May be discontinued at Target

Postby **Pender** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:52 pm

Hey guys,
I work as a manager for toys at Target.
It's awesome being able to see what we get in before we open.
I do the in-stocks on them and recently found they were discontinued:(
We will no longer get any more Pops as of right now.
The ones we carry were Marvel, DC, and Star Wars.
All discontinued!
May be getting ready to bring in another series.
But I cant imagine Disney in action figures.
I can only really speak for the stores in my area ( Northern California )
But after reading how people are having trouble finding them at Target, it may be safe to say if you haven't seen anything new at your Target for ahwile that they may be discontinued there too.
Feel free to ask a team member to scan them to see if they are still active.
Just thought I'd share this with you guys.
Hopefully we get some in, SOON!

I will defentely keep you posted if anything changes:)

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:58 pm

Thanks for the heads up. I live in NorCal and have noticed this trend.

Postby **lucky19** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:01 pm

Great my second only source to pop! I hope walmart starts carrying them.

Postby **Wacky_jeff** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:18 pm

lucky19 wrote:Great my second only source to pop! I hope walmart starts carrying them.

me too! i work there :P

Postby **lucky19** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:33 pm

Hey pender answer me this question, since your the one the whom get the first wiff when opening the boxes. Is their 1 chase piece in each box when you get them in?? Cus I could swear I saw a chase capt at target before i started collecting them.

Postby **Pender** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:37 pm

In some better news B & N and Disney is where it's at. Here's my pick up yesterday.

Here's what my whole collection looks. Started in December, it's about time for some rearranging into series.

#BEATSAINTS!

Postby **Pender** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:43 pm

lucky19 wrote:Hey pender answer me this question, since your the one the whom get the first wiff when opening the boxes. Is their 1 chase piece in each box when you get them in?? Cus I could swear I saw a chase capt at target before i started collecting them.

There has never been one Chase piece at my store
There's 6 in a case, and I've never seen Chase, Batgirl, Penguin, Red Skull, or The Thing.

Postby **Pumpkin King** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:44 pm

I work over night flow team at my Target and when you open a case you get ZERO chase. I have yet to see any chase in cases.

But, we still carry POP, Marvel Star Wars and DC.

Postby **Pender** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:29 pm

Pumpkin King wrote:I work over night flow team at my Target and when you open a case you get ZERO chase. I have yet to see any chase in cases.

But, we still carry POP, Marvel Star Wars and DC.

Do you remember when you got your last case? We still have some left overs and the label for them but ours went discontinued about a week ago. A little after the toys reset.

Postby **xHEMLOCKx** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:11 pm

Target never gets shipped chase pieces. The Target pieces are pre-sorted into 6 piece boxes, with no chase pieces. I believe that the discontinue at target has something to do with the bigger toy companies throwing a fit over Funko taking away some of their shelf space.

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:22 pm

So I don't have to waste time looking for chase pieces at target...

Postby **Pumpkin King** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:33 pm

We got a case of SW last week

Postby **xHEMLOCKx** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:08 pm

Pumpkin King wrote:We got a case of SW last week

Well, This would not be the first time that I was wrong. When I was shipping stuff out for Funko all of the stuff I sent to target was in either 6 or 8 piece pre-sorted boxes.

Postby **Pumpkin King** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:21 pm

They do come 8 per case. We just did our reset so these might be left overs from the DC. If they end up being clearance I will be all over them.

Postby **kevinbuddha** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:51 am

I buy less and less from Target as each year passes. I am no longer in their "target age group" so my purchases really do not really register with them. I guess everyone my age an older will shop somewhere else besides Target.

Postby **missbantz** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:53 am

This makes me sad. Most of my first POPs came from Target.

Postby **Death Proof** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:28 am

i was thinking that Target was going to at least have some of the new DC and Star Wars wave..

nope..
i think they are going to discontinue selling them over here in the ATL as well

Postby **funkystark** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:31 am

Well this sucks this was the only thing I was looking forward too, with Target buying out Zeller's in Canada.

Postby **mikem** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:59 am

My local targets, about 6 of them have all stopped carrying funko pops. On the other hand why doesn't the largest toy store, toys r us carry them?

