Thank you so much Shelly, Matteo, RumpleLover, Tashiji for the congrats! Ya'll are real sweet folks. :'> <3 And I do hope you're able to find a stone zook for your own collection Shelly! Also that's really kind of you to say Matteo, I'd personally love to snag a few more variants but my wallet probably wouldn't allow it haha, but I'm very happy with my small collection of them.
But I know what you mean Tashiji, I found it pretty strange as well. I wasn't too sure what the cut off date for the variants production was (I actually assumed it was just whenever they "replenished" low stock of certain characters) but it did strike me as odd that a variant from launch day suddenly showed up. I should add that when I found him there were actually quite a plentiful amount of SSA figures on the shelves as well, some old singles of Ignitor, Flameslinger, Double Trouble, and Whirlwind. But I also saw some guys I haven't seen since launch day like S2 Slambam, Ignitor, Terrafin, and normal S2 Zook. So I think you were right that he was sitting in an old Wave 1 box in the back, perhaps that Wal-Mart was incredibly backlogged.