AEW Launch Day Thread (most likely coming 8/6)

[Robz PippinRoad]

Class Move ... also interesting there using a Ultimate 🤔😉

[LK3]

Just Brimg It!

[JCF]

What a disaster. Im at work and saw at least 5 local walmarts inventory show in stock and within an hour, all gone. This sucks

[dynamitekido]

Just another update from yesterday.

Saw today on brickseek one store where they had them yesterday, checked the back, and told me they didn’t have them. Yet today I see their numbers going down. I’m REALLY getting tired of this nonsense.

[Suckasays]

Found them again (this time without actively looking) today on my lunch break. This time in Richmond, KY. I decided to go ahead and grab Jericho since I passed on it in Danville yesterday.

[FUSamBaker]

Been doing the Brickseek thing along with a friend who works at Walmart. Missed out on two locations that hit and clerks said they didn’t have them.

Hit on a third today this morning, went in, nothing, boxes being put out but weren’t on the skids. Clerk said three people had already asked them screamed at her. She was done at that point. Went back this evening and hit!!

Word to everyone, THIS IS NOT RETAIL CLERKS FAULT!!! I’ve spoken to three toy dept managers who have said they had multiple guys coming in then chewing them out over Brickseek numbers. Y’all got to quit! It’s not their problem or fault that this fiasco is happening. Plus, they are working during this pandemic stuff. They have more to worry about than toys.

Yes I have been upset during this search. It seems like a lot of stores are getting one case in and then either not putting them out right away or putting them out in the morning to have scalpers at the door. Bottom line, get mad or whatever but don’t take it out on the retail workers. I promise you guys will find them!

My advice, do Brickseek and go immediately! If they aren’t out, keep popping back in that day. I was fully prepared to go at 6am and wait til doors opened if they weren’t stocked this evening.

[dynamitekido]

Yeah I also wanted to stress to NOT even show the workers brickseek or even mention it to them. It won’t help you get what you want and eventually the product will be pulled from brickseek and popfindr if the product becomes a hassle for the company.

[FUSamBaker]

Aug 13, 2020 19:40:32 GMT -5 dynamitekido said:

Yeah I also wanted to stress to NOT even show the workers brickseek or even mention it to them. It won’t help you get what you want and eventually the product will be pulled from brickseek and popfindr if the product becomes a hassle for the company.

Especially since it was NOT to use it as an arguing tool haha! Most retail workers don’t give an f even if their own website says it’s in stock.

Honestly I feel bad. Every one of them I’ve spoken to is tired of getting yelled at over it. To me, yeah I was a little upset but I wasn’t going to cause a fuss. I have too much going on in my personal life to worry about it. I knew I’d find them anyway

[stc13]

Aug 13, 2020 17:24:12 GMT -5 dynamitekido said:

Just another update from yesterday.

Saw today on brickseek one store where they had them yesterday, checked the back, and told me they didn’t have them. Yet today I see their numbers going down. I’m REALLY getting tired of this nonsense.

I'm thinking an employee grabbed them.  My parents live right near that Walmart, and my mom checked around 8am and nothing was out (let's ignore being a grown adult and asking your mom to look for toys).  She said one of the employees was talking about wrestling figures, so she stopped back around 11 after some other errands, still nothing out but the Brickseek count had dropped to low stock.

Even if these ARE available in decent quantities, they're pretty much marked as scalper bait right now.  I imagine we may see a bunch of returns once the shippers and revision cases hit.  But right now it sucks.

[FUSamBaker]

Aug 13, 2020 20:24:32 GMT -5 stc13 said:

Aug 13, 2020 17:24:12 GMT -5 dynamitekido said:

Just another update from yesterday.

Saw today on brickseek one store where they had them yesterday, checked the back, and told me they didn’t have them. Yet today I see their numbers going down. I’m REALLY getting tired of this nonsense.

I'm thinking an employee grabbed them.  My parents live right near that Walmart, and my mom checked around 8am and nothing was out (let's ignore being a grown adult and asking your mom to look for toys).  She said one of the employees was talking about wrestling figures, so she stopped back around 11 after some other errands, still nothing out but the Brickseek count had dropped to low stock.

Even if these ARE available in decent quantities, they're pretty much marked as scalper bait right now.  I imagine we may see a bunch of returns once the shippers and revision cases hit.  But right now it sucks.

Dude no doubt employees are skimming right now. I think that’s what happened to one by me. They had them in stock but the manager denied it. Then at the end of the night, it was out of stock. Fishy.

I think it’s super shady right now seeing as how some stores get one case in. That’s not many figures, it’s kind of a joke that one case would even be worth it to get in. I just got what I wanted and left. I have no desire to scalp or take away, especially when the stock was so little.

[pixelatedpunk]

Has there been any confirmation on the color fixing on omegas hair and all the torsos for the next batch, or was that still just rumors?

[banthafett]

DO NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BRICKSEEK TO THE WORKERS.

Scan the hook/shelf tag with the scanner on the Walmart app.That will get you so much further. I don't understand how people can't comprehend that Walmart has nothing to do with brickseek.

