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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Revenge of the Sith => Topic started by: Darth Broem on December 13, 2004, 11:58 AM
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Now that we have seen over 20 ROTS figures via cardbacks who is going to sit on the shelves the most? I guess it depends upon case assortments and how overboard the stores order them, but we can take a stab at them anyway.
I will guess that Tion Meddon, Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, Chancellor Palpatine and perhaps Padme will warm the pegs awhile. Not that those are bad figures but I'm just guessing those are strong possibilities.
Tion looks ok but unless he's got some major action scene I doubt he goes over all that well.
Bail looks good but it's Bail.
Mon Mothma because she's a senator and a female. Maybe she'll be 1 per case though?
Chancellor because everyone will opt for ugly Palpatine with a lightsaber instead.
Padme because there will be other characters people will want more than her. I'll buy her because she's a main character. But I don't know if many will want a pregnant action figure. Know what I mean?
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Those are definitely some good choices there. Also, if these end up at $7 each, there will probably be even more pegwarmers than there should be.
I think a lot of the Jedi will end up being peg warmers - even though they look great, most are essentially AOTC rehashes.
The *hotter* figures I would think would be as follows -
Vader
Clone Trooper
General Grievious
Grievious Bodyguard
Emperor Palpatine
Yoda
- All Collection 1 figures, but the Collection 2 ones do look a bit better.
:P
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I'll say:
Anakin Skywalker
Darth Vader
Trust me, you will be so sick of Vader action figures when this is all over.
We are already getting Anakin and Vader both in Collection 1, then versions in Collection 2, then Deluxe versions, the Vader w/Meditation Chamber, then 12" Figures, then Jedi Battle figures, the Attacktix, then, etc, etc, etc.
He'll be on the packaging, on the in-store signage, on the boxes, EVERYwhere. I won't be surprised when cases start shipping with 3x Anakin, 3x Vader, and 6 other figures.
When June 2005 rolls around, there will be Vader in amounts the likes of which God himself has never seen. :-\
Jeff
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That is true about Vader and Anakin. I think they will sell well but the stores will order about 5 aisles full of those 2 figures alone. LOL!
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Yeah - I think the first Vader will sell like hot cakes. After that, I bet we get several more Vaders in '05 - I would go for one with him on the medical table though.
:P
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I'd add the first Collection 1 Obi-Wan to the list of warmers. He never seems to be a big mover under any circumstances. No one loves the old fossil, it seems.
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I'm thinking any main character will Pegwarm after a while. They'll sell like hotcakes for the first month, then stores will order boatloads of them. Kinda like Episode 2.
I also agree with Nataku's Anakin and Vader predictions. Nothing could be closer to the truth.
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Look at E2...The pegwarmers ended up for the most part to be the 2 mini waves that followed a month later...at my local kmart they still have a million Luminaras, Taun Wes and Niktos
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I bet all the main characters will pegwarm, like they always do. Padme worst of all. One, she's pregnant. Two, unless Padme is in something skimpy, she pegwarms, at least around here.
I'm doubting Vader will sit much. He is Vader, after all. Even twice-repacked ones never sit. Depends on the kiddies.
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At $6.99 a pop, should this continue, I'm going to lay my bet down that everybody undersells what they're hoping for, and that no figure is safe.
Just too damn much money.
$5.99's pushing it as it stands... POTC's got some, sadly, regretful choices in it.
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I agree. $7 is simply too much money for what we're getting.
For $7, you can buy the following:
1 Marvel Legends figure, at 6" tall and uber-articulation
1 Spider-Man Classics figure, same as ML
1 GI Joe 2-pack, with lots of accessories and two figures on the same card
1 LOTR figure, with a top-notch sculpt and reasonable articulation, not to mention the Armies line
If $7 is the price, Hasbro and their big-box brethren are going to have a long, hard summer this year.
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There is no possible way that the figures will remain at 6.99, I'd say they'll go down by the time the film opens to about 5.99 and then spiral down into the whatever price.
However, I would anticipate that the line will be more succesful due to more hype around the movie, and it generaly looking to be better than the other two prequels.
So, my guesses? Not as many peg warmers as in previous years.
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I agree. $7 is simply too much money for what we're getting.
For $7, you can buy the following:
1 Marvel Legends figure, at 6" tall and uber-articulation
1 Spider-Man Classics figure, same as ML
1 GI Joe 2-pack, with lots of accessories and two figures on the same card
1 LOTR figure, with a top-notch sculpt and reasonable articulation, not to mention the Armies line
If $7 is the price, Hasbro and their big-box brethren are going to have a long, hard summer this year.
This is an excellent point, and something I have thought about too. I've only seen a few of the POTC figures, and picked up Yarua and Pablo Jill a few weeks back. I do like the figures, and was glad to find them, but it really pained me to pay $7 each for them. There just isn't $7 worth of figure there to me. If we an entire line with the quality of say the VOTC Stormies, Chewie, Han, etc., and they ran for around $7 I might be able to justify it more. Still might be a little high. I really like the "smaller" 3 3/4" scale that Star Wars still provides, but when you have them running the same price as the larger Marvel or LOTR figures, it seems like you are getting ripped off.
That said, back on topic, I'd agree that many of the "main" characters will be the pegwarmers. Also, figures like Padme, Mon Mothma, etc. will likely sit unless really shortpacked or "rare" or something. I hope that we do see the pricepoint go down to at least $6 by the time the movie line hits. I'm excited for this movie, and for the toy line, but I just don't know if I can go out and pay $7 a pop for these figures. I'll still collect, but I might have to be more selective at that price.
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Yep, at $7.00, I will still get what I want, but will limit my army-building and purchasing of custom fodder.
At $6.00 I will be a little more free-spending.
At $5.00 I will be out of control.
I'm thinking Walmart will keep the gouging a bit lower, and will sell their ROTS figures for $5.76 or $5.88 or something like that. TRU and Target will be forced to lower to $5.99. And later Walmart will lower them back down to $4.76 or so, and the other retailes will go back down another buck.
:P
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Add the initial Deluxe line to the list of pegwarm fodder:
GH's Obi-Wan vs. SBD pic (http://www.galactichunter.com/photo.asp?image=absolutenm/articlefiles/3862-obidroid.jpg)
What a piece of crap.
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Ah, it's Obi-Wan Kajesus, nice.
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I guess he's supposed to do his patented kicking move. Ah, action features. How you brighten my day. ;)
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Thought it was time to bump up the pegwarmer thread...
Here in MN the pegs are full of the first wave of deluxe, lots of all 4 of those guys left. :(
For the basic figures, just about everywhere I go Tarfful and Grievous Bodyguard outnumber the rest of the figures 5-to-1. Anakin and Obi-Wan (all versions) sell pretty well and disappear over time, but those Grievous Bodyguards just sit there and clog up the pegs.
One Target I hit today had 20+ Bodyguard on the pegs and 15+ Tarfful, easily outnumbering anyone else that was there.
Have a pegwarmer you're sick of seeing already (even though it's only been 1 month :P)?
