Comiccon Comment tidbit

[Neveryll]

Has anyone every elaborated exactly what this ection was all about from the one interview??

"ODB: Then what about packaging. 2 Heroes to 1 terrain? Heroes are unique and people buy multiple terrain packs. Why is it packaged that way.

Marketing Rep: When it comes to sales and marketing, our demographic is 8-12 years (IIRC) and most kids when they are asking their parents to buy a product, they want heroes and dragons, not more trees.

CVN: Good news is, that Wal-Mart has requested a 3 terrain only SKU from us. So for Wal-Mart we will be packaging 3 Thaelank Tundra in a box. Since they asked for it, we were more than happy to make a new assortment for them."

So does that mean that when Walmart orders Tundra it will come three units to each shipping box or that its some form of special set being distributed only at Walmart that contains three units worth of Tundra?

[thehandofzarquon]

Has anyone every elaborated exactly what this ection was all about from the one interview??

"ODB: Then what about packaging. 2 Heroes to 1 terrain? Heroes are unique and people buy multiple terrain packs. Why is it packaged that way.

Marketing Rep: When it comes to sales and marketing, our demographic is 8-12 years (IIRC) and most kids when they are asking their parents to buy a product, they want heroes and dragons, not more trees.

CVN: Good news is, that Wal-Mart has requested a 3 terrain only SKU from us. So for Wal-Mart we will be packaging 3 Thaelank Tundra in a box. Since they asked for it, we were more than happy to make a new assortment for them."

So does that mean that when Walmart orders Tundra it will come three units to each shipping box or that its some form of special set being distributed only at Walmart that contains three units worth of Tundra?

I imagine it is three units to each shipping box. They do the same, as far as I can tell, for Orm's Return and RTTFF.

[srmalloy]

Has anyone every elaborated exactly what this ection was all about from the one interview??

"ODB: Then what about packaging. 2 Heroes to 1 terrain? Heroes are unique and people buy multiple terrain packs. Why is it packaged that way.

Marketing Rep: When it comes to sales and marketing, our demographic is 8-12 years (IIRC) and most kids when they are asking their parents to buy a product, they want heroes and dragons, not more trees.

CVN: Good news is, that Wal-Mart has requested a 3 terrain only SKU from us. So for Wal-Mart we will be packaging 3 Thaelank Tundra in a box. Since they asked for it, we were more than happy to make a new assortment for them."

So does that mean that when Walmart orders Tundra it will come three units to each shipping box or that its some form of special set being distributed only at Walmart that contains three units worth of Tundra?
Yes; they come three to a box. To illustrate, I had ordered three Thaelenk Tundras from Sandra, the three-set deal she is running. What I got from her was a box with Hasbro logos, labelled 'Toys/Games', 'This End Up', '441850000 / 3 Pcs. / HEROSCAPE LRG EXPANSION SET TERRAIN / Thaelenk Tundra / Milton Bradley", "GR WT. 5.91 LBS / CU FT. 0.75 / DATE CODE: C-001D (stamped '61771' just beneath the code) / E. LONGMEADOW, MA 01028 / Made In: China", with a UPC/ISBN barcode '1 06 53569 15442 3'. Sandra had opened it to verify its contents, then retaped it and shipped it to me. So that's how Hasbro is shipping them.

[Neveryll]

Cool so I might see some snow for Christmas :) I plan on getting at lest two of each terrain for now. Got one lava set already and some bridges as well.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Cool so I might see some snow for Christmas :) I plan on getting at lest two of each terrain for now. Got one lava set already and some bridges as well.

Neveryll , where are you located and are you looking for more bridges/trees? The WalMart in Union City, CA has RttFF on clearance for $15. And there are a ton of them!

[LoneDragon]

I think most Walmarts have them marked down to $15.
I'm waiting to see if the 3 that have been sitting on the shelf for months here go down below $10. If they do, they're coming home with me.