JoeCanuck
Canadian Sightings & Provincial News => Ontario => Topic started by: canprime on November 03, 2009, 10:03:08 AM
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Someone over at actionfigurenews.ca is claiming to have found the following at Zellers (Brentwood Town Centre) for $29.99 each:
Wet-Suit w/Dragonfish
Storm Shadow w/Arashikage Cycle
Air Viper w/Rocket Pack
Cobra Viper Commando w/Serpent Armor
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Rescue Mission 4 packs.
Take that for what it is. A single sighting, but it could mean a trip to Zellers to confirm.
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$29.99 each?
Forget that.
I'll pay the same price as a Walmart 2 pack ($15.xx) but I'm not willing to spend $30.00 on one set.
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$29.99 each?
Forget that.
I'll pay the same price as a Walmart 2 pack ($15.xx) but I'm not willing to spend $30.00 on one set.
I'm a whore for SNAKE sets. I'll pay $30 if I find one
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They now have a second confirmation. Both sightings were actually in BC. So hopefully these will pop up here soon.
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Aren't these the same class of product that is $9.99 at Target?
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Nothing in my area so far. I am only looking for a Snake Armour set.
But I did pick up the ROC R.H.I.N.O. with Rampage though (aka Heavy Metal).
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I'll take a Serpent Armour set when it comes out, but not for $29.99.
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I'll definitely cave on the Serpent Armor for that price.
I was in Zellers this morning and they had almost 2 pallets worth of stuff sitting in the aisles waiting to be stocked. I didn't get a good look, but there were a lot of Hasbro boxes so I am going to hit them up later today or tomorrow and try my luck.
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Bilingual packaging?
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Found the rescue 4 pack at East York Town Centre. No sign of the exclusive packs.
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I just cried a little when I seen that the price is $30.
How can Zellers do this to us???
I'll be making a drive to the states for these for sure!
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Saw the rescue 4 pack at the Kingston. Maust have had 12 of them.
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I just cried a little when I seen that the price is $30.
How can Zellers do this to us???
I'll be making a drive to the states for these for sure!
So a day's lost time, plus the gas it would cost would be less than the $15 or so you'll save?
I'll pay the extra $15 and keep my time and gas money, personally.
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And I found the SNAKE sets (2 of them!) today. Yes, I paid the $30 and they are totally worth it.
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And I found the SNAKE sets (2 of them!) today. Yes, I paid the $30 and they are totally worth it.
FINALLY!!!!!!!
So, where and what kind of quantities were out on the shelves?
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FINALLY!!!!!!!
So, where and what kind of quantities were out on the shelves?
Oakville Zellers (Hopedale)
They had just put out all the new stuff. Night Adder/Kamakura Wave (at least a few cases), Target 4 packs, and 2 sets of the Target vehicle sets. Yes, I grabbed the only 2. Sorry, but I could not help it. There's at least 1 Kamakura and multiples of the rest still there though.
Remember - if you're buying at Zellers bring the TRU flier and price match the 3 for $20 promo!
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Bilingual packaging?
YES
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Well personally, I refuse to pay the price of a Bravo vehicle for something smaller than a 20$ Alpha class vehicle.
I encourage everyone who's outraged at the price to call HBC customer service at 1-888-226-2225 and issue a complaint in regards to the price. If you have the product # or the SKU of the toy handy, it's really helpful when you call.
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I just cried a little when I seen that the price is $30.
How can Zellers do this to us???
I'll be making a drive to the states for these for sure!
So a day's lost time, plus the gas it would cost would be less than the $15 or so you'll save?
I'll pay the extra $15 and keep my time and gas money, personally.
its not like I would just be going for the snakes.. My wife and I go to the states about once a month... so you just dropped $60 on two snakes... you could get two vintage ones on ebay cheaper than that....
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And I found the SNAKE sets (2 of them!) today. Yes, I paid the $30 and they are totally worth it.
FINALLY!!!!!!!
So, where and what kind of quantities were out on the shelves?