Jeff
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For awhile there, I couldn't find Grievous Bodyguards anywhere, but they are starting to hang out now it seems. I also see a lot of Tarffuls, and a fair amount of most of the Jedis. I think I see several Aayla Securas each time I go, along with the other female Jedi. But, it isn't just limited to them, I think I could go pick up any Jedi at any store in town right now, from those first 32 figures or so. Really, overall, of those first 32 figures none are too hard to find. I'd say the scarcest figures would be (1) Royal Guard (Red) - Still haven't found one, (2) Royal Guard (Blue) - Not since opening day (3) Clonetroopers - although they seem to be showing up a bit more regularly now (4) Darth Vader - Starting to show up more again now, but was pretty scarce for awhile (5) Emperor/General Grievous - You can find them, but fairly scarce. I think when I have seen kids looking at figures with their parents, the first choices always seem to be Chewbacca, R2-D2, Vader, Clones, or Obi/Anakin.
A bit of the later waves are starting to show up now (33-40), and of those figures there seems to (somewhat surprisingly) be a lot of Clone Pilots sitting. I also saw quite a few of 'Splodin Grievous yesterday, although I still haven't picked that figure up. I haven't seen a Tank Gunner at retail besides the 1 I picked up at Kohl's. That day I just got one of each, since they were $6.99, and could have gotten more Gunners....and probably should have :). The Clone Commander has been scarce here thus far too, I've picked up mine at Kohl's, and found 1 at Wal-Mart yesterday.
Deluxe Figures - All Wave 1, everywhere here. No signs of anything else. By far, the biggest pegwarmers of these is the Obi/Super Battle Droid pack. I'm wondering if any have sold. Otherwise, lots of Palpys as well, and every so often an Grievous...but those seem to be selling well. I haven't seen the "Anakin to Vader" figure for weeks now, those seem to have sold quite well.
Ships - The Jedi Starfighters. A whole mess of them at each store I go to. The others are hit and miss. The BARC Speeder seems to be a favorite of the kiddos around here, been a few times I have seen wee ones carrying those around. AT-RT is nonexistant, Droid Tri Fighter is a tougher find than most, and Grievous' Wheelbike can be found pretty easily...but not in Starfighter amounts. The Boga depends on the store. Target has lots, Wal-Mart very few if any, and TRU has a few.
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Pretty much all of the first 32 with the exception of the Emperor, Vader, Secura, and the Royal Guard(s) are pegwarmers in my area, with Tarfful, Yoda (both versions), and Plo Koon holding court as the Lords of the Pegs (what's clearance, precious?).
Clones are kind of in that gray area here. They're not as easy to find as any version of Obi-Wan or Anakin, but they're not as hard to find as a Vader either. Clone Commanders and Clone Pilots are just now starting to show up in decent numbers (although the Pilots do sit for a while; if Hasbro actually shipped and retail actually stocked the ships they pilot, they might sell better), but the AT-TE Gunner is nearly impossible to find (I've only seen two and that was this past Tuesday, when I finally got my one).
Of the post-32 figures, Vader's MD is usually the sign you've missed an AT-TE Gunner and it's the only figure that tends to hang around from those four. I wouldn't say it is a pegwarmer yet, but it's got "Arena Padme" written all over it.*
If I see one more Obi-Wan deluxe I'm going to vomit. The deluxe Palpatine is running a distant second, and thankfully the Vulture Droid is only one per case or else I have a feeling I'd be seeing it everywhere I go. 12" Clones are abundantly abundant, as are (poetically) the 12" Anakin/Vader monstrosity.
Vehicles are, believe it or not, seemingly outselling the basic figures around here. Not an ARC or Gunship to be seen, the Boga is surprisingly popular, the AT-RT comes and goes within a day or two, and the BARC Speeder even sells briskly despite it being a total piece of crap.
Force Battlers, by comparison, are just flying off the shelves. It's hard to tell whether the FB or Attacktix are selling better since there are never any around. ::)
And the Vader Voice Changer helmets are going to go down as the "Hulk Hands" of this summer. Even though the Vader helmet is infinitely cooler (to me at least), a WM employee told me that they get at least two cases of them every week and that because of the full shelves, they have a backlog of several cases in the back to be stocked when room becomes available.
EDIT: Oops, forgot the pithy comment :)
*Now available on Ebay: "HOT RARE VHTF VADAR'S MEDICAL DROID WITH ARENA PAMDE WRITTEN ON CARD CHASE VARIANT ROTS YODA CLONE HOT!"
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Surprisingly similar to up here. We're behind in getting the figures from 33-44 so none of those really sit, though I was able to find some clone pilots a day after they were reported. But the commanders, Grievous and Palpatine from 33-36 were all gone already.
From 1-32 only Vader and the clone move really well. Royal guards are starting to sit (red) and we've still yet to hear of a blue guard on a trilogo cardback. All of it will be on clearance at Walmart I'd suggest. They restocked with 1-32 completely, about 9 cases worth and only Vader and the clone moved. Hopefully the movie inspires some people to pick up the basic figures or we're screwed for later waves.
Remarkably Walmart Canada isn't carrying any ships at all, just basic figures plus the crap. While that's disappointing from the I'm waiting until it goes on clearance standpoint, overall it's probably good for the general health of the line with Walmart - if they lose less money than the last two movies, they may continue to carry the line ::)
Ships and 12" move well up here, though we're getting close to saturation I think. Retailers have been remarkably cautious thus far and that's smart, I've seen little to no advertising for the movie outside of the inundation of promotional tie-ins. But no TV ads for the most part, still have yet to see the preview in a theater ???
Deluxe are, and always will be, crap that sits on the pegs. I've only picked up the Anakin/Vader and I'm sorely tempted to return it. Wave 2 hasn't hit here yet, though from C3 they look much more interesting. I foresee no problem getting any of the deluxe I may want (Palpatine pepper shaker?) on clearance down the road.
Destined for clearance, IMO (in Canada):
1-32 for the most part
Deluxe, except Vader
A small number of smaller ships, maybe including the Boga, BARC and a Jedi Starfighter or two
Attacktix
Force Battlers
Voice Changer
Vader's MD is usually the sign you've missed an AT-TE Gunner
Too true and too sad. The gunners have been out sparingly up here since April 2nd and I've yet to find one. I've picked up Polis, the MD and Mas Amedda, but I've yet to see a gunner in person.
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I hope they clearance the rest of the ROTS figures 1-32. They seem to just be sitting on the pegs. I have noticed more people are actually buying them though so that's good.
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Haven't really interjected here yet...
In my neck of the woods, this is what I see:
-TONS of droids... SBD's, BD's... They are pegwarmers extrordinaire out here. If the SBD were just the AOTC basic one with a more poseable right arm, i'd have bought it. I actually liked that figure but just wanted a poseable right arm. Greivous' guards also sit, however I too noticed they sold well at one point.
-Collection 1... Guys like Tarful, Chewie, the main Jedi (Yoda, Obi, Ani, Mace), are all warming pegs in every store. They're subsequently the worst quality figures int he line it seems as well, so no surprise there.