Postby **Death Proof** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:48 am

mikem wrote:My local targets, about 6 of them have all stopped carrying funko pops. On the other hand why doesn't the largest toy store, toys r us carry them?

cuz they suck! :evil:

Postby **Meth68** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:33 am

How in the world does Toys R Us and now possibly Target not carry Pop? 3 TRUS by me, all large stores have HUGE disney sections, HUGE marvel/dc stuff, HUGE ugly dolls displays, 0 Pop

Postby **Death Proof** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:41 pm

Meth68 wrote:How in the world does Toys R Us and now possibly Target not carry Pop? 3 TRUS by me, all large stores have HUGE disney sections, HUGE marvel/dc stuff, HUGE ugly dolls displays, 0 Pop

i don't quite understand it as well...
i'm thinking that POPs are aimed more towards the collectors and no so much children.
i can live with TRUS not selling them but Target :disgust:

Postby **Meth68** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:09 pm

More towards collectors and not kids? Don't tell my niece that lol

Postby **Death Proof** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:26 pm

Meth68 wrote:More towards collectors and not kids? Don't tell my niece that

haha that's true.. my niece loved her tinkerbell i got her for christmas!

Postby **Meth68** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:58 pm

My niece loves them all and its hilarious because she is learning all of their names, there is just something funny with a 4 year old saying "that's biggie and tupac"

Oh and she's deathly afraid of my freddy krueger pop, he has to stay in the corner that she can't see lol

Postby **Freddy-Roach** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:01 pm

Meth68 wrote:My niece loves them all and its hilarious because she is learning all of their names, there is just something funny with a 4 year old saying "that's biggie and tupac"

Oh and she's deathly afraid of my freddy krueger pop, he has to stay in the corner that she can't see

Now you have the responsibility to teach her to sing their songs :roflmao:

Postby **Pumpkin King** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:06 pm

My store is out of DC and Marvel but there are grey dots on the price labels which means they have put in a request for more from the DC.

Postby **SSLAMMD** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:36 pm

What did you use to hang them on your wall?

Pender wrote:In some better news B & N and Disney is where it's at. Here's my pick up yesterday.

Here's what my whole collection looks. Started in December, it's about time for some rearranging into series.

#BEATSAINTS!

Postby **Pender** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:56 pm

SSLAMMD wrote:What did you use to hang them on your wall?

If youve boughten any from Target you'll see they are hanging by a plastic hook. I just took the plastic hooks from my store and put the adhesive on the inside of the inside of the box. Not to ruin the box if peeled off and used tacks to pin them. No need for shelves and seeming less never ending space. Even though they're getting a little high on the wall, harder and harder to put up.

Postby **TanyaTate** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:37 pm

I won't shop there anymore (Toys R Us) they have proven to be less than helpful when I had problems there. So I'm not giving them any more of my money.

Postby **funkystark** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:39 pm

Nice looking collection Pender.

Postby **SSLAMMD** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:33 am

Pender wrote:
SSLAMMD wrote:What did you use to hang them on your wall?

If youve boughten any from Target you'll see they are hanging by a plastic hook. I just took the plastic hooks from my store and put the adhesive on the inside of the inside of the box. Not to ruin the box if peeled off and used tacks to pin them. No need for shelves and seeming less never ending space. Even though they're getting a little high on the wall, harder and harder to put up.[/quote

I like that is there a place to buy the plastic hooks

Postby **Pender** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:53 pm

Thank you,
Time to start trying to get some of the harder pieces. May have to start ordering some or drive a little farther. All my stores have been out for close to two weeks.

And as for the plastic hooks I haven't seen any really, but I haven't been looking. Possibly a hobby store or hardware store? I'll keep my eyes pelled and let you know.

Postby **TadGhostal** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:54 pm

Hmm. I saw a Joker Chase at the target in Stamford CT last....Easter was it? That's was when the Pops 1st showed up at Targets, right? Last Easter?

Anyway. Chase Joker.

Postby **Death Proof** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:14 pm

TadGhostal wrote:Hmm. I saw a Joker Chase at the target in Stamford CT last....Easter was it? That's was when the Pops 1st showed up at Targets, right? Last Easter?

Anyway. Chase Joker.

yep thats when they first arrived..
i was hooked after that...

Postby **xxchiseenjaixx** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:35 pm

i got a team member to scan the marvel and dc pops in norcal and they were DC

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:53 pm

Sounds about right from what I have been seeing...

Postby **Pender** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:09 pm

We're doing a revision in 2 weeks. After that point well know if well be carrying them still. Fingers crossed!

Postby **00m17** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:02 pm

Meth68 wrote:How in the world does Toys R Us and now possibly Target not carry Pop? 3 TRUS by me, all large stores have HUGE disney sections, HUGE marvel/dc stuff, HUGE ugly dolls displays, 0 Pop

I've worked as a BoH team member and haven't seen any Pop! figures but only the plush of the movie and DC series. I feel you bro.

Postby **floydnjanicefan** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:31 pm

My Target has all Pop! on Clearance for 4.50. Good sale, but unless they are clearing space for new Pop, it doesn't look good.

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