It obviously does. Why else would Devastator be selling for over market on Ebay yet need to be discounted by 80% in limited markets? It's an obvious major issue in the market as a whole.

You're the one who's stating that since the item was available to very limited amounts of markets at $19.99, there was no demand. It's you who has the wrong view of the market as a whole.

Edit: I just checked, and the Walmart Reissue Devastators are now selling for over two times retail on Ebay, $217 CAD or $170 USD. Yet, you're telling me, it was necessary for Hasbro to discount them to $20, to get them to sell?

 

Big difference from Hasbro & Walmart discounting them. Hasbro is out of the equation once Walmart pays them. As to Devastator being priced 19.99 - by the time he entered the clearance cycle, Devastator was 95% sold out in all stores. It is standard clearance policy to empty old stock in this manner. Devastator was perhaps the single best seller of the entire line.

As to aftermarket pricing, as many of us know, the dollar amount attached is only as good as what someone is actually willing to pay. There are just so many out there, unless you are incredibly impatient, it is very possible to find it at a price you are more comfortable with.

Back on topic folks please! This is the Blaster thread  

 

I've only seen Blaster twice and both times, the packaging was aLl JacKEd uP. I should have asked management for a discount, but didn't think that far and was ticked that someone would wreck the box that badly. It looked like someone used it as a hockey puck.

I figured that Blaster would be widely available like Astrotrain, Optimus and Soundwave, but that's not the case in the Bay area. Everyone here thinks they can scalp it for double the cost, so they greedily buy them all. If they can't sell them online, they use them for trade fodder with the local comic shops.

 

Bumping this because I stumbled across this guy at a Walmart for $2.09 recently. Picked it up for my 5 year old but I know he's going to ask about the tapes. I'd really rather not pay $30 for Rewind when I paid $2 for Blaster, so does anyone know of any reissues/knockoffs/anything that would work? Because a 5 and 3 year old will be playing with it, it doesn't need to be collector level or anything. Just curious as my quick google fu hasn't come up with anything.

 

Check ur Pm's - Please close thread ^^

 

So... have Hasbro given up on these G1 reissues? Haven't heard anything for a while...

 

They're just doing BW characters right now. Saves me more money.

 

Some of these G1 reissues sat too. Problem IMO is that they just keep putting out the same toys over and over. Would be nice to have a reissue like Hound or Prowl, or even to have a mold revived somehow. If they can give you dozens of different Grimlock toys, surely they can find a way to make a new G1 Grimlock mold.

 

Walmart's distribution algorithm has an inverse bug. It sends the highest volumes to areas with the lowest spending. That's why your store never has anything but Cracktown and Cokeville an hour away are stuffed to the rafters.

Edit: I watched Blaster for a few months online. Every time they dipped down to $18 to $20, they sold out and "mysteriously" were relisted around $45.

 

That makes perfect sense. I never find anything nearby and I go outta my way to someplace like Buttsmoke, California.

 

I need some more minibots, my reissue collection needs a Pipes