darkSpyro

Anyone found wave 3 at Walmart usa

I've checked both closest to me and didn't see anything from wave 3.

Haven't seen any near me yet at Wal-Mart and we have 7 of them.

Wave 3 definitely isn't out there yet, and probably won't be until later this month.

Go to Walmart only if you're looking for 27 Enchanted Hoot Loops.

I looked at 1 near by and nothing. lots of EHL though.

Same here, Walmart is swimming in Enchanted Hoot Loops and Slobber Tooths.

Was there today and saw no wave 3.

Looks like Walmart is getting snubbed on Wave 3.
When Best Buy gets its own exclusive, I guess someone inevitably gets snubbed.

Wave 3 Store specials:
TRU = Gets W3 Core Swap Force and S2/S3 first
Target = Gets W3 Swappers first (Did not go very well)
Game Stop = Giant Side Kicks (Not much for Wave 3, but no one else offers this)
Best Buy = Exclusive S2 Sprocket

Walmart very well may have decided to sit this one out, who knows.
I am still very much surprised with bestbuy coming out of left field with this one.

If that is true, then maybe that opened the door for Best Buy to get this exclusive. I believe Acti has certain exclusive they want released at a specific time and if Walmart backed out, whalla... Best Buy steps in or was asked (by Acti) to sell the exclusive.

Could be. It's my understanding that manufacturers/distributors pay the retailers a fee for prime real estate within the store (or maybe just getting in the store). I wonder if these exclusives are given in trade for waiving that fee or something like that. I would love to sit in on these types of negotiations.

And...not wave 3, my walmart had a half dozen Giants scorpion strike packs (hot dog and zap). Haven't seen those in a long time. Not sure if this a release to every walmrt, but if you missed it the first time around...

Since Target has put a 1/31/14 release date on wave 3 figures on their website (despite them already being in the stores), I wonder if that was supposed to be the wide release date. Maybe Target got an exclusive shipment on 12/29. Why TRU is getting the swappers already, too, is beyond me. Maybe they worked out a deal or maybe they were supposed to hold them and the shipments got sent out early before a memo got out. Who knows? I've also seen reports that BB got wave 3. So maybe my theory on everyone else getting them on 1/31 (including Walmart) is void. But no one else other than Target, TRU, and now BB (who also has the special Sprocket, so maybe there was a deal there) has received them.

I don't see why wave 3 wouldnt be at walmart in the US and it is out at Walmart in Canada. I got my wave 3 swappers there.

Walmart will prob have them within a week or so. Think of it this way. Target got an early release, now tru has them (tru tends to get stuff a tad earlier then most) so now target will ahve everything with walamrt soon enough.

1/31/14 everyone will have them by then...heck bestbuy as wave 3 stuff already!

I found the 2 wave 3 light cores yesterday there

I figured no one else was going to get W3 until the end of January. I wish we could get an actual date.

I haven't found any wave 3 at any of the five walmarts around me. I actually almost never find much of anything at my local walmarts this time around.

Quote: wayiswho

I haven't found any wave 3 at any of the five walmarts around me. I actually almost never find much of anything at my local walmarts this time around.

It's not just you.

Nothing new at my Wally World's either, in fact, they haven't even restocked anything.

My Walmart got their first shipment in since early December today. A box of LCs, 4 Wham Shell 4 countdown, and 1 each of Flashwing, smoulder dash, Warnado and grim creepers. Still no Adventure or battle packs or cores or swappers. Grrr

Seems to me that Walmart seems to be sitting SF out (Referring to getting stuff early). Other than the Enchanted Hootloop, they seem to be one of the last to get new figures and by that time, others have already got them from TRU or Target (And now you can add Best Buy in the mix). Yes, I know TRU has old inventory also, but they also have sales on the items so they dont end up on the shelf too long.

Someone said earlier that only target, TRU and BB were getting Wave 3 first.

That is wrong.

My local gamestop has gotten shipments of wave 3, but as far as I know, only the swappers. (I went late in the day on Skylanders Day, and I only got Stink Bomb and Spy Rise.)