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Post by Matt Hardy Collector on Jun 3, 2011 12:24:24 GMT -5
So what is going on with the distribution? 2 Packs 10 are over seas but have yet to pop up in the US. It seems like this is the worst series to find and all of mattels distribution has been very EH as of late. Old stuff just keeps popping up on shelves while the new stuff is taking forever to make it to stores. Shocking enough I just saw 2 packs 9 at my local TRU which was odd cause they normally are the last place to get anything.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2011 13:03:15 GMT -5
uk distrubtion for series ten is okay both nexus packs showed up in symths whicjh i manage to snag for half price but series 9 has been crap not been able to find heath slater in store found it on ebay for £32.00 but only have £15 gonna have to wait till the end of the month
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Post by PJ on Jun 3, 2011 15:04:19 GMT -5
Other than 1 WalMart Series 9 2-packs haven't even hit my area yet. I saw them on TRU.com this morning. And seeing Series 10 just hit RSC I'd say it'll be a good 2 or 3 months before they show up locally. Which is about the norm for Mattel WWE product around here.
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Post by JHTB® on Jun 3, 2011 15:16:30 GMT -5
The 2-packs 10 is in Canada. And for some reason we are starting to get 2-packs faster locally.
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Post by terraryzing on Jun 3, 2011 15:40:08 GMT -5
Other than 1 WalMart Series 9 2-packs haven't even hit my area yet. I saw them on TRU.com this morning. And seeing Series 10 just hit RSC I'd say it'll be a good 2 or 3 months before they show up locally. Which is about the norm for Mattel WWE product around here. 2Packs10 back order shipment hit RSC at the end of April. These things are way over due for US Retail. I cringed paying $75 for the set online, but am so glad I did as I'd be so furious right now that they haven't seen the light of day at retail. Even mattelshop hasn't gotten them in yet, which is surprising. I guess they're coming anyday now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2011 16:03:22 GMT -5
uk distrubtion for series ten is okay both nexus packs showed up in symths whicjh i manage to snag for half price but series 9 has been crap not been able to find heath slater in store found it on ebay for £32.00 but only have £15 gonna have to wait till the end of the month Which Smyths you go to? I work in the Llandudno, Wales store and we're pretty slow at getting new stock in. Though we have now got Elite 9. Plus we'll get like 1 or 2 boxes of a new series then it's ages before we get more in. |
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Post by marino13 on Jun 3, 2011 16:04:49 GMT -5
I figured they wouldn't start popping up in the US till next month some time. I can't wait till they do. But like PJ said, I've only seen series 9 at one Walmart. So I'm not out hunting just yet.
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Post by PJ on Jun 3, 2011 17:29:48 GMT -5
Other than 1 WalMart Series 9 2-packs haven't even hit my area yet. I saw them on TRU.com this morning. And seeing Series 10 just hit RSC I'd say it'll be a good 2 or 3 months before they show up locally. Which is about the norm for Mattel WWE product around here. 2Packs10 back order shipment hit RSC at the end of April. These things are way over due for US Retail. I cringed paying $75 for the set online, but am so glad I did as I'd be so furious right now that they haven't seen the light of day at retail. Even mattelshop hasn't gotten them in yet, which is surprising. I guess they're coming anyday now. Yes but RSC gets their first shipment sent overnight. and their second shipment comes the regular way (boat, train, truck) but doesn't have to go to various distribution centers/warehouses. But with the mass retail stores they get their shipments sent to distribution centers from the docks which takes a week to cross country by rail. Then they just sit at the distribution centers until the stores order more. And the stores are just sent whatever is grabbed first in the warehouse. Sure some areas might get a case or two of the newer stuff trickling out faster, but for the most part it'll take a few months before these things hit in force because of the backlog. |
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Post by Mr. Show on Jun 3, 2011 18:04:43 GMT -5
I can't even find the damn things for sale online. :/
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jun 3, 2011 18:17:11 GMT -5
Yeah for once Canada gets something ahead of the US. American collectors don't realize how good they have it with Mattel actually. That goes for pricing AND distribution.
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Post by Lk™ on Jun 3, 2011 19:35:59 GMT -5
Yeah for once Canada gets something ahead of the US. American collectors don't realize how good they have it with Mattel actually. That goes for pricing AND distribution. agreed, 100%. i mean we're only on elite 6 still, and those are only 2 per series. |
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Post by PJ on Jun 3, 2011 19:57:49 GMT -5
I can't even find the damn things for sale online. :/ Because as far as I can tell only RSC has received them so far. |
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Post by mrhoss on Jun 3, 2011 20:24:21 GMT -5
Yeah for once Canada gets something ahead of the US. American collectors don't realize how good they have it with Mattel actually. That goes for pricing AND distribution. You also get a lot of Transformers before we see them. I'm moving to Canada, eh. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2011 5:54:39 GMT -5
uk distrubtion for series ten is okay both nexus packs showed up in symths whicjh i manage to snag for half price but series 9 has been crap not been able to find heath slater in store found it on ebay for £32.00 but only have £15 gonna have to wait till the end of the month Which Smyths you go to? I work in the Llandudno, Wales store and we're pretty slow at getting new stock in. Though we have now got Elite 9. Plus we'll get like 1 or 2 boxes of a new series then it's ages before we get more in. I live in manchester so the nearest symths to me is oldham |
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Jun 4, 2011 9:38:39 GMT -5
Try living in GA. The distribution here is terrible, or makes zero sense. For example, went to Walmart in Griffin yesterday. Basic 9, Two Packs 9 (First time I had seen them) and Elite 7. Target in Morrow had Basic 10 and... Elite 4.
Elite 8 has yet to come to GA that I've seen.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Jun 4, 2011 10:03:25 GMT -5
I had to pre-order my set from a rival site that claimed to expect them in stock sometime in April. Now they're listed as shipping out in June (we'll see about that). So I'm paying extortion prices for these things and Mattel can't tell this particular online store when to expect shipment. I emailed them (the retailer) about this and they said that ,indeed, Mattel is the one who can't provide any information as to when to expect them to ship to them.
So the manufacturer doesn't know,the retailer doesn't know,and no other websites even have them for pre-order ,or in RSCs case,expect to get them back in. So I can understand why it seems like this series is a bit of an enigma.
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Post by LaParka on Jun 4, 2011 10:40:35 GMT -5
the 2 pack distribution is horrible RSC had series 8 in December, 9 in January, 10 was March, series 11 was May. series 8 hit retail march/april, 9 in june sits about a 5-6 month time difference. I'll have the Usos from 11 before I see series 10. series 12 2 packs would be July, 13 in September, 14 in November since there on the every other month schedule. The only thing it might be getting delayed with is that Mattel was cranking out Cars 2 product, Green Lantern, Monster High as they wanted to keep up with that demand.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 9:23:07 GMT -5
TRU does slack on getting new things in but when we do get them in we can never get rid of them cuz the new things in are usually the items that came out 7 and 8 months ago haha
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