|
Post by rkmo: 9 Month Warning on Apr 12, 2020 1:29:52 GMT -5
So a store can only manage maybe two cases of fresh new Elites with (if you're lucky) one store exclusive per case per shipment, but can get 4 cases of sets 12 months old and load down displays with stale, moldy inventory.
Makes sense...
|
|
powerfred3k
Main Eventer
Joined on: Aug 12, 2012 22:12:11 GMT -5
Posts: 3,757
|
Post by powerfred3k on Apr 12, 2020 11:07:57 GMT -5
So a store can only manage maybe two cases of fresh new Elites with (if you're lucky) one store exclusive per case per shipment, but can get 4 cases of sets 12 months old and load down displays with stale, moldy inventory. Makes sense... My other walmart got 3 cases of elite 65. So i think walmart is just stockpiling them for stores since it might be several months before they get any new stuff.
|
|
bonefan32
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Oct 13, 2018 13:20:11 GMT -5
Posts: 84
|
Post by bonefan32 on Apr 12, 2020 11:11:23 GMT -5
Went yesterday and mine had two full sets of elite 67
|
|
tmorris686
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Dec 2, 2017 20:02:23 GMT -5
Posts: 403
|
Post by tmorris686 on Apr 12, 2020 11:40:13 GMT -5
Mine is loaded with basic series 100 now.
|
|
|
Post by Scott! on Apr 12, 2020 12:00:58 GMT -5
We have a store in the UK called B&M Bargains, they got cases of E65 months after Smyths got them, and now another shop called The Entertainer just restocked Elite 54 & 56. It's weird.
|
|
westcoasting
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Apr 10, 2020 0:21:56 GMT -5
Posts: 54
|
Post by westcoasting on Apr 12, 2020 12:15:45 GMT -5
65 better than 66?
|
|
|
Post by Chewdeezy on Apr 12, 2020 18:08:24 GMT -5
I’m still looking for that Sheri, smh.
|
|
|
Post by TheChamp420 on Apr 12, 2020 19:13:14 GMT -5
I’d grab another Roman, just so I can pop that new pony tail head on one
|
|
|
Post by PJ on Apr 13, 2020 16:51:01 GMT -5
My Walmart had E66, E67 & TT today for $5 each. I was hoping to find the E75(?) Hurricane and Rollins.
|
|
|
Post by fzmadness on Apr 13, 2020 21:01:05 GMT -5
Found a case of 66 on a pallet. So disappointing. This was in the Mohegan Lake, NY Walmart.
|
|
|
Post by disorder on Apr 14, 2020 12:10:38 GMT -5
So a store can only manage maybe two cases of fresh new Elites with (if you're lucky) one store exclusive per case per shipment, but can get 4 cases of sets 12 months old and load down displays with stale, moldy inventory. Makes sense... They have to clear out old inventory sometimes. Can’t just let product sit in warehouses.
|
|
|
Post by BadGirlRyleigh on Apr 14, 2020 15:06:46 GMT -5
My Walmart had the WM elites still at $15. I bought the Kofi & Foley I still needed and didn’t touch the regular series because I wasn’t sure if they’d ring up full price or discounted. Gonna need more food eventually so I’ll try one when I go back
|
|
|
Post by BadGirlRyleigh on Apr 14, 2020 15:08:06 GMT -5
So a store can only manage maybe two cases of fresh new Elites with (if you're lucky) one store exclusive per case per shipment, but can get 4 cases of sets 12 months old and load down displays with stale, moldy inventory. Makes sense... They have to clear out old inventory sometimes. Can’t just let product sit in warehouses. If they’d have gotten this product out 12 months ago they wouldn’t have to. Elite 67 never made it to retail until now and it’s conveniently the only set with no exclusive.
|
|
|
Post by rKoNomad316 on Apr 14, 2020 15:20:26 GMT -5
My nearby Wally restocked E73. Good news was I was able to pick up hand soap.
|
|
|
Post by disorder on Apr 15, 2020 10:48:31 GMT -5
They have to clear out old inventory sometimes. Can’t just let product sit in warehouses. If they’d have gotten this product out 12 months ago they wouldn’t have to. Elite 67 never made it to retail until now and it’s conveniently the only set with no exclusive. Can’t blame mattel for everything. The process has been spoke of on here way too many times. There’s really no other explanation. Nobody is trying to screw collectors. Buy more at brick & mortar and figures will get stocked more regularly
|
|
|
Post by BadGirlRyleigh on Apr 15, 2020 11:17:05 GMT -5
If they’d have gotten this product out 12 months ago they wouldn’t have to. Elite 67 never made it to retail until now and it’s conveniently the only set with no exclusive. Can’t blame mattel for everything. The process has been spoke of on here way too many times. There’s really no other explanation. Nobody is trying to screw collectors. Buy more at brick & mortar and figures will get stocked more regularly I wasn’t blaming Mattel. I was blaming the stores and/or distribution centers. Also the buy more figures at retail part is ridiculous because the stores were empty for months last year during the exact time E67 should’ve been on the shelves
|
|
powerfred3k
Main Eventer
Joined on: Aug 12, 2012 22:12:11 GMT -5
Posts: 3,757
|
Post by powerfred3k on Apr 15, 2020 15:22:57 GMT -5
If they’d have gotten this product out 12 months ago they wouldn’t have to. Elite 67 never made it to retail until now and it’s conveniently the only set with no exclusive. Can’t blame mattel for everything. The process has been spoke of on here way too many times. There’s really no other explanation. Nobody is trying to screw collectors. Buy more at brick & mortar and figures will get stocked more regularly If elites are selling as well as steve says they have been the last few months its because they are actually getting them to the stores and people are actually stocking them. My local target was dead for almost a year. Then finally someone working there fixed the on-hands and magic. This same target has restocked elites 6 times easily in the last 3 months. If you stock it (elites) they will come, its that simple.
|
|
|
Post by disorder on Apr 15, 2020 17:53:24 GMT -5
Can’t blame mattel for everything. The process has been spoke of on here way too many times. There’s really no other explanation. Nobody is trying to screw collectors. Buy more at brick & mortar and figures will get stocked more regularly If elites are selling as well as steve says they have been the last few months its because they are actually getting them to the stores and people are actually stocking them. My local target was dead for almost a year. Then finally someone working there fixed the on-hands and magic. This same target has restocked elites 6 times easily in the last 3 months. If you stock it (elites) they will come, its that simple. I know you like to find any reason possible to blame mattel for something, but i don’t know how many times it has to be explained on this board... Mattel ship to distro centers. It’s up to th individual stores to order and the distro center to ship.
|
|
nate315
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Feb 25, 2016 12:26:09 GMT -5
Posts: 395
|
Post by nate315 on Apr 15, 2020 19:02:10 GMT -5
I had to go to Walmart and just randomly walked by the toy aisle and saw what looked like 2 cases of Elite 65, and two Sherri’s sitting there!
|
|
Mike33PA
Main Eventer
Joined on: Dec 18, 2001 15:13:21 GMT -5
Posts: 2,219
|
Post by Mike33PA on Apr 15, 2020 20:03:08 GMT -5
Elite 67 2 cases I saw in PA yesterday.
|
|