boyd Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Both my local stores have plenty of Wave 14. They did not receive Wave 15, and haven't gotten Wave 16 yet either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 My two TRUs both got plenty Wave 15. None are left after at least 4 restocks. No sign of any Wave 16 yet in either location. One other thing one of my TRUs has done is to move ALL Minimates to the collectors aisle. The aisle with the video game and more adult collector focus. The Marvel Minimates are no longer with the Marvel stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappymojo Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 My two TRUs both got plenty Wave 15. None are left after at least 4 restocks. No sign of any Wave 16 yet in either location. One other thing one of my TRUs has done is to move ALL Minimates to the collectors aisle. The aisle with the video game and more adult collector focus. The Marvel Minimates are no longer with the Marvel stuff. I noticed my store did the same thing except for the AVX box set with the Scarlet Witch. Those were the only mates in the comic/marvel aisle. No Wave 16. No Tomb Raider. Looks like they got a huge shipment of Street Fighter v. Tekken though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Alpharetta GA got nothin. Unless you're really REALLY interested in the Thing and Human Torch packs from the Fantastic Four wave because they've got a peg of just them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stack32 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 One of my local TRUs finally finished their reset and they now have a full peg of Spider-Sense Spidey/ FA Punisher. That store is never going to see wave 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr baghead Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 One of my local TRUs finally finished their reset and they now have a full peg of Spider-Sense Spidey/ FA Punisher. That store is never going to see wave 16. My local store ALSO got a sold case of Spidey/Punishers (the other store is full of wave 15’s) is this a case DST is making or is TRU.com sending them to stores like they do sometimes with discount stock with a “you deal with” mentality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowlar Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 TRU.com has all four sets back up and listed as in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Question: For the people that haven't found Wave 16 in-store, did your stores stock Wave 15? Very few of the SE Michigan/NW Ohio stores ever got Wave 15 in-store, but Wave 16 was plentiful on release. Just wondering if that correlates at all. I t think both stores in Memphis got wave 15. One store currently has a few of those plus a glut of wave 12. The other store sold through whatever they had and now doesn't have a single comic Marvel 2 pack in the store. It's got a few MvC sets and a few movie sets, but no comic two packs. Edited October 19, 2013 by Turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDestro Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I talked to a guy who I use to work with at TRU years ago. He told me the distribution center had 1200 cases sitting there. Don't know if that's just for west coast stores or what, but it looks like they are just taking their time getting out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Since they're available online (and I ordered enough other items to qualify for free shipping), I just ordered them online. I'm done spending the money on fuel. I hope they sell well when/if they ever get to my stores. Thanks for the heads up, Prowlar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowlar Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Since they're available online (and I ordered enough other items to qualify for free shipping), I just ordered them online. I'm done spending the money on fuel. I hope they sell well when/if they ever get to my stores. Thanks for the heads up, Prowlar! You're welcome. Since I don't have a local TRU I have check several times a day just hoping to be quick enough to pick up the exclusives when they're available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Still no Wave 16 at either of my TRUs, but I did find remnants of the new Walking Dead wave. Also, strangely, a restock on the TRU Iron Man III wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 That IM3 restock might have had something to do with the BOGO 40% sale they had on select Marvel merchandise. It doesn't seem to be moving around here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Also, strangely, a restock on the TRU Iron Man III wave. I found a huge and absurd restock of the Hasbro Iron Man 2 figures at TRU over the weekend. Mostly the MK IVs that pegwarmed for the longest time. It was a crazy amount of them, too; a block of like 20 pegs, set up as you might see a brand-new movie release. Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikfenix Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 What's the deal with these and TRU in general? Why are they so hard to find? I'm in Queens NY and have never had so much trouble finding a wave before, not even close. Found Wolvie/ Sauron and IM/Hulk sets in Times Square but my local TRU just got a brand new shipment of the FF wave? Why? I hope they don't linger here, if they do I hope they know why. Also there were some IM 3 sets and a First Class Emma/Havoc that's been there since I started collecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 A lone Real Ghostbusters 2-pack just showed up at my TRU and I'd never seen these at retail either. Between that and the sudden influx of Street Fighter X Tekken 'mates, I'm thinking someone at the distribution warehouse is finding cases that were "lost" and are finally getting them to stores. This might be great in terms of uncovering buried treasures (Battle Beasts exclusives, please!) but I don't see how it'll help distribution of newer series, especially ones with more sensitive timelines. (The Wolverine, I'm looking at you!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I am glad I am not the only on MPL. Unless a new TRU wave gets released, I only happen into a TRU when its time to buy a birthday gift for a friend or relative. I cleaned out one of my TRUs of all their remaining HALO stuff a few weeks back and last Sunday they suddenly have a restock of the HALO Warthog 3 figure sets (at full retail). Where did these things come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MST3KFan Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 My local Toy s R Us this past Friday got in a full case of... Spider-Sense Spider-Man and First Appearance Punisher 2-packs.... WTF!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmeaux Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 My local TRU also got the Warthog sets, about a week ago. I thought it was a fluke stockroom find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappymojo Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 My local TRU also got the Warthog sets, about a week ago. I thought it was a fluke stockroom find. Mine too. They were on clearance just this past spring. If only things like Heralds of Galactus, Mr Negative/Fantomex, Cap TTA got released from the stockroom archives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 My TRU still has Heralds of Galactus, but the others are long gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikfenix Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I still see the Galactus set at lots of TRU, had to have been 15 of them in Times Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Shakespeare Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 There's still a Mr. Negative set at my tru. Used to have a lot of galactus's but they disappeared a little while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk13 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 The only Marvel packs at my TRU are an endcap full of about 5 cases worth of Wave 15. That place will be lucky to see 17, much less 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Galactus never made it anywhere near me. Odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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