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Post by JHTB® on Mar 18, 2015 8:50:43 GMT -5
This, because Ebay prices are neck and neck, so you might as well get a trip out of it ! Strange thing is that I saw these in stores a few months ago. Haven't seen them since. Haven't been restocked either. We got an extremely limited amount of these in Canada. I have 4 tru locations within an hour of me and only 2 of them got this set. I can confirm that. Only saw them once at one TRU and they only had 2 sets. I've been to quite a few TRUs at that time but yet none of them ever got any.
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Post by dixol on Mar 18, 2015 8:55:01 GMT -5
As of last week when my TRU guy checked his system he said our distribution center have zero BaF on hand, but open orders for both the Bearer and the Kane sets. They are still active items in their system. We will be getting it at some point in the US. TRU isn't going to have an exclusive and then not sell it in the US which is their biggest market. We will get it they haven't even had it on their website yet. You kept saying the same thing about bearer. I'm not calling you a liar because you obviously know what you're talking about, but I got the feeling from the last Q&A that MDT knows they aren't going to release like they should. He already had to do something different to get the bearer out.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Mar 18, 2015 8:56:22 GMT -5
I have the Basic one....at this point, based on what he looks like at Wrestlemania, I may or may not even want to buy an Elite of this attire. It represents the biggest LOSS of his career, and if he has different tights or a different beard/hair at Mania, then I might pass to try and save some money. If the coat was cloth, I'd buy it for sure....but TRU BAF prices are CRIMINAL, and that rubber hat and rubber coat don't do anything for me, and I have the Basic Corporate Kane, so I'm not really interested in building him or any of the other 3 figures in the set.
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Post by Old School Collector on Mar 18, 2015 9:02:30 GMT -5
This, because Ebay prices are neck and neck, so you might as well get a trip out of it ! Strange thing is that I saw these in stores a few months ago. Haven't seen them since. Haven't been restocked either. We got an extremely limited amount of these in Canada. I have 4 tru locations within an hour of me and only 2 of them got this set. Yea, it's crazyness with the distribution of this whole set. Keep an eye out for me though, man !
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Post by PJ on Mar 18, 2015 9:31:42 GMT -5
As of last week when my TRU guy checked his system he said our distribution center have zero BaF on hand, but open orders for both the Bearer and the Kane sets. They are still active items in their system. We will be getting it at some point in the US. TRU isn't going to have an exclusive and then not sell it in the US which is their biggest market. We will get it they haven't even had it on their website yet. You kept saying the same thing about bearer. I'm not calling you a liar because you obviously know what you're talking about, but I got the feeling from the last Q&A that MDT knows they aren't going to release like they should. He already had to do something different to get the bearer out. Like I said according to my guy at TRU who has been helping me with every line I collect since before Jakks CS1 (and he's never been wrong with what he has told me) both lines are still active items in their system and our area Distribution Center has none on hand but open orders for both. And Bill had said in the past that Mattel had shipped TRU's order. And I really can't see TRU sending it to their Canadian and overseas stores while leaving their US market without. They didn't even put it on their website yet. It has to be sitting at a TRU warehouse somewhere. Especially seeing TRU used that Bearer set for their Big Book ad photos. I would think if they (TRU) had decided to sell their stock to a discount outlet store like Big Lots then the line wouldn't still be active in their system with open orders at distribution centers. It could be that dock workers strike had something to do with the delay? But I think I heard it ended a week or two ago. I would guess we see them between now and the summer.
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Post by ZDB on Mar 18, 2015 9:52:45 GMT -5
I still need a 21-1 taker to keep moc next to my moc 21-1 Lesnar. I'll also grab Bryan. I'll pass on bray, and cena. As for bearer is bought it for $15 shipped no jokes (kid from Canada who quit collecting)
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Post by cableV on Mar 18, 2015 10:01:29 GMT -5
If they are sitting in one of their US warehouses they should just put them up on the website. Especially if the reason for the delay is current in store inventory. If they wait too long, the figures are going to be so out of date that the casual collector or kid won't want them. In 11 days we are all going to be clamoring for a WM 31 Undertaker in whatever cool coat he wears this time anyway
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Post by PJ on Mar 18, 2015 10:08:42 GMT -5
If they are sitting in one of their US warehouses they should just put them up on the website. Especially if the reason for the delay is current in store inventory. If they wait too long, the figures are going to be so out of date that the casual collector or kid won't want them. In 11 days we are all going to be clamoring for a WM 31 Undertaker in whatever cool coat he wears this time anyway True, but TRU has been all f'ed up ever since they got the new CEO a year or so ago.
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Mar 18, 2015 13:15:52 GMT -5
Oh God...reading these replies this is going to be another Paul Bearer problem. C'mon Mattel, forget about this exclusive crap and just put all elites out at global retail outlets.
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 18, 2015 19:18:18 GMT -5
Oh God...reading these replies this is going to be another Paul Bearer problem. C'mon Mattel, forget about this exclusive crap and just put all elites out at global retail outlets. taking the TRU exclusive Mankind figure and having Amazon carry it instead worked out well for everyone. hope they do it again with these sets. thought to be fair I only wanted Taker from the BAF Kane set, and got him and my custom Corporate Kane. just waiting on the Paul Bearer set now.
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Post by cableV on Mar 18, 2015 19:25:27 GMT -5
Maybe there will be pallets of them at the WrestleMania Superstore next week If so, I'm buying.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 20:40:38 GMT -5
There is obviously a problem with US TRU's and Mattel as it relates to the BAF line. The line is dead at domestic TRU. Accept it, and move on.
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Post by BCizzle on Mar 18, 2015 20:49:17 GMT -5
There is obviously a problem with US TRU's and Mattel as it relates to the BAF line. The line is dead at domestic TRU. Accept it, and move on. And I think we are better for it. Making people buy 1, 2, 3, or sometimes even 4 figures they don't want just to get the 1 they do, that just ain't cool.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 21:11:07 GMT -5
Well, we know they've been produced and they're sitting somewhere. They're not just going to disappear. Whether they release them as is, peel the TRU sticker and sell them online a la Amazon, or repackage them, they will be released in the United States.
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Post by BCizzle on Mar 18, 2015 21:15:21 GMT -5
Well, we know they've been produced and they're sitting somewhere. They're not just going to disappear. Whether they release them as is, peel the TRU sticker and sell them online a la Amazon, or repackage them, they will be released in the United States. They could bury them in the ditch where all the old Atari ET cartridges used to be!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 21:34:09 GMT -5
Well, we know they've been produced and they're sitting somewhere. They're not just going to disappear. Whether they release them as is, peel the TRU sticker and sell them online a la Amazon, or repackage them, they will be released in the United States. They could bury them in the ditch where all the old Atari ET cartridges used to be! Let's hope not.
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