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Title: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Brian on March 30, 2006, 04:11 PM
I checked for a "pegwarmer" thread and didn't see one, unless I missed it, so hopefully I'm not repeating anything.  Has anyone started to see any pegwarming trends for The Saga Collection?  To be honest, around here things have sold pretty well when we've actually had stuff on the pegs.  The Carkoon wave came and went in a matter of days, only recently starting to show again with some remixed cases.  With the Hoth wave, there started to be some pileup of Rieekan, Veers, and Derlin...but those have since sold pretty well (prior to Target getting the pegs stocked full of them again this week).  The Geonosis wave has been hit and miss as well, with the bugs and Yoda being the ones usually left behind.  So far, even the things that have sat for a bit seem to start clearing out eventually.  I'd say overall, the biggest pegwarmers here thus far have been Poggle, Sun Fac, and Yoda.  Other than that, things seem to sell pretty well....particularly when there are price cuts (Target in particular sold much smoother at $5.89).  It does seem that the closer we get to the $7 price, the more stuff seems to sit.  The really popular stuff still goes, but the rest of the waves start to hang a bit more.  What have you been noticing in your area?
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Reid on March 30, 2006, 04:17 PM
No. 95% of the time I visit a Target or Wal*Mart the pegs are bone dry.

 :-\
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jeff on March 30, 2006, 04:29 PM
The only real, honest to goodness, pegwarmer around these parts is Bib Fortuna.  

It took maybe a week or two for all the Derlins and Veers to disappear.  That might seem like a long time, but not quite my definition of "pegwarmer" because they did sell eventually and were gone well before the next wave had started showing up.

The Geonosis wave had a few figures that were similar.  Poggle was slow to sell, but over a week or two, 90% of them sold and they were all gone before the Coruscant wave appeared the first time.

Bib Fortuna though?  You can still find him hanging on the pegs at 3-4 local Target stores and he's been out for 2 or 3 month.   If you hang on the pegs for months and months and no one buys you?  That is the very definition of a pegwarmer to me.


It will be interesting to keep an eye on the pegs over the next few weeks as we will see more and more "refresh" cases shipping which have the older figures in them.  Boushh sold well around here the first time through, but will she sell as well shipping alongside the rest of the Wave 3 and 4 remix figures?  Remains to be seen I guess....
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: CHEWIE on March 30, 2006, 04:31 PM
Funny Brian, I had been thinking about starting a thread on this too.  Bib Fortuna really isn't pegwarming here anymore.  They seem to have all been bought up.

There are some pegwarmers beginning to pile up in my area though, I think the worst ones are Veers and Poggle.

Walmart - Veers, Derlin, Snowtrooper, Gonk, Poggle

Target - Veers, Derlin, Poggle

TRU - Veers, Poggle, 3PO, Sun Fac, Derlin

 :P
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on March 30, 2006, 04:31 PM
Okay in my area it's Bib, Poggle, Derlin, Reiken.

The Yodas were for awhile but, even they sold out in a week and a half.

I consider it pegwarming if it sits on the shelf 2+ weeks..and these I mentioned are on 4+ now ::) :P
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: CHEWIE on March 30, 2006, 04:35 PM
Yeah, Yoda is a pegwarmer too in my area.  Not as bad as the others but he does seem to sit a bit.

 :P
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: speedermike on March 30, 2006, 04:49 PM
It's funny that we consider a figure that has only been out a month a pegwarmer.  Zutton is a pegwarmer! My TRU still has a dozen of them!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Dan on March 30, 2006, 04:55 PM
At this point, anything left behind is considered a pegwarmer!  ;D

VOTC Lando and Mas Amedda are still hanging around the local TRU. Plenty of Polan whatevers as well.

Unleashed, transformers, choppers. Protecting retail shelving from dust and sunlight all over our fine country.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: SpudTrooper on March 30, 2006, 07:11 PM
Chewie, Baraca, Boush Leia, Poggle and Sun Fac  in CA  8) 
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Gatillo on March 30, 2006, 07:24 PM
Darth Vader (is he worth buying?, which Vader is this?)

Fortuna

Poggle

Yoda

Chewbacca

Derlin

Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Clone Commander on March 30, 2006, 07:37 PM
Bib was hanging around here.

So far for 2 weeks at the wal mart there has been the whole hoth wave...4 pegs worth and they are packed tightly!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: SpudTrooper on March 30, 2006, 07:38 PM
Darth Vader (is he worth buying?, which Vader is this?)


take your pick

(http://www.rebelscum.com/TSC/TSC013vadercomp2.jpg)

VOTC Darth Vader | Evolutions Darth Vader | 500th Darth Vader | TSC Darth Vader

i like the EVO Vader   ::)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on March 30, 2006, 07:56 PM
Sadly, in a few months you can put another Vader up there :(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth_Anton on March 30, 2006, 10:13 PM
Bib hangs the longest around here, Derlin and Reekin a close second.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Ben on March 30, 2006, 10:37 PM
Derlin or Han.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on March 31, 2006, 12:26 AM
Sadly, in a few months you can put another Vader up there :(

Yup, and then yet another a couple months after that in the Endor wave.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Morgbug on March 31, 2006, 03:16 PM
Pegwarmer?  Everything, except Vader ???  Yeah, I don't get it either, but one per case is working alright around here. 

We're only up to the Carkoon/Hoth waves at this point, but every figure is now seriously warming the pegs quite badly.  Walmart actually stocked stuff finally and they all put out 3-4 cases of the Hoth wave and it's all sitting, much to my surprise.  It's going to take a while before the Geonosis wave shows and forever until Coruscant arrives as well.  I'm sufficiently pessimistic (shock, eh?) that I'll likely go online for the last two announced waves of TSC and probably anything after that. 
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: darthmac on April 3, 2006, 01:03 PM
Peg warmers?  I have seen so few figures that calling any of them a peg warmer is an insult to Nemodian Warriors, and Mon Monthmas everywhere.  Seriously the most I usually ever see on the pegs is 1 to 3 figures, and that is usually Bib or Proggle.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on April 3, 2006, 07:22 PM
I guess really Derlin and Riekken are the only things that come close to a pegwarmer in TSC so far, but never more than 4 at a time when they were the only figures left on the pegs.

This is nothing compared to the Zutton and Mas Amedda armies I have seen 35 figures deep.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Clone Commander on April 3, 2006, 10:38 PM
Its not how many, its how long they've been there  :P and nobody wants bib.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 4, 2006, 01:44 AM
For my area, it's now a LOT of Hoth Wave, and Bib...  Most of the rest of the Carkoon Wave's moved on through by my estimations.  Could be the simple lack of anything on the pegs driving the sales of these duller figures though.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Gatillo on April 13, 2006, 08:37 AM
Last night one Target had 9 Hoth Vaders and this morning another on had 12.  Is Hoth Vader the new pegwarmer?  If so then we are going to be thrilled with Bespin Vader, Endor Vaderm Tatooine Vader, Death Star Vader, Pull my finger Vader, Ultimate Vader and Greatest hits Vader.

Gotta love this hobby ::)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jeff on April 13, 2006, 09:55 AM
I still have a hard time calling Vader a pegwarmer.

