I managed to get the Uhura/Sulu Mirror Mirror 2 pack when it popped up as available briefly the other day, it's due to arrive sometime today. Flash arrived yesterday.

-M

I have the Sulu/Uhura Mirror Mirror 2 pack, The Flash and Sabrina Duncan from Wave 3. I have a Romulan Commander on back order from the Target site, but who knows if I will ever get it. it's been pushed back twice since I ordered it. I'd still like to get the Werewolf, Kirk and that Romulan if I can, but none of the Target in either the Dayton or Columbus area have had Wave 3 on the shelves. I might get the Silver Age (blue) Batman, but I already have the Golden Age (black) Batman and the replacement head for it, so it's not a priority.

Wave 4 is slated for sometime in early 2019, but I still haven't seen all of Wave 2 or any of wave 3 in stores.

-M

The problem with the stores is that either Target or Mego used the same DCPI number for all three waves, so the inventory scanner reads Sulu, Spock, and Green Shirt Kirk as the same figure, and Checkov, the Gorn and the Romulan as the same figure, so as long as Checkov and Sulu are on the pegs, it's not likely the store will stock the later waves because nothing in their computer inventory tracking tells them to. Even worse, there are three different figures per case (2 of each for a case of 6), so as long as anything from the case is on the pegs, new cases of that assortment are not likely to show up. So Sulu came with Jimi Hendrix and the Charlie's Angel figure, while wave 2 had a Kiss figure and Charlie's Angels with the Trek figure, as does wave 3. As for Target online, well for whatever reason, some key figures form wave 2 and all of wave 3 only get put up in limited quantities at a time, so you might see Spock come up but there are only 6 available and once they sell it is out of stock again until another couple of cases are processed then it comes up available and sells through in 5-10 minutes, goes out of stock, then a few days later comes back for another 6 or 10 or whatever then goes out of stock again. You have to luck into the availability or hope they do the email notification when it comes back in stock if you requested it, and that you will get it and can get to the site before it sells out. It's pretty much all on Target's head too, as Mego was them out there and readily available but did not specify roll out in the exclusive contract so are stuck with whatever Target decides to do. It's certainly frustrating, but I'd rather wait it out then pay some scalper on ebay who cut a backdoor deal with a Target employee to get them or lucked into a store that stocked them and bought them all.

-M

Very frustrating that the 1st series was promoted and sold extremely well according to the Target stores in my area. But series 2 went down in sales and most of the stores aren't ordering/stocking based on this so no series 3 or 4 showing on the pegs at holiday time is just plain lazy and poor Target marketing. As well a factor I was told is that ALL the Target stores are refocusing their style and sales for the short end selling trying to increase revenue but ultimately only causing less sales. The action figure aisles are all down to one row now. The CD/music area is only a quarter of an aisle. The DVD/Blueray area which was a great seller and browsing area is now condensed into 1-2 aisles and in most here the DVD area is only 1 side of an aisle. 

The MEGO's were prominent on an end cap facing the DVD area for 1 week only when they premiered. If you wanted them afterwards you had to cruise up and down the toy aisles looking for them. One week you may find them with the boys action figures, another week around the corner on the aisle with game cards and even in one store here they were found in the girls/doll row. Target has no idea of marketing or how to show off stuff for sale placement outside of their giant holiday sections.

Werewolf finally added to the website, but listed as out of stock.

-M

The deal Mego had with Target included being on an end cap for the first month of release. After that it was up to Target as to where they displayed the figures. A few Targets kept the end caps. Most put them in the action figure aisle next to the Marvel stuff, a few moved them into the collectibles area in electronics, etc. The endcap though was only for a month in the negotiated deal.

-M

Thanks for the post - didn't know about this promotion. Ironically, I've never even seen carded Mr. Spock (regular blue uniform) or any KISS figures @ my local Target - and those two figures are being used in the ad.

They should have kept the end-cap up at least through the holidays. If anything, more people would have seen this while walking through the store now than those that saw this over the summer, if only because people are going shopping for the holidays in November/December. IMHO, very poorly handled.