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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 13:18:28 GMT -5
Had a brand new Wal-Mart open in town, so made it a point to get to know the overnight stockers and toy employees. The workers were already aware of scalpers and were eager to assist a collector. So with that said, I get a call yesterday that Wal-Mart received 4 cases of Elite figures, which they'd hold for me before putting them out.
So I get there hoping it is Elite 12, 14, or 15. Alas, here was the breakdown of the cases, which were factory sealed and opened right in front of me:
Elite 13 Case with normal assortment
1 case with all 8 figures Elite 12 Alberto Del Rio
2 cases with a mixture of Elite 12 (only ADR) and Elite 13 (yes, E12 and E13 were sealed in the same case), with heavy emphasis on Rey Mysterio and more Alberto Del Rio
I'm on the border of Mexico, so it seems to me Mattel is starting to produce regionalized cases. Have they already been doing this, or is this another case of poor distribution? I say poor because although I'm virtually in Mexico, there are still pegs full of Mysterio and Del Rio BEFORE these cases arrived. They don't sell. They're peg warmers. The weird thing is Elite 12 and Elite 13 figures being delivered factory sealed in the same case?!
I saw this with Starting Lineups and McFarlane SportsPicks back when I collected them. Dallas would get cases full of Cowboys and Rangers figures, Houston got cases of Astros and Oilers/Texans figures, etc. That worked for sports figures. It doesn't appear to be working with wrestling figs.
As a collector, this distribution sucks. Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Is Mattel going to a regionalized distribution model? Or is it limited to regions like southwest border towns, with Mattel thinking luchadors and Mexican wrestlers will actually sell in this region (despite not actually selling)?
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Post by Joejitsu22 on May 25, 2012 13:34:55 GMT -5
Why not posts this in the thread labeled official distribution complaint thread. It's only on page two.
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Post by qdogg on May 25, 2012 13:37:15 GMT -5
They probably have alot of elite 12 Del Rio to get rid of so they are packing them in with other elite series and dumping them on you...or maybe they think Del Rio will be popular down your way.
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 13:42:53 GMT -5
Why not posts this in the thread labeled official distribution complaint thread. It's only on page two. Because I didn't. |
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Post by lenzeski247 on May 25, 2012 13:58:34 GMT -5
Stuff like this is obviously a production problem bud. Distribution is actually getting the cases in your store. How they pack the cases revolves around who there producing in each series and how many. I don't think distribution is a problem really, as everyone seems to find Mattel in there stores, its just the problem of production. MDT is producing to many Cena, Orton, Mysterio etc per series and not enough new characters which is what the collectors and kids who play with there figures are in demand for. Over producing of the big figures is causing shelves to clog and us to all see less of who we are all after, which is the same new characters.
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Post by mrhoss on May 25, 2012 13:59:21 GMT -5
This is what I hope happened: They took pegwarmers from other stores, boxed them up and sent them to your brand new store. Maybe they didn't have anything else to send but since it's a new store they didn't want empty pegs on day 1.
Speaking of McF sports, one of my Walmarts had a full case of Phil Simms on the pegs. After sitting for months they disappeared. About a week later they reappeared at another Walmart 5 miles down the road. It's possible the Reys and ADRs were just moved between different stores.
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Post by PJ on May 25, 2012 14:00:11 GMT -5
I've found with new stores they seem to get alot of their stock from other stores. So they were probably overstock/pegwarmers from other WalMarts that got sent there to fill the shelves until they can get enough new product from their area distribution center.
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Post by tampatoys813 on May 25, 2012 14:18:40 GMT -5
This is no doubt a reigonal thing.
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Post by JC Motors on May 25, 2012 14:20:09 GMT -5
If I had a nickel for everytime I heard this
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 14:26:58 GMT -5
This is what I hope happened: They took pegwarmers from other stores, boxed them up and sent them to your brand new store. Maybe they didn't have anything else to send but since it's a new store they didn't want empty pegs on day 1. Speaking of McF sports, one of my Walmarts had a full case of Phil Simms on the pegs. After sitting for months they disappeared. About a week later they reappeared at another Walmart 5 miles down the road. It's possible the Reys and ADRs were just moved between different stores. Likely this is what happened. At least I hope . . . |
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Post by JC Motors on May 25, 2012 14:38:57 GMT -5
This is what I hope happened: They took pegwarmers from other stores, boxed them up and sent them to your brand new store. Maybe they didn't have anything else to send but since it's a new store they didn't want empty pegs on day 1. Speaking of McF sports, one of my Walmarts had a full case of Phil Simms on the pegs. After sitting for months they disappeared. About a week later they reappeared at another Walmart 5 miles down the road. It's possible the Reys and ADRs were just moved between different stores. Likely this is what happened. At least I hope . . . Who would do such a thing. The Scalpers wouldn't even do that |
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 15:23:49 GMT -5
Likely this is what happened. At least I hope . . . Who would do such a thing. The Scalpers wouldn't even do that What? Flood my local stores with Del Rio and Mysterio? Oh the horror! The inhumanity of such a thing! LOL! |
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Post by Von Hooten on May 25, 2012 15:31:04 GMT -5
I have a great idea. How about all these stores that are sitting on these pegwarmers send them back to Mattel and then Mattel can melt them down and recycle them into figures that people want. Hell, it might even keep some costs down, and all those Cena, Rey, and Ortons won't go to waste.
