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Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby PrymeStriker » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:13 pm

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Yes, I am impatient. I want to get my hands on Generations Wheeljack and RTS Windcharger. Then on Generations Kup. I believe Generations and RTS are related, am I not correct?
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby Diem » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:05 am

I was spoilt living in Japan. In Japan every Transformer figure has a specific release date and it will absolutely become available in every store and conversely every store has stock of all new figures. Not being able to get a figure on a precise release date was a rare situation.

Moving to America has been a bit of a shock.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby El Duque » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:26 am

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Diem wrote:I was spoilt living in Japan. In Japan every Transformer figure has a specific release date and it will absolutely become available in every store and conversely every store has stock of all new figures. Not being able to get a figure on a precise release date was a rare situation.

Moving to America has been a bit of a shock.


Wow, that does sound nice. Knowing the date something would be released and it actually being there, madness!
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby 009* » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:32 am

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I think it's mix of both. I remember waiting for weeks for new figures once the initial sightings, typically in California, hit the sites. I didn't want to go online because of the markups, so I made trips on the weekends to various stores. Although I think the distribution has been altered a bit, I've bought the newest RTS and generations deluxes, but I haven't seen that many news postings on them beforehand.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby Twitchythe3rd » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:41 am

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Seems like distribution is an issue right now. Some parts of the country seem to get things in faster than others.

On a somewhat-related topic, i'm still waiting for RTS Lugnut to get put on HTS.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby DevastaTTor » Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:48 am

All this searching for figures has made me see some advantages to paying more at sites like BBTS that have them in stock. At $3+ a gallon for gas, the cost of searching is probably going to be greater than the premium paid + shipping from online stores. People talking about 1-2 hour drives for a figure just validates this.

I love the "thrill of the hunt" but at some point, my senses get a hold of me and I reallize I have to really commit to waiting things out or just buy them online.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby swampflight » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:15 am

I myself dont like having to wait months on end for a new figure to come out but I blame extremly poor distribution because the Wally World,TRU,and Target in my area never gets in anything new until either Summertime when the kids are out of school or around Xmas at the end of the year.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby LOST Cybertronian » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:38 am

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DevastaTTor wrote:All this searching for figures has made me see some advantages to paying more at sites like BBTS that have them in stock. At $3+ a gallon for gas, the cost of searching is probably going to be greater than the premium paid + shipping from online stores. People talking about 1-2 hour drives for a figure just validates this.

I love the "thrill of the hunt" but at some point, my senses get a hold of me and I reallize I have to really commit to waiting things out or just buy them online.


You make a very valid point. I tend to do my hunting while at work on company time with company gas. Shhhhhh! Plus, outside of work I don't usually make special trips to search for figures. I only look when I am at a store for something else.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

Postby Stockade » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:39 am

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I thought is was due the the Chinese New Year a couple of weeks back cause im sure during that time most of the factories was shut down for a couple days if not a week before production resumes again after the celebration and a friend at TFW2005 said it could be the Chinese new year and alot of the retail stores has to get rid of last years stock to avoid paying taxes on it, but lucky for me only getting 3 more figures from Hasbro, the rest from Takara, so i can wait.
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Re: Poor distribution or are we just impatient?

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