Where's The Walmart Ruthless Aggression Series?

Sht really pisses me off!

Thanks for the tip...got in an order for RVD. I will gladly pay a premium for a WM EX since they have absolutely zero idea of what they are doing.

Well that was fast lol

I got an email from Walmart that my RA Edge order was pushed back to 9/19.

I had my Gi Joe range vyper pre order cancelled. Walmart ore orders suck.

Still hoping to find a bischoff but I’ve yet to see that wave in Phoenix

Wow 8 months later and they are still not out. Looks like I am not alone. I don't know Steve but it seems we need to all do a q&a with a guy named paul.Paul.

Reading this entire thread this seems to make the most sense. If at least 3 of each figure makes it out per shipment than that leaves the possibility at least some will start hanging. The big problem I noticed though however is the time delay between orders. It seems to be about 2 weeks for most stores. These are simply not being fulfilled/ordered/shipped en masse.

I think only an insider can answer the questions we all have to make light of the inventory discrepancies, delays, cancellations and general disposition of this and other walmart exclusive lines which seem only to be exclusive to a guy who has bulk amounts of stock on figures he is clearly preordering and reselling before they hit stores.

What is clear to me is that walmart has some relationship with him ad his preorders are not getting cancelled. Looking through his ebay feedback page, he clearly has everything in stock ( as per one s5 superstars earthquake that he never sent out ). So walmart is favoring this buyerr over others based on the amount he buys from them. Smart move business wise but cancelling so many orders just so paul can resell his figures to people who just had those same figures cancelled well that makes no sense unless someone at walmart is getting a kickback from Paul but I find that hard to believe unless it is true he is raking in 40k a month as some have said on here.

Either way this whole thing is starting to sound very shady to me as I see multiple lines all dealing with the same inventory/shipping/cancellation problems yet only one 3rd party reseller has constant stock (every other week or so about the same time that walmart gets their new deliveries in from mattel). Maybe he is not preordering them straight from walmart then and instead straight from mattel which is even more worrisome.

Either way I see huge problems with this walmart/mattel exclusive mirage and see nothing but shenanigans, something I thought we were for the most part done with in regards to backdoor deals. I will wait to see if these and the superstars s4-5 waves finally get released in a week as most stores have the stock in their backroom right now. If not than I'm done with these games as it will just kill these lines like ones before it. Mattel really needs to at least give another retailer a shot at this as this walmart deal with them is just not working out looking at all the negative feedback coming from frustrated collectors on here. The sound is palpable but I fear that we are all screaming silently in the woods. It's sometimes best to throw in the towel. I am close to that. I will give walmart one more chance but if I see that my local walmart has 20 boxes of superstars and they never get go in stock than I will know we all lost the battle.

I still remember when I first started going to toysrus in 1995 for the potf star wars figures and after witnessing a backdoor deal and then learning that manager was fired for selling the short prints (treasure hunts/princess leia/etc) well that caused me to start buying straight from the star wars insider instead or at toy shows. I really thought in this day of technology and security that these kinds of things were a thing of the past. Like you and most of us here, we can't say for sure that is going on but man if it smells like a skunk it usually is just that. I mean I noticed that guy has had s4/s5 superstars sporatically since at least February and the obvious bell that rings for me is:

How is he continuously ordering these if the preorder window has past. If he has a stock of 12 of each is one person buying them all because those figure pages are nuked/removed afterwards. Why does it not just show sold out or none in stock. If he is legit than why is he removing those figure pages there and on ebay (they don't self delete once they are up on ebay if someone just buys one or two. He had at least a quantity of 12 listed and anyone can clearly see that 12 did not sell looking at sold/completed listings). I took a screenshot of his quantity if I remember correctly, will look for it now)

Edit: mattel and walmart have to know about this guy by now. This could all be simply (partially) resolved by placing limits on preorder quantities. This way one guy can't corner the market. I would think walmart would prefer 100 regular buyers than one because once the exclusives go to target (wishful thinking) than Paul goes with them. Walmart is better off keeping 100 customers who will buy from them exclusive or not. Plus wouldn't they rather have one pissed off guy instead of 100 or 1000s?

It does not however resolve the inventory problems as figures are not in stock when they are supposed to be (insert reasons here) at retail or for preorders. I always felt this was a compound problem and it will take time to sort out but walmart has to start caring and paying attention to this trend that has been going on for a while). Personally I don't think they have anyone designated to do that online. Their theft/loss control program is most likely in store only and everything online is automated and supplemented with ai. This is most likely why we are not seeing changes.

Exactly. Target is currently the model. More organised and their restocking team is usually on the ball. Walmart is just not a good fit and they are more and more looking like k-mart before it's demise with empty or messy shelves and mislabeled merchandise. They just don't have enough employees to handle it. They are raking in mulah but they are cutting back in areas where they shouldn't and it will cost them in consumer confidence. They are a little lost I feel as they are trying to be a one-stop shop for everything but with that comes a ton of paperwork. Target used to be the place to go for hot wheels and got tons of foot traffic until walmart started putting out bins of cases when stores opened. They have always been one step behind target and just following trends. There is no innovation at walmart and it shows. Just like they can't beat target they will never beat amazon and they will most likely stay at that 5% online sales revenue.


Edit: I wanted to add that last week I witnessed a young kid maybe 8 or 9 telling his mom that walmart never has any toys. I heard more but let that sink in. Kids are smart and they aren't just looking for the latest and greatest. They just want a certain line of toys. Heartbreaking really. They are the ones who should really be upset but we are their voices. If we don't stand up for them who will.