I'm looking at the timestamps of previous posts, and they must be wrong, because I was on at 10:15am and they were already sold out.
The time stamps seem accurate. I bought mine at 10:25 - 10:27 (the email confirmation came in right after I ordered and the time is 10:27). Note that this is CST.
I'm looking at the timestamps of previous posts, and they must be wrong, because I was on at 10:15am and they were already sold out.
Are you really in New York like your avatar says? They went up around 11:00 EDT, and lasted about half an hour. They were still listed at out of stock at 10:15 EDT.
If you checked the product page directly at 10:15 CDT, then you might not have seen them available - there was a weird quirk this year where I didn't see any in stock when I went to the product page, I had to go to the category page first and order from there. It fixed itself eventually, but you may have still experienced it.
As every year, grats to those who got theirs, condolences to those who missed them.
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Yeah, I'm in NY. They listed them as "out of stock" before they went up??? That would make me even sadder, because I got to work and saw they were sold out and got sad. And now I find out I could have had them? That's really frustrating.
I like the plain backgrounds - the characters just pop out more. It's like a "choose your fighter" screen in a video game.
Yes, it was a listing as out of stock until the release time this morning. I got up just as they were going and snagged mine!
Yeah, I'm in NY. They listed them as "out of stock" before they went up??? That would make me even sadder, because I got to work and saw they were sold out and got sad. And now I find out I could have had them? That's really frustrating.
Yeah, the Hasbro Toy Store website is bad.
This year, the items weren't visible until this morning. They were all listed as out of stock until Hasbro was ready to go live - that's consistent with past years (although in past years, the items were visible for days ahead of time). In years past, there's been a thread here on MTGS where people frenetically post updates until someone says "THEY'RE LIVE!". This year, that didn't happen.
There's generally a restock that happens a few days to a week later, after Hasbro has cancelled all the duplicate orders. So keep checking back (also check this thread, because that's where we'll post if we see them again).
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Yeah, I'm in NY. They listed them as "out of stock" before they went up??? That would make me even sadder, because I got to work and saw they were sold out and got sad. And now I find out I could have had them? That's really frustrating.
Yeah they were listed as sold out before they went up. I woke up and checked at 8:45 AM. I was confused so I started a chat with a customer support rep. They said they haven't gone up yet and would go up sometime before 8 PM (I assume EST). So I just refreshed the page every few minutes. The site was really laggy.
They're live happened on reddit.com/r/magictcg - they seemed to be up from about 8:00 - 8:25 AM or so until they sold out. Yes the website was super laggy when it happened
So I just refreshed the page every few minutes. The site was really laggy.
That'll happen when you and every other Magic player in North America hits the same crappy website all at once for several hours at a time. Their severs just don't have the capacity to handle what's effectively a DOS attack. And maybe that's fine - I don't know how much traffic they get on a normal day. Nowhere near this much, I'm betting. They may be fine 364 days out of the year and just eat the bad press because they know that we'll come back next year even if the only way to get to the store next year is by shouting the IP address out the window.
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I created my Hasbro account ahead of time, preloaded as much info as I could (shipping/billing addresses) then sat on the morning with auto-refresh and page change notification going. They updated right at 8am PST and the site immediately bogged down. Was able to load one into cart and check out though. This will be my third set (got the other two off eBay). With Liliana spiking, and Chandra/Gideon holding good value, it's very worthwhile to pick and strip the sets individually. Getting one for only $100 saves a lot. I'm planning on holding on to the Jaces and Nissas, since they're only about $35 right now anyway.
I created my Hasbro account ahead of time, preloaded as much info as I could (shipping/billing addresses) then sat on the morning with auto-refresh and page change notification going. They updated right at 8am PST and the site immediately bogged down. Was able to load one into cart and check out though. This will be my third set (got the other two off eBay). With Liliana spiking, and Chandra/Gideon holding good value, it's very worthwhile to pick and strip the sets individually. Getting one for only $100 saves a lot. I'm planning on holding on to the Jaces and Nissas, since they're only about $35 right now anyway.
I can't afford that luxury being from the UK so am forced to buy online. £200 all in isn't too bad seeing as shops here are selling for £310 and no one has one in stock.
Question for those who were able to pick one up at the con itself - I saw from the con sell sheet that it cost $108. Was that inclusive of taxes?
Idle curiosity more than anything else, really.
I got one from con last year and there is tax after the fact ($120 + tax). This year, the price was $100 + tax, and online, it was + tax and shipping. Out the door, it was about $115 online. Much better than ~$200 on eBay.
Uhm, I hope that isn't one person who bought a ton of those, but rather one of the person's selling/giving them away.
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
I like them all atleast more than those B&W versions which are ugly as sin.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
SPECIFICATIONS
Needs Batteries: No
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
Are you really in New York like your avatar says? They went up around 11:00 EDT, and lasted about half an hour. They were still listed at out of stock at 10:15 EDT.
If you checked the product page directly at 10:15 CDT, then you might not have seen them available - there was a weird quirk this year where I didn't see any in stock when I went to the product page, I had to go to the category page first and order from there. It fixed itself eventually, but you may have still experienced it.
As every year, grats to those who got theirs, condolences to those who missed them.
Yes, it was a listing as out of stock until the release time this morning. I got up just as they were going and snagged mine!
Yeah, the Hasbro Toy Store website is bad.
This year, the items weren't visible until this morning. They were all listed as out of stock until Hasbro was ready to go live - that's consistent with past years (although in past years, the items were visible for days ahead of time). In years past, there's been a thread here on MTGS where people frenetically post updates until someone says "THEY'RE LIVE!". This year, that didn't happen.
There's generally a restock that happens a few days to a week later, after Hasbro has cancelled all the duplicate orders. So keep checking back (also check this thread, because that's where we'll post if we see them again).
Yeah they were listed as sold out before they went up. I woke up and checked at 8:45 AM. I was confused so I started a chat with a customer support rep. They said they haven't gone up yet and would go up sometime before 8 PM (I assume EST). So I just refreshed the page every few minutes. The site was really laggy.
Okay, I'll take my Website Analytics hat off now.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I can't afford that luxury being from the UK so am forced to buy online. £200 all in isn't too bad seeing as shops here are selling for £310 and no one has one in stock.
Question for those who were able to pick one up at the con itself - I saw from the con sell sheet that it cost $108. Was that inclusive of taxes?
Idle curiosity more than anything else, really.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
Shards of awful never