First, I must say I am appalled at the comments on the Mego Ambassador's page on Facebook; large group bad mouthing Mego, the rollout, etc., etc.
Frankly, I am thrilled to get to purchase brand new Megos like I did back in the early-to-mid 1970s. I remember buying WGSH in the box at TG&Y with my allowance money at $1.97 a piece and carded Planet of the Apes section series at Toys by Roy, and now today at Target. Mego is awesome, and it is great to have them back! Thanks so much, Marty! I feel like I am seven years old again!
Regarding Target, I went to the Target in Dallas close to my work this past Monday (addressed elsewhere on the forum) and found two of each of the 14" figures (except for Batman, just one Batman) and a decent supply of the 8" figures, mostly the female figures and Sulu. Seemed as though it had been picked over. I went this morning to the local Targets in my hometown when they opened at 8:00. The first SuperTarget had no clue; and the lady, who was very nice, showed me her in-store hand-held scanner that showed all the Mego figures as "out of stock."
I went to the second Target and spoke with a very nice lady, and paraphrasing our conversation, she said, "I've been working in toys at various stores for 30 years and here at Target for some time. Just because the scanner states the figures as "out of stock" means nothing; it only means that the toy is probably in the back and just has not been put into the system to link with the main database." At the time, she was pushing a cart with some toys on it to stock on the shelves; she had two Sulus and two of the Star Trek "Mirror Mirror" two pack. She went into the back and found a sealed box, and evidently each box has six figures and two of each figure (3 different). The figures were Dracula, Sulu, and Action Jackson. She also stated that Target (at least in my hometown) was the process of re-configuring the stores for "pre-Christmas" and that the Mego displays would actually be up either tonight or in the morning. It was nice to visit with a really nice person and employee who understood the situation and was able to communicate an example of "behind the scenes."
Judging from her response, look for Target stores to have the figures in stock tonight or tomorrow morning. It seems that most of the "complainers" are people that wanted to find figures prior to the release date; patience is a good thing.
Frankly, I am thrilled to get to purchase brand new Megos like I did back in the early-to-mid 1970s. I remember buying WGSH in the box at TG&Y with my allowance money at $1.97 a piece and carded Planet of the Apes section series at Toys by Roy, and now today at Target. Mego is awesome, and it is great to have them back! Thanks so much, Marty! I feel like I am seven years old again!
Regarding Target, I went to the Target in Dallas close to my work this past Monday (addressed elsewhere on the forum) and found two of each of the 14" figures (except for Batman, just one Batman) and a decent supply of the 8" figures, mostly the female figures and Sulu. Seemed as though it had been picked over. I went this morning to the local Targets in my hometown when they opened at 8:00. The first SuperTarget had no clue; and the lady, who was very nice, showed me her in-store hand-held scanner that showed all the Mego figures as "out of stock."
I went to the second Target and spoke with a very nice lady, and paraphrasing our conversation, she said, "I've been working in toys at various stores for 30 years and here at Target for some time. Just because the scanner states the figures as "out of stock" means nothing; it only means that the toy is probably in the back and just has not been put into the system to link with the main database." At the time, she was pushing a cart with some toys on it to stock on the shelves; she had two Sulus and two of the Star Trek "Mirror Mirror" two pack. She went into the back and found a sealed box, and evidently each box has six figures and two of each figure (3 different). The figures were Dracula, Sulu, and Action Jackson. She also stated that Target (at least in my hometown) was the process of re-configuring the stores for "pre-Christmas" and that the Mego displays would actually be up either tonight or in the morning. It was nice to visit with a really nice person and employee who understood the situation and was able to communicate an example of "behind the scenes."
Judging from her response, look for Target stores to have the figures in stock tonight or tomorrow morning. It seems that most of the "complainers" are people that wanted to find figures prior to the release date; patience is a good thing.
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