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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Legacy Collection => Topic started by: Jabba the Slug on June 10, 2010, 07:45 PM
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Ok, I'm not sure if this is widespread, but it certainly had me wondering, and then Yakface (http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5525&p=85189#) brought the subject up on their homepage...
No new Star Wars product at Target?!
For the past month, I've noticed that my local Targets (3 of them) have had the same exact figures on the pegs. Week after week I would drop by, and shelves were not restocked. Which means that, week by week, there is less and less Star Wars presence.
Is this a cut-back in anticipation for the launch of TVC?? Is Target deliberately not ordering new cases of figures so that they don't have any leftovers by the time TVC is out? But that doesn't make sense either, becuase it's June, and they new line isn't set to launch till late July/early August.
If anyone's seen anything different or have had similar occurences, please post them!
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Not only have the Targets here not gotten new cases, they have taken figures off the pegs. I haven't been to bullseye in ages, but store reports indicate that many of the stores around here only have a few figures left on the pegs. Not sure if they are selling or being recalled or what, but I find it very very odd.
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I just saw the same thing yesterday. All I saw were Galactic Heroes, a Y-Wing and some lightsabers.
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My local store pulled about 14 Admirla Yularen figures earlier in the week but they still had the rest of the figures on the pegs as of this afternoon. They even stocked a case of CW and SL figures last weekend.
Walmart seems to have had some CW figures pulled as well, there were fewer figs on pegs today and I'd be surprised if they actually sold some. I did pick up a Yularen there the other day along with a droid, but there were more of those two on the pegs when I left but gone today. Glad I snagged that Yularen when I did, wanted the accessory.
Not sure what's going on, exactly, or the reasoning, since I doubt there's really anything left in the DC to stock or send to stores anyway. Seems like stores would rather have something on the pegs till mid July rather than nothing. Unless there's a push to get the new assortments to the stores? I could only hope they decided to ship figs in June rather than for August.
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There are reports that once again Hasbro reps have pulled pegwarmers off the shelves... maybe all of the figures were pegwarmers?? ???
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The pegs at our local store aren't totally empty, although they just as well could be. There are 2 each of Echo and Legends Tiin, and that's it. It has been that way for at least a couple weeks, and prior to that there were a handful of other figures, but no more than 10 total. Actually, SW in general has been pretty stagnant everywhere here lately. Our local WM store seems to only have CW, and pretty much the same ones as always, and TRU hasn't had much new lately either.
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In light of this news I think it is increasingly unlikely we will ever see the TCW Waves 1-3 from earlier this year hit in any numbers. Those must have been really limited runs.
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In light of this news I think it is increasingly unlikely we will ever see the TCW Waves 1-3 from earlier this year hit in any numbers. Those must have been really limited runs.
Last-wave stuff usually tends to make random appearances for short periods of time only. I wouldn't be surprised if stores started seeing all this stuff in a come-and-go order.
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Old figures still around here but got some new stickers slapped on. some have the old offer and the new one one. some have no offers on the card at all.
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Well Target is being smart about this. They know the new stuff is due to hit soon and are making room for it. Yes, that means no new stuff, or maybe a trickle. I'm fine with that. Though I would like to find a few from the last two CW waves.
I wish my local WM would clearance out some stuff to make room. And a REAL clearance, not a sticker with the full price. Shame WM, shame...
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Well Target is being smart about this. They know the new stuff is due to hit soon and are making room for it. Yes, that means no new stuff, or maybe a trickle. I'm fine with that. Though I would like to find a few from the last two CW waves.
Seriously, where the hell are the last few waves?
I feel like 75% of the normal amount that makes it to the pegs, never made it to the pegs.
I managed to get only like 6 or 7 Talz compared to the normal 30 or so I usually find of a figure.
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Seriously, where the hell are the last few waves?
Either Hasbro was telling the truth when they said they significantly dropped the production numbers for EU Wave 13 and the last few CW waves or they will get dumped at a TJ Maxx/Ross/Marshalls/etc some time this fall...
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Well Target is being smart about this. They know the new stuff is due to hit soon and are making room for it. Yes, that means no new stuff, or maybe a trickle. I'm fine with that. Though I would like to find a few from the last two CW waves.
