here in the durham/clarington regions it seems that the POC is not being pushed for christmas. Seems like star wars, wrestling figures, tron etc are stocked very well. guess its just not the year for it... my guess is without a major movie, tv show or video game it lacks the star power. even the new GI Joe renegades tv show is not matching up with the new toy line as far as characters go. I have yet to lay eyes on wave 2 vehicles at retail. I found wave 3 figs at a local zellers, but they had pegged them on the back of an isle with a bunch of random things. price stickers were stuck to the back of the cards.