-Collection 2... Really only the Jedi sit here. Even Prego Amidala isn't TOO overly common. Of the Jedi, I see more Plo and Sae Sae than anyone, and really Aylya and Agen Kolar have all but dried up. Luminara and Shaak Ti are sort of on the in-between level, or as abundant as Plo/Sae are.
-Bail Organa is a pegwarmer, and that sucks. He's a good figure. Along with the C2 Jedi who are sitting some, Bail lingers. He's boring, it would happen. Even I haven't bought one yet, and he really is a quality looking figure.
-Figures are MOVING slowly. Even "pegwarmers" I've noticed are moving somewhat slow but steadily. My Targets have an endcap at the registers of figures, and just watching them dwindle down to fewer figures EVERY time I'm in the stores here, that tells me that the kiddies are getting their attentions wrapped around SW again. That endcap at my nearest Target is almost dry of figures now. Sneaky of them to put that at the registers like candy. A nice impulse purchase thing for the parents to shut their kids up. Oh that's shrewd!
-Clones are GONE... I'm lucky to see a #6 at this point, much less a Commander, Pilot, or whatever... Clones are the HOT figure, there's not a doubt about it. The Guards are also long gone, both blue and red. These are hot items. Even TRU is out of the #6 Clone and they used to have him in semi abundance at one point.
-AT-RT's are only now starting to sit, as is the ARC-170. Used to be that these two vehicles were impossible to find. The Boga, Greivous' bike, BARC, and Jedi Fighters have sat from day one though... THe surprise ship of the line then? The Tri-Fighter which I have seen only once, didn't buy, and now wish I had one. See, quality does outsell its lesser competition! :) The AT-RT still moves, which is good, but it's starting a little back up now. That's expected with vehicles I suppose.
-I've yet to see a Mustafar playset. They're out I was told, just recently showing up at a local WM for the first reported time in my area, so it's tough to judge there.
-Attacktix is surprisingly picked through at Local Targets. I notice how it's always a jumbled mess, even after I know it's been fixed. I think it's selling slowly perhaps.
-Board Games = Clearance.
-Playskool Figs don't seem to be moving... Those big figures. I see the same stuff every time.
-GalacticHeroes have hit the wall and are sitting right now, but that may just be the selection. That line has weird popularity.
-No Darth Taters in sight. I've yet to see this, and now I actually sorta want it. :-\
That's Pittsburgh in a relative nutshell... I'm sure I forgot a figure here and there like 3po (not all that common in my area, actually), or Dooku (again, 2, maybe 3 on the pegs at any given store, but that's it). If I forgot to mention them, they're likely selling and not something I see rifling through the pegs.
Yoda is perhaps one of the all-time pegwarmers in ROTS. An irony that will perplex Hasbro and retail since he was the "hot" figure in AOTC's launch for some time. His figures suck though, and 2 at one time seems not such a great idea anymore. I'm not surprised at a lot of the Collection 1 stuff sitting then.
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I really think the sales have been phenomenal, I have seen the pegs replenished at my local Target at least 10 times already...I'm serious too, they will dwindle down to 3-4 per peg and then boom, restocked full and repeat
I can see the SBD and the Coll 2 Jedi pretty much everywhere. Mon Mothma, Padme and Bail also tend to sit. But I think they are all moving...at least around here and moving a lot of product
The other crap though is rotting...I wish they would have stuck more money in to 3-3/4" and ditched the Attacktix and Minis and Diecast and most of the deluxe...better quality pack-ins and more stuff like astromechs etc would have went a long way to moving more product. Its a shame stuff like the Barc and the AT-RT sit because of crap-ass figures
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I really think the sales have been phenomenal, I have seen the pegs replenished at my local Target at least 10 times already...I'm serious too, they will dwindle down to 3-4 per peg and then boom, restocked full and repeat
That's one of the great things about Target. They have probably THE best inventory management around. They keep track of sales not only on a day-to-day basis, but they check their stock levels 2 times during the day as well. As a result they manage their stock much more efficiently than TRU or WalMart. It also helps keep their stock as current as possible.
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That's one of the great things about Target. They have probably THE best inventory management around. They keep track of sales not only on a day-to-day basis, but they check their stock levels 2 times during the day as well. As a result they manage their stock much more efficiently than TRU or WalMart. It also helps keep their stock as current as possible.
I've always admired how Target is so ruthless about if something isn't selling after a certain period of time, they mark it down and move it to the clearance aisle to make room for products that will sell. This happens in nearly every department of the store (even their DVDs and CDs go on sale every week or so) and like you said Nick, they keep a very close eye on stuff. Those pricing guns they have are very cool, as I got to see one up close this morning.
I could go on a huge anti-Wal-Mart rant here, but it's neither the time nor the place. What I will say is that Target seems to actually care about not only what they stock, but how they stock toys; WM just throws the stuff out on the shelves, overfilling pegs and then leaving the "falling figures" lying on the floor, and when they eventually do mark stuff down for clearance, it takes them forever to lower the price more than 5 dollars on a 50 dollar item.
The idea of clearancing the basic figures is a tricky one though, and the main reason this doesn't happen more often is because of Hasbro's insistence on sticking to a single (or in film years, two single) UPC for the assortment as a whole. Yes, each figure has its own UPC code, but they are all part of a larger assortment and that is what is referenced when the figures are ordered/reordered. If Hasbro actually wanted to get product to shelves, they would delete certain case assortment numbers at the beginning of every year, and new figures would be released under a new case assortment number. That way the old figures could be clearanced out and new figures would actually be on the pegs.
Hasbro had the same UPC for Collection 1 figures from the beginning of POTF2 until the end of 1998 and near the end (with the FF figures) it caused some major problems because retail had so many older figures under that UPC, they didn't want to order the cases with new ones. Hasbro continuing to pack in figures that had already reached a saturation point with these new cases didn't help matters either. I thought they had finally figured out how to do case assortments during the POTJ era, but I was completely wrong.
And they're still making stupid assortments. Future C1 assortments for ROTS will be including Obi-Wan 1, Anakin 1, Yoda 1, Super Battle Droids, Bail Organa, Grievous' Bodyguards, and so on. Is there really any need at this point to reship these? All of them are easily found and I would wager that there are so many of these out there right now that they would more than fulfill the demand once the film has been released.
They could have very easily done their first two case assortments with 1 of each figure (the way they did), and then subsequent case assortments would not need to include any of these figures again, with the exception of Clones.
This is just how I would have done things:
Collection 1, Wave 2 case:
3 x Tarfful
3 x Obi-Wan 27
3 x Anakin 28
3 x Yoda 26
Collection 1, Wave 3 case:
3 x General Grievous 36
3 x Palpatine 35
3 x Clone Commander
3 x Clone Pilot
Collection 1, Wave 4 case:
3 x Clone Trooper 41
3 x Destroyer Droid
3 x Neimoidian Warrior
3 x Wookiee Warrior
Then, they could do this case assortment, which would do a lot of good:
Collection 1, Wave X case:
6 x Clone Trooper 41
3 x Clone Commander
3 x Clone Pilot
But, it's Hasbro, so they only pack the Clone 41 at two per case AT MOST and in several assortments at only one per case, so they can shove in MORE Obi-Wan 1s and Anakin 2s. ::)
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I must walk into the wrong Targets in the US. In all of the following cities I've had infinitely better luck at Walmart than at Target:
Grand Forks
Fargo
West Lafayette/Lafayette
Indianapolis
San Diego
Now I've no real idea why, but every single time I go into Target there's nothing there. They are cleaner, the staff seem more interested and they are clearly less congested with annoying people but I have crap for luck in Target :-\ But on pretty much every visit I make to the US I end up with something in a Walmart bag and nothing out of Target. It drives me nuts.
