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Originally Posted by Benn Roe

Nah, it happens pretty often, though more often with Star Wars than Marvel. Whenever Hasbro ends up with surplus stock on an exclusive that the retailer no longer wants, they offer it to EE, who are also a wholesaler, so it gets spread far and wide. This is how my store came to have 80th classic Caps in stock, and why we have preorders up for the Cuckoos and for the Best Buy black series exclusives. Why Walmart turned away Caps or Walgreens turned down more Cuckoos is anyone's guess... they're obviously not super in touch.

It's been happening a lot in the past month in particular - my guess is that Hasbro is using the extra stock to 'fill in the gaps' in their release schedule due to COVID-based delays. Between the Cuckoos, Redwing in the Transformers line (originally a Target exclusive), and a couple of Black Series figures (I know Wolffe was a Gamestop exclusive, and Gree was... TRU? EE? Both?), Hasbro's reissuing a number of relatively recent exclusives for a wider market.

Here's hoping this might lead to some other exclusives getting a re-release. I'd love to get at least one more Dani Moonstar, just to have a Karma (and assume that we'll get a devoted X-Factor Wolfsbane later).