{"id":29381,"date":"2016-06-14T19:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=29381"},"modified":"2016-06-14T19:23:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:23:51","slug":"tfa-clearances-getting-almost-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/06\/14\/tfa-clearances-getting-almost-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"TFA Clearances Getting Almost Ridiculous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/phpBB3\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=7257&amp;p=154366#p154366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/price1.jpg\" alt=\"price1\" width=\"541\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/price1.jpg 541w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/price1-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Hasbro may consider their TFA lineup a success, it&#8217;s hard to believe that most retailers are quite as pleased given the mass quantities of product collecting dust and getting marked down by ridiculous margins&#8230; many of Hasbro&#8217;s lines have been marked down significantly at places like Walmart. \u00a0The same can be said for the goofy Spin Masters gimmick toys.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Personal Note:<\/strong> \u00a0As for basic 3.75&#8243; figures, we all know what most of us are experiencing. \u00a0Empty pegs or the obvious pegwarmers hanging around. \u00a0Wasted toy runs over and over. \u00a0Will Hasbro get their act together for the upcoming films and actually produce better offerings in the basic figure lines instead of focusing on all the destined to be doomed gimmick lines? \u00a0How much patience can retailers have with such weak\u00a0product lines? \u00a0What happened to the company that once took pride in the Star Wars brand? \u00a0Why can&#8217;t they get product the product they make that IS in demand onto the shelves? \u00a0Share your thoughts in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/phpBB3\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=7257&amp;p=154366#p154366\">the forums<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Above Walmart clearance photo credit goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/phpBB3\/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=4226&amp;p=154355#p154355\">darthapathy<\/a> via our forums. \u00a0Expect to see many more reports of immense markdowns this summer, folks!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Hasbro may consider their TFA lineup a success, it&#8217;s hard to believe that most retailers are quite as pleased given the mass quantities of product collecting dust and getting marked down by ridiculous margins&#8230; many of Hasbro&#8217;s lines have been marked down significantly at places like Walmart. \u00a0The same can be said for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/06\/14\/tfa-clearances-getting-almost-ridiculous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TFA Clearances Getting Almost Ridiculous<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,32],"tags":[42,39,30,1392,53,203],"class_list":["post-29381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-site-news","tag-collecting-2","tag-hasbro-2","tag-store-reports","tag-the-force-awakens","tag-walmart","tag-yakface-forums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29385,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29381\/revisions\/29385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}