Any idea of what time The Atom, Green Arrow, and Superman go up for preorder?
Any idea of what time The Atom, Green Arrow, and Superman go up for preorder?
at noon, but some time the links get posted sooner.
they're live now, mcfarlane toystore has a bundle for $75
https://mcfarlanetoysstore.com/dc-the-atom-green-arrow-superman-mtd-phygital-wave2-bundle/
Pre-ordered Ollie and Ray and passed on Clark, although the eagle is cool. I expect it will show up again elsewhere, likely repainted. I'm sure that it's likely the same one that was packed in with the Gold Label Beast Boy repainted.
I'm not super crazy about any of these but Ray is my favorite, although I laughed out loud when I saw just how big "mini" Ray was. I don't really care because I have a crap ton of real mini Rays from over the years from Mattel and DCD/DCC.
I noticed that MTS didn't offer a bundle discount on these this time around. I found that odd as that's the only reason that I've usually bought from them in the past. They charge so much for shipping that the MTS10 code usually doesn't often even fully offset it. They also started charging for pre-orders upfront, which almost nobody else does. They also have by far the slowest shipping to me of any of the companies that I deal with regularly (BBTS, EE, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Gamestop, Best Buy, Kids Warehouse, RedCap's Corner) and I'm not even that far away from them. Without bundle discount options, I can see their sales diminishing fast. Maybe it was an oversight or just a one-time thing.
I noticed that MTS didn't offer a bundle discount on these this time around. I found that odd as that's the only reason that I've usually bought from them in the past. They charge so much for shipping that the MTS10 code usually doesn't often even fully offset it. They also started charging for pre-orders upfront, which almost nobody else does. Without bundle options, I can see their sales diminishing fast. Maybe it was an oversight or just a one-time thing.
They have always charged immediately on all pre-orders. The digital bundles don't have discounts. Same with previous wave. Their sales will be fine as the popular ones will still sell out like that Tumbler next week.
Weirdly, I'm most impressed by that McGuiness Superman.
GameStop had AzBats in stock and American Boy so did a purchase to ship. I also did a pre-order for Our Worlds at War Superman, Atom and Long Bow Hunters Green Arrow.
@kryptonian Certainly agreed that the popular MTS exclusives will still sell because there's no good alternative to get those items. However without bundle discount pricing I personally as an individual consumer would have a hard time justifying ordering from MTS over the other channels (Amazon, BBTS, EE, Target, Walmart, Gamestop, etc) if the same items are available at those places also. However, their own online store may not likely even be their preferred distribution model. I have to imagine that the majority of their overall sales are through the wholesale model to other stores like the ones mentioned above. Their online store is probably a very small fraction of their business, I'd imagine.
McFarlane kind of pulled a fast one with the new phygital wave. On their Facebook page they stated that if you had the digital version of Aquaman from wave 1, you could get 50% off the wave 2 bundle pack. So I went to the site to order it today and tried to use the code that I had from my digital figure and it didn't work. So I contacted McFarlane about it and it turns out you had to have the figure downloaded yesterday (5/22) between 1pm and 4pm and have your viewer account connected to a polygon wallet at the time of the snapshot (whatever the hell that means). It was really confusing and it was too late if you waited until today. So I didn't order the bundle. It's irritating because they really implied on FB that all you needed was to own the digital figure and you could get the discount. It stated "Get 50% OFF your WV2 PHYGITAL bundle pre-order at MTS for holding the Aquaman digital collectible!" Seems a little shady to me. I mean there's no better way to build good will with your customer base than to make vague promises and then pull the rug out.
Yeah, that's frustrating. Also, it appears Wave 2 didn't go up on Amazon?
Yeah... was interested in the Long Bow Hunter GA - but I refuse to buy directly from McFarlane's site and it's pre-sold out on BBTS and is only available from secondary sellers on Amazon for double the starting price, so I guess I live without - or wait. Same thing happened with Starfire before and I ended up being able to get her ordered eventually, so I won't worry too much.
Where did you get Starfire from? I've yet to find her at retail.
Where did you get Starfire from? I've yet to find her at retail.
I don't have her in hand, I ordered her from Amazon scheduled for delivery in June. But I've never not received a figure like this from them. I also have Ambush Bug on pre-order through Amazon. And just got my Morrision JLA Aquaman and crazy robot Brainiac delivered in the last few weeks. Amazon gets them a little later, but at least I don't overpay.
I received a call from the local GameStop I use. GameStop shipped them my pre-ordered Penguin and Captain Boomerang and included a set of the chase figures. I was asked by the rep on the phone if I wanted the two chase figures as well and I said sure, I'll take all four. I pick them up tomorrow when I take my daughter to work. I asked about Starfire and spoke to James the manager who said, GameStop only shipped them what I pre-ordered and included the 2 chase figures for some reason. He said Starfire possibly could be at the GameStop in the mall for they get a lot of more customers than they do. I said no issues, I will be there tomorrow to pick them up.
Classic Darkseid mega fig revealed.
https://twitter.com/wannabespidey/status/1794094062837887436?s=46
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