Re: Weekly RoundUp 12-18-2007
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Originally Posted by EricTB
Just The Simpsons Movie and Underdong on BluRay for me. Is anyone going to get the 4 Simpsons figures for 15 at Best Buy? Just wondering cause I would hate to go their and be disappointed and they dont have them all. Says 20 per store so i guess their maybe getting 4 of each figure maybe.
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Hi Eric,
These figures were must-haves for me. (For those that don't know, these figures were produced by McFarlane Toys and do feature sound clips) Actually, I was after 4 sets to accomodate other members of my family as well. So, needless to say, I was at the closest Best Buy to me just as soon as they opened this morning to make sure I could get them.
Now my Best Buy is definitely on the smaller size compared to others, so larger stores may have gotten more, but mine had a total of 28 figures. Luckily, I was able to make 4 complete sets of 5 figures out of their stock (a complete set being Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa/Maggie in theater chairs, and one of Homer with Spider-Pig). Those 5 figures were the only ones available, just as pictured in the ad. They were actually located in 2 places in the store: most were in one of the usual cardboard display stands promoting the movie; the others were located on the top shelf down one of the dvd aisles. As you can see, after making my 4 complete sets, I only left 8 figures in the store, which consisted of 1 Lisa/Maggie in chair, 3 Homer in chair, and 4 Bart in chair.
Now, once again, Best Buy made things tricky just as they did last week with the Disney Treasures tins by only making a deal on buying 2 of the 3 released. In this case, the best deal, with the purchase of the movie, was only good for 4 out of the 5 figures being released. Of course, this may work out for some people as they may only want the set of the family in their theater seats and don't care about getting Homer with the pig. In my case, since I had 4 complete sets, which worked out to 5 groups of 4 figures each, I was required to purchase 5 copies of the movie in order to get the special sale price of $15 for the group of 4, which is really a great deal since it basically means your getting 4 figures for the price of 1 as they are regularly priced $14.99. However, I didn't really need 5 copies of the film (only needed 3), but without the extra copies, the additional figures were ringing up the sale price of $12.99 each (the price you pay if you do not purchase with a copy of the film), so it was a no brainer to purchase 2 extra copies of the film in order to get the special sale price on the figures. I should also point out for those interested that the price is $5.99 each if purchased with the film and you get less than 4 figures. The lousy deal being that if you're only buying 1 copy of the film, then you're stuck paying $12.99 on 1 figure and $15 for the other group of 4 if you want all 5 figures.
This was probably way more detail than you wanted, but depending on what figures you want, I'd say check out a Best Buy as soon as you can to make sure you can get them.
) to figure which edition of "The Simpsons Movie" to buy if you were able to compare all the retailers at one time. Just a thought... And having tried a CD version of the Round-Up here a few years ago, I KNOW how much work goes into one of these! So thanks for taking on the challenge each week!
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Wasn't the coupon Roy was referring-to good for The Simpsons Movie?
