fwoosheyman Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2012/09/ship-date-updates-8/#more-7391 Wave 47 just got bumped back to Oct 17th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Why does this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I'm assuming it's because DST doesn't have direct control on when items will show up at stores or "up to the minute" knowledge on where their items are. Only few days before hand do they know the item won't make it to stores that week and then change the release date 2 days before. Yea it's frickin annoying and it happens a lot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 It just goes back to the question I keep posing: why do they circulate such specific release dates when there is almost always at least a month of variance from that date in the end? Why not just say "October/November" or "Q4?" I just don't see any benefit to saying "this item will be out on October 3" when 1) everyone knows it won't and 2) everyone is going to get irritated when it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Shipping and customs can be a real beast to deal with. I work in retail myself & we've had problems with customs on many occasions. It usually sorts itself out pretty quickly, but our last shipment of a launch title wasn't actually available at the launch because it was being held with customs. On that occasion we couldn't say 'This book is due Q4' - but man, it would have made life a lot easier if we could have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 1. We have to provide a specific date to Diamond Comics because comic retailers want to know when stuff is arriving. We choose to share those dates once orders are placed with the factory because those are now the dates we aim to hit. But production hiccups can tinker with those. 2. We know where every item is every step of the way. That's why we update the ship dates. Except I only get a full ship dates update once a month, so I generally have to ask about specific items in the interim and update accordingly. Sometimes they give me a heads-up when something reaches the warehouse, and the ship date becomes concrete, but not all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hey, I was gonna say that about ship dates! Yeah, Diamond (the distributor) requires specific ship dates for all item solicitations, though it really only matters for periodicals. I've never heard about a comic book store complaining about action figures, statues and t-shirts shipping late. Though I suppose that would happen if a company were to, let's say, SHOCK us all by constantly soliciting a line of action figures and not delivering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Most of our items are solicited with a specific code stating that the date is tentative, and that the item may ship later. So retailers know that it's a guesstimate. Dates in the system get updated regularly. Dates on the blog need to be changed by me. October 10th is about to take a beating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosis Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) It just goes back to the question I keep posing: why do they circulate such specific release dates when there is almost always at least a month of variance from that date in the end? Why not just say "October/November" or "Q4?" I just don't see any benefit to saying "this item will be out on October 3" when 1) everyone knows it won't and 2) everyone is going to get irritated when it isn't. 2) if everyone KNOWS the date won't be accurate, then isn't it on us for getting irritated when it isn't? Shouldn't we learn from experience, expect the items late, and be pleasantly surprised if they arrive early/on time? Edited October 3, 2012 by Mnemosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 October 10th is about to take a beating... A walking dead zombie beating or a Brood bashing beating?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbofett Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 October 10th is about to take a beating... A walking dead zombie beating or a Brood bashing beating?? Or C. All of the above. :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 October 10th is about to take a beating... A walking dead zombie beating or a Brood bashing beating?? Or C. All of the above. :biggrin: Then my wallet takes a beating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It just goes back to the question I keep posing: why do they circulate such specific release dates when there is almost always at least a month of variance from that date in the end? Why not just say "October/November" or "Q4?" I just don't see any benefit to saying "this item will be out on October 3" when 1) everyone knows it won't and 2) everyone is going to get irritated when it isn't. 2) if everyone KNOWS the date won't be accurate, then isn't it on us for getting irritated when it isn't? Shouldn't we learn from experience, expect the items late, and be pleasantly surprised if they arrive early/on time? Also they don't circulate specific release dates, they circulate specific release date estimates, clearly labeled as such every time they post them. If everything was "Q4" that's what would irritate me, since it would mess up how I budget my toy purchases. I'm just happy they take the time to post these at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge_Havok Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) As per Luke's Toystore Facebook Page "The Brood are invading this week, as Marvel Minimates Series 47 arrives on Wednesday evening! http://lukestoystore.com/marvel-minimates-series-47/ " :biggrin: Woohoo!!! Edited October 16, 2012 by Serge_Havok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Gah! I got so excited for a moment then, until i realised that i have Venom TTA on my pre-order. Will have to wait till December to see these bad boys. Devil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortherX Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 yeah i have to wait til next week for the 2nd Alpha Flight box set. it's gonna be like Christmas, though... both Alpha sets, Wave 47 and the Heralds of Galactus (plus an ice slide lol)... i'm pretty stoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I ordered walking dead 1,sfxtekken 1 and tru,alpha flight 2 and cats 2 but i missed on the uncanny xmen set.Everytime i add it to my cart and proceed to checkout it's gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavehawk78 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I've got both sets of Alpha Flight, both sets of Thundercats, and wave 47 coming from Luke. TRU wave 14 coming from TRU.com. Antman II variant pack coming from Atomik Toys, and I just got the Stormbreaker set and Emma Frost from the Avengers vs X-men set in the mail yesterday from ebay. This is probably the most minimates I've ever ordered at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazwinski Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I wonder if Luke will get any of the TRU exclusives again? I'd really like to get Storm/Havok without having to pay eBay scalpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yes we will have a small quantity of them available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I just missed out on the chase set at my LCS but I've already got oodles of Wolverine so I'm not sweating it too much. I'll probably end up regretting it later when my wallet isn't aching as much but for now I'm content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappymojo Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I found some at my LCS in Boston. Bought Wolverine/Brood, Collosus/Rogue. They also had Brood Wolverine/Brood that I passed on. They did not have Longshot/Dazzler. :-( They were all in a box near the register, like they got their shipment but hadn't put them on the pegs yet. Of course, I wasn't afraid to go through the box on my own. Strange, Wolverine/Brood was $9.99. Collosus/Rogue was $8.99. Wanted Longshot and Collosus most of all, so slightly happy/slightly disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Any Brood pics would be great :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAnvil Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I'll order the Guile and Zangief sets when I order the outback x-men, so it's going to be a pretty sweet haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 My walking dead & sf/tekken arrived yesterday (I could'nt wait till wave 47 came in) god bless Luke we'd be lost without him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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