Seriously, where the hell are the last few waves?
I feel like 75% of the normal amount that makes it to the pegs, never made it to the pegs.
I managed to get only like 6 or 7 Talz compared to the normal 30 or so I usually find of a figure.
I've only seen one in the wild... and I hunt as much as anyone.
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Ironman is invading in my area. My Target just went from having only 1 SW figure on each of the 12 pegs down to just 3 dedicated pegs for Star Wars and the other 9 are crammed full with Ironman figures. :-\
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Well Target is being smart about this. They know the new stuff is due to hit soon and are making room for it. Yes, that means no new stuff, or maybe a trickle. I'm fine with that. Though I would like to find a few from the last two CW waves.
Seriously, where the hell are the last few waves?
I feel like 75% of the normal amount that makes it to the pegs, never made it to the pegs.
I managed to get only like 6 or 7 Talz compared to the normal 30 or so I usually find of a figure.
I've only seen one in the wild... and I hunt as much as anyone.
That's a figure (the Talz) that I've only seen one time as well. I wouldn't have minded picking up a few of them, but I grabbed the only one I ever saw at retail. Hopefully many of these will make it out again in the new packaging (which is likely I suppose).
In a way, clearing things out like this (at Target) is a good thing. Like it was mentioned, the pegs won't be so crammed full when the vintage and new CW lines are released in another month or so here. Our WM is jammed full (all CW), and TRU is a bit hit and miss. They (TRU) have a lot of figures (mostly Saga Legends and CW, and the usual suspects there), but they have a pretty big space for Star Wars figures so they still have room too. I know we've discussed it elsewhere before, but I really hope this whole "trickle out then huge lull, then crazy load of figures the last 4-5 months of the year" cycle comes to an end soon. This year has seemed even worse for some reason, as it doesn't seem like I've hardly bought anything SW this year for the most part.
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I went to Target yesterday, and was surprised to see that there was an assortment of TCW and Legacy. All the previous black/white Saesee Tiins, Xizor/Leia CPs and Admiral Yularens were GONE. A great indication that a Hasbro rep had been there. Also, this Target had, while minimally, restocked: there were cases of TCW 2010 w/ Snow Obi and Ani, plus some Cad Banes and Kit Fistos, all w/ Nahdarr Vebb promos. As for Legacy, I found Commander Baccara (for the first time in the wild).
I also noticed that a Hett/Mundi CP that's been on the pegs for weeks now sported a CV promo sticker. Obviously a scam.
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I haven't seen a single Talz, and really haven't seen much of that wave even. My WM just recently got some of it in in the last month I'd say, and not a ton.
Bummer as the Talz was a CW figure I actually wanted, as was the Tactical Droid. Go figure that I can't find both. ::)
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I find it facinating that they are yanked so soon. Isn't August the proposed release date (obviously meaning sometime July)? It's about a month away now, but wouldn't retailers want to have product to offer someone who might be late to the game, or waiting for that cool SW gift for their June/July birthday that they hadn't gotten yet? But I suppose if it's just the pegwarmers and not the recent waves (I still see the ESB wave and not any past ones) I can see that.
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Saw the same thing on my runs yesterday...first in about a month. Walmart just has dregs from last year and the Targets are wiped out completely. It does seem pretty asinine to maintain that empty shelf space for a whole month+.
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or they will get dumped at a TJ Maxx/Ross/Marshalls/etc some time this fall...
Yep. That's what I was thinking. How long until and which store?
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Just the opposite here in Central Texas. The Targets have a few early Red Card waves of CW and hardly any Legacy while the Wal-Marts are wiped clean. Very odd.
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or they will get dumped at a TJ Maxx/Ross/Marshalls/etc some time this fall...
Yep. That's what I was thinking. How long until and which store?
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall in the past that Hasbro has said they destroy figures that are pulled from the pegs... I hope I'm wrong at least.
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That's correct - if it's merchandise that Hasbro has pulled from the stores due to overstocking problems, Hasbro has said in the Q&A that have to "damage out" the items and destroy them. It sucks they can't just donate it, but there is a whole host of reasons why they can't do that.