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Post by JC Motors on May 25, 2012 15:32:02 GMT -5
Who would do such a thing. The Scalpers wouldn't even do that What? Flood my local stores with Del Rio and Mysterio? Oh the horror! The inhumanity of such a thing! LOL! My Walmart is flooded with E13 Mysterios |
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 16:03:26 GMT -5
What? Flood my local stores with Del Rio and Mysterio? Oh the horror! The inhumanity of such a thing! LOL! My Walmart is flooded with E13 Mysterios Nice. Then you more so than anybody can feel my pain. Nothing worse than the excitement of being there to crack open a case, or in this instance 4 cases, and discover roughly 22 of the 32 figures are either E12 Del Rio or E13 Mysterio. Ahhh, the problems of a toy collector! |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 16:50:22 GMT -5
Had a brand new Wal-Mart open in town, so made it a point to get to know the overnight stockers and toy employees. The workers were already aware of scalpers and were eager to assist a collector. So with that said, I get a call yesterday that Wal-Mart received 4 cases of Elite figures, which they'd hold for me before putting them out.  ?? Whats the difference between you and a scalper, sort of contradicting your self their huh pal? what you do is the exact same thing scalpers do and they even pay the night stokers to call them when stuff gets in for first dips. Any way Funny to me. |
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Post by "Original Broski" jonjon535353 on May 25, 2012 18:30:20 GMT -5
Had a brand new Wal-Mart open in town, so made it a point to get to know the overnight stockers and toy employees. The workers were already aware of scalpers and were eager to assist a collector. So with that said, I get a call yesterday that Wal-Mart received 4 cases of Elite figures, which they'd hold for me before putting them out.?? Whats the difference between you and a scalper, sort of contradicting your self their huh pal? what you do is the exact same thing scalpers do and they even pay the night stokers to call them when stuff gets in for first dips. Any way Funny to me. Uhh Scalpers and collectors are completely different. THis guy got a call about figures that he's going to buy for HIMSELF. Scalpers just go and buy up everythin valuable so they can sell it to make a huge profit. |
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Post by Joejitsu22 on May 25, 2012 18:48:59 GMT -5
Why not posts this in the thread labeled official distribution complaint thread. It's only on page two. Because I didn't. Makes sense. The dead horse needed more beating.... |
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 19:09:36 GMT -5
Had a brand new Wal-Mart open in town, so made it a point to get to know the overnight stockers and toy employees. The workers were already aware of scalpers and were eager to assist a collector. So with that said, I get a call yesterday that Wal-Mart received 4 cases of Elite figures, which they'd hold for me before putting them out. ?? Whats the difference between you and a scalper, sort of contradicting your self their huh pal? what you do is the exact same thing scalpers do and they even pay the night stokers to call them when stuff gets in for first dips. Any way Funny to me. Glad I could amuse you. Keep coming back for more . . . Not that I need to explain myself, but I didn't arrange this little convenience. The Wal-Mart stocker saw me there with my 3 kids, I asked if they had any more figures in the stockroom, he said "no" but we have 4 cases coming in 2-3 days from the warehouse. Then proceeded to ASK me if I wanted him to call me when they came in. I gladly accepted the voluntary assistance, and you would have likely done the same. But hey, if I'm that entertaining and make you laugh, I guess I'll continue to be your little WFIGS court jester. ;D |
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Post by gravy028 on May 25, 2012 19:10:16 GMT -5
Had a brand new Wal-Mart open in town, so made it a point to get to know the overnight stockers and toy employees. The workers were already aware of scalpers and were eager to assist a collector. So with that said, I get a call yesterday that Wal-Mart received 4 cases of Elite figures, which they'd hold for me before putting them out.?? Whats the difference between you and a scalper, sort of contradicting your self their huh pal? what you do is the exact same thing scalpers do and they even pay the night stokers to call them when stuff gets in for first dips. Any way Funny to me. Uhh Scalpers and collectors are completely different. THis guy got a call about figures that he's going to buy for HIMSELF. Scalpers just go and buy up everythin valuable so they can sell it to make a huge profit. This. Thanks for the support!  |
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