[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic

I just ordered the Ash Vs. Evil Dead Series 2 from TRU's site. 2 Ash, 2 Henrietta, and 3 Spawn. Man, am I hoping that's not the last order I ever place through them.

I'm hoping that you actually GET the order.

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I'm hoping that you actually GET the order.

Yeah, that too. The figures just showed up on their site this morning, so I'm optimistic.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Again, you're not reading. Or you are, and you're not comprehending. I mean, Snowflakian above posted an excellent rebuttal to you above that seems to have gone straaaaaight over your head as well.

Anyway, I'm not wasting any more time on lost causes. Enjoy your hobby!

P.S. It's topsy turvy, not turby.

You can continue weep about it and argue with everyone on here all you want.

As far as the word being turby,turvy turkey, whatever who gives a rats ass...

[Dr Kain]

So when do the sales start?

I might pick up a Switch when it is discounted.

[kylactus]

Ok, I’ll explain how this will hurt everyone, believe it or not, not everyone in the world is a toy geek like most of us. A lot of people only learn of new toy lines or new offerings from seeing the shit on a shelf. Even collectors like me will impulse buy something they wold have never looked for online if they see it in person and it strikes the right tone. When those sales are lost the manufacturer need to recoup the money, so they’ll raise prices, produce less, or drop quality. So even if YOU don’t like TRU they did contribute to your hobby.

[tlasjr]

If anyone has gift card left over. Now is the time to use them. Techinically they are considered unsecured loans so once they go under they're useless.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

So when do the sales start?

I might pick up a Switch when it is discounted.

That's what im wondering....

[SpasticPlastic]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

As far as the word being turby,turvy turkey, whatever who gives a rats ass...

I use to be in a band called Autopsy Turvy. If it were Turby, we would have sucked even more than we already did.

[r3v3n63]

I've been going to the same TRU for about 40 years now, I feel kinda sick.

[kylactus]

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Originally Posted by tlasjr

If anyone has gift card left over. Now is the time to use them. Techinically they are considered unsecured loans so once they go under they're useless.

Are the aTRU credit cards backed by a major financial institution? I’m just wondering who’s going to buy that debt. It might be time to load that thing down.

[K Dubious]

So real talk for a second, The MCU Mandarin 3 pack is honestly one of my most wanted MCU packs they revealed at toy fair and of course it was a TRU exclusive... I just pre-ordered it with the BOGO 40% off sale along with the Scarlet witch Vision two pack. Well two days ago I was charged for my entire order since the SW/V pack shipped and now I am concerned that I was charged for something that will likely not make it to TRU before the closure..

Do you all feel I should be contacting TRU and try and cancel the remaining part of my order or do you think this is a much bigger issue and that TRU will have to resolve how they will handle these matters before any decisions are made?

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

So real talk for a second, The MCU Mandarin 3 pack is honestly one of my most wanted MCU packs they revealed at toy fair and of course it was a TRU exclusive... I just pre-ordered it with the BOGO 40% off sale along with the Scarlet witch Vision two pack. Well two days ago I was charged for my entire order since the SW/V pack shipped and now I am concerned that I was charged for something that will likely not make it to TRU before the closure..

Do you all feel I should be contacting TRU and try and cancel the remaining part of my order or do you think this is a much bigger issue and that TRU will have to resolve how they will handle these matters before any decisions are made?

Cancel that shit NOW, son. Either that or dispute the charge with your credit card company. TRU has already stopped paying vendors, so no one will be sending them anything.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic

I use to be in a band called Autopsy Turvy. If it were Turby, we would have sucked even more than we already did.

How about autopsy TURDY ??

[UFOTECH]

The big 3 will feel this hard.
Lego will get it the worst losing a massive retail footprint, especially because they have stuff sold in store in tRU that doesnt show up anywhere.
Mattel is already on the edge, Barbie is all they have and they will lose their primary retail outlet. All the barbie stuff sold in tru i never saw anywhere else.
Hasbro probably deals with it best because they sell the same stuff everywhere they lose a retailer essentially.
Neca doesnt exist in retail outside TRU lol
Funko has to take a decent hit from this.
Bandai USA loses power rangers so they are basically done. Cant think of anything else they had.
Playmates new turtles look like garbage so who knows

[Jeddostotle7]

According to the press release, Toys R Us, even at this point, is still exploring a plan to combine its 200 top-performing US stores with its Canadian operations:

"Toys“R”Us also announced that it is pursuing a going concern reorganization and a sale process for its Canadian and international operations in Asia and Central Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Company’s international operations in Australia, France, Poland, Portugal and Spain are considering their options in light of this announcement, including potential sale processes in their respective markets. The Company’s stores in all these international markets are currently open and serving customers.

