darkSpyro

Im tellin ya guys, if i had a ton of extra cash id buy each of ya the 3 new ones if toys r us even has em. Unfortunately as it is, im lucky i have enough cash to get one of each for myself
Seriously tho im sure we will all come out winners here.

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Im tellin ya guys, if i had a ton of extra cash id buy each of ya the 3 new ones if toys r us even has em. Unfortunately as it is, im lucky i have enough cash to get one of each for myself smilie
Seriously tho im sure we will all come out winners here.

IKR! i would do the same thing! but they are a little pricey. I think i have enough for one or two extras for others, but other than that...i cant do much

Can you imagine how many complaints toys r us is gonna get if wednesday is a bust?

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Can you imagine how many complaints toys r us is gonna get if wednesday is a bust?

No more than usual.

Just an FYI... I called my TRU today and the manager told me that they had the new figures. Zook and lightning rod only along with Legendary Trigger Happys. It would be first come first serve and 1 item per guest. I asked him if after the intial line went through if we could purchase more, he told me no. I complained with him saying how can you limit after the line considering it is first come first serve. He told me that they would make the call after they saw how many people were in line.

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Just an FYI... I called my TRU today and the manager told me that they had the new figures. Zook and lightning rod only along with Legendary Trigger Happys. It would be first come first serve and 1 item per guest. I asked him if after the intial line went through if we could purchase more, he told me no. I complained with him saying how can you limit after the line considering it is first come first serve. He told me that they would make the call after they saw how many people were in line.

Is this for today or tomorrow? If it's today...I best be heading there now. I'm tempted to anyways just in case.

ugh.

OK im officially ticked off! Yesterday the manager at gamestop told me they were getting a shipment of skylanders today. I go there this morning and theres this shady lookin unshaven long haired dirty lookin guy standin talkin to the 2 guys that were working. I asked them if the shipment came in yet. they told me that there were NO skylanders coming in. I was like um... ok, and walked out. Just then a delivery truck pulled up and started to carry boxes in. i walked back in and was like, Could THOSE be the skylanders shipment? The 2 guys looked at the unshaven shady guy for a minute then the guy looked at me n said.... well i WAS gonna buy the whole box.... but maybe if theres a duplicate of somthing i MIGHT let you have it.
So yeah my gamestop is helping scalpers. UGH!

ps. there were no new characters in the shipment.

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OK im officially ticked off! Yesterday the manager at gamestop told me they were getting a shipment of skylanders today. I go there this morning and theres this shady lookin unshaven long haired dirty lookin guy standin talkin to the 2 guys that were working. I asked them if the shipment came in yet. they told me that there were NO skylanders coming in. I was like um... ok, and walked out. Just then a delivery truck pulled up and started to carry boxes in. i walked back in and was like, Could THOSE be the skylanders shipment? The 2 guys looked at the unshaven shady guy for a minute then the guy looked at me n said.... well i WAS gonna buy the whole box.... but maybe if theres a duplicate of somthing i MIGHT let you have it.
So yeah my gamestop is helping scalpers. UGH!

ps. there were no new characters in the shipment.

Gamestop really does help the scalpers. Scalpers go in there and buy whole boxes all the time. Trust me, they're the worst place to go to in order to get Skylanders.

I generally do not like GameStop (IMO their business model is predatory), yet they were awesome when I first started collecting skylanders, they gave us tons of info & we even found voo dood

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OK im officially ticked off! Yesterday the manager at gamestop told me they were getting a shipment of skylanders today. I go there this morning and theres this shady lookin unshaven long haired dirty lookin guy standin talkin to the 2 guys that were working. I asked them if the shipment came in yet. they told me that there were NO skylanders coming in. I was like um... ok, and walked out. Just then a delivery truck pulled up and started to carry boxes in. i walked back in and was like, Could THOSE be the skylanders shipment? The 2 guys looked at the unshaven shady guy for a minute then the guy looked at me n said.... well i WAS gonna buy the whole box.... but maybe if theres a duplicate of somthing i MIGHT let you have it.
So yeah my gamestop is helping scalpers. UGH!

ps. there were no new characters in the shipment.

