(May. 21, 2011 4:18 PM)iBeyblader Wrote: (May. 21, 2011 3:17 PM)Kai-V Wrote: When I went to Toys 'R' Us recently, there were actually two employees telling a woman that yes, they had received new stock for a certain other toyline months ago and that it had been in the 'backstore' all along, but that the company stressed that they would be in trouble if they brought the new stock before a specific date.
They're just lying. There is no specific date for new stock as Hasbro doesn't have release dates. They give a relative time to put in new stock. Which ends up being 1-2 months later because stores are lazy. They have to get rid of their old stock sitting in the back first, and once all that is gone, they get lazy and slowly put new stock in. By lazy I mean 10 products per week on shelves.
Have you ever worked in a store, or even served customers? Believe me, when you're on the other side of the counter, it's a helluva lot harder than you'd think, and people automatically assuming you're lazy/dumb/useless/evil/like upsetting children gets really, really annoying.
Firstly, there's absolutely no reason to lie about that, as it would lead to "Oh Plz can I have one early", whereas saying "we're out of stock" would prevent that, even if they did have the stock. What would they gain from saying that?
Also, it's not laziness, you have to sell old stock so you don't have excess stock left over, outdated lines, stuff only sells while it's being advertised. Stores pay for stock, and if they don't sell it, they make a loss. There is a specific date when Hasbro would begin shipping new lines, there is a Date it is "Released", but as Hasbro don't publish it anywhere, stores likely don't know when they have a new release on their hands, and beyblades all look pretty similar if you don't know them well.
They also have to efficiently manage the space in the store, they can't have a huge wall of beyblades, they need space for other stuff as well, so they have to fill the beyblades as they empty, from the back stock, into whatever space they can allocate.
It's also possible they may not receive new releases from the distribution centre everything goes through before it gets to stores, some stores do, but if stock is too limited, some stores will miss out.
Talk to a hasbro representative for questions! 
http://hasbro.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/hasbr...sibility=0
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