{"id":3684,"date":"2014-07-06T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2014-12-13T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T19:19:15","slug":"how-the-new-vinylmation-boba-fetts-sold-out-so-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/collectibles\/how-the-new-vinylmation-boba-fetts-sold-out-so-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"How the New Vinylmation Boba Fetts Sold Out So Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 4th marked the debut of the new Vinylmation Boba Fetts: one &#8220;Empire&#8221; and one &#8220;Prototype.&#8221; They were to be sold online and offline &#8212; at Disneyland (Anaheim, California) and Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida).<\/p>\n<p>But, as word got around, this new collectible appeared to be quite a limited edition. The figures sold out in less than half a day online. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobafettfanclub\/posts\/10152591966522244\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">We also stopped by D-Street<\/a> in Downtown Disney (just outside Disneyland proper) where the inventory was nearly all gone in the first day as well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3684 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/d-street-2014-07-05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/d-street-2014-07-05-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/inventory-2014-07-05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/inventory-2014-07-05-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/product-2014-07-05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/product-2014-07-05-340x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We also touched base with fans via Twitter and heard about the status of D-Street outside Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida). Here are our findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online\n<ul>\n<li>July 4 &#8211; Present: <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1s7bPkT\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sold out at DisneyStore.com<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Disneyland (Anaheim, California)\n<ul>\n<li>D-Street @ Downtown Disney (outside the park)\n<ul>\n<li>July 4 11pm: < 100 remain according to our own visit there<\/li>\n<li>July 6: &#8220;plenty in stock&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marvelou5\/status\/486028009736904705\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Marvelou5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Trader @ Disneyland (inside the park)\n<ul>\n<li>July 6: &#8220;plenty in stock&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marvelou5\/status\/486028009736904705\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Marvelou5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida)\n<ul>\n<li>D-Street @ Disneyworld\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Docking_Bay94\/status\/485830752613834754\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;plenty&#8221;<\/a> on July 5th, says @Docking_Bay94<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, how did the new Vinylmation Boba Fetts sell out so quickly?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>We were told at D-Street that the limit was 25 per person.<\/strong> Yes, <em>twenty-five<\/em> per person. Who buys that many? Boutique toy stores and eBay hustlers looking to scalp the pricetag. When I asked more about this, the employee (who didn&#8217;t want us to include her name) said they had to escort some people out of the store after they dropped thousands of dollars. Each toy cost a mere $25 before tax.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We were told by D-Street that the inventory behind their counter was all there would be: &#8220;No additional shipments &#8212; this is it.&#8221;<\/strong> So, this was clearly a very limited edition. It was unclear how many Disney stores carried the figure, especially D-Street which doesn&#8217;t require a ticket to Disneyland itself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We saw online at DisneyStore.com that you could buy four figures at a time.<\/strong> It was unclear how precise the process was to prevent multiple purchases. Did buyers just need a different credit card each time, or just a separate digital shopping cart? It&#8217;s unclear.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We&#8217;re all aware that the Boba Fett figures aren&#8217;t mystery figures.<\/strong> They&#8217;re sitting on top of a second figure that&#8217;s boxed, but certainly less in demand. Unlike other Vinylmation Boba Fett figures released, which were mystery boxed and therefore much harder to bulk purchase.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With those points alone, you can see how this was ripe for problems. What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4th marked the debut of the new Vinylmation Boba Fetts: one &#8220;Empire&#8221; and one &#8220;Prototype.&#8221; They were to be...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}