Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's not the Target (or CrapMart) employees' job to go digging through the stockroom to get toys that haven't even been put out on display yet. If they're not on the shelves, then the customer has no right to them, because they're not "for sale" yet. For those of you who have lucked out and gotten them, congrats. But those that encountered the "idiots", again - it's not their job to go digging thru the computer or stockroom to get you your toys. If the tags are already on the shelves, and you want to see if there's more stock, that's fine - but when they haven't even put them out yet, I just wait.

So to go around berating employees because they aren't "smart" enough to go find your grown-men toys is a little petty, IMO. This stuff all ends up on the shelf eventually, so don't call 'em stupid just because their unfamiliarity with our small niche hobby is preventing you from getting your toys today instead of next month


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(I'm sick today, so I'm a little on edge)

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MM, there are sticker sheets! The SHARC has two, actually, the second is where the missing face markings are.

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I'd put the blame on them myself actually. If their district manager knew there was product in the back that could be selling and it's not on the shelf, they'd probably get fired. Down at KB Toys, it doesn't matter if there's shelf space or not. If it's a new product, and most of all and exclusive to the store, you have to put it out within the week it's come in. If you don't, you're not doing your job and you're costing the company money.

Now I don't know how strict it is at Target, but KB's district will chew someone out for not getting items out. So yeah I'd say the extra work they have to do by going in the back is their fault. Unless it's an item that isn't suppose to go out until a certain time for a promotion or something, it's not doing much good unpacked.

What we need to do is have Chief act as district manager to all of the stores and go beat up some employees. He could put the fear in the toy managers to the point that they'll get the shelves stocked the day it comes in instead of waiting for weeks to do it.

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I noticed that myself and chalked it up to a planning of packaging error. You can see that each vehicle has some stickers already applied to make it look good in the box. Most stickers are still on a sheet. It appears the idea was to print 2 sheets for each vehicle. 1 small sheet for the factory worker to apply before packaging, the other to be packed in the box. On the SHARC, they printed the stickers for the left side of the vehicle on the small sheet. They mean to print the ones for the right side since that is the side facing out while in the package. They obviously just had the workers pull the stickers from the large sheet and tossed the small one in the package as well.

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Cool, thanks for all the information guy. I was worried a bit for a while. Anyway, last question, as I'm not sure I want to open these before I get another set, does the figures attach to the bottom like the original? Thanks again
momaw nadon

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Not pickin' at nits, and I'm certainly not trying to start an argument with ya, but my problem with the young fellow I spoke to was the fact that we were standing beside the freshly reschematiced area that was brand spankin' new, complete with a new sign, and comic packs that I pointed at as I asked him my question. It was readily apparent that they had not, in fact, "phased out of them." Furthermore, if the item is in stock and checked in so that it can be pulled up on a PDT gun or terminal, then it absolutely IS for sale, and at Target, it absolutely IS the job of any sales associate that you ask to go look in stock for an item that is scannable in the computer. How do I know? Because before she left the company to run her own store at Fam Doll, my wife was a level 2 in hard lines for Target. Suppose, however, I stipulated that a sales associate's job is NOT to facilitate sales, he should at the very least be familiar with the product that is in his assigned area, not greet me with a cow eyed look when I ask him a simple question about it. I absolutely have a problem with someone who is supposed to be in service being incapable of doing it. If he had said, "I'm sorry sir, we haven't put those out yet, and I can't get them before the street date," I would absolutely have had no heartburn about that at all. Even if he had said, I don't know if we have those or not, but you can check the scanner" or even "I don't know if we have those, but if you ask so-and-so, they can tell you.", I would have had no heartburn about it. But that isn't what he did. He made up something on the spot so he wouldn't have to assist me, and even though I knew better, I let him, because it wasn't worth the aggravation of trying to continue to get him to help me.
As for "diggin through the stockroom," when I went back today (to the same store) and got mine, I walked up to a young man who had a PDT gun and said "excuse me, could you check this DPCI number for me?" He punched it in, I said I'd like one of each, he was back in about four or five minutes, since the PDT told him exactly where it was. Altogether, I took up about 7 minutes of his time, and I don't feel too bad about it as when I walked up to him, he was leaning on his keyster against the electronics sales counter, trying to mac the girl behind the register.

In any case, both targets in Savannah, Georgia have these.

I haven't tried it yet, but the pegs and backrests are still there, and they appear to me to be ARAH back pegs!!

Yeah, the pegs on the bottom of the Sharc/Specter are unaltered from the original mold. They did alter the AWE Strikers running board pegs to be compatible with the 25th figures however. I passed on the HISS, but I hope they modded those footpegs too.

They did.

I figured the posts on the bottom of the SHARC were not modded to accomodate the missiles that were already molded for them. The ability to attach figures to the bottom was somewhat of a bonus feature as I saw it. I rarely used it for that myself.

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I figured that, but I was hoping. I never cared for the fact that they made this thing fly in the cartoon and everything, so in my world it was used as a stealth sub. I used the pegs on the bottom to transport divers into position for sabotage & espionage and get out fast. Other than that it was a lame vehicle. It made a better Cobra vehicle too. Oh well, I guess I will have to mod it some way, especially if we get some Eels in the future .

momaw nadon

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Wow, these are AWESOME. This is why I sold my old vehicles!! Now instead of ancient snap-tastic old plastic, I've got some sweet durable new toys! I love the SHARC (you heard me) and will be yanking off those teeth. Never took to Nightforce, never will. Almost tempted to paint it gray!

And the AWE Striker is AWESOME!! Love it to death. Was able to find one without stress marks to the antenna. Crankcase is great, Grand Slam is great, and with the coupon I got an extra Cobra Officer for a buck!!

So happy with the new vehicles...they're just what I wanted, and not brittle as all heck!

Plus ditching my old vehicles let me buy the new ones easily saying "I don't have these!"

So my "first" AWE Striker and SHARC – I love em!

There isn't anything I'm missing in the packaging right? Just the filecard, instrux and stickers?

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Yup, filecard instructions and stickers are it. Bit disappointed they didn't give us stands for the figures, but they're a steal at 10 bucks each, so I can't complain too loudly.

Yep - check those endcaps near the checkout lines -- I went to a SuperTarget on the north end of Austin, TX today and in the toy section all they had was a Buzzer & a Diaper-crotched Hawk CP. But when I went to purchase my 2-disc special edition of Walk Hard, they had a ton of vehicles & SW Order 66 2-packs right there at the checkout.

If I wasn't travelling I would have snagged a ton of vehicles for my Canadian buddies, but I don't have any room in my suitcase, so I had to settle on a single SHARC to get me by..... But this bodes well for my road trip to Hamilton next week -- I'm sure I'll run into a few Targets with these puppies on display, so you Canucks don't have to miss out on the US Exclusivey goodness

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I saw them today, nothing really blows me away. Grand Slam is just a paint swap with that same bad head.

I still can't find them at my 2 targets...rrrrr.
Are they $10 or $15 each?