The Energon Pub

[DvDqNoC]

I go to walmart at like 10am and they are opening boxes in the toys section. Is this usually the time they do it?? Anyone used to work at wal mart that knows for sure? Thanks. Because Im going to walmart tomorrow at 9:30 (I have to be somewhere by 10) and i dont what them to NOT have restocked yet. That would suck... so please let me know, thansk in advance

[Railspike]

Usually when the toys associate gets there. Unless ICS is there first. But it's pretty much whenever they feel like it, I think. We have two more boxes of the Movie leader assortment that we haven't put out on the floor. I don't think we will stock anything until it starts selling?

[Lapse Of Reason]

ir depends on the store, there is no set time.

[Barricade]

most of the time about 10pmish is when night shift starts.... they usually get mostly done at about 4 when i get there

[War_On_Errorism]

Well Last Friday I Met A Guy At Walmart. TransFan. He Had Been There The Night Before He Said (He Was There Friday Picking Up An Arcee He Had Hid From The Night Before) When They Opened A Box Of 2, 2 and 2 (08 BB, Arcee, and Dreadwing).

So Im Planing On Stoping By Tomorrow Night Shortly After 11 At My Walmart.

[Loki41872]

What time do Wal-Marts restock toys?

I'd have to say.....

Just about NEVER. I live in Southern Middle Tennessee and drive to Nashville every day for work. I usually stop at 6 Wal-Marts between my house and work and they have all had COMPLETELY empty pegs (Deluxe figs) for about 3 weeks now. I've stopped in my Wal-Mart in the early evening (about 9:30) and seen pallets sitting in the toy section waiting to be put out. But the next day there's nothing there. My sister-in-Law works at Wal-Mart and has gone back to check for me and says there's at least 5 cases in the backstock that say "Transformers Movie Deluxe Action Figures", but the pegs have been bare for weeks.

She tells me that the night stockers will just drag pallets to the floor every night and mess around with the stuff when a manager comes around, but they never stock anything untill somebody actually jumps on them for the section being empty, but most of the Managers just don't care about the toy dept, and hardly ever even go back there.

This same Wal-Mart didn't stock the Star Wars toys for 3 months. I kept track of it. THREE MONTHS, and no figs, just 8 empty pegs. Then I went in this weekend and the Star Wars figures were falling off the pegs, and they were figs that came out 6 months ago!

So, after that long rant, the answer would probably be:

"Whenever enough people complain that a manager finally tells somebody to stock the damn Transformers!"

[Ironhide Texas]

nicely put Loki41872

[DvDqNoC]

So... I guess my question is: if I go to Wal-Mart tomorrow at 9:30, will the new shipment be stocked? (that is, if the the shipment did come that night)

IN OTHER WORDS: Is it ok to go to walmart at 9:30 to check for the 08 BB!?

[Isabelle]

The Wallyworld where I live just claims that they're out of whatever I'm looking for, and they're alwayse stocking at night, so much so that it's difficult to even move through the store.

That being said, I wonder how much of the space that my have got to toys and other fun stuff is now overrrun with school supplies, meaning it's a long wait until the holidays?

[Rijie]

WalMart sucks at restocking. They have to have easily the worst toy selection of every retailer in the country.

On top of all that, alot of the stores restock at night, so the employees have already called their scalper buddies to come in and raid the place before anyone even comes in.

Also consider the fact that most of their shrink comes from employees rather than customers...

WM is and always will be a joke when it comes to collectibles.

[Phenotype]

Yeah, they do suck at restocking, the two Wal-Marts near me have been completely out of movie deluxes for several days now. WTF? Restock that sheeit!

[Agent 007]

The one by me claims they restock every night i wasent sure of that so for a week i weant there every day at 7 when mine opens and they had the same thing up! Why do my stores have to suck at carring bumble!!

[Gutter Bunny]

the four i frequent usually restock about 12 hours after they drag the pallet out...if they restock at all. Its very irritating to see a box marked transformers just sitting on a pallet/cart and no associate in sight.

[Counterpunch]

the four i frequent usually restock about 12 hours after they drag the pallet out...if they restock at all. Its very irritating to see a box marked transformers just sitting on a pallet/cart and no associate in sight.

DIY

[Noobatron]

Quarter past never at mine here in Reno. The shelves have been completely empty for going on two weeks now. Same with Target and TRU, at least in regards to deluxes. WalMart's just plain out of everything.

[Gutter Bunny]

the four i frequent usually restock about 12 hours after they drag the pallet out...if they restock at all. Its very irritating to see a box marked transformers just sitting on a pallet/cart and no associate in sight.

DIY

wouldnt be the first time.

[Agent 007]

just got off the phone wit mine and the lady told me they didn't have any yet but come next week they get the shippments for christmas?! But she said they get lots of stuff then so they might have it then. Why would they start stocking for xmas in july?!

[tom brokaw]

the four i frequent usually restock about 12 hours after they drag the pallet out...if they restock at all. Its very irritating to see a box marked transformers just sitting on a pallet/cart and no associate in sight.

DIY

wouldnt be the first time.

haha. you guys know whats up.... my local wal mart is catching on to me though....

[Loki41872]

Stopped at 3 Wal Marts and a Target today. Same empty pegs. The Wal-Mart closest to my house did put out several cases of Voyager figs, but no Deluxes. And the Voyagers are the same old ones. Ironhide, Starscream and Ratchet. I can't figure out how someone could set 3 cases of the Voyagers on the shelf and not even notice there wasn't one Deluxe fig. Even the Fast Action Battlers have been gone for days. There's an entire 8 foot section there with some Voyagers on the shelf, a couple of Arm Blasters, two optimus voice changers and some Titaniums, and that's it.

Has not ONE manager noticed in three weeks that there's a whole section in toys that's completely empty?

I deliver beer for Miller for a living, and am in the backroom of two Wal-Marts twice a week. The two on my route have had a couple of pallets of Transformers figs wrapped up on the highest shelf in the backroom for two weeks, and the pegs are empty. The Toy Dept manager at one tells me they're doing a reset for Christmas (WTF? In August??) in two weeks, and all the toys in the backstock for that reset.

So, check Wal-Mart in two weeks. The toy section should be reset. But it will probably still be empty!

[Noobatron]

Stopped at 3 Wal Marts and a Target today. Same empty pegs. The Wal-Mart closest to my house did put out several cases of Voyager figs, but no Deluxes. And the Voyagers are the same old ones. Ironhide, Starscream and Ratchet. I can't figure out how someone could set 3 cases of the Voyagers on the shelf and not even notice there wasn't one Deluxe fig.

This is the situation at the local Toys R Us. They had been emmpty on everything for about a week when I went in and was delighted to see a pallet of boxes and an employee stocking the shelves. He informed me that they were ALL Voyagers. The Deluxe pegs have been empty for over two weeks now.

[TFBuyer]

I believe my Wal-Marts stock exactly 5 minutes after I leave the store.