Posted by Chris on 01/02/20 at 12:07 PM
Category: Target
Ah, the holiday season. With respect to stagnant inventory, it can be like the purging fire that Ra's al Ghul dreamt of in Batman Begins. Feverish gift givers clear out old inventory, and the silver lining to the post-holiday slow down is that the decks have been cleared for new inventory to make its way through the pipeline. Enter our own Darth Dre who happened in to Target today, and what did he find? You guessed it, more of the 2018 TVC launch wave:
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You literally can't make this stuff up.
Now, this is likely the remnants of the same case that was reported HERE, but it serves to highlight that the six or so peg warmers at every Target store may only be the tip of the iceberg. Who knows how many they have on hand in back. The Vintage Collection situation at Target may be irrevocably broken. Also, it's hilarious that the ONE imminently sellable figure from that case was the only one that didn't make it out on to the floor for the holidays.
As you see from the tease image I have only one way to respond to this: with a years old meme that I just discovered the other day thanks to Paul form JTA: