Ever wonder how Hasbro gets their data on which figures are more or less popular?

From a recent Q&A:

No! My local Wal-Mart is the best indicator! I don't need business school to tell them how to do their jobs![/fanboy]

BA is definitely a shelfwarmer, though. No matter where I go I always see at least 10 of her.

the animated leaders,wave 2 deluxes....

I know...

And it's weird, because she's really an awesome figure.

Ya know, it's funny.. both her an Ratchet are like rare as hell in my area. I walked into a walmart like when animated came out, they had a ton of them.. but now? I'd be lucky if I see any of them. Oilslick, he's notorious.. so it seems anyway..

Probably just so many of him in a case assortment.. I don't know the exact shipping.. I was hoping to see atleast Swoop or Sentinel today so I could make use of the TRU Deluxe sale thing... nothin I didn't have already except tons of oilslicks..

Oilslick kind of makes me barf. All he really does to transform is kneel. His head and weapon and hands are cool beans, but not enough to save him.

biggest shelfwarmer in my area are movie FABs.
my local walmart always seems to have at least two cases out at all times. and it's gotten worse with the god forsaken aisle displays they have now. no animated deluxes at all. just endless shelves of FABs.

The best part is that you continue not to get it

I think they just overestimated BA's popularity, and over produced. I have 3 of her(one just by chance), and outside of soft plastic issues, she is pretty nice.

But reguardless, with a mostly male market, and her very limited amount of air time, I'm not suprized to see her.

As for shelf warmers in general, I'd rather see discounted multipacks, retools, and mail in incentives as apose to the usual wave after wave of repaints untill the stock is depleted.

Big shelfwarmers in my area are movie legends megs, the Bumper Battlers or whatever there called and whole mess of oil slicks and Lugnuts. That's only at the TRU by me. Haven't checked at Target yet and I just plain don't shop at Walmarts. Only because I don't remember where the one by me is.

In my area none of the Animated line seems to be a Selfwarmer, the movie toys on the other hand...

I actually got her the other day. That's why I said she's awesome. Sexy, too.

You can't write this stuff.

I know its gold

i was gonna say "i certainly couldn't write it because i have some self-respect" but decided not to...

OSHI---

I also thought the Bike-Rcee mold was hawt...


Is there something wrong with me?

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She transforms in such a way that the rider will have his/her face in her crotch the entire time he/she's riding her. At first I wondered if that was intentional, but then I remembered that Transformers toys are designed in Japan.

And the BA mold can...

<.<

...

>.>

... Diddle herself.

You lose the
Now edit that before tramp sees it.

Is he a mod or something?

Wait, don't all the figures in the same case assortment have the same sku? Can they even track the sales of individual figures? As far as I can tell, at most retailers a tankor is identical to a suntreaker and prowl. But only 2 of those 3 are clogging up the shelves.

I almost don't believe it.

Huh? I'm not sure what's going on anymore...


*stares at ( . Y . )'s name*

STEP AWAY FROM THE MONITOR

Oh, you GUYS.

=.=

OH. You guys are talking about the spider eyes?