So, these Disney-Marvel figures...

[nubee]

The problem with this line of thinking though is that the "small fraction of society" you reference are the exact same people who have kept this brand alive for 50+ years in one manner or another. Both Marty and Paul seem to be painfully unaware of that fact, and Paul's glossing over of the problem via his post on the Mego Ambassador page is straight-up insulting. I don't believe- for a second- that he "couldn't get one", and the whole "wait for the next launch in 2025" indicates that the thinking is people enjoyed being jerked around in this manner and will line up for the same exact treatment again. This benefited Disney, the scalpers, Marty, and anyone who was paid to work on the four figures in a professional capacity (sculpting, packaging, production, etc). No one else.

The only way to legitimately combat this is to not purchase the set from the eBay scalpers and just let them sell to each other and/or speculative flippers who buy things simply becasue they read "Sold Out", "Limited Edition" or something similar. If actual Mego fans committed to this, the sets would- eventually- become dead inventory. In turn, that would A) drive down the price and make them affordable, and B) stop the same practice with future sets.

Many thanks. I am in absolute total agreement with your opinion.

But for me, as I have repeatedly stated, Mego "killed" my enthusiasm starting with the Topps semi-floppy sidekick body to the recent brittle body. There's no excuse for every wave to have an issue. Looks like this will be the "Look but not available wave." FOMO is no longer an issue for me even for my much wanted FF, Thor and Ironman.

[powersthatbe]

OT,Whatever happened to the Megos, that were in the collector section in a case at Walmart? One week they had several there than the next time I didn't see a sign of them anywhere. I haven't gotten an email cancellation on my order that I've seen so I lucked out on that regard but doubt if that will continue with the next four Disney waves unless they right the ship somehow. And I should be getting the Atlas figures Saturday.

[TheXFactor]

I was unaware of any large issues with Target or Walmart

i ordered all my 50th anniversary figures from ZLC and it’s been a smooth experience - I was hoping for something similar with this Marvel wave

I’ve only ordered one other Disney exclusive (a Gargoyles animated DVD for season 2 part 2) and it was a breeze - I was expecting to act quickly but it’s like they had no stock for this

The Target issue is explained very well here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlv0n0NgqXM

Walmart either had no stock, low/sporadic stock, or ridiculously high amounts of one character and no one else.

In addition to the first 12 WGSH figures from the 50th Anniversary line, I also order all my POTA figures from ZLC. Always a positive experience, always packaged well, and he even helped me out a bit with my confusion regarding the POTA outfit variants.

As has been mentioned elsewhere, this was likely a ploy to drive traffic to the site itself and then use those numbers for something else entirely. In other words, focus on the amount of visits as opposed to the amount of completed transactions.

[PNGwynne]

Ugh...

[TitansLair]

Don't forget Walmart and Target. Every single partnership since the relaunch in 2018 has been an abject failure at all levels.

I was unaware of any large issues with Target or Walmart

i ordered all my 50th anniversary figures from ZLC and it’s been a smooth experience - I was hoping for something similar with this Marvel wave

I’ve only ordered one other Disney exclusive (a Gargoyles animated DVD for season 2 part 2) and it was a breeze - I was expecting to act quickly but it’s like they had no stock for this

[TheXFactor]

People keep blaming this on Mego. If Mego is responsible for anything, it’s getting into these business deals — Topps. Big Lots (now going out of business). Hasbro. Disney (and who would say no to them! Or ANY of them). But once those deals are made, Mego just becomes the manufacturer and provider, not the distributor. Blame these things on those companies, not Mego.

Don't forget Walmart and Target. Every single partnership since the relaunch in 2018 has been an abject failure at all levels.

[TheXFactor]

well that's just about the lamest response possible.

This is a niche collector's item to people of a certain age; There's NO WAY they were "sold out" within seconds unless 1. they were severely under-stocked or 2. the site was overwhelmed with scalper bots

This response is just a slap in the face to fans

1) Yup. Are we certain that all the sets weren't' stuffed under that "Holiday Grab Bag" shirt he was wearing in the video with Marty? Then- five years from now- it'll be "Uhhh... Warehouse find!! Yeah, that's it". A "Mego Miracle", as it were.

