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Originally Posted by king kahn

That's the exact reason.

Is it? Why do we see pictures from places like Atlanta where they literally have fifty sitting on a shelf not being bought but we can't find a single one across seven stores in Albuquerque, New Mexico?

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Originally Posted by AceSimulacrum

Also theres the typical standard discussion with poor distribution handling with Walmart and Target. We see it overall not just with NECA but other companies like Hasbro.

It's absolutely this. Target and Walmart are doing this with all exclusives and piling them up in key places and completely neglecting others. I recall the Walmart Exclusive Black Widow from last year. People were reviewing their figures they found in store in March, they were reposting HUNDREDS of them marked down to $9.99 in April, Walmart online didn't bother shipping online pre-orders until May, at full price, and not a single one appeared in a store in my city. Hasbro, Neca, etc... need to tell these companies they're perfectly willing to provide exclusives but they need to fix their distribution because fans are not seeing product on every shelf.

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

I'm not sure why Neca has issues getting the TMNT 2 packs in to Walmarts but it seems to be getting a little better in TN. Last summer, I would only see one or two TMNT 2 packs per Walmart. Now it looks like they're getting six to eight 2 packs when they stock them (I'm not counting them when I see them, just estimating).

Last year I saw Zero in Albuquerque. This year I still see Zero.

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

I would buy the samurai versions of the Turtles from TMNT III

Me too.

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Originally Posted by dukefett

Randy said like 2 weeks ago on twitter that they're doing them and going to be new molds.

That would be cool provided they're sold online where I can actually find them in stock.

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Originally Posted by Neoblackdragon

Look I'd have no problem with these exclusives if I could buy them.
Supply and demand isn't create so little supply to the point that your customers are totally put off.

I literally can not purchase these products from Target/Walmart. It's not even scalpers. These stores just don't make it easy to buy because they won't distribute them outside certain stores.

I think there's a lot of people, including Neca/Hasbro staff, who live in places that always get stock and can't fathom Target and Walmart will literally ignore chunks of the market across the country. Instagram has been the tell for the last five years. Racks and racks of unsold/marked down/etc... product piled in key locations and absolutely nothing but decimated shelves in others.