[Peteparker]

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Originally Posted by vampireheart

I just caved and bought the SDCC Helicarrier from HTS. Man, where am I gonna put this monstrosity lol

Common problem with no real solution. I'd like to see someone make a coffee table out of it...

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Originally Posted by jdrums

Nice Haul, J!

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Originally Posted by D Day

The conversation you had with whoever it was at the con was, for a while anyway, hope inspiring. Giving them a list of rares, them trying to explain distro issues, for a minute felt like they would actually fix something.

But my gut tells me it's lip service. It seems like they don't give a shit, telling you the case assortment is random is tantamount to saying, "we are gonna make these products, but we don't really care if it's something you want or if it actually sells or not"...

I do appreciate the Rogue/Longshot pack coming out, but really? One more wolvie? Come on man!

Thanks, I'm glad I had the opportunity to ask something someone else cares about as well.

I hate to think it's true, but I think you're right. Not only are the rev case selections random, but they don't give a shit about the fact that it is either. Wouldn't it be nice if fans could put in requests for future rev cases? Even one slot would make all the difference.

I'd appreciate another Wolvie if it was COMPLETELY different. AoA maybe?

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

The savage frost giant and Loki packs (the massive figures) are those out of stores now or do they sit and pegwarm like sentinels?

Both are out of stores. The one Gigantic Battles that majorly clearanced was Black Goliath. Saw that guy for like $12 maybe 20 times.

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Originally Posted by synapse17

I don't think we can ever expect Hasbro to do anymore than what they do now. Like you said, they only seem to give us lip service while ignoring the obvious distribution problems and blaming retail outlets for anything that goes wrong. I'm sure they have tons of statistics and year to year data that they use to try and project future sales, but seem completely unable to look outside the box...

Hasbro is not going to change. They will never start a subscription or online collectors club. They will not make any adjustments according to our wishes or thoughts. We are not valued. We all know that they see kids as their primary demographic and they will continue to think of us as the cherry on top. Not something you go to the ice cream store for but a little bonus.

The way I deal with this is to pre-order when I can afford it and fill in from there...

I see us having two options, stick it out and deal with all the problems or quit altogether.

The way I deal with it is to buy all clearance figures as I find them, and attempt to always get all of the figures I can for as cheap as humanly possible. This knocks pre-ordering out of the running, unfortunately, and leads to a lot of foot work, but the feeling that I'm getting the best deal possible is important to me.

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

The biggest problem with regards to distribution, in my opinion, is every single figure being stocked in the one "Marvel Universe" title. Retailers don't see that characters like Absorbing Man, Falcon and Spidey/Thor/Cap etc are pegwarming on their system and they can't re-order specific characters from Hasbro because of their stocking systems and due to the way Hasbro sells to retailers. Until that is sorted, MU will always be the way it is...

The other problem is severe lack of distribution to overseas markets, it's horrendous here in the UK, but I've long accepted that we are an afterthought that only get's occasional scraps.

Distribution is screwed up, especially this year. And while it was nice to hear Dwight Stall apologize for it twice in person, he sure didn't make the same apology in the panel itself.

It likely won't change, but I'll sure as hell keep asking for it to.

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Originally Posted by wolverine2281

HTS is owned by hasbro

Only owned, not operated. Like shareholders who own Disney or Microsoft. They get to expect and ask for certain results, but aren't really in a position to tell them how to run their business (unless they're going to fail in that business).

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Originally Posted by Symbiote

Greenskar and I scored these at tru. Now go get em guys. Tru exclusives.
We literally high fived in the aisle.

Dammit guys! I don't have time to leave work after being on vacation for a week! Fine, I will anyways.

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Did they have more there? Or did you guys grab the last one? Very nice score!!! And what a looker you are Symbiote Whoa and they're TRU exclusives dang...

That's actually Greenskar. I met both of these wonderful gents in SD this year. Now I can actually recognize a fellow arker!