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Collectibles => The Black Series 6" Figures => Topic started by: GrandMoffNick on July 16, 2020, 05:11 PM
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Why God? WM?
https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2020/07/16/rumors-confirmed-new-clone-wars-6-black-series-figures-revealed/
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Why God? WM?
https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2020/07/16/rumors-confirmed-new-clone-wars-6-black-series-figures-revealed/
And why not 3.75” animated style??? :'(
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LOL yeah these will be a nightmare to obtain. Last 2 years worth of Walmart exclusives never showed up in any local stores, with only 1 or 2 getting the exclusives from before that. I have no faith in Walmart's website holding up, or them sticking to the 1 of each figure per person limit. Good luck to the West Coast collectors who have to wake up at 7am to even get a shot at these.
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It is really unbelievable. Being a Wal-Mart exclusive alone is bad enough, but why couldn’t these figures be a wide release? Two Mandos (yeah, those never sell), Ahsoka’s clone, and probably one of the five (or ten) most popular characters in the entire franchise. Like every Ashoka figure ever has basically doubled in value because of demand and/or scarcity.
I get the need for retailer exclusives, I just don’t understand why these need the exclusivity at all. Plus the fact that nearly all of Wal-Mart’s exclusives this year have gone poorly (He-Man, Transformers, Ninja Turtles, etc). The figures themselves....look outstanding. I really, REALLY hope I am able to get them.
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Just read this update to Jayson's story on Yakface:
"Update; *Walmart has the exclusive preorder for these, but they should be available via other retailers later in the year."
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Ugh. I hate Walmart SO much. I'm getting prepared, but this has the potential to be a shitshow.
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I preordered all but the Ahsoka (too similar to the previous version I have), although I was tempted to skip the whole batch as I'm getting tired of Hasbro's repaints and kitbashes.
I can't wait for Zeb, Kit Fisto, and some of the other all new figures, but get really torn when its just a repaint.
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Here's the Walmart Hasbro Collector Con page. I was just able to order the wave. When I went to this page the Black Series figures were just listed as ACTION FIGURE. I added all of the figures that were priced at $24.99 each, and when I got them in the shopping cart I was finally able to identify which was which and adjust my order. I doubled up on the 332nd Clone and Mandalorian Loyalist.
https://www.walmart.com/browse/collector-con-hasbro-presale/0/0/?_refineresult=true&_be_shelf_id=4629791&search_sort=100&facet=shelf_id:4629791
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....and already out of stock
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I frigging hate this whole new business model for selling toys.
They should be able to accept an infinite # of preorders. I mean that is literally the point, to gauge how much interest there will be in purchasing a product and produce accordingly.
It should not be this hard!
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Only 3 figures on this entire "Walmart Collector Con" page are even showing up, and everything is out of stock. What a joke.
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Yakface has individual links (https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2020/07/17/walmart-exclusive-black-series-clone-wars-links/) if that helps.
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Yakface has individual links (https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2020/07/17/walmart-exclusive-black-series-clone-wars-links/) if that helps.
Those links definitely helped; at least when I clicked them, preorders were back. I was able to get an order for each figure, so I'm a little less annoyed.
Should these become part of an actual wave of figures, I'll cancel the WM preorder
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These are
back in stock available for Pre-Order again (all Except Ahsoka). Just ordered the two mandalorians and the trooper. Go Go Go! Bummed about the Ahsoka though. Hopefully she will be available again soon.
I'm also super frustrated with how Hasbro is releasing this stuff. I've always been against exclusives from the start, but now adding in that you have 10-15 minutes to order or you miss out is a massive joke. Isn't this what Playmates did with Star Trek? Make so many impossible to get variants and exclusives that you eventually chase people out of the line? Limited supply before they're even made is just dumb. People don't get what they want and Hasbro sells far less than they could have. Great business model. >:(
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I'm also super frustrated with how Hasbro is releasing this stuff. I've always been against exclusives from the start, but now adding in that you have 10-15 minutes to order or you miss out is a massive joke. Great business model. >:(
One thing that has really helped me is to follow Jayson's Yak Face Twitter account. I do almost nothing on Twitter, but one of the few things I do is follow Yak Face so that as soon as pre-orders are up he sends out a tweet and if I'm not totally off the grid usually manage to get in my order.
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I'm also super frustrated with how Hasbro is releasing this stuff. I've always been against exclusives from the start, but now adding in that you have 10-15 minutes to order or you miss out is a massive joke. Great business model. >:(
One thing that has really helped me is to follow Jayson's Yak Face Twitter account. I do almost nothing on Twitter, but one of the few things I do is follow Yak Face so that as soon as pre-orders are up he sends out a tweet and if I'm not totally off the grid usually manage to get in my order.
