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[zeedox]

TIMES SQUARE, NY, USA...

[REMOVED]

oh--- great custom fodder. too far to drive from michigan...

[SeattleEd]

Hope it happens here in Seattle. Yup, fodder!!!

[MIB41]

Just the thing I was talking about a couple of months back. I couldn't foresee Waves One and Two being mixed together when the store might have to mark down that initial lineup. Their most likely having to make space for Wave Two. But I'm also wondering if this will make them order LESS of the next wave? Things to think about.

[boynightwing]

That's a good price. I wouldn't hesitate to buy them for that. At $30 a pop here I have to be choosy.

[palitoy]

Oh man, that brings me back to the days of the Childworld stickers. I'll buy spares for that price!

[jacoblb]

I should check my local TRU and see if they have marked them down. I have a Green Arrow only right now. My last trip to TRU they had everyone on the shelf and at least 2. The visits I made prior either had Sinestro on the shelf alone or nothing else, just empty pegs. I was so close to buying them, but the near $10 cost is way better priced than the $20. The prices on figures these days are insane. It's why I stopped buying Marvel figures when Hasbro took over. The DC Universe figures used to be $10 in the early waves and are closer to $15 so these retro ones are a great deal at $10.

[The Kryptonite Kid]

Sweet! Thanks for the tip-off

[MIB41]

This might also be telegraphing a message to Mattel - Lower the price and you'll sell more.

[jimsmegos]

While I to appreciate the lower price, the scary part is the fact that they aren't selling which means TRU may decide not to buy in the future thus leading to a cancellation. As far as Mattel lowering the price for them to do that would mean cutting corners which means crappy (no offense fellows and girls) CTVT like product.

[fallensaviour]

Great price I'd grab a few for that.

[Sideshow Spock]

Hopefully folks can check their TRUs ASAP and see if it's chain-wide. Sometimes the Times Sq. flagship marches to its own drummer..

[hedrap]

Has someone come up an actual sales number, yet? I don;t know if I'd say they aren't selling, because the three TRU's around me have only had three Luthors and a Sinestro.

IMO, if this is nationwide, TRU is probably getting ready to make room for movie toys and new DC waves. It could simply be the NY area or even Times Square itself, which is big time shelf space.

[The Kryptonite Kid]

This might also be telegraphing a message to Mattel - Lower the price and you'll sell more.

Exactly!

[phil]

Sorry everyone, but those labels are specific to a certain TRU and are not chain wide. These labels are used to mark down items that may be missing pieces, have damaged packaging or a few pieces of an item that has been around too long in order to get rid of them. If it is done to get rid of a few pieces it means that the item has been discontinued.
That doesn't mean the entire line of Retro Figures has been discontinued by TRU. Each item is assigned a six digit number called a SKN ("skin" but most large retailers call it a SKU. The first assortment of Retro Figures may have been discontinued but the next assortment is still active and has a different SKN number.
I worked for TRU for ten years and this was part of my job. Hope this information is useful.