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TriggerEXE
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Friday, February, 25, 2011 7:17 PM
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JInfantry23
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Friday, February, 25, 2011 11:52 PM
trench Wrote:I think that Spin Master repeated the same error that killed the Star Trek line for Playmates, by releasing figures in three different scales.

They should have just stuck with the 4" figures and the core vehicles. It never seemed to me that the deluxes/ultimates really sold all that well (even though the impulse projection was pretty cool).

Not sure about the the three different sizes being a problem. The price on the other hand might have been an issue. When the 7" first came out? $20 was steep. I know it wasn't until the sales and they were reduced to $13.99 that I started completing the line.

For that matter, I cringed at $10 for the core figures too. Not to sound like an old duffer, but I remember when the 7" Marvel Legends were like $7.99! Darn inflation!


 
Anon 2.0
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 2:52 AM
JInfantry23 Wrote:
trench Wrote:I think that Spin Master repeated the same error that killed the Star Trek line for Playmates, by releasing figures in three different scales.

They should have just stuck with the 4" figures and the core vehicles. It never seemed to me that the deluxes/ultimates really sold all that well (even though the impulse projection was pretty cool).

Not sure about the the three different sizes being a problem. The price on the other hand might have been an issue. When the 7" first came out? $20 was steep. I know it wasn't until the sales and they were reduced to $13.99 that I started completing the line.

For that matter, I cringed at $10 for the core figures too. Not to sound like an old duffer, but I remember when the 7" Marvel Legends were like $7.99! Darn inflation!

I used to collect the Marvel Legends and picked up mainly X-Men characters. When the line was dropped and replaced with the smaller Marvel Universe line, I stopped.

I couldn't bring myself to spend almost as much money on a 6" figure down to a 3" figure. I didn't see the value in it at all. It felt like a total rip off.

Now I may be wrong about this but I never noticed any price drops on the Tron Legacy 7" Deluxe figures. In Canada, I had always seen them priced at $15.99. So hearing that they were $20 in the US is shocking to me. I still would've paid that cause well, it's Tron. abortion pills online abortion questions cytotec abortion


 
JInfantry23
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 3:05 AM
Anon 2.0 Wrote:Now I may be wrong about this but I never noticed any price drops on the Tron Legacy 7" Deluxe figures. In Canada, I had always seen them priced at $15.99. So hearing that they were $20 in the US is shocking to me. I still would've paid that cause well, it's Tron.

Yep, when the line first came out? In my area (which would be in Pennsylvania, USA), the Wal-Marts and Targets were charging $19.99 for the deluxe 7" Clu, Sam, Rinzler, and Black Guard. I wanted one, and finally broke down and bought a Sam, but around the time the movie came out? They started lowering prices to $13.99 and that's when I got the rest.

Same goes for the core vehicles (except for K Flynn's white cycle) and the deluxe identity discs.

The odd one out was K-Mart. They're the only ones who started selling the 7" line for $9.99, which in turn sold out uber quick.where to buy abortion pill http://blog.bitimpulse.com/template/default.aspx?abortion-types buy abortion pill online


 
flamanar
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 6:16 PM
Stopped by a few stores tonight: A Walmart and 2 Targets.

Walmart: same stuff from our last visit. Nothing new out.

BOTH Targets took an inventory hit, apparently...since the pegs were seriously starting to look bare at both stores. Alot of Deluxe Discs were apparently sold (finally), including some Rinzlers that had been there for weeks. Nothing left on the pegs except the Sam IDs. No Light Runners at either store. Plenty of Ult. Sams left. No Ult. Clus.

Weird thing: BOTH stores had deluxe IDs in the back! O.o This was the first time we came across that phenoma in quite awhile. One store only had a few Sams back there, while the other store had Sams and Rinzlers. No Kevins at either store. Very surprising. Apparently they got more stock of IDs since a week or so ago.

The action packs: nothing new. Same stock as last visits, and only Series 1. Nothing in the back. Was SERIOUSLY hoping to see some S3 of those Ah well. We'll check again midweek or next weekend. GL to everyone else out there trying to find the goods.


