DOTM Deluxe Prices at Target

Shockwave9227 · 05-23-2012, 11:42 PM

I saw that too at my local Target. It's insane.

jerminator · 05-23-2012, 11:51 PM

That sounds, to me, like a local store misfire for the Deluxe Optimus w/ trailer, which retails for $30.

FakeEyes22 · 05-23-2012, 11:57 PM

Just a guess, or obvious observation, but it's got to be an error in the system. Stores are moving around the action figure aisle to make way for product from the Joe, Spider-Man and Batman films, and they're printing up new tags for not just the new stuff but also things that are moving around.

Someone will catch it soon enough. I remember when Titanium wave 1 was first put out when I worked at Target, and the price for those was set to about $5 since it's price had been swapped in the system with Scouts, which were marked at $20(or whatever Titaniums sold for then) I let the planogram team know about it, they insisted it was right(which it was, according to the system that they followed properly), but it was corrected a few days later. In the meantime, I got Titanium Optimus and Megatron for $5 each! And they were worth exactly that.

Makes me wonder if there's a $30 TF item that's been marked at $12.

Cortexitron · 05-23-2012, 11:57 PM

My Target has deluxes at $16 and voyagers at $25. Walmart, however, has deluxes at $7.27. Nothing much for voyagers, but plenty of leader Bumblebees at $42. They even have the one that comes with the deluxe Starscream for $44.

Autobot_Jacer · 05-24-2012, 12:02 AM

Wow, that's just scary. was there any reason for this?

Nightwind · 05-24-2012, 12:24 AM

Saw the same thing at my Target today. I thought it was maybe just an error on the tags but they actually scanned at that price! Obviously it's an error in the system but it's a pretty extreme example!

Sky Ray · 05-24-2012, 01:35 AM

Saw the $30 price tag too. I was under the impression it was just a mix-up with the Optimus Prime with trailer box, didn't know it was a national screw-up.

mirarage · 05-24-2012, 03:57 AM

Saw the $30 tag here in PA as well.
Thankfully almost all of our targets are out of dotm dxs already.
Makes no sense at all.

miscreant · 05-24-2012, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Noideaforaname

I'm kinda half-expecting Soundwave, Que, and Leadfoot to pop up now with prices that obscenely high.

I LOL'd.

opt1musaber · 05-24-2012, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthtownKid

Yeah, I just got back from my local Los Angeles TRU and they have Deluxes marked up to $60. Just the way it is now, I guess. I only picked up one.

That is fuckin insane that is NOT the way it will be no fucking way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry but I had to swear. Here in Australia though deluxes go close to 30AUD so that ain't news to me but 60 WTF!

05-23-2012, 11:42 PM	#11
Shockwave9227 Think, then do. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,852 Location: Santa Ana, CA Collection Count: 173 (counting cassettes, Targetmasters, and Mini-Cons) News Credits: 2	I saw that too at my local Target. It's insane. Comic ON UNDISCLOSED HIATUS Feedback Wants

05-24-2012, 12:24 AM	#16
Nightwind Aka Dusty Bottoms. Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,884 Location: Virginia Collection Count: I quit counting years ago.	Saw the same thing at my Target today. I thought it was maybe just an error on the tags but they actually scanned at that price! Obviously it's an error in the system but it's a pretty extreme example! My Sales My Wants My Feedback My Collection

05-23-2012, 11:51 PM	#12
jerminator Stunticon Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,174 Location: BFE a.k.a. Talladega, Alabama Collection Count: Too many to count. News Credits: 1	That sounds, to me, like a local store misfire for the Deluxe Optimus w/ trailer, which retails for $30.

05-23-2012, 11:57 PM	#13
FakeEyes22 Dinobot Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 880 News Credits: 1	Just a guess, or obvious observation, but it's got to be an error in the system. Stores are moving around the action figure aisle to make way for product from the Joe, Spider-Man and Batman films, and they're printing up new tags for not just the new stuff but also things that are moving around. Someone will catch it soon enough. I remember when Titanium wave 1 was first put out when I worked at Target, and the price for those was set to about $5 since it's price had been swapped in the system with Scouts, which were marked at $20(or whatever Titaniums sold for then) I let the planogram team know about it, they insisted it was right(which it was, according to the system that they followed properly), but it was corrected a few days later. In the meantime, I got Titanium Optimus and Megatron for $5 each! And they were worth exactly that. Makes me wonder if there's a $30 TF item that's been marked at $12.

05-23-2012, 11:57 PM	#14
Cortexitron Alternate Reality Patrol Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 665 Location: Oshkosh, Wisconsin Collection Count: 600+	My Target has deluxes at $16 and voyagers at $25. Walmart, however, has deluxes at $7.27. Nothing much for voyagers, but plenty of leader Bumblebees at $42. They even have the one that comes with the deluxe Starscream for $44.

05-24-2012, 01:35 AM	#17
Sky Ray Maximal Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 337 Location: SoCal, USA Collection Count: 171 News Credits: 2	Saw the $30 price tag too. I was under the impression it was just a mix-up with the Optimus Prime with trailer box, didn't know it was a national screw-up.

05-24-2012, 03:57 AM	#18
mirarage Agent of Primus Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,607 Location: hatfield, S.E.PA Collection Count: After 30 years, who knows? News Credits: 14	Saw the $30 tag here in PA as well. Thankfully almost all of our targets are out of dotm dxs already. Makes no sense at all.