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Post by judge on Apr 13, 2010 13:42:04 GMT -5
Hi all,  I recently got back from my trip over to Wrestlemania and then visiting a few different locations across the states. Part of my mission whilst on the trip was to try and track down some 1/1000 figures for my collection - those who know me on here will know being based in the UK has lead to me purchasing all the 1/1000 figures I have so far via ebay and paying massive shipping costs! Anyway..... I didn't find any 1/1000 figures and to be honest I was suprised at how empty the shelves at the various Targets, Toys R us's and Walmart I went to were. On my trip I came across tons of Regular CM Punk figures, the Flex Force figures also seemed to be warming the shelves of every store I went into but that was it - literally no other figures seemed to be on the shelves - apart from in Times Sq New York who again had tons of CM Punks and quite a few tag team sets along with loads of flex force! Generally speaking I know lots of people here are getting the figures - but are you finding they seem to be selling out really quick - most of the locations I went to looked like a tornado had gone down the aisle! Also I was wondering if people were still coming across the Mattel Series 1 figures in stores aswell as I didn't see a single Series 1 figure on my travels! Needless to say - I still had a good time over in the States - my airmiles now allow me to do another trip for free as far as New York, Boston or Philly so I will be back! I just hope next time I find more figures! ;D |
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Post by ToxicTwistOfFate on Apr 13, 2010 13:51:10 GMT -5
Most of the stores here are pretty empty except for Basic 3. Some still have leftovers from Elite 2, 2 Packs 2, and Basic 2.
As for Series 1 figures my TRU still has tons of HHH & Batista and 1 Evan Bourne. One of the Target's here also still has an Elite 1 CM Punk and one Walmart has a Beth/Santino pack.
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Post by 1992 on Apr 13, 2010 13:54:10 GMT -5
I swear my Wal-Mart's have Mattel figs on stock for like 3 days out of the months. They put out a few new cases of Basics, Elites, two-packs, EG, and Flex Force, and within 2-3 days, they MAY have like 1 basic left, 2 EG, and maybe a few Flex-Force figs, and then by about a week, those disappear too.
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Post by PJ on Apr 13, 2010 13:54:11 GMT -5
I find the first shipment of new figures a store gets usually sell out with the first day of putting them out. Then it's just a waiting game to see when the store will get more cases from their warehouse.
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Post by Drdoom on Apr 13, 2010 13:59:49 GMT -5
It's rediculous how fast they disappear. Luckily im caught up with who I want, but when Basic 4 comes around.... I may switch to Online considering Basic 3 has only hit one store and all that was left was Benjamin and Jericho.
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Post by judge on Apr 13, 2010 14:11:22 GMT -5
It sounds like the lack of figures I was seeing on my trip is pretty common! I was really shocked - trying to find 1/1000's may have been a bit of a mission but just finding a selection of regular figures seemed to be quite a task. I went to Tempe, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Fran, Philly and New York and really didn't see anything decent!  |
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Post by thereklessone on Apr 13, 2010 14:22:19 GMT -5
As PJ said, usually the first shipment to almost any store in my area tends to sell rather quickly. Usually within a day or two.
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Post by ECFS on Apr 13, 2010 14:39:48 GMT -5
most stores near me are bare as hell
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 13, 2010 16:39:47 GMT -5
yeah,the distribution on these has been pretty erratic,depending on where you are...for me,based in Northeastern Pennsylvania,it's touch and go....give you an example :
Wal-Mart here in Hazleton - never got in Basic 1,never got in WM Heritage,got 2 shipments of Basic 2 at the end of January/beginning of February,then empty pegs until mid-March,with a Basic 2 restock,then empty pegs again til last week,with a couple cases of Basic 3.....
right now,today,went there again...Elite pegs are empty (and have been since early March),2-pack pegs are empty (had Series 1,2,and 3,but only 2 cases of each series,then 1 restock of each series,then nothing), Basic pegs have 2 Jericho's,1 Khali,2 Orton's,and about 4 or 5 CM Punk's....
i'm not sure if stores underordered,if Mattel underestimated demand and didn't produce enough,or a combo of both,but massive amounts of pegs have been empty all over the U.S. since january 1st,and i wonder when the situation will ever correct itself...
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Post by JoeRocco420 on Apr 13, 2010 19:28:19 GMT -5
The first wave was great. TRU had everything. Now I can't find ppv 2 or elite 3 anywhere!
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Post by BCizzle on Apr 13, 2010 20:12:59 GMT -5
I finally found Elite 3 today at Target. I still need to find Basic 3 and 5/6 of PPV 2.
Hunting for this line is not fun because it's been so erratic. Jakks figures arrived at TRU pretty regularly and for the most part weren't hard to find (exceptions being 1 every other case figures, Jeff Hardy, Rey). The TRU distribution for the Mattel figures has sucked hard, other than Dec 31st when they had a ton of stuff.
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 14, 2010 5:54:13 GMT -5
one of the problems is,you can't really predict when they're coming out....
Basic 1,Elite 1,and 2-packs 1 came out in January - but some places didn't get them til February....Basic 2,elite 2,and 2-packs 2 were suppossed to be February,but the Basics and 2-packs were showing up in January....Basic 3 was suppossed to be April,but some places had them in February....
some places got stuff early,some got them late,and some didn't get them at all,leading to very frustrating hunting for a lot of collectors...myself,included.
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Post by Jack. on Apr 14, 2010 6:33:27 GMT -5
I opened a box two weeks ago at my tesco of Elite 2, I took Orton, Truth and Batista. I went back yesterday and Trips, Hardy and DiBiase were still there.
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Post by NAЯDO on Apr 14, 2010 7:07:07 GMT -5
here in the philippines, I tell you, it's very disappointing, last time I went to the toy store, I found only 2 figures, 1 flex and 1 elite, other than that no more, and I don't think Mattel sales here are good because of the price and a lot of rejects coming in.
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Post by saintvinod on Apr 14, 2010 7:37:27 GMT -5
In my country of singapore, we've got most of the basic stuff up to series 3 currently but the elites are really disappointing... we only get 2 figs for each series and thats it.. elite series 3 hasn't hit us yet.. the 2 packs and flex force, belts and rings are okay... but the choices and not alot and prices in department stores still remain to be ridiculously high :-(
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Post by purplekangaroo on Apr 14, 2010 8:53:41 GMT -5
In my country of singapore, we've got most of the basic stuff up to series 3 currently but the elites are really disappointing... we only get 2 figs for each series and thats it.. elite series 3 hasn't hit us yet.. the 2 packs and flex force, belts and rings are okay... but the choices and not alot and prices in department stores still remain to be ridiculously high :-( Yup, that's why i rely on discount cards and credit card pts to get a better deal besides toyrealm. |
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Post by EDGEHEAD41 on Apr 14, 2010 14:45:37 GMT -5
My walmart in saratoga ny only has 2 EG 0 Basic 0 Elite and about 3 Rings
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 14, 2010 15:35:43 GMT -5
My Walmart hasn't stocked much in nearly 2 months. I saw the Rey/Cena FlexForce accessory packs recently, but totally bare shelves other than that.
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Post by Thick Justice on Apr 14, 2010 16:22:24 GMT -5
My walmart has had 0 mattel wwe anything for the past 3 weeks and it pisses me off. Shop ko hasn't gotten any in yet. Kmart is the only store and they only have 3 EG, 2 2 packs, 4 elite, and a bunce of cena, batista, and taker basics. Everywhere I go taker is shelf warming no matter what type it is.
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