For example, one of the local Targets was up to 11 Vaders after getting a few cases of the Coruscant wave last week.  Now they are back down to only 3 Vaders.

Yeah, they are shipping him at 2x per case in every case, but they seem to still be selling well around here thanks to the kids/moms/grandmas.  Most Vaders disappear within a week or so.

On the other hand, all three of the Bib Fortunas are still there... and they've been there for at least 8 weeks.  Now that is a pegwarmer.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: artooconvoy on April 13, 2006, 10:24 AM
A local Target has four pegs full of Vader as of yesterday morning.  That's half the space for Star Wars figures devoted to one figure.  They also have two pegs full of Lushros.  The other two pegs had eight figures, three of which are holo Ki-Adi.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on April 13, 2006, 12:46 PM
Every single fig released this year is pegwarming except the following....

Barada, U. Clone, Jango fett, Scorch, Cody, Foul, and any UGH of course.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Morgbug on April 13, 2006, 02:25 PM
Last night one Target had 9 Hoth Vaders and this morning another on had 12.  Is Hoth Vader the new pegwarmer?  If so then we are going to be thrilled with Bespin Vader, Endor Vaderm Tatooine Vader, Death Star Vader, Pull my finger Vader, Ultimate Vader and Greatest hits Vader.

Gotta love this hobby ::)

We're still only stuck with the Hoth wave thus far up here, but the hottest figure by far is Vader.  I can't figure it out for the life of me.  It's ok.  It's Vader.  But the cardback is unspectacular up here and it's not a new figure so I don't get the massive appeal to this point.  The Gonk Droid is just sitting on the pegs, not moving and I think that's far more interesting.

I can still find every figure from the Carkoon wave though, including Boba Fett.  I guess that might serve a purpose in that it's prevented TRU from bringing in too much Hoth wave (which is sitting at Walmart, minus Vader) so it might pay dividends when Coruscant comes around (out in Eastern Canada). 
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: TheBlackDog65 on April 13, 2006, 10:45 PM
Genosis wave here in UT. I see tons of Poggles, lesser degree Sun Fac. Sora Bulq is peg warming to some degree. This is at Target, Wally, and TRU.  I am beginning to think that Poggle is becoming the Nemodian Warrior of last year (so far).
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on April 13, 2006, 11:42 PM
Bib,Bren & Poggle.... *sigh*
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Nirvana on April 14, 2006, 09:29 AM
For my area, it's now a LOT of Hoth Wave, and Bib...  Most of the rest of the Carkoon Wave's moved on through by my estimations.  Could be the simple lack of anything on the pegs driving the sales of these duller figures though.

Yeah, Hoth Wave is sitting around up by me (Tagets mostly, no WalMarts) and Bib Fortuna and Barada are sitting around at KMarts. The ATAT Driver was numerous (almost 15 of him) at a Target I was at a week ago.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 16, 2006, 01:54 AM
Right now it varies from what I see.

One Target has more Geonosis Wave than anything which suits me fine since I buy a Sun Fac every time I'm at Target anymore.  Poggle's a major pegwarmer at almost every Target and some TRU's though.

Wal-Marts I hit still hardly even have pegs for figures, much less figures.  Some of the western Wal-Mart stores in the metro area have pegs and some figure remnants I hear but I only hear of 3 WM's really getting anything.  Of the 5 - 7 I hit semi-routinely, no WM has a single figure...  I'd say that half or more of those stores don't have pegs for figures, so they're dead in the water obviously.

Target I see that weird mix though of Hoth, and Geonosis...  Yoda from the COurscant Wave too is sitting and not going anywhere soon.  I did notice tonight a ton of Carkoon at Target though, from I assume repacks as there were smatterings of other "new" old stuff too.

Hoth I saw in mass abundance at TRU till this sale.  The thing of it is, is that TRU won't be bright enough to see they can move product and profit off it with a simple sale like that.  But stores that had 12 pegs (or more in some cases) full of Hoth wave with smatters of Geo/Coruscant/Carkoon waves, but predominantly Hoth figures, are now barren of ANY basic figures.  $4.50 moves toys.

I'd certainly be far less inclined to bitch about the quality too.  $4.50 seems to me to be about what we get in figure for the price, at least by my estimations.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Ryan on April 16, 2006, 02:05 AM
The Wal-Mart situation is the same out here Jesse. I used to rely on midnight runs but they only get about a case every two weeks so I end up empty handed almost every night. All of my finds lately have been at Target or TRU.

Getting back to the pegwarming situation, like everywhere else it is mainly Poggle but Yoda may rival him. Target is overflowing with Poggles and Yodas though the number has supprisingly gone down. There are a few scattered Brens and Bibs but I actually saw a kid buying a Bren today, and there are never more than 4 at any given store, even if that 4 has been there for a few months now. Target is loaded with Sun Fac too, which doesn't bother me because it is a great figure, even though I do only have 2 I'll pobably grab more of him.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 16, 2006, 02:10 AM
For me it happened right when a damn 24hr. WM had just opened 3 mins from my gf's house.  I'm here late usually, then head home some nights late, and was really looking forward to scores on late-night toy runs on the way home...  That's out the window at the moment, as this WM hasn't had figures since February I'd say.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Diddly on April 16, 2006, 05:07 PM
We DID have the Geonosis wave in abundance here, but then they started shipping that stupid Hoth/Geo Pegwarming death wave, and the Geonosis figures have dried up, except for a few Poggles and Yodas. Target and TRU are drowning in Hoth figs, with little hope of the Coruscant wave or anything past it ever getting in. Wal-Mart continues to have nothing, it's been that way since December.

Meanwhile, Mini Unleashed, Force Battlers, Choppers, and Transformers get new shipments constantly, and it's starting to overtake the 3-3/4" pegs. ::)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: JediTray on April 18, 2006, 05:25 PM
Yep, all I've seen at Wally's in my area (Cypress, TX) are the damned Geonosians, Cliff from Cheers, Yoda repack, and Transformers and Customs choppers out the wazoo.  God I hate those things.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: CorranHorn on April 18, 2006, 11:50 PM
Well at the Targets in my area, the Hoth Vader is becoming a pegwarmer. And lo and behold, a Neimodian is looking to take the mantle away from Vader. Each Target had half a dozen Dofine's in my visits in the last two days. I guess thats a positive sign that the Coruscant wave has fully made it in my neck of the woods.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 19, 2006, 04:05 AM
Finally Wal-Mart got figures in here!  Holy ****.

Every store seems to have gotten the myserious 36 figure case in...  Lots of stuff already pegwarming.  Most WM's are now laden with Vaders, and out of anything any good.

Lots of Hoth Wave, Yoda's, Vaders...  the same every other store is stuck with.

I did get some Utie Clones though as a nice gift from my mom just because...  They were there, I was gonna skip them, but she picked them up instead.  Can't argue with spoiling moms.  :-[
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Ryan on April 19, 2006, 04:18 AM
Damn you guys are getting stuff in Pittsburgh and it has been about 3 weeks since my Wal-Mart has got a case of anything. :-\
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 20, 2006, 02:04 AM
Keep your eyes open.  They should be soon I'd think...  Every WM here seems to have gotten in this mysterious assortment of a larger case of figures.  So there's something to look forward to anyway at WM.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Ben on April 20, 2006, 02:17 AM
Just last week, I saw FIVE cases of the second wave of Star Wars Transformers sitting on a pallet at WM. They were still sealed, so they didn't just reuse the box.