In connection with the sale process, the motion the Company filed with the Bankruptcy Court included bidding procedures for the Canadian operations. The Company also disclosed that it is engaged in discussions with certain interested parties for a transaction that could combine up to 200 of the top performing U.S. stores with its Canadian operations. While discussions continue on this potential transaction, Toys“R”Us is seeking court approval to implement the liquidation of inventory in all the U.S. stores, subject to a right to recall any stores included in the proposed Canadian transaction."

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by UFOTECH

Neca doesnt exist in retail outside TRU lol

A) This is not true, and B) Why is this funny to you?

[erastop]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

So real talk for a second, The MCU Mandarin 3 pack is honestly one of my most wanted MCU packs they revealed at toy fair and of course it was a TRU exclusive... I just pre-ordered it with the BOGO 40% off sale along with the Scarlet witch Vision two pack. Well two days ago I was charged for my entire order since the SW/V pack shipped and now I am concerned that I was charged for something that will likely not make it to TRU before the closure..

Do you all feel I should be contacting TRU and try and cancel the remaining part of my order or do you think this is a much bigger issue and that TRU will have to resolve how they will handle these matters before any decisions are made?

I recently (Tues, March 13th) placed an online order for the SW and Vision set. Just got an email that it will ship today.

You should be ok. You should've received the confirmation email w/ your order number to dispute, in case it does not go thru.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

So real talk for a second, The MCU Mandarin 3 pack is honestly one of my most wanted MCU packs they revealed at toy fair and of course it was a TRU exclusive... I just pre-ordered it with the BOGO 40% off sale along with the Scarlet witch Vision two pack. Well two days ago I was charged for my entire order since the SW/V pack shipped and now I am concerned that I was charged for something that will likely not make it to TRU before the closure..

Do you all feel I should be contacting TRU and try and cancel the remaining part of my order or do you think this is a much bigger issue and that TRU will have to resolve how they will handle these matters before any decisions are made?

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Cancel that shit NOW, son. Either that or dispute the charge with your credit card company. TRU has already stopped paying vendors, so no one will be sending them anything.

I disagree....
who the fugg knows what the future holds.... at WORST you don't get it and you're not responsible for any charges for items you never received.
At best..you still get a figure...

Update:
Ohhh...i just re-read that you were charged for all of it...
HMMMMM....that sheds a diff light on things.

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

As far as the word being turby,turvy turkey, whatever who gives a rats ass...

this makes me chuckle..

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

How about autopsy TURDY ??

it MUST be late in my day cause i'm just laughing at silly shit ....

[Hemanguy]

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Originally Posted by UFOTECH

The big 3 will feel this hard.
Lego will get it the worst losing a massive retail footprint, especially because they have stuff sold in store in tRU that doesnt show up anywhere.
Mattel is already on the edge, Barbie is all they have and they will lose their primary retail outlet. All the barbie stuff sold in tru i never saw anywhere else.
Hasbro probably deals with it best because they sell the same stuff everywhere they lose a retailer essentially.
Neca doesnt exist in retail outside TRU lol
Funko has to take a decent hit from this.
Bandai USA loses power rangers so they are basically done. Cant think of anything else they had.
Playmates new turtles look like garbage so who knows

Um Mattel has the number 1 action figure in sales in their WWE line so Barbie isn't the only thing they have ...and I believe they have another iconic toy line that is sold practically everywhere because of its size in Hot Wheels.

[maczero]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

So real talk for a second, The MCU Mandarin 3 pack is honestly one of my most wanted MCU packs they revealed at toy fair and of course it was a TRU exclusive... I just pre-ordered it with the BOGO 40% off sale along with the Scarlet witch Vision two pack. Well two days ago I was charged for my entire order since the SW/V pack shipped and now I am concerned that I was charged for something that will likely not make it to TRU before the closure..