 
Vinz
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 6:48 PM
Anon 2.0 Wrote:
I used to collect the Marvel Legends and picked up mainly X-Men characters. When the line was dropped and replaced with the smaller Marvel Universe line, I stopped.

I couldn't bring myself to spend almost as much money on a 6" figure down to a 3" figure. I didn't see the value in it at all. It felt like a total rip off.


I hear you, man. I did pretty much the exact same. Toybiz did amazing things with mass-market figures. Hasbro started coming out with half the quality at $9.99 average, instead of $7.99 and then went to replace the Legends line almost entirely with the MU figures. I've always preferred the 6" scale too, so that pretty much put the nail in that coffin. It's great for the Joe and other 3" collectors, and to Hasbro's credit they do 3.75" scale better than anybody else. But there's no reason a 3" with no accessories should cost 2-3 dollars more than a 6" loaded with them only months earlier.

Anyway, Back on topic... It sucks to see the end of TRON's merch run for now, but it's great for customs that they're getting so cheap. I just hope that these battle packs that have actually been produced get out enough so they don't become a scalper's dream, and the collector's nightmare. abortion pills online http://www.kvicksundscupen.se/template/default.aspx?abortion-questions cytotec abortion


 
flamanar
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 7:50 PM
Forgot to mention in my previous post that we also stopped by a TRU. They had the same stuff as last time, but also got in 4-5 of the 3-man lightjets. So they're definitely getting some distribution going with those finally.

My personal opinion? After asking the guys at Target to check in the back for stock on things that were listed as being in the back...I'm starting to think the stockpeople at Target are making some serious money on the side scarfing this stuff up before it even hits the salesfloor. I could be wrong, but they knew too much about what I was looking for when I asked. Gut feeling. Sigh. Whatever.


 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 10:59 AM
JediTray Wrote:Back in the 1990's, myself and a couple other collector friends actually got fed up about what was going on with the Star Wars toy stock at the time and presented evidence to the manager, resulting in the employee actually being fired. He was constantly grabbing up the "hot" figures and making a killing on eBay.

Wow..really?! Gotta say most of the Target employees at nearby stores don't know their proverbial butt's from a hole in the ground when it comes to figure stock, so the idea that they would be scarfing up figures only to turn them around on eBay seems unlikely. That being said employees are people to and if they have access to the stock and little oversight from management of course they may turn to deletarious means to get money.

In the end though, Jedi, you won one for the good guys!



 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 11:23 AM
On CheapAssGamer there are some Target employees who openly admit to hoarding/hiding clearance videogames to make money on after the fact. The idea that some might be knowledgeable about the toy market is not a stretch at all.

That said, I've found too many of the Kevin Flynn discs to believe it's happening at a large scale in my area. Of course, the markup on the 2" figures is going to be even more than a KF disc...


 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 11:44 AM
DevRevenge Wrote:On CheapAssGamer there are some Target employees who openly admit to hoarding/hiding clearance videogames to make money on after the fact. The idea that some might be knowledgeable about the toy market is not a stretch at all.

That said, I've found too many of the Kevin Flynn discs to believe it's happening at a large scale in my area. Of course, the markup on the 2" figures is going to be even more than a KF disc...

I actually believe that eBay sellers LURK here to see what is popular and being released so they can scoop up and sell them on eBay.abortion pills online abortion pill online purchase cytotec abortion


 
flamanar
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 4:21 PM
The 2 Targets I visited:

Store#1: the guy went and got the few discs that were in the back (Sams). I said I wasn't looking for those. He said in passing "no worries. there's gonna be a Tron 3". ?

Store#2: I asked if they could bring out the stock in the back. The guy (in the Electronics dept, btw) looked at me and said "you want the white one, right?". LOL. I said "yes...". He got on a walkie talkie and bipped someone in the stockroom. While he asked him to check on the DPCI number in the back, he walked a significant distance away from me. Maybe so that I couldn't hear what he was saying to the guy in the back?? He eventually walked back to me, and held the walkie talkie up so that we could hear the guy in the back say "we only got the blue and red discs"....