Why can't there be five cases of basic figures at one time? Maybe I'd actually find a ******* Scorch.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Morgbug on April 20, 2006, 01:56 PM
Still shipping the Hoth wave here, remarkably the only figure moving at all is Vader.  I don't get it. :-\
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jim on April 20, 2006, 03:41 PM
Current warmers in my area:

Yoda
Jango
Chewie
Hoth Vader
Hoth R2
Rieekan
Derlin
AT-AT Driver
Sora
Poggle
Sun Fac
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on April 23, 2006, 10:20 PM
Vader is the ultimate pegwarmer, almost as bad as the Neimoidian warrior! I can't even imagine when he's in new packaging. We'll be going to store aisles to see 40 of the same figure...no Bren Derlin...not Mon Mothma...not Bail Organa...but DARTH VADER!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: SilverZ on April 23, 2006, 10:56 PM
I think it's early to call put Vader in the pegwarmer category, but it certainly was a mistake to mix him so heavily after the Hoth wave. I've been spotting pegs full of Lushros, Poggle, and Vader. In two weeks, it will be Lushros and Poggle and the glut of Vaders will be gone.

Or at least until they reship him again. And again.  ::)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on April 23, 2006, 11:05 PM
I think it's early to call put Vader in the pegwarmer category

No, it's never too early to call something a pegwarmer. This one TRU has about 30 on the pegs. another WM has about 5 on the pegs (they only have about 8 figs total). Another Target has about 10 on the pegs. It's a pegwarmer.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Morgbug on April 23, 2006, 11:55 PM
Still shipping the Hoth wave here, remarkably the only figure moving at all is Vader.  I don't get it. :-\

Still confused by this.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Scott on April 24, 2006, 12:45 AM
I've been seeing lots and lots of Gummi Mundi on the local pegs
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Nicklab on April 24, 2006, 09:38 AM
The trend I've been noticing?

-Chewbacca
-Yoda
-Poggle the Lesser
-Sun Fac (puzzling since it's a new sculpt and a great figure)
-Major Derlin

A couple of figures from the Coruscant wave tend to linger a little while longer than others, but they don't hang around for very long.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Brian on April 24, 2006, 10:41 AM
Things are still selling pretty well around here, but there's a little more pegwarming going on lately.  A week or two ago, both TRU and Wal-Mart had stocked up with the Geo/Carkoon/Hoth mix case, as well as Coruscant figures (missed Cody though).  Almost everything seems to have sold through in the last week or so, with the exception of Poggle, Sun Fac, and Hoth Vader.  Both stores seem to have quite a supply of those, and both of the Targets in town seem to be buried in Derlin, Veers (to a lesser extent), Yoda, and the bugs.  They do seem to have shipped plenty of Vaders, at least by the looks of things right now.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jeff on April 24, 2006, 10:43 AM
I've been seeing lots and lots of Gummi Mundi on the local pegs

Yeah, I'm noticing lots and lots of this guy joining Bib on the pegs around me too...
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Nicklab on April 24, 2006, 12:31 PM
In one respect I am a little surprised about what isn't pegwarming.  I thought we might have armies of Barada's sitting around, but they all seem to sell eventually.  Strange.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Reid on April 24, 2006, 02:42 PM
The current 'egwarmers:

-Darth Vader (Hoth Gear). This is the Neimoidian Warrior of the TSC line. Seriously, they had about 20 of these on the pegs.
-Sun Fac. Although it does look nice, and I'm sort of tempted to pick it up, i'd like to spend my hard-earned pocket money on upcoming figures, like the Poncho Luke, Hem Dazon, and the DS Gunner.
-Major Bren Derlin. A nice figure it seems, but a MAJOR pegwarmer nonetheless.
-Lushros Dofine. It seems, at least in my area, that this figure is continuing the Neimoidian Curse. Still, he's one of my favorite TSC figures.

Suprisingly, Poggle is pretty scarce around these parts.

 :P
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Gatillo on April 24, 2006, 10:22 PM
I was surprised to see over 40 Vaders at 3 Targets fly off the pegs.  The one Target with 24 pegs has only 1 figure, bondage Chewie.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on April 24, 2006, 11:18 PM
the same figures have been at my closest WM lately...

Derlins...
Vaders...
a Veers. Notice how I said a Veers. There's a single Veers that's been there FOREVER.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Combat Chuck on April 24, 2006, 11:23 PM
My local Wal-Mart has a ton of Poggle the Lesser, Sun Fac, and Major Derlin figures. And they... won't... leave... >:(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on April 24, 2006, 11:26 PM
I'd rather see the pegs clogged with Sun Fac than that idiot Bren Derlin!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Mitsukara on April 24, 2006, 11:41 PM
It took a while to tell, but four Major Bren Derlins and four Bib Fortunas say it all.

Sadly, I'd actually buy one each of those figures as I'd like them, but I haven't quite brought myself to paying $6 for either- they're $5 quality and worth $3-$4 to me specifically, and those numbers don't add up.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 25, 2006, 02:27 AM
My situation sounds not too disimilar to anyone else's lately...

WM, since they got back into the game, seem to have a lot of Poggle, Bib, and Darth Vader...

Target I see Vader, Chewie, Poggle, Sun Fac (here and there though, not massive abundance, just one or two), Yoda (tons of him), Derlin, Snowtrooper, and I'm noticing Holo Mundi now and again more than I had been seeing him.

TRU is barren since the sale...  Barely any basic figures.  Some have none at all.  Stores that had a minimum of 10 pegs or so are whiped clean of basics save for the odd ROTS leftover like Mothma.

Other than that though I can't think off-hand of too many others...  I do see Derlin too at almost every store, but not in the HUGE quantities I used to see him at. T RU had the most and he is now long gone with the sale.  Same with Veers who used to be a big pegwarmer here as well.

Pegs are backing up with the stuff listed though...  Target's fairly full of junk.  Vader and Yoda I see the most at this point.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on April 25, 2006, 10:31 AM
Since my local WM's have always been in the game this year to date..it's nice to see they're finally sending figures back east/not so nice to see the pegwarming trends worsening :(.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Mitsukara on April 25, 2006, 12:31 PM
The bad thing about our Wal Mart is supposedly they won't "restock" until they've sold enough. And they seem to consider new waves "restocking" because there sit my 8 friends, but the Coruscant Wave which sold out in about 2-3 days has been gone over a week.

Other than those 8 figures, they've got 1 each of a few other figures; Boussh Leia, Poggle the Lesser, Barada, and General Rieekan. So with 12 figures on the shelves they can't be bothered with silly old "Coruscant Wave" or "VTSC" figures, because they've got some hot items all the kids and collectors will love out already. And the great thing is they don't even have to restock because the shelves are constantly filled with best-sellers. Right.

