snake_surprise said:All good points.
I bet some of these super Walmarts like mine are similar to others around the country in that there are tons and tons of items in the back room, and since they sell everything under the sun and the money pours in by the second, they are not in a rush to put these things out. People will buy their stuff when they get around to putting it out. Some have gotten around to putting these out, some have not. Not a big deal to them, obviously...probably the same issue with the latest garden hose, hamster chips, etc...
The smaller/trashier Walmart is probably more eager in their plight to get stuff on the shelves instead of just sitting in storage in the back, because of profit margin, etc.
Still, it is strange that some stores with the same name have them, others do not. Usually these big chains purposefully and blatantly put stuff out simultaneously not matter what the product so each of their stores are almost identical in terms of product on shelves, layout, end caps, etc...especially to coincide with Sunday inserts in the paper.
Anyway, I digress...
My wal-Mart is for some odd reason the 2nd largest in America .... we are a VERY normal town with no trashy areas really...and they were all over helping me out. The other NEWER wal-Marts were the same way. Now, I went in with a plan that would give me leverage...such as Telling them That I KNOW the items are there and that I was TOLD they would be released at midnight....The one Manager that helped me at the 2nd WM said that he would look and if it said May 1st, he would let me go through the boxes.. Well Soon he came out with a HUGE cart filled with over 30 cases of Indy toys.
That's how I got my Spalko and Ugha Warrior.