Da un paio di giorni sono disponibili nei negozi online i deluxe della seconda ondata, cioè Armada Starscream, Foc Skywarp, Scoop e il Minicon Team.
La cosa curiosa è che BBTS non ha ancora dato disponibilità per i modelli della prima ondata: Goldbug, Waspinator, Skids e Dreadwing. Notizie arrivano direttamente dal presidente Joel Boblit con un comunicato email a chi aveva preordinato qualcuno di questi modelli:
ha scritto:We wanted to update you about the status of your preorder for Generation Deluxe Wave 01 figures. Hasbro unfortunately had a large shortage on this assortment and filled only 20% of our order, which is extremely unusual. We were recently notified that no more inventory was available and nothing further would be shipped to us. Using our large supply network we were able to track down a significant amount of inventory from another market (at $135 a case!) We are very pleased to be able to fill your preorders on this item, and we apologize for the delay. Hasbro typically does not have supply issues this severe on initial orders so we needed to give them some time to give us final word on if they would be able to ship more product to us or not. Cases, Sets, and Singles for Dreadwing, Goldfire, and Waspinator will fill in early February after our shipment arrives. Roughly 70% of the Skids preorders will fill in early February. If you ordered more than 2 pieces, your preorders for additional pieces over 2 have been moved to the end of the line so we can attempt to get 1 or 2 pieces to as many people as possible. We will attempt to find more Skids, but it is possible that we may not be able to. Preorders for Skids placed before 12/17 will fill, preorders between 12/17 and 12/25 will likely fill if we see typical cancellation rates, preorders 12/26 and later may not fill, but we will do our best. We will pull the Skids from any cancelled/unpaid case and set orders as well, so that should improve everyone's chances.
A quanto pare Hasbro non ha fornito al negozio abbastanza pezzi per soddisfare tutti i preordini e sembra che non abbia magazzino per soddisfare la richiesta, quindi i venditori hanno dovuto comprare materiale diretto ad un altro mercato; ma anche in questo modo non tutti i preordini potrebbero essere soddisfatti. Nel comunicato lasciano intendere che cercano di favorire i singoli collezionisti.
Speriamo si tratti solo di un caso isolato, ma mi viene da chiedermi se per caso Hasbro non abbia abbassato la tiratura di questi modelli...