Originally Posted By berol I was happy to share as a kid unless you wanted what I had. Then I figured what I had must be pretty good and I should keep it! Ok, so I wasn't good at sharing.
Originally Posted By phruby My local Best Buy sold out of RC BB-8 in under five minutes. They had a limit of five per customer. Of course, they only have ten. Most of the star wars figures/ships were impossible to find due to low inventory and scalpers first in line to take it all at midnight. The only things left the next day where role play stuff, micro machines and Legos. Traditional figures and ships were gone instantly. It sucks how much Hasbro/Disney hyped this and failed with distribution. I guess they are trying to avoid the massive avalanche of product that stayed for years after Episode 1. Hasbro has had problems with distribution for the last three years.
Originally Posted By berol Merced's Best Buy either has it in stock or they didn't update their inventory. I'd bet on the latter. Can't they make more? Changing the box slightly should appease the collectors who got one.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I'd love to give a little lip to the committee within Disney who thought they could charge people for the "opportunity to spend money". 21st Century corporations at their ~best~!
Originally Posted By berol I don't get why they refunded. Anaheim sold all 300 spots and Orlando could have shortened the initial shopping time.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I'd love to give a little lip to the committee within Disney who thought they could charge people for the "opportunity to spend money".<< With how long people waited for the Disney Store at the D23 Expo, they basically did the same thing there. There were plenty of reports of 4+ hour waits to go shopping, after paying the already-high price to enter the building. If people were willing to do all that (and miss out on the unique panels and presentations), then there's no reason to think that they wouldn't do it on a random Thursday night. I blame the consumers for encouraging that type of event, not the company for putting it on
Originally Posted By dagobert Over here Force Friday was a failure. Many stores didn't have a lot of stuff and some even charged 25 Euros. Many fans were very disapppointed and angry. And who gets the blame? Disney and not ToysRus or the department stores.
Originally Posted By phruby Nice to see that distribution sucked all over the world. Hasbro has been having a problem with it for years. Stores refuse to stock empty pegs for years missing a lot of waves.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I blame the consumers for encouraging that type of event, not the company for putting it on" Me too. Apparently people think it's worth the money. I can't blame Disney for this.
