justwright316
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Post by justwright316 on Mar 10, 2016 7:31:12 GMT -5
So I've been to about 7 different Wal Marts in Connecticut since these were released and not one store even carries them. It's so odd. I see people grabbing whole sets and no wal mart around here has them at all. Even most other places don't carry them at all either, I was lucky enough to find a few at a couple random walgreens, but besides that practically nothing anywhere. Has anyone else had this issue?
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Post by Sizzle on Mar 10, 2016 7:31:57 GMT -5
Check Gamestop.
I've found them there and Walgreens.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 7:56:18 GMT -5
I've only seen them at gamestops, targets, and walgreens.
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Post by ozz on Mar 10, 2016 8:11:33 GMT -5
I went to about the same amount of Walmart stores, and only 2 had any. One had a full box minus 3 on top (what someone thought was all of the exclusives, but I ended up getting a Macho Man left over) and the other only had 2 or 3 loose mystery boxes and not even the entire case remaining. Other than that I've seen them more plentiful at Walgreens and Gamestop, but of course there are no chance at exclusives. For that, save yourself a headache and swap gas money & time for a little premium and order those online. That's what I ended up doing, and the funny thing is I found my Macho Man locally weeks after I paid extra for one online. Still a fun score, and it earned me back a few bucks that I spent on my other one  |
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Post by Quazimoto on Mar 10, 2016 8:43:05 GMT -5
I was in the same boat as you. My area absolutely sucks for just about anything Funko. The Walmart stores around here almost never get restocked with Pop!s, let alone Mystery Minis. I knew the WWE ones would never make it here, so I bought a regular case online and got a little help from a fellow Funko collector in obtaining the Walmart ones. I pray that there are no store exclusives in series two or that if there are, it's at Hot Topic or GameStop, who seem to have far better distribution and restockings than Walmart or Walgreens do.
At this point, distribution for the current crop of WWE Mystery Minis has either slowed considerably or stopped all together, so you're not likely to see any new cases hit stores. Like others have said, check Target, Walgreens, GameStop, and Hot Topic for the regular ones. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to resort to eBay for the Walmart exclusives ones.
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justwright316
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Post by justwright316 on Mar 10, 2016 9:04:18 GMT -5
Glad to see it wasn't just around me, I wasn't really going out of my way for them, I usually stop in at wal marts for the rest of the mattel figures, hopefully I wont lose an arm and a leg on ebay, thanks
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Post by Quazimoto on Mar 10, 2016 9:35:36 GMT -5
Nope. Definitely wasn't just you. Distribution of the Walmart Exclusive cases seemed to be very spotty on these. I believe they were the first Walmart Exclusive Mystery Minis for Funko (though, don't quote me on that "fact"), so perhaps they were testing the waters a bit. Seems that any Walmart store which was lucky enough to actually get the WWE Minis, only got one case, which doesn't make things easy for collectors at all.
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Post by ellisd on Mar 10, 2016 19:12:57 GMT -5
Nope. Definitely wasn't just you. Distribution of the Walmart Exclusive cases seemed to be very spotty on these. I believe they were the first Walmart Exclusive Mystery Minis for Funko (though, don't quote me on that "fact"), so perhaps they were testing the waters a bit. Seems that any Walmart store which was lucky enough to actually get the WWE Minis, only got one case, which doesn't make things easy for collectors at all. I agree, I think most WalMart stores only got one case and haven't restocked since then. I did notice something interesting the other day though. I work at a WalMart and decided to take one of the barcodes from one of the minis that I had found at another WalMart and see if I could scan them. The barcode seems to be cross referenced with some of the other Funko Mini figures. So basically that means each brand has its own barcode but each of those barcodes are tied together in the system. So there possibly could be more out there, but when the distribution company sends them out to WalMart stores, they send Frozen, My Little Pony, DC Heroes instead. |
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Post by Quazimoto on Mar 10, 2016 21:40:28 GMT -5
That wouldn't surprise me a bit. One of my Walmart stores got their first restocking of mystery minis in well over six months last November, just when the WWE ones were hitting the East coast. Wasn't WWE though. Got two cases of My Little Pony and one of DC SuperHeroes. Barcodes being grouped together in a store's system seems to be a pretty common occurrence with Mystery Minis, particularly at the big box stores like Walmart and Target.
FYI to anyone looking for the Walmart Minis... There's a lot that just popped up on eBay. Item # 322035065868
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Post by fzmadness on Mar 11, 2016 0:20:21 GMT -5
never saw em either. the distribution either was really bad or they were underproduced. either way never going to find that Savage in store.
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Post by Quazimoto on Mar 11, 2016 8:10:29 GMT -5
It's very possible that they were under-produced or didn't anticipate the demand for those three characters. Walmart had not had any exclusive Mystery Minis before the WWE ones, so they may have been testing the waters a bit and didn't produce the same amount of them that they would have for something like a Hot Topic or GameStop exclusive mini.
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