Burn wrote:I doubt that there's any part of the world that is NOT affected by distribution issues, Canada may seem to be getting along okay but that's because of WJ-88's Canadian bias when it comes to newsing Canadian sightings.
I will fully admit to that bias. However, there is a point I want to bring about: finding an item at one store does not mean it will be found at all stores.
Lets take these G1 reissues for instance. Yes Devastator has been found in some Canadian Walmart stores. Some. So some people can get them and some cant.
However, Deavastator has appeared on Walmart.com. Meaning that any US fan wanting a G1 Devastator and who has an internet connection can get him. So in this case, the US is far luckier since you are not affected by distribution issues store to store.
Also, jruss1975, the US is one of the only countries where you can get that G1 Hot Rod (the other being Singapore, as stated above). there is no sighting yet of that toy in Canada.
the US has been first for many toys this years, its actually been the default.
The first global sighting for wave 1 of POTP was at Target in the US. The US is also the first place where we found the latest POTP toy, Novastar.
And just this morning, someone spotted a brand new Studio Series special edition toy we didnt even know everything about. And guess where it was found? The US, at a California Target.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ces/41879/Oh and lets not forget that the US is the only place where we can currently get a throne of the primes set. Or both of the exclusive dino casettes. The US is the only place in the world where a consumer can order directly from hasbro, thats pretty crazy.
So the US is being catered to greatly, more than it should especially since as proven above, the US has a ridiculously high poverty rate for a first world country.
So yeah, the US gets most of the new stuff and some US fans will still wait to buy at clearance, making stuff like the Studio Series shelfwarm.