocked.

Do you have any contacts at Jazwares who would be able to confirm if the four inch line is done at Target. Don?t know if you do you just seem to get all the news early.