[JanSolo]

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Originally Posted by fa11enwing

just bought Angel this morning at TRU manhattan NY. Paint is sloppy yet minuscule and the the wings detail is amazing. Happy to have found him

I got mine at a Walmart, but the paint job sounds the same A little sloppy on the the white of the suit but the head and wings are nice as well as the halo Is that about the same as yours?

[fa11enwing]

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Originally Posted by JanSolo

I got mine at a Walmart, but the paint job sounds the same A little sloppy on the the white of the suit but the head and wings are nice as well as the halo Is that about the same as yours?

the white of the suit is sloppy, head is alright, and halo's crispy clean. No loose/stiffness on the joints as well. can't wait to take pics when I have the time. ]:

[salsa4datass]

Walmarts around me no longer carry MU and the Targets & TRUs that restocked recently, were of the Beta Ray/Beast wave. Mind you this restock is the only one CT has gotten in like 5 months...

[Symbiote]

Some pics I took for a dio contest on another site.

[Symbiote]

[JanSolo]

[snake5289]

Damn son!

[klinton]

Hahaha! Awesome! You gous have way too much fun with your figures.

[LordRaydeN]

[LordRaydeN]

[JanSolo]

Nice. You rarely see love for the Champions.

[bmorr]

well, since were going for teams, heres the Defenders:


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[ultraman zoffy]

Legit 3.75 Mark 42 via 10 minute mod job on an Assembler...

[FancyPants]

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Wonder Frank powers active! Form of...










...a complete Punisher figure




Was able to get a broken Punisher for cheap. Glad to finally have a fully functional Punisher.

That sucks so bad you had to go through that lol

[Kiddcade]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Legit 3.75 Mark 42 via 10 minute mod job on an Assembler...

I'm... gonna need a recipe on this one. i'm very unimpressed with the IM3 basics as it is...

As a thanks in advance, have some of Hulk being his lovable ol' self!

[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by FancyPants

That sucks so bad you had to go through that lol

Yeah, it was annoying as hell but he's the first figure I've really had any serious QC problems with so I can be a little forgiving.

[quinten182]

So are people finding new waves at TRUs? Should I be hitting up a TRU this week?

[bmorr]

hey guys, i heard the new IM3 trailer is being put up a noon EST today.

[Symbiote]

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Originally Posted by quinten182

So are people finding new waves at TRUs? Should I be hitting up a TRU this week?

TRU, Walmart, and Disney stores. Good luck Quinten. Happy hunting.

[JanSolo]

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Originally Posted by bmorr

hey guys, i heard the new IM3 trailer is being put up a noon EST today.

Cool.

[fosterlager]

Wow, less than 20 minutes!

[bmorr]

heres the im3 trailer:
'Iron Man 3' Theatrical Trailer | Watch the video - Yahoo! Movies

[JanSolo]

It was neat.


Does anyone know exactly how places like Walmart and the like work in how they get their toys? Like does Hasbro sell all they have to the stores, the stores put them in big warehouses, the warehouses ship them to the retail outlet where some are put on the shelves and a bunch more are in back? Like could there be a bunch of hard to find MUs just sitting in the back of a store room or ware house?

[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by JanSolo

It was neat.


Does anyone know exactly how places like Walmart and the like work in how they get their toys? Like does Hasbro sell all they have to the stores, the stores put them in big warehouses, the warehouses ship them to the retail outlet where some are put on the shelves and a bunch more are in back? Like could there be a bunch of hard to find MUs just sitting in the back of a store room or ware house?

It varies somewhat store to store based on size.
For all of them though, it's an initial ordering system and hasbro does have warehouses of what they produced that they want to sell to them.

This is how stuff that's been produced, but is at the end of a line or has "no outlet" goes to closeout stores. The major retailers don't order a certain product price class(like no more gi joe alpha class vehicles), or decide to stop carrying a line. Then whatever has been produced but hasn't shipped to those stores for their warehouses has to find an outlet.

The stores do each have their own warehouses. It varies store to store on the chain of national to regional to local. Some are hasbro shipments straight to regional instead of national, but local straight from hasbro is usually only smaller stores or internet. Comic Stores are often secondary market via Diamond or others, which is why they often jack up the prices.

So the stores do have warehouse stock they try to sell off. Warehouse material could potentially be sent back, or destroyed, but in store material is usually clearanced out or in some cases destroyed.

So pretty much it goes:
Hasbro generates retailer interest and or listens to their please for what they want to buy.
Hasbro makes it. Stores decide if they want it, order it based on their distro network to cover nationwide. So long as the stores are still ordering that product line, hasbro keeps preparing and making new assortments. When the orders stop or overtly slow, Hasbro slows and or switches gears to the next. Transformers take roughly a year from design to mass figure, the turn over for things like MU is faster, typically 3-6 months, ditto to GI Joe. So each of those lines have to prepare accordingly to always present new product for retailers to order, or entirely new product lines for when retailers decide they don't want certain lines due to slow sales.

There's more and more from there as you really get into the market data, distro networks, case assortments, etc. But it does vary store to store, and because of that the distribution reflects it on the local levels.

[JanSolo]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

It varies somewhat store to store based on size.
For all of them though, it's an initial ordering system and hasbro does have warehouses of what they produced that they want to sell to them.

This is how stuff that's been produced, but is at the end of a line or has "no outlet" goes to closeout stores. The major retailers don't order a certain product price class(like no more gi joe alpha class vehicles), or decide to stop carrying a line. Then whatever has been produced but hasn't shipped to those stores for their warehouses has to find an outlet.

The stores do each have their own warehouses. It varies store to store on the chain of national to regional to local. Some are hasbro shipments straight to regional instead of national, but local straight from hasbro is usually only smaller stores or internet. Comic Stores are often secondary market via Diamond or others, which is why they often jack up the prices.

So the stores do have warehouse stock they try to sell off. Warehouse material could potentially be sent back, or destroyed, but in store material is usually clearanced out or in some cases destroyed.

So pretty much it goes:
Hasbro generates retailer interest and or listens to their please for what they want to buy.
Hasbro makes it. Stores decide if they want it, order it based on their distro network to cover nationwide. So long as the stores are still ordering that product line, hasbro keeps preparing and making new assortments. When the orders stop or overtly slow, Hasbro slows and or switches gears to the next. Transformers take roughly a year from design to mass figure, the turn over for things like MU is faster, typically 3-6 months, ditto to GI Joe. So each of those lines have to prepare accordingly to always present new product for retailers to order, or entirely new product lines for when retailers decide they don't want certain lines due to slow sales.

There's more and more from there as you really get into the market data, distro networks, case assortments, etc. But it does vary store to store, and because of that the distribution reflects it on the local levels.

Cool thanks. I really don't like the idea of some MUs being destroyed (others I'm ok with *cough*gladiator*cough*). I still like the idea that tucked away in some warehouse a la Raiders of the Lost Ark is a Quicksilver/Wonder Man comic pack, a Solid Vision and a Scarlet Witch waiting for me.