I'm in the same boat. Really thought I was making out like a bandit with that sale.

So who's most likely to wind up with TRU's unsold inventory? Any chance it'll go to the discount chains like Five Below or Roses?

[Sighphi]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

Explain HOW it's not the same as other toy retailers biting the bullet? Why because there will be no stores just dedicated to toys ? You do realize walmart,target,even the disney store sells toys. How about BBTS, dorkside, entertainment earth? I could keep going but im sure you get my gist.

online stores usually order the latest releases and once its sold out its gone from their stores. Go to any of these sites and look at any toy line with multiples series and you will find half of the items sold out.

Online stores are good for getting the newer stuff but if you dont get something when it first out and come back later for it you missed it because it will not be restock again.

This is probably why NECA functions like it does in that all their action figs are essentially limited editions. Once orders drop to a certain level they will stop the line.

Using an example of both TRU and NECA, i think last year some time out of nowhere TRU began selling one of the earlier Gremlin series again. Some one found some stock and they had the balls to put it out and sell it.

Like others have said, TRU has the ability to do things that other stores may not.

Zoids is coming back and i had the idea that TRU may pick up the new toys because the newer ones are even more kid friendly and they did sell Zoids back in the day. With TRU gone now the likeness of an American launch of Zoids is 100% dead.

BBTS and EE may probably sell a few but Dorkside will surely not. And like i said, they will only sell the newer releases and never restock. And that's a fact when it comes these types of toys because this is exactly what they do with Gundam kits.

[Sighphi]

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Originally Posted by maczero

I'm in the same boat. Really thought I was making out like a bandit with that sale.

So who's most likely to wind up with TRU's unsold inventory? Any chance it'll go to the discount chains like Five Below or Roses?

arent exclusives items they already payed for? The toy maker specifically makes these toys because the shops already assured that they will buy a certain number?

So i think the issue is when are the items payed for? It is on delivery? If they havent received the items i guess you can say they are not going to pay for it and then there's a shipment of TRU exclusives stuck at the docks.

But if TRU already has the items it's unlikely that they will not honor the sales. Unless some one pays a good amount for the whole shipment or something like that.

[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by UFOTECH

The big 3 will feel this hard.
Lego will get it the worst losing a massive retail footprint, especially because they have stuff sold in store in tRU that doesnt show up anywhere.
Mattel is already on the edge, Barbie is all they have and they will lose their primary retail outlet. All the barbie stuff sold in tru i never saw anywhere else.
Hasbro probably deals with it best because they sell the same stuff everywhere they lose a retailer essentially.
Neca doesnt exist in retail outside TRU lol
Funko has to take a decent hit from this.
Bandai USA loses power rangers so they are basically done. Cant think of anything else they had.
Playmates new turtles look like garbage so who knows

Lego will be fine thanks to lego catalogues and lego stores. They have their own dedicated store now.

Mattel has always stayed afloat thanks to Barbie and Hot Wheels/Matchbox. They aren't going anywhere. And now with Pokemon Mega Construx they also have a decent foot hold into the building block market. But it does mean less experimentation with other game lines outside of Halo. COD will likely stay, but the odds of them trying anything truly random that's an unknown to retail chains like a Warframe line or any other video game that's not nintendo is unlikely now.

Bandai still has Ben 10 and Titans Go! So they'll be okay for the time being, but they do need to find some other licenses or brands to sustain themselves on. Mech X4 was pretty much a TRU only thing. So that's likely gone now. Which is a shame, I'd been planning on picking some of those up later, and was hoping shapeways would get around to a MEGAS XLR upgrade kit for it.

Hasbro will be fine, and is likely to continue toy shelf domination with their expanding brands. But it will likely mean more difficulty in trying out new untested things. It took a lot of convincing to get Kre-O and Construct bots on shelves as it was. But we might see a resurgence in those concepts with how they've sustained at Walgreens still with Kre-O. The other issue is the Hascon exclusives that they were trying to get to major retailers to let the at home fan feel the experience from a distance too.

