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Trivial Psychic · 12-31-2020, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

That has been the case over the last couple of years, for sure, but the most recent Target exclusives were pretty easy-peasy to secure at retail. And that seems to have been the experience for even those that haphazardly walked in without employing online 'in-store' pickup options. This could mark a positive trend...

For Legends...I'd say yes. For all of Hasbro's other brand exclusives however...I'd say this is a resounding no. Black Series, G.I.Joe and Transformers exclusives have been a NIGHTMARE to collect this past year. Most have received very limited releases with little to no restock, and if you are lucky to come across them, it is not because they are well stocked, but rather because they are either a very limited repaint (such as the Walmart Transformers Netflix line) or they are of characters no one really asked for (Black Series Captain Cardinal and whatever that spider droid was...)

In G.I.Joe's case, it's been a total disaster. The easiest exclusives to get were all just repaints of Cobra Commander or Destro, while nearly every other exclusives has been either a core character or army builder to the franchise. Whoever is in marketing and distribution on the Joe team should be pulled by their ears outta the building and pelted with the mountains of Cara Dune and Mirage repaints sitting on my local shelves. Hopefully Hasbro can right the ship the way they seem to have with Legends...because many people are fed up with it....myself included...and are already threatening to kill the young line by walking away.

The only one handling exclusives worse right now is Neca, who is practically printing money (for Scalpers and Resellers that is...) with their TMNT lines, but seem allergic to stocking their exclusives at the respective retailers with them. They instead opt for flooding the shelves with their various Back to the Future lines (which they GREATLY OVERESTIMATED the cry and hype for) and restocks of Predator figures released two or three years ago.

12-31-2020, 10:28 AM	#69402
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel That has been the case over the last couple of years, for sure, but the most recent Target exclusives were pretty easy-peasy to secure at retail. And that seems to have been the experience for even those that haphazardly walked in without employing online 'in-store' pickup options. This could mark a positive trend... For Legends...I'd say yes. For all of Hasbro's other brand exclusives however...I'd say this is a resounding no. Black Series, G.I.Joe and Transformers exclusives have been a NIGHTMARE to collect this past year. Most have received very limited releases with little to no restock, and if you are lucky to come across them, it is not because they are well stocked, but rather because they are either a very limited repaint (such as the Walmart Transformers Netflix line) or they are of characters no one really asked for (Black Series Captain Cardinal and whatever that spider droid was...) In G.I.Joe's case, it's been a total disaster. The easiest exclusives to get were all just repaints of Cobra Commander or Destro, while nearly every other exclusives has been either a core character or army builder to the franchise. Whoever is in marketing and distribution on the Joe team should be pulled by their ears outta the building and pelted with the mountains of Cara Dune and Mirage repaints sitting on my local shelves. Hopefully Hasbro can right the ship the way they seem to have with Legends...because many people are fed up with it....myself included...and are already threatening to kill the young line by walking away. The only one handling exclusives worse right now is Neca, who is practically printing money (for Scalpers and Resellers that is...) with their TMNT lines, but seem allergic to stocking their exclusives at the respective retailers with them. They instead opt for flooding the shelves with their various Back to the Future lines (which they GREATLY OVERESTIMATED the cry and hype for) and restocks of Predator figures released two or three years ago. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 12-31-2020 at 01:04 PM..