And I never saw one Chewbacca or Boba Fett here. :(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: VF/501 on April 27, 2006, 07:16 AM
Over here, any VOTC or VTSC is gone the moment its out  (sometime even before that, damn extended families that have friends and family memebers that work there, grrrrrr.) As for peg warmers, read

 one or two Leia, boushh
Han, carbonite
scads of Bib fortuna and Barada
one Yoda
one Chewbacca, prisoner
one Colonel Bren Derlin

all at 6.99 to 7.99

and thats all folks not even a stinking Vader, Sun Fac or the Poggle rehash, plus we get everything later and in lower quantities down here in Hawaii.  Can some one pick me up at least 2-4 Sun Facs?  I'll trade for'em, either figures or custom fodder.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on April 29, 2006, 12:50 AM
In the Chicago area the trend is:

Scuzzy Wal-Marts: Vader & Lushros
TRU: Bib Fortuna, Chewie & Yoda
Target: Derlin & Yoda  (And ROTS vehicle asst, I know thats not the question at hand but they are warming pegs. Kinda scary for the future assortments)

The worst part is Hasbro is dumping that 500th Vader on us again with some new bespin boxes. "Its a trap to buy him again!" ??? :-[

If you dont go first thing before work you aint finding squat. 3 more UGHs basic figs to go......
Title: So whats warming the shelves in your neck of the woods?
Post by: Darth_Ennis on May 6, 2006, 11:50 AM
This is a little thread I like to post every now and then just to check what is rotting on the shelves in your neck of the woods.

I live in Seveirville Tennessee which is about 10 miles on your way to Gatlinberg. there isnt much out here as far as stores are concerned, but we have a few.

As far as whats stinking up the shelves here at our local Wally World, nothing but Hoth Vaders. Theres a smattering of Derlinns and Gummi Mundis. and even the occasional Dofine but Poor Vader takes the cake. Noibody wants him.

We got the VTSC wave last weekend and like sharks at a feeding frenzy the were wiped out by monday. All save for Greedo we have about 4 of these poor green buggers rotting.

How are things in your neck of the woods?
Title: Re: So whats warming the shelves in your neck of the woods?
Post by: Roton7 on May 6, 2006, 11:54 AM
Vader, derlin, an AT-AT driver.
Title: Re: So whats warming the shelves in your neck of the woods?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on May 6, 2006, 12:00 PM


We got the VTSC wave last weekend and like sharks at a feeding frenzy the were wiped out by monday. All save for Greedo we have about 4 of these poor green buggers rotting.



And I love this figure.  4 and counting.  Can't get enough.  I pray it dips to clearance prices so I can take the rest of the peg home on the cheap.
Title: Re: So whats warming the shelves in your neck of the woods?
Post by: MetalJedi on May 6, 2006, 12:56 PM
Lushros Dofine and Sun Fac
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Reid on May 6, 2006, 02:26 PM
Current pegwarmers in NoVA Targets:

-Major Bren Derlin
-Darth Vader (Hoth Gear)
-Sun Fac
-Lushros Dofine
-SW Transformers
-SW Customs (God I hope that line dies a quick and painful death)
-TSC Assault Vehicles
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jeff on May 6, 2006, 02:27 PM
Holo Ki-Adi-Mundi is starting to warm up the pegs at every Target near me.  He was selling well a few weeks ago, but slowly he's multiplying -

- two weeks ago, there was just 2 of them hanging on the pegs...
- then last week, it was 4...
- and now this week, there's 5...
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on May 6, 2006, 10:42 PM
Dang you guys have it lucky the only warmers here are Bib,Bren,Vader,Poggle & Ki!I have yet to see anything besides Bib,Han,Leia,Chewie,Barada,Bren,Veers,Snowtrooper,Vader,Poggle,Lushros,Ki & Foul.But for everything except Ki,Poggle,Vader,Bib & Bren I only saw once! :'(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on May 8, 2006, 03:07 AM
Holo Ki's definitely sitting here...  Tonight I saw a lot of:

-Bib Fortuna
-Bren Derlin (holy hell did I see a lot of him)
-Darth Vader (I'm sick of him...  He's the only figure I see at every retailer at this point.  From K-Mart to KB to TRU to WM to Target...  They all have a TSC Vader, and some have him in huge quantities)
-Poggle
-Riekean

These are the biggies...  I see a lot less Veers than I used to though.  He and Han/Leia from Carkoon are surprises to me that they're moving this well.

I see other stuff but it generally is selling as fast as it arrives...

VTSC is a rarity out here.  I saw my first sets tonight at retail at Target.  TRU/WM have no sign of them on the pegs, or even pegs/shelf space for them.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on May 11, 2006, 07:34 PM
In the Chicago area the trend is:

Scuzzy Wal-Marts: Vader & Lushros
TRU: Bib Fortuna, Chewie & Yoda
Target: Derlin & Yoda  (And ROTS vehicle asst, I know thats not the question at hand but they are warming pegs. Kinda scary for the future assortments)


Update in Chicagoland:
Scuzzy Wal-Marts: Vader & Geonosis Wave 3 (Except Scorh/Utapau)
TRU: Wiped out...all of them!
Target: Derlin, Yoda, Vader, Grevious Demise, ROTS vehicle asst, I know thats not the question at hand but they are warming pegs. Kinda scary for the future assortments...some repacks have trickeld through)

TRU has alot of ask Yodas he is now only $14.99! I had to pick him up, its such an annoying toy! Also its the pinnacle of geekdom to have one!
I love it!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth_Ennis on May 12, 2006, 04:25 PM
Actually here in tennessee we also have an abundance of Titanium figures stinking up the aisles. Both varieties of fett and Vader are just begging for clearance. Bossk has showed up as well, but he actually seems to be moving. Still no sign of the Titanium trooper though.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on May 12, 2006, 05:55 PM
The worst part is Hasbro is dumping that 300th Vader on us again with some new bespin boxes. "Its a trap to buy him again!" ??? :-[

Um...I believe it is the 500th Vader  ;)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Nirvana on May 12, 2006, 08:17 PM
VTSC is a rarity out here.  I saw my first sets tonight at retail at Target.  TRU/WM have no sign of them on the pegs, or even pegs/shelf space for them.

Really? Last weekend, VTSC were in abundance at Robinson. I picked up the whole wave (except Greedo) as well as another extra Biker Scout in one visit!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on May 12, 2006, 08:48 PM
The worst part is Hasbro is dumping that 300th Vader on us again with some new bespin boxes. "Its a trap to buy him again!" ??? :-[

Um...I believe it is the 500th Vader  ;)

My mistake.
Regardless we are stuck with him again!
UGH!
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on May 18, 2006, 01:15 AM
Update for my area...  Still the same more or less.

-Target's are loaded with Vaders and Derlins...  Sometimes you see something else like Poggle or whatnot, not a lot else though.  I am seeing TONS and TONS now of the Demise of Grievous figure (who'd have thought that  ::) ), and I see lots of the Senate Skirmish set at SOME Targets...  Others, not so much.

-TRU...  Pretty different as they just restocked.  They put out lots of Geonosis and Coruscant Waves, and now the usual suspects of both waves linger...  Lushros, Gummy Ki-Adi, Poggle, C-3PO (I see him a bit more lately oddly enough), and some still had a handful of Hoth remnants like Derling but not much.

