Macross-Junkie Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I think your O.K. dude. As long as you don't start selling those exclusives at ridiculous prices to support a business that thrives on the pain of other collectors wallets. I mean I horde some exclusives and hard to find figures, kinda like the Red Shirt Scotties, but my reasons are strictly for creative purposes. I even think it's O.K. to sell your old figures at a profit as long as you use the proceeds for more hobbies or charity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Tell me....I think I can take an honest answer.....does it count if you accumulate 'exclusives' & 'variants' with a vengeance ......but mainly just keep them ? Hoarding....with benefits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 BHM, you are not a scalper. You've practically given stuff away and that is against scalper code of conduct. I feel your pain guys. There is a comic shop only blocks away from one of the local TRUs and they have insiders that tip them off. They were kind enough to brag share this info with me. Most scalper/comic shop guys are easy to spot (or smell). They are the unkempt, balding with pony-tail, fat, middle aged guy taking all the action figures off their pegs. Look for the tell-tale pushing kids out of the way behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Tell me....I think I can take an honest answer.....does it count if you accumulate 'exclusives' & 'variants' with a vengeance ......but mainly just keep them ? I always thought when some one said said "bought the the farm" it meant theay had died...then I heard about BHM Sorry I couldnt resist as an older nerd/toy geek I would hoard my toys/comics/art before it was the the fashion to let your geek flag fly because ppl would class me as a big kid...now they realise its worth money and has prob realued more then their stuff they want my info. smurf em, buy what you like and if it is worth more in the end good for you. in the end have fun. Im Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I hate scalpers. Hate, hate, hate. But what can you do? Not buy from 'em, is what. I truthfully believe that these things are so expensive because of the show and the whole "exclusive" thing. Once these start hitting stores and TRU.com fixes their items names, people should be able to find these. And this board is a GREAT place for helping people out with stuff they can't find, in all of it's previous incarnations and this one too. People, please don't pay so much money for stuff that you just have to have right now. Be patient and wait and don't waste your money on overpriced stuff from people who openly want to screw you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtankengine Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I got my order from TRU's website today for the first 3 packs they had on their site. I got the packs with the 2 zombies, Rick/Zombie, and Glen/Zombie. So the Zombie and Jim set they put up the next day must be the pack with Shane in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Can you match up the UPC numbers on your invoice with the ones on the back of the packages for everyone's reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thanks for letting us all know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Have to say I just opened wave 1 and am not dissapointed, these are some great minimates! Here's a couple of crappy camera (Somehow it NEVER quite gets the auto-focus right!) pic of my new zombie ridden desk The walking dead are sharing space with some 'amuse myself QC's' I also bit the bullet and ordered (what I hope are) the TRU exclusives from TRU.com! T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Those are some fun QC's there, TBT! What chest is that for the white-shirted guy behind Dale? I agree, the whole mix-and-match thing is really fun with this line. Edited October 23, 2012 by Mystery Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Check your email. I just got an email from TRU cancelling my order of Walking Dead minimates and now they are all listed as out of stock. WTF!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) That sucks, Fwooshey. I got my shipment from Luke last night (Thanks!) and I have to agree with the previous comments I have read, the quality control on these are top of the line! I really wish all of the releases were as clean and perfect as these mates. It has been debunked (supposedly), but I will go to my grave with the assumption that there are multiple factories producing Minimates, and that one of them is staffed by monkeys. Edited October 23, 2012 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMiracle Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Son of a bitch! Toys R Us just cancelled my order that I placed yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniL Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 That sucks guys talk to Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 You ain't going to want to read this but I've never known TRU.com re-stock anything 'minimate' they've sold out of . However....if these have sold as well & as quickly as they appear to have then we have a phenomenon & it would seem incomprehensible if we don't see a factory re-run or a pretty sharpish 'Best of' wave a la Ghostbusters. Are box sets planned ? Mine are showing as 'shipped' but I'll wait to hear what has arrived ......I've had news that my TRU 14 shipment arrived "seemingly like the warehouse decided to just send what they fancied rather than what was on the consignment note" Different day same ol' same