2) Definitely scalper bots.

3) Yup again, and the proverbial "turn the other cheek" moment will come when we get the excuse for Wave 19 being delayed until... May? June? The 12th of Never?

[TheXFactor]

I agree with this completely, it’s NOT Mego, it’s all on Disney. Disney is a Billion dollar corporation and the fact that a very small fraction of society is upset at them over one particular product online orders and cancellations probably doesn’t bother them, it’s sad but honestly they know it’s not going to bankrupt them. It’s to bad that these couldn’t have been available straight from the Dr. Mego website, sort of keeping it the family, but unfortunately the website doesn’t have the manpower or time to deal with it.

The problem with this line of thinking though is that the "small fraction of society" you reference are the exact same people who have kept this brand alive for 50+ years in one manner or another. Both Marty and Paul seem to be painfully unaware of that fact, and Paul's glossing over of the problem via his post on the Mego Ambassador page is straight-up insulting. I don't believe- for a second- that he "couldn't get one", and the whole "wait for the next launch in 2025" indicates that the thinking is people enjoyed being jerked around in this manner and will line up for the same exact treatment again. This benefited Disney, the scalpers, Marty, and anyone who was paid to work on the four figures in a professional capacity (sculpting, packaging, production, etc). No one else.

The only way to legitimately combat this is to not purchase the set from the eBay scalpers and just let them sell to each other and/or speculative flippers who buy things simply becasue they read "Sold Out", "Limited Edition" or something similar. If actual Mego fans committed to this, the sets would- eventually- become dead inventory. In turn, that would A) drive down the price and make them affordable, and B) stop the same practice with future sets.

[TrekStar]

People keep blaming this on Mego. If Mego is responsible for anything, it’s getting into these business deals — Topps. Big Lots (now going out of business). Hasbro. Disney (and who would say no to them! Or ANY of them). But once those deals are made, Mego just becomes the manufacturer and provider, not the distributor. Blame these things on those companies, not Mego.

As for pulling the items off the shelf to fulfill online orders, these seem to be more of a driver for the Disney properties than online; a Marvel product to have on the shelves. Unless these really start backing up in the stores, I don’t think these will be pulled to fulfill online orders. They might end up on clearance at a Disney Store first. I hope I’m wrong and I really don’t know what happens to excess product from Disney park stores.

I agree with this completely, it’s NOT Mego, it’s all on Disney. Disney is a Billion dollar corporation and the fact that a very small fraction of society is upset at them over one particular product online orders and cancellations probably doesn’t bother them, it’s sad but honestly they know it’s not going to bankrupt them. It’s to bad that these couldn’t have been available straight from the Dr. Mego website, sort of keeping it the family, but unfortunately the website doesn’t have the manpower or time to deal with it.

[PNGwynne]

^What Disney Shopper/agency did you use?

I have a friend going to Disney World in March but by then, who knows?

[Oldtoydave]

Does anyone have any experience with a personal Disney shopper?

what is involved? Can anyone recommend one?

curious about taking that route

I did and that’s how I got mine. The lady I used was very nice, great communication and they arrived from California to North Carolina in just over 7 days. They were packed very well! All tracking provided and you couldn’t ask for a better transaction. Was very pleased! I’ll be using her again when the next wave comes out. For two sets I paid just $50 ovet retail door to door

[TRDouble]

99% of it winds up at the Lake Buena Vista Disney store down the road from downtown Disney when they’re phasing it out. Usually ad 1/2 off or less

Cool! Thanks!

[TitansLair]

Does anyone have any experience with a personal Disney shopper?

what is involved? Can anyone recommend one?

curious about taking that route

[wise guy]

I was able to order 2 sets with the discounts but have been checking several times a day for cancellations. My first attempt was at 0802 PT item out of stock . After several tries and cancelling and re ordering at 0840 it charged my gift card . I am not looking forward to next wave

[Oldtoydave]

I really don’t know what happens to excess product from Disney park stores.

99% of it winds up at the Lake Buena Vista Disney store down the road from downtown Disney when they’re phasing it out. Usually ad 1/2 off or less