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I will see if my store still has them when I visit next. I will pick them up to help out here.

And remember that new tooling costs DST money. They try to recoup that by reusing it as much as possible. Paint variants help with that. This gives us 3 waves with only the initial tool costs. As the line does well, they can do more new tooling, or not.

If TRU closes all its stores, yes, probably. I would not think it would be affected by them closing some of the stores, other than it would mean more mates for the stores staying open.

Madison TRU just put out (finally got in) a case of these. The manager got them off the truck for me thinking they were the Infinity War ‘mates.

I stopped out today and spoke with the manager at the Madison TRU. He is optimistic and said he is 80% confident that they will figure out the logistics and stay open. He said that they would know what would be happening on Monday some time. In the event TRU does close, there would be a 3 month window while they try to sell off merchandise during ‘liquidation.’ And it, too, was a very bust day in TRU here. One of the employees I know mentioned a Facebook post that he felt was really driving people in today. The biggest thing I feel TRU could do to help sales is let people know they are still open.

I too visit (the Madison) TRU at least once a week. I know half the employees on a talk-about-the-family basis. My first Minimates came from TRU.

I know it will not happen, but it would be nice to get an army dump assortment for this movie á lá Captain America, Thor and Iron Man 2. 3 Outrider w/ 4 arms 3 Outrider w/ 6 arms 2 Dora Milaje 2 Jabari 1 of Thanos’ Black Order 1 Hawkeye or War Machine

God bless you! Mmmm-Bah-Kuh Wuh-Kah-Bay Pretty sure there were some clicks in there too.

I usually follow you, BHM. But you lost me here.

So, it sounds like we need a specialty wave more of Black Panther: Ritual T'Challa/Ritual M'Baku Ritual Killmonger/Zuri W'Kabi/Jabari Warrior T-Chaka Panther/Dora Milaje

Are you needing help tracking these down? Or are you good with your normal means?

I saw in an email that ThinkGeek and GameStop have an exclusive metallic paint version of the Iron Giant with GID eyes.

You could also ask them to price match. They still do that in store, for TRU.com or for other retailers.

Taking advantage of a best offer should not make you feel guilty. Best offers are used to negotiate the price; you come in with your first offer less than you are actually willing to pay. If they accepted it, they were asking too much in the first place.

Is that the Hot Toys one? What a beauty!

I saw a case (6) at Madison on Thursday. They had 2 regular and 4 exclusives, so hopefully they will not be too hard to find for those that want them.

After getting home last night, I had a call from one of the managers who gave me a rain check. He said that the were listed as a recall in his system. He is going to check the system again today and call if they can be sold. I understand how this embargo date works, but the way Walgreens has handled it seems to be a mistake. Labeling something as recalled can really scare some people. Imagine little Timmy’s mom getting to the checkout only to be told the Minimates are on recall; that does it for little Timmy ever getting Minimates again and possibly have any he has taken away. I really hope we can actually purchase them today!

Yep. I have been rejected at 2 Walgreens now. I got rain checks, the bigger issue is if they put them out for others to grab. One manger tried to grab ALL the movie mates from the shelf for ‘recall.’

Thank you, Zach. What are the chances of the box set at C2E2?

Other than the two people I mentioned are literally the only people who can do anything about this. The DST rep and the Walgreen's rep. If there is something in place in the stores that is preventing (needlessly at this point) product from still being able to be sold, now that everything can be sold, there is something wrong. The sooner people know there is an issue, the sooner it can be fixed (as Zach was able to do with the sale of BP and Ragnarok Minimates). As stated above, the embargo is over. Product hits today.

Is @steveanne still on these boards? Can he do something about this? I was planning to hit up some Walgreen's after work today to try and get in on the last day of the sale, but this is very disheartening! Maybe @DSTZach can reach out to him?

Walmart exclusive Thanos?

Merci.

Thanks! I am happy to share the process if anyone wants to try it themselves.

Totally. I would love for the Minimates to come with static ‘riding’ legs that can be swapped out for the lower torso or for bikes to have the legs sculpted to them. That way it could be ‘alternate motorcycle look’ included.