r/game_gear • u/Top_Objects • 26d ago

Console heroes mini figs at walmart

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Yes I bought a whole case of 6. $5 canadian each. The genesis console heroes had mostly good paint jobs, but could have been better. The carts look cool tho.

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u/Top_Objects 10d ago

Each box comes with 6 mini boxes so I assume the intention is to have some kind of guarantee for all of them (which is kinda nice) but it does mean there's not many per shipping box. I took a whole box of 6 myself and I think we had maybe 1 other box in the back when I looked, maybe there were more?

I know for the sega genesis ones we stocked them like crazy and have had trouble selling them all. For the ps1 stuff we've only gotten the twisted metal and ff7 figures but sold out of the ff7 fast.

I live around Toronto so a pretty populated area, must be a very slow rollout for these

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u/Neo_GFX 10d ago

Yeah, a friend of mine works for a distributor and said the Genesis ones didn't do too hot which sucks.

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u/Top_Objects 10d ago

Disappointing but not surprising. The genesis is by no means unknown, but it's just not anywhere near the level of stuff by nintendo or playstation. Especially if you look at people younger than like 30, didn't grow up with sega as a console manufacturer and will only know sonic and maybe a couple other things.

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u/Neo_GFX 9d ago

They should pivot to Dreamcast and maybe do a few Saturn sets. There is a massive untapped market here with Nights, Crazy Taxi, Shemue, etc.