popyduggan
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Post by popyduggan on Jan 30, 2018 17:50:28 GMT -5
Every store got one case of everything(Gene/Fink/E54/B-Natalya series/BP Bar series) a couple weeks ago, now the sections are mostly empty besides a handful of figures because they didn't replenish. It's weird, with Barbie and Hot Wheels there's always something coming in, but with WWE, you see a fresh case and it's usually basic rings or kids' belts, maybe my perspective is skewed...
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chuuch
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Post by chuuch on Jan 30, 2018 17:56:21 GMT -5
Toys R Us had series 52 and 53 in my area (NJ). Target and Walmart have 54 now.
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Post by jayrod2009 on Jan 30, 2018 18:13:43 GMT -5
Chinese New Year slowed down shipments for everyone. Don’t worry, soon shelfs will be drowning in figures.
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 30, 2018 18:18:55 GMT -5
I've been getting the regular elite off of RSC so I havnt noticed. Rsc is usually ahead of the game vs retail stores.
Retail is only for exclusives these days.
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Post by #HANDSOME1 on Jan 30, 2018 18:54:46 GMT -5
PA gets everything late or not at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 19:29:05 GMT -5
Meh.. it is what it is
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Post by boz1515 on Jan 30, 2018 20:26:44 GMT -5
The only thing consistent in my opinion is the store exclusives. It may take some stores longer to get the exclusives but they eventually release. I thought that too, and then TNF 3. Basically impossible to find around me, and I mean in a 100 mile radius.
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Post by fzmadness on Jan 30, 2018 20:52:36 GMT -5
I havent seen anything in New York for awhile now. Just tags on pegs
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eaterofworlds
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Post by eaterofworlds on Jan 30, 2018 20:57:08 GMT -5
The only thing consistent in my opinion is the store exclusives. It may take some stores longer to get the exclusives but they eventually release. I thought that too, and then TNF 3. Basically impossible to find around me, and I mean in a 100 mile radius. Wow that blows! Did they never get them at all or is it possible they flew off the shelves really quick? Sometimes i think "oh man, they got the whole series except one im looking for" then ill go to the next store and find the one im looking for and nothing else!
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Post by boz1515 on Jan 30, 2018 21:10:13 GMT -5
I thought that too, and then TNF 3. Basically impossible to find around me, and I mean in a 100 mile radius. Wow that blows! Did they never get them at all or is it possible they flew off the shelves really quick? Sometimes i think "oh man, they got the whole series except one im looking for" then ill go to the next store and find the one im looking for and nothing else! I visited 17 Walmarts. I saw Chad Gable twice, and Seth Rollins once. I believe just a few stores got 1 case, and most stores received zero cases. I was going all the time during November and December. There was no way I could have missed with the frequency that I was visiting. I have never seen Elizabeth or Jason Jordan. Until this, Walmart had been very good around me. Maybe they will be on the Survivor Series end caps this year lol.
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Post by SteveHulk on Jan 30, 2018 21:37:53 GMT -5
Brothers, you clearly don't live in the UK. We're still waiting for E54, 55 AND 56 and not a single entrance great, epic moments or store exclusive in any of our sights! The grass is very much greener where you are. This.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Jan 30, 2018 22:11:50 GMT -5
I seen E54 couple times now but never E53 and only seen E52 at one Walmart
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powerfred3k
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Post by powerfred3k on Jan 30, 2018 23:04:24 GMT -5
Brothers, you clearly don't live in the UK. We're still waiting for E54, 55 AND 56 and not a single entrance great, epic moments or store exclusive in any of our sights! The grass is very much greener where you are. This. You guys in the u.k. have Smyth's stores that have entire aisles of wwe merch and they actually mark stuff down that doesn't sell. Also you guys have had no problem showing off how awesome there selections are with pics from time to time. So here is something for you:
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Post by SteveHulk on Jan 30, 2018 23:41:24 GMT -5
You guys in the u.k. have Smyth's stores that have entire aisles of wwe merch and they actually mark stuff down that doesn't sell. Also you guys have had no problem showing off how awesome there selections are with pics from time to time. Maybe our aisles are bigger and better stocked than yours - but then they should be for the prices we're paying: Basics: $16.99 Elites: $28.30 Battlepacks: $34.00 Defining Moments: $35.40 Entrance Greats: $46.75 WM Basics: $22.70 WM Elites: $38.25 Retro: $15.60 If the US had to pay these sort of prices, they'd be an outcry(!). Sure, some figures are reduced - but it's usually the less popular/shelf-warming ones. And even when they're reduced, they're often still more expensive than what you guys pay. At the end of the day: would you rather your stores the way they are and pay your prices - or have stores like ours and pay our prices?
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bizcliz4life
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Post by bizcliz4life on Jan 30, 2018 23:51:08 GMT -5
The thought has crossed my mind. Up until this latest blitz, my local Walmart got two new sets of elites in two years. Went from E38 to E51.
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Post by The Madness on Jan 31, 2018 13:26:27 GMT -5
Some of the stores near me have had completely empty WWE sections, save for a few Zombies figures, since Christmas.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jan 31, 2018 13:29:22 GMT -5
I don't think retail is "falling behind" per say....I think maybe Mattel production and online distribution may be SPEEDING UP. Retail is probably going at the same speed it always did, but at the time Elite 54 is JUST starting to hit stores, but 55 and 56 have been available for over a month and now 57 is hitting RSC.....it makes the stores seem stuck.
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Jan 31, 2018 13:50:57 GMT -5
My nearest TRU has really fallen behind since last summer on elites. They stocked E48 & E50 but nothing since. They stock exclusives elites like crazy but that’s all. They’d also stock DM but it was short lived when it came to the popular DM figures.
Target & Walmart have been on/off since last summer. Then when Walmart got that random shipment of mix elites (E48-51 in October?) that messed things up. At the time I remember E52 was out but never restocked due to the mix elite shipment. SMH. Recently both stores have done resets & they’ve stocked E54 & i’ve yet/hardly seen exclusive elites. My Targets are horrible when it comes to the elites & specially exclusive elites. Still waiting for HOF 5 (besides Piper) to show up. At this rate, I’d be lucky to see any figure from the HOC lines.
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Post by stc13 on Jan 31, 2018 14:05:41 GMT -5
I don't think retail is "falling behind" per say....I think maybe Mattel production and online distribution may be SPEEDING UP. Retail is probably going at the same speed it always did, but at the time Elite 54 is JUST starting to hit stores, but 55 and 56 have been available for over a month and now 57 is hitting RSC.....it makes the stores seem stuck. I think you're right. And if all those series are readily available in stores at some point, then it's a non-issue. But if the large retailers aren't keeping pace with production, there's going to be a backlog somewhere. We saw that at the end of 2017. Retail got clogged up around E36-39, few stores carried 40-43, and then months later tons of those cases flooded Big Lots and Walmart's Survivor Series displays. Most collectors can just grab the figures we want online, but if cases are going unordered/unsold then it's going to cut into the line's overall sales and success.
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MickeyMalice
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Post by MickeyMalice on Jan 31, 2018 14:29:32 GMT -5
I honestly don't know what's going on. Anyone from the US stumbled upon Elite 56 at retail yet? I'm from the UK and we've seemingly had an influx of E56 almost as if overnight in our TRU's across the country. We never saw E54, E55 or Entrance Greats Kurt. I don't want this come across as a complaint because it's not, I mean like...E56! I was ecstatic! It was such a surprise and quite honestly made my entire day. Count me a happy chap because I'd nominate that Styles as figure of the year.
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