I thought the same thing when I saw these. How the frig is this supposed to work?  I think Hasbro will become the repackers we so despise. Maybe they will shove in the golden ticket in a Willrow Hood package. (They should have specifically used this promo on Yarna. That would have cleared the shelf.)

One thing is certain any MOC ocd collectors have just been shut out until Vintage. This sticker kills the package.

Well, I was forced to order the 2 BP's I wanted from this wave from HTS just last week, because they have NEVER been released here, and I'm starting to think they never will.

These are the only toys I have NEVER been able to find at a brick and mortar store. It's utterly baffling. They've been out for months in other states, and in quantity, but zilch in my area. And I was hitting 15-20 different stores every week for the past few months stalking them - TRU, Target, Walmart, K-Mart, you name it.

Lots of my stores have empty space for new BP's too, they just weren't stocking them AT ALL.

I have a theory about this: I think Hasbro really cut back their production #'s on the last few items in the red/white packaging, and will be pushing these in much greater quantities with the new look and packaging. I've already seen photos of at least 1 BP from this wave in the new deco, so it seems plausible they would recycle these in greater numbers after the relaunch.