Titan Fortress Maximus BIG W sighting thread

[M-bot]

I'm disappoint to see so many stores are ignoring the hold list. Good luck getting them guys. I can't even get one myself before the sale at my store. My manager doesn't want upset customers so they won't let anyone buy one before the 16th.

I honestly don't know why they would hold back on selling them now. Why let Myer have an early run at potential sales (albeit probably shelf warmer at the massive price)?

At Karingal, they were not particualrly well hidden away (in the kitchen section rather than the toy section) and were fully ticketed for sale. I'd be shocked if they wouldn't let me buy one (which I'll be trying to do tomorrow via lay by).

[griffin]

I honestly don't know why they would hold back on selling them now. Why let Myer have an early run at potential sales (albeit probably shelf warmer at the massive price)?

Even though I think embargo dates on toylines is ridiculous (it's just toys... if the toy company doesn't want them in stores before a certain week, don't ship them to the retailers so early), but when it is special product for a promotional catalogue or a midnight launch, the stores would like to actually have the products in stock when the catalogue starts... otherwise they have lots of angry customers who come into the store just for the catalogue & sale items who find out that they are already sold out.

(I remember back when the first Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream came out - most stores didn't get much stock, and it was almost entirely sold out before it was even featured in the TRU sale catalogue the following week.)

[DELTAprime]

but when it is special product for a promotional catalogue or a midnight launch, the stores would like to actually have the products in stock when the catalogue starts... otherwise they have lots of angry customers who come into the store just for the catalogue & sale items who find out that they are already sold out.

That's exactly why my manager won't sell any.

[M-bot]

Even though I think embargo dates on toylines is ridiculous (it's just toys... if the toy company doesn't want them in stores before a certain week, don't ship them to the retailers so early), but when it is special product for a promotional catalogue or a midnight launch, the stores would like to actually have the products in stock when the catalogue starts... otherwise they have lots of angry customers who come into the store just for the catalogue & sale items who find out that they are already sold out.

(I remember back when the first Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream came out - most stores didn't get much stock, and it was almost entirely sold out before it was even featured in the TRU sale catalogue the following week.)

I went for the midnight opening of Big W's sale last year only to find out they didn't even have any of the advertised Devastators (and didn't have for several weeks). They sold out of Lego Helicarriers in about 35 seconds after doors opened as well. So keeping the embargo wasn't exactly a wonderful experience either.

[GoktimusPrime]

Some Big Ws seem to be adhering to the embargo date though; I called Big W Top Ryde and Macquarie Centre today and both said that neither of them have the toy in stock, and Macquarie said that they won't be stocking it until the embargo date.

At this rate I'm glad I got mine early. Heck I was lucky to get devastator last year as he was the first (and last) one I saw for months.

I'm glad I pre-ordered mine online. While it does mean getting it later, it saves me from having to run around to various Big Ws hunting it down. Physical hunting also adds to the cost in fuel/transport, not to mention the amount of time wasted even just from all the phohe calls. Calling those two Big Ws today took up about half an hour of my time (although I was in traffic and was speaking to them via speaker mode). And of course, it works out significantly cheaper than local RRP.

But yeah, I remember constantly calling half a dozen Big Ws every day leading up to Devastator's release, being constantly told that they were sticking to the embargo date, and then going to the midnight sale only to discover that they only had two Devastators left, both of which were kept on the back room. How the hell did they get so low on stock when it was only a few minutes after embargo?!?

[M-bot]

Not only were Victorion and Fort Max on shelf for sale at Fountain Gate Big W this morning, but they allowed me to lay by. Even better, the lady at the counter said that if they reduce the price during the course of the sale, they will likewise reduce the lay by as appropriate. I realise that is not expected at this point, but still.

She also (without being asked), put Fort Max in a bag before stickering it, saying "since it's a collectable, we don't want to damage the box with a sticker".

In part, this made up for my poor experience with Big W last year.

[UltraMarginal]

I can confirm Gok's phone conversations, I stopped at Big W Macquarie at lunch and while they have a massive amount of Lego and other toys out already they don't have the keystone items like Fort Max, Victorion, the Helicarrier or the Ghostbusters firehouse. I did a tour of most of the store.

[millhouse]

I honestly don't know why they would hold back on selling them now. Why let Myer have an early run at potential sales (albeit probably shelf warmer at the massive price)?

Simple. You cannot advertise something for a specific date if you do not have stock. There are penalties for this. Why sell it before if you're advertising as having it in store and on sale from X date?

[M-bot]

Simple. You cannot advertise something for a specific date if you do not have stock. There are penalties for this. Why sell it before if you're advertising as having it in store and on sale from X date?

That's a pretty sensible argument. Perhaps they have some stock out, while withholding some stock to ensure they have at least a few units available for the sale?

Again, I would suggest my experience with Big W last year was a poor one. They had the Lego Helicarrier for sale for probably less than 1 minute of the sale before the extremely limited supplies were exhausted (making a mockery of their catalogue advertisement). And no Devis at all (not Big W's fault, I seem to remember a distribution issue from Hasbros end).

No penalties were brought to bear in that instance that I'm aware of. Not sure why they would worry now.

[mharry]

Saw 4 Lego Ghostbusters firehouse at BigW Park Beach Plaza Coffs Harbour