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Originally Posted by BlackRazor

I wondered the same about GI Joe this past holiday season. Why didn't they make more & get it to TRU, etc.?

The army builder figs sell out pretty quickly so supply doesn't seem to be meeting demand.

We had reports of Target actually putting G.I.Joe figures on clearance in December, as was Walmart. So in that particular instance it seems to me that it wasn't so much a supply/demand issue for them, but more a case ratio issue combined with overstock of the first couple waves. And in my area, Legends would sell through but it usually took a couple weeks for it to happen (longer for the IM3 ones). Yet at those same Targets, the Nick TMNT area has been practically barren for most of last month.

To me, that speaks of Target's distribution system being the issue, not the individual manufacturers. Besides, Hasbro does not ship directly to individual Targets or Walmart stores. National chains like those have their own distribution centers where product is doled out to the individual stores.

Of course, if the product hasn't reached their main distribution center(s) yet....