"well then, why dont you order more than 1 flipping case
I can answer that one.
Walmart and TRU currently have "open orders" on Joe. Think about it - managers pay attention to what sells. Joe sells out immediately.. so they want as much as they can get.
That means they will take whatever they can get. They GET 1 case at a time, from distribution. This goes back to the whole distribution and production complaint that has been going on since the line began.
Hasbro Canada ships every single case that they get up from the US (and don't kid yourself, the US will fill their own orders before giving Canada any). Given the low numbers they are getting, and the number of TRU and bigger yet Walmart stores are out there- they have to ship somewhat fairly and I'd venture a guess that there is never enough product in at one time to ship 1 case to every store even.. so they ship to stores 1,3,5,7,9 with their first allotment, and stores 2,4,6, and 8 with their second.
The demand for Joe product exceeds production. That's the whole story behind this. It is true that Hasbro has bumped up production with every sequential wave, but they still sell out every figure they put out.
So given that stores only GET 1 case at a time, historically for this line - why would they waste peg space on 2 or more pegs, when they don't get the product to fill them?
They'd give joe 4 or 5 pegs, I'm sure - if they could get the product to stock those pegs.