I'm also now seeing lots of Gunships at some TRU's...  Kind of like the skirmish battlepack.  Some have only 2 or 3, while one I saw the other day had as many as 10 if not more Gunships.

-Wal-Mart...  Mostly Geonosis remnants though a few have Lushros and Gummi Ki-adi too...  And Vader.  They have Vader in abundance just like Target.

VTSC isn't pegwarming really but I do see Greedo and Han semi-routinely.  Luke and the Scout I never see ever, and I've seen Sand People once or twice but they were gone when I was back where I saw them.

I also hardly see VTSC at all at TRU (only at one I frequent actually) and I've yet to see any sign of VTSC at Wal-Mart here at all.  No pegs for them, and no space at all I can see....  I only see VTSC regularly now at Target.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on May 19, 2006, 05:35 PM
Update for the Chicago area:

Wal-Marts
: Vader & Geo wave bugs and Yodas.
VOTC moves in and out. Chewie 7' unleashed is the new asajj. they are loaded with him! But its still too early to tell but he is the loser........

TRU: Lots of fresh stock in! Old remnats have been moved out. They are in great shape! They even have updated Saga vehicle boxes, a 1-2 CW Gunships))

Target: Geo wave and Vaders, ROTS vehicle asst, Demise of the Overpriced Grevious. Senate packs are in and out. some have a few lingering but they will move. Especially when they are 10 on clearence I will buy more.....

3' unleashed are real pegwarmers everywhere....I am sorry I bought the first 8. One of the very few Star Wars purchases I regret.


Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: RichardTheBloody on May 23, 2006, 01:01 AM
Up in Canada so far, the big ones are Veers, Derlin (it's a little known fact that he ain't popular up here for some reason!) and of course, Rieekan. Bib Fortuna's been busy hitting on the few leftover ROTS Mon Mothmas as well, with the odd Boussh Leia kicking around, as well as even a Snowtrooper on one occasion...I went back like 3 times and he was still sitting there, awaiting deployment orders. I may have to go back and get him to put with th AT-AT driver i finally broke down and got. I've seen a sizable chunk of Baradas and Carkoon Hans playing sabaac at TRU as well.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Brian on August 15, 2006, 10:07 AM
Although I don't know if he would yet qualify as a pegwarmer, Hem Dazon does seem to be hanging out longer than some of the other Tatooine figures at our local stores.  TRU in particular - they recently got quite a bit of the Tatooine wave, and I counted up to 10 Hems on the pegs, while there was only 1 Garindan and no Hammerheads/Momaw Nadons.  And, to be honest, Han and Luke don't seem to be selling to bad either - although you can pretty much always find them if you look enough.

True pegwarmers around here are Lushros Dofine and Sun Fac.  I see several of those at each and every store we visit, and that's all our local WM has at the moment.  Well, aside from the VTSC, which they have a TON of.  I haven't looked through them lately, but I think there are Scouts there as well - and plenty of the rest.  I hope they do a clearance eventually ala Target, I wouldn't mind grabbing an extra Greedo and some more Scouts/Tuskens.  Overall, those - and to a lesser extent Gummi Mundi and Hoth Vader - seem to be the biggest pegwarmers around here lately from TSC line.  The Heroes and Villains stuff actually seems to be selling pretty decent, although they can be found as well.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth_Anton on August 15, 2006, 10:13 AM
Lushros Dofine and Garindin seem to really clog the pegs lately. Those and half the H&V figures. Surprisingly, Moff whats-his-name from the Endor wave is the last one to go from Endor.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on August 15, 2006, 11:49 AM
Lushros Dofine and Garindin seem to really clog the pegs lately. Those and half the H&V figures. Surprisingly, Moff whats-his-name from the Endor wave is the last one to go from Endor.

That's exactly what's hangin' around here. Lushros, Garindan, all of the H&V wave except for the clones, and all of Endor has been very hard to spot except for Jerjerrod.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 16, 2006, 01:31 AM
My area in this order from worst to least worst pegwarmer

1. L. Dofine
2. Vader (Hoth mostly)
3. Gummi Mundi
4. Hem Dazon


There is also 2 WM's that have 2 full rows of Poggle still as well ::)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on August 16, 2006, 03:09 AM
My area in no particular order...

-Vader...  Any incarnation can be found at one store or another it seems, I see them everywhere.  The Bespin one is abundant though, as is the Hoth one still.

-Lushros Dofine...  Definitely available in abundance at various stores.

-Tatooine Wave (Garindan, R5, Hem)...  these 3 seem to be semi-available or at some stores (TRU mostly) widely available, but they all 3 are pegwarming.

-Tatooine Wave Han...  This figure is easy enough to find too, especially at TRU, but I see him frequently elsewhere also.

-Momaw Nadon...  He's the most abundant of the Tat Wave and is easy to find at anywhere from Target to TRU to WM and more.  He sucked as an overall package and it shows I think.

-Derlin...  Still see him a lot at Target.

-Chewbacca...  ROTS Chewie from Greatest Hits is REALLY a leftover from those figures.  Very easy to find.

-Chewbacca Boussh's Bounty...  A recent pegwarmer, the one with the red holo is easy as pie to find, mostly at Target.  So are several of the other Carkoon figures but not at all stores.  Han and Boba seem to do slightly better.

-Gummi Mundi...  Still chilling at the pegs.

The surprises (to me) are...

-Luke Tatooine...  He is not impossible to find by any means but I see less and less of him.

-Epic Battles...  They either have hit and left or they're just coming in at a trickle because I've only seen scarce remnants of them so far.  No huge piles of these though.

Anyway the king of that list of pegwarmers though is by far and away Darth Vader, with Momaw, Lushros, and Gummi Mundi in the #2 spot in a tie I think.  Vader's are just attrocious on the pegs right now though and some stores have had the same several pegs of them for some months now.  It sucks.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on August 16, 2006, 10:54 AM
-Derlin...  Still see him a lot at Target.

Me too...and also, until yesterday, there was a single Derlin on the pegs of a local WM that had been there since the original Hoth cases came out...no other single TSC figure has hung around THAT long, at least for me.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Gatillo on August 16, 2006, 11:05 AM
One Target I rarely go to out in the boonies has had Bid Fortunas from day one.  That is pretty impressive and makes me wonder if that will continue until the end of this line. ???
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: DoctorPadawan on August 16, 2006, 06:51 PM
The latest updates from the middle of nowhere...

TARGET:  I actually did my own inventory today, and believe it or not, there is not a single Derlin, Bib, or Geonosian hanging around there anymore.  They have been replaced with the following stock:

-8 Lushros Dofines
-4 H&V Darth Vaders
-4 Bespin Confession Darth Vaders
-12 Garindans
-16(!) Hem Dazons
-3 Holographic Ki-Adi Mundis
-2 Greatest Battles Electronic R2-D2s
-1 Momaw Nadon
-1 R5-D4

The funny thing is that I gave each figure its own peg while I was in there today and boy did it look ridiculous.  Me doing that, I mean. :)

Wal-Mart is, at all three locations, still clogged with Poggles and Derlins and Sun Facs, although Vader is nipping at their heels, and the Endor wave seems to have hit WM en masse over the last week.  I counted at least 10 Threepios and Chirpas and Jerjerrods this morning (only 2 DSGs) at one WM that never stocks. 

