Straightedge413
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Post by Straightedge413 on Sept 11, 2013 17:27:13 GMT -5
I wonder the same thing. Over here in my area it's dead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2013 17:29:59 GMT -5
Well when you live in Canada it's something to complain about. Not sure about other cities but only TRU's gets the Elites and the only one I've seen, since Elite 6 was an Elite 21 Rey. Then that was it.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Sept 11, 2013 20:33:21 GMT -5
Distribution has been great in 2013. I just think this hobby is getting bigger and bigger. There is also no denying that it depends on your area. What grade stores do you have? A, AA, or AAA? Higher volume stores are usually gonna get the good stuff. There's 400k people in my city. Within 30 minutes I can visit 6 WM's, 6 Kroger Mktplaces, 3 KM's, 2 Targets, 2 Gordmans, 2 Meijers, 2 Big Lots, 1 Sears and 1 TRU. We have that many Krogers in the area? And what is the 3rd Kmart besides Lex and Georgetown? Also, 3 Meijers, Richmond has a pretty good one too  Yes gotta love Richmond! Their Kroger is the only place in the state to have E23 so far too! The other Kmart is on Versailles road in Versailles. Take Man o War all the way til the end, and turn left past the airport. Stay straight the whole way. Kroger Mktplaces, we have Harrodsburg rd, Richmond rd, Newly remodeled one on Tates Creek, one in G'town, and one in Richmond. So 5, my bad. |
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Sept 11, 2013 20:35:01 GMT -5
I live in a city with over 100K people and we have a Walmart, Target and two Shopkos. We have two scalpers living here, plus maybe a few casual collectors and a couple dozen kids who pick up the Cenas and the rest if theres leftovers. (Its weird how i know this but ive seen the people who go into the aisles repeatedly) Our city has had (since ive been collecting) four Elites series skipped. I've never seen E16, E18, E20 or E21 in my town. They send one case of basics to my Target and that's about it. If I missed it I typically don't get another shot at it unless I find it online. Shopko is Targets "special" brother so I usually don't count them because of the scalper employees in the back. My two Shopkos combined have SIX E15 MYSTERIOS. Shopko hasn't had an entire basic series in stock since B9. Since then it's just been signature series garbage. It's either hit or miss in my town. This is exactly what I'm talking about. It proves how crappy distribution is. Obviously the demand is there, it's just the supply and distribution that is bad. It may not be directly Mattel as 1 post noted, but the obviously on the stores. Every time I am in a store and ask if they have more in the back, I always get a comment from a store employee that the figures sell as soon as they come in. Since these stores are in the business of making money you would think they would stock the shelves with product the moves in and out quickly. That's where we are opposite. My TRU underorders. Except for their exclusives. They had one case of E22, which is fine because they've been all over town. They got one case of E21 too. My Walmarts will get multiple cases..... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2013 21:02:20 GMT -5
Except for any BAF's or the one's that the U.K don't get like Nash (No idea why!?) Since I've started him and Liz are the only one's I've not found at retail, I've been going strong since E13 with patches here and there before that but I am able to walk into a Smyth's and pick a entire series in one go. I was away when Honky dropped and missed him and AJ but got them a few days later at a Hamleys, E22 Giant is everywhere over here and so are the basic diva's. I can hit 4 Smyths in like 30mins from me. And if I can't find all the set in the one closest, I go out to one that no one seems to pick up figures at and the staff will go through the boxes for me and even go look out the back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2013 21:57:35 GMT -5
Because of this.
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