darkSpyro

Also posted this in Toys & Merchandise forum, posting here just to get the word out.

Spotted at a Toys R Us in Virginia on 9/14/17.

http://skylanderscharacterlist...-trickle-begin/

Please post your findings. Toys R Us sku# is 047875880696.

This is honestly no surprise to me in the slightest. I stayed confident that he was coming Q4 and I was right.

Can confirm, just came on to say that I found LIM at a VA ToysRUs. Was street dated for Dec 31 but they sold it to me because it was on the sales floor but went to pull the rest off the shelf.

Quote: darkrai848

Can confirm, just came on to say that I found LIM at a VA ToysRUs. Was street dated for Dec 31 but they sold it to me because it was on the sales floor but went to pull the rest off the shelf.

Street dated for 12/31/17? That's not good. My store usually won't budge on street dated items, even if they have it on the floor.

ABOUT DAMN TIME.

WHAT?!?! You know how much I paid for shipping? Oh well, it was worth it (right, D?)

I'm just shocked. I thought we had come to the end.

At the state it was until now, it was probably worth it. At least now people who couldn't afford buying abroad have a chance.

Interesting, well that is certainly unexpected good news! Hopefully they get the Street Date sorted out and people can finish up their collections!

I wonder if they tried to hold out for a retail exclusive deal or something from TRU, then finally decided to ship it. Pretty much every Skylanders Facebook post no matter what it is about had people complaining about it.

PS: It isn't Q4, it is Q3 right now and will be for a few more weeks, even longer if you are counting the "fiscal quarter".

Oh, look.
They didn't alienate US customers by not allowing them to be able to purchase an Adventure Pack which contains both a unique level and an exclusive character.

How surprising!

Sarcasm aside, fingers crossed for the remaining Crystals to arrive worldwide as well.

That's good to hear, now all that's left is the Chompy Mage!

Quote: Zim999

That's good to hear, now all that's left is the Chompy Mage!

Pssst... that was Amazon bundle exclusive! I don't think Acti will release that one any time soon

Quote: TheToyNerd

Quote: Zim999

That's good to hear, now all that's left is the Chompy Mage!

Pssst... that was Amazon bundle exclusive! I don't think Acti will release that one any time soon

I hope not, I paid like 80 dollars to get one

I'll be checking over here in Idaho to see if my local Toys R Us has some. Hopefully Chompy Mage will get a more widespread release and not become our next Thrillipede. What is it with Life Skylanders not getting released!

EDIT: Tried calling my local store, but they didn't find anything on their CPU. It was rather slow, though, and the associate maybe didn't know how to spell 'Imaginite'. Think I should try and make the trip there?

Quote: 84skylanderdude

Quote: TheToyNerd

Quote: Zim999

That's good to hear, now all that's left is the Chompy Mage!

Pssst... that was Amazon bundle exclusive! I don't think Acti will release that one any time soon

I hope not, I paid like 80 dollars to get one

Jeez good thing I preordered that Amazon bundle last year chompy mage is awesome

Odd how East Coast is getting it first, instead of West Coast.

I won't give up hope on the Chompy Mage if he can released in the UK there's still hope.
Just like with Ro-Bow.

Quote: Zim999

I won't give up hope on the Chompy Mage if he can released in the UK there's still hope.
Just like with Ro-Bow.

Agree.
Well, I have to, or else my collection will remain incomplete.

Unless I can convince my father to buy one of the less pricy ones on eBay.
50€ isn't that much for him, right...?

EDIT:
OH MY GOD HE'S ON AMAZON AS WELL.
https://www.amazon.it/Skylande...o/dp/B01M6UQWBJ

Now's the time, fellow italian Portal Masters!

Quote: Drek95

Quote: Zim999

I won't give up hope on the Chompy Mage if he can released in the UK there's still hope.
Just like with Ro-Bow.

Agree.
Well, I have to, or else my collection will remain incomplete.

Unless I can convince my father to buy one of the less pricy ones on eBay.
50€ isn't that much for him, right...?

EDIT:
OH MY GOD HE'S ON AMAZON AS WELL.
https://www.amazon.it/Skylande...o/dp/B01M6UQWBJ

Now's the time, fellow italian Portal Masters!

How much is that for Americans?

Quote: Zim999

Quote: Drek95

Quote: Zim999

I won't give up hope on the Chompy Mage if he can released in the UK there's still hope.
Just like with Ro-Bow.

Agree.
Well, I have to, or else my collection will remain incomplete.

Unless I can convince my father to buy one of the less pricy ones on eBay.
50€ isn't that much for him, right...?

EDIT:
OH MY GOD HE'S ON AMAZON AS WELL.
https://www.amazon.it/Skylande...o/dp/B01M6UQWBJ

Now's the time, fellow italian Portal Masters!

How much is that for Americans?

68 euros? That's about 80 dollars.

any sightings in california?

GUYS ITS HAPPENING
I just got back from toys r us in NY they had it I got it. It was register locked till. 12/31/17 but they had a few of them out there. The manager overrode it

Quote: Buuzer

Quote: Drek95

Quote: Zim999

I won't give up hope on the Chompy Mage if he can released in the UK there's still hope.
Just like with Ro-Bow.

Agree.
Well, I have to, or else my collection will remain incomplete.

Unless I can convince my father to buy one of the less pricy ones on eBay.
50€ isn't that much for him, right...?

EDIT:
OH MY GOD HE'S ON AMAZON AS WELL.
https://www.amazon.it/Skylande...o/dp/B01M6UQWBJ

Now's the time, fellow italian Portal Masters!

He's on Amazon.it since the beginning. I bought him for like €25 at time

Oh, really?
I kept looking for months and it kept saying "currently unavailable".

