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Originally Posted by Nexodusrex

this has been bugging me since I discovered this earlier this week. I thought I'd vent a lil. This is very much Marvel Universe related.

to give you an idea of where I am coming from, I live in Kettering Ohio. Suburb of Dayton and birthplace of Flight. In a 16 mile radius from my home(Give or take), there are 3 Meijers, 4 Walmarts, 3 Targets, 2 Toys R Us's, 2 Toys R Us Express's, and a 1 K-Mart. A nice abundence of shopping options if I do say so myself.

Wow, small world. I'm from the same area and really like the number of choices we have locally. Even branching out to the south adds another 1/2 dozen stores to that list (there's a WM at practically every exit on I-75 towards Cincinnati, not to mention the ones actually in Cincy).

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Well as time has gone by I've noticed a subtle phasing out of MU. not on the majority thank god. Would make me sad. Out of those locations, 1 Walmart, all toys r us's, and the k-mart no longer carry MU.

I've noticed the same thing. While sad, I've been chalking it up to all the other Marvel movies toy lines coming out.

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The Wal-mart is 1 mile from my office so I go there frequently to hunt. I went there looking for thor this week(Why it took them 1 week after street date, I'll never know). I found the lady putting out Thor and Pirates of the Carribean, and noticed a rearangement of sorts. Ironman was cut in half(Big suprise :P) with a nice helping of Thor next to it. Pirates was on the other side. But missing was Marvel Universe. Now, we had the newest wave(WWH). Infact I had seen Doc Samson and Capt Marvel and I picked up the Spiderwoman(Got the rest somewhere else). but now its gone. Low and behold, there it was in clearance. :/
I guess it kind of upset me, but I shouldnt be upset because to be honest, that Walmart is terrible. It actually closes due to a bad neighborhood(Bus line goes into real bad parts of town) and a stabbing and they frequently have giant dead spots of lack of product. Guy who runs it is a jerk also.

I know that Walmart. A family friend was shot in the parking lot as part of a botched carjacking. My wife won't even set foot in that store now. I rarely go there myself, but if I'm on my own and in the area I will pop in for a quick browse. Sometimes I get lucky and snag a rare toy, but most of the time it's a waste of time.

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now the toys r us's upset me. From work I can get to Toys R Us and back on my lunch break. I go there to see thor stuff, and I find a large open spot for MU. I'm excited, cause they havent really featured MU for a while. I come back the next week, its still empty. now, considering this TRU has prolly had tons of MU in the back for the longest time, I'm wondering why its still empty. I've yet to ask anybody there since i'm not really lookin for MU at the moment, but like to enjoy seeing the old stuff so long as its being circulated. so it kind of erks me that it seems like this TRU isnt even trying. the other TRU and the TRU Expresses are the same way, though I dont go to them often. Rarely any MU :/

Yeah, it's always a roll of the dice for me when it comes to the TRUs around here. Some days I'll hit it big and other days I wonder how they even make a profit.

I remember it took them forever to finally get in the TRU-exclusive Animated Rodimus and Ironhide. All the stores in Cincinnati got boatloads in, but our two? Nope.

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Thankfully all the other stores in my area have them in abundance, with people who know to remove the sea of ironmans that MU is cluttered with. But still, I have invested alot into this toy line and I'd love to see other retail stores act like their others and actually support the product. if not for me, then for the others who enjoy it. For my collector brothers and sisters, or the little kid I saw asking his mom for the Magneto/Spidey secret wars pack.

One store I've had good luck with is the Kroger Marketplace on Dayton-Xenia Rd. They're a tad pricier than the others on some things ($10.69 for MU figs), but it has a full toy department. I was able to find a WWH there even though I had seen his wavemates elsewhere around town.

See you around the boards!