TRU, as usual, is a mess and doesn't even have a space on the shelves for basic figures anymore.  Instead, they have been delegated to one of those wire endcap things that usually display the basic lightsabers and/or sunglasses. 

And can someone please tell me why Wal-Mart, Target, and TRU all three are refusing to send the Force Battlers to their well-deserved space in the clearance aisle?  Every time Target or WM does a reset, I thank the deity of the moment that I might never see a FB Obi-Wan in Gaudy Armor again, and then there they are with their own spot in the new plan-o-grams.  WTF?
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Roton7 on August 17, 2006, 11:06 AM
The funny thing is that I gave each figure its own peg while I was in there

I do that. :P
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on August 17, 2006, 06:43 PM
I'm going tomorrow. Maybe WM is where I'm hitting they always have the good stuff, Target sucks! You guys must have bad WMs.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: KillerVole on August 19, 2006, 10:49 PM
At my Target, we have had the same four Bren Derlins hanging around since February. I have tried putting them on the very bottom shelf in hopes that some kid would grab them, but it didn't seem to work. Two days ago, I went to Target, and much to my surprise there were only three Bren Derlins. Someone must have bought one!

Lushros is also a pegwarmer. My Target never got the Geonosis wave, so there are no Geonosians anywhere.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: darthmac on August 21, 2006, 12:40 PM
I can always find Lushros Dofines anywhere I go (8+).  Most everything else seems to move fairly well.  How to make a peg warmer?  Put any Neimoidian on the shelf.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Brian on August 21, 2006, 12:49 PM
Same thing here - Lushros Dofine is pretty much at every store, and usually in good quantity.  He and Sun Fac have both been frequent pegwarmers throughout this year.  The Vaders are starting to pile up in places as well now, after disappearing for a bit.  The Tatooine wave seems to be selling pretty well, but the one that is always left behind (aside from Vader) is Hem Dazon.  Target and TRU both had 8-10 of this guy, and 1 (at most) of Hammerhead/Garindan/R5-D4.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on September 3, 2006, 01:32 AM
No Lushros at Target, at Walmart he's abundant.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Dan on September 3, 2006, 08:52 AM
I have to say that this greatest battles wave is starting to look like they could be around awhile. Padme, C-3PO, Palpatine, R2, R4, and AT-TE sure are taking up a lot of space at the targets and walmarts I visit. Eventually those troops and R2 will move, but 3PO has the endor one with cool accessories sitting right along side it (theroretically at least), and Padme is still available on the ROTS card in places.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on September 3, 2006, 01:08 PM
Dang, still? Those will be there as long as TPM Nute then.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Brian on September 12, 2006, 03:19 PM
After checking the pegs the last few days, it seems the biggest pegwarmers - at least around here - are the Greatest Battles figures.  There are quite a few at both Target and TRU (which also have a couple of Lushros and Hem Dazons), but Wal-Mart is absolutely dripping with these things.  It seems like all of them are there too, or at least were the last time I checked.  I was hoping today to find the Naboo/Endor wave that is supposed to be hitting right now according to some reports, but there's no way they could fit anything else on the pegs.  On the bright side, it looks like our WM is finally starting to clearance out the VTSC - at $7.00 each so far.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on September 14, 2006, 06:21 PM
Lushros Dofine- I may need to start army building these things, to clear the pegs
Bespin Vader- Hasbro ships too many Vaders!
Hoth Vader- Same as above
Cheif Chirpa- Ewoks don't seem to do good, strange because this is the first new Ewok in a while
Hoth R2- The strange thing is I never found this guy with his original wave
Jerjerrod- Imperials don't do good, which is sad
H&V- I only saw Vaders, 3POs, Wookiees, Palps, Maces & Electronic R2s
Diety 3PO- Strange, people elsewhere are having problems finding him
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on September 16, 2006, 04:22 PM
Lushros Dofine- I may need to start army building these things, to clear the pegs
Bespin Vader- Hasbro ships too many Vaders!
Hoth Vader- Same as above
Cheif Chirpa- Ewoks don't seem to do good, strange because this is the first new Ewok in a while
Hoth R2- The strange thing is I never found this guy with his original wave
Jerjerrod- Imperials don't do good, which is sad
H&V- I only saw Vaders, 3POs, Wookiees, Palps, Maces & Electronic R2s
Diety 3PO- Strange, people elsewhere are having problems finding him

Stange we can't seem to keep Chirpa on the pegs long here!
The only other difference between my list and yours currently is I would add Gummi Mundi, there's always at least a peg and a half dedicated to him ..I'd say he's second to Lushros who usually commands 2 full pegs.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on September 23, 2006, 11:02 AM
I only found 1 Ki. I forgot him. Hasbro should of just re-packed the ROTS one. Would of been cheaper & would of gone faster. I'm going to my good WM later, or TRU. I'll post the warmers.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: tonphanan on September 24, 2006, 11:29 PM
Hero's and villians peg warmers:
Vader
Padme
C-3po
Wookie Warrior
Poggel the Lesser

Basics
Hem Dazon
Moff Jerjerrod
R5
Vaders
Hammerhead

On a side note Scorches and Cody's are becoming very abundant
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: David on October 10, 2006, 11:30 PM
its sad that hem is a pegwarmer hes so cool. WHY LUSHROS? LUSHROS SUCKS!!!!!! How does it always happen 2 be nemoidians. nute, nm warrior, now this? GRRR oh btway, derlin's been in no show in ca for a while now
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: MetalJedi on October 12, 2006, 04:27 PM
It's all Heroes and Villians here. So much they're spilling onto the basic figures pegs.  >:(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: RichardTheBloody on October 12, 2006, 05:48 PM
its sad that hem is a pegwarmer hes so cool. WHY LUSHROS? LUSHROS SUCKS!!!!!! How does it always happen 2 be nemoidians. nute, nm warrior, now this? GRRR oh btway, derlin's been in no show in ca for a while now

For what it's worth, I bought two Nemoidian warriors, thinking they'd release the commander up here so i could have a little squad of em...thanks to hasbro not bringing the final 12 up here, that didn't happen...now they're flanking Dooku (not a big fan of the SBDs)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: DoctorPadawan on October 12, 2006, 09:35 PM
The most telling thing on the pegs right now is when I look back along the top and see nothing but big orange "EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH" lining the tops of cards.  I liked ROTS as much, if not more, than the next guy, but the massive rerelease of last year's product has bombed from a retailer perspective.

That being said, here's what's pegwarming in my neck of the woods these days:

-Lushros Dofine, whose existence has, I think, dashed my hopes for a ROTS Nute Gunray at this point

-Poggle the Lesser:  Sun Fac has finally flown away, yet Poggle remains

-Holographic Ki-Adi-Mundi:  Oh Gummi Conehead, how you mock me!

-Hem Dazon:  Just so the OT purists don't have a chance to point out out how all of the pegwarmers are PT figures.  And speaking of...

