Why Didn't They Have GI Joe Classifieds?!

The Valaverse crew took a break from the DFW GI Joe and Action Figure show to go toy hunting with Bobby Vala at a Grapevine, Texas Walmart.
Jordan smelled bad so he bought four bars of soap while we were there.
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[@3POAPodcast]

Does your Walmart have Classified Series?

[@KeyzCollects]

That is my Walmart! lol If there is any, it's usually on the lower shelves at that store. Not the very bottom but the next one up.

[@andrewm1309]

My local four walmarts only two have classifieds, but the one Target doesn't have classifieds either

[@hgc7000]

Walmart online still has them. Don't even have walk around "The people of Walmart', wooohooo!

[@sherwoodcrump3716]

Of the four Walmarts near my house, two will have some Classified figures, one will have a single Classified figure and the other will only have a peg warming Snake Eyes and Timber two pack in a beat up box from 2022.

[@ryandaubenspeck4432]

3 walmarts near me only 1 carries Classified, the other 2 doesn't even have pegs, or shelf spots for them.

[@KaijuKitty]

"Four bars of soap and you still stink." 🤣

[@Scott.Hughes]

I have 11 Walmarts within a 10 minute radius. It's funny that one Walmart will have a toy aisle to rival an 80s Toys R Us and the next one will be like the one in the video.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

It's crazy but true

[@grizzlynightmare8011]

I am the same way if I spend more than 15 minutes in Walmart. Let’s go now!😂

[@hgc7000]

That's one the most organized toy aisles that I've seen in a Wal Mart. It's usually a "treasure hunt" in my area.

[@3POAPodcast]

It really is!

[@Stygian360]

Thank you Ryan for calling out the need for Colonel Siege to have a cowboy hat 😁😁👊

[@3POAPodcast]

Any time!

[@jontuell5338]

That last guy was like, "oh dang! It's that guy. From the thing." as he walked by.

[@3POAPodcast]

I thought the same, hahahah

[@VConley]

Both Walmarts have consolidated all the boys times to just one aisle, but both sides are limited in everything they sell

[@johngarrett157]

Did anyone else notice that the price tags in this Walmart are all digital?

[@jimmypurvis]

On the most recent reset, most Walmarts in my area have taken GI Joe out.

[@RoleKeeper]

"You need 4 bars of soap" LOL Some special appearances by 2 hour chat Dude Bros and Bro Dudes.

[@FigureFever]

It's so cool to see Ryan and Bobby toy hunting. Very odd that not one GI Joe classified figure at that WM. That ending. 😃

[@pittviscous]

Mechanicsville Virginia Walmart only has the Retro Card Duke, Scarlet and Recondo slim pickins😂

[@georgeaitken2719]

In the uk the only gi joe you can buy in stores is the left over crap that didn’t sell from the snake eyes movie gi joe stopped being sold over 2 years ago in stores it’s all online from hasbro

[@3POAPodcast]

I remember when they switched to Pulse exclusives.

[@ernestmuric6719]

Same as Australia. Old stuff or nothing. Just online. Lucky there's tonnes in pre order.

[@KensToyz]

Only two peg spots at three of them. The fourth has none.

[@ooklathemok2941]

That's the way it is at my Targets and Walmarts as well- no Marvel Legends or GI Joe Classified to speak of. Been that way for the last 6-9 months or so....

[@thetitan914]

Toy isles full of 40 year old IPs..... been saying that for a while, this is why I love the rise of independent creators and why I say Hail to the Iron Age!

[@ThatOneWookiee]

I haven’t seen a Classified figure at Walmart since I found Rock N’ Roll when he released. Target I’ll be lucky to see one or two on the pegs.

[@AllBreaksLoose]

At Walmarts around me haven't put classifieds on pegs since shipwreck and rock n roll. Same with marvel legends...the marvels movie figures were the last ones I saw on pegs. Since then ...nothing. Target is pretty much the same too.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

If my wheels were not hot before, they sure are now.

[@dsc7964]

The soap bit was hilarious! 😅

[@rexjaycox9588]

4 wal marts in my city and only one of them carry MoTU, Gi Joe Classified and DC multiverse.

[@easye7180]

8 Walmarts in my area, only 1 still carries classified, MOTU, and McFarlane. I noticed at least 2 stores consolidated and replaced a third of the figure aisle with plushies, and the only Marvel Legends around is the infinity saga wave which looks destined for Ollies. On a side note, I would love to know who thought everyone was going to want to army build Lady Jaye and signed off on producing a million of them. I still see them in the clearance aisle for $4, they can't give her away! 🙄

[@starlord157]

If Luke isn’t on the Tren train, he’s not my Luke…

[@bulkhungry]

Can't remember the last time I saw Classified in a Las Vegas Walmart . When I did months ago it was peg deep Shipwrecks and , Dude looks a Lady Jaye .

