I went out this weekend looking for TAC Star Wars, as well as some Spidey 3 stuff. It was pretty hit and miss (well miss on the TAC front), but some of the stores didn't really have much of anything for Spidey 3 despite the big "3/24" date. Our local Wal-Mart had a big header above the action figure aisle advertising SM3, but just empty pegs in the aisle. They did have a little standalone thing filled with webshooters and some figures. I picked up a few figures there, but when I went to check out they rang up at $8.67 each. Yikes. I ended up taking them back the next day, after seeing that Target has them on sale this week for $5.99 each - that's much more manageable. Our local Target didn't have anything new (didn't reset), but the one across town had some Spidey figs and it looked like they had the new POTC stuff too. It didn't seem like (at least around here) that this big street date did much. Our local Target didn't have anything aside from the nerf footballs (which are pretty cool), the one across town had a small section for SM3, and the other side of town Target and WM both had smaller sections as well. I wonder if they are scaling back movie lines this time around? I remember Superman Returns and Fantastic Four having entire aisles to themselves. Maybe that is still coming. Our TRU did have a big wall as you enter the store of SM3 stuff, but that was about it.
Long story short, I ended up picking up one each of the best versions of the characters, as well as the Superhero Squad packs. I took some back to WM after the huge price different compared to Target's sale this week ($8.67 at WM, $5.99 at Target). TRU I believe is charging $7.99. I guess if you are interested in these at all, this might be the week to hit Target for this sale. $5.99 seems about right for these figures, but nowhere near $8 or $9. Oh, I grabbed the Spidey Potato Head as well, just had to have that to go with the Star Wars ones.