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Walmart Collector Con started yesterday, and with it came confusion, chaos and lots of pre-orders! The event, scheduled over 2 days, failed to make that clear as hundreds of collectors took to social media on day 1 to show their discontent that they missed out on a pre-order for a figure... that wasn't up for pre-order yet! Also, NECA held a livestream on Walmart, and teased a new line of houseware, including a revolving tray and chairs?! CONFUSING SCHEDULE? "Did I miss it? - Available on the 15th at 7am - So... I missed it?" (Actual conversation witnessed on Twitter) For their Collector Con, Walmart first gave us a sneak peek on March 7th, showing all the figures that would be available at the event, on March 14th and 15th (you could already click on the items that you would want to buy to see the time when they would be available, but that's not important). The event started on the 14th at 7am PST, and confusion ensued. "Did I already miss the NECA Casey Jones?" asked a collector. "Wait, are the WWE figures already sold out?!" asked another. "It shows that it's unavailable, this is BULL***T!" tweeted a third one. It turns out that, as the schedule had mentioned, only half of the selected items would be available on the 14th, while the others would be available on the 15th. Additionally, a few of the NECA figures were going to be only available at 12pm EST on the 14th, during the NECA livestream on that same website (which was advertised at the top, with a countdown, mind you) and it was enough to confuse the community. "Half on Day 1 at 7am PST, a few more NECA at 12pm PST during a livestream, and the second half on Day 2 at 7am PST? I don't get it." NECA LIVESTREAM TEASES! Speaking of the NECA livestream, Blaine and Mike from NECA showed us the figures available during the event (the same ones that had been revealed during the sneak peek the week before). Ghostface Inferno! D&D 50th anniversary Warduke! Last Ronin Casey Jones! But wait... there's more! Some eagle eyed collector managed to see items that were displayed in the background, as a tease... Wait... ENHANCE! After doing simple regular stands, it looks like NECA is teasing doing revolving trays (or 'Lazy susans')! This one looks pretty neat, in black, and will allow you to have a 360° look at your figures! If it looks like a sewer cover from TMNT, it will sell out immediately! Wait... what? ENHANCE! Oh my god, YES! NECA is finally stepping into the chair territory!! The chairs were teased during the stream, as we could see Mike spin left and right on his (both directions?!), while Blaine seemed to sit comfortably. Bar stools from NECA? Sign me in! Rumors say they'll be adjustable! Oh yeah, there was also a Ultimate Silence of the Lambs box in the background. UPDATE: After some thorough journalism, we have managed to get the scoop on the chairs, and here is your first look at them! Special thanks to Blaine (@blainerthings) and Mike (@pooz_art) for the exclusive look! What did you think of Walmart Collector Con? Let us know in the comments! More news at 11:00... Just imagine... TMNT themed bar stools (Cartoon, Movie, Mirage and Last Ronin)! *ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!

A couple of weeks ago, around the same time as the whole San Diego Comic Con craze, Walmart held their Collector Con ("Calling all superfans!"), where they added a ton of coveted exclusive figures, such as Marvel Legends, G.I.Joe Classified Series, Star Wars The Black Series, Transformers, WWE Ultimates, or the Collector Con edition of the TMNT Mutant Mayhem figures. Superfans who managed to place their order only had a bit more than a week to pat themselves in the back, as Walmart would end up cancelling a lot of those orders... ToyFarce investigated... We sat down with a Walmart spokesperson who tried to explain to us that it was part of a new campaign, trying to make Walmart "fresh and relevant" again: "Nowadays, we hear lots of talks about 'Cancel culture'. It seems that it's everything that young people are talking about these days: 'Cancel culture this, Cancel culture that'. It's always trending! So, at Walmart, we decided to be a part of that Cancel culture too, and cancelled a bunch of orders. Hopefully, soon, Walmart will be trending too!" Oh, it might be trending, but probably not for the good reasons... More news at 11:00... Walmart: Save money. We'll cancel. *ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!

Both Target's NECA Haulathon and Walmart's Collector Con are currently ongoing, with new items being revealed every week (or all at once, the first day if you work in a Target "lol"), and collectors in the USA are refreshing the Target and Walmart webpages, along with yours truly, Toy News International, to see the latest news and figures revealed! One collector, though, managed to stay oblivious about both events, thinking that the names 'Haulathon' and 'Collector Con' that everybody seems to mention these days were none other than new Transformers characters... "It's an honest mistake..." said William, 36. "I heard some collectors mention the NECA Haulathon, but I thought they were saying 'Mega Haulathon', which, to be fair, kinda sounds like a Transformer name, some sort of moving truck, like a U-haul, that turns into a robot. That would make complete sense! Since I don't collect Transformers, I ignored that for a bit. Then another collector said that there would be a Walmart Collector Con soon as well, so I thought it would be some sort of Walmart exclusive Transformer figure... I thought it was weird that everybody talked about Transformers all of a sudden, but there's a new movie coming out soon, so why not?" Thankfully, William realized his mistake on time and managed to secure some of the items he wanted from both events. A happy ending to a toy collector story. How weird! More news at 11:00... Who would win though? *ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!