POST 21C MIG 15 & F-86 SABRE FINDS AND DISCUSSION HERE

[warhawker]

FINALLY!!! Found six "Mitch's Squitch" Sabres at the WM/SS in the DFW area of Texas. This one is the WM adjacent to Ranger Stadium (Ameriquest Field) in Arlington at Collins and Ballpark Way! They are NOT marked down....yet. No tiger stripped MiGs yet, but still looking. Nothing new in 1/32nd scale yet.

If you are looking for a Tiger Stripe Mig, there were three at the WM in Lewisville on 35 & Main st. I am waiting for the WM on the Dallas tollway to re-supply with the new 1/32 Stuka and Corsairs. They were there right before X-mas now they are gone.

[Flak Happy]

WM in Pico had about 6 Mitchs F-86, almost all other XD gone.

[hworth18]

NK and Tigerstripe Migs on clearance for $30 in Bixby..

[KAMIKAZE]

Warhawker, The Walmart at IH-35E and FM 1171 in Flower Mound had a few Chinese S2 Mig 15s about 1 week ago.

Mark

[warhawker]

Warhawker, The Walmart at IH-35E and FM 1171 in Flower Mound had a few Chinese S2 Mig 15s about 1 week ago.

Mark

I went by there yesterday and found 6 Mitch F86, 3 Tiger Migs, 2 NK Migs and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

[STUKA]

wow they sell birds?

[mikeg]

Chines migs- 30.00; three of them at the mansell road, Alpharetta walmart- talk about clearance- they had not been there a month...of course, it's not quite clearance is it?

[STUKA]

three different stores on the southside put the chinese Migs in Clearance aisles but they have the full price - the Mitch's Squitch and Korean Migs are sitting in the toy aisle with 21st century stuff.

[FieroDude]

three different stores on the southside put the chinese Migs in Clearance aisles but they have the full price - the Mitch's Squitch and Korean Migs are sitting in the toy aisle with 21st century stuff.

And this comes as a surprise because????

[STUKA]

no suprise at all -
See Book of Walton

[DocTodd]

Austin, Parmer lane had both S1 & S2 Migs for $30. They still have some FW 190's if anyone wants one.
Todd

[kevrut]

Burlington IA. had about 8 Mitch's Squitches at reg price.
No figs, tanks, or halftrax.

[Tinman]

I've yet to see any Migs or Sabres up here. Good thing there are online retailers.

[STUKA]

what is interesting is - I'm finding the migs in the clearance aisles at full price - it isnt someone leaving them there - everyplace I stop has them all sitting full price in clearance......

[FieroDude]

I've seen that done a few times--as if people not-so-in-the-know think they are getting a special price--"Look mom, it's on sale for $40!!!" Just like I see some retailers put up signs saying "special!", and the price is the same as always. I also remember when I worked in electronics and certain TV makers would dictate sales pricing for their big-screens, for example, $200 off MSRP. Which often meant we would have had to RAISE our price $100 to meet the sales price that the manufacturer was advertising.

[blurx7]

I spoke to a wm toy department manager about finding stuff at full price in the clearance section and she explained ( at least according to her store) that when they re-set their shelves it sometimes leaves them without a home-spot for some items ( Migs and Sabres for example if there is now no designated spot for large aircraft). So they move the "homeless" product to a holding area which also is where the clearance stuff resides. Usually the stuff placed here will eventually be marked down. But not always. Sometimes they receive changes to their shelf diagram and the product is pulled back onto the main shelves. Even when it is eventually marked down, it can take a long, long time, often based upon the discretion of the individual store.

[immeww2]

WM in Antioch, CA has clearanced all their 1/18 XD planes to $15 and all the pak-40's and halftracks to $13. All they had left was one ME109, 3 MIG's (Russian), one pioneerwagen and one pak-40. Picked up the pak-40.

[tmanthegreat]

XD planes to $15 - Wow! I think that is how one store may have gotten rid of its 6 F-86s and 3 Migs in a very short time after the holidays.

On another note, I found 4 NK Mig-15s discounted to $30 at the Madera, Ca Wal Mart. Even at that price, its still not bad considering the same plane sells at most small retailers for around $60.

Sad to see such great new pieces already on discount (I would have at least thought WM would have let the Migs sit around for a couple years like they did with the Bf-109Gs) however, perhaps this is a sign of new items to come, or the end of XD and Wal Mart...

[STUKA]

maybe - but the one chinese Mig left was still full price - sitting in the clearance aisle.

[Rowsdower]

however, perhaps this is a sign of new items to come, or the end of XD and Wal Mart...

I believe that is what I am seeing in my AO, the phasing out of XD and the expansion of 32X.

[immeww2]

I also agree that it appears WM is phasing out the 1/18th items and focusing on the 1/32nd and smaller scales.

[STUKA]

funny thing is they sit just as long as XD - I wouldnt call it phasing out - just understanding what is comming in the next few months...
WM changed their XD display at least 4 times a year. Or they have none at all eg planes all over the top shelf etc.

[FieroDude]

I wonder sometimes how much of it is tied to planned releases of new product from 21st. Walmart HQ certainly knows several months or even a year or two in advance what 21st has in the works, and how much shelf space they need to reserve for new items. Why reserve space that will essentially be unused for a few months?

And I have noticed that 21st's reissue of product is sporadic at best, as we saw with the sudden reapparance of the M48, Mutts, and some other items, at the same time that the new halftracks and PAK-40 were showing up. Most of this stuff ended up on the top shelf, or in other departments, until space cleared out where it belonged.
So while I do see a trend towards smaller scales, at least at mass market retailers, I don't think XD is dying out--we may just have a few months to wait before we see anything new show up in Walmart. Or be prepared to look in housewares, sporting goods, etc...

[pokeyjtc]

I too have noticed that in WM's recent resets here in Houston, that many of the stores have no space or shelf tags for 1:18 vehicles. I hope this is only temporary until the next wave of new product comes out.