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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Feb 15, 2022 7:54:17 GMT -5
I work for Costco’s distribution center on the East coast. Due to the container vessels that sat off the coast of the ports for months last year I can tell you we’re offloading freight that was lined up to go on sale around Thanksgiving last year. I know some people that deal in Target’s distros and they’re going through the same thing. They can handle 2 months worth of product in stores and the distro centers are trying to get 6 months worth of freight out of their buildings. My guess would be that some areas are getting more of these older sets in and placing them in the endcaps. It’s going to be an odd year until things get caught up.
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Post by mrh on Feb 15, 2022 11:01:00 GMT -5
I work for Costco’s distribution center on the East coast. Due to the container vessels that sat off the coast of the ports for months last year I can tell you we’re offloading freight that was lined up to go on sale around Thanksgiving last year. I know some people that deal in Target’s distros and they’re going through the same thing. They can handle 2 months worth of product in stores and the distro centers are trying to get 6 months worth of freight out of their buildings. My guess would be that some areas are getting more of these older sets in and placing them in the endcaps. It’s going to be an odd year until things get caught up.
Thanks for helping explain -- though I'm sure the people who keep insisting I am wrong will keep saying that, despite the facts...
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Feb 15, 2022 12:25:35 GMT -5
I work for Costco’s distribution center on the East coast. Due to the container vessels that sat off the coast of the ports for months last year I can tell you we’re offloading freight that was lined up to go on sale around Thanksgiving last year. I know some people that deal in Target’s distros and they’re going through the same thing. They can handle 2 months worth of product in stores and the distro centers are trying to get 6 months worth of freight out of their buildings. My guess would be that some areas are getting more of these older sets in and placing them in the endcaps. It’s going to be an odd year until things get caught up. Thanks for helping explain -- though I'm sure the people who keep insisting I am wrong will keep saying that, despite the facts...
I mean, in the past Mattel has shipped whole middle isle displays with product included inside the shrouded pallet, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility. But this makes more sense that some cardboard pieces for the endcap were done up here in the states and sent to the stores and told to put whatever was in warehouses with it.
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Post by LK3 on Feb 15, 2022 16:17:47 GMT -5
The possibilities said above could totally be the case. The distribution centers could still have old stock, or just received “new” stock that is actually old. But my point is that they weren’t sitting in the back of a Walmart store for months on end, which seemed to be the assumption originally.
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Post by monroe on Feb 16, 2022 3:00:30 GMT -5
Mattel makes up the shippers for Wal-Mart .They are sent to the store in sealed boxes ,Wal-Mart doesn't scour the back rooms to fill up shippers they are put together at the factory in china
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Post by jrambo on Feb 16, 2022 9:00:26 GMT -5
2/16 Ellicott City Walmart: full case of Elite 90...first time I've seen in them in the wild. The chase Boss Man (black gear) is there too. However there was no blue boss man. Didnt get any but all are still there as of 9am.
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Post by bigandy on Feb 17, 2022 5:14:20 GMT -5
has anyone else noticed ringside changed their discount from 10% to 5%
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Post by mrh on Feb 18, 2022 1:26:09 GMT -5
has anyone else noticed ringside changed their discount from 10% to 5% If this is true, maybe a way to avoid passing on Mattel price increases?
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Post by monroe on Feb 28, 2022 12:44:52 GMT -5
Came across a elite 90 Jey Uso that our friend swapped for the elite 56 version ,Thanks I needed that figure and now I dont have to pay 50 bucks for it .
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Post by WrestlingFigWig on Mar 1, 2022 11:32:14 GMT -5
has anyone else noticed ringside changed their discount from 10% to 5% If this is true, maybe a way to avoid passing on Mattel price increases? Just used three different codes, all came back with the 10% discount. Don't know what you were using.
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Post by bigandy on Mar 2, 2022 20:00:55 GMT -5
If this is true, maybe a way to avoid passing on Mattel price increases? Just used three different codes, all came back with the 10% discount. Don't know what you were using. it was on their valentines sale banner glad other codes worked
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Mar 11, 2022 20:39:09 GMT -5
Frederick Target update:
There are wrestling figures in 3 different areas of the toy section right now.
The main second has a metric ton of Legends. Mostly Cowboy Bob, but all the rest too. No Jake chases. RR Big E only. Some Top Pick Elites of Roman Bill and Jeff. E81 Street Profits only. 1 E91 Owens. Basic 125 Ember and 126 Bobby Fish. I didn’t see anything else new so I kind of zoned out with basics. Sorry. Several cases of UE Taker and Kane. Only looked at the Kane in front who had the full mask paint but couldn’t see if the arm was correct or not. AEW Shida and Haggar by the dozen and 1 Unmatched Miro.
Endcap just down from the wrestling isle had a couple pegs of Legends Bob Orton.
The isle before where the Transformers, DC and Marvel figures are had a small WM display at the end closer to electronics that had: E89 Drew, Bobby, and Damien. E90 Orton, Uce, and Bronson.
So overall pretty stacked. Shame I missed RVD and Hogan, but they’re all hitting now.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Mar 27, 2022 16:06:08 GMT -5
Anyone seen any legends Billy Gunn hanging around at target?
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Post by boz1515 on Mar 28, 2022 16:58:24 GMT -5
Anyone seen any legends Billy Gunn hanging around at target? Saw him in Germantown yesterday.
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Post by jrambo on Mar 29, 2022 8:46:08 GMT -5
3/29:. Columbia MD Walmart has at least two full sets of Elite 91. Only saw one RVD though. All are still there as of this posting.
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Post by jrambo on Apr 1, 2022 8:41:12 GMT -5
4/1 Ellicott City Walmart: Full set of Elite 91.
Also found the WWE Superstars line for the first time. They only had Flair - three total. I picked up two so there is one left. He's in same isle of WWE figs but was over GI joes/transformers on the shelf.
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Post by boz1515 on Apr 3, 2022 6:45:16 GMT -5
Mount Airy Walmart Update Saturday Evening (4/2/22)
Mount Airy Walmart has a Wrestlemania endcap on the back of the aisle in the toy section which has all of the Wrestlemania Elites (no basics). It also came with a couple cases of Elite 89. They have mostly sold through their 2 cases of Elite 90 and Elite 91. As of last night, they still had:
Elite 91: Bianca Belair, Kevin Owens (4), Austin Theory (2), Sami Zayn. Elite 89: Sgt. Slaughter (3), McIntyre, Dominik, Lashley, Damian Priest. Elite 88: Trish Stratus (2), MVP (1). Elite 85: Bray Wyatt (3).
Top Picks Elite: Goldberg, Reigns, Jeff Hardy.
Hollywood Cena (8), Rock (1).
Lots of Championship Showdown 2-Packs, old and new.
All the basics are from November.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Apr 5, 2022 13:13:47 GMT -5
Hit 4 walmarts around northeast 695 from dundalk to Towson. Only elite were 1 reckoning lady from e90, an e91 Kevin owens, and a couple roman and Goldberg top hits. What a waste.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Apr 8, 2022 12:48:14 GMT -5
Middle river target had a couple elites from e89 & 90.had McIntyre, Lashley, Jax, reckoning, and Bronson Reed. Also no variant but multiples of L13. Got McIntyre, Lashley, and hurricane but at least 1 of each all left.
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Post by Eugene69 on Apr 9, 2022 10:59:13 GMT -5
Fair lakes target has 1 ultimate batista
Edit - they won't sell it to you until 9/9 wtf
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