Ollie's strike again

[RSchnell]

Hit up the Ollie's in Merritt Island, FL this morning. Still a decent selection. I'm surprised there were any kits left. Maybe the scalpers aren't buying as much?

 

[Tabbysdaddy]

Hopefully they aren't selling well for the scalpers so they stopped. 

[RSchnell]

1 hour ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

Hopefully they aren't selling well for the scalpers so they stopped. 

I suspect that's the case. Last couple model shows I went to buyers were down, lots of people but not many carrying anything. I went to a spaceflight collectibles show today and it was down too. Without going into the political side of things, money's tight for a lot of people right now.

Seems up to a couple years ago Ollie's would get cleaned out within 48 hours of kits hitting the shelves.

[HomerS]

3 hours ago, RSchnell said:

Hit up the Ollie's in Merritt Island, FL this morning. Still a decent selection. I'm surprised there were any kits left. Maybe the scalpers aren't buying as much?

 

NIce to see an Ollie's that doesn't look like a post Black Friday sale!  

[Mark]

Ollie's themselves bumping the prices up seems to have killed off a lot of the buyers "for resale".  Sure, you pay a couple bucks more, but there’s still a selection when you go back after changing your mind about something a couple of days later.

[Dpate]

14 minutes ago, HomerS said:

NIce to see an Ollie's that doesn't look like a post Black Friday sale!  

I was gonna say the same thing lol. Cleanest I’ve seen. 

[Dave Van]

44 minutes ago, Mark said:

Ollie's themselves bumping the prices up seems to have killed off a lot of the buyers "for resale".  Sure, you pay a couple bucks more, but there’s still a selection when you go back after changing your mind about something a couple of days later.

I have some Ollie's dump kits in my stash with $5.99 on them.....so yea.....they have gone up enough the risk vs profit is too high!!!

I have two 1/8 Lindburg kits that have $15.00.....how things change! 

[GLMFAA1]

Ollie's stash at local store. "Tar Knif"*

greg

*If you grew up on the North Coast of Ohio you will know what the quote is about.

 

 

[RSchnell]

I'd like to snag one of those Mail Trucks!

[larman]

18 minutes ago, RSchnell said:

I'd like to snag one of those Mail Trucks!

They had those at the Palm Bay store.

[larman]

40 minutes ago, GLMFAA1 said:

Ollie's stash at local store. "Tar Knif"*

greg

*If you grew up on the North Coast of Ohio you will know what the quote is about.

 

 

 

Looks like they got the International COE and not just the trailer, that is a really nice kit! 

[RSchnell]

1 hour ago, larman said:

They had those at the Palm Bay store.

Thanks for the heads up! I may get down that way first of the week.

[1930fordpickup]

The price hike on the kits along with subject matter are not helping sales.  

The International kit is the only kit new enough to draw the attention of the Flippers. 

[GLMFAA1]

Looks like they got the International COE and not just the trailer, that is a really nice kit! 

They do have the trailer, picked up one, lower shelf of second picture.

greg

[Dave Van]

New stuff keeps showing up.

[Dpate]

Definitely gotta get to my local Ollie’s and check. 

[espo]

At these prices it would be worthwhile to pick up a kit for just a few parts that may be needed for a future build. 

[Dpate]

Went back to my local Ollie’s and they had some new stuff, but no transtars though. 
 

[ewetwo]

I’m thinking a lot of this stuff I saw at Walmart a year or so ago. They all the Caddy. The Bonneville. All the Coke kits. And the Nova and Galaxie.

[atomicholiday]

9 hours ago, ewetwo said:

I’m thinking a lot of this stuff I saw at Walmart a year or so ago. They all the Caddy. The Bonneville. All the Coke kits. And the Nova and Galaxie.

Yup.   I keep expecting to see the 70 1/2 Camaro show up. 

[slusher]

Better selection than my Hobby Lobby!  I don’t know why the 68 Dodge Charger isn’t there..

[Dave Van]

18 minutes ago, slusher said:

Better selection than my Hobby Lobby!  I don’t know why the 68 Dodge Charger isn’t there..

Because it is selling well. Until they have stock sitting in the warehouse no need to sell to Hobby Lobby. I doubt the HL buyer is putting a lot of pressure on R2 for the 68 kit. May not be a die hard plastic buyer......just another dept they cover. More than likely a craft buyer who has the plastic kit buying as an additional duty......can't see a full time buyer for kits alone. Just IMHO only!!

[iBorg]

Is the AMT 1970 Corvette at a lot of Ollies, a reissue of the old MPC molds?

[ranma]

18 hours ago, ewetwo said:

I saw at Walmart a year or so ago.

Maybe, But then those display's were filled and sent by Round 2... From what I'm seeing at my local Ollie's that the kit's are coming in by the case load and are non mixed cases! IE The photo's above that show cases of kits cut open. Would be nice if they also got the 1/25-1/24 amt display case's!

[milo1303s]

Picked up the Big Rig Semi Trailer today opened it and It's missing the transparent red trees anyone else missing them ?