[@nottopgoon5773]

I WAS THERE!!!!

[@jjsheets330]

My Walmart has the Mike Honcho Classified Series. They have a full spread of them and I mean spread.

[@3POAPodcast]

Lol!

[@jeremykerr3871]

Walmart stores are weird in my area as well, I've noticed some have no spot for classified or motu anymore.

[@mlseries2553]

Hahaha. Hey Bobby, this video game me an idea. When AF hits Walmart, can core characters pop up on the receipt as “organic trail mix!?!?” It would really help with ‘the questions’ I get after a shopping trip.

[@3POAPodcast]

Great idea

[@Marneus28]

The Walmarts near where I live up here in Vancouver look even worse than that. Other than some wrestling figs, Transformers and maybe a couple Star Wars you don't ever see any Joe's, Legends, DC/McFarlane or Turtles at all. Mostly just a bunch of no name cheap ass junk toys for normie parents to disappoint their kids with. 😂

[@Scott.Hughes]

I LOVE this!!!

[@3POAPodcast]

Thanks Scott!

[@Sladeonslade]

Bobby, slumming it in Walmart.

[@andrewm1309]

Some Vaders will sell

[@theguyonthecouch42024]

As you guys say, "get off my lawns" I say $Tay out my toy ai$le$, grandpa"🎭 except for Robo

[@jontuell5338]

Thanks for the vids & of course the figs Bobby! A small ask if I may? CowboyBoots? Can we get some cowboy boot bottoms? I don't think the whole boots necessary, but some jeans & ostrich boots would be RAD; especially on a baddie

[@Pensive_Melancholy_]

I wonder when he walks down the toy aisles does he see any Valaverse toys there?

[@3POAPodcast]

Hi Chuck Petty. Thanks for watching. 😉

[@aworldmadeofcardboard3692]

How on earth didnyou find a Walmart that well stocked in the Toy department? My Walmart has a few items, like the Star Wars figures and Transformers, but I think that is because they are not selling as well. Just stagnant toylines.

[@stevenbarron580]

Palm Springs California. Yeah, we don't have much at are Wal Marts when it comes to Gi joe and marvel but Target always has to get shit there

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

Yup, globally Transformers outsells the shit out of most other figure stuff (as in chain stores) particularly when you include the actual rest of the world such as UK, Asia, Oz etc. So even in the ass end of the world in perth we get ACTUAL toys on shelves, and they always have a dedicated space.

[@danielcraig9666]

It's always weird to see Walmart and Target videos in places where they actually stock shelves...

[@3POAPodcast]

Right?! This store had a lot of stock just nothing we wanted.

[@johnrausch3080]

the walmart's in my area are barren

[@antliferants82]

Was this while yall were here in tx?

[@3POAPodcast]

Yup. Grapevine Walmart.

[@antliferants82]

@@3POAPodcast I’m in the all the time nothing to be found lol

[@Wchapel88]

Only the Retros, Duke, Scarlett, and Recondo. In finding any Classifieds, you have go to Ollies or Ross, but they will be the older figures. Nothing new.

[@maybetoby]

The Marvel Legends, G.I. Joe Classified, Star Wars Black Series, and Power Rangers Lightning Collection sections at my Walmart have always been pitiful... I take it Bobby is not a fan of Super7 lol

[@3POAPodcast]

You could say that… 😂

[@CoffeePhilosophy]

Welcome to north Texas Walmart. The toy isle is not good.

[@troubledturtle2332]

3:44 Eternals figure spotted 😆

[@3POAPodcast]

LOL! I missed that

[@RoleKeeper]

I saw that, to LOL.

[@ashaman55]

Currently 60 to 70 percent of wal marts do not carry/are not traited for classified. Wal Mart has been increasing the amount of stores that do not carry classified every year. It will not surprise me at all if next year they stop carrying classifieds all together!!

[@MattWaltonChannel]

Here for the hard opinions.

[@shockwave7513]

So....why are those 5poa Star Wars figures $8, but the "Retro Collection", which are also 5poa figures, are like $25?

[@3POAPodcast]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

[@shockwave7513]

@@3POAPodcast 😅

[@BooshmanLee]

Arghh, that bloody music.

[@3POAPodcast]

It was a necessary evil to avoid copyright claims from the Walmart music.

[@BooshmanLee]

@@3POAPodcast Yeah I figured, but fuck, that tune is my nemesis.

[@PowerChordEPS]

The Walmart closest to home actually has a good GI Joe selection, both Retro Cards and main Classified. That said another one is just like this video: No Joe Also to answer Bobby's question about that Kurt Angle figure, it's actually pretty solid, only issue is they made him a little ripped in the torso, but it's not the worst example Mattel did (Ruthless Aggression Eddie Guerrero is insanely huge)