Retro Action Heroes Hit the Shelves

[Blue Meanie]

Which ones did you go to? When I used to live in West Islip, I used to go to the ones in Bay Shore, Massapequa and Huntington.

Bay Shore was the one I went to.

[JimCem99]

Nothing yet out here on Long Island. They get another shipment on Saturday...keeping my fingers crossed.

Which ones did you go to? When I used to live in West Islip, I used to go to the ones in Bay Shore, Massapequa and Huntington.

[Jerry68]

QUOTE=MightyMegs;488768]He was packed in the case too close to Luthor and his Krytonite rock...[/QUOTE]

[Jerry68]

I'm really glad to hear you found some Jerry!

Thanks!

[MegoMonk]

Nothing yet in Staten Island. My wife was at the SI Mall tonight across form the TRU. I called TRU, hoping they would have them, so I could send my wife over to pick some up. The lady on the phone said they have none. I will be in Brooklyn tomorrow and the Bronx on Saturday. I'll check the TRUs there, too.

[MightyMegs]

I forgot to mention the superman I left on the shelf did not have his eyebrows painted.

He was packed in the case too close to Luthor and his Krytonite rock...

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I went to Indianapolis today on business. I call one store, nothing. The second, jackpot. Twenty minutes later I see the whole set at toys r us. I picked up another green lantern. He also has a small chip on his nose and the emblem looks like it was stretched. I don't care that much because just seeing them there reminded me of went I went to visit my Aunt in San Francisco and she took me to toys r us and bought me a superman. I hope this generation has this type of memory when they are 41. Pretty Cool.

I'm really glad to hear you found some Jerry!

[Jerry68]

I forgot to mention the superman I left on the shelf did not have his eyebrows painted.

[Blue Meanie]

Nothing yet out here on Long Island. They get another shipment on Saturday...keeping my fingers crossed.

[rche]

got a set in Austin, TX today.

Called the south TrU store last night on a whim and the manager told me he had just stocked them. I asked him to hold a set for me. When I went in to pick them up today, they still had a Sinestro and Green Lantern on the shelves. So - maybe Supes are gonna be hard to find due to his recognition in the hero world to non-comic reading moms dads and grans? I would suppose Lex is coming in second due to his ties with Supes? Too bad; Sinestro is my favorite of the bunch. That is an awesome headsculpt. I hope my Supes body is not too wonky as he is going to my son. Doesn't really matter, tho. I will enjoy the experiment of tightening the Mattel body up if it does not perform. The Green Arrow we have has held up rather well, tho his legs have always snapped back into standing position and slightlly knock kneed.

good hunting to anyone in the Austin TX area. I would assume the North store should get theirs in this week or next.

[Jerry68]

I bought another Green Lantern and Superman in Port Huron, Mi today. Sterling Heights, Mi should have theirs tomorrow.

[Cosmicman]

I have a Lex Luthor, Green Arrow and Sinestro. Pretty impressed so far. For some reason my Sinetro is "loose". Like he feels he can't be positioned.

[bondtoddbond]

York, PA hits paydirt today. 2 complete sets were on the shelf at 1pm. I bought 1 set, Pay attention Megosteve! If you want more than what you have... Oh what a feeling!

[HardyGirl]

See...the quality of this product itself is not even relevant to me...it's the experience in reliving your childhood all over again...if I were the one taking this picture...I'd be feeling like I was back in the 70s...this is time machine stuff fellas...

I agree...it's about the era for me as well. I just wish that kids today could relive the excitement of the toy store back then. Of course I realize that's a pipedream, toys don't mean the same thing to kids today, but being a teacher, I'd love to hear the kids talk about these toys as kids did w/ Megos back in the day.

[generic]

...The more volume of a product that is made equates to the lower price per unit during production, thus the price per unit for sale is also lower...

Good point!

BTW - Mattel sets the retail price (not TRU ultimately) by setting the wholesale price. TRU, like Target, Walmart, Kmart etc. have a profit margin in place for all sales. That retail price (profit margin) is set at a certain percentage point higher than the wholsale price each store is charged per product per manufactorer.
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That is very true except with Wal*Mart. From what I understand, in many instances Wal*Mart pretty much tell the manufacturer what they will pay them per unit. Because they order in probably the biggest quantities of anyone (and because they really don't NEED any one product), they are able to do that. They pretty much give the manufactures a 'take it or leave it' offer and if the manufacturer decides that it's enough of a profit, they're happy to have the guarantee of a huge preorder number from one company. This is a big part of how Wal*Mart keeps their prices so low.

I don't know if this is a relevant factor or not, but Hasbro owns GiJoe, Mattel is paying for a license to sell DC. It might not be just production costs.

I had thought of that and I'm sure that is part of the reason they need to charge more, but I suspect that geoffdude's comment about Wal*Mart being able to order in such HUGE quantities vs. Toys R Us is a bigger factor.



Side note: I went to the Toys R Us near me yesterday and they didn't have them. I asked the guy working if they had them and he had no idea what I was talking about. He did offer to look up in the system to see if they had them on the way, but couldn't find anything there either. Then again, while I was talking to him, a lady asked him if they had any military figures other than the GI Joe knock-offs we were standing next to and he told her "No, this section is all the military toys that we have" before walking away to check the system for the Retro Action figures for me. When he left, I told her that the GI Joe section was two isles up. How can you work at a toy store and NOT think of GI Joe when someone asks you for military figures???