ol' story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogi Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I love the "meat" accessory that comes with the Nerd Zombie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Perhaps they're listed as out of stock because someone finally figured out they had the wrong listings for them and they are relisting correctly? I don't doubt Walking Dead could be a breakout hit for Minimates, but I'm skeptical they're going to completely sell through in a matter of days, for a couple of reasons: 1) Minimates still simply don't have the general visibility or awareness of, say Marvel Legends. Walking Dead could potentially change that, but this is the first wave. Not that Zach hasn't done a terrific job of promoting them, but I don't get the sense these are (yet) at a level of top-of-mind awareness, either in the toy collecting community or the general public. Just looking through general toy collecting boards, photo streams from NYCC, etc, the top-of-mind brands based on sheer volume of discussion are still MOTU, Marvel and DC lines, and Lego. You have to dig to find mentions of Minimate lines outside our little ecosystem. As I said before, if something high-visibility happened like a set showing up and being plugged on Talking Dead, that could change very quickly. 2) I think the proportion of die-hard collectors (people who know exactly when to hit TRU and actively seek out exclusives) to casual buyers (people who like the license and happen to find them on a trip to the store) isn't any different than for any other license with TRU exclusives. As popular as the show is in mainstream consciousness, I don't think it's produced an army of new, rabid toy collectors (i.e. Walking Dead Zombies). 3) If the robust orders Zach has mentioned, and the history of high production runs for initial waves of a new license (an assumption based on the number of sets I've seen stocked at TRUs compared with later runs) are any indication, there are going to be a lot of these on pegs in a few weeks. I really don't think this was a one-case-and-done scenario for the stores that have already received and sold through them. The one x-factor I could see slightly nudging up demand is the customizing factor baked into the Shane and Glenn sets. Lots of people on the board, at least, seem to want those baseball caps for customs. So perhaps that could prompt a die-hard collector who normally picks up a set to open and a set to keep mint to go ahead and grab the third pack he finds from a fresh case (assuming he doesn't already take all of the exclusives he finds regardless). Again, I don't doubt these will see a healthy sell-through, I just don't think it's going to be along the lines of a holiday "it-toy" where people are trampling each other to get them as soon as the case is opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMiracle Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Perhaps they're listed as out of stock because someone finally figured out they had the wrong listings for them and they are relisting correctly? http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12476213 Seeing as how they're still selling that Marvel vs. Capcom Wolf vs. Vengeful Joe set, I don't think they're going to relist them correctly. I used up the rest of a gift card yesterday buying the entire set of Walking Dead and I threw the gift card out afterwards. Looks like it's time to call Toys R Us to complain about this whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I could be remembering wrong, but I seem to recall some Ghostbuster stuff going in, then out, then back in to stock online. I could be wrong though. Are the exclusives being shortpacked in this wave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Yes, the Walking Dead TRU exclusives are 2 per case. The Street Fighter X Tekken TRU wave was an even pack out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glantern Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Well, my "Jim and Zombie" arrived today. As was pretty much confirmed by Mrtankengine, it was Shane and the punk zombie. Definitely a cool set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Can we get pics of the exclusives from those who have them, please? I need one of each 2-pack, but I also need an extra cap for a custom. Do Glenn & Shane share the same hat-piece, or are they different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogi Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Can we get pics of the exclusives from those who have them, please? I need one of each 2-pack, but I also need an extra cap for a custom. Do Glenn & Shane share the same hat-piece, or are they different? Exact same Ball cap piece, just painted differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I could be remembering wrong, but I seem to recall some Ghostbuster stuff going in, then out, then back in to stock online. I could be wrong though. Are the exclusives being shortpacked in this wave? I so hope you're right about the re-stocking .......& it makes no sense to me why there are short-packed exclusives ? How well did that work with the early Marvel TRU waves ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross-Junkie Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) I know I'm beating a dead cat here people, but for those looking for a Shane & Punk Zombie 2-Pack, I have one to trade... TRADE, not sell... And as for short packing, I know when my Toys R Us put theirs out on the shelf there were 2 Shane, 2 Glen, 4 Rick, 4 Zombie pack... Edited October 23, 2012 by Macross-Junkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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