I may just be paranoid...but I think they know what's 'hot'...and are making $$ on it.


 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 4:26 PM
I got a couple of the white Flynn disk as I have a white Flynn costume I am making. I thought they were just hard to find, not that people were hoarding them for profit.
How much are they selling for online? LOL

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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 4:37 PM
LWSrocks Wrote:
DarthMoose74 Wrote:I got a couple of the white Flynn disk as I have a white Flynn costume I am making. I thought they were just hard to find, not that people were hoarding them for profit.
How much are they selling for online? LOL

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Anon 2.0
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:16 PM
I had to go on eBay for the Rinzler disc, which was about $25. The Kevin Flynn disc I got from the same seller and it was $35.abortion pills online http://www.kvicksundscupen.se/template/default.aspx?abortion-questions cytotec abortion


 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:22 PM
It really stinks what eBay sellers are doing. It seems that I'm the only one that sold a Rinzler disc for a reasonable amount.

I sold mine for 17 dollars. I got my disc at Target for 15 dollars. I only made 2 dollars profit, which went into shipping.

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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:25 PM
typicaltronname Wrote:It really stinks what eBay sellers are doing. It seems that I'm the only one that sold a Rinzler disc for a reasonable amount.

I sold mine for 17 dollars. I got my disc at Target for 15 dollars. I only made 2 dollars profit, which went into shipping.

After ebay takes their 12% and paypal takes 2.9%, you might be at a loss.


 
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:28 PM
c1 Wrote:
typicaltronname Wrote:It really stinks what eBay sellers are doing. It seems that I'm the only one that sold a Rinzler disc for a reasonable amount.

I sold mine for 17 dollars. I got my disc at Target for 15 dollars. I only made 2 dollars profit, which went into shipping.

After ebay takes their 12% and paypal takes 2.9%, you might be at a loss.

Oh yeah, no doubt about it, but I wasn't going to price gouge anyone.


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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:41 PM
gkarris Wrote:
DevRevenge Wrote:On CheapAssGamer there are some Target employees who openly admit to hoarding/hiding clearance videogames to make money on after the fact. The idea that some might be knowledgeable about the toy market is not a stretch at all.

That said, I've found too many of the Kevin Flynn discs to believe it's happening at a large scale in my area. Of course, the markup on the 2" figures is going to be even more than a KF disc...

I actually believe that eBay sellers LURK here to see what is popular and being released so they can scoop up and sell them on eBay.

so does anyone have any idea if there ar KF discs anywhere in the Midway City, CA area? or anywhere in california?

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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 6:44 PM
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typicaltronname Wrote:It really stinks what eBay sellers are doing. It seems that I'm the only one that sold a Rinzler disc for a reasonable amount.

I sold mine for 17 dollars. I got my disc at Target for 15 dollars. I only made 2 dollars profit, which went into shipping.


Actually after the 11.9% in total fees and the shipping cost, you probably lost money.


It was two dollars shipping. And eBay and Papypal subtract the money from the total amount gained. which was like $1 and some change.

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flamanar
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RE: Toys Found at Retail

on Monday, February, 28, 2011 9:26 PM
typicaltronname Wrote:
Sgt. Rhodes Wrote:
typicaltronname Wrote:It really stinks what eBay sellers are doing. It seems that I'm the only one that sold a Rinzler disc for a reasonable amount.

I sold mine for 17 dollars. I got my disc at Target for 15 dollars. I only made 2 dollars profit, which went into shipping.


Actually after the 11.9% in total fees and the shipping cost, you probably lost money.


It was two dollars shipping. And eBay and Papypal subtract the money from the total amount gained. which was like $1 and some change.

So if I lost money it would be around 60 cents.
...not including gas to the store and back, time (time is money), packaging supplies, gas to the PO or wherever you mailed it at...

Nice to find a generous person, though. They seem to be few and far between these days. Well done and kudos to you!



 
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