Honestly, this sort of thing needs to be reported to management. First of all, the employees flat-out lied to your face this morning. Secondly, they clearly had cut some kind of a deal with this scalper. Thirdly, who is the scalper to tell you what you can and cannot have? He hadn't purchased anything at that point. If there WERE new figures in that box, and there were two of each kind, each customer should be able to buy one if they wish. If the scalper was the only one in the store at the time, then I guess he could buy everything. But I still don't like the GS ass-hats working with the long-haired, hygenically-challenged, mouth-breathing scalpers.

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Just an FYI... I called my TRU today and the manager told me that they had the new figures. Zook and lightning rod only along with Legendary Trigger Happys. It would be first come first serve and 1 item per guest. I asked him if after the intial line went through if we could purchase more, he told me no. I complained with him saying how can you limit after the line considering it is first come first serve. He told me that they would make the call after they saw how many people were in line.

I went there today too and they told me one figure per customer as well. Plus only singles were in stock for tomorrow, no DP.

What time is everyone going to get in line since they open at 10.

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OK im officially ticked off! Yesterday the manager at gamestop told me they were getting a shipment of skylanders today. I go there this morning and theres this shady lookin unshaven long haired dirty lookin guy standin talkin to the 2 guys that were working. I asked them if the shipment came in yet. they told me that there were NO skylanders coming in. I was like um... ok, and walked out. Just then a delivery truck pulled up and started to carry boxes in. i walked back in and was like, Could THOSE be the skylanders shipment? The 2 guys looked at the unshaven shady guy for a minute then the guy looked at me n said.... well i WAS gonna buy the whole box.... but maybe if theres a duplicate of somthing i MIGHT let you have it.
So yeah my gamestop is helping scalpers. UGH!

ps. there were no new characters in the shipment.

This is very disappointing. The person who was going to buy the box had no right to dictate what you can or can't have. He is a customer like you and should not be entitled to any special benefits. The fact that the merchandise has not even reached the shelves also is a cause for concern. Unless they've started stocking the merchandise and the boxes are on the shop floor and to be displayed, no customer should be given that special access. It is like they gave him stockroom access which I think might be violation of store policy. The best you can do in this case is complain. Get in touch with the store manager, explain to him what you experienced and it may help reduce these shady activities at that store.

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What time is everyone going to get in line since they open at 10.

10 am? My TRU opens at 9 am. They changed the store opening hours at the start of the year.

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What time is everyone going to get in line since they open at 10.

Plan on being there no more than 10 to 15 minutes early tomorrow.

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What time is everyone going to get in line since they open at 10.

Plan on being there no more than 10 to 15 minutes early tomorrow.

I'll be there around that time too. I want to see if a crowd will show up because to me that would be really funny considering it is March. The usual crowd that hangs out during store opening hours are less than 10 people.

My local TRU hasn't had a new figure ever since. All they have is wave 1-2, not even L.Trigger Happy was seen. So I don't know if I'm going to bother to pay them a visit tomorrow.

Does anyone know if Best Buy is going to have the new figures starting on the 21 as well?

Stores will prob just get a couple rods abd zooks so if you arent first u prob wont get one.

Nothing in any stores other the TRU having 3 packs. If you needed 3 packs...but not sure who does. And at 25 a piece, it's not exactly a stellar deal. If I was collecting another set...sure...but yeah...meh...

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Nothing in any stores other the TRU having 3 packs. If you needed 3 packs...but not sure who does. And at 25 a piece, it's not exactly a stellar deal. If I was collecting another set...sure...but yeah...meh...

Triple packs are the only things I have purchased to this point ... other than L-Trig.

I got class tomorrow at 9, but I can be late for this.

Just talked to my cousin. She said that our local TRU has an inventory of 150. (I assume that's singles, so probably like 25 cases) She also stated it was a "mixed inventory" so there's probably going to be older ones as well. Store management will be opening the cases tomorrow, and the employees aren't even allowed to look inside the cases either.

