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grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:37 pm

I stopped off yesterday at the Shawnee Ks. WM looking for the new figure repaints. Didn't find them but was shocked to find the Platoon Leader and the German Artillery figures. One of each and the first time I have seen them in the KC metro area.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:52 am

The problem with walmart in my AO, is when they sell out they have not restocked. Of the 5 in my area 1 has figures (S2 Tankers). You might find 1:144th tanks or some 1:48th armor and maybe a few 1:32nd model kits but thats it and its been like this since summer.

Yankee John · Post by **Yankee John** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:27 pm

I found the last 18th plane today at a local WM. It was a tiger striped Mig15 way up high on a shelf. Couldn't pass it up since it was only $15.

John

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:23 pm

my local walmart lacks the 1/18 new items, I always have to end up going to different walmarts to find the items that i need.....

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:31 am

Yep, my Walmarts are just about out of stuff. A couple tanker figures, 1:144 vehicles and some weapon sets are just about what;s left. Pretty sad.....

-Ski

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:19 am

Does it seem to you guys that with your WMs that there is a "purge" of 21stC 1/18 stuff??

Some of my local WMs have NOTHING in 1/18.
But a few have a bunch, but the planes seem to all be on clearance for 25.00
Some places I go have no spot for 1/18 figures. Very strange.
WM distribution is so disjointed I can understand gluts of product here and there. But as a company they should either be promoting the 21st Century line or discontinuing it. But each store seems to be doing it's own thing on either end of the spectrum...

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:58 am

All I see stocked in 1/18 21st C at SOME WMs is just the the Figures, not planes, tanks, etc. I've seen a couple MGs and F104s on the clearance area, but no stocking. A few of the WMs here say they are completely getting out of 21st C, some say no restock til after Christmas on the figures. You try to figure it out

The General

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:57 am

i think it's pretty clear that WM has dumped 21c, at least 1/18. Six weeks to Christmas the toy shelves should be crammed, if they were still carrying the line.

The future of xd now resides with TRU.

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:15 am

Just last week somebody found new Germans, no? Were they mistakenly sent to WM instead of TRU?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:26 am

they could have been sent to WM a long time ago and just filtered down to store level finally.

If WM is still carrying xd then where are the pak 40 repaints, pak 40 hanomags, quad .50 trailers, me 262's, vietnam figures etc etc.? It's six weeks til Christmas. This is THE time of year to sell toys, yet virtually nothing new in xd is to be found at WM, except a handful of german figures...

It's time we started facing the reality..

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:28 pm

aferguson wrote:It's time we started facing the reality..

I'm ready for it

Less time I have to spend at a Wal Mart the better! Save for a couple severely discounted 1:18 planes, all the other new 21c products I'be bought recently came from TRU, just like in the old days

TRU also seems to have the distribution thing down a little better. Some items still take a while to get out (no quad 50 trailers or Vietnam figures in my area yet) but the stuff does mostly seem to arrive eventually. That did not happen at Wal Mart. Further, it seems that TRU doesn't generally order 60+ of the same item, so the 21c products should sell better at full price, even if there are technically fewer of them.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:02 pm

I had received from a friend outside the forum, new Germans.
So far, he sent me new officers, new Ottos, but I thin(and hope) there will be new Fritzs, Hugos and new Artillary spotters, which I call Hans. We know there are new Americans being or have been made too

But for now, they are just repaints, which is nice too

The General

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:53 pm

Last night WM in Riverdale GA had their 1:18 planes down to $15.00. Picked up the pearl Harbor p-40's very glad I waited and very glad I didnt get the skycaptain one last year.
I have a feeling we will see more armor at WM shortly - some of the ones in the atlanta area that were dry for a period suddenly have 2 pegs of the D-Day figures (including ottos) I am ready for the 88 now. If I remember correctly it was only December that some WM's suddenly had tons of Avengers and pak 40s etc.

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:00 pm

aferguson wrote:they could have been sent to WM a long time ago and just filtered down to store level finally.

If WM is still carrying xd then where are the pak 40 repaints, pak 40 hanomags, quad .50 trailers, me 262's, vietnam figures etc etc.? It's six weeks til Christmas. This is THE time of year to sell toys, yet virtually nothing new in xd is to be found at WM, except a handful of german figures...

