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Post by PJ on Dec 3, 2013 13:33:56 GMT -5
For TRU in the UK what happens is they buy a bulk load (and I mean a bulk load) of the figures and keep them in a warehouse and when the stores need them, TRU Warehouse gives it to TRU! And whatever is left over goes on their online stores and left in said warehouse until sold! They never get Revision cases because they have so many in warehouses That's the same in the US. Mattel doesn't ship cases to individual TRU/WalMart/Target/KMart stores. What they do is ship it to each companies main distribution centers and then they ship it to the various distribution centers across the US. And then those distribution centers ship it to the stores in their region.
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Post by BCizzle on Dec 3, 2013 13:36:50 GMT -5
The Funkadactyls are rotting on shelves in every Smyths in the UK right now, and have been reduced to half price. The collectors bought theirs, and the general consumer isn't interested in buying them. That's why they're not in revision cases, because their appeal to the average wrestling toy buyer is limited. What about the Rock/Cena 2-pack? I'm worried that is gonna rot like crazy over here.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Dec 3, 2013 13:46:41 GMT -5
What about the Rock/Cena 2-pack? I'm worried that is gonna rot like crazy over here. Yup, those are gonna take forever to sell, too (although I'd expect the sale prices plus Christmas will shift a few). But those are the 456787685786th figures of Rock and Cena. Mattel already has their money's worth out of those molds and logos from the last three million figures of them. The Funkadactyls are first-time figures, they should be flying off the shelves if people were interested in having toys of them.
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Post by skribbel24 on Dec 3, 2013 16:57:09 GMT -5
They go for whatever sells more, otherwise we will have pegwarmers.
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Post by knupmc on Dec 3, 2013 18:52:32 GMT -5
I really don't understand why the Funkadactyls & the Bella's are short packed and left out of revision cases Behind AJ they are probably the most popular divas they have. I understand the Legends and Flashback short pack theory, but not so much for popular current stars Yea I agree. The Bella's and funkadactyls are still on tv almost every week
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Post by BCizzle on Dec 3, 2013 22:14:32 GMT -5
What about the Rock/Cena 2-pack? I'm worried that is gonna rot like crazy over here. Yup, those are gonna take forever to sell, too (although I'd expect the sale prices plus Christmas will shift a few). But those are the 456787685786th figures of Rock and Cena. Mattel already has their money's worth out of those molds and logos from the last three million figures of them. The Funkadactyls are first-time figures, they should be flying off the shelves if people were interested in having toys of them. It will be interesting to see how it develops, if the Funkadactyls do end up hanging around. The TRU I went to today had a ton of Cena/Rock 2-packs and none of anybody else. The Revision case sounds like bad news, I hope we never see it in stores near me.
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Post by jnavo217 on Dec 3, 2013 23:42:29 GMT -5
I just feel like the 2-packs get pumped out faster and way more quantities then the basics or elites...all my wal-marts, and I mean ALL of them, EACH have at least 15 each of cara/rhodes, mysterio/kofi and mcmahon/punk...the one FINALLY sold out of PTP, Bryan/Kane and Sheamus/Orton and that set is almost a year old...battle packs are just awful, even the shield is beginning to clog now and they were going for 40 dollars a month ago! They should really cut down on the 2-packs, increasing from 6 to 8 is only going to make life miserable
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Dec 4, 2013 2:08:52 GMT -5
I just feel like the 2-packs get pumped out faster and way more quantities then the basics or elites...all my wal-marts, and I mean ALL of them, EACH have at least 15 each of cara/rhodes, mysterio/kofi and mcmahon/punk...the one FINALLY sold out of PTP, Bryan/Kane and Sheamus/Orton and that set is almost a year old...battle packs are just awful, even the shield is beginning to clog now and they were going for 40 dollars a month ago! They should really cut down on the 2-packs, increasing from 6 to 8 is only going to make life miserable The increase in units per case might be a result of retailers wanting to order less cases. The two-packs definitely are a harder sell than singles, so perhaps stores are wanting to take 1 x 8 instead of 2 x 6.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Dec 4, 2013 2:19:11 GMT -5
It can definitely get irritating. The only 2 figures in the entire run of the series that I never saw in stores were Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes, and of course these were both figures that I wanted. I saw their revision cases. Of course I have seen a thousand Kaitlyns.
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Post by JC Motors on Dec 4, 2013 10:23:53 GMT -5
Because it's Best For Business
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