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    Posted by Unknown Member on August 29, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    Hey all, new here. I managed to find all of the figures I wanted at TRU a few days ago, but have been itching to return them and just get them at Target for cheaper, but my closest one currently doesn’t have them.

    I’m wondering if they’re commonly showing up at Target stores yet or if it’s just a rare off chance I’ll spot one at another Target. If not, then when can I expect to see them?

    Feedback appreciated, thanks!

    edit: actually come to think of it, I went back to the same TRU the morning after I bought all of the figures, and they were completely cleaned out and only displaying figures from the first wave. Not a single one from wave 2 was to be seen anywhere. Maybe TRUs got hit by Hasbro and are holding back stock? Just some insight.

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  • Unknown Member

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    August 29, 2010 at 9:18 PM
    M_j, post: 3054561 wrote:
    Hey all, new here. I managed to find all of the figures I wanted at TRU a few days ago, but have been itching to return them and just get them at Target for cheaper, but my closest one currently doesn’t have them.

    I’m wondering if they’re commonly showing up at Target stores yet or if it’s just a rare off chance I’ll spot one at another Target. If not, then when can I expect to see them?

    Feedback appreciated, thanks!

    edit: actually come to think of it, I went back to the same TRU the morning after I bought all of the figures, and they were completely cleaned out and only displaying figures from the first wave. Not a single one from wave 2 was to be seen anywhere. Maybe TRUs got hit by Hasbro and are holding back stock? Just some insight.
    TRU is notorious for putting out product before it’s supposed to be released….I found WAVE 1 at the end of JUNE at TRU when the street date was August….People have been reporting WAVE 2 at Target so be on the lookout….I’ve always bought my figures from TRU just to later return them after I find them at Target

  • Unknown Member

    Deleted User
    August 29, 2010 at 9:27 PM

    Thank you very much! Looks like I’m just going to have to check out some more Targets then. :)

    And yeah I just found it extremely odd that TRU had dozens of wave 2 figures all over the place one day, and absolutely none the next. Doubt they all sold, they must have cleaned up the floors after a flag went up.

  • mr-jabbajohnl

    Member
    August 29, 2010 at 9:31 PM
    M_j, post: 3054563 wrote:
    Thank you very much! Looks like I’m just going to have to check out some more Targets then. :)

    And yeah I just found it extremely odd that TRU had dozens of wave 2 figures all over the place one day, and absolutely none the next. Doubt they all sold, they must have cleaned up the floors after a flag went up.
    The street date only applied to the first wave. Everything is fair game now – when it comes in, it goes on-shelf, assuming there’s space. It’s not uncommon for brand-new items to get cleared out quickly, even if it seems unlikely.

  • Unknown Member

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    August 29, 2010 at 9:31 PM
    M_j, post: 3054563 wrote:
    Thank you very much! Looks like I’m just going to have to check out some more Targets then. :)

    And yeah I just found it extremely odd that TRU had dozens of wave 2 figures all over the place one day, and absolutely none the next. Doubt they all sold, they must have cleaned up the floors after a flag went up.
    MY TRU had 3 cases on Friday morning…..I came back Friday night and they were all gone except the pegwarmers like bespin luke and boba fett…It was strange because in two of the cases, the figures were all smashed up and the cards were all bent…I didn’t care because I open them anyways….:thumbsup:

  • Unknown Member

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    September 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    TARGET is now sucking…..haven’t seen anything new for weeks…Walmart is taking over the star wars world……

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    September 3, 2010 at 6:22 PM
    bkusna, post: 3054565 wrote:
    MY TRU had 3 cases on Friday morning…..I came back Friday night and they were all gone except the pegwarmers like bespin luke and boba fett…It was strange because in two of the cases, the figures were all smashed up and the cards were all bent…I didn’t care because I open them anyways….:thumbsup:

    I wish I lived in a place where Fett was pegwarming, I haven’t seen one yet. The Target in Spring Meadows, Ohio has every wave 1 vintage figure pegwarming except Fett and Luke.

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    September 3, 2010 at 6:33 PM
    Darth Metalmute, post: 3054567 wrote:
    I wish I lived in a place where Fett was pegwarming, I haven’t seen one yet. The Target in Spring Meadows, Ohio has every wave 1 vintage figure pegwarming except Fett and Luke.
    He’s a re-pack in wave 2, so keep checking your walmarts….I saw a walmart with 12 fetts yesterday…
  • mr-jabbajohnl

    Member
    September 3, 2010 at 9:44 PM
    bkusna, post: 3054566 wrote:
    TARGET is now sucking…..haven’t seen anything new for weeks…Walmart is taking over the star wars world……
    Target was the second retailer (after TRU) to get the TVC – and that was only a month ago. Patience. These things fluctuate and change. Are you new to collecting?
  • Unknown Member

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    September 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM

    Yes, I too saw like 7 Fetts & 1 Foil Fett at a SuperWalMart yesterday.

  • Unknown Member

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    September 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM
    Mr. JabbaJohnL, post: 3054569 wrote:
    Target was the second retailer (after TRU) to get the TVC – and that was only a month ago. Patience. These things fluctuate and change. Are you new to collecting?

    Kinda new I guess….started in 1977…..

  • mr-jabbajohnl

    Member
    September 4, 2010 at 12:48 AM
    bkusna, post: 3054571 wrote:
    Kinda new I guess….started in 1977…..
    It’s just a bit odd to me, then, that you seem to get surprised when different stores get in product.
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    September 4, 2010 at 1:48 AM
    Mr. JabbaJohnL, post: 3054572 wrote:
    It’s just a bit odd to me, then, that you seem to get surprised when different stores get in product.

    “Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are…. Told you I did. Reckless is he”…I guess this sums up my collecting skills :bandit:

  • Unknown Member

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    September 5, 2010 at 1:47 AM
    bkusna, post: 3054568 wrote:
    He’s a re-pack in wave 2, so keep checking your walmarts….I saw a walmart with 12 fetts yesterday…

    Went to Walmart of your suggestion. Lots of Wave 2 and Wave 1. Unfortunately, no Fetts. I have this odd feeling that someone in Toledo is buying them all up. It may feel paronoid, but I find it odd that since Fett is packed twice in each wave, it is the only one I haven’t seen.

  • figrin-bran

    Member
    September 5, 2010 at 5:44 AM

    I’ve seen wave 2 twice at the same Target location now.

    They’ve only been putting out a case at a time since there are still so many wave 1 figures on the pegs.

  • mad-slanted-powers

    Member
    September 6, 2010 at 12:16 AM

    The pegs at Target here are pretty full with wave 1, so probably not a lot of room for anything new. Wal-Mart, on the other hand, had just a couple Vintage Collection figures, and still no Jabba.

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