I think we should see more there. They did it with gijoe in dollar general and they were selling out almost instantly. Kids aren't buying 25-50$+ toys. Unless we can get kids back into toys,these lines die with us. Honestly, they need to forsake us collecters and gets kids into these lines. When we are gone,our kids will dump our "collectables" at thrift stores or sell for nothing. These discount stores give kids access to what these toys should cost.

@Lenny_Hondo

Күн бұрын

Well put. Low on a rack, licensed, cool looking, and cheap. That is the only way.

I agree with you when you say that figures that don't sell need to end up somewhere. However, I have heard a ton of people saying that they will wait for one figure or another to hit clearance in one of those stores. I am sure Hasbro has heard it too, and they are aware that this reduces their sales. So I honestly don't know if the money they make selling their overstock at super low prices to deep discount stores compensates the loss of revenue and putting on people's minds the idea that their products may end up in those places for a fraction of their retail prices.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@MyNameGoesRightHere Hasbro isn't necessarily sending their overstock to discount stores. It's mainly coming from other retail stores or other local retail stores that are selling their overstock to discount stores. Hasbro has no problem selling figures people are either familiar with or have huge fanbase. However Hasbro has this habit of trying to push lesser known or uninteresting figures in a multipack or BAF wave. That's how you get J Jonah Jameson, Shriek, and the Eternals movie wave in Ollie's. I bought the entire Zabu BAF wave. Why, because every character in the BAF wave is a character I know and want. In the upcoming Strange Tales BAF I only want Hellverine and Brother Vodoo. I don't want the other figures. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that feels that way.

@MyNameGoesRightHere

7 күн бұрын

@@Figures_of_Action_Reviews I think you make good points, but I am not convinced that only retailers sell their overstock. Those deep discount stores sell at very, very low prices. And the only way to do that getting a benefit is by buying extremely cheap. And no one can sell cheaper than the manufacturer itself. The part I disagree with you the most is when you point out Hasbro's habit of trying to push lesser known or uninteresting figures as a negative thing. We all have our likes and dislikes when it comes to characters, and I will certainly not defend mega-corporations. However, as I see it, if Hasbro (or any other action figures manufacturer) wouldn't offer less known characters, collections would become stale, short-lived and very limited. I feel that they need to offer lesser known characters for the sake of variety, even when that presents a risk. What's more; having tons of characters to choose from is, again in my view, one of the greatest and most attractive things when collecting. All action figures collections have favorites and figures that are not that attractive in general or to one specific person. But it's the whole that makes them interesting, don't you think?

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@MyNameGoesRightHere I understand what you are saying about lesser know figures. I can agree that variety is a good thing but not when they lock highly desired characters behind multipacks with characters you could care less about. The good thing is that Marvel has so many characters that are good it should be no problem to come up with a good multipack. I've bought 24 dollar figures at Walmart for 3 dollars. So yea retail stores are selling to discount stores at low prices.

@MyNameGoesRightHere

7 күн бұрын

​@@Figures_of_Action_Reviews I totally agree with you. I really dislike multipacks because I almost always want just one figure in them, and they want me to pay for 2, 3 or 4 that I don't care about. As for the discounted figures you can find at retail stores at super low prices, you might be right. But still there is a difference between deeply discounting something you already own, and hanging it in your own shelves, than having to process and prepare huge packages to be sold at ridiculous prices. Then again, destroying them is probably not cost effective either... 😂😂😂 Do you know by any chance when and if retail stores can return figures to the manufacturer? I think knowing this could shed some light into what we are talking about.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@MyNameGoesRightHere I don't know about them returning figures because retail stores work out a deal with companies like Hasbro with sale profit percentage split. I do know that inventory is solely on the retail company. Toys are no different than towels, tires, books, art supplies etc. The retail store is responsible for selling those items and making a profit. I worked for COMPUSA before they went out of business which why I know about the company purchase deals. Hasbro is not paying 15 to 20 dollars to make one action figure it's a lot less. When I was working at COMPUSA, I could purchase the 30 dollar Motorola Bluetooth headsets for the company purchase price 8.99. So think about that in terms of bulk sales. If it cost Walmart 8 dollars per action figure and they sold them for 24.99 each then every sale would equal 3 action figures. Now I'm not saying that's their purchase agreement but that is an example of how it is done between retailers. Retail stores already factor how much they need to sell of a certain item before they break even, turn a profit, and can allow the rest of the inventory to go on clearance.

They know the industry is going down. I just sold about 7 tubs worth of stuff yesterday at a local second hand toy store and I’m buying WAY less. They wanna play? Let’s play 🤷‍♂️

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

Күн бұрын

😂😂😂 you got me rolling this morning. I feel you too because I was just straightening up my office this morning and I started noticing a lot of quality control issues with my classified figures. The legs and hips are wonky. My crimson bat figures look all zesty because the hips and legs are crooked. Makes me want to only collect premium figures. And that is the reason why I don't feel bad for buying figures below full price. If I had paid full price for messed up figures I would have been 🔥 hot 😡

lol I'm happy as I tend to like those obscure characters that most people don't want to get, so if I can get them on clearance that works for me... :)

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

Күн бұрын

@marvelpg I understand your view, but there are some characters I want and then some I don't want. So if I find characters like King Valkery on clearance then cool. Now if I see Shriek on clearance then oh well. Either way if I find what I'm looking for on clearance I'm good.

@marvelpg

Күн бұрын

@@Figures_of_Action_Reviews absolutely ....our wallets only go so far ...and it's kind of a game of chance if we can get them at a bargain... happy bargain hunting 😉

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

Күн бұрын

@marvelpg agreed happy barging hunting. I just found a bunch of Fortnite figures I have been looking to buy for $6 each at my local Walmart. I took those bad boys broke out.

great video man !

