Walmart Recon Snapshot

wm69 · Post by **wm69** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:04 pm

I found a ton of FW190's in Springdale AR today, but they're all at full price. A guy in NJ who buys planes from me on a regular basis said he found 4 yellow nose stukas for $10 each. Looks like the associates forgot to reprice the new planes when they came in again.....

jhogan · Post by **jhogan** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:51 am

About three weeks ago I passed on the first P-47 Bubble Tops I found in Peoria (bad paint). I've looked for restock of the BT's and hope to find the new 109's, but so far nothing in my area. Any recons from Bloomington, Springfield, Peru? Nothing in Peoria, Pekin, Morton, E. Peoria or Washington only spotty green and blue box 190D's and a few P-40's and Spits.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:37 pm

Finally caught sight of the P47 BT at a local WM here. Decided not to get one. I'm saving the parking spaces for the repaints of the Pzr.

fullyautomatic · Post by **fullyautomatic** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:47 pm

Kepford's finally showed up.One ME109 in 21st box.Picture shows tropical version but thats not whats in the box.Weird!R/C Stuarts are still at $149.No FOV any more but I will say the toy isles are pretty stocked again with lots of other stuff.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:52 pm

Stopped in the 41st-Memorial Walmart in Tulsa..
They had:
4 Michalski Fw-190D9's
2 Eaglestons P-47 Bubbletop's
2 "Eileen" P-47 Bubbletop's
2 Black 12 Fw-190D9's
A few Stuarts, command cars, APC's and that was about it..

mondaytanker · Post by **mondaytanker** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:33 am

WM in Manitowoc WI has the 1/6 scale MB Jeep and Kubelwagen with a new roll back price of $49.99 from $67.99.

Tanker

JOC · Post by **JOC** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:35 pm

Local WalMart has two 1:6 RC Marine Tanks at a 100.00 price. I suspect it will drop as they are marked as non-replenishable. I did find three 1:6 jeeps and 1 Kubelwagen. The Kubelwagen and one jeep was broken. I did purchase the other two jeeps for 10.00 each.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:17 pm

I found 8 Eagleston P-47's at the Camden Walmart! It took over 3 months, but they got here, finally........... I picked up only one since I already traded for one from boomboomjr......

-Ski

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:25 am

I'm new to the board and I read this whole thread just to see what planes wind up where. It was very interesting to me to see how unevenly some of the models get distributed throughout the country and how some planes wind up everywhere. Here's what's available here in the Houston area right now from the 8 different Wal-Marts I check on a pretty regular basis.

All 4 variants of the FW-190s can be found. Although alot of them have broken guns. Wal-Mart just got the black 12 and black 1 in the past month and a half. Alot of the stores are clearancing the 190s for $20. I found one store that had them for $14. And I got super lucky in January and found one Wal-Mart that had 4 black chevrons and 2 red threes and they were on clearance for $2 each. Yes, I said $2. So I bought all of them and then traded them for different planes I wanted.

The Eagleston P-47 bubbletop has shown up in the last month, but all are at regular price. I have yet to see an Eileen.

I can still find winter Shermans for $20 but all of the Tigers are gone.

The remote controlled M5 Stuart is available and I have seen the olive drab, the winter, and the jungle fever ones everywhere. They are on clearance from $100 to $75 depending on the store.

One store still has 6 P-47 Donnie boys, but they are regular price and have been there for forever.

Another store has 4 CIA Hueys, still at regular price

That's about it. I have seen some of the 1:6 scale jeeps and kubelwagens, and some of the 32X stuff, but that's not really my thing so I didn't price any of it.

Some of the planes that have never been in a Wal-Mart here in Houston.
Huck, Blond Angel, Checkertail P-47s,Flying Tiger or Langely P-40, any Corsair, Spitfire, or 109 at all.

If anybody wants anything, let me know and I will see what I can find. I'll be glad to make a deal or trade for stuff. Thanks

.

digger · Post by **digger** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:36 am

Pokey, that's one hell of a recon. Welcome to the board and thanks for the breakdown in your AO.
I think your sighting of $2 190s is the best XD deal yet, surpassing the famous $1 CIA Helos from a while back. Congrats

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:40 am

Welcome to the board!! It looks like Texas gets a good variety of warez! .....I wish! Distribution has always been a problem for all of us. A lot of trading ensues everytime a report is made. Patience is the name of the game, however the on-line retailers have really mitigated a lot of the frustration, albeit at a higher cost.

-Ski

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:35 am

pokeyjtc,
Nice to have you aboard!
I suppose you traded off all of your $2 planes by now?
Did you get any M113s in your area??
Take a look at the traders section of the board.
I would be glad to trade with you, just sent me an email of what you have and what you are looking for.
Thanks!

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:35 am

WOW! 8 WM's! Let us know if anything new shows up on the shelfs there.

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:36 pm

$2.00 planes is a nice price, but my 20 cent Sherman beats it. They were supposed to be marked $20.00 but the decimal was wrong place wrong time. At least two people before me purchased them before they corrected the price.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:46 pm

You guys that get the crazy discounts - which seem to be most places besides the west coast - are pretty lucky. I've only gotten one discount and that was a $10 M-113 APC with trashed box. Every other plane or tank at WM remained at full price, even after the boxes were shot to hell and the item had been there six months!

Oh well, even at $40, if the item is in good shape, it can still beat the small retailer price

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:12 am

I did forget to mention that I can still find the tan M113 for $20 at Wal-Mart right now and I have seen a few of the Bradley fighting vehicles, but don't remember the price on those.

I was just glad to find this forum to talk about all of the cool 1:18 scale stuff that we all like to collect and to see that I am not the only person who can't drive by a Wal-Mart without going in to check out what they might have. I guess I am pretty lucky to have 8 Wal-Marts relatively close by. It helps to live in a huge city. A large part of the fun for me is finding that new plane on the shelf or getting something good on clearance. Something about buying the planes through online retailers just isn't quite as exciting to me, although sometimes it is the only way to get certain items. I'll definitely keep you guys posted when anything new shows up.

I'll post over in the buy, sell, trade section what I've got or can get to trade or sell and what I am looking for. As far as the $2 190s, I have a red 3 left. I was nice and gave a couple of planes to my brother since he likes this stuff too.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:31 am

pokeyjtc wrote:
I was just glad to find this forum to talk about all of the cool 1:18 scale stuff that we all like to collect and to see that I am not the only person who can't drive by a Wal-Mart without going in to check out what they might have. I guess I am pretty lucky to have 8 Wal-Marts relatively close by. It helps to live in a huge city. A large part of the fun for me is finding that new plane on the shelf or getting something good on clearance. Something about buying the planes through online retailers just isn't quite as exciting to me, although sometimes it is the only way to get certain items. I'll definitely keep you guys posted when anything new shows up.

Yep, it's all in the hunt, baby! You are definately in the right place!

-Ski

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:23 pm

Found a Stuka on the shelf at Wal-Mart today. It is the winter white S3 release. It's regular price, $39.84, but if anybody wants me to get it for them, let me know.

bhallg2k · Post by **bhallg2k** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:25 pm

The Wal Mart in Willingboro, NJ has a few Eagleston P-47s, a "Black 12" 190 and a "Galland" 109; all at $39.84.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:52 pm

Went to College Station and found S4 190's and s2 P-47 Bubbletop all at full price they had some of the S2 and S3 190's also. Still having trouble finding the 1/32 88's.
Todd

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:43 pm

Finally found the P-47 Eileen S2 bubbletop at two Wal-Marts in the NW Houston area.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:40 pm

3 Eaglestons at the Hillcrest WM in Antioch, CA.

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