Jayson is a godsend for news and links and such. I don't know how he does it. Other great resources are Reddit (r/starwarscollecting and r/actionfigures) plus the various Reddit Discords.
If anyone knows how to use Discord, or wants to learn, PM me and I can send you an invite to the Star Wars Collecting Discord.
It's not much, but it at least helps you get a sense of when this stuff is available so you have a fighting chance
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Has anyone received their online orders of this wave yet? Because I’m seeing some people panicking in some Black Series Facebook groups about this wave. Evidently people are finding it at retail but I haven’t seen many reports of Walmart.com orders getting fulfilled.
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No. I think I recall getting some emails a few weeks back saying these would be fulfilled in early December. Hopefully WM comes through and honors all of these preorders as these look awesome.
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Has anyone received their online orders of this wave yet? Because I’m seeing some people panicking in some Black Series Facebook groups about this wave. Evidently people are finding it at retail but I haven’t seen many reports of Walmart.com orders getting fulfilled.
I have been following this one pretty closely on FB. From what I understand...
- No one has received their pre-orders yet and the date has been pushed back, possibly multiple times
- Several people have found these in store on special shippers across the country. I don't think anyone has seen them appear in stand alone cases.
- Walmart has relisted the 332nd Clone & Super Commando for preorder on their site just in the last 48 hours (Ahsoka too apparently - she appears periodically), AND the date shown for these new orders has them arriving ahead of the initial pre-orders
- The Loyalist figure continues to be the hard one to find due to scarcity/army-building (which I don't get because the other two troops are just as AB worthy)
Hopefully we will see all four of these figures in greater numbers soon. Maybe in time for Black Friday?
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I double checked my emails and some of the figures show shipping by 11/24 and the Loyalist shows by 12/1.
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- Walmart has relisted the 332nd Clone & Super Commando for preorder on their site just in the last 48 hours (Ahsoka too apparently - she appears periodically), AND the date shown for these new orders has them
Well, if it's like the Jabba's Palace playset, people that ordered after I did (I ordered first day and there's was a week after) got theirs and I got a cancellation notice. That's Walmart for you/
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Thanks for the feedback. It seems like the figures that have made it out were probably in the aisle shippers. I checked Brickseek and found that one store in my area had these listed in stock in quantity, but there was nothing there. I suspect that the shipper will probably be placed in the aisles for Black Friday.
Based on the reception for The Mandalorian? I think the Mandalorian Loyalist is going to be a really hot figure for troop builders!
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Yeah, I’ve heard the Loyalist is the hardest to get.
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I just got a shipping notice from Walmart for the Loyalist. None of the others are shipping yet, but this one appears to be on its way with an arrival scheduled for Tuesday.
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I just got a shipping notice from Walmart for the Loyalist. None of the others are shipping yet, but this one appears to be on its way with an arrival scheduled for Tuesday.
Same. And this should be fun considering I moved since I preordered these, and Walmart doesn't allow you to change addresses on preorders. Maybe I can call USPS and have them hold it at my local post office.
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I got a shipping notice for the Loyalist too, but the delivery date is listed as 12/1 ???
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Same thing here. I got the same email earlier today about the Mando Loyalist with the 12/1 delivery date.
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Mine arrived today, and it looks mostly fantastic. Its a lot of gray and gray/blue. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be anyone in particular, but it would have been nice to see a bit more blue in this figure to match the styling of the Mandalorians with Bo Katan.
I hope everyone's preorders show up and those that didn't preorder find a way to get one.
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When it rains it pours. I just got a shipping notice for the Mandalorian Super Commando.
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I got shipping notifications for half of my order - the Mandalorian Loyalist and the Mandalorian Super Commando. And everything is shipping individually! Still waiting on notifications about Ahsoka and the 332nd Clone Trooper.
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I just got a shipping notice from Walmart for the Loyalist. None of the others are shipping yet, but this one appears to be on its way with an arrival scheduled for Tuesday.
Same. And this should be fun considering I moved since I preordered these, and Walmart doesn't allow you to change addresses on preorders. Maybe I can call USPS and have them hold it at my local post office.
Freaking Walmart. So here’s my experience with this. These were preordered in what, July? I moved in October. Walmart for some bizarre reason won’t let you change the shipping address on preorders. So all of these are shipping to my old residence. With the Mando Loyalist, thankfully the new resident turned the package into the leasing office, so I was able to snag it. As I did that, I got the message that the Mando Super Commando shipped. This time they used FedEx instead of USPS, so I had to wait a day for everything to enter the system, and was thankfully able to redirect the package through FedEx.