I asked her about what was in there, and she was told that the "mixed inventory" was random characters in the cases. So (at least the ones my local TRU is getting) will not have any set roster of characters inside. Hopefully that'll mean if some scalper goes after a whole box, they won't necessarily get Zook or LRod.

EDIT: She explained the ticketed item a bit for me too. The reason they'll be "ticketed" is so people won't be able to hide them in the store somewhere and come back and buy them later. So that's really great news for us, but it's also only allowing us to buy one figure per customer.
Also stated that she's not 100% sure, but our TRU only got singles in; no Adventure packs or 3 packs.

(Now this is for our personal TRU in Parma, OH. It may or may not be the same in any other store..)

I wonder if this will be the first time that Skylanders hits the regular news channels. I can see it now i`ll get there like 10 min. before it opens and it`ll be like Black Friday (*Look at the line* well I won't be getting the Zook, Cynder, and Lightning Rod Triple Pack). Skylanders are more popular than new iPads right?

One of my local TRU's will only have 10 L. Rods and Zooks. I probably won't get lucky.

For Activision to have 2 months to pump out wave 4, but one store can only get a total of 10 boxes (1 of each character per box), says something.

Toyrsus in Texas said they're not exactly sure "which" characters they will get but they do know only singles. They did say Dragons Peak adventure pack will get released on Sunday the 25th and Blue Bash on April 1st. Hoping to get a Lightning Rod and Zook for my son tomorrow morning!

I really hope I get Zook / Lightning Rod. I was going to buy two of each, but if they are really that limited I'll only take one each. I'm not sure about the Ignitor pack yet.

They are saying they will issue tickets before they open in the morning. Limit 1 Skylander per person...that sux!

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Just talked to my cousin. She said that our local TRU has an inventory of 150. (I assume that's singles, so probably like 25 cases) She also stated it was a "mixed inventory" so there's probably going to be older ones as well. Store management will be opening the cases tomorrow, and the employees aren't even allowed to look inside the cases either.

I asked her about what was in there, and she was told that the "mixed inventory" was random characters in the cases. So (at least the ones my local TRU is getting) will not have any set roster of characters inside. Hopefully that'll mean if some scalper goes after a whole box, they won't necessarily get Zook or LRod.

EDIT: She explained the ticketed item a bit for me too. The reason they'll be "ticketed" is so people won't be able to hide them in the store somewhere and come back and buy them later. So that's really great news for us, but it's also only allowing us to buy one figure per customer.
Also stated that she's not 100% sure, but our TRU only got singles in; no Adventure packs or 3 packs.

(Now this is for our personal TRU in Parma, OH. It may or may not be the same in any other store..)

Based on this info, I'll be there by 8:30.

FYI Target is stocking tons of the singles and I saw are chop chop, stealth elf, bash, stump smash, sonic boom and drobot. I did a price check and it indicated that they have more in the stock room. This might be the best chance to grab the older figures since the resellers are focused on the newer figs.

I just stopped at the 2 toys r us stores closest to me (2 hours away) and i was told at both that they didnt know what was coming in the boxes. They also told me that they expect a line. One toys r us had no skylanders today, but the other had a few 3 packs and a ton of legendary trigger happys.

Orlando, Fl released the single Skylanders already. Sold out when I stopped by....

You mean they already started selling Zook , Lightning rod and Ignitor and have been sold out?

Apparently theres a dragons peak adventure pack online. not sure if i trust it...
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbullet...ure-Pack-%28Wii


Think id rather just wait...

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They are saying they will issue tickets before they open in the morning. Limit 1 Skylander per person...that sux!

I will be leaving empty handed if this is the case. Limit of one? Shove it where the sun don't shine, TRU.

OH and i forgot to say that there are signs in both toys r us stores that say LIMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER for tomorrow.

The Rewards R Us email has gone out. It's a bunch of pointless coupons and the Skylander's announcement. Worthless. No new info. Just adds fuel to the fire with "BE THERE FIRST!" and "Quantities limited." stamped on it. Also says "Selection varies by store. So, get there early!"

It's going to be a horror show.

-VM

haha i get to stay home from school tommorow (im 12) and me and my mom r going there at like 7 am to wait in line for them to open

More info. One of my TRU's just got 9 boxes of Dragon's Peak. So, some TRU's should be selling them tomorrow.

