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McMetal:
At the suggestion of Tamer, I am starting a new thread for the jewel of the Mid-Atlantic region, good ole' Virginia.
I'm new to this forum, but anticipate being a frequent contributor. I am a full-blown Clone Wars nut, only interested in this particular line, so don't expect much news regarding TLC or the other lines in here. But if you're all about the Clone Wars toys like me, I look forward to discussing that stuff ad nauseam. :)
I live in Richmond, and my hunt radius extends about 40 miles in every direction, stopping just short of Chester, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg. My target retail outlets include TRU, Target, K-Mart, and Wal-Mart. There are about 19 total stores I hit as part of my hunt vector. TRU gets visited twice weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays (new stock arrivals) and the nearest Targets pretty much daily. The rest I hit at miniumum weekly, but usually 2-3 times per week depending on the location.
Yes, this is probably overkill, but around here new CW inventory is usually limited to single packs in 1-2 stores initially, and they disappear QUICKLY. Target, K-Mart, and Wal-Mart do not have regular re-stock schedules, as trucks arrive at diffrent locations on any given day, so they require frequent checks to stay current. If you miss something, it could be weeks/months before they ever show up again. (If ever...curse you, Walmart Gunship!!!)
It gets a little hectic working full time and covering all my locations at lunch and after work, so I had to create a simple Matrix to help me manage:
STORE LOCATION INTERVAL LAST DAY CHECKED
TRU QUIOCCASIN DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
TRU CARMIA WAY DAY, NIGHT 14-Aug
K-MART GLENSIDE DRIVE DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
K-MART MIDLOTHIAN TRPK DAY, NIGHT 14-Aug
K-MART 9 MILE ROAD DAY, NIGHT 28-Jul
WALMART ROUTE 1 DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 11-Aug
WALMART PARHAM DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
WALMART SHORT PUMP DAY, NIGHT 12-Aug
WALMART FOREST HILL DAY, NIGHT 6-Aug
WALMART MIDLOTHIAN TRPK DAY, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET ROUTE 1 DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET STAPLES MILL DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET SHORT PUMP DAY, NIGHT 15-Aug
TARGET LIBBIE PLACE DAY, EVENING, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET S LABURNUM DAY, NIGHT 10-Aug
TARGET BELL CREEK RD DAY, NIGHT 13-Aug
TARGET RT 288 DAY, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET MIDLOTHIAN TRPK DAY, NIGHT 14-Aug
TARGET FOREST HILL DAY, NIGHT 6-Aug
It looks a lot slicker in Excel, trust me. Curious if anyone else uses anything like this? I am a business analyst so maybe I am just overly anal about the whole thing.
I used to only hunt Mon-Fri but I am recently started making some limited Saturday forays as well, after finding Cad Bane and Denal one Saturday morning at a Target I had just checked the night before. Sundays are my day off. (Thankfully)
McMetal:
As far as latest finds, I was ecstatic to find the Ambush on the Vulture's Claw BP as well as the Geonosis Assault BP at my local TRU last Friday. They only had 1 of each. I had heard on some other forums these were out, so I was delighted they actually made it here to the East Coast without too much of a delay.
I checked all around later that night but found no other stores with these 2 or anything else "new". Pretty much everyone around here but K-Mart has the new Clone Wars figures waves, at least through Wave 8.
TRU has had Ponds and the Commemorative tin for awhile now.
The 2 things that I am really searching for now, which are already rumored to be out around the USA, are the Corporate Alliance Tank Droid and Ahsoka's Startfighter. No sign of these yet.
Clonehead:
Now that's what I call dedication, McMetal!
What a round you make! I'll look forward to your future store reports and if you can, snap a few pics of the as display so we can salivate over them.
Still no sign of those two battle packs here although I did see one Vulture's claw bp at a target two weeks ago. I must have missed the other one.
I seen a bare spot on a shelf at a Walmart today that had a $64.95 delux vehicle tag on it that may have held the y wing as I haven't seen any shadow arcs in Walmart yet.
UnitedStatesDemocrat:
That seems like a very dedicated schedule. Nice to see someone so interested in Star Wars!
McMetal:
Thanks guys, it does get a little tiresome sometimes. I wish I could rely on their employees to provide accurate information over the phone, it would sure help save $ on gas. Or even if they had some kind of structured delivery dates for new toys etc. It's just a mess though, stuff showing up in drips and drabs all over.
Will definitely post some pics when I have a chance to pull some stuff out of storage...soon.
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