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Post by stc13 on Aug 12, 2018 20:12:42 GMT -5
Seems like most stores are getting one case which is nice to see. I know it makes them harder to get but If stores get 1or 2 cases max it should help distribution of future sets Most stores got one case of Flashback 1 as well. In my area, they all sold within the week they hit (January, I think?), and we still ended up having a long wait until series 2 hit. I don't want to see a repeat of TNF2, but at the same time there is obviously a larger issue in ordering and/or distribution that has somehow remained unresolved for a couple of years now.
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Post by Arik Cannon on Aug 12, 2018 20:13:59 GMT -5
They’ve come to Minnesota! Bought a full set at one of the Walmarts in Blaine. They haven’t shown up at other stores in the state yet — the other store in Blaine only had the first series. Blayze looks amazing! Thanks for the heads up! Picked up the Razor, Blaze and Micheals (looks like the employee cut the back of the Micheals though) Lol I was Checking brickseek since this morning all day once I saw they had 8 in stock in Blaine but I couldn’t get there u rim I get off work at 10:00 tonight. I guess I see who bought them ha ha
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Aug 12, 2018 20:14:38 GMT -5
Seems like most stores are getting one case which is nice to see. I know it makes them harder to get but If stores get 1or 2 cases max it should help distribution of future sets Most stores got one case of Flashback 1 as well. In my area, they all sold within the week they hit (January, I think?), and we still ended up having a long wait until series 2 hit. I don't want to see a repeat of TNF2, but at the same time there is obviously a larger issue in ordering and/or distribution that has somehow remained unresolved for a couple of years now. Yeah my store got one case and I was luckily able to pick them up. Yeah I don’t want the TNF peoblem all over again. 1 or 2 cases per store seems to be selling pretty well. Mattel seemed to not over due shipping series 1 which I liked
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Post by smit3635 on Aug 12, 2018 20:19:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up! Picked up the Razor, Blaze and Micheals (looks like the employee cut the back of the Micheals though) Lol I was Checking brickseek since this morning all day once I saw they had 8 in stock in Blaine but I couldn’t get there u rim I get off work at 10:00 tonight. I guess I see who bought them ha ha Go to the Walmart at Brooklyn Park off shingle creek. They are on stock there but just not on the shelve
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Post by LK3 on Aug 12, 2018 20:30:24 GMT -5
If they actually re-stock the set that would be even better, for people who were unable to find them the first time around. Do they not produce as many as they do for Target's exclusives? Target always seems to eventually restock NXT, and even tho it took a while they did with HOC. And apparently STILL restock HOF it seems.
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Post by Arik Cannon on Aug 12, 2018 20:54:33 GMT -5
Lol I was Checking brickseek since this morning all day once I saw they had 8 in stock in Blaine but I couldn’t get there u rim I get off work at 10:00 tonight. I guess I see who bought them ha ha Go to the Walmart at Brooklyn Park off shingle creek. They are on stock there but just not on the shelve I was going to go there after work but you’re telling me they are not on The shelf? I’ll wait then. Cuz I don’t feel like having that battle of whether they’ll go to the back to get the figure after a long day at work lol
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Post by FFK on Aug 12, 2018 21:03:12 GMT -5
Go to the Walmart at Brooklyn Park off shingle creek. They are on stock there but just not on the shelve I was going to go there after work but you’re telling me they are not on The shelf? I’ll wait then. Cuz I don’t feel like having that battle of whether they’ll go to the back to get the figure after a long day at work lol If you go at night they might have them on the pallet. Just gotta look.
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 12, 2018 21:13:31 GMT -5
Picked my set up today. Some kid was holding the HBK in his hand and I had to grab him and throw him through the Super Cuts window and take the figure from him.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Aug 12, 2018 21:20:06 GMT -5
Picked my set up today. Some kid was holding the HBK in his hand and I had to grab him and throw him through the Super Cuts window and take the figure from him. He’ll probably grow up to do drugs now
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Aug 12, 2018 22:31:12 GMT -5
I found my set in Michigan on Friday night. My fiancee and I had been out shopping for our new apartment and checking Walmarts along the way. I checked brickseek several times and saw an increase in stock at one of them. We got there at about 9:00 pm and nothing was on the shelf. We asked an employee and he said they might be out tonight when the night crew arrives or tomorrow morning. I then asked him what time the night crew arrived and he said 10:00 pm and I asked their hours for the night and he said they are open until midnight. At this point my fiancée and I were getting hungry so we went to chili’s in the same parking lot for dinner. We then went into Walmart at 11:00 pm and we walk to the figure aisle. Sure enough as we are walking they have the pallets out. I look and see Mattel box that says Elite Flashbacks so I grabbed it, brought it to another aisle and opened it. I grabbed a full set and put the box back leaving a full set behind.
This is easily one of my favorite sets Mattel has made and one of, if not the best store exclusive set. I also love that my fiancée equally enjoys hunting as much as me, and it was her idea to hang in the area and grab dinner which paid off.
