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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

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 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 respective retailers with them.
They instead opt for their Back to the Future line (which they GREATLY OVERESTIMATED the cry and hype for) and restocks of Predator figures released two or three years ago.

I feel your pain buddy and even with the Legends, this has only been a recent reprieve specific to Rogue/Gambit/& the Spideys.

If only people understood what was on the horizon when they caustically jeered, "good riddance TRU, I could never find shit there anyway!" This is the fallout of losing a retailer that represented 12-15% of US toy market. They never realize how much they'll miss you until you're gone...

All that said, maybe Hasbro and Target have finally hammered out a feasible solution.