I’m hoping they use FedEx again for Ahsoka and the 332nd Clone but who knows. I’m sure it will be a nightmare of individual packages.
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Walmart is just not nimble as a business. I've had an account with their online store for ages. As a result I also had an ancient email address associated with my account, including when I placed the order for this wave. Bit by bit I've been migrating a lot of my accounts for online retailers to my current email, including Walmart. But Walmart just keeps sending communications to my old email address which was what I had associated with my account when I placed this order in July.
As for Walmart's shipping for this wave so far? It's all over the place! One item was sent UPS all the way. Another was UPS with the last mile handled by USPS. And the current shipment that's en route is USPS, and the info on that has been spotty because I wasn't able to get tracking data updates for ANYTHING on the USPS app for days.
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Got my Super Commando in the mail yesterday. :)
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My Mandalorian Super Commando arrived yesterday. A really well done figure! I think the blaster rifle might have been a nice accessory, but that's just a picking point.
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So, I had 3/4 of these lined up, but have been struggling to find a Loyalist. Walmart put the three I have back up on their site last week for a little while, so I ordered two more Super Commandos (I like 2x of most troops and was hoping I could trade one or both for a Loyalist). Go my package today and instead of two Super Commandos, they shipped 2 Loyalists! Woohoo! Thanks Walmart. :-*
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Got a weird email tonight saying that my Clone Trooper and Super Commando were delayed until 12/22, but I already received my Super Commando. ???
Maybe they meant Ahsoka because she’s yet to show up either.
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I got an email saying that my order has a new ship date of midnight. That was literally the email. No details about the order itself (would either be Ahsoka or the Clone since I have both Mandos), no release date, only the odd midnight release time. ???
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Got a weird email tonight saying that my Clone Trooper and Super Commando were delayed until 12/22, but I already received my Super Commando. ???
Maybe they meant Ahsoka because she’s yet to show up either.
I got the same email, and twice within about four hours. I don't have anything else on order with them other than the Clone Trooper, so I'm guessing its just a glitch in their crappy system.
The good news is that I've received 2/3 of my pre-orders correctly. Hopefully they come through on the Clone Trooper too, even if it is delayed.
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Yet another example of how Walmart sucks. I got that email and was equally puzzled. I got the 2 x Mandalorian Loyalists and the 1 x Mandalorian Super Commando that I ordered, all separately, of course.
Checking the Walmart app? My 2 x 332nd Clones and Ahsoka all show a status of Delayed - check back later for status update - Preparing order
I'm still thinking that these will show up in stores later this week.
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Got an email this afternoon that my Ahsoka has shipped. Kind of surprising since I’ve heard that Walmart was canceling some preorders (and then re-listing the figures as in stock ::) ).
Also got an email saying my Clone was delayed until January 15 but who the heck even knows with that.
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I got similar notifications. I felt a bit better when I got a tracking number for Ahsoka. As for the Clone Troopers? We’ll see.
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My Mandalorian Loyalist arrived a week back shipped in a bag with ZERO protection/padding. So you can imagine how that showed up.
Today, according to the tracking number, I should be getting Ahsoka - fingers crossed that she arrives in a box and not a bag.
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I also got a shipping notice yesterday for Ahsoka. That one is going to a friend since I already found her in store, but I do hope I still get that Clone Trooper because I really wanted a pair of those guys.
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My Ahsoka arrived today, thankfully in a box. But it just barely fit in there. Their mishandling of this wave is just another in a long line of Walmart exclusives (going back to the Episode 1 ammo wagon and the POTJ Masters of the Dark Side) that gives me reason to really dislike Walmart getting exclusives for the Hasbro Star Wars line.
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Got mine too, also boxed, luckily in good condition. :)
Fingers crossed for the Clone Trooper!
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Just got an email saying my Ahsoka Clone is on back order. So that’s something I guess.
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I got the same message twice, which is probably because I ordered two of them.
It didn't inspire a whole lot of confidence, because I get the feeling that the next email might be one stating that the order has been canceled.
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WTF.
I got the same email yesterday that the Clone Trooper was backordered, but then just now got a shipping notice.
Seriously Wal-Mart. Glad I'm getting it though.
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I found the Clone in store recently so ended up canceling my preorder for that one. Feel lucky to have gotten the other three though.
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I also got a shipping notice, this time being shipped via UPS. Hopefully it’s easy to reroute to my new address
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Mine arrived today safe and sound!
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Just picked my Ahsoka Clone from the hold location. Thank goodness I’m finally done with this nightmare of a wave.
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Ugh!!! My two 332nd Clone Troopers that I ordered within minutes of them being listed in July got canceled today.