Emerje wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I'm sorry to hear about your distribution woes, but to be fair what answer would you expect from hasbro? They are probably confused as to why they got an email like that as in their view, they are sending the toys out like they should. Again, this looks to be more a retailer problem then anything hasbro has done. Sorry again, but there isn't any conspiracy involving hasbro. They aren't doing this on purpose. Have you tried seeing if anyone living in states (or Canada) where they can be found is willing to work with you to get what you need?
It's easy to say it's a store's fault, not Hasbro's, and often that's the case, but when it's a nation-wide issue and the figures are so scarce that even Hasbro themselves can't stock them in their own store, then it's definitely a Hasbro issue. This isn't a case of the unbalanced distribution that we've become used to (the only PotP figures I know I can go out right now and buy are wave 1 PMs while other people are chocking on wave 1 Deluxe), this is a total lack of supply in specific waves that has been plaguing the entire Prime Wars trilogy.
As for the whole thing about releasing figures on a schedule, we already know that can work at Walmart just by looking at every movie line release to date and their scheduled wave 1 street dates. What Walmart could really use is a better point of sale system that does a better job of tracking what's on the shelves and sends that information directly to the warehouse for automatic resupply. I don't know what their current method is, but it doesn't work.
Emerje
Burn wrote:Can't say I've been a big fan of this figure when it first showed up, watching that, yeah. Not interested.
(Not that I'll find it locally anyway)
Burn wrote:nah mate, we had this same conversation only a few weeks ago!
There is pretty much 0% probability that I'll find him in store given how the last wave or 2 of a line just ... doesn't happen.
Flashwave wrote:You are forgetting that HTS is not a "Store". Its a liquidation hub. They are selling excess stock produced to fill out a skid/container/whathaveyou. Hasbro is not looking ti sell direct and sbub their biggest customers, the Retailers.
Emerje wrote:Flashwave wrote:You are forgetting that HTS is not a "Store". Its a liquidation hub. They are selling excess stock produced to fill out a skid/container/whathaveyou. Hasbro is not looking ti sell direct and sbub their biggest customers, the Retailers.
Say what now? I'd love to know what you're basing that off of. They typically get their stock the same time as it shows up in B&M stores and occasionally get stuff before other retailers. They definitely don't sell below MSRP, the only time that happens is during sales and clearance like any other retailer.
Emerje
-Kanrabat- wrote:But if (when) I find it in store AND on sale, I will cave in. In the meantime, I'm in no hurry. And if for reasons I never see it in store, it will be too bad but no big deal.
Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:But if (when) I find it in store AND on sale, I will cave in. In the meantime, I'm in no hurry. And if for reasons I never see it in store, it will be too bad but no big deal.
Even on sale I would not be tempted by this figure. I have the original Optimal Optimus, this thing is just a Optimal Optimus shell with a very flexible monkey hanging off it's back.
I guess I've been spoilt with the Prime Wars trilogy. The majority of the figures have been updates of old G1 characters that have been a vast improvement over the original.
This, is not an improvement and is one of the rare cases where it just fails compared to the original (Yes I know it has a different gimmick and isn't a "true update", so if you're one of those who can't help but correct people, don't bother!)
-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:Flashwave wrote:You are forgetting that HTS is not a "Store". Its a liquidation hub. They are selling excess stock produced to fill out a skid/container/whathaveyou. Hasbro is not looking ti sell direct and sbub their biggest customers, the Retailers.
Say what now? I'd love to know what you're basing that off of. They typically get their stock the same time as it shows up in B&M stores and occasionally get stuff before other retailers. They definitely don't sell below MSRP, the only time that happens is during sales and clearance like any other retailer.
Emerje
Also, HST is a store for Americans only. Their absurd shipping prices make sure of that. The only time it's worth for a Canadian to bother is if he's fast and lucky enough to grab one piece of that Convention Exclusive overstock.
Transformers Power of the Primes Leaks, Rumours, Reveals, and More
I fixed it, sorry about that!-Kanrabat- wrote:Transformers Power of the Primes Leaks, Rumours, Reveals, and More
Are you sure about that news story's title?
YoungPrime wrote:Okay..... This is what the majority of you voted for???!
Skritz wrote:YoungPrime wrote:Okay..... This is what the majority of you voted for???!
We voted for the character, there was no knowledge of the gimmick or what the figure would end as. Stop blaming it on the character (or serie) choice, it would have been almost as bad for everyone except maybe Star Saber. And even then people would still whine about the parts lacking articulation or the hollow pieces which are universal to all mass retail figures.
That said he's not the worst thing ever. His two robot modes are pretty great.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Who's "correcting" who? Opinions are opinions. There's no "right" and no "wrong".
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.'
Sabrblade wrote:Whoa mama! Forget Apeling-to-Primal Prime. This is while Optimal Optimus oughta be:
http://speedfreak01.tumblr.com/post/174731405583/hes-the-leader-of-the-bunch-you-know-him-well
Optional alternative deco: Badlands manga-accurate instead of BotCon 2015 toy/comic-accurate:
ZeroWolf wrote:Who is that?
Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Who's "correcting" who? Opinions are opinions. There's no "right" and no "wrong".
You know that.
I know that.
But there's 2 or 3 people that still don't give a **** and can't stop themselves from continuously correcting people.
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