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Post by aggressiveperfector on Mar 15, 2018 13:30:31 GMT -5
Welp, a lot of good people out of a job, including the great staffs at the two near my house. Some of those people really helped me out. And some have been there since the Jakks days pre dating Classic Superstars and even RA. Such a shame. Really great people. Good at their jobs. Even when I came out empty handed I felt satisfied that they actually put good effort in looking for the product I was searching for.
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Post by drifter on Mar 15, 2018 14:03:14 GMT -5
Welp, a lot of good people out of a job, including the great staffs at the two near my house. Some of those people really helped me out. And some have been there since the Jakks days pre dating Classic Superstars and even RA. Such a shame. Really great people. Good at their jobs. Even when I came out empty handed I felt satisfied that they actually put good effort in looking for the product I was searching for. But thank God, those poor executives, got their big bonuses, because it's not like they did anything wrong . Sad to see when the people, that pretty much helped in causing the problem get rewarded, and the people at the bottom, that did their jobs, get kicked to the curb.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 15, 2018 14:03:33 GMT -5
found the entire Lizard wave at Target today, OF COURSE, after the sale is over. Bought the whole set reluctantly, I hope they do another sale at some point soon, maybe I can get a price adjustment.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Mar 15, 2018 15:10:24 GMT -5
How am I gonna get my barefoot Gwenith Paltrow figure now?
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Post by shockwave978 on Mar 15, 2018 15:15:34 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 15, 2018 15:57:05 GMT -5
How am I gonna get my barefoot Gwenith Paltrow figure now? Will likely end up either a HTS or Amazon exclusive set...
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 15, 2018 17:17:26 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead. If you're cheering the death of Toys R Us, then you really know nothing about how this works. Even if you ignore that fact that thirty thousand people just lost their jobs, this is a huge blow to the toy industry itself. Mattel, Hasbro, Lego, and Funko will be fine, but what about NECA, McFarlane, Mezco, and all the smaller companies that relied on TRU to get their figures out there?
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Post by shockwave978 on Mar 15, 2018 17:19:15 GMT -5
mcfarlane is everywhere. mezco will be sold online. neca sells broken figs. those 33,000 tru employees will have to get jobs that don't involve scalping toys i guess.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 15, 2018 18:33:19 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead. Im sure the TRUs near you had the Cyclops/Dark Phoenix 2pack. It sold quick and you mustve missed it. Everybody knew that was going to be a hot seller, so why hate on TRU for wanting/having that as an exclusive? They also have exclusive ML shelfwarmers like the Starlord/Kurt Russell set, so the are carrying their exclusives. Blame the demand, not the supply.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Mar 15, 2018 19:04:28 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead. Im sure the TRUs near you had the Cyclops/Dark Phoenix 2pack. It sold quick and you mustve missed it. Everybody knew that was going to be a hot seller, so why hate on TRU for wanting/having that as an exclusive? They also have exclusive ML shelfwarmers like the Starlord/Kurt Russell set, so the are carrying their exclusives. Blame the demand, not the supply. I only saw it once myself. Unloaded the Cyclops because I can't stand him and basically only paid 15 bucks for my dark Phoenix.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 15, 2018 19:19:10 GMT -5
Im sure the TRUs near you had the Cyclops/Dark Phoenix 2pack. It sold quick and you mustve missed it. Everybody knew that was going to be a hot seller, so why hate on TRU for wanting/having that as an exclusive? They also have exclusive ML shelfwarmers like the Starlord/Kurt Russell set, so the are carrying their exclusives. Blame the demand, not the supply. I only saw it once myself. Unloaded the Cyclops because I can't stand him and basically only paid 15 bucks for my dark Phoenix. I only saw it 2 or 3 times. For some reason, Cyclops never shelfwarms.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 15, 2018 19:43:28 GMT -5
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 15, 2018 20:28:24 GMT -5
mcfarlane is everywhere. mezco will be sold online. neca sells broken figs. those 33,000 tru employees will have to get jobs that don't involve scalping toys i guess. Welp, someone has to be the turd in the punch bowl I guess. Keep on being salty because you couldn't get your toys. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by bababooey on Mar 15, 2018 21:33:35 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead. If you're cheering the death of Toys R Us, then you really know nothing about how this works. Even if you ignore that fact that thirty thousand people just lost their jobs, this is a huge blow to the toy industry itself. Mattel, Hasbro, Lego, and Funko will be fine, but what about NECA, McFarlane, Mezco, and all the smaller companies that relied on TRU to get their figures out there? Not to mention all of the receivables suppliers will loose on stuff that was shipped out and not yet paid. TRU is one of my biggest customers and it’s gonna be really hard to make up the loss in sales and all the uncollectable debt. I’m wondering if I’ll even get a my annual bonus and raise this year. And if smaller supplier like my company are lucky we’ll maybe get 20% of what TRU owes us through the collections process. Also, unfortunately TRU is just the latest to suffer this fate. Many retailers are going down this path. I didn’t get a chance to fully read the article I saw the other day, but the gist was that online retailers like Amazon aren’t what led to TRU’s demise. Rather it was the business model that led to high costs of maintaining inventory and real estate with the stores. According to this article, unmanageable debt is what ruined TRU.
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Post by ricochet05 on Mar 15, 2018 22:30:35 GMT -5
Ia there some reason I can't find taskmaster I picked up an extra, still need it? retail+shipping
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Post by Darkhawk on Mar 15, 2018 23:00:43 GMT -5
I never really shopped at Toys R Us as much as people did, but it's sad knowing it's going to close down. I witness KB Toys close down in 2009 and now I'm witnessing Toys R Us suffer the same fate. I was more sad when KB Toys went out of business cuz I shopped there every week as a kid and it was the place I'd go to when my parents would go to the mall. Good Times!
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Post by champofakind on Mar 16, 2018 0:35:12 GMT -5
Lizard wave is on amazon except Mysterio of course lol. Grabbed Jessica and Lasher. Just need that damn Mysterio now.
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Post by champofakind on Mar 16, 2018 0:39:11 GMT -5
no longer will you have to buy tru exclusives off ebay since they will go to another store like walmart that actually carries their exclusives. i'll never be able to even get dark phoenix who is now $70 on ebay by herself. thank god tru is dead. If you're cheering the death of Toys R Us, then you really know nothing about how this works. Even if you ignore that fact that thirty thousand people just lost their jobs, this is a huge blow to the toy industry itself. Mattel, Hasbro, Lego, and Funko will be fine, but what about NECA, McFarlane, Mezco, and all the smaller companies that relied on TRU to get their figures out there? Sucks about the workers. But NECA will probably be the only that suffers some. But they have big time online stores and a lot of specialty stores carry their stuff. And I have never seen a mezco at TRU and they are not hurting in any way lol. EDIT: Forgot mezco had their dolls sold at TRU. My bad. But still their one:12 line is the hottest thing in higher end action figures right now. I'd be more concerned with Storm as they sold exclusives thru TRU. And they are super small compared to the others.
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Post by shockwave978 on Mar 16, 2018 11:32:24 GMT -5
i buy most of my stuff online cause retail has been horrible for years. i'm sorry the truth offends you but there are many like me.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Mar 16, 2018 12:30:50 GMT -5
i buy most of my stuff online cause retail has been horrible for years. i'm sorry the truth offends you but there are many like me. I can't argue with this.
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