[cordless2016]

Aug 13, 2020 22:02:46 GMT -5 FUSamBaker said:

Aug 13, 2020 20:24:32 GMT -5 stc13 said:

I'm thinking an employee grabbed them.  My parents live right near that Walmart, and my mom checked around 8am and nothing was out (let's ignore being a grown adult and asking your mom to look for toys).  She said one of the employees was talking about wrestling figures, so she stopped back around 11 after some other errands, still nothing out but the Brickseek count had dropped to low stock.

Even if these ARE available in decent quantities, they're pretty much marked as scalper bait right now.  I imagine we may see a bunch of returns once the shippers and revision cases hit.  But right now it sucks.

Dude no doubt employees are skimming right now. I think that’s what happened to one by me. They had them in stock but the manager denied it. Then at the end of the night, it was out of stock. Fishy.

I think it’s super shady right now seeing as how some stores get one case in. That’s not many figures, it’s kind of a joke that one case would even be worth it to get in. I just got what I wanted and left. I have no desire to scalp or take away, especially when the stock was so little.

I’m sure some employees are grabbing them, but it’s not always the case.

If a store has them in stock, sometimes the Walmart website will allow someone to place an order for them online for store pickup. If this happens, Brickseek will automatically say out of stock. The kicker is that it will change to out of stock regardless of whether an employee pulled the product from the shelf or not. It will say out of stock regardless.

On top of this, if an employee didn’t grab them from the shelf, and another collector walked in and grabbed them, the online order is cancelled. Or in another scenario, if the product is still in the back when an online order is placed, employee scanners will tell them it’s out of stock even when there’s a case somewhere in the back.

Moral of the story is that if you see a store go in stock and then out pretty fast, it’s still worth a chance checking the store out in the hopes that an employee didn’t pull the toys from the shelf. It’s the Walmart website and their inventory system that’s causing a lot of confusion around these.

[dynamitekido]

Aug 13, 2020 20:24:32 GMT -5 stc13 said:

Aug 13, 2020 17:24:12 GMT -5 dynamitekido said:

Just another update from yesterday.

Saw today on brickseek one store where they had them yesterday, checked the back, and told me they didn’t have them. Yet today I see their numbers going down. I’m REALLY getting tired of this nonsense.

I'm thinking an employee grabbed them.  My parents live right near that Walmart, and my mom checked around 8am and nothing was out (let's ignore being a grown adult and asking your mom to look for toys).  She said one of the employees was talking about wrestling figures, so she stopped back around 11 after some other errands, still nothing out but the Brickseek count had dropped to low stock.

Even if these ARE available in decent quantities, they're pretty much marked as scalper bait right now.  I imagine we may see a bunch of returns once the shippers and revision cases hit.  But right now it sucks.

Well here’s my latest nonsense I’m going to try. Another one had them way closer to where I live according to brickseek. So I went on Walmart.com and grabbed them for store pickup and I’m going to see if this actually works. I’m not counting on it but we shall see. Employees and scalpers are out for these. I ran into a bunch of scalpers I’ve the last couple of stores I went to. I’m being impatient but it’s mainly because I’m tired of driving everywhere for nothing.

[BOOM! #WDE]

Just messing around with these earlier.

[taroostyles]

So these are showing in stock at a store about 10 miles from me but I can't get there right now. It has the option to order and pick up but not choose which specific figures just the assortment.

[billybarlo]

Stfu about brickseek already ... dumb mfers gonna ruin a good tool.. I blame these idiot YouTubers who think they are popular because they have 200 followers and wear an aew shirt and hit up every store in their state and challenge the employees on camera “but brickseek says” “I saw on popfinder that” so freakin cringe. Stfu.... it hurts the actual collector that has a job and doesn’t have all day to have their mom drive them around to Walmart’s and targets.

[stc13]

I think if cooler heads prevail, this will all be fine. We know cases are hitting, the shipper is coming or here, and revision cases will also be shipped. At the end of the day, there should be a fair supply.

But Jeremy fanning the flames with talk of a "limited run" and packing Brandi in revision caused a commotion. Call me a cynic, but I'd say that was probably the intent. I don't think we're going to see these figures for $10 on RSC's Black Friday sale. But I don't think that supply and demand are going to be this far apart for long. Once scalpers can't sell these for $40-50 a piece, we'll see them reappearing on shelves.

[Deep Figure Value]

And for the love of god, leave the employees alone. I happened across the shipper yesterday just as the girl who'd put it out was coming over to show one of her co-workers, telling him how she'd barely gotten it into place and somebody was already trying to jump ahead of her and tear it open. Like...get a grip. The last thing anyone in retail wants to be dealing with right now, amid a global pandemic, is any number of grown ass men treating a feature display like a god damned Black Friday bargain.

Aug 14, 2020 7:36:19 GMT -5 stc13 said:

But Jeremy fanning the flames with talk of a "limited run" and packing Brandi in revision caused a commotion. Call me a cynic, but I'd say that was probably the intent.

Jeremy knew exactly what he was doing with every word that he spoke or typed. People always complain about guys like Bill and Steve not catering their every move to the adult collector, but I think as time goes on, the downside of having somebody that does think that way, who has gone on record as being a complete fan of "collecting as an investment", is going to rear its ugly head.

[taroostyles]

Just found these in Massachusetts in the shipper so thse are finally making their way to the Northeast area of the country.

The shipper was right in action alley adjacent to the toy department. Based on distribution I would say if you see 6+ on brickseek there's a good chance they have the shipper just a matter if its on the floor or not.