Toys R Us Update.....Any Wave 2 sightings yet?

[Mister Kennedy]

Still nothing at TRU. Amazon still has all four series 2 figures with free shipping. Better jump on that.

[SeattleEd]

At tru in seattle right now. Found one bats and one two face. Any one?

[livnxxxl]

lets get these figures in Target and Walmart, where kids are likely to get their hands on them.....and me too.

I would agree. I have stated this before as well. Mattel is missing out on a lot of impulse sales by not letting the other stores carry them. This makes absolutely no sense at all. The others stores carry just about everything else that Mattel makes.

A toy company makes product to sell it. How can they sell it if the buyers cannot get to it? Sure one can easily obtain these on line. However, Not everyone is in touch with the internet these days for whatever reasons.

Grandma and Grandpa will not buy these for little Jimmy if they have to buy a computer to go online and pay a monthly access just to make a single purchase for Christmas or Birthday etc.

Instead they will be more apt to just go to a store and buy little Jimmy something off the toy shelves like a dollar Hot Wheel or two. Those are lost sales as far as the Mattel retros go. Lost sales = stupid marketing practices IMO.

Then Mattel looks at the over all figure sales and see that they are not quite what they were expecting. The line eventually dies when it could have done so much better had they marketed the line different.

You can send people to school, give them books and they still do not learn anything.

[livnxxxl]

I have been calling a couple of local TRU and following up on their truck deliveries. Still nothing new. It has been a while now. One guy told me that TRU is trying to clear out their warehouse before getting anything new.

One would think the closer to Christmas that we are getting that more of these would start showing up instead of less.

[Fuzzysnail]

Found a Toys R Us Express today. I was driving back from my Fantasy Football Draft, when my daughter spotted it. I almost rolled the truck turning around..lol...Inside was one peg with all of wave two, plus one superman. I picked up Bats, Two face, and Manta. When I came home I checked online to locate the expresss stores near me, and they don't list any as being in Colorado.....wow. Was it a mirage? will I wake up in a few hours and find out that I only dreamed I purchased the figures? Its frustrating that I cant find the toys I want at Toys R Us, but now they are making it difficult to even locate the store. Classic marketing strategy.....if people cant find the product, they will want it even more....or they will buy something else. I'm leaning toward the latter.

[MEGOMAN]

Toys R Us Express is a great store for us crazy collectors. For me they have proven to get in the stuff that we are looking for and manage to keep it in stock pretty well.

[wayne foundation 07]

What is a Toys R Us Express?Anyone

[Krypt0nite]

TRU in Birmingham, AL has a single Aquaman and Manta (and a dozen Luthor/Sinestro) as of 6:00 pm today.

[ScottA]

TRU in Birmingham, AL has a single Aquaman and Manta (and a dozen Luthor/Sinestro) as of 6:00 pm today.

Tells me they at least made it to Bama. But nothing in MGM yet.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

What is a Toys R Us Express?Anyone

TRU opens small satellite stores before the holidays, usually in store fronts in malls or retail locations where nothing has been rented there. So they move in and sell until the new year. Similar to the Halloween shops that pop-up before October.

They just opened one up near me so I had the funds to get two. I already had Aquaman from vacation, so I got a Bats and Two-Face and put Black Manta back hoping I can find him again, when the time comes.

[wayne foundation 07]

TRU opens small satellite stores before the holidays, usually in store fronts in malls or retail locations where nothing has been rented there. So they move in and sell until the new year. Similar to the Halloween shops that pop-up before October.

They just opened one up near me so I had the funds to get two. I already had Aquaman from vacation, so I got a Bats and Two-Face and put Black Manta back hoping I can find him again, when the time comes.

thanks for the info,hope Black Manta is still there waiting for you

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Thanks. It will be awhile, but I'm sure these won't become scarce once they are out there. At least in my area I'm still finding lots of Wave 1.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Oh, sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but my kids were in total awe that Batman's cowl came off to reveal Bruce Wayne. My 5 year old had this huge grin. I have already had to re-glue the bat logo, but the head, neck and cowl seem to be going strong after multiple removals and replacement of the cowl. It was cool to see my kids opening a Batman on a magenta card. Two-Face not so welcomed. Right now he's on my desk and I may keep him

[MEGOMAN]

TRU opens small satellite stores before the holidays, usually in store fronts in malls or retail locations where nothing has been rented there. So they move in and sell until the new year. Similar to the Halloween shops that pop-up before October.

They just opened one up near me so I had the funds to get two. I already had Aquaman from vacation, so I got a Bats and Two-Face and put Black Manta back hoping I can find him again, when the time comes.

The store by me is not temporary. It has been there for a long time. The sign out in front is not temporary at all.

[drmego]

There is a Toys R Us Express in the Broadway Mall in Hicksville Long Island.

I visited there today and all they had left was two Aquamans, a Black
Manta, and 2 Lex Luthors.