I assumed it would have never been avaialble at all, that's why I was so surprised when I found it out yesterday.

street date december 31???, are they crazy!..

It's likely just a placeholder....We've seen this before.

Quote: CountMoneyBone

street date december 31???, are they crazy!..

Ever heard of a street date?

My store is super anal about street dates. They already put the stuff out that they could and wouldn't check for it. I'll see if I can get a different guy next time to check. It's my experience that they put stuff out a day after street date even, at least with Skylanders in 2017 that has been the case.

My TRU is usually firm. They had 5. I didn't check if it was locked. Whitehall PA

How odd that these guys are showing up in the east and migrating west, instead of the other way around...

Quote: zookinator

How odd that these guys are showing up in the east and migrating west, instead of the other way around...

Maybe the new use of the expanded Panama Canal? I don't know how they are shipped, but just a guess.

All of a sudden there are 7 sellers on Amazon with it for around $45 when there were none last night. I went ahead and bought one of those because I just do not feel lucky enough to get one for MSRP and $12 isn't that much of a big deal as I'll finally be done and over with my worries over it. I'll just skip eating out once this week.

Also I know from trying to get the 2017 My Little Pony Equestria Girls figures that I probably won't have any chance at it locally or for retail price online. Those figures only seem to appear on Amazon and Ebay and at marked up prices. Toy collecting has gotten crazy lately as it seems that anything in small supply is immediately snapped up and flipped by sellers hoping to make a dollar or two. Luckily prices never really seem to go down, so rare toys will stay rare for whenever I decide to get rid of them myself many years down the road.

Quote: fairyland

All of a sudden there are 7 sellers on Amazon with it for around $45 when there were none last night. I went ahead and bought one of those because I just do not feel lucky enough to get one for MSRP and $12 isn't that much of a big deal as I'll finally be done and over with my worries over it. I'll just skip eating out once this week.

Also I know from trying to get the 2017 My Little Pony Equestria Girls figures that I probably won't have any chance at it locally or for retail price online. Those figures only seem to appear on Amazon and Ebay and at marked up prices. Toy collecting has gotten crazy lately as it seems that anything in small supply is immediately snapped up and flipped by sellers hoping to make a dollar or two. Luckily prices never really seem to go down, so rare toys will stay rare for whenever I decide to get rid of them myself many years down the road.

Yeah, I don't regret spending a bit more a while back to import it. I've had the pack for a couple months, and getting it early had a price. Also, as good as the employees are at my TRU, they have never been willing/able to modify street dates - nor have I ever pushed because I'd rather they not get in trouble over something like that.

It's a shame that the final hurrah they still managed to screw something up, despite finally coming through on this. I wonder if it was just a placeholder date for a print ad coming up and they intended to fix it then.

Maybe the street dates a placeholder for some future ad...idk

TRU Dayton, OH got a case of 6 in today. Good Luck

anything in california?

They have started hitting the East Coast First. I don't know why but I'll take it. I am sure they are headed your way Zap.

What will this mean for those who haven't yet purchased the LIM pack? https://www.bloomberg.com/news...s-soon-as-today

It says that their stores will continue running as usual, so unless they close a store near you, I doubt you'd be affected.

No LIM copies in AZ so far..

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

Quote: HeyitsHotDog

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

Yep, when some private capital companies like Bain Capital (remember Mitt Romney's baby?) did a leveraged takeover, they made them restructure and take out a ton of debt in an attempt to take them private. This debt is causing the problems. They are decently profitable, but the crushing debt is what is coming due and crippling them.

Quote: HeyitsHotDog

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

Of course he doesn't....

Quote: HeyitsHotDog

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

okay, since you clearly are a business expert, please explain...

Quote: CountMoneyBone

Quote: HeyitsHotDog

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

okay, since you clearly are a business expert, please explain...

I've never indicated that, trust me, I'm not. I got this info from my dad.


Somethings that contributed were likely inventory (With TtL can go into, but that also includes ALL toys), keeping big box stores up and running (Lights, air conditioning, toy delivery), profits against online competitors, local regulations in taxes and paying people who work in the stores.

Quote: CountMoneyBone

Quote: HeyitsHotDog

Quote: CountMoneyBone

toys to life killed toy 'r us???????

No, that's far from it. You don't understand business. It was MUCH more into play.

okay, since you clearly are a business expert, please explain...

they were forced into bankruptcy by their 5 billion dollars in debt, and having to stay relevant against competition (such as amazon.) So no, not TTL.

TRU will be fine. It's just a restructuring of their debt. Nothing is going to close.

I am in Texas and an hour and a half drive away from my nearest TRU, so I called and gave them the item number to see if they had any in stock to keep from wasting the trip. After initially being told that they had six in stock and would hold one for me, they came back and said that, nevermind, they were streetdated and the manager said they couldn't override it. Even after I told them that other TRU locations had been selling them despite the street date, it was a no go. At least I didn't drive up there and waste my time, but still ridiculous that it's even street dated at all considering it should've been released over a month ago.

Quote: Zzyzyx

I am in Texas and an hour and a half drive away from my nearest TRU, so I called and gave them the item number to see if they had any in stock to keep from wasting the trip. After initially being told that they had six in stock and would hold one for me, they came back and said that, nevermind, they were streetdated and the manager said they couldn't override it. Even after I told them that other TRU locations had been selling them despite the street date, it was a no go. At least I didn't drive up there and waste my time, but still ridiculous that it's even street dated at all considering it should've been released over a month ago.

Actually in your case, an hour and a half trip to the store would cost you more in gas than that $12 markup I had to pay. You may consider getting one online from an Amazon scapler as it would be cheaper and far less stressful in the long run, right?