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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2008, 08:02:33 AM »
The first few cases moved well @ Kitchener TRU, but now there's at least a half dozen of each that have been clogging the shelf for at least a month now.
I have little hope of seeing them clear out before Christmas.  Come December I'm sure they'll move but I'm not sure what that'll mean as far as waves coming to Canada.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2008, 06:22:57 PM »
If that really is the way store's order that's terrible way to do it. I understand the need to move your inventory but that seems absurd to me. I feel like I'm 5 and being told no dessert until I finish all my vegtables.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2008, 12:38:10 AM »
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The first few cases moved well @ Kitchener TRU, but now there's at least a half dozen of each that have been clogging the shelf for at least a month now.

Same thing in my area as well.  Now TRU, Wal-Mart and Zellers have the same vehicles collecting dust, including the H.I.S.S. 
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2008, 10:50:09 AM »
This is why I was concerned a few months ago when i saw all this dead stock of wave 8 on retail shelves, now it's all the vehicles (particularly the armadillo and HISS packs).

If it's true that retailers only re-order by sku when the current stock sells out and we're in danager of missing whole waves because of this then that really sucks.  I just hope we dont miss the moccassin/skyhawk or stinger waves because of dust-collecting armadillos and HISSes.

I swear I don't know how people rationalize decisions with product management sometimes.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2008, 11:20:53 AM »
So I swung by Silver Snail today to see what they had out.  They didn't have any wave 10 figures.  They had a couple wave 9 US carded BATS, but most everything else was wave 9 or earlier on Cdn. cards.

As for vehicles, they had everything up to the SHARC/FIREBAT/FANG/AWE.

All the vehicles are $24.99.   They moved the Joes closer to the comics in the back and the vehicles are on the top of the back issues shelves. 

I picked up the FIREBAT and the FANG/CLAW packs.  On my way back to the front I saw in the stock room (door was open) at least 8 cases of wave 3 Vehicles, so I am assuming they have a good amount left over.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2008, 11:58:28 AM »
I was just there myself. I was disappointed to see no wave 10. Hopefully they'll be in later today or tomorrow. They're still listed as arriving today. I almost missed the vehicles, I assumed they'd be with the figures. I grabbed another RAM/Flight Pod cause I just got everything else I wanted from BBTS. I'll check again before they close for wave 10 and report back.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2008, 07:00:56 PM »
I'd say pick up the vehicle wave 3 from comic/specialty shops.  You really only end up paying $3-$5 more each and you actually get them in hand.  Who knows if Canadian retailers will get them...

BTW the SHARC is awesome, I had a blast putting on the stickers today!  Felt like I was 9 years old again  ;D  When Short-Fuse and the FLAK get released, I'll have all my original colection done up 25th/modern-style!

(The new CLAW sucks though  >:( )
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2008, 11:21:52 PM »
Snail did end up getting wave 10 in, but it didn't seem like very many. By the time I checked at 7 they only had 2 Tiger Force Dukes left.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2008, 09:45:53 AM »
Well, judging by the amount of vehicles we're seeing on Canadian Shelves, I have to assume that A) Hasbro ran a LOT of them and B) the American Market's already been saturated nicely, if there's enough to sit on shelves here.

If the same is true of this next wave, then there should be a LOT of vehicle waiting in warehouses for the current wave to eventually move.  They might slowly release them into the Sates, but I'd bet they'll eventually find their way here.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2008, 11:23:59 AM »
Vehicles Wave 1 have not sold nearly as well as Hasbro had hoped/anticipated.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2008, 01:10:55 PM »
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Vehicles Wave 1 have not sold nearly as well as Hasbro had hoped/anticipated.

Judging by my local stores I would have to say the same is probably true for the DVD Battle Packs.
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Re: New Vehciles in Canada?
« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2008, 01:58:28 PM »
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Judging by my local stores I would have to say the same is probably true for the DVD Battle Packs.

I think that's directly related to the high MSRP, in correlation with the economic situation
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