There was one unavoidable conclusion I came to during my travels: We got damn lucky here in New Zealand. While we may have missed a couple of lines entirely (most notably, Micro Machines), it seems that the ratio of supply to demand was much better met here. As Strone said last week:
I visited about half-a-dozen Hasbro retailers, and the story was the same at every one: no Rens, no Phasmas, no Rey's speeders, no 2-packs, and no TFA 6" Black Series figures of any kind. I spotted one Armour-Up Luke at a Target store - but other than that, the line was completely absent. Even the Titanium Series and Micro Machines lines were severely decimated, with most remaining vehicles only being those from the OT. (Though, by visiting a few different retailers, I managed to pick up all but one of the MM sets I was after.)Reverend Strone wrote:All things considered, while we missed out on entire ranges of product... the allocation issue wasn't nearly as bad here as it seems to have been elsewhere. There are at least figures stil on pegs at most retailers in NZ.
I'm currently sorting through a swath of photos, and will start posting them here soon!