It's time we started facing the reality..

sure but I havnt seen any of these at TRU either - they are just finally putting tons of D-day figures and pak 40 hanomags on the aisle.

All WM cares about this early before Christmas are the bikes and listed hot toys of the year. Everything that was hot last year is sitting on the aisle in Bulk. Tickle me Ernie, Elmo, cookiemonster - i counted 30 of each last night. Second - I have not seen this much starwars in a non movie period in my life.

Id also say this time last year we were picking over the last of the japanese marines around Christmas tme - and right now the vehicles are not there but the figures sure are. But again I only have 30 WM's within one hour of my house ...

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:22 pm

The WM's in my area (Northern, CA) are devoid of mostly all XD items cept for a few figures lying around. The planes were discounted months ago and they are now long gone. I have to agree with you folks that WM has pulled the plug on the XD items. Ever since the switch though, I have been able to find the quad trailers the repainted pak-40's and even the hellcats at TRU. I don't think I would've been that fortunate if WM were still carrying XD.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:33 pm

immeww2 wrote:I have been able to find the quad trailers the repainted pak-40's and even the hellcats at TRU. I don't think I would've been that fortunate if WM were still carrying XD.

Still waiting for those darn trailers!!! The Pak-40s and a single Hellcat did indeed show up in my area, but no trailers as of yet. They're probably in the stockroom, waiting for the other stuff to clear

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:24 am

Then clear out those pegs man! Do your civic XD duty!

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:50 pm

grunt1 wrote:Then clear out those pegs man! Do your civic XD duty!

I have thought about getting some of the DAK figures

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Anyways, I did clear out some figures at a local Wal Mart so I will have a crew for quad-50 trailer that I purchased from BadCat (for the same price as TRU with the shipping included).

I also saw the new 1:6 Thompson sub-machinegun set, though that's been out at various Wal Marts and TRUs in my area for a few weeks. However, they also has a new 1:6 German MG-34 machinegun set with two guns, ammo belts and ammo cans. I haven't seen that before! I'm not much of a 1:6 collector and don't have any 1:6 German figures, but the set looked way too cool to pass up

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:21 am

Got two George Hamilton Germans at Wm the other night. Lots 'o Officers left, but I got the only 2 parade dress guys there. Pretty slick figures besides the tan. I plan to swap heads to DAK Germans... It at least makes slightly more sense that way.

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:47 am

i haven't seen crap, or even new stuff from other toy lines (SW, Matchbox) All the new XD stuff I had to order from online.

DH

kimtheredxd · Post by **kimtheredxd** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:44 am

My wal-mart isnt even restocking other toys lines like xd or the Disney faires. cant find any news ones just all the old tinkerbells.
BUT the "new" Christmas toys look out ! If I hear those damn parrots say hello to me one more time, there is going to be fake feathers flying everywhere I swear!

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:11 am

kimtheredxd wrote: If I hear those damn parrots say hello to me one more time, there is going to be fake feathers flying everywhere I swear!

lol, yes!

I about freaked when I unknowingly walked around a huge pallet of electronic motion sensing cats that shrieked thirty simultaneous "meow!!"s at me...

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:57 am

kimtheredxd wrote:My wal-mart isnt even restocking other toys lines like xd or the Disney faires. cant find any news ones just all the old tinkerbells.
BUT the "new" Christmas toys look out ! If I hear those damn parrots say hello to me one more time, there is going to be fake feathers flying everywhere I swear!

Even my kids hate those parrots..

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:01 pm

yeah - those parrots are not moving either - but they keep building them up - pretty soon all the XD will be in the clearance aisle but we will not touch foot in there for the "hello...helloooo..Heeloooo....Hellooooo..helooooo. hello......helloo.......hellooooo. heeeeloooo.....hellooooo...meow.......helloooo...."

I feel a Walton comming on.......

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:18 am

Greetings from N. Fla. , I've been to two walmarts here... Fernandina Beach and Jacksonville (by the Airport) not much 21st product. Just like home, 1:144th but no XD.

Well it gives me more time on the beach.