It's not likely Target will dedicate a "collectors corner" though that'd definitely help. But so much of those were niche items that they don't move the volumes to sustain it. Still would be nice for things like Dragon Ball Shodo(bandai of japan) or similar though. As it is, it's hard enough to get those bigger retailers to stock anything building block that's not Lego. Hasbro exclusives move normally though, so those may find outlets still. Target and other stores have had amazing sales growth thanks to those mostly. Like the increased walgreens foot traffic from those, as well as the Purple Shockwave from animated for target as well as the other movie 1 scout toys and movie 1 G1 paint scheme figures, and Walmart's always done decently with Hasbro exclusives. So we may get lucky in those regards with Target and Hasbro, as well as Walmart and Hasbro.

Neca is going to be hit the hardest. Same to Jada and SpinMaster and possibly Jazwares too.

Playmates I'm not too worried about between TMNT and Voltron, they are set decently so long as they continue to innovate within those lines to branch out. While new TMNT isn't collector appealing at all, it does seem like it'll do great with their target kid audience and demographic.
And Voltron I'm sure can still do plenty to bring playmates back up if they reconfigure some ideas from their past to it. But this also means no more of the fun randomness playmates was known for like their Exo-squad vs Robotech line from the past. And something like that could have been interesting through TRU to cause an exo-squad revival. Which now could prove slightly more difficult, but still do-able.

This also means less likelihood for other toons to get toylines though unless they have a decent backer for that line. So stuff like the Jada Robocop line won't happen. And it'll definitely hit the makers of Thomas the train types of lines too as TRU was the widest selection for those.

Overall, this is going to hinder a lot of developments and nostalgia based lines too. Transformers Cyberverse for example would have done amazing with TRU, but now with that gone, the next waves are likely going to have to go back to the drawing board to find new ways to entice customers. Same as how we saw random specialty things like the Kre-O G1 grimlock build set during AOE.

I do hope that something can come out of it though. There is a certain kind of joy of actually going to a toy dedicated store that's not the same as going to Target or Walmart. There are other things that'll come out of this like who makes the Kong toys likely to get more licenses since they have a guaranteed walmart deal.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by Sighphi

online stores usually order the latest releases and once its sold out its gone from their stores. Go to any of these sites and look at any toy line with multiples series and you will find half of the items sold out.

Online stores are good for getting the newer stuff but if you dont get something when it first out and come back later for it you missed it because it will not be restock again.

This is probably why NECA functions like it does in that all their action figs are essentially limited editions. Once orders drop to a certain level they will stop the line.

Using an example of both TRU and NECA, i think last year some time out of nowhere TRU began selling one of the earlier Gremlin series again. Some one found some stock and they had the balls to put it out and sell it.

Like others have said, TRU has the ability to do things that other stores may not.

Zoids is coming back and i had the idea that TRU may pick up the new toys because the newer ones are even more kid friendly and they did sell Zoids back in the day. With TRU gone now the likeness of an American launch of Zoids is 100% dead.

BBTS and EE may probably sell a few but Dorkside will surely not. And like i said, they will only sell the newer releases and never restock. And that's a fact when it comes these types of toys because this is exactly what they do with Gundam kits.

Let me speak for myself personally. Damn near every collectible i currently own, they majority have been purchased by BBTS,dorkside, walmart, and sprinkle a little target in there.

I even just asked my wife, and asked her "how many times do you recall me walking out with anything from our local TRU store?" Her response " close to never".

Shit... i had to have a friend from Ohio tell me they had the klaw/shuri legends 2 pack. Do you want it? And of course i said yes.

My experience as an adult collector with TRU has been very poor. As a child as i said in previous posts was great. Obvisously TRU could not replicate that same experience people had as children. This of course was due to the fact they had shity inventory, high prices, and employees working there that makes you want to strangle them.

The magic is gone people.. all you posting on here that are in your 20s to 40s trying to justify a why they shouldnt shut down and the toy world is screwed open your eyes. Popular toys will continue to be sold at certain stores

And some oddball lines will HAVE TO be purchased online. That's just the way it will be.

[SpasticPlastic]

It just dawned on me that I may forever be screwed on finding Colonel Cameron. Never saw him in store, never showed up on their site, and there's only KO's on eBay.