tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674948452595496985.post4922121905722717678..comments2010-01-13T07:27:28.875-05:00Comments on Super Hero Squad Rumorbuster: Hulk Wave 3 on HTS, againClever Namehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01008536417601035555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674948452595496985.post-43067297646885587212008-08-22T10:46:00.000-04:002008-08-22T10:46:00.000-04:00Sentry/Blade/Electro wave: when we contacted Hasbr...Sentry/Blade/Electro wave: when we contacted Hasbro and Hasbro Toy Shop we were basically told 2 things<BR/><BR/>(1) the figures were removed from HTS because they didn't have the "inventory necessary to support" the items.<BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>(2) that they weren't sure when the figures would be available for order.<BR/><BR/>Since then, however, the major online retailers like Big Bad Toy Store and Entertainment Earth put them back up for pre-order, scheduled to ship in September and October respectively. BBTS has already sold out of sets of all four figures, but EE is still selling cases of "Wave 9, Revision 1".<BR/><BR/>I could never get a more specific answer from Hasbro, and I doubt anyone can. Were those sets post-poned to allow for increased production of sets for the Hulk and Iron Man movie (which get sales boosts from being closer to the movie/DVD releases)? Was there a manufacturing issue? Is it just a matter of trying to meet increasing demand?<BR/><BR/>This is pure speculation on my part, but I can't imagine it disappearing a la Kraven. Retailers have it for pre-order, it's been publicized for so long (making appearances at the major conventions, appearing on HTS, still showing up at Hasbro's main site, the figures have been well-received by fans... you can't ask for a better set of factors to drum up demand for the figures.<BR/><BR/>As for City/Winter Soldier, since HTS usually has stock after they start showing up in stores and I don't see ANY retailer with pre-orders for the figures it would indicate that if HTS is going to ship the figures on 8/26/08 (the ship date from their latest e-mail) then they're going to be the first to receive them.<BR/><BR/>All I was able to get out of Hasbro on Winter Soldier and City in Crisis was that they weren't in stock, which is not the most informative information.Clever Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008536417601035555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674948452595496985.post-65546536653866194342008-08-21T23:22:00.000-04:002008-08-21T23:22:00.000-04:00Yes, I too would like to like to know what is goin...Yes, I too would like to like to know what is going on with Electro as well. <BR/><BR/>Also what about City in Crisis: Spider-Man set?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674948452595496985.post-63390395511599607572008-08-21T21:30:00.000-04:002008-08-21T21:30:00.000-04:00Any word on what's happening with the Sentry/Blade...Any word on what's happening with the Sentry/Blade/Electro wave? <BR/><BR/>I still just find it bizarre that the Hulk figs were announced later and will be coming out earlier than that wave. <BR/><BR/>Any insight? Is it possible that we'll see a whole Kraven-like disappearance of that set?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com