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Heroes & villains collection first look

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Heroes & villains collection first look
LMB925 said:
I was thinking about going to the store tomorrow to try for Snow White as kind of practice for Frozen dolls in November as I've never gotten any of the LE dolls by going to the store. I've always ordered them since the nearest store is about 40 miles from where I live and it was never convenient because of my work schedule, but I'm off tomorrow anyway (and I'm taking off 11/3). There are three stores really close to each other. I called two. The first one told me they are raffling the dolls and you have to put your name between 12:00 and 1:00 for a 1:10 drawing. I called another store close to that one and found they are doing a raffle, but first thing in the morning. Now, I'm not really feeling like I need to go all the way to the store since I suspect I'll be able to get it online and they'll probably do they same thing for the Frozen dolls. I'm really happy that the stores are doing the raffles at different times because it'll make it a lot easier to get a doll if I don't get one at the first store. I'm kind of still curious about the in store experience and I imagine 11/3 is going to be a lot worse, so maybe it's worth the trip.

So, I'm a little conflicted. For those of you who have done online and in store purchases, what do you prefer?
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I usually prefer going to the store, just because I find it's more convenient than staying up until 3 in the morning (I live on the east coast).

However, the one thing you might want to watch out for is if they're gonna change up the method of how the store releases the dolls. In my store, the raffles only apply to the 12" Designer line. For the 17" dolls, it's first come, first serve, where they hand out numbered cards before the store opens in the morning. Those are the cases where certain areas could see people camping outside of the stores overnight (one of the many reasons I'm grateful the store closest to me that sells these dolls is located in a mall).

For my store, I get why they do it this way. On the days where both 17" and Designer dolls are released, they get rid of the 17" headache early in the morning, then start the raffle for the Designers at noon. Keeps everything nice and organized. I assume this is how my store will also handle November 3rd's Frozen Fever and Designer Frozen releases, though I haven't heard any official confirmation yet. I'll have to ask them when I go to pick up Teal Jasmine and also try for a chance to get Aladdin.
 
TheDisneyFanatic said:
My only real problem is that my store is 40 minutes away and I am a zombie in the morning, so I have to get up a little earlier than most people.
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Thank you for the response. I'm the same way. It's a little over 45 minutes to get to the nearest store for me, and I'm terrible at waking up in the morning. It's easier for me to stay up until 3:00 a.m. than get up early and get going. My yapping little dogs won't let me sleep in, but I tend to pass out on the couch after taking care of them on my days off.

PrincessAurora13 said:
I usually prefer going to the store, just because I find it's more convenient than staying up until 3 in the morning (I live on the east coast).

However, the one thing you might want to watch out for is if they're gonna change up the method of how the store releases the dolls. In my store, the raffles only apply to the 12" Designer line. For the 17" dolls, it's first come, first serve, where they hand out numbered cards before the store opens in the morning. Those are the cases where certain areas could see people camping outside of the stores overnight (one of the many reasons I'm grateful the store closest to me that sells these dolls is located in a mall).

For my store, I get why they do it this way. On the days where both 17" and Designer dolls are released, they get rid of the 17" headache early in the morning, then start the raffle for the Designers at noon. Keeps everything nice and organized. I assume this is how my store will also handle November 3rd's Frozen Fever and Designer Frozen releases, though I haven't heard any official confirmation yet. I'll have to ask them when I go to pick up Teal Jasmine and also try for a chance to get Aladdin.
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Thank you for the insight. I hadn't really thought they'd do it differently.

I think it would be good for me to go to the store. At least I could see which one might be busier for the Frozen release, and maybe someone there will have some advice on what goes on during a 17" release. I guess it'll depend on if I can get going in time.
 
Man, I can't believe how beautiful the Snow/Hag set turned out. I know everyone and their mother has already talked about that, but it just turned out SO much better than I expected. Good luck to everyone who is getting her and congrats to those in the UK who did!
 
I found a link and managed to get checked out by 8:06 but the doll wasn't searchable without the link till 8:10 by which it was sold out. While I'm happy to have my doll, I hate how certain people get early links and having to rely on them posting them, someone on Instagram got a Link 15 min before the dolls went live
 
i've read on a german facebook page that the link was actually already live in uk at 7.10 am, is that true? would explain how someone had the link 15 mins before 8 am already actually.
 
My first pictures of snow white and old hag ^^ got them today .
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Congrats to everyone who got a set and good luck to everyone trying for one later today :) This is a hard set for me to pass up, but after finding on of my grail dolls (!7" ariel) I decided to pass on this set just to make sure I have enough for the other dolls coming out this season
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She's gorgeous! I'm so nervous and excited for tonight! :anxious:
Congrats to everyone who managed to get her already!
 
Got them and must say that Hag is not getting as much attention as she should! Gorgeous and pics don't do her justice. Later on I'll post some pics.
Also have to say that some of dolls in store had bad paint job. One Snow had black paint on her nose and right cheek, so good luck to everyone ordering online.
 
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Got mine at the store today! So happy to have my first Snow White doll. This set is gorgeous! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! :wiggle:
 
croboy82 said:
i've read on a german facebook page that the link was actually already live in uk at 7.10 am, is that true? would explain how someone had the link 15 mins before 8 am already actually.
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If that is true, then I'd just be grateful there were some left at 8am. The full set pre-order was sold out 15-20 minutes before the link was set to go live because someone activated it early.

Good luck to everyone and congrats to those who've all ready been successful!
 
Well, I should have done my research properly. For some reason, I got it into my head they were releasing tomorrow morning in the UK and not today because of them being available online "30th September" in the US. Ah well, at least I know for the other sets.
 
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Congrats to all who were able to get her and good luck to all who will be trying tonight! I'm super surprised they sold out in minutes on the UK store.
 
I was able to get Snow at my local store. They did the raffle at 1:10 and everything went very smooth. I thought there would have been more people there for Snow White. The store received 15 dolls and there were no more than 10 people waiting for names to be called. She really is beautiful. Much nicer in person than I imagined her to be.

They will continue to do the raffle for the remaining dolls and hand out numbers for early arrivals for the other releases (Jafar/Aladdin). Good luck to everyone trying for her tonight.
 
I'm nervous about tonight! I wasn't able to get to the store this morning due to work. People in some of the Facebook groups are giving out the item number from the box to everyone. I feel like this might be dollmegedon again
 
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