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I picked up the Negative Zone Spider-Man at a local Target last night.1 point
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Damn. I hope my 2-pack from Target isn't like that. It would be my second 2-pack that I was gonna keep Mint in Box.1 point
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As bashpics99 pointed out, I'm in Rochester, NY. Pretty much all of our Walmarts (super or otherwise) got in a full case today.1 point
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I was aware Walgreen's did that. I'd never seen any indication that Wal-Mart or Target did. Guess I've just never seen one of those boxes of mixed toys on the pallets around here. Or not recognized them when I did. But yeah I knew that was the reason some Walgreens get no exclusives and some get flooded. I have one near me with like 10 Magiks collecting dust, but never saw Moonstar, The Cuckoos, or the Thing on shelves at all (in any of the 3 "close" Walgreens). I actually found Mystique and Emma on-shelves, but both times were probably due to package damage and were at "further out" Walgreens.1 point
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And the white Widow is available for preorder at Target.com.1 point
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My 80th Anniversary Deadpool just arrived from Hasbro Pulse.1 point
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I despise scalpers as well. I occasionally resort to eBay as a last resort, but sometimes end up waiting it out to see if they drop in price over time. I got lucky with WM Punisher with the GameStop rep calling around looking for one to reserve for me. I still havenāt seen Emma or Dani in Walgreens yet. I like both, but not really an absolute must have that I would pay exorbitant prices.1 point
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I don't get the hate on Cannonball. Yes, I agree that legs would have been a nice add, but the figure does look really good with other figures as is. I like it.1 point
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Ok... story time. This is is the utterly ridiculous, unbelievably frustrating, but overall happy ending true story of what it took to get my 80th Anniversary Captain America. So Iāve been watching on Brickseek and the Walmart website for any movement of Cap to āin stockā and available for ship or in store pickup status. On Tuesday I see that my closest Walmart is listing the figure as āin stockā and available for in store purchase with 5 quantity in stock. I rush to Walmart on my way home from work and arrive to the same worthless toy aisle full of Wasps, Gwenpools, and Captain Marvels. I see a few remnants of the Caliban wave that werenāt there the last time I was in, so itās clear that they do, in fact, stock new figures at some point. I see stock carts and boxes in other departments around toys and find an employee. I ask him if he can help me find an item that their website says is in stock in the store, and when I tell him that there are none in the toy aisle he says it must be in the clearance aisle. I tell him that itās a brand new product and thereās no way itās on clearance, so he pulls out his iPhone/scanner combo and looks up the item with the UPC I provide. He he tells me that itās in the stock room but not on the floor, so thatās why the system shows it in stock. This employee works in lawn and garden and is the only one there for his department, so he canāt go back and check. I tell him I understand, and he says that the toy department is coming in from midnight to 7 AM to do a reset of the department for Christmas. Wednesday morning I get up and move through my morning routine so that Iām ready to leave the house at 7:00 AM with enough time to hit Walmart and then go to work. I get to Walmart at 7:20 and the toy aisle is the same worthless stock. Disappointed but not surprised, I go to work. Around 11:00 I take advantage of a need to run out for an errand to pick up something for one of my employees, and head back to Walmart. The toy aisle hasnāt changed, but I see an employee with a stock cart and some toys a few aisles over. I explain things to him, and he agrees to go check the stock room. The employee comes back a few minutes later and tells me that the toy shipment is between a whole bunch of pallets that are still shrink wrapped and double stacked and that thereās no way for him to find it. I work in a warehouse, so I know what new product pallets are like when they come off the truck. I thank him for checking, and resolve myself to trying to acquire the figure through 3rd party means. I havenāt seen a Walmart exclusive Marvel Legend in the store since Falcon and Winter Soldier from āCivil Warā. I have no faith in my local store to ever have the figure available, so when another board member puts it out there that his area has extra Caps I sent a message that I was interested. Messages back and forth during the day result in no extra Caps for me (Thanks again for trying!). So, I resign myself to a long hunt ahead of me. I keep checking the Walmart website and it still shows 5 in stock which means that it hasnāt hit the floor to be consumed by scalpers. This evening Iām at home with my son just checking things on my iPad while he watches a movie on Netflix. I refresh the Walmart page, and the in stock quantity has changed to 4. My wife is away until tomorrow morning on a staff retreat. I have a two year old who I can smell needs a diaper change contently watching a movie on Netflix. I need a plan. I open the Netflix app and look for the āNext Avengersā animated movie that my son is watching. Itās available to download and watch offline. I start downloading the movie and getting my shoes and keys together. Once itās downloaded I queue it up to where heās at on the TV and make the switch to hand him the iPad. i let him keep watching the movie on the iPad as I change his diaper and I tell him that itās time to go on an adventure with daddy. I refresh the Walmart page on my phone and the in stock quantity has dropped to 2. I get my son strapped in to his car seat and give him the iPad and I race to Walmart. I get stuck at a red light and refresh the page on my phone again. 1 left in stock. I make it Walmart, transfer my son and the iPad to a cart, and power walk inside. I bob and weave around the people of Walmart and make it to the toy aisle. Four trips to the same Walmart in as many days, and I finally have it. Hasbro, if youāre reading... please stop giving exclusives to Walmart. Collectors will buy your product without the need to create artificial scarcity. I know youāre not trying to make these figures so difficult to acquire, but Walmart doesnāt understand distribution. They have a store in every town in America but donāt know how to turn this physical network in to a virtual one. Amazon, Entertainment Earth, Big Bad Toy Store, Game Stop, Target, Best Buy, and many others sell plenty of Marvel Legends that can support exclusives. I wish this were the end... but we all know there will be another Walmart exclusive 6 months from now.1 point
