Walmart Recon Snapshot

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:23 pm

Hey guys,

We haven't been kept up to date on what you are seeing now in your local Walmarts, so if you could, post what you see right now on the shelves. I'm curious on just what is out there.....

Snapshot for Dover, DE: 6 Cobras (both schemes) and 5 Winter Tigers............

Thanks!

-Ski

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:41 pm

Lots of Cobra's (snake scheme only), T-bolts out the wazoo, Stuka's both winter and green, red 3 190's, black chevron 190's, tons of winter Tigers, and of course the homerun CIA Huey's hehe.

Rylau · Post by **Rylau** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:57 pm

VMF you are really lucky to have what you do. The 2 small Walmarts in my A.O. do not even carry the 1/18.

Rogue · Post by **Rogue** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:05 pm

I stopped at a few on my way to Atlanta and didn't find a thing.
Total waste of time,

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:15 pm

Rylau wrote:VMF you are really lucky to have what you do. The 2 small Walmarts in my A.O. do not even carry the 1/18.

Yeah but you figure I'm spittin' distance from WM HQ, we are saturated with WM stores! There is less than 6k population in my town and we're getting a supercenter!!!!! However, XD doesn't show up here quick, I read about sightings for 6 months before anything new shows up here. But at least it eventually shows up so it's all good.

parrish333 · Post by **parrish333** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:01 pm

My AO is pretty sparse, just a few winter tigers, maybe a winter sherman or two.

Mr. Football · Post by **Mr. Football** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:55 pm

Found several diecast XD Tigers for $20/each at my local WM, there are still some left (Houston).

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:41 pm

In Pittsburgh, there's only remnants of past items and some Grey Tigers lying about.

I would LOVE a winter Tiger, but have a grey one... I'm debating just doing a paintjob since I love the feel of the heavy steel Tiger I's, grey or white... Never seen a white one though.

BBI's "new" figures are floating into the area here... I saw tonight, for the first time ever, a repackage of the Marines (exactly) on new cards and with new paint features... Better camo patterns, and some of the guys had dirt or stubble painted on. Very cool in a way, and it seems like BBI tweaked the molds so the articulation points stay together more.

The guys with berets were out in full force though, but the chopper pilots come and go it seems, save for some of the green guys.

Good stuff...

WM's XD beyond the Tiger's is limited... Winter Sherman's at almost every WM now, and the P-40 still lingers. Also some AA Huey's here and there, and the rare Snake Cobra here and there...

NOTHING else.

NOne of the good stuff has seen the light of day here, like the winter Tiger, or Spitfire, or Mustang, or ME's, or whatever...

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:49 pm

The last I checked around there before moving back to Los Angeles for school (about 3 weeks ago) there were plenty of XD Winter Tigers to be had along with a few FW-190s of both types. My local Hobbytown USA store was fully stocked with 1-2 examples of most XD aircraft and vehicles currently avaliable to the small retailers. The TRU had gotten in either a second wave (or first) of the BBI SEALS with the green pilots. I grabbed the pilots as you can never have enough! I haven't yet had time to check around my area in LA yet.

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:51 pm

Lots of P-47's, Focke Wolf 190's(both types),Bradley's,Grey tigers,Stukas(both types),and a few Cobras and CIA helecopters.

Mark

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:00 pm

Walmarts in the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton and Reading)

Trexlertown: Cobras, CIA Hueys for $30. P-40's both schemes for $25. A few Shermans lying about. Coldsteel 32 X stuff on sale for $11

Whitehall: Two P-40's, one Huey, A bunch of Panthers or Tigers (Don't know tanks) One Sherman

Bethlehem (Rt 191): One Huey, two Sherman, LOL

EAston (248 by Wegmans): Nothing, LOL

Lauerldale (Reading): A few Hueys

Was also in the Quakertown and Lehighton Walmarts about two months back, very little, a few P-40's in each

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:31 pm

The Olympia, WA WM has 3 CIA Hueys and 2 NKK Spits all full price.
Kurt

victory · Post by **victory** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:45 pm

WM's in the area have grey & winter stuka, winter sherman & candy FW-190. Some cold steel stuff as well and quite a few, new paint scheme, 1/6 Stuarts.

donnieboy · Post by **donnieboy** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:57 pm

Hot Springs, Arkansas has two WMs-one has a few FW 190s, the other has some diecast dark gray Tiger Is, a few diecast Bradleys, some P-47s, and some FW-190s (both paint schemes). Never saw any P-40s, Spits, Cobras, or Hueys (except for the ubiquitous silver CIA one).[/code]

corpbob · Post by **corpbob** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:20 am

WMs in the Huntsville, Alabama area (Huntsville, Arab, Guntersville) are fairly uniform. Lots of P-47s, some Flying Tiger P-40s, some snake Cobras, BOB Shermans, Spits (no D-Days though) and now Grey Tigers and Stukas again. Oh yes, some of the funky painted Bradleys. No FW-190s of any type to be found, nor camou Cobras, Langley P-40s, or Hueys.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:39 pm

Some of you guys are damn lucky to have what you got!! I couldn't imagine having such a huge selection of stuff to pick from. Envy.....

I went to the Milford, DE store and grabbed the last 2 winter Tigers they had for $13 each (wahooo!!) They had a CIA and Snake Cobra there at full price. Pretty sad..........

-Ski

Mr. Football · Post by **Mr. Football** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:44 pm

Ooops, forgot, they also had a buttload of 1:6 Scale R/C Stuart Tanks (probably 8-10 of them)

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:54 pm

Walmarts in Canada have nothing. :evil:

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:55 pm

P51....why don't my emoticons work??

And while i'm on it...i don't see that i have any powers as moderator. I can't edit, delete, stick/unstick etc etc. I am a moderator in name only at the moment. Am i doing something wrong?

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:15 pm

The Chehalis WM has 5 Shermans 2 Red 190s, 2 1/6 tanks and 10 1/32 cold steel all full price.
Kurt

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:12 pm

Auburn NY WalMart had 3 diecast XD Tiger I tanks as of 10/15. No other XD in evidence.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:09 pm

Funny how things go. I went to the Walmart in North Dover (there are 2 here) which usually has the least as far as XD and sure enough, There was a single Red 3 and a single D-Day Spit at full price. My jaw dropped when I saw them!! They are now zero balance on D-Day Spits.

I guess there is hope sometimes in our hobby. Now I would expect to see more around the corner..........

-Ski

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:29 pm

Hey Ski: how do you like the DDay spit? I'm still undecided whether to get one or not..

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