The Scarlet Spider Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I've emailed Walgreens about putting them online because there are many collectors interested in them but I haven't received any reply :/ I'd be in for the full wave if I could ever find them :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Same here. If Walgreens could take preorders for a comeplete set that could be shipped to the nearest store at no charge, it might be a good way of gauging where collectors are and redistribute accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKrisLyons Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Steve Ann (the walgrens toy buyer) is able to be reached via Twitter. maybe we should all politely aak him about bringing online availability to the line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbofett Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) So I asked a manager to put in a restock order and the store ended up with 4 full sets of wave 1.5. If your walgreens didn't get these, well they're all at one store now. Looks like I won't  be hitting that store for a long time. Oh well at least they were nice enough to restock. Edited July 25, 2016 by bilbofett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPC Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Was VERY tempted by the new Black Widow in this line. Her hair makes me think I need it. Don't know why. But I said NO! Then visited Walgreens Friday night to see if they had the new X-Men Marvel Legends and noticed that Black Widow Minimate was still down there. Then I noticed it was not Black Widow at all. Someone replaced her and Iron Man with other 'Mates! Her replacement had red hair and freckles (SFvC?) but the Iron Man replacement was just shoddily painted by hand to resemble the colors on the package! An employee happened to be stocking the aisle next to me so I pointed this out to him. Then I noticed the pack behind it also had creepy hand-painted figures. Then the pack behind it. The pack behind it. And, finally, the pack behind it. FIVE packs all together returned with fake product inside. The employee was super annoyed at the shoddy tape job on the packages, and that they'd been accepted at all. I felt very weird touching these creepy painted things. People suck sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 10 hours ago, TheKrisLyons said: Steve Ann (the walgrens toy buyer) is able to be reached via Twitter. Not any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 11 hours ago, MisterPL said: Same here. If Walgreens could take preorders for a comeplete set that could be shipped to the nearest store at no charge, it might be a good way of gauging where collectors are and redistribute accordingly. If it is at another store, it can be shipped to your store, but I do not know if they can see which wave it is. JPC, that is a terrible story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotter Comics Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, JPC said: Was VERY tempted by the new Black Widow in this line. Her hair makes me think I need it. Don't know why. But I said NO! Then visited Walgreens Friday night to see if they had the new X-Men Marvel Legends and noticed that Black Widow Minimate was still down there. Then I noticed it was not Black Widow at all. Someone replaced her and Iron Man with other 'Mates! Her replacement had red hair and freckles (SFvC?) but the Iron Man replacement was just shoddily painted by hand to resemble the colors on the package! An employee happened to be stocking the aisle next to me so I pointed this out to him. Then I noticed the pack behind it also had creepy hand-painted figures. Then the pack behind it. The pack behind it. And, finally, the pack behind it. FIVE packs all together returned with fake product inside. The employee was super annoyed at the shoddy tape job on the packages, and that they'd been accepted at all. I felt very weird touching these creepy painted things. People suck sometimes. It's like some kind of weird Minimate serial killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 4:16 PM, Mystery Man said: Color me curious as to why they're released selectively two months before everybody gets a chance. I may have misunderstood. Sounds like 2.5 is supposed to ship wide THIS month but is still working its way through the system. Wave 3 is September. Wave 4 MAY be holiday, I need to confirm. Possibly early 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKrisLyons Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, DSTZach said: Not any more. no longer the Walgreens toy buyer or can no longer be reached via Twitter? Edited July 26, 2016 by TheKrisLyons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Spider Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I don't understand why they haven't been responsive to any attempts of us actively trying to buy more of their product... I understand it's some work putting up items on a website for customers to purchase I mean heck even Toys R Us hasn't figured it out yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 They put the exclusives up that are shipped in solid cases of one figure (Marvel Legends, SW Black, etc). Minimates probably aren't worth the effort to sort/track due to the low price and shipping. I wonder if stores got minimates in the same kind of cardboard endcaps the ML, WWE & SW ship in, if the distribution/availability would be better. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 18 hours ago, DSTZach said: I may have misunderstood. Sounds like 2.5 is supposed to ship wide THIS month but is still working its way through the system. Wave 3 is September. Wave 4 MAY be holiday, I need to confirm. Possibly early 2017. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 7 hours ago, TheKrisLyons said: no longer the Walgreens toy buyer or can no longer be reached via Twitter? Not on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBMM1 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Gotta love those Funko Pop! collectors, eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 7 hours ago, CBMM1 said: Gotta love those Funko Pop! collectors, eh... Are they becoming the Hot Wheels collector of the new millennium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Katz Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 Behold my Man-Thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 That's awesome.  I hope they make a comic version. I just love the thought of holding two different Man-Things in each hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chigarillo Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 On ‎7‎/‎25‎/‎2016 at 5:52 PM, JPC said: Was VERY tempted by the new Black Widow in this line. Her hair makes me think I need it. Don't know why. But I said NO! Then visited Walgreens Friday night to see if they had the new X-Men Marvel Legends and noticed that Black Widow Minimate was still down there. Then I noticed it was not Black Widow at all. Someone replaced her and Iron Man with other 'Mates! Her replacement had red hair and freckles (SFvC?) but the Iron Man replacement was just shoddily painted by hand to resemble the colors on the package! An employee happened to be stocking the aisle next to me so I pointed this out to him. Then I noticed the pack behind it also had creepy hand-painted figures. Then the pack behind it. The pack behind it. And, finally, the pack behind it. FIVE packs all together returned with fake product inside. The employee was super annoyed at the shoddy tape job on the packages, and that they'd been accepted at all. I felt very weird touching these creepy painted things. People suck sometimes. I've been seeing some really bizarre stuff with Walgreens mates... About a month ago I stopped in at one of the two Walgreens in town and took a peek. The only mate on the shelf was a Captain America and Hulk Wave 1 set, but the figures inside are clearly a Ultimate Nick Fury from TRU 20 (in Caps spot) and what appears to be a partial TMNT figure with no shell and no paint on the face (in Hulk's spot.) I may try to snap a picture if it's still there next time I check for... well anything besides Wave 1 at my stores. Then this past week my girlfriend was going to the other Walgreens and knew I was trying to find a Man-Thing (lol just no way for that sentence to not sound odd.) She called me to say there was no Man-Thing but she found a Starlord and Groot and knows I love those 3 characters. I told her to buy it and when she got home I opened the pack to find that one of the spots for Groot's feet was empty, the space for Rocket was also empty, Star-Lord had no blaster, and the one foot I had for Groot had the peg broken off in the bottom of Groot's leg... Gotta think both of those packs had been opened and messed with. I think it's more an issue of people at Walgreen's suck sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinous Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Should have taken the cap/hulk pack to a manager and told them what's up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMiracle Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Stopped in at my local Walgreens today and they still have Wave 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortherX Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 On 7/28/2016 at 9:02 AM, MisterPL said: That's awesome.  I hope they make a comic version. I just love the thought of holding two different Man-Things in each hand. wouldn't that be 4 man-things? you dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I guess that'd make me a Man-Thing hoarder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 On 7/23/2016 at 2:33 AM, DSTZach said: My understanding is that Series 2.5 will ship wide in September. So you may only find it in select locations between now and then. Glad to hear it. Â I was worried I might not be able to get these first hand. Â Nighthawk FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 29 minutes ago, karamazov80 said: Glad to hear it. Â I was worried I might not be able to get these first hand. Â Nighthawk FTW. That's old info. I believe that is when Series 3 ships wide. Series 2.5 ships wide now-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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