Entire cases of Kingdom Wingfinger showing up at Wal-Mart

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  1. Blitz.

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    he's interesting but not a solid case of 1 character interesting. I hope there are some kids who really like dino bones in that area.
     
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  2. Hicks_Royel

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    Wingfinger sounds like that appetizer at TGI Friday's that you order and are immediately disappointed by when it gets to the table.
     
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    So possibly as a mentioned two weeks ago, since Wave 2 of Kingdom started showing up early to mid March in the US that it's likely we'd start getting Wave 3 in mid June (and here more of it is)....

    It's safe to say that whatever all of what wave 4 will be (Waspinator, Slammer, Pipes, etc.) may start showing up in Sept. then?
     
  4. Oniconvoy

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    Sure. Hasbro dates are when they expect things to be at decent saturation. Things will always trickle out earlier than those conservative dates.
     
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    Reminder: The combiner they showed off was a fan custom Mark threw together the night before the stream.

    TFWiki interviewed Lenny that weekend and apparently Mark loves the modular stuff and sends pictures of all his creations to the rest of the team.
     
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    They weren’t on the pegs yet. Found the open case full in the electronics section, on top of the PlayStation games. Here’s the receipt:

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  7. mirarage

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    Awesome!!!!!
    Enjoy giving your playtime the finger.

    What I'm not happy about is solid cases of 1 fig making it to retail.
    Can you imagine the shelfwarming possibilities.
    Solid cases of wheeljack or arcee.
    Cringeworthy.
     
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  8. Jakedc1997

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    Well more solid cases are not good. My Targets have legit 2-4 pegs of just arcees. 
     
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  9. Lazerwave

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    Same here.
     
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    thats also probably due to the fact that its an absolute waste of plastic.
     
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    My thoughts exactly. Can't wait to go to my local stores in about 2 months and see nothing but Wingfinger and Arcee. Maybe I'm just biased against the Fossilizers but I don't think this dude merits an entire case.
     
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    *and wheeljack.
     
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    Funnily enough, only one of the stores I go to has an abundance of Wheeljack. I've never seen him at any other store except that one. It's Arcee, Cheetor, Elita, and SS Starscream who warm the shelves 'round here.
     
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    wait for repack wheeljack in wave 3
     
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    Oh, duh. Totally forgot that was gonna be a thing. Alright, Wingfinger, Wheeljack, and Arcee it is!
     
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    Im still mad about that one. There's two whole waves of ER figures that were in stores for less than a month that could have been repacked. But instead they repacked Wheeljack a figure with multiple releases and peg warmed almost all of 2020. Sunstreaker or Trailbreaker should have been no brainers as they would have sold well, where as Wheeljack will peg warm once again
     
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    Wow, solid cases of possibly the least desirable Deluxe figure next to the ER repacks? do they actually WANT to strangle the line at retail?
     
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    I’ll buy a case.
     
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    Of all the figures I see hanging out on shelves, the Bone Brigade is the one I see least.

    Right? You'd think the guy on a fan forum of all places would be familiar with the community of army builders that've been building monstrosities out of these modulars.

    Screw a case, I'll take a whole line of these.
     
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  20. Dragonclaw

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    Then they should seriously put him in charge of Micronauts and finally get THOSE to toy shelves. If he loves interchangeability so much then he's the perfect man for the line! :) 
     
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