However, if it's excess stock that was never sold to big retail in the first place (which is what I was talking about with DR), like if they made more than Walmart/Target/TRU ended up ordering, that is the stuff that will get dumped at TJMaxx/Marshalls/Ross/BigLots, or where ever.
So, if it's Yularens and Saesees from Target/Wal-Mart pegs, they'll get destroyed; but if it's unsold cases of CW Wave 13 that Target/TRU/Walmart didn't want in the first place, those'll get dumped to the overstock stores.
That's just Hasbro though - the retailers themselves can do things differently and sometimes do. I know there have been times in the past that Target has dumped unsold clearance merchandise at Salvation Army/Goodwill/etc.
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It's actually kind of sad to think of those Yularen figs getting trashed. I picked up an extra for the table and if they hadn't disappeared so soon, I probably would have bought one or two more. They disappeared from Target so I made WM stop and bought one, next day the rest were gone so I snuck one in.
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Stopped by my local Target this morning and ALL Star Wars toys were pulled from the pegs/shelves and they were in the process of clearancing the entire line.
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It's disappointing to see how behind Target is. Anyways, TRU is getting new shipments of TVC wave 1. From reports, neither Target nor Wal-mart has gotten these.
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So I went to a Target yesterday and was appalled to see all basic figures (save for 2 TCW Anakins w/ grapple line and 1 Malakilli) completely gone. The Star Wars section was heavily reduced to only a few pegs, and Galactic Heroes sets and role-play lightsabers were strewn on the pegs that belonged to basic figures. What I found interesting was that at the bottom of the shelves were numerous electronic lightsabers in the "Shadow of the Darkside" packaging.
As I was walking along the toy aisle I noticed that in the endcap of the Barbie section was a AT-TE support squad Deluxe set and 1 Gungan Warrior figure. Both were heavily layered in dust and grime, which probably means they were in storage for a long time.
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I was in a Target today for the first time in a couple of weeks - I was shocked to find that there isn't even a Star Wars section anymore.
In the clearance section there was a lone Clone Wars Y-Wing and a few Clonetrooper Helmets, but that was it.
I wonder if that new "marquee" area that they have in most stores that has recently featured Iron Man 2, Bakugan and Toy Story 3 is going to be used to feature the new Star Wars stuff in a couple of weeks.
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It could be... Though a reset is probably pretty due for the toy aisle soon since they like to get a jump on the X-Mas season around August time.
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I wonder if that new "marquee" area that they have in most stores that has recently featured Iron Man 2, Bakugan and Toy Story 3 is going to be used to feature the new Star Wars stuff in a couple of weeks.
From what I've seen, Pete, that section is going to be used for the new Transformers stuff that's coming out at the end of this month (and that has been out at TRU for the past several weeks). My Target was in the midst of doing a huge reset of the entire toy department and the only lines that still had dedicated space at the moment were Iron Man, Marvel Universe, DC Universe, and Toy Story. One entire side of the aisle had been cleared and had the "Something New is Coming Soon" signage on the wall, so I'd assume this is where the fall Hasbro onslaught of SW, GIJ:POC, and the regular TF section are going to wind up.
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Reports are coming around that TVC is finally hitting Target - "Haha" to YOU, street date!!
And Hasbro is getting pissed. *sigh* ::)
Considering there was NO 'Star Wars' section just a few weeks ago at many Targets, COOL!
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I made a few Target runs last night with varying levels of success.
About half of them had started the section reset - 2 rows of pegs for TVC, 1 each for Legends and TCW. (Sorry, this is just not enough space for TCW, it is hard enough to find those waves as it is)
One location had the new vehicles on the shelves - Cloud Car, Interceptor Tank, etc. All were badly beat up boxes.
Another location had the new GH 2-packs, I sort of hate these things but I had to buy the Aurra Sing one for my focus.
None of them had new figures at all.
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Another location had the new GH 2-packs, I sort of hate these things but I had to buy the Aurra Sing one for my focus.
Sorry, but what do you refer to by 'GH 2-packs'? This interested me!
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Galactic Heroes
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Galactic Heroes
OH!! ::) Boy do I feel dumb...
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One Target in STL had everything out today - Vintage, Clone Wars, Legends, Battle Packs, Mid-Size Vehicles, and even AT-ATs.