OMG what I found at TRU!!!!

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:41 pm

nothing

Is TRU just giving up?

No IJ no 21st.

Der Kommandant · Post by **Der Kommandant** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:49 pm

Good one. My store has a broken Himars from 2 year ago. Vintage.

Ta-152 · Post by **Ta-152** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:24 am

Why would they have IJ or 21st stuff? Neither of those is in production or shipping, once it's gone, it's gone.

On that note, last check my TrU still had four DAK artillery spotters.

Fritzkrieg · Post by **Fritzkrieg** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:33 am

One of my local TRUs have stocked the repackaged FOV "Bravo Team" LAV and Sherman. They also have the Bravo Team Paratroopers. I'm hoping we see some of the WWII figures again at retail.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:32 am

The Chap Mei stuff, and to a lesser extent, the Unimax repackagings clog the military aisle at my local TRUs. Even the GI Joe items are squished into an ever smaller space. There are still some 21c DAK artillery spotters, some 32x Jagdtigers (probably the worst-selling 32x vehicle of all time) and one store still has a couple discounted XD S2 Pak-40 Hanomags. The FOV HIMARS and MLRS vehicles are also at my TRUs. I really should get the HIMARS for the sake of completeness

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:49 am

ahhh well do they have anything other than gi joe that would work with xd?

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:09 am

flyboy_fx wrote:ahhh well do they have anything other than gi joe that would work with xd?

Assuming I understand your question correctly, the Assault Force figures and vehicles work well with XD, or at least with the modern XD items.

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:53 pm

You know what really Chaps Mei?

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:10 pm

Tambo wrote:You know what really Chaps Mei?

Oh, my.

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:31 pm

[CAT]CplSlade wrote:
Tambo wrote:You know what really Chaps Mei?
Oh, my.

You have to say that like Sulu does.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:53 pm

Unfortunately it doesn't come across so well non-verbally.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:07 pm

Funny this came up. A member on MHII reported seeing a stack of NIB Flying Tiger P-40s and a Mig15 just this week at a TRU in California.

Valentin · Post by **Valentin** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:41 am

Well... over here in asia, PTE has made a sudden comeback, though with some being marketed as True Heros. And all to be found in TRU.

Just got the IFV and the locker & bed accessories pack today.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:21 am

interesing......i wonder if TRU in north america will be getting the new PTE stuff too....i suspect they will.

I wish PTE would make a landing craft......and a bridge layer tank. Both those things are right up their alley, and while not strictly modern, they could certainly be used in a modern line.

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:16 pm

GI Joe at WM here has six pegs, two across and three down with peg warmers literally falling off onto the shelf below and even the floor. The Corps meanwhile has a huge section on the far right hand site of the aisle next to the Joes.

MCalamari · Post by **MCalamari** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:30 pm

hworth18 wrote:Funny this came up. A member on MHII reported seeing a stack of NIB Flying Tiger P-40s and a Mig15 just this week at a TRU in California.

The Sacramento (Arden Fair) TRU has several Flying Tiger P-40s for months. I bought one just two weeks ago.

The box is the special edition (not the original WalMart release) and the pilot is a P-38/P-47 version instead of the P-40 pilot from way back.

It cost $45+tax.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:23 pm

That's funny that the Arder Fair TRU still has some of the last 1:18 21c planes at retail. It was at that same TRU that I got my first XD plane - the P-51 - back in October of 2000. I stopped by there while on a road trip to find someplace to eat, then thought I'd check the TRU for new GI Joe items and walked out with something far better

STARMAN 352 · Post by **STARMAN 352** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:28 pm

Oh yea they had the Flying Tigers P-40.s and Mig-15 here in Calif like Hworth said and the store Mgr told me they just got the P-40's in over the weekend..I had no idea that they would still get these since they are no longer being made..Unless their warehouse is stocked with the old 21st planes.

MCalamari · Post by **MCalamari** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:29 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:That's funny that the Arder Fair TRU still has some of the last 1:18 21c planes at retail. It was at that same TRU that I got my first XD plane - the P-51 - back in October of 2000. I stopped by there while on a road trip to find someplace to eat, then thought I'd check the TRU for new GI Joe items and walked out with something far better

I remember seeing the original figures and holding off ... though I don't remember the P-51 (perhaps you got one of the few).

A few years later I bought a discounted Winter Stuka (sans pilots) and then was hooked.

The Arden Fair TRU always has slightly different things than the others in the area, and every now and then a 1:18 German halftrack appears on the shelves for $15. I've been usually grabbing one if I see them ... the 21c halftracks are my second favorite piece (the Pak 40s are my favorite) <-- too bad Monkey Depot no longer is blowing them out.

Sky Ray · Post by **Sky Ray** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:49 pm

hworth18 wrote:Funny this came up. A member on MHII reported seeing a stack of NIB Flying Tiger P-40s and a Mig15 just this week at a TRU in California.

Curious, is this store in SoCal? Last time I saw a massive stock of 1:18 aircraft was back in the TRU in Culver City a year ago.

YT · Post by YT » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:59 pm

STARMAN 352 wrote:Oh yea they had the Flying Tigers P-40.s and Mig-15 here in Calif like Hworth said and the store Mgr told me they just got the P-40's in over the weekend...

Amazing!

MCalamari · Post by **MCalamari** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:30 pm

I bought the last 1:18 Stuka Zu Fuss at the TRU in Roseville/Lincoln, CA. In Aug. they had 3 of that halftrack and 3 of the one with the PAK 40, all at $15.

I'm sure some of the last wave 21c stuff is still out there. My brother keeps finding $1 Walmart Germans <-- which is awesome, that last wave of 21c guys were great. My favorite though was the American pack-in with the Quad 50.