Originally Posted by thelonepig Crazy rare? They've got it at Target every time I go. Either nobody has purchased it for a year or they've been getting continual stock.

Yeah, that one tends to be the one people are looking for, it used to command a high price on Ebay, but has come down lately - probably due to more coming out. Ghost Roaster didn't get a repose, and he is one of the more popular figures that people late to the game want to get. I haven't seen on in a while, but I do see the other three from time to time.

Another hard to find one is Boomer, oddly enough. Those used to clog the shelves, and Frito-Lay sent out tons of them in their free figure promotion in the spring. But for some reason, you can't find him anymore - and since he also didn't get a repose, people want him. Zap also had pretty high demand and low supply, but the Series 2 version is out now in the new Battle Pack, so demand went down.

They cleared up the rarity of Camo/Warnado with a re-release of their 3 pack (complete with the new $25 price point). And Wham Shell was re-printed too, TRU had a bin full of them on Black Friday, and had more after that. Voodood also had a reprint of his 3 pack, and Sunburn's Adventure Pack as well.

Just saw a "Darklight Crypt" on the shelves at a local game store for $19.99 wish I had the extra money would have picked it up. They also had the "Empires of Ice" set but that was $29.99 for some reason. Would love to pick up a Boomer or a Voodood I pretty much have the others or their series two versions.

TRU will have the wave 3 Giants on the 25th. Don't know what is planned, (most likely an email that will be available that morning as always), boxes were delivered with a 1/25 hold date on them. Knowing how some stores work, they could already be out at some locations.

Eye Brawl and Thumpback are two per case along with Crusher and Hot Head.

I really want the sidekicks, but my local gamestops are so low on stock i think anyone would be hard pressed to get a full set.

Originally Posted by prim4444 TRU will have the wave 3 Giants on the 25th. Don't know what is planned, (most likely an email that will be available that morning as always), boxes were delivered with a 1/25 hold date on them. Knowing how some stores work, they could already be out at some locations. Eye Brawl and Thumpback are two per case along with Crusher and Hot Head.

Thanks for the heads up. Knowing that there's no 'real' street date on these, will probably mean I may be able to find them before then (or so I hope).

Originally Posted by nbballard I really want the sidekicks, but my local gamestops are so low on stock i think anyone would be hard pressed to get a full set.

I want to get the full set, but after getting two and seeing how 'useless' they really are, I'm not certain I care enough. My son, of course, thinks differently.

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Originally Posted by prim4444 TRU will have the wave 3 Giants on the 25th. Don't know what is planned, (most likely an email that will be available that morning as always), boxes were delivered with a 1/25 hold date on them. Knowing how some stores work, they could already be out at some locations. Eye Brawl and Thumpback are two per case along with Crusher and Hot Head.

Thanks for the heads up, any idea if Legendary Lightcore Chill is coming then or sometime soon? She was part of the review package sent to press recently that included Eye Brawl and Thumpback.

Originally Posted by defpally Thanks for the heads up, any idea if Legendary Lightcore Chill is coming then or sometime soon? She was part of the review package sent to press recently that included Eye Brawl and Thumpback.

I've heard this being called Wave 4, anything else besides the gaints?

Originally Posted by Ninjaharley I've heard this being called Wave 4, anything else besides the gaints?

It is more like the rest of Wave 3. The packages for Wave 3 they sent out to the press are talked about here:

http://oneofswords.com/2013/01/skyla...s-rolling-out/

Notice that it contains what TRU got pre-Christmas, Hot Dog Battle Pack, the giants that just came out, and Legendary Lightcore Chill.

These cases are marked as wave 3. No info about Legendary Chill that I know of.

Originally Posted by nbballard I really want the sidekicks, but my local gamestops are so low on stock i think anyone would be hard pressed to get a full set.

You might give it another shot I visited 2 stores today and they both had them in-stock.

^I didn't mean the sidekicks. They had plenty of those. They didn't have $120 worth of unique figures. Only the first battle pack and a handful of singles.

you can buy them, ask your gamestop to scan it. It reads and is ringable. Nowhere does it say in the new email that they cannot be sold.

Originally Posted by bensdady you can buy them, ask your gamestop to scan it. It reads and is ringable. Nowhere does it say in the new email that they cannot be sold.

For $999.99

Originally Posted by bensdady you can buy them, ask your gamestop to scan it. It reads and is ringable. Nowhere does it say in the new email that they cannot be sold.

Do you know how much they ring for because they are marked $999.99. If they were even as much as $9.99 I would buy another Gil-Runt to replace the one missing inside the house somewhere so we could have the complete set of four again.

Originally Posted by ajh2298 Do you know how much they ring for because they are marked $999.99. If they were even as much as $9.99 I would buy another Gil-Runt to replace the one missing inside the house somewhere so we could have the complete set of four again.

The new price was added because workers were deliberately selling them 'on the side' for $10.00 at their own discretion. It clearly seemed to me that they put the new price in there, so that workers would get in trouble if they were not rung up as part of a separate legitimate transaction.
They do ring up as $0.00, when being part of the transaction (at least that's what we see on cash register side). I'm not sure what the workers see on their display, though.

so tru is confirmed for getting thumpback and eye brawl today?

Originally Posted by animemaniac14 so tru is confirmed for getting thumpback and eye brawl today?

Yep, 100% - unless yours had a shipping problem or employees that ignore big white stickers on the box and corporate notifications that told them to not sell them until today.

Sure it's been posted somewhere, but I picked up the Giants Portal Owner's pack at TRU for 29.99 last night! Couldnt believe it. Will be holding til July for my son's birthday.

Originally Posted by defpally Yep, 100% - unless yours had a shipping problem or employees that ignore big white stickers on the box and corporate notifications that told them to not sell them until today.

Of course if you were not there at opening this morning, you will find nothing later in the day. Went to 3 different ToysRus within 30 minutes of opening, and in two occasions had the person in front of me buy the last figure. That probably means that each of these ToysRus got as few as 5-6 figures. That's just stupid. Why sent a mass email to your customers, if your inventory is mostly vaporware?

I not only blame ToysRus, but Activision for the crap this morning. Oh, and the last store got zero, because of some truck/inventory delay.