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Post by Sexton Hardcastle on Aug 12, 2018 23:37:46 GMT -5
Picked my set up today. Some kid was holding the HBK in his hand and I had to grab him and throw him through the Super Cuts window and take the figure from him. “That kid tried to dive through the window to escape! What an act of cowardism!" -Bobby Heenan
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Post by Old School Collector on Aug 13, 2018 0:06:35 GMT -5
Picked my set up today. Some kid was holding the HBK in his hand and I had to grab him and throw him through the Super Cuts window and take the figure from him. He’ll probably grow up to do drugs now Or swap Jakks for mattel and return them with those penny tag belts 😖
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Aug 13, 2018 0:06:53 GMT -5
I found my set in Michigan on Friday night. My fiancee and I had been out shopping for our new apartment and checking Walmarts along the way. I checked brickseek several times and saw an increase in stock at one of them. We got there at about 9:00 pm and nothing was on the shelf. We asked an employee and he said they might be out tonight when the night crew arrives or tomorrow morning. I then asked him what time the night crew arrived and he said 10:00 pm and I asked their hours for the night and he said they are open until midnight. At this point my fiancée and I were getting hungry so we went to chili’s in the same parking lot for dinner. We then went into Walmart at 11:00 pm and we walk to the figure aisle. Sure enough as we are walking they have the pallets out. I look and see Mattel box that says Elite Flashbacks so I grabbed it, brought it to another aisle and opened it. I grabbed a full set and put the box back leaving a full set behind. This is easily one of my favorite sets Mattel has made and one of, if not the best store exclusive set. I also love that my fiancée equally enjoys hunting as much as me, and it was her idea to hang in the area and grab dinner which paid off. That’s awesome! Haven’t found them yet at my 2 closest Walmart’s.
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Post by LK3 on Aug 13, 2018 1:15:50 GMT -5
I found my set in Michigan on Friday night. My fiancee and I had been out shopping for our new apartment and checking Walmarts along the way. I checked brickseek several times and saw an increase in stock at one of them. We got there at about 9:00 pm and nothing was on the shelf. We asked an employee and he said they might be out tonight when the night crew arrives or tomorrow morning. I then asked him what time the night crew arrived and he said 10:00 pm and I asked their hours for the night and he said they are open until midnight. At this point my fiancée and I were getting hungry so we went to chili’s in the same parking lot for dinner. We then went into Walmart at 11:00 pm and we walk to the figure aisle. Sure enough as we are walking they have the pallets out. I look and see Mattel box that says Elite Flashbacks so I grabbed it, brought it to another aisle and opened it. I grabbed a full set and put the box back leaving a full set behind. This is easily one of my favorite sets Mattel has made and one of, if not the best store exclusive set. I also love that my fiancée equally enjoys hunting as much as me, and it was her idea to hang in the area and grab dinner which paid off. That’s awesome! Haven’t found them yet at my 2 closest Walmart’s. I think they made it to all the stores near me. Only looking for Shawn so didn't bother looking at either Allentown stores that showed 2 and 4 on Brickseek. My friend went out tonight tho and got Shawn for both of us in Quakertown. Now I can forget about this series for a while as I'm not interested in series 3.
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Post by stc13 on Aug 13, 2018 9:52:27 GMT -5
If they actually re-stock the set that would be even better, for people who were unable to find them the first time around. Do they not produce as many as they do for Target's exclusives? Target always seems to eventually restock NXT, and even tho it took a while they did with HOC. And apparently STILL restock HOF it seems. There are around 5000 Walmarts and fewer than 2000 Targets. So even if the same number of figures are made, Targets would likely get multiple restocks. Target also generally seems to be better at getting product to stores that sell volume, while the people I know in retail tell me Walmarts distribution system is a mess and often over or under ships product across all departments.
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Post by @WWERetroStars on Aug 13, 2018 11:34:09 GMT -5
If they actually re-stock the set that would be even better, for people who were unable to find them the first time around. Do they not produce as many as they do for Target's exclusives? Target always seems to eventually restock NXT, and even tho it took a while they did with HOC. And apparently STILL restock HOF it seems. There are around 5000 Walmarts and fewer than 2000 Targets. So even if the same number of figures are made, Targets would likely get multiple restocks. Target also generally seems to be better at getting product to stores that sell volume, while the people I know in retail tell me Walmarts distribution system is a mess and often over or under ships product across all departments. This post got me thinking...do we have any idea what distribution numbers look like for WWE figs? How many of a given figure or series are made and sold? Outside of knowing they produced 82,000,000 Tito figures and sold 345, I don’t have the slightest idea.
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Post by nate315 on Aug 13, 2018 11:39:09 GMT -5
I just found them at a Walmart just outside Utica in upstate New York!
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Post by showstoppa3209 on Aug 13, 2018 11:45:16 GMT -5
Picked up a set yesterday morning out in LI.
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Post by RybackV1 on Aug 13, 2018 12:13:30 GMT -5
Found Razor and Blayze in NH earlier, gonna be hunting all throughout NJ and NY this week
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Post by Hallmark on Aug 13, 2018 17:02:59 GMT -5
Still can't find these. Really just want the Razor but nothing in Iowa yet! I talked to a guy at my local Walmart today and he said he's not even sure if they will be getting these. Looks like every state around me has gotten them.
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