They are out in your area as well. There were at least 6 to 8 of each deluxe vehicle sets (including the Snake Armour) at the Zellers store located in Cedarbrae Mall (Toronto) as of tonight. I bought the one Serpent Armour set I was after. I would have bought more. But at 30 bucks a pop, you have to be kidding me.
The packages are tri-lingual.
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Even though I will pay it, I can't help but feel HBC made an error on the price. I got all four of the first wave from Target for 9.99 each!
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Even though I will pay it, I can't help but feel HBC made an error on the price. I got all four of the first wave from Target for 9.99 each!
That's why I called customer service.
Seriously, you should do it. The more attention is brought to the exorbitant price... the more likely we'll have the price reduced... at which point you'll be able to buy Serpent Armors to your heart's content. :p
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I grabbed the 2 I found for 1 simple reason:
This wave is hard to find in the US at Targets. Most Targets are still sitting on Wave 1 and haven't got them. The ones that have had them, the SNAKE Armor sets are long gone.
Look on ebay for them - they aren't there. The few that were listed sold for $30 or more US.
So yeah - I grabbed them while I saw them.
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This wave is hard to find in the US at Targets. Most Targets are still sitting on Wave 1 and haven't got them. The ones that have had them, the SNAKE Armor sets are long gone.
My US contact ran into this problem while on the look out in terms of finding all four sets for myself. The Black Snake/Serpent armour sets are long gone.
I may get another one. But at a $30 per, Canadians are being commercially raped in comparison to what Americans paid for them (which is the case for most things in this country).
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This wave is hard to find in the US at Targets. Most Targets are still sitting on Wave 1 and haven't got them. The ones that have had them, the SNAKE Armor sets are long gone.
My US contact ran into this problem while on the look out in terms of finding all four sets for myself. The Black Snake/Serpent armour sets are long gone.
I may get another one. But at a $30 per, Canadians are being commercially raped in comparison to what Americans paid for them (which is the case for most things in this country).
Yeah, but there's "10$ for a 7$US toy" rape and then there's "30$ for a 10$US toy" epic rape.
Because, seriously. Where's the harm in at least trying to get the price lowered, guys?
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The only upside I can see to these presumably being mistakenly super-overpriced is that maybe they will still be on a shelf when I get a chance to be out and about during Zellers business hours.
With all the talk of the SNAKE and jet pack, I don't even know what the other two sets are, anyone care to enlighten me?
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The only upside I can see to these presumably being mistakenly super-overpriced is that maybe they will still be on a shelf when I get a chance to be out and about during Zellers business hours.
With all the talk of the SNAKE and jet pack, I don't even know what the other two sets are, anyone care to enlighten me?
Storm Shadow with Arashikage Cycle (standard ROC Storm Shadow with Defense Of Cobra Island Range-Viper belt instead of articulation-restricting skirt, riding the old VvV Ninja Lightning cycle)
Wet-Suit with Dragonfish (Assault On Cobra Island Wet-Suit with Spy Troops Wave Crusher).
I know a lot of you guys are nuts for the Serpent Armor, and I can understand the appeal there, but I find the Serpent Armor to look archaic compared to everything else in ROC.
The toy I personally want is Storm Shadow. Cool cycle, masked Storm Shadow without articulation-neutering skirt and comes with the Nanomite Warhead launcher. Plus his red highlights look really sweet.
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Found these (4 sets) at Eglinton/Birchmount. Funny thing about the price. The cashier rang in 2 and did a double take on the price. She even said that it was expensive.
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Because, seriously. Where's the harm in at least trying to get the price lowered, guys?
No harm in trying. None at all.
If successful, I'll just take my receipt back for a price adjustment.
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This wave is hard to find in the US at Targets. Most Targets are still sitting on Wave 1 and haven't got them. The ones that have had them, the SNAKE Armor sets are long gone.
My US contact ran into this problem while on the look out in terms of finding all four sets for myself. The Black Snake/Serpent armour sets are long gone.
I may get another one. But at a $30 per, Canadians are being commercially raped in comparison to what Americans paid for them (which is the case for most things in this country).
