Damn Dirty Pegwarmers
Mattycollector’s makes an announcement on their Facebook page saying:
Hey DCU fans,
It is no secret that their has been a delay in getting new JLU figures into Target stores. This is entirely do to our factor shutting down last December. We have already found a new factory and we have new packs ready to ship, the problem is, while we waited for the new factory to produce the new 2009 figures, we had to continue and ship 2008 product to Target to hold the place in the toy aisle.
So right now Target is full of 2008 packs. We need to get all of these sold before Target will take orders for new 2009 packs. So, to help, Mattel is funding a month long price reduction on 3 packs. So tell your friends and allies, swing by a Target and grab some JLU packs this month on sale. Once we move all of the older product, we have fresh new figures ready to ship and get into your hands!
That is the latest! We are doing everything we can to get to fresh figures. All we have to do now is clear out the 2008 inventory. :-)
Matty
Now, ignore the typos, and be aware that some people believe Mattel is just asking people to buy what they’ve already bought. There’s really two ways to take this: Either Mattel is being very transparent about their motives (they kept shipping the product they had to keep the shelves saved, and considering the number of people reporting that their Target halved Justice League Unlimited and Infinite Heroes space for Marvel Universe and Wolverine toys, it sounds like a reasonable plan), or it’s the same hash we’ve had with Mattel over Infinite Heroes (buy those figures without articulation and accessories and maybe, just maybe, you’ll get better stuff later), but either way, at least Mattel is trying to communicate with fans.