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

10 күн бұрын

Thanks man I just like to see what everyone else thinks.

The toys we see @ ross and these discount stores are about 2 years old and all toys eventually go on clearance.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

9 күн бұрын

Yea, that's what I was saying. At some point, all toys get phased out of store inventory, whether it be trashed, marked on clearance in store, or sold to discount stores. So, to say that finding Marvel Legends in discount stores is over is a statement I don't agree with.

You won't see Hellverine or Moon Knight, guys have too many fans, specially Wolverine. The rest are pretty on point clearance figures, and this is someone who wants the Hellstrom figure.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

8 күн бұрын

You make a valid point. It's like that with some figure waves. The ones people want won't go to discount stores. Look at the Armadillo BAF wave. The only ones I have ever seen in Ollie's were J. Jonah Jameson, Shriek, and Doctor Strange. The other figures were not in discount stores. But even if they don't make it into the discount stores, if Target or Walmart can't get those figures sold before new quarterly shipment arrives they will be on clearance in those stores. Junkyard and Mutt and Metalhead of GI Joe is 50% off in Target now. We talking about $44 figures sitting at $22

Another great video brother! I had thoughts but then I got typing and saw I was typing too much. In short I agree with most of what you say but I think it is cyclic. 2023 was the year of Clearance, Toy companies adjust, the rest of 2024 and Q1 and Q2 of 2025 will see less, but by the 2nd half of 2025 stuff will be back in the discount stores. maybe not like 2023, but it will be there. And cycle continues.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

11 күн бұрын

I totally agree, it might slow up but there will be a return of toys flowing back to the discount stores. Ollie's and Ross get a lot of their inventory from stores that have closed and gone out of business. So that stuff has to go somewhere and who better to come in and buy it out at a discount but Ross and Ollies. The pandemic caused a supply chain crisis but it also caused inventory that would have made to stores normally to be held back. So stores had a ton of inventory coming in all at once after the pandemic restrictions were lifted. There will never be a point where discount stores will not have mainstream toys on their shelves.

I’ve been finding the same Classified wave that was out last fall at Ollie’s & Ross back at my local two Ollie’s…..not that I really need any more of those but surprised that they are showing back up. I’m hoping some more waves come to those stores.

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

9 күн бұрын

There will be more figures at these stores, but it might take a while before they show up.

Music way to loud in this video. tune it down a bit man.

I’ve noticed WWE figures don’t really end up at discount stores

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@bigJ-Allday1 A lot of WWE figures end up at Ollie's. Where you live, you may not have seen them, but I have seen them in many other areas other than my own. If you watch other toy collector channels from all over the place you would see the same WWE figures in discount stores. There are WWE Ultimate figures in Bargain Hunt right now 🤣

So this is a good thing or bad thing because, for me, it's great when I find a figure for $5 hasbro can suck it 🎉

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@PokeCatsu 🤣🤣🤣 bro I feel you on that because they have gotten away with so much in quality control issues. Especially when I have paid full price for some of these figures and I have clear visible flaws in those figures I bought. It's not a bad thing it's a cycle. It's literally in the business model. Stores get rid of old inventory to make room for new inventory and that stuff has to go somewhere. Discount stores may not pay a lot for the old inventory but it's a way for stores like Walmart and Target to get something back on the old inventory.

@PokeCatsu

7 күн бұрын

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews Hope we get more like the Stryfe 5 pack. I found 2 we might get Avengers of West Coast and Spiderman 5 pack

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@PokeCatsu as long as Hasbro keep locking characters people really want inside of expensive multipacks with 4 or 5 other characters people don't want we will continue to see them in discount stores. I mean really who on that West Coast Avengers team is highly desired besides that Ironman maybe 🤔

I would like to disagree with you just for a little bit at least for my reasoning it's not that I don't like the figure it's more the price to me it's more of why should I have to pay 30 something dollars for figure where I can get it for five or six dollars especially if I only have$20 also I can only speak for myself it's easier for me to walk to Ross than it is to Walmart I'm going to leave with this I was looking for a static shock for a good minute at the regular stores one day I went to my neighborhood Ross and I found him for $5 and I also did the same thing for the Black Adam movie cyclone I put it like this I want that new Starfire right now my money is looking kind of funny now if I can find her cheap somewhere I'm going to get her

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

I won't argue with you on your reason. We all have our own reason for buying action figures. What I am saying is that I am willing to pay full price for a figure that I want. However, some of the figures the Marvel Legends team has put out have been less desirable. So I pass on them unless I find them in Ross or Ollie's. Nerdzoic and The Strong Collectors saying finding figures for cheap is over is something I don't agree with at all. We will continue to find figures for cheap when stores cant keep that old inventory or go out of business and discount stores buy their inventory for cheap.

Most people who get brand new figures not out yet to review are either paid of paid by supply. So of course they will all say how wonderful they are. That’s why I’m done with marvel legends

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

7 күн бұрын

@@toyscourge4983 I understand your position. I was wondering at times how some people have figures to review a month or more before the figure is set to release. However I'm still going to buy discount figures wherever I find them. I'm not paying full price for a figure I don't care about.

The black characters never sell. Am I right?

@Figures_of_Action_Reviews

10 күн бұрын

I think it depends on the character and the location of the store. I live in Alabama and I always see the black dolls on clearance first. Now that WWE Muhammed Ali is sold out. I caught two on clearance (one to open and another to keep in box), I for sure thought that the Xmen 97 Bishop wouldn't get much attention, but I was wrong he sold out quick.

@firefly44220

2 күн бұрын

That seems to be true. I saw that Muhammad Ali figure at Walmart and almost picked it up but yeah that seems mostly the case if you go to Ollie’s