My theory is that the 1st wave was over-ordered by Target (which is why we got none here) and the second wave was produced in likely much smaller numbers due to thatbut the stores aren't ordering much because they're sitting on wave 1 stock (much like how we miss waves of figures here in Canada)
So they are sending a bunch of the second wave up to Canada to move it - which would indicate to me, as these are an exclusive with a presumably small run - that they won't be around too long here, and restock at US Targets will be minimal.
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Because, seriously. Where's the harm in at least trying to get the price lowered, guys?
No harm in trying. None at all.
If successful, I'll just take my receipt back for a price adjustment.
Neat.
I still find it just a tad bit hilarious that for just 5$ more, I can get a Storm Shadow on a motorcycle three times bigger than the one at Zellers. (ie, the 12" Storm Shadow with motorcycle at Wal-Mart)
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Because, seriously. Where's the harm in at least trying to get the price lowered, guys?
No harm in trying. None at all.
If successful, I'll just take my receipt back for a price adjustment.
Zellers only does price adjustments within 2 weeks of purchase. Hopefully the price goes goes down soon... :-
OB
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Well it looks like there is a sale on all Joe toys starting tomorrow. Apparently 25% off so that would make them around $21 before tax. Not great, but better. I know I'll be going in for my price adjustment.
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No sign of these at Masonville Zellers in London but they had about 30 of the rescue mission sets for some reason. Either someone got these and left no trace or they never stocked them.
I still think these will show up more for Target in stores soon. If ours are trilingual, they are not the same stock as Target would get anyway, the first wave I have has no French or Spanish printing at all, I am sure wave 2 has been made the same way. I just want them in any case.
It's sad to see ROC grinding to a halt at my local retail. But it's clear that every department store feels burned by the summer glut of Dukes, Baroness and Destros. I hope Christmas shoppers can help move some of the leftovers from July but I am not holding my breath.
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Well it looks like there is a sale on all Joe toys starting tomorrow. Apparently 25% off so that would make them around $21 before tax. Not great, but better. I know I'll be going in for my price adjustment.
More like 22.50$, before tax. Still too much for those, in my broke-ass student opinion.
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Well it looks like there is a sale on all Joe toys starting tomorrow. Apparently 25% off so that would make them around $21 before tax. Not great, but better. I know I'll be going in for my price adjustment.
Yep, I'll be there too
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Tons of these (including several Snake Armor sets) at the Bridgeport plaza Zellers this morning.
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I got mine. I saw one with no silver paint on the left leg and thought "I'll probably see that one ebay as a rare production run figure". ::)
I'm still not blown away by the Serpent Armor but I have one now. I'd rather have one of the red ones.
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I got mine. I saw one with no silver paint on the left leg and thought "I'll probably see that one ebay as a rare production run figure". ::)
I'm still not blown away by the Serpent Armor but I have one now. I'd rather have one of the red ones.
Blasphemy!!!!!
I really love the mold. I never had one as a kid and now it is great. I love that most figures will fit in it from any era.
I also love the Viper Commando in that colour scheme. I don't care much for the mold, but I like the colour scheme. Although one of them is destined for a custom.
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Found these at Pond Mills Zellers in London, grabbed up two SNAKES even though they were criminally priced. A Night Raven for $30 was a good deal though. And I have my eyes on that new X-Wing that's on sale this week for $30 off. There weren't any rescue mission packs today at two different Z's, I was hoping to get them on sale.
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Zellers at the Pen Centre in St. Catharines: Had 2 serpent armors (i bought 1) as well at the others in this set.
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I went to 3 different Zellers stores looking for something that was on sale yesterday and all three had tons of these items at $14.99. I broke my 'don't buy any toys until you sell some' promise and grabbed a couple for the heck of it. A good deal at that price.
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Made it to Watertown today... went to Target and found both wave 1 and wave 2 of the deluxe figures. Was able to pick up the Serpent Snake Armor the reasonable price of $9.99 US.
My wife was shocked when I told her that Zellers was charging $30 for the same thing....