I don't know about Hasbro's general policy but I know everybody was on lockdown for Frozen II, which included both LEGO and Hasbro. Plus, I'm guessing everybody is holding off PR for NY Toy Fair? Overall, it's best to remember that Toy Fairs are for buyers, not fans.

LEGO has been doing this for ages, including sending cease and desists when outlets get leaked images.

And then they ended up selling off the brand, so I guess I wasn't the only one.

Last time a toy brand I followed tightened down on toy fair and all the invited guests posted glowing reviews of what they saw, I ended up being disappointed as heck.

JediNews UK basically said they got a walkthrough of Lego's showcase...but were legally bound to NOT talk about anything, much less take pics.

I wondered why I had seen basically nothing newsworthy from the event

Word is that Hasbro and Lego have their UK Toy Fair stuff on MAJOR lockdown. Full NDAs and everything.

Seeing people say the $0.99 + $20 shipping item is cheaper than the $19.99 + free shipping item and getting tons of likes for it... I just don't know anymore.

if you havent already, y'all check your walmarts clearance aisle. i found siege six shot for $5. course, it could just be my walmart, but never hurts to look

Candlejack is going to need more ro

I thought you had to type out Candlejack's full name bef

I typed in the wrong tab.

must've been the works of Candleja

looks like maximus wiped himself out mid-sentence

Disregard this.

Bold of you all to assume we won't wipe ourselves out in 50 years.

There will be no UBI, people will just live in a ditch while they celebrate owning the libs.

In 50 years, retail will be dead because all stores are staffless fully automated operations controlled by Amazon. The UBI will be less than a fifth of what it actually costs to live after two decades of cuts and.a steadfast refusal to match inflation.

In fifty years retail will be a thing of the past through robots, printers and Universal Basic Income.

Big retailers just don't want money anymore, so let's not give them any,

This place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned.

I took one step beyond the outer limits to the twilight zone.

All retail is basically the same.

Walmart just needs to go bankrupt already.

They didn't put the 35th anniversary stuff back out until after new year. I'm no retail expert, but I feel like having stock on the shelf is better than the back. Especially toys at christmas time.

Yeah, my local walmart took away the 35th anniversary endcap weeks before Christmas and left the Transformer section empty well past Christmas.

Mine only has the 35th Anniversary Voyagers. A whole lot of them.

just be happy your walmart even stocks voyagers. mine doesnt

Figures that Walmart finally restocks Studio Voyagers...with Wave ONE

I snagged Rainmakers for half off.  They make me want jolly ranchers.

I was using my account on another comptuer, and oddly it seemed to default to $US rather than converting it.

You should be able to set eBay to display in your local currency, although personally I like to know the actual currency the item is listed in so I know if I need to account for forex fees or not

I'd also like to take the opportunity to say I despise Ebay for showing the list prices in US money.

Well there is an overpriced limited edition, but I don't want to pay that much money for it.

Well great. The one Usagi Yojimbo volume I don't have and it's out of stock.

I both love and hate that the Alien franchise seems to have had more luck finding a niche as a line of children's toys than it has at producing worthwhile films.

I've seen them on the shelves at Walmart. They're pretty great looking retro Aliens toys. https://www.walmart....-Vary/934039489

IIRC somebody on here mentioned an unbranded Alien toy a couple of weeks ago? It seems like it was actually part of a collection for the Alien movie series by Lanard. Mattel's making some stuff too.

Is it really a worse name than say, HMS Spanker?

'Boaty McBoatface' was a actual thing?! Wow.

Might be worth bringing back this thread.

Of course I had the idea to download all the pdfs like a week too late. Anyone got an archive?

The Collector Club is dead. Seems like it all came down shortly after New Year

I can't get to the collector club website. anyone else? I was literally going to download all the fiction to finish reading.

News today is all 'there's a CHANCE it would snow in July' and 'dogs COULD bite back'.

Holy crap, do many people get hurt by them?

Even in fallout, they never carpet bombed with nukes.

I hope the stockpiled nuclear weapons of the US and Russia are accounted for then.

Geez. 1760 (!) bombs from World War II that had not detonated and were still armed have been found. That's only the numbers for the federal state of Germany I live in, and only for the first three quarters of 2019. For all of 2018, the total number was 2811 (!!) bombs.

I've been wanting a Tarantulas that turns into a more realistic tarantula for a long time. Maybe Takara will someday do a Masterpiece, which would be neat. But I really want to see a modernized look like in the IDW comics.