I can understand the GF/Fargo/Lafayette thing, they're all smaller towns, but Indianapolis and San Diego?
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In general over the last 5 years I say I've bought far far more stuff at Wal*Mart, however, this last month at my neighborhood Target has been a goldmine. I have seen every figure from 1-40 multiple times on different trips there. Today I saw the new Wookiee Warrior, yesterday I picked up the new Deluxe...contrast that to the local Wal*mart that still has pegs full of the first 24 and I have only seen 33-36 there once and never 37-40. Pegs still full of deluxe etc...locally, Target is kicking Wally's butt on Ep3 IMO. The exclusives are better, the product moving is much better, the people are nicer, the shoppers have all of their teeth...
In the long run, that may not be good for the health of the line. As goes Wal*Mart so goes a toy line. They themselves could kill this sooner than we think :-\
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I think my finds is a pretty good balance between Target and WM... KM fights in there though, and I've probably bought as much at KM as I have at TRU if that's possible. They just seem to get stuff in in non-movie years.
Target and WM fair about the same with me though... Sometimes WM is cleared out and getting in the stuff I want, and sometimes Target is the one with more common sense in their ordering habits. That's a toss-up for me.
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I guess in my area we are lucky because you can find almost all the first 32 figures plus all the vehicles are either Targets, Walmart and even TRUs. KB has them as well but at 7.99, yeah right. One target yesterday had 38 of the first 40 (no commander of course and no guards). The only deluxe figs that stick around are side kick Obi, red gown palpatine and rip off grevious.
The only figures I do not see anymore are the red and blue guards, and the clone troopers (#6). Although every few days some clones show up but they ship out equally fast.
Gatillo
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In the city, or metro areas:
Wide range of pegwarmers so far. Clones sell most, but yes, #6 is still hanging around at one store in high numbers just 10 miles from the center of town. I suppose the all the Obis and Anakins outnumber everything else, but usually 32 and below can be found among 3 stores or so.
In rural areas:
Holy Moly! I took a highway route, far from the interstate, on my way home from Mother's Day yesterday, and this road is a Wal-mart paradise, if you can say that. 40 and below were easy to find at every store (except tank gunner for some reason). Multiples of Clone Comanders and drivers, plus #6 Clones everywhere you look. One store had no less than 5 displays of figures, all bursting to capacity. This is going to be helluva clearance spot. These stores are usually the places for me to hunt, because Wal-marts dot the rural countryside way more than the urban areas, and the population of collectors/scalpers must be a fraction of their urban counterpart's.
These are the places I found clearanced VOTC stormies for $5. Or was it $2, I forget.
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This guy...
(http://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/files/gallery/Collectibles/Modern/Revenge_of_the_Sith/Basic_Figures/34_Clone_Pilot/rots_34_f.jpg)
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Agreed on that one Scott, he seems to be everywhere around here as well. Clone Commanders are starting to get a little more regular as well, but the rest of the clones are nowhere in sight. Overall though, the ROTS line seems to be moving pretty swiftly. I was surprised to see the stock cut down pretty significantly at Wal-Mart lately, and Target continues to move things as well. Not as sure about TRU, they seem to be sitting on the initial 32 still, although I haven't stopped there in awhile.
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My local TRU is packed to the gills with #1-32, even though they are constantly moving product. Once the pegs empty, there are more of the same figures replenished soon after. Of those figures, the only ones you can reliably not find are the Royal Guards.
Target seems to be the place around here at the moment for new finds, but they go quick, as in two minutes after 8am quick.
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Around these parts its the Clone Pilot, Palpatine and Wookiees(minus Chewbacca) at Walmart.
Target is usually the place to find Clone Pilots, Palpatine, Mon Mothma and Bail Organa.
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This guy...
(http://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/files/gallery/Collectibles/Modern/Revenge_of_the_Sith/Basic_Figures/34_Clone_Pilot/rots_34_f.jpg)
I have to agree i went to TRU today and saw about 20 of these.
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Hasbro must have thought that everybody was going to need at least 5 Pilots to fill their gunships and ARC-170's.
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Tons 'o Clone Pilots here now too, in the last week+ about... I won't complain though, I'll pick one up here and there like I did iwth the #6 Clone for a while... Pilots seem to have this short window of popularity. The OTC TIE Pilot (and his Saga incarnation) both were the same way. THey came out, moved, then sat but dwindled slowly/steadily.
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Pilots seem to have this short window of popularity. The OTC TIE Pilot (and his Saga incarnation) both were the same way. THey came out, moved, then sat but dwindled slowly/steadily.
Yeah, I think you are right, Jesse. As long as there is something for them to fly (ARC-170, Gunship), they will dwindle over time like the TIE Pilots did. I think the Army Builders are ignoring this guy in favor of spending their $$$ on #41 Clones or other figures, but over time I think they will sell.
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I picked up the one clone pilot I found when he came out a month ago and once my son gets the arc-170 ship for his birthday, we'll get 2 more to complete the ship. We already have r4-g9 but might get another.
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I think the Army Builders are ignoring this guy in favor of spending their $$$ on #41 Clones or other figures, but over time I think they will sell.
This seems very true to me as well Jeff. Even from a personal perspective, I'm usually buying a grunt over a pilot... I passed a Clone Pilot or two up the other night because I got another blue Guard and a #6 Clone that were hanging at a local Target....
The Pilots, especially since I'm seeing them more now, are a secondary thought. Kind of like Preview Wookiees and Neimodian Gunners to me too. I want more, but not at the expense of a Clonetrooper should I see one. That's where my $ goes instead.
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the problem with the pilots from a kid or army builder pov is that after getting enough to man your ships, what else do you really need the clone pilot for? I bought 3 to fill my ARC-170 and I keep seeing them all over, but I can't think of any reason to get one. its a good figure but it has limited uses i think. of course its funny that the stores that have tons of the pilots like walmart and target dont have the arc-170 or gunship to sell and then you goto tru which by me at least has a ton of arc-170's, has no pilots available.
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I've gotten into that habit too, leaving a variety of figures, not just army builders, at the expense of certain others. Plus the inevitable clearances, which may be farther off than last time given how stuff is moving this time.
#6 Clones vanished over the week, as did C-3PO. ???
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I was amazed not to find a pregnant Padme. For sure I thought I could buy her in December at a buck or so. But no, she flew out of those pegs like she had somewhere to go. :P
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I saw at least 30 Neimoidian Warriors today. Also, the 3 versions of Palpatine seem to be growing more and more each day. Jedi hang around a lot, though they are in fewer numbers than Palpy.
