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So, what is the speculation on what happened to Harry Potter sets? I was
expecting large numbers of them to appear on retail shelves when the Goblet of
Fire was released. My actual experiece was:
KMART - small quantities of the Mermaid set
Toys R Us - initially small quantities of all sets; these sold out during their
BOGO a couple of weeks ago. Graveyard Duel and Durmstrang ship now restocked a
bit.
Target - only saw the Durmstrang Ship there, and those are gone. In fact, this
week's ad puts them on nominal "clearance" at about $39.
Walmart - Narry a Harry in sight at any time.
Meijer - No Harry's to be had.
So it looks like, to me, that LEGO somehow failed to capitalize on the release
of the movie. It's hard for me to believe that it will be easier to sell these
sets after Christmas than it is now.
Did other people see the same. If so, what happened?
Did LEGO underestimate demand, and fail to get the product out to the retailers?
Or did the retailers sharply curtail their "buys", because they've been stuck
with a lot of movie-related sets in the last couple of years (Spiderman, some
earlier Harry Potter sets), that stayed on the shelf a long time and had to be
clearanced at low prices to move them out?
Are we going to see them all at Big Lots and Tuesday Morning next year?
Any ideas or info?
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