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News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:57 am

rpetras wrote:Yep, gone.

Sad too, because I had checked HTS this morning around 7AM

But I have one coming from BBTS, but I had to get a second Wheeljack & TC to get him, I'd like to have canceled that order.

Oh well.

I'm sure you will find something to do with WJ and TC.

News Credits: 5 · by **RodimalToyota** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:12 am

I must have gotten luck, and nabbed on about an hour ago.
It says "In stock" but with a May5th shipping date.

HTS needs to change it to "pre-order".

by **JRFitzpatrick7** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:21 am

Woah! At 7:45 I was like, "should I catch the bus so I can get to the gym on time or order a couple Warpaths..."

Warpaths. Obviously.

I ordered 2 , I typed in 14 by mistake, intending to get 4 but didn't delete the "1". Doing this gives an error message. You can only order 2 of them, whether it's per account I'm not sure. But I got 2 and I'm happy with that!

Knowing that the limit was 2, I'm very curious how they could sell out sooooooo fast. Yes he's popular, but this is basically the distributor selling these, not a middle man like your Toys 'r' us' and targets. And I agree the 1 by 1 availability is absurd. These figures are available in waves and wave revisions. They should make it a standard among all of their customers (retail) to release the figures in the same way. Even the odds for the consumer.

It's silly of them to switch out twist ties with paper ties to be more environmentally friendly, but release items 1 by 1 causing consumers to scramble to get them. By doing this, they will ship way more cardboard. Primus bless BBTS AND THEIR PILE OF LOOT!

by **Ironhide516** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am

The title of this news story should be "Generations Warpath Was Available At Hasbrotoyshop" since by the time most people get to reading this he'll already be out of stock, like with every other new figure that pops up over at HTS.

News Credits: 1 · by **Galvatron X** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:24 am

NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:ditto. kind of ridiculous when Hasbro can't keep their own items in stock… their store is joke.

Yeah, they must get something like, FOUR figures in at a time. It's pretty annoying.

News Credits: 3 · by **Fistful of Energon** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:26 am

I figured he wouldnt last long...I posted it as soon as I became aware of it. Congrats to those who were able to get him, hopefully more will become available to those who missed out.

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:30 am

Holy Crap! I already got a ship notice on Warpath!

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:32 am

OK, let's clear up some misconceptions about HasbroToyShop.

1) They *are* a middleman. There is not some magical Oompa Loompa powered conveyor belt pushing product from the Hasbro factories in Asia to HTS's warehouse. They have order and receive their product just like Toys'R'Us, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. If they don't order enough, they can't sell it. This is 100% not a Hasbro Factory store. They're a retailer, affiliated with Hasbro - yes, but they've got to go through the same hoops and hurdles as the other guys. They may get special treatment with early access but they deal with the same absurd case distributions and all that other retails see.
2) Trickle stock. This comes from "preorders" that get cancelled or can't pay. Just like BBTS, HTS does not actually take your money until they ship the item, even going so far as to split the cost of shipping over each shipment. If you can't pay then, or if you cancel, the inventory doesn't immediately release. Once per day, the re-available inventory pushes into normal stock and can show up on the site. This information came directly from an HTS supervisor when I was trying to combine two preorders. If you cancel a preorder, the stock does not immediately become available for sale again. I'll say that once more because it's extremely important:

Newly available physical inventory from cancellations/returns/etc does not become available to order immediately. You must wait for the system to decide it's orderable again, and that happens in batches.

There is no human involved; in fact, I was lead to believe that they can't even override it. They can't create orders with these limbo items either. They have to wait for the system to allow them.

Hopefully, this clears up some major confusion and prevents even more butthurt over HTS.

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:37 am

Razorclaw0000 wrote:OK, let's clear up some misconceptions about HasbroToyShop.

There is no human involved; in fact, I was lead to believe that they can't even override it. They can't create orders with these limbo items either. They have to wait for the system to allow them.

Very interesting to learn this information they day before Judgement Day!!! HTS is run by Skynet!!!!

http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Judgment_Day

Joking aside, that is a lot of info I didn't know. Thanks Razorclaw!

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:46 am

Sold out!

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:58 am

you'd think, being that retailer supposedly aren't ordering these, that Hasbro would have a gargantuan stock of these to sell through their own online store. Why these sell out in minutes is beyond me.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:06 pm

Lord Onixprime wrote:you'd think, being that retailer supposedly aren't ordering these, that Hasbro would have a gargantuan stock of these to sell through their own online store. Why these sell out in minutes is beyond me.

It's not "their own online store". Hasbro redirected all this stock to overseas due to the weak dollar and all retailers, including HTS, not ordering enough. There is no gargantuan stock of these. THEY ARE GONE.

by **im ruined** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:52 pm

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? Why are these toys not in stores???? I know the answer but I'm :BOOM:

Good thing I snatchet a LUGNUT off of the site yesterday :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:44 pm

OUT OF STOCK

by **mazingaspidey** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:57 pm

*sigh* I was in the middle of giving a three hour presentation at work

Stupid work ethic...

by **YoungPrime** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:01 pm

Bought!

Warpath should be shipping no later than tomorrow.

F@$%@ retail!

Maybe 2 more Scourges to complete my Sweep army and YoungPrime is done for whats likely to be the rest of the year and then some!

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:06 pm

--B-- wrote:
rpetras wrote:Yep, gone.

Sad too, because I had checked HTS this morning around 7AM

But I have one coming from BBTS, but I had to get a second Wheeljack & TC to get him, I'd like to have canceled that order.

Oh well.

I'm sure you will find something to do with WJ and TC.

Yea, I'll probably try to recoup some of the cost for them

At least for TC.

I may try to mod WJ's legs again on the spare :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:56 pm

Not only is Warpath now gone from HTS, they have also eliminated Windcharger from the list completely. He's no longer anywhere to be found.

And not only THAT, HTS is now down completely. (Not that going there was actually helping anyone. Nothing to do there except read the many little buttons that say "OUT OF STOCK"...)

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:43 pm

rpetras wrote:
--B-- wrote:
rpetras wrote:Yep, gone.

Sad too, because I had checked HTS this morning around 7AM

But I have one coming from BBTS, but I had to get a second Wheeljack & TC to get him, I'd like to have canceled that order.

Oh well.

I'm sure you will find something to do with WJ and TC.

Yea, I'll probably try to recoup some of the cost for them

At least for TC.

I may try to mod WJ's legs again on the spare

I saw where someone had modded them to be thinner on ebay, they made them fold back.

by **griftimus prime** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:20 pm

windcharger is not even listed there anymore. its like the figure does not exist.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:22 pm

Quite frankly, I don't think Hasbro Toy Shop should ever go out of stock until they retire a figure or line. YOU MAKE THE EFFING TOYS!!! IF SOMEONE ORDERS ONE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, MAKE ONE!!!

This is why you're reporting a 71% profit loss.