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Having just come back from the US, the peg warming situation is pretty different from what we see up north.
Up here there are tons of Jedi, Yoda, basically #1-32. Vader and #6 clone don't sit much but I can find them on occasion. As we only have red guards up here, I see them fairly often as well. The later figures (33-40) don't sit much, though the pilots are becoming abundant and even commanders are sitting.
In Fargo/Moorhead/Grand Forks the situation was a little different. Most of the stuff clogging our pegs is pretty much gone. I could find an occasional Bail or Padme or 3PO, but I didn't see a single early Anakin or Obi. The Jedi were mostly gone too. The peg cloggers were anything in a wave with a desirable clone so Mas Amedda, Medical Droid, Neimoidian Warrior, etc. Clone commanders were abundant as were the pilots.
As for the pilots, I have about 8 now. I guess I need to snag a gunship and ARC at some point ::)
The strangest peg warmer though was the deluxe clone with jet pack thingy. I saw it everywhere and in abundance. It outnumbered any of the first wave of deluxe figures (thankfully) though I expect when the clones eventually sell Grievous/Obi/Palpatine will still be sitting there.
It was a nice treat though, to see some dramatically different figures warming the pegs. I am truly tired of seeing 1-32 these days.
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The strangest peg warmer though was the deluxe clone with jet pack thingy.
Well, it wound up not being in the movie, which basically makes it EU in my opinion.
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Plus it is a bit overpriced being how it is just a bona fide clone with accessories like the commander or gunner.
I am finally a Jedi Knight, boo-yaa. :P
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My local pegwarmers
- Obi-Wan Kenobi w/ Super Battle Droid
- Clone Pilot
- Palpatine w/ Red Saber
- Emperor Palpatine
- Clone Commander (#33 is starting to show up more and more now)
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(http://www.rebelscum.com/ROTS/rots0540masameddaloose.jpg)
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Gene Simmons as Mas Amedda?
Perhaps the most unusual (for US folks) peg warmer around here is the red royal guard. I can find this figure pretty darn easily up here at most stores.
We didn't ever receive blue guards, so every case had one of these guys and since they were in the Saga line (albeit inferior) I guess the demand isn't that high. We also saw a ton of the red guards during the Saga release. Weird.
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I counted 89 Mas Ameddas at a local Target this morning. There looks to be a new case with him, Dooku, 3PO, Battle Droid and something else. Smooth move on that one ::)
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I counted 89 Mas Ameddas at a local Target this morning.
Yikes. Not a good sign. That is how things are heading around here as well, although I haven't counted up how many of each are there, the same figures are hanging at most stores now...and this time I'm not so sure they will sell through. There were a number of figures hanging about from April 2 until the movie release (Ani, Obi, Chewie, Yoda, basically all of #1-27 aside from Clones and Royal Guards), but those have all but disappeared. The main pegwarmers around here now are Mas Amedda, Polis Massan, Bail Organa, Neimodian Warriors, Wookiee Warriors (although these are slimming down some), Tarfful, Clone Pilots, and a few others I'm probably forgetting. Overall, they are figures that I would think everyone who wants one has one by now, and I don't know if the numbers will be dwindling too much. I'm getting a little more concerned about the later waves making their way to the pegs, and now with reports of many areas slimming down their Star Wars sections, it will make it even tougher. We haven't seen much of the sections shrinking, with the exception of Wal-Mart, where the "bonus" aisle that was all ROTS has now split with Fantastic Four stuff. Still plenty of pegs of figures, but its all the ones listed above...and lots of 'em. 89 Mas Ameddas though...wowzers.
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Here in Toronto, #1-32 are sitting everywhere, with the exception of Vader and the #6 Clone.
Pilots are sitting as well.
In Niagara Falls NY the big warmers are: Nemoidian Warrior, Polis, Vader's Medical Droid, Brown Wookiees. The Tarkin wave is also abundant.
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The local Targets have become choked with Nemoidian Warriors, and to a lesser extent the Wookiee Warriors and Destroyer Droids. There's an odd Jedi to be found as well, but none are really pegwarmers. Those "army builder" cases they recieved recently have to be the cause. People want clones, Hasbro, not poorly articulated Wookiees or Nemoidians with giant guns. ::)
Of the Walmarts I checked last week, if they had any figures, it was Mas Amedda. One had only Mas Amedda to sparsely fill the landscape of some 20 some odd pegs. It was pathetic.
TRU is the place for pegwarmers, and it's mostly due to their treatment of the cards. No one wants a battered and beaten figure from the giant bins they dump the figures into. TRU has once again failed miserably to compete with every other store. At this point I'd actually like to see them go out of business. They're useless.
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Along with the usual ROTS Pegwarmers, our local TRU has a ton of VOTC Lando and Saga Zam Wessel warming the pegs.
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Around here, Wal-Mart is filled with Jedi, Wookiees, Nemoidians, and Palpatines. Target is the same, but replace the Jedi with Bail and Mon. I've seen the Destroyer Droid once, and Mas Amedda about three times.
Wal-Mart actually had an assload of Clones a week ago, mostly #6, but I managed to find a few #41s. Now, they've cut their SW section in half and moved it right in between Barbie and Olsen Twin dolls. Yeah, that makes me feel cool. ::) Most of their toy space was given to giant inflatable pools too...
Target looks like they haven't restocked in ages. No Deluxe in sight, and each figure is in the exact place it was the last time I was there. I hope they restock soon, but its been 2 weeks, so who knows.
I haven't been to TRU in a few months. I don't like that store. You have to dig in those stupid crates to find anything, and it's hard to get down in there because they come up to your chest. Plus, it smells bad in there.
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Plus, it smells bad in there.
Why is that? Mine smells terrible, too. There's oftern a different smell at different TRUs, though. Mine smells vaguely like dog crap with a hint of vomit. Sometimes when I set foot inside, I actually pause and glance at my shoes, thinking I've stepped in something on the way in.
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There's oftern a different smell at different TRUs, though. Mine smells vaguely like dog crap with a hint of vomit.
I used to have a friend who would claim the local K-Mart smelled like "dirty sweatsocks and ass." I still laugh like an idiot when I think about that. I finally went into a TRU for the first time in many months a few weeks ago and I was struck by how odd it smelled there compared to Target and WM. I don't know if I would go the "sweatsocks and ass" route, but it wasn't exactly forest lemon Pledge fresh either. :D
As for WMs rapidly shrinking SW section, I've noticed that the toy aisle(s) in general are even more of a disaster area lately than they usually are. I know that Target does routine resets at specified times during the year, but one of the local WMs just completed inventory last month and they're already looking as if a tornado blew through. If I didn't know so much about Wal-Mart's business practices, I'd hypothesize that the employees just don't care enough to keep things clean, but since I know WM's business practices so well, I know that the employees just don't care enough to keep things clean. Living below the poverty line does that to people.
89 Mas Ameddas. I don't know how they're ever going to get rid of all those figures. It's a really nice figure, but damn. I...damn. They could always...damn. ;D
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Went for a toy run tonight and it's the usual suspects, however I noticed that Collection 1's have really dried up, as have Collection 2 Jedi...
The Wookiee and Neimodian are pretty dominant, as are Bail's, Sup Chanc Palp's, and the like... TRU sucks right now. No wonder they're such dismail failures to the big retail chains. They gotta get it together. Some sales would do them a HUGE ammount of good instead of just having one and then never pushing a sale again.
Found the Ask Aak wave and I have to say that these guys are doomed if they overship. :) I love the figures, but the ghost of Orn Free Tah haunts them.
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A Target by me has 20-30 nemo warriors...
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A lot of the peg warming around here is due to stock shifting. As I mentioned in other threads, there's a couple of guys aroung here that are clearing out stock at Target and returning that stuff to other Targets. The one I ususlay hit at 8am has been the victom of two waves of wave4 collection 1 returns and is chocked with those. Oddly, the store being cleared out did get restocked as planned, but they quickly became filled with left over wave 5 stock and are now clogged with #35 Palpatines and #36 Grevious'.
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That's something I think is a rarity in my area... At least if it happens it's a really minimal thing that goes under the radar (at least my radar).
Our stores are pretty bare... They could all use some restocking. The AskAak wave was in ok abundance the other day at a local WM but those pegs were still pretty bare even with a restock...
And I'm still amazed that the AT-RT continues to sell out. I mean, that thing just won't sit still. It's a great vehicle, crap figure, but just damn popular. Gotta love that.
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The big warmers in Fairfax VA are:
. Bail
. Clone Pilot (Kinda suprised about this; he was really scarce at first)
. Nemoidian Warrior (Great Figure but a peg warmer nonetheless)
. Tarrful
. Cocoa puffs Wookie
. Mas (Gene Simmons) Amedda
Have yet to see the tarkin wave. Damn.
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I feel stupid asking this but is a peg warmer somthing thats always on the shelf ? like a ton of the same figure ? :-[ I know rookie question ...
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You're exactly right. Basically a pegwarmer is a figure that doesn't sell, so you see a ton of them.
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You're exactly right. Basically a pegwarmer is a figure that doesn't sell, so you see a ton of them.
Ok cool ... then in that case yeh i see tons of these in Spokane WA :
wookies (all of them)
yoda's (all of them)
palpatine (all of them)
Grievous' Guard
Anakins (all of them)
Shaak Ti
Obi's (all of them)
If I think of more I will update this asap
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Well, I did what I had dreaded doing earlier today and actually observed the actual pegwarmers in my area. What I found was surprising in some ways and not in others. It also kind of lends credence to the idea that Hasbro doesn't pay a bit of attention to what actually sells 90% of the time and that they should do so such that future case assortments adjustments be made accordingly.
Anyway, here's the current list of pegwarmers:
FIGURES IN ABUNDANCE (20 or more at each store):
-Super Battle Droid
-Grievous' Bodyguard
-Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
-Bail Organa
-Agen Kolar
-Plo Koon
-Shaak Ti
-Mon Mothma
-Tarfful
-Saesee Tiin
-Clone Pilot
-Palpatine (35)
-Mas Amedda
FIGURES IN SLIGHTLY LESS ABUNDANCE (at least 10 of each):
-Chewbacca
-Kit Fisto
-Ki-Adi Mundi
-Luminara Unduli
-Aayla Secura
-Clone Commander
-Vader's Medical Droid
-Polis Massan
Any and all other figures are either sporadic (as is the case with Yoda, Obi-Wan, Padme, Dooku, the droids, or Grievous) or completely nonexistent (Clones 6 and 41, AT-TE Gunner, Royal Guards).
The grand champions of pegwarming, however, as they are in most other areas these days it seems, are the Neimoidian Warrior and the Wookiee Warrior. I counted about 30 of each at the local WM this morning, and there were far too many to count at the Target next door. And the worst part? Hasbro is still including both those figures in future waves/case assortments. ::)
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hi
i agree with everyone's posts
the cut characters are not moving at my area stores
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What's a case of figures? 30?
15 outright should be army builders
10 maincharacters
5 oddities that collectors want
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What's a case of figures? 30?
15 outright should be army builders
10 maincharacters
5 oddities that collectors want
I think it's 12, but I'm not positive
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12 - 16... For basics anyway. That's been my experience in case ratios... The 16 figure cases were in movie years in the past, I never really paid attention to them during the ROTS blitz however.
It's funny how tables can turn, but in my neck of the woods we're starting to see many more Collection 1 figures start to sit from, what I assume, was refresh assortments... At the same time, Collection 2 Jedi are becoming less and less common here, though I'd say between all the major retailers that all of them can be had (save for Dooku who is just a hot figure still). Clones, still non-existant on the pegs. Even the Pilots are dwindling around here... The Wookiee #2 also.
I'm seeing more Obi's and Ani's though... No Mace Windu figures however. He's kinda like Dooku in that he's a hot one since the line's debut.
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Yeah, the current case assortments for ROTS are 12 figures. Hasbro hasn't really used the 16 figure case assortment since before Episode I, although the Collection 1 cases for that film were 24 figures per case (which might have contributed to the oversaturation problem in 1999).
The thing that is going to be biting all of us in our collective rears is that the Neimoidian Warrior, who is rapidly overtaking Mas Amedda for the biggest pegwarmer of the line, is going to be shipping AGAIN in the upcoming "final" Collection 1 assortment with Pilot Obi-Wan/Turbo Tank Driver/Utapaun Warrior.
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Neimoidian Warrior, lol. I was looking at Ebay last night, a "Customizer" is assiting us.
He had like 20 of them with differenet paint jobs on sale
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local (home) Wal-mart for regular figures:
a nemodian
a wookie warrior
and about 3 deluxes that I don't remember what of.
THAT IS IT!!!!!!
But they have everything else flowing off the shelf:ninja turtles, transformers, fan 4, spidey, etc.....
But I'm not complaining I've got 2 Walmarts, Targets, & TRU's by my work just unfortunate I can't find anything new at any of them.
I just think it's pathetic the selection that is there and it's been like that for about 2 weeks now. And no restock at all.
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The latest and greatest warmer here is Deluxe Stass Allie. Long after even the Spider Droids have dried up, Stass Allie is hangin' tough. The local Walmart had a dozen of them over the weekend.
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I stopped off at Target and Wal-Mart yesterday, just checking for the Wookiee Flyer, Boba Cup Set, and possibly a pack or two of the Mpire figures. Didn't find any of those things, so I checked out the pegwarming situation a little closer. It seems to basically be the same culprits at both of these stores:
Mas Amedda
Polis Massan
Clone Pilot
Palpatine w/ Red Saber
Aayla Secura
Neimodian Warrior
Just rows and rows of those six, with the occasional Bail or other background Jedi thrown in. Other than that, I think that is all I saw. No Anakins, Obis, R2s, 3POs, Chewies, Padmes, etc....not a single one. The wookiee warriors seem to have dried up now too, after seeing a bit of a glut of those. I hope that they can get some of these figures moved out, but I'm starting to have my doubts. On the positive side...our local Target lowered the price back down to $5.24 (from $5.99), which is a nice surprise. Cheaper than Wal-Mart right now ;).