-Garindan:  Probably the most undeserving pegwarmer of the bunch.  He's just a great figure, IMO.

-Moff Jerjerrod:  Need an angry, bowlegged, Imperial Officer en masse?  Well, Hasbro's got you and Wal-Mart and Toys R Us covered!

-Greatest Battles and Heroes and Villains:  Unless you're a Clone of one sort or another, you're a pegwarmer.  And even the Shocktroopers are starting to sit.

And my vote for pegwarmer of the future...the Naboo Flight Crew Soldier.  Wal-Mart Numero Uno has gotten about five cases of the Endooine wave so far, and the only figure who remains is the Naboo Mongoloid.  Hey kids, get your generic guy in a mustard yellow flight suit for your GI Joe aircraft carrier!  Again, Naboo Slack Jawed Yokel yes, but ICMG no...

And just for the sake of me being able to bitch about it, if I see one more Titanium Sandtrooper or Bossk I'm going to go postal.  I have yet to see hide nor hair, even online at Hasbro's very own webstore of the Clone Trooper and IG-88, yet Threepio and Grievous are apparently in the pipeline with Jango, R2-D2, Luke, Maul, and an AOTC Clone coming soon.  Who wants to bet that the Jango and all subsequent figures don't even get released to regular retail?
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: David on October 12, 2006, 10:14 PM
At this point even Lushros is gone in ca. it's ALL gb+hv. Padmes, and 3po's and palpys, and r2's, and ani's, and obi's, oh my! this means i have had 0 new TSC's in almost two months except for an Endor luke and Naboo Obi i got off a trade a few weeks ago, i just mean at general retailers e.g. the Target a block away from my house that I DEPEND ON for 80% of all my stuff. the good target is twenty minutes away and the nearest wm is half an hour away and it always SUCKS! next time i see a single gb padme i will throw it on the ground, stomp on it repeatedly, rip the bar code off, smuggle it out of the store along with the other 25 likely to hang next to it, take it home, start a masive bonfire, burn them and make smores over their rotting, 12-points of articulation, plastic BODIES!!!  >:(  >:(  >:(  >:( !!! sorry. had to get that out. it's a great sculpt, just, i have four...  :o  :o  :o  :o ...teen
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: MetalJedi on October 12, 2006, 10:30 PM
And my vote for pegwarmer of the future...the Naboo Flight Crew Soldier.  Wal-Mart Numero Uno has gotten about five cases of the Endooine wave so far, and the only figure who remains is the Naboo Mongoloid.  Hey kids, get your generic guy in a mustard yellow flight suit for your GI Joe aircraft carrier!

This made me laugh out loud. Thanks! ;D
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on October 13, 2006, 01:23 AM
Pegwarmers in my area vary, but Epic Battles sure is on the list at this point... 

Lushros is up there though, Vaders of all kinds still sit...  The only consistant sellers are the troopers out there.  LOADS of Epic Battles in those pre-packaged sets, but the DSGunners and the Shocktroopers steadily sell.  I cannot fathom Hasbro's fears on army builders at this point.  They have to realize the guys in armor, if they were in the film at least, have steady sales potential at this point.  I mean I have seen DOZENS of Shocktroopers now at various stores, only to go back and see 2, maybe 3...  It's really astonishing, and even at a jacked up price.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: David on October 14, 2006, 10:43 AM


Basics
Hem Dazon
Moff Jerjerrod
R5
Vaders
Hammerhead

On a side note Scorches and Cody's are becoming very abundant

r5 only seen one few weeks ago, bought it.
moff seen 0, hate it, but as an obsessive completist need to buy @ least 1  :P
hammerhead only seen one two months ago, bought it

seen 0 scorchs or codys @ stores acquired them by ebay and trade

remember the derlin pandemic? its gone in ca  8)
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on October 14, 2006, 10:46 AM
I haven't seen a TSC trooper yet. :( The scalper sucks here in Jax! Yes it's one scalper who scalps everything! I hate her, so much! *eye twitches*
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: MetalJedi on October 14, 2006, 08:06 PM
I haven't seen a TSC trooper yet. :( The scalper sucks here in Jax! Yes it's one scalper who scalps everything! I hate her, so much! *eye twitches*

Is that the mullet lady that Ive read about?
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: monstermonkey on October 18, 2006, 09:51 AM
At the TRU closest to me, there's tons of Moff Jerjerrods, Chief Chirpas, Endor C-3POs, and Big Hood Emperors falling off the pegs. They also have about 8 ROTS Mas Ameddas that are still full price and haven't moved in months.

I also notice stacks of the new At-At, Gunships and Dagobah X-Wings, I'm really hoping they clearance those vehicles so I can pick them up on the cheap (I missed out on the "buy 2, get the 3rd free" sale a few weeks ago because I was moving :( )
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: David on October 18, 2006, 09:26 PM
i worry about the gbs so much because the other day i found two 501st 's and an AT-TE gunner. i bought them all but then realized...arent clones (esp 501st's) supposed to be RARE??!! what kind of weird parralel universe are we living in??!! i mean, i remember getting migraines trying to find those two in the ROTS line. doesnt make sense 2 me...*sigh*...  :-\
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Gatillo on October 19, 2006, 09:53 PM
My local Targets are clogged with AT-TE gunners, 501st and shocktroopers.  Both the #6 clone and the AT-TE molds suck and I am one of those that refuses to pay $7 for a figure I paid less than $5 a little over a year ago, that is plain ****** up.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on October 21, 2006, 06:39 PM
The Good WM:
Endor Wave Pt. 1- All figures are warming! Icluding the Gunner. :o
H&V/GB-Chewies, Maces, Destroyers, Padmes, R2s, Shocks,etc... The only ones not here are Dooku, Commander, AT-TE,Grievous,501st, & some of the first H&V
Vaders- Take your pick! Hoth,H&V & Bespin are all here
Grievous & Anakin- I'm surprised because, I never saw these 2 here in Jax, saw Ani in Pitts though
Mundi, Lushros- Still sitting
Garindan & R5- Only 1 of these guys, I'm coming back tommorow to pick them up along with some Gunners & maybe the ROTS tin set. Speaking of Tin sets....
Tin Sets- There were on the top shelf, there were only 2 both were ROTS
Mace Starfighter- First time I saw a ship in this WM since ROTS, no signs of Vader's Tie
Blasters- Clone's blasters, Grievous' & the new Stormie were shelf warming
Titaniums- Fetts, Vaders, Sandies & Bossks, the AT-AT & some Galactica stuff
& the most surprising of all........
ROTS 4-Arm Grievous- Someone must of found him in the back room or someone hid him thinking he was gonna be rare. He was in the original ROTS card.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: David on November 26, 2006, 11:39 AM
around here there are some surprises:

r2-D2 (Hoth)
Power Droid
Boushh Leia
Boushh's Prisoner Chewie
C-3PO in Ewok Throne
and Death Star Gunner!

