AcademyofDrX wrote:G1OptimusPAX wrote:Announced last night. There are a number of Target stores closing due to retail theft, so this could be the beginning of a trend moving forward. Target has lost a ton of money over the past few years for a bunch of reasons.
Nine stores out of nearly two thousand, and in only four states. I wouldn't overgeneralize on the impact, especially from a toy collecting perspective.
G1OptimusPAX wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:G1OptimusPAX wrote:Announced last night. There are a number of Target stores closing due to retail theft, so this could be the beginning of a trend moving forward. Target has lost a ton of money over the past few years for a bunch of reasons.
Nine stores out of nearly two thousand, and in only four states. I wouldn't overgeneralize on the impact, especially from a toy collecting perspective.
There was the clothing incident with the LGBTQ... they lost tons of money... and "from a collecting perspective ", where is the money coming from to sustain this company? Preorders on toys? Hell, transformers toys and others are being stolen too. At an ALARMING rate. I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped stocking the majority of toys that are in a certain price range.
G1OptimusPAX wrote:"grievance"...? I'm talking about target losing money. I could give a damn about target and their politics. I have no idea why people preorder from places like Walmart an target. You don't have to worry about these type of issues with BBTS or TF SOURCE.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
First-Aid wrote:G1OptimusPAX wrote:"grievance"...? I'm talking about target losing money. I could give a damn about target and their politics. I have no idea why people preorder from places like Walmart an target. You don't have to worry about these type of issues with BBTS or TF SOURCE.
Yeah, I agree with you on both counts. First, didn't seem like a grievance just a reference to their recent multi billion dollar losses (that they are being sued by stockholders for, so it's well documented).
Second, WalMart and Upscale WalMart (aka Target) don't seem to have a good record on preorders. I'm seeing a constant stream of "WalMart/Target cancelled my preorder again" on this forum and on multiple FB groups. While not good business practice, these preorders don't even register as a teensy blip in their overall gross income so they won't do anything differently in the future.
AcademyofDrX wrote:First-Aid wrote:Yeah, I agree with you on both counts. First, didn't seem like a grievance just a reference to their recent multi billion dollar losses (that they are being sued by stockholders for, so it's well documented).
Yeah, but who's doing the suing?
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/target- ... ndise.html
"America First is a nonprofit group headed by Stephen Miller, a former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump.
"The lawsuit is the latest in a legal battle in which conservative legal groups and Republican legislators are challenging corporations that have enacted policies on social issues such as race and gender."
Are you being overly credulous by calling them "stockholders," or do you support the suit?
AcademyofDrX wrote:First-Aid wrote:Yeah, I agree with you on both counts. First, didn't seem like a grievance just a reference to their recent multi billion dollar losses (that they are being sued by stockholders for, so it's well documented).
Yeah, but who's doing the suing?
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/target- ... ndise.html
"America First is a nonprofit group headed by Stephen Miller, a former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump.
"The lawsuit is the latest in a legal battle in which conservative legal groups and Republican legislators are challenging corporations that have enacted policies on social issues such as race and gender."
Are you being overly credulous by calling them "stockholders," or do you support the suit?
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Back on Track Please...
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Back on Track Please...
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
First-Aid wrote:I'm sad no one got my movie reference....
blackeyedprime wrote:Isn't the figure just a reissue anyways? Hope the stock levels balance out and it becomes available again for those that want it.
blackeyedprime wrote:Isn't the figure just a reissue anyways? Hope the stock levels balance out and it becomes available again for those that want it.
First Gen wrote:I wonder if this is related to the mold issue other figures had. Perhaps whole shipments were contaminated and not sellable.
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:First Gen wrote:I wonder if this is related to the mold issue other figures had. Perhaps whole shipments were contaminated and not sellable.
It was only one other figure and it wasn't mold at all; it was a release fluid (don't...) that wasn't properly washed off.
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