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At the end of July here, the pegwarmers are becoming an increasing concern of mine. Target and Wal-Mart both basically have the same figures, and plenty of 'em. And, they are the type of characters I don't really see disappearing any time soon. Hopefully they will clearance them out or just get rid of them somehow, so we can see the later waves of ROTS and get things all cleared out nice and tidy for when the Saga Collection starts up in 2006 (or late 2005?). Here's pretty much all you can see here, at least at Target and Wal-Mart:
Neimoidian Warrior
Mas Amedda
Polis Massan
Vader's Medical Droid (lesser than the others)
Palpatine (Red Lightsaber)
Clone Pilot
Aayla Secura (lesser than the others)
Luminara Unduli (lesser than the others)
Overall, aside from a few each of the Med Droid, Aayla, and Luminara...the pegs are just solid full with the other 5. We've seen 50 figures released so far this year, but you can only find about 8-10 of them. TRU seems to have brought some older stock out, as well as those value packs, but nothing of big interest there either. Although I never would have guessed it, I don't think there is an Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda, Chewbacca, or R2 to be found in town really. Unless someone wants to army build Mas and Polis Massans, it might be trouble brewing :).
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As I posted in another thread, the local Target had not stocked any basic action figures in the past month (at least) or so, and when I went in today, they had restocked with two cases, both of which were the 41-44 "army builder" case. There was 1 Clone left out of 6, maybe 3 of the Droidekas, but there were six more Wookiees and Neimoidians hanging around than there were the last time I checked on Sunday.
I honestly think it's time for Hasbro to do a big "recall" along the lines of what they did when TPM and AOTC were out. The thing that will be different this time around is that there isn't such a glut of main characters (or characters in general). They could come in and take back about eight figures, and the pegwarmer problem would be decreased significantly.
Figures they *could* recall so new stuff can get out:
-Neimoidian Warrior
-Wookiee Warrior
-Mas Amedda
-Clone Pilot
-Tarfull
-Palpatine (35)
-Grievous' Bodyguard
-Bail Organa
With more Wookiees, Neimoidians, and Bodyguards coming in a few months, and the current versions being the "main offenders" right now, those three at least could be taken back and cause a major dent in things. At this point, everybody who wants one, has one of Bail, Amedda, Tarfull and Palpatine, so the only one that could reasonably escape this is the Clone Pilot. But then, with no ARCs or Gunships on the shelves for him to fly, what point is there with him either?
I think the real problem with clearancing the "main offenders" by themselves is that most stores order SW figures based on case numbers, and they can't clearance a figure without first clearancing the assortment itself. If they did that, they would not get any more figures period. So, unless Target or TRU or Wal-Mart has the time/patience/masochist urges to sit down and manually enter the numbers for each individual figure to go on clearance, or unless Hasbro takes these figures back, it's going to continue being a sea of Clone Pilots, Neimoidians, and Wookiees until 2008.
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Well, I think it's quite clear that all across the country the theme of pegwarmers is the same. And funny too, how it's the same handful of figs that are clogging the space.
It's too bad the assortment concept has not been perfected yet. What a wonderful world it'd be if all figures that came in the back door went out the front door.
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It's too bad the assortment concept has not been perfected yet. What a wonderful world it'd be if all figures that came in the back door went out the front door.
Yeah because the way we have it now, all figures come in the back door, clones and exclusives go right back out the same way they came in, and mas amedda is comforted by some neimodians on the peg hooks.
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Backdoor toys? :o
I saw that in a movie once.
Kevin
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Backdoor toys? :o
I saw that in a movie once.
Kevin
Only once? ;D
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Seems lately (at least in my area) that things are finally starting to get backed up... I've been overly impressed with the steady pace of new figures the past 6 months, but I think it's finally starting to look familiar.
Other than the Nemoidian Warrior, the following figures have become major pegwarmers in my area lately, and most TRU, Walmart and Target stores have at anywhere from 10-25 of each of the following -
- Chancellor Palpatine (handcuff version)
- Pollis Massan
- SaeseeTiin
- Darth Vader
- Mon Mothma
- Destroyer Droid
- Mas Amedda
Surprisingly, Bail Organa has seemed to dry up... as have most of the Jedi figures and the Super Battle Droids. Figures like Captain Antilles and Zett Jukasa, and the red robed Palpatine have surprised me as they don't seem to be bad of a pegwarming issue.
The newer waves still sell out very quickly... I just wish these skew numbers would be thrown on clearance... I can see the Vaders selling really well in the holiday season, but the others? I don't know.
Is this consistent with other areas?
:P
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The current 'warmers in VA:
-Supreme C Palpatine
-Neimodian Warrior (of course)
-Mon Mothma
-Bail Organa
-Stass Allie
-Both "Duel" Unleashed
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After some trips out I've noticed a lot of Collection 1 starting to sit, which is maybe just a short-term lull or perhaps the kids have finally figured out that new video games are out there they want...
Lots of stuff I haven't seen for a while is out there though, like Anakin figures, Chewbacca, etc... Not much I'm wanting, but still lots of stuff.
The line's going to be a bitch to find if all that's coming in right now is old stuff though. I did notice that Clones have gone from handfuls here and there to almost none...
Vader's king pegwarmer right now I think. Almost every WM has an army of him from the solid cases... Neimoidian is a pegwarmer, but Vader's really outpacing him right now.
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I actually counted the Neimodians at my Target after hearing about the clearance and was surprised to find only two. This was down a lot from just a few weeks ago, and it makes me wonder if they didn't clear some space just to get all the massive numbers of C1 stuff in lately.
But he still warms elsewhere, along with the usual suspects. Vader is terrible now, too.
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In Utah:
Walmart:
Nemodian Warrior (thinnning out)
Nemodian Commander
Vader
AT RT Driver
Obi Wan Pilot (but moving at a steady pace)
Mas Amedda
Seems the recent sales have helped move the line but the Nemo at Targets need to clear out. Hopefully what that Hasbro rep told me will come to pass quickly here where they get their own SKU so they can be cleared out individually.
Target:
Nemodian Warrior and Commander
AT RT Driver
Mas Amedda
Clone Pilot Grey Version
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In Southern California:
Walmart: depends but usually
Nemodian Warrior
Obi-Wan Kenobi Pilot - sadly
AT-RT Driver
Mas Amedda
Target:
Nemodian Warrior
Pollis Massan
Vader's Medical Droid
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It's funny how regions differ...
While I see an Obi Pilot or RT Driver here and there, I don't see many of them anywhere, and many stores have absolutely none...
Also, the Clone Pilot is all but gone at this point. I think the severe lack of anything Clone pushed this guy some for a while too but around here I can't think of seeing even one recently on my hunts. Or I just didn't notice...
Also, Polis Massaan and Med Droid NEVER pegwarmed here which is funny. Actually the Med Droid was somewhat uncommon even. It took me a long long time to finally track one down, and while I saw it sporatically afterwards, I haven't seen it on the pegs for probably 2 months now at least.