but those last two pegwarmers are a good thing for army builders, dioramas, scene-creation, rare (for now) carded multiples, etc.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth_Anton on November 26, 2006, 01:05 PM
When you're caught up, it seems that everything is peg warming. :P I keep going out to find the final 22 and keep seeing everything else.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Artoo on November 26, 2006, 01:59 PM
WM again:
GBs- The onlyones still hanging after Black friday are the Shock, Palps, R2, Vader & Chewie
Boussh Chewie- He's finally warming at WM!
Endor Wave-Palps, Jerjerrod & 3PO are the only ones left
Grievous & Anakin-Still sitting
R5-D4-There's about 20 on the side pegs on different toy aisles, none on the main SW section
Lushros & Ki- These 2 will sit here until mid-may.
Cody,Boba & U-Clone- I found them so they must be warming! Of course I picked up the last ones  ;)
ESB Tin Set- No other Tin sets, they moved them down now
SW Transformers-I've never seen so many at this store! Chewie/Hans were gone but the top shelves & displays were filled.
Luke/Vader Unleashed-Not in the SW aisle but were warming badly
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on November 30, 2006, 02:10 AM
The results are in, and besides Emperor and Vader figures the real pegwarmer from the Naboo Wave is the Naboo schmuck...  This yellow suited freak is at any retailer I stop at anymore, from K-Mart to KB, from Target to TRU, and Wal-Marts in between...  I see him hangin' around and not selling well at all I'm afraid. 

I'd love a new sculpted naboo Soldier or Royal Guard, or Captain Panaka...  All potentially great army builders.  This Naboo Flight Dude just bit the dust though and I think he's gonna hurt the chances of the others getting looked at too seriously. :(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darby on November 30, 2006, 02:14 AM
He's seriously the most head scratchy of figs Hasbro has done in a while.  He has dud written all over him - what the difference in obscurity is between him or ICMG for instance is beyond me - and that's reflected in how he's piling up everywhere.   
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: IshiTib on November 30, 2006, 07:54 AM
oh, i can`t see r5, chewbacca, darth vader(hoth) and naboo soldier any more >:(
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 23, 2007, 03:56 AM
So what's the deal with pegwarmers on this line now that this line's in its death throws?  What are you guys seeing?

Personally I see...  very little really.  Some specifics, but not in HUGE bulk...  generally.

-Boussh Leia...  There's literally dozens of her at one of my local WM's and at any other I usually see at least a handful of her.

-End-Boo Wave Remnants...  I see smatterings of Endor/Naboo figures.  Some Rebel Troopers here and there, some Gungans, the odd Naboo Soldier...  Overall though this wave seemed to sell really well, all around.  the Gungan was the stinker of it though.

-Vaders...  Lots 'o Vader left.

-Some EU Clones...  I'm not surprised at this as much as I was at first.  I think the issue was that people had their sights set on Appo and 41st Clones, and the other paintjobs have gone by the wayside to many.  They sell steadily, but not FLY off the pegs and usually the stinkers are the 422nd and 5th Security figures...  They're much more common than the others, while Appo & 41st are 99% gone from anywhere you go.

-Odds and Ends (mostly repacked stuff from early '06)...  I see Riekean chilling, Hoth R2, Derlin...  These oddballs are never in great numbers, they're usually just one or two hanging out at the store.

-Wal-Mart Wave...  While the whole wave isn't shipping, I have noticed that Ktik is wildly unpopular, as well as Labria.  These two sucked the most though, so is it a surprise?  Not really...  The astromechs and Aurra Sing are now long gone from my area though.  This past week's toy runs gave me the impression the WM wave has finally ceased shipping to my area, and the walls of Ktik's and Labria's I see are proof my area got deluged with them.

-The "Final 22" sold well overall...  Could be last wave syndrome I guess, but I noticed overall that whatever shipped sold fast.  The Droids (BD's, astromechs, etc.) all seemed to do super well.  Clones right in the middle...  The rest straggled a little.  It was an interesting thing to watch and I gotta say Hasbro had lots out in my area to pick from and some stures this past week or two still were putting out some Saga Cases that had the 5th Fleet Clones and things in it as well as the last cases with Appo & 41st's so new stuff was still mixing with 30AC figures.

-$20 vehicles are bogging down...  White TIE's, orange JSF's, and even the Droid armor are beginning to stagnate around me.  Not Saga stuff but the point remains the same.  Same goes for the general release battlepacks...  Definite traffic jam forming there.


In general I think the Saga Collection still has some movement to go to clear out, especially at my local WM stores where the pegs are still dominated by Saga with just 30AC pegwarmers sneaking in for the most part.  WM in my area is the real load bearer for saga pegwarmers right now though while TRU and Target have moved on it seems to newer stuff...  mostly.  Target's still leaking Saga stuff, TRU seems to have entered no-figure limbo for the most part.

Very odd time right now, kind of waiting for a new figure deluge that isn't happening.  Just a case here, a case there... 
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Morgbug on April 23, 2007, 10:42 AM
Is that a symptom of summer Jesse?  I know up here we tend to slow down no matter what when the warmer temperatures arrive, at least with respect to toys. 

The Canadian side of things is fairly miserable with respect to TSC.  Endboo is clogging the pegs so badly it's frightful and there's no hope in sight.  The only anomalies compared to what you wrote is that all that you can find still from TSC up here is Endboo.  But that's largely owing to the last 22 not making it north of the border, save an odd shipment of the finally five to Walmart. 
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Jesse James on April 23, 2007, 03:35 PM
Perhaps some of it, especially the Clones, but like those Boussh Leia armies have been there since prior to X-Mas, and same with most of the Vaders we've got... 

Some of it's a little hard to tell how long it's been there since it's old '06 figures that I think just got put out in the last month or so.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on April 24, 2007, 10:39 AM
With the 8 cases my store just got in for wave 8 REV2 and 4, it looks like TSC will continue to warm for a while here >:(. Bad news since my local stores aren't differentiating on the pegs were the 2 lines go like they should, which means TSC will continue to 'block' TAC for another month :(. Current TSC warmers...
(in my area)Chewie w/ cargo net 3PO, Padme Arena, endor soldiers, Long neck dude(name escapes me at the moment) and of course gummi mundi's and frogs.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on April 24, 2007, 11:10 AM
Basically for me I can still buy 3P0 and Jerjerrod anywhere.  Everything else is basically gone.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Deanna Rash on April 24, 2007, 03:24 PM
 >:( Why don't they mark the TSC on clearence and get on with the TAC.Both of the Targets around me have put up anything new in I don't know how long :P!I'm getting way behind
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: tonphanan on April 27, 2007, 11:11 PM
Targets in my area are still geting TSC cases mostly the Fifth Fleet Security line. Wal-mart by my place is bare. Another Wal-mart is sitting on ROTS Hero/Villian line, full pegs, no room for anything new. TAC's are hit and miss at this time.
Title: Re: Any TSC Pegwarmers?
Post by: Darth Slothus on April 30, 2007, 02:17 PM
I went to a local WM 4 days after they stocked several(8) cases of TSC. I'm shocked to find there was several army builders still on the pegs. Tons of Kashyyk troops, blue commanders, security clones, engineer clones, battle droids, SBD's ect. on the pegs still. Bet I coulda walked outta there with at least a dozen of each if I wanted....

I know it's not necessarily pegwarming but, it certainly shows the shift toward TAC stuff right now. Seems no one is interested in TSC in my area at all.

DS