Nope, never. God knows you didn't just do it to me a few posts above.

My post said that "these guys are definitely still carrying DCUC." Which doesn't mean that all Walmarts are carrying it, regardless of how you may have interpreted it, and I'd be inclined to say that most people understood that. It means that Walmart is still carrying it - and they are, and you can use all the generalities in the world to say that only "a very few" select Walmarts that know the secret password or whose managers only wear black underwear or whatever are carrying it, but you don't know that. Until you've called every Walmart in the country to find out, I guess we'll never really know.

Every Walmart near me in Pittsburgh is still carrying the toys. Which means Walmart - as a whole - is carrying the line. Your mileage at your particular store may vary - but it might also vary in terms of what varieties of Triscuits they have on-shelf or how many different colors of yarn they have in their arts and crafts department.

Pittsburgh might not be an enormous metropolis like Los Angeles, but we're kind of a big deal, and I don't see why we can't be representative just as easily as your area.

I hear we're playing in some big game on Sunday, too.

That's a terrible snapshot of what's going on. Walmart has over 4300 stores in the US, what you are seeing is statistically irrelevant. It doesn't matter if they are in LA, 4 stores out of 4300 is no way to measure a company like Wallyworld.

Another thing to consider is you are describing 4 stores in a 10 mile radius. Given the current economy those are incredibly close together. Have you considered Walmart is simply consolidating product to what sells best at each store in order to maximize profit in your local area? I'm sorry you are having a hard time finding product, but it's hardly representative of a company wide strategy.

I don't know what's going on, plain and simple.

But I do know that many Walmarts in my area are going big into groceries and pharmacy. They have redone their stores to allow these two product areas large sections of the store floor space. Toys have been pushed out for the most part.

I also know many other people are seeing the same thing. How many I do not know. How many stores still carry DC stuff? I do not know.

I only know lots of people are talking about it, so it must be a rather wide spread development.

BTW - I have no pony in this race, as I very rarely shop at Walmart. I get most of my DC stuff from Target and AMAZON. But the facts are the facts, and Walmart as a whole, seems to be changing their business views on stocking toys. (Just look to what they do now compared to 5 years ago or more).

Regards,

Geoff

Maybe that's because Ca is bankrupt and people aren't buying toys.

And for someone who NEVER takes things out of context you're doing it a lot in this thread. In no way am I acting bent out of shape about this. All I said, like Mo, is that Walmart is not dropping the line.

I don't think it's a CA thing only.

With respect to "context" that would probably best be discussed after you know what the word means, or can provide an example of where I've done what you accuse me of. My comments were to the point, and did not incorrectly "reference" anything you, or others, have said.

Biggest issue probably is you and "Mo" are generating arguments, or belaboring a point, out of something that was never part of the OP's initial point, thread title or what most others in this thread have been talking about. This thread was/is/has been about DCUC not being in various Walmarts since the Xmas reset, not that Walmart has dropped the line completely.

Thanks for playing though.

Regards,

Geoff

Probably because every time that a few locations of any retailer decides to stop carrying any line, a solid chunk of the collectors go into a panic mode that the end is near and the sky is falling. In case there were guys on this forum sweating and getting out the rosaries, I wanted to make it clear that they didn't have to worry (yet), in spite of your hyperbolic statement about the rarity of finding a Walmart that carries DCUC in the near future.

But thanks for making it seem like it's Joel and myself that are the problem.

Nerd fights are SOOOOOO interesting to read.

Anyway, I hit a few Walmarts in my area today in the vain hope of finding a Kyle Green Lantern. Two of them had no DCUC, one of them had a couple two-packs only.

So Arizona is seeing some of this Walmart pull back from DCUC. I hope it's temporary.

Hey, them are fighting words!

I would assume the pull back is the new norm (for various Walmarts). Movie toys will get shelf space though.. so many of the GL lines will probably show up.

Regards,

Geoff

Well I can see I'm wasting my time with Geoff. And hey, Walmart is not dropping the line....which infers that the toy section overhaul is not happening everywhere to stay on topic.

Regards,

Joel

I didn't see anyone "panicking" about the line ending. And your "contention" was exactly what I was pointing out.. so my response was not out of context (for those playing along).

Never said, or cared, about anyone being a "problem". You made an incorrect assumption about what people in this thread were "concerned" about, I commented on it, you didn't like my reply, so you started these little personal jabs. (I don't think I came at you, looking at the history.)

Whatever, I'm just calling it like I see it, as I throw back some coke/vodka... no harm no fowl on my end. You two though.. seem to have blood-pressure issues.

Regards,

Geoff

Don't worry, it doesn't read that way at all.

I didn't start this topic BTW.. I'm only supporting, like others, the observation.

And I would assume no one here "wants" the line to end, but the emperor has no clothes.

Regards,

Geoff

I've had this discussion on another forum. Surprisingly enough, that thread was sans nerd fight. It's not just DCUC that's feeling the pinch. Several other toy lines are being contracted. G.I. Joe, Marvel Universe and others are disappearing from Walmart pegs. But these events vary widely, even within the same city. I have one Walmart within relatively close proximity with no DCUC, MU or G.I. Joe, and another with more wave 14 than they can fit on the pegs or the lower shelves. There's really no rhyme or reason to it.

I agree. My earlier post listed what I saw, MU and GI Joe were gone as well in the stores I visited.

I'm sure there is some formula Walmart uses for which stores get the toy reduction/shaft. And you're right, it is select Walmarts only (like the 3 in 4 I noted earlier).

I would "assume" the reason is store size, demographics and profits. How all those criteria come into play using Walmarts factoring I can't guess.

Regards,

Geoff

I live in Southern Maryland, in between Waldorf adn LaPlata. The Waldorf Wal-Mart isn't carrying DCUC anymore but the LaPlata one is. I picked up the Ultra-Humanite wave in LaPlata last week. Wal-mart is really a terrible store for toys around here are usually more expensive than Target and TRU. I acutaully quit going to the one In Waldorf altogether. It is just a terrible store for toys.