JoeCanuck

I just wish that TRU and especially Zellers would get their heads out of their asses and start realizing that they are screwing themselves when it comes to exclusives.

The track record as far as they know (with Joes, and TF's) is that if they get an exclusive item, they bring it in as they have the stock and room at stores, and then they sit on the shelves.

If they would bother to read the complaints logged on their websites, talk to the people in their stores, or just look at the release dates Hasbro publishes, They should realize that they are stocking their shelves anywhere from weeks to months after these items are released in the States.

Sure, if this was the case a few years ago, it wouldn't matter as mail-order options and fan groups who would buy for others was hardly an issue that would effect their bottom line. However this is 2009, not 1989 and the need to start realizing that the fans are in easy, constant contact with the fans (or resellers) grabbing them from TRUUS/Target to be sent up here.

I'll use the example of the Transformers Animated Target Exclusives (1 Voyager class, 1 Activator class) for this point. Target started selling them in March ($30us I believe), and by April had them on sale (including a mistake where they were at $4.99us). By May I was tired of waiting and bought them both on Ebay for less than $30us each. Zellers finally had them in stores in Late June I believe, and for the low price of $49.99 Canadian or for sale at $39.99.

I would imagine that there is a fairly similar story with the Tiger Rat and Python Conquest.

Gee Zellers rep, of course it's taking a long time to sell them, All the worried fans already bought them (for less) so you are stuck selling to casual collectors, parents, and people taking the chance you'll put them on clear out as you'll have stock for ages.

Simple solution, Hasbro when you sign the agreement with these stores do the fans a favor and not only release their stock at the same time, but put it in their contracts to have them on shelves here at the same time. I can understand sitting on some stock until the other sells thru but for so called exclusives, have enough pride in your products to push your retailers to get the stuff out. Or else this sad story will continue, the store will say "well we brought your stuff in and we can't sell it" and decide not to carry them. I'm sorry, but you don't need to be a economics major to see that this is a bad way to try and sell products let alone build your brands. 

That said and done, Got my Bench Press in the mail yesterday, Great figure. One less figure that TRU Canada will be able to sell if they ever get them.

Just wondering if anyone has heard anything official, but is there a reason Hasbro is ignoring Flint and Jaye with the movie toys?

I know they aren't in the movie and that helps explain the lack of toys for them right now, But I didn't notice them in any of the previews for the 2010 Pursuit line either.

I thought at first maybe Flint was being skipped for now because on the Stone figure, but seeing that by 2010 we'll have had about 5 Scarletts, Cover-girl, the new Agent Helix and even the Resolute Dial-Tone popping up in a TRU exclusive and no word on Jaye just stood out that she's MIA.

wow am I reading all this correctly. Do a lot of people not like the people running joecon or Master Collector? why?

Personally. I don't like the attitude they put out, they seem to think they are super fans and yet they seem know their stuff, they state that the exclusive items they produce for the clubs and conventions are pieces that Fandom is clambering for but you saw the response to the 25th edition Crimson force. The reviewed their own BotCon in the last TF magazine stating how some people stuck in lines had extra fun because it gave them time to look at their new toys, while the response from the people in those lines was clearly less than positive. (Shortpacked creator and TFWiki member Walky, posted yesterday his 'reaction' to their con report) I renewed my TF Membership last year to get Heatwave, first they weren't able to find my previous account (even thou my forum access was fine), then I received confirmation that they messed up and applied it to the wrong club, after finally fixing that the order I placed the same day had no trouble getting to me, but the first three issues of the magazine were sent out to the address I had moved away from 6 months prior.  Shall I go on?

OK one more thing. They control both the GIJoe Fan club and the TF Fan club. Both of these are Hasbro Properties so it should be easy to work with both, So why is there not an option where you can just get both memberships at the same bloody time for one price? Or perhaps a split access option so you don't need to join both clubs to buy from them?

And as a bonus, Yes I understand that the club changed their dates a couple years back in order to give BotCon a better date when TF hit the theaters but knowing full well how well the Canadian Joe convention went and that you guys have adopted that week-end, I couldn't care less what rational they have, it's a punk ass move and anyone responsible for running or helping the Canadian Convention has every right to be pissed off at their childish tactics.

I thought they said that the exclusives were to come thru but at this point I'm more concerned with not missing out on Helix and a few others.

I have to lol at the Shadow tracker, Cobra went to Jamaica, Mon.

that said I like the look of it, Definite buy for me.

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The desert Zartan. Does it look like the RAH or ROC Zartan?

He is a mix of ARAH and Resolute.  COMPLETELY BADASS LOOKING!!!  He will be a no brainer for buying.  If I can figure out how to get the fig pics posted then I'll put them up tonight.

Brilliant. Thanks for all the updates canprime.