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I just spoke with a GameStop employee who told me that the Colossus/Juggernaut 2pk has been de-listed from their system. Thatās odd.1 point
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with resets, it's whenever they feel like putting the product out. so glad i don't hunt anymore.1 point
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I think that is part of it. Quite a few Targets in my area are doing resets and that screws up getting new arrivals on the shelves/pegs. One Target is doing a full blown remodel and is a complete disorganized mess with regard to the toy section. If not for the street dates I'll wager we would have seen them out before the resets started. I think the only reason the IM/IS 2-pack was street dated was because they were supposed to be an SDCC debut. Kind of dumb of Hasbro to do that IMHO. Who cares about where/when it debuts if it's going to be widely available anyway. These are sets from movies that have already come and gone for a while now. It's bad enough how infrequently Target and Walmart stock the toy aisle without having to worry about street dates and holding product back.1 point
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So is anyone seeing the 80th Cap show up at Target? Apparently some folks have found it there, despite that it was/is a Walmart exclusive. I've ran the DPCI through Target's system and it identifies it but it's not in stock anywhere around me.1 point
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So Friday is the street date? Not Thursday? What are the prices? How about Colossus/Juggernaut?1 point
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Really hoping that Jean comes with a second head with a ponytail. My wish of orange/blue didn't happen so I'm hoping I get one of two.1 point
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I'm kinda on the same boat. I'm as cheapskate as one can get. However when I look at a wave and see something that I think will be hard to find in stores (Professor X, Jubilee/Beast, Sinister, Storm aka Popular figures that are one-per-box) I'd rather not tempt fate. That said I also pre-ordered Gambit from the Caliban wave and Nightcrawler from the Sinister wave, the double packed characters from those waves, so I guess I just know myself too much lol. I can allow myself to splurge because X-men characters are the only ones I collect.1 point
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Easily believable to me. Apocalypse was way worse than Last Stand, no reason to believe everyone involved suddenly got better.1 point
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I'm in Rochester, NY. The store I hit had a full case. One of our collecting group members is a Walmart employee and he said that just about every local store got a case in today.1 point
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Target exclusive Captain Marvel Starforce uniform / Minerva back in stock online: https://www.target.com/p/marvel-legends-series-captain-marvel-movie-6-captain-marvel-star-force-figure/-/A-755755301 point
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I have been. I just watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier yesterday.1 point
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And on top of all of that, Cap is the one figure in that wave that is currently two-per-case. As far as new finds, my Professor X w/hover chair and Deadpool w/scooter arrived today.1 point
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I picked up two of the Star Force Captain Marvel figures from a local Target yesterday. I believe the set date for this figure is 3/3, but the street date has already passed, as I had no problem whatsoever with these ringing up at the register.1 point
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My Kingpin wave arrived today as well. Only one case for me. I'm such a loser.1 point
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I picked up the Infinity War Winter Soldier/Falcon set today at Target.1 point
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And I was able to just score the wave at a different local Walmart. They stocked three cases of the new wave today.1 point
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The question is can you get him for $12.99? (Still hasn't hit So cal)1 point
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You'll have your phone with you. If worst came to worst, you can order from there. As for ordering additional stuff, I think you should concentrate on the SDCC merch only. If you waste time ordering other things, you may find the Exclusives sold out right under you.1 point
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I picked up the Thor/Hulk 2-pack today. i wasn't looking to get Executioner and Enchantress, but for what it's worth, all of the Enchantresses looked horrifying.1 point
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I just got my shipping notification for my A-Force set. Hopefully yours is on the way as well.1 point
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No confirmation as yet. At that presser Hasbro had last week, they made it an effort NOT to reveal/confirm what the BAF is or substantiate any rumors. Right now the rumor is Skurge the Executioner. Not know whether it's the comic or movie version. This makes sense because if it's the movie version, or even if it's the Hulk (this being the movie version as well), they haven't revealed the movie figures yet with the exception being movie Thor. Hasbro via Marvel is always tight lipped about that. My guess is we'll find out around July 20th or thereabouts. Heh.1 point
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August 1st is the scheduled release date for this wave. Geez. It's kinda disheartening knowing you're gonna be crazy broke by Aug 2nd. Just 10 days prior, I'll be breaking the bank getting "The Battle for Asgard" box/ball set and the 12" Daredevil at SDCC. Not to mention the damned A-Force set will most likely release during Comic-Con (and isn't the X-Men 2 pack in there somewhere?)!1 point
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Finally found the MJ and Spidey 2 pack at my TRU today. Looks like I snagged the last one.1 point
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I just received the Civil War Falcon and Winter Soldier from a buddy of mine.1 point