I've been finding bits and pieces of TVC in stores, but it's only the reissue wave. And that's using inventory trackers like Popfindr and Brickseek. But that leaves out Target, because Target seems to have figured out how to block that data from showing up on those sites. And the Target app won't generate anything close to the level of tracking that Brickseek or Popfindr can.
Target seems to be the chain where this wave is showing up. But unless you can be at a bunch of stores within an hour or so of them opening you seem to be out of luck. I think that people are grabbing what they can to the point of hoarding, because you don't know when or where you might actually find figures again. The smaller number of cases that are shipping seems to be part of it. And I think the smaller case packs of 8 figures versus the old model of 12 figures per case might be another contributing factor, too.
With the case I bought? I haven't opened anything yet. Because I'm still waiting on other online orders from HasbroPulse and Amazon before I'll feel comfortable opening them. I kind of regret opening the only Armorer that I got because I'm back to collecting both carded and loose TVC figures.
