Interesting Information Surfaces With Regards to CIV McQuarrie Figures At 5B

JTA reader Scott W. writes in and provides a little more evidence surrounding the mystery of the arrival of the TAC R2-D2 & C-3PO Celebration IV figures at Five Below. Would you believe that they are arriving with Celebration stickers and contact information from 2007 on the cases? Where in the depths of Hasbro's warehouses were these cases resurrected? This is a great example of when a company can be penny wise/pound foolish. Has they sold these for $10 a piece instead of $20 a piece, they likely wouldn't have had a fraction of this leftover stock. Now retail is only getting $5 a pop, which means that Hasbro got A LOT LESS from Five Beklow buyers! Click through for more!

Hey Paul,

Has anyone reported the specifics of the Five Below 2-packs origin in last 24 hours? I grabbed myself one McQuarrie R2 & C-3PO pack as well as the original Celebration IV Hasbro shipping case.

I have provided you with 4 photos and as you can see (storage drips and dents) they are definitely former CIV stock from the LA Convention Center. You can even see what looks like the LAX airport shipping sticker under the Celebration Store label. This box was 3,831 of 5,000 pieces. The last image is the 5B shipping label
I chatted with the Five Below clerk at the store in Johnson City, NY and he said there are about 300 Five Below stores. If every 5B store received one of these cases of 12, that's a lot of originally unsold figures. Wow!

Keep up the awesome work and news on your site!

Scott K., the Warsaw Wonder

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