Star Wars Black Series discussion

[finkmac]

I called every store in the area and none had any stock. Interesting that employees are getting them...

[Zeroflamez]

Yeah I'm done with exclusives regardless of how this turns out. Chasing these things isn't worth it and clearly preorders don't mean a damn when they can fill store orders but not people who preordered a month ago. I get that the shipment was damaged but this is just dumb.

[vsquared]

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

Yeah I'm done with exclusives regardless of how this turns out. Chasing these things isn't worth it and clearly preorders don't mean a damn when they can fill store orders but not people who preordered a month ago. I get that the shipment was damaged but this is just dumb.

Where did you hear the shipment was damaged?

[RocketGTR]

Originally Posted by vsquared

Where did you hear the shipment was damaged?

From a store manager:

Originally Posted by Stryfe2026

So apparently a bunch of these figures were damaged in shipping, sellable but the packing was severely damaged. They couldn’t ship them out like that, so they cancelled orders and are shipping to stores instead for a discount.

Originally Posted by Stryfe2026

No, the staff and management at the TRU I went to had no idea. They just said cases have been showing up and they are smashed to pieces.

[Stryfe2026]

Originally Posted by RocketGTR

From a store manager:

Just so people can see what I mean by damaged. This is the state they are arriving at stores in.

[sixshot1981]

I'm not even upset at this point about how this has played out...you just gotta laugh at the whole thing and feel sad knowing how much nerd rage TRU is getting right now...it's probably pretty bad

[Wheelwave]

Originally Posted by Stryfe2026

Just so people can see what I mean by damaged. This is the state they are arriving at stores in.

If that is the case, I'm worried about Echo being cancelled now.

[philtastic]

They could avoid some of the nerd rage if they were more transparent when issues like this happen, instead of letting rumours swirl in message groups, and sending cancellation emails that offer no explanations.

TRU still hasn't figured out that a sizeable number of their customers are neurotic middle-aged dudes with nothing better to do with their time.

[Wheelwave]

Some reported Anakin cancelled, Some reported Hawk Cancelled, Some reported Obi Wan Cancelled, not one Echo yet. I'm worried it will be soon. Echo was basically my most wanted, I hate to see it get cancelled.

[Zeroflamez]

Like I said earlier communication is key. I'm not raging, but I am disappointed in the whole situation and toward Hasbro themselves. They keep making these Clone Wars figures exclusive chases, yet they'll reissue a bunch of Rogue One figures at regular retail that peg warmed last time around and you can still buy for $5 at some stores. It's just a sick joke at this point.