The bigger pegwarmers were Bail Organa, Mothma, Chancellor Palpatine, Emperor Palpatine, Neimoidian, and more recently Vader... Then there's always lingering Jedi too at any given location, but nothing major like the Neimoidian... Just a few of Luminara or Shaak Ti, or perhaps a couple Plo Koons and Sae Sae Tinn figures... Kolar I'm noticing more lately whereas a month ago he was non-existant.
Padme was REAL common at one point around here but she's all gone now...
Current figures backing up bigtime are the Mustafar Duel Obi-Wan and Vader though... Oh and Spinning Yoda has always been a HUGE pegwarmer around here that I seemingly always forget to mention. The other Yoda with the Wookiee gun was real tough to find though, and rightfully so.
All Collection 1 reshipping are backing up around here though, and the literally 5 pegs full of Vader at many Wal-Mart stores isn't helping that situation at all.
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Obi Pilot is a really nice figure. I'm a little supprised he lingers more than the Musafar Sentry. I've always wanted 2 of him but I'm waiting for my second since the baby Luke comes with the same Obi Pilot figure.
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The pegwarming situation here hasn't been quite as bad lately, especially at Target, which seems to have cleared out quite a bit of their Neimodian Warrior stock. They still have quite a few, but not nearly what it was a little while ago. Other suspects at all the stores are the usuals...Mas Amedda, Clone Pilot, and Polis Massan. Recently, there has been a lot of Vaders hanging out again, like many of you have mentioned. Personally, I don't think I've seen hardly any Jedi figures for quite some time now, aside from Pilot Obi-Wan. That figure is found pretty regularly around here now, and its really a shame in some ways, because it might be the best figure of the line. It reminds me of the situation with the VOTC Han Solo, here are probably my two favorite modern figures, or at least in my top five, and both of them seemed to pegwarm pretty regularly. Also, when we stopped at Target this past Sunday to pick up some Christmas presents for our nephews, they actually had quite a few of the SA Clones on the pegs. Those have been around more this year than I would have expected. It seems like any Stormtrooper or Clone figures seem to be gone instantly, no matter how much they ship, in the past lines.
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With the massive reshipments for the DVD release I was surprised to see all-new droves of figures on the pegs tonight...
I saw a LOT more SA Clones, RT Drivers, Obi Pilots, Green Commanders and the like tonight... Like I keep saying though, I bet these move steadily (albeit perhaps slowly on some of them) rather than being true "pegwarmers".
I saw lots of stuff I hadn't seen for a while tonight too like Clone Pilots in good quantity again at Target... I also noticed that some of the final 12 are either on the verge of backing up into the system, or I just hit it lucky. Given the tornadoe aftermath I saw in the toy aisle though, I'm wagering that what I saw were what hte Scalpers are giving up on because I saw none of the Wookiee Gunner, R4, or the 501st... Remnants of the rest of the final 12 though, and really quite a few of the Magna Droid and Neimoidian Cmdr.
I'm going to label the ONLY two major pegwarmers in my area as the Neimoidian Warrior and Darth Vader... Right now, they're the only figures I can positively ID as ones that have been there for over a month. In some of these stores they were down to bare pegs till just a couple weeks ago so I'm not pulling the pegwarmer plug on some figures yet... Sales for the line seem to still be quite strong... I'm still even seeing lots of kids at the stores, or people who are definitely parents and not collectors because they're passing over stuff a collector would've grabbed in a heartbeat. One guy even asked me if I could help him get a Chewbacca for his son... I sorta felt bad he couldn't find one.
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I noticed a lot of Chewbacca at Target last night. He's shipping again in a new mix that includes the Jedi Kick Obi and only one new fig -- Gree.
No sign at all of the 501st wave. Ugh.
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That same mix is shipping heavily to my area Spuffy but I didn't realize it was its own assortment. I was wondering where all these Chewie's and kicking Obi's were coming from... Didn't realize where that may be where the Grees are coming from. Ironically he's not moving TOO well. Of all the final 12 Clones, Gree is the one you see the most and rightly so.
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It's weird isn't it? When I saw the movie I thought a Gree would be the greatest! Now that I found both Bly and Gree I can see why. I have 2 Bly figures and 2 Gree figures, and when I went back to the store the other day and saw a Bly and Gree I found myself with a Bly figure in hand as I walked around looking for stuff. I put it back but I was really tempted to get it. Not so much with Gree.
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Gree, Bly, Neimo Cmmdr, Cat Miin and Passel have been warming the pegs for weeks here. The Clones surprise me. This might be the reason im not seeing the final 5 around here, except the one time I was friggin denied in buying them.
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I really think what we are seeing is the dying of the line now. The last five have come and still show up but not in bulk here in Utah (1 or 2 cases pop in at Wally or Target). Now even Wally though is not getting huge shipments of figures in, only 3 or 4 cases at a time (at the high volume stores). Less if your an average or new store. I guess I would ask when you think Hasbro will stop shipping ROTS materials so retailers can clear out the bulk of what they have over the holidays? I would say by the second week of December ROTS is dead as a line. That gives retailers 2 weeks to clear out inventory and then to get ready for the after Holiday reset that happens in Jan. Which will bring me to my last point. Based on other transition years between movie and non-movie years, the first wave or two for next year might be a ROYAL BEAR to find as stores are not receiving or putting out inventory until after they take inventory and reset. Not to say that the new OTC stuff won't show up, but it could be hard to find at first, especially IF some of the ROTS stuff hangs on the pegs while waiting for inventory and resets in Jan. Thoughts?
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I'd agree with that... It does seem the line's popularity has wained. The movie blitz is done, the people are dropping off. I think there's still some life, but it's noticeably less... At least it seems that way to me.
I am sure the line's still more popular now than it was 3 years ago though. :) Saga '02/'03 was such a dismal time... And a lot of what's out there in droves is bound to move slowly but surely.
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WRT the "final 5" which is hardest to get besides the Tack Ops Trooper? Oh, and worst pegwarmer of all is the 500th Vader! Man will it ever go on sale?!?! Every store has tons of them!
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Current 'warmers:
-Neimodian Warrior
-Emperor Palpatine
-Supreme C Palpatine
-Suit Darth Vader
-Mas Amedda
-Overpriced waste-of-plastic hunks of crap (Target Exclusive Obi and Vader "Lava Reflection")
-Mon Mothma
-And those damn exclusive StarCases
-Sith Evolutions
-Greivous Wheelbike
-ALL Force Battlers
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http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061030.html
;D
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weve got plenty of holo aayla, holo plo koon and neiomodian commander near here
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Still find the ultimate in ROTS pegwarmers here in MN. Mon Mothma
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weve got plenty of holo aayla, holo plo koon and neiomodian commander near here
DAMMIT! you lucky german! ;) 8)
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mon montha has hit the clearance bin !!! :o $3 lol.
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Well, two years later and Meijer still has 122 RotS deluxe Palpatines.
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I still see the random Mon Mothma
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Well, two years later and Meijer still has 122 RotS deluxe Palpatines.
You have got to be talking about Sawmill Rd. Or did some other Meijer make the same over order mistake? You'd think by now they'd drop the price to $1 just to get the damn things out of there.