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haha i get to stay home from school tommorow (im 12) and me and my mom r going there at like 7 am to wait in line for them to open

I'm now having doubts on how early I want to go there because of your post

when u guys get dragons peak, make a video that shows how to get all the stuff on that level and stuff like that. the one the pennyman made didn't show all of it

Well, i guess if anyone has an extra dragons peak (if my store doesnt get any, or im too slow lol) then il just buy one from one of you guys one here if anyone has one. I certainly wont buy one from a scalper.

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haha i get to stay home from school tommorow (im 12) and me and my mom r going there at like 7 am to wait in line for them to open

If I see a mob scene when I pull into the parking lot, I'm turning around and going back to work.

If you go to TRU at 7am to wait for skylanders...you're a ****in head case. I'm gonna show up 30 minutes prior...if that. I will show up at 7am on my way to work to see if anyone was dumb enough to get there that early...ugh and double ugh

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haha i get to stay home from school tommorow (im 12) and me and my mom r going there at like 7 am to wait in line for them to open

I'm now having doubts on how early I want to go there because of your post

well im like obssesed with skylanders and my mom is a collector so were probably going to get there and then no one else is going to show up for like 2 hours, so i dont think you have anything to worry about lol

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More info. One of my TRU's just got 9 boxes of Dragon's Peak. So, some TRU's should be selling them tomorrow.

What state is that at?

More info. ALL of my local TRU's got the email that it is a ticketed event, and each person is allowed ONE Skylander.

If you want Zook, Lightning Rod, Ignitor, and Dragon's Peak, take your pick, because you can only pick one.

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More info. ALL of my local TRU's got the email that it is a ticketed event, and each person is allowed ONE Skylander.

If you want Zook, Lightning Rod, Ignitor, and Dragon's Peak, take your pick, because you can only pick one.

Do y'all think Dragon's Peak will be out tomorrow?? My TRU said it wont be released until Sunday 3-25....

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Quote: ArkeyanForce

haha i get to stay home from school tommorow (im 12) and me and my mom r going there at like 7 am to wait in line for them to open

If I see a mob scene when I pull into the parking lot, I'm turning around and going back to work.

I want to make a story out of this for my blog so I'll hang around for a while. This will give us a good idea of what to expect come this fall when the sequel comes out. Last year, the game was snobbed by a lot of people at the beginning and this year everyone will already know what Skylanders is even before the sequel comes out. Considering the release date is the well into the holiday shopping season, we might see more people gathering before store opening hours just for Skylanders and this can happen at the first day of release of the sequel. While most toy companies are just only starting to market their toys as the hot toy for Christmas during October, Skylanders would already have a huge following and buzz around and I can bet it is already the hottest toy of the year. I personally want to get an idea of how crazy it will be and maybe decide on what tactics I'll use to get all of the newly released figures from Giants. Activision is also going to to be marketing the game aggressively which will surely add to the frenzied atmosphere around these toys. Let us also not forget that licensed Skylanders merchandise is going to be all over the place. This too will contribute to the frenzied atmosphere.

Tomorrow's so called event will also give us an idea of how popular the franchise is right now considering all the stocking issues we are experience and that we are in March which is not really the season for toys.

umm.. what does that have to do with anything....

Well, if anyone goes to a TRU that isn't limiting to one Skylander, and can grab me 1-2 Zook, 1-2 Lightning Rod, and 1 Ignitor, I will pay for the figures, plus give a little extra for their trouble.

This also goes to the "My daughter really wants the metallic Cynder contest" where if her dad gets 5 of each character, she wins.

I'm crossing my fingers that mine doesn't get slammed. I guess my rationale is...get Dragon's Peak over the singles. Because the singles will be available at other stores before you will see DP again. So I plan to get a DP and if I can come back and get more tickets, I will and go again as many times as they'll let me. I am just gonna take a shot in the dark and say we see 10-15 scalpers there, and 10-15 moms with their kids...or dads. I will scout in the morning to see who is lurking. I am not looking forward to tmw at all.