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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Dec 28, 2018 6:54:19 GMT -5
Just checked brickseek and yep almost every store has them marked down to $13.00. So no flashbacks series 3 in the entire state of Wisconsin, and maybe only a case or two showed up in Minnesota. Thank you Mattel for so poorly distributing series 3 after doing an excellent job on series 2. Walmart wins the worst retailer for exclusives this year. Mattel wins also wins the poop trophy for the best exclusive figure you can't find in store because they either never got them or there on eBay now. So where do I mail the poop trophies ?  Which is why I don't share the same enthusiasm when it comes to the speculation of Wally World carrying Retros again in 2019. That line has enough of a black eye on it with distribution issues. I'll never forget seeing the same 4 Brocks and one Cena tattered and bent, on the floor of a shelf months after Series 2 was out and online for $30 each. Ugh. |
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Post by Iron Bison on Dec 28, 2018 8:37:09 GMT -5
Found fan central Mojo though! Ew. That's like finding a turd in the punch bowl.. |
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Post by Iron Bison on Dec 28, 2018 8:37:52 GMT -5
Anyone know a good formula to make that Ricky Steamboat? I saw someone used the new elite Sting in the white pants, but I can’t decide if that torso is too bulky. Might be too big but it's still a better torso choice than that scrawny ripped one. |
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Post by walkingturtles on Dec 28, 2018 9:27:55 GMT -5
If WalMart would make these things available to purchase through their website, they would generate a lot more revenue. Same for Target. I get Mattel doesn’t care if the figures ever make it in our hands as long as WalMart buys the stock, but the potential for sales to keep these lines going is there, instead these lines just fizzle out and Mattel shrugs it’s shoulders. As a former manager at WalMart in my just out of college days, their system isn’t set up to make sure they are getting wave after wave, they just get what the system says is low.
On the flip side Mattel makes some poor choices with attires and figures and then wonders what happened. Razor and Doink are gonna clog up shelves. Already are in all three of my WalMarts.
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Post by Thought Collector on Dec 28, 2018 9:30:29 GMT -5
If WalMart would make these things available to purchase through their website, they would generate a lot more revenue. Same for Target. I get Mattel doesn’t care if the figures ever make it in our hands as long as WalMart buys the stock, but the potential for sales to keep these lines going is there, instead these lines just fizzle out and Mattel shrugs it’s shoulders. As a former manager at WalMart in my just out of college days, their system isn’t set up to make sure they are getting wave after wave, they just get what the system says is low. On the flip side Mattel makes some poor choices with attires and figures and then wonders what happened. Razor and Doink are gonna clog up shelves. Already are in all three of my WalMarts. We need to trade Walmarts lol. |
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Post by lakeshow24 on Dec 28, 2018 11:51:32 GMT -5
Regular price at my Walmart
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Post by qdogg on Dec 28, 2018 12:02:27 GMT -5
the flashback era is over I think for at least this next year with the store exclusives being canned
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Post by erikg on Dec 29, 2018 10:28:25 GMT -5
Store exclusives are like a vegetable crisper in your fridge. They represent the best of intentions but they are really just horrible failures. My hat goes off to Gamestop though. Game stop is the biggest joke of a store when compared to Walmart and Target but the exclusives have been on point, as far as showing up when expected. Yeah, GameStop ALWAYS has exclusives in stock whenever I go. Doesn't matter which one, they are there from Jericho, Brock to the new Retrofest releases, always in stock. Every now and then I get lucky at Wal-Mart if I happen to catch them when they put them out, otherwise they are gone. Target is hit or miss, they either get absolutely none, or the shelves are flooded with their exclusive line. Time for Gamestop to start finally getting full waves of exclusives |
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Post by DeeBoy21 on Dec 29, 2018 11:39:32 GMT -5
