Sadly, some St. Louis area Walmarts are suddenly receiving several cases of TVC Wave One. This is the wave that killed TVC at Target in 2018.
Anyone else seeing this in their area? Let us know here or in the forums.
Special thanks to Adam F for the report.
Walmart stores have been clearing out quite a bit of stale Star Wars merchandise lately, such as the above Battle on Crait battle packs…
What are the best deals you’ve found? Have you been stocking up on deals, or have you been passing because some of this stuff is just completely unusable for display or custom fodder? Let us know here or in the forums!
Collectors holding out for discounts on the TVC TIE Fighter may want to start checking yours stores as Instagram follower toysruskid904 sends word that it as been found for $40 at his store in Middleburg (Jacksonville, FL).
It’s been a while since we’ve reported one of these but with all of the reports of the Walmart Exclusive 6″ Black Series Mimban Stormtroopers FINALLY hitting stores en masse, I’ve noticed a variant. The version from Canada (Toys”R”US) looks to have silver accents painted on it while the Walmart versions in the U.S. feature a plain, unpainted blaster.
Entertainment Earth is now taking preorder for the MIA Walmart Exclusive Vintage Collection Rey (Island Journey) figure.
Note: Rey (Island Journey) will be part of a group of shared/fan channel exclusives and not strictly an Entertainment Earth exclusive.
Individual pages for the officially announced figures from the Black Series Archive Collection have been added to Walmart.com. Bookmark each page for future reference. No guarantee Walmart.com will ever actually offer them though.
Walmart has finally updated their planogram/aisle reset plans to include the much-neglected Vintage Collection. As you’ve read here and elsewhere, TVC has been relegated to wherever employees stick them as there was no official peg location for them, thus finding them in clearance sections and other unrelated areas of the store.
Thanks to Jason P. for the image.
It looks like the Imperial AT-DT Walkers from Solo: A Star Wars Story are starting to trundle their way into Walmart. The above pic was found in Forest Lake, MN.
Thanks to Philip G. for the report
Walmart has refreshed the layout of the page for the long-awaited (in the US) 6″ Black Series Mimban Stormtrooper so hopefully that means an online release is imminent.
Thanks to AdamBomb for the heads-up.
It’s still early in the return of TVC, but it appears as though we really could start seeing a resurgance with this line now that Walmart stores are starting to get in both Wave 2 and Wave 3 of TVC this month… but keep in mind, Target shoppers might be in for a dry spell with all the Wave 1 pegwarmers they are sitting on (thanks to the bad decision to repack so many figures in the first wave).
On any note, good luck on those toy runs and hopefully the disparaging times many 3.75″ collectors have been feeling for the past few years will soon be a thing of the past.