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01-14-2009, 08:04 PM	#1
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	Wal-Mart & Target Ok, not sure where to post this, so I just made a new thread... I have been to both Wal-Mart (3 different ones) and Target (2 different ones) and none of them have received any GI Joe shipments since 2 weeks before Christmas... Is anyone else (who collects the newer ones) running into this problem? My local Comic store has had 6 shipments since Christmas, but I'm finding it odd that 5 major retail stores haven't seen a single box of Joes in 4+ weeks.

01-14-2009, 08:44 PM

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Ok, not sure where to post this, so I just made a new thread...

I have been to both Wal-Mart (3 different ones) and Target (2 different ones) and none of them have received any GI Joe shipments since 2 weeks before Christmas...
Is anyone else (who collects the newer ones) running into this problem? My local Comic store has had 6 shipments since Christmas, but I'm finding it odd that 5 major retail stores haven't seen a single box of Joes in 4+ weeks.

Nope my stores have all restocked. I got the Resolute comic packs last week at Target.

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01-14-2009, 09:42 PM	#3
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	My best guess is that these stores are just holding them until they clear out the X-Mas "left-overs", I just wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing the lack of figures.

01-14-2009, 11:45 PM	#4
Sgt_DP The Man Behind the Camera Offline --> Posts: 632 --> Join Date: Aug 2005	Interesting... I have felt that way in my usual desperate searching for Resolute Dukes and Cobra Troopers... Always disapointing to search 6 Targets and 3 Walmarts and get nothing.... but excersise... Good think gas is less right now. But I am getting tired of this. I, like you have found better stuff for 50% more $ at a comic shop. I share your fustration. Toys R Us is flooded with SRO wave 2's right now... As well as the Firefly vs Green Shirts... I'm south of San Jose, Ca here, I notice you guys are back east... must be the time zone difference...lol... Last edited by Sgt_DP : 01-15-2009 at 12:19 AM.

01-15-2009, 05:13 AM	#5
troopsofdoom Troops of Doom Offline --> Posts: 7,603 --> Join Date: Apr 2008	The Wal-Mart here told me they only carry GI Joe occasionally, it's not one of their regular products. Could be the same situation where you live. __________________ My JoeDios photos \| Flickr

01-15-2009, 06:24 AM	#6
Da Talent That Light Dude Offline --> Posts: 4,845 --> Join Date: Sep 2007	most big retailers don't take on a lot of new stock after the holidays until inventory is completed early in the year. Its the same way here nothing new is being ordered until the after inventory "resets". __________________ All my customs in one place....Da Talent's Customs

01-15-2009, 06:59 AM	#7
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	I spoke to the Wal-Mart toy manager... he claims that the GI Joe "action Figures" are on a restricted production line and they are made to order with limited quantities for each store, and that their is a slim chance they will get anymore in anytime soon, since they are hard to find. I told him he's full of shit, asked for his supervisor, and after I explained how he just flat out lied to me, I got a $25 Wal-Mart gift card for my "bad" experience.

01-15-2009, 09:55 AM	#8
GoCards Your Eskimo Brother Offline --> Posts: 6,085 --> Join Date: Nov 2006	It's been hit or miss with me. I've been seeing a lot of older figures out, but little to none of the newer ones. I just got another Resolute Trooper today at a Target, but the pegs were almost bare.

01-15-2009, 10:06 AM	#9
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	If this makes any sense, retailers have to pay income tax on any inventory remaining for the previous year. The IRS conciders left over inventor as profit. That is why it takes a while into the new year for new inventory to circulate to the stores. __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa

01-15-2009, 01:15 PM	#10
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	My Fred Meyer hasn't stocked up on anything new lately. We're stuck with Spirit, IG Destros and JetPack Dukes. Worse yet, they upped the price on all GI Joe stuff. I would've thought they'd go on sale after the holidays to get rid of that stock. It's been sitting there, for the most part, before x-mas.