Yeah, GameStop ALWAYS has exclusives in stock whenever I go. Doesn't matter which one, they are there from Jericho, Brock to the new Retrofest releases, always in stock. Every now and then I get lucky at Wal-Mart if I happen to catch them when they put them out, otherwise they are gone. Target is hit or miss, they either get absolutely none, or the shelves are flooded with their exclusive line. Time for Gamestop to start finally getting full waves of exclusives Totally for that! |
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Post by rkmo: Aviso de Diez Meses on Dec 29, 2018 12:02:07 GMT -5
Noticed the FB Basics show up at $9 at my Walmart on the app. I've thought about an extra set of Series 1 for a spare Build-A-Fink but I would prefer them to be cheaper if they are still hanging around.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Dec 29, 2018 18:38:07 GMT -5
Noticed the FB Basics show up at $9 at my Walmart on the app. I've thought about an extra set of Series 1 for a spare Build-A-Fink but I would prefer them to be cheaper if they are still hanging around. The Finkel series was 3.50 at a Walmart that I went to today searching for Race. Bought DiBiase. |
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Post by rkmo: Aviso de Diez Meses on Dec 29, 2018 18:52:19 GMT -5
Noticed the FB Basics show up at $9 at my Walmart on the app. I've thought about an extra set of Series 1 for a spare Build-A-Fink but I would prefer them to be cheaper if they are still hanging around. The Finkel series was 3.50 at a Walmart that I went to today searching for Race. Bought DiBiase. That sounds about right. You think I'm paying full price for a misproportioned Sarge? Ha! |
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Post by bonefan32 on Dec 29, 2018 23:26:34 GMT -5
My Walmart only had a razor for 13 but I'm happy with it cause I needed it
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Post by BROKEN on Dec 31, 2018 12:32:00 GMT -5
Went to combined 9 stores this weekend. Target and walmart. Did not see a single Hall of Champions or a Walmart Flashback elite. Nice! Seriously I need mostly all of them and I can’t find one.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Dec 31, 2018 12:36:59 GMT -5
Mattel cannot control how Walmart order their cases. The main problem here seems to be that too many cases of series 2 were ordered because those are the ones that are clogging up the Shelf space where Series 3 should be sitting. That's not even true. I didn't even see Series 2 at Walmart. I got HBK from a local toy shop. |
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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Dec 31, 2018 17:17:58 GMT -5
Mattel cannot control how Walmart order their cases. The main problem here seems to be that too many cases of series 2 were ordered because those are the ones that are clogging up the Shelf space where Series 3 should be sitting. That's not even true. I didn't even see Series 2 at Walmart. I got HBK from a local toy shop. Take a look back an read where I said seems to be. Sorry you're one of the very few that never got series 2, but if you ask many members here they can reiterate what I said, series 2 clogging shelf space at their Wal-Mart's. |
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Post by TheChamp420 on Dec 31, 2018 17:33:35 GMT -5
My target had A HOC Ron Simmons 13$ but somebody stole the belt
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Post by BROKEN on Dec 31, 2018 17:39:13 GMT -5
My target had A HOC Ron Simmons 13$ but somebody stole the belt Just went to target to find a e62 sting with a belt missing. Haven’t seen HOC since series 1. |
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Post by FFK on Dec 31, 2018 21:56:25 GMT -5
They could be clearancing out the old stuff to make room for series 3. My target had EG Roode on clearance and today they had EG Goldberg at full price. So I’m still hopeful since only some Walmart’s got them in and there was no gap between series 2 and 3.
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Post by powerfred3k on Jan 1, 2019 1:08:40 GMT -5
They could be clearancing out the old stuff to make room for series 3. My target had EG Roode on clearance and today they had EG Goldberg at full price. So I’m still hopeful since only some Walmart’s got them in and there was no gap between series 2 and 3. Don't hold your breath, i went back to the one walmart in my area thats been sold out for 6-7 weeks now. The price tag is still up, the $20 belts next to them are marked down to $13 and they just got a case of battlepacks 56. |
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