Really Hasbro? you think the pegs aren't CLOGGED with Not-so-Greatest Hits and Heroes and Pegwarmers figs?
I say we all take pictures at every retail outlet in town and send them in. I'll even put up a "bounty" for the person with the MOST pictures. I believe in calling bull**** when you have to and this is one of those "have to" moments for me.
The pegs may be "dedicated" but the stocker is not...they just fill Star Wars Pegs A and B with whatever is in the box...which oddly is all "B"...and we are taking it in the "A"....
Exactly, Paul. The pegs at the local WMs, TRUs, and Targets might have space set aside for the regular assortments and the "Greatest Hits" assortments, but to the stockperson making minimum wage or slightly above that, all they signify is space for SW figures. The only time I have EVER seen the figures separated according to Collection designation was at the Episode I Midnight Madness at Wal-Mart where Collections 1, 2, and 3 had their own areas. Within a few days, that had even fallen by the wayside.
The fact of the matter is that the GB/H&V assortments are pegwarming. There are some figures that sell but the majority sit. Dedicated space or not, more H&V/GB get put out than the regular figure assortments, taking up space that could be used to get actual new figures in the basic line on the pegs. All the stores see are full pegs of SW figures and NOTHING gets put out because there just isn't room.
The thing that gets me is that this is about the third or fourth time that Hasbro has used this "Your situation is not necessarily indicative of retail nationwide" when the whole reason we are so worried is because the internet communities are nation-wide and this is what ALL of us are seeing! It's not just Paducah, Kentucky that is seeing a thousand Mace Windus, Threepios, and Padmes, Hasbro: it's every town east, west, north, and south of Paducah that are seeing the same thing, every time we walk into a retailer!
At this point, I have absolutely no faith in Hasbro's ability to make a sound choice when it comes to the marketing of this line. They make one silly comment after another when their strategies are questioned, treat the people who buy their products as if they should be kissing their feet for the honor of seeing 50 million Padmes at Wal-Mart every day, and insult people by releasing what can only be termed as a substandard product (I'm looking in the general direction of those "dirty" Stormtroopers in the upcoming Tantive IV BP) when they know full well what people want.
I have to ask: Does Pawtucket exist in a different plane of reality than the rest of the world?