WFC Kingdom toys now on their way to stores here

[SMHFConvoy]

I might be naive or something, but I'm probably a lot less forgiving of this sort of thing - with technology and logistics where it should be at in 2021, there's not really an excuse for this sort of thing. There's a big enough chunk of Hasbro's business that goes towards adult collectors that they could try using a different delivery/supply model than the one from 1982.

Hasbro has made it VERY difficult to get some characters this year - soooo many exclusives. They go and make the definitive G1 CHUG Prowl and Bluestreak, but then make them exclusives? And then every seeker other than Starscream - if I wasn't so close to completing my collecting goals, I'd be considering getting out of the hobby altogether.

I'm taking the pandemic into consideration, it affected everyone globally and drastically reduced the workforce including people in logistics.

[griffin]

There must be stock somewhere in the world of wave 3 Deluxes, because they didn't really show up much anywhere. Maybe they might get dumped here cheap for a BigW sale later this year. At least, it might be something some of us will have to hope for if we don't want to pay secondary market prices.
(we never got Siege Apeface here, despite all those 2019 Siege Megatrons & Thundercrackers before Christmas 2020... so you just never know what we will get and what we will miss)

As dirge noted, the US exclusives coming here is dictated by Hasbro America.
And missing waves of regular lines here can just come down to not needing a restock before the cut-off in China of that wave (some waves can end up only being a couple months apart)... like if not enough retailers are interested in a particular size class (like the Battlemasters) to need more imported into the country as often, or if we were allocated too much stock of an earlier wave by Hasbro America.

[griffin]

Still no Kingdom toys found yet?
I was hoping we'd see something somewhere by now... even if it has only been 6 days since they started shipping to retailers, as Toyworlds are usually pretty quick putting stuff out... and Kmarts are desperate for new stock.

[nalops]

Going to Carindale and Garden City tomorrow so I'll let you know.

[JJJ]

They've hit Brisbane.

[Krayt]

And Morayfield.... why is QLD getting everything first!!??

[nalops]

And Macgregor. I have a feeling I'll miss out seeing as the earliest I can go check is Tuesday.

[JJJ]

And Morayfield.... why is QLD getting everything first!!??

Don't they usually? It's generally been Morayfield where the first Australian sightings have been reported over at TFW2005.