Regular Rinzler disc found today at a local Kmart.


Since TRU and Kmart seem to be the only place carrying the regular discs, and TRU has not stocked anything new in awhile, I thought to check Kmart.....score! They say Series 1.

Here's what I did at a Target the other night...

The Tron section was a mess. I was only looking for the Series 2 ID's, but all they had were about 8 Sam disks. I grabbed one, scanned it, and it came up as "IN BACK: YES". I then proceeded to take the 7/8 discs and put them on the bottom shelf. My plan was to take a single disc up to an employee and just say I wanted several and this was all that was out. Of course I could have simply given him the DCPI, but I wanted to present a visual sample.

I noticed three young guys all talking in one of the aisles. I could tell they weren't supposed to be together, but like most teenagers, didn't really care. I was prepared for them not caring about my proposal as well, but figured what the hell...

I walked up and said, "Hey. I dunno if you can (or if you want), but do you think you could check in back for more of these? I wanna get a couple of them and this all I see out." The one guy repeated the "if you want" part and laughed. They called someone in the warehouse and gave them the number. When the guy on the other end of the walkie-talkie asked how many I wanted, I casually requested if it would be cool if they bring down the whole case as there might be different ones. "Do you know what they look like?", they asked. At this point, after seeing they were into helping me out, I dropped the charade and explained that I was looking for a white one that "looked like a mint lifesaver" and an orange one. I then showed them a 6" Rinzler figure and said "That's the dude you'll see on the package." I then said straight up, "if they're all blue ones, don't even bother." A few mins. later the guy in back came out with 2 Rinzler and Flynn Sr.

As I was saying thanks, his Supervisor came down the aisle and said to him "Shouldn't you be in shoes?". I immediately intercepted with, "That's my fault. I saw him on my way to the toy section and asked if he could help, which he very much did". The manager nodded, I gave him a wink, and was off. Good karma.

In short, they aren't all bad. You just have to find the right guys. And if anyone thinks they may get the "Have to sell what's on the floor before we bring out more stock." line, hide the Sam Flynns! Who cares? It's a tad on the immature side, but it's not a crime. :-)

wheat king Wrote:At the very least, the Blue Rinzler & Derezzed Black Guard figures shouldn't be available to buy right now. To my knowledge, the factories haven't even started producing those figures, let alone started distribution to retailers.

aaaaahh so they indeed are being made? My question is will the Blue Rinzler be called "TRON" on the packaging or will he be called "Rinzler"? and will we ever get to see the other figures we so desprately desire such as helmeteless variations of our fav characters and a Kevin Flynn in a black outfit as well as a young Flynn?

jediknight0 Wrote:Even with this new-found knowledge, I hit a lot of resistance. I've asked 5 employees in person - only one checked the back without a lot of hassle. The conversation goes like this: script 1: me: I'm looking for a Tron toy. I've checked the display and it's not there, can you check the back? them: what we have on display is all of it me: you have nothing in the back? them: we have to sell what's on the floor first you: is that policy? I know of others who have asked and they check the back for them them: (silently goes to display) me: (explain the white disc, explain the common DPCI) them: (calls the back on the radio, goes to the back, comes out smiling but empty handed) script 2: me: I'm looking for a Tron toy. I've checked the display and it's not there, can you check the back? them: all we have in the back are boxes and we can't open them you: is that policy? I know of others who have asked and they check the back for them them: we can't open the boxes in the back me: is there anyone else I can talk to about this? them: (silently goes to display) me: (explain the white disc, explain the common DPCI) them: (calls the back on the radio, goes to the back, comes out smiling but empty handed) Whatever happened to customer service?

That sucks, dude. Seriously. I always offer to check in the back and go back there personally and pull whatever product we have.

My Script:

You: I'm looking for a Tron toy. I've checked the display and it's not there, can you check the back?
Me: Yeah, just one sec...(Looking it up on my PDA/scanning the barcode to bring it up on the screen). We do have more in the back, do you want me to bring some out?


And it would go from there. I'm really sorry that you've met so much resistance, but I can tell you for a FACT that there is no such policy that we cannot bring out merchandise from the back, even if there's still product on the shelf. Our aim is to please the customer, so that's what we're supposed to do to the best of our ability...and everyone that works there should be able to go to the back/walkie for the back to check.

jediknight0 Wrote:Well, the one helpful Target employee that I've had help me (she even suggested "let me go look in the back" before I asked) had no luck looking up the UPC in either her handheld device or the computer. She did find things using the DPCI but that isn't accurate enough with the 3 discs sharing the same code. I assure you that the problem isn't on my side. I'm quite capable of asking simple questions... occasionally even a complex one! ;-)

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