[zim]

Man, for all we know, this might be a ploy by Hasbro to boost MU sales. They do place teaser cases in select stores via their store reps. I have spoken to a few and they all confirmed it. They do this to create buzz. So to leak the rumor that its going away will only make people go batshit crazy and buy, buy, buy. Very few people cared about YJ figures but the moment they pulled the plug, people started buying and wanting more. Okay, i get YJ is not a perfect example but it is similar.

I agree that there might be some hesitation on big box stores because of all the repaints, kit bashing and peg warmers and all the discounting they have done but overall i think it was a solid seller.

TRU got handed a really bad deal with the base figures. All but the widow (kit bash) and extremis iron man were reissues and poor quality compared to their single or comic pack release. Then to sell it for $16.99 and at one point it sold a couple of bucks higher. Then since wv 17 all my local walmarts and targets have gotten wave after wave of wave 13, the apocalypse wave. My tru stores have not seen anything new since the iceman wave. As for comic packs my trus have not seen new packs since the taskmaster wave. I saw the sinister wave once at walmart, none at target. Also the xmen 6 pack which had 2 versions were so pricey and did not offer much and its going to happen again. The sentinel and galactus also did not do so well in short term and they should have released the other color (the sdcc one) at retail and made the one they released a online thing like they did galactus. In the long run, some still shelf rotted and some sold. The 3 packs are the worst. Horrible case pack and distribution. Like take the upcoming FF and Red hulk packs. We had to buy the FF pack 3 times to get different version of sue. The red hulk pack is basically a repainted wv 18/avengers 4 pack green hulk, the iron man was released as a single and still peg warms and the thor is a minor paint variation to the single/comic pack/light up base release.

The pricing went up, they got rid of the stands since wv 17 and from all the mu i've seen recently like the light up base and avengers 4 pack the quality of plastic and finish is really bad. $1 store bad. They have tried to improve case pack by making sure they have 2 of each of the characters but honestly they should use those remaining spots for demanded characters and put reissues on hts. Like with wv 17 done 3 psylockes or reissued vision. I have no clue what they have planned but i do hope that all the figs they showed at SDCC 2011 make it out and in good quantity.

I guess we shall see at SDCC and i hope it continues.

PS: forgot to add the unfairness of them selling the xforce archangel at NYCC for 9.99 without a sub and for selling the nick fury sub figure in tru in hong kong.