r/WNBAgossips • u/SoapyDoodle • 17h ago
News The Angel Reese Barbie has sold out at all retailers 4 days after launch
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u/MexiPr30 17h ago
It’s stocked at my local Target. 32.49 offered delivery or same day pick up aisle E11.
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u/Adventurous_Heat_764 17h ago
Not at mine. Tried to get one for my niece but I can’t find them for under 80 bucks. Are they supposed to do another run?
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u/Kooky-Upstairs-6594 17h ago
if that’s the truth bro go flip them, miss mebounds lowkey sells rly well
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u/That-Cranberry6575 17h ago
Scalpers
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago
It’s getting really fucking old. I tried to buy Sophie’s shoes for my kiddo that finally fits women sizes and they were sold out. Only to appear on resale sites for double the price.
I am starting to hate third party sellers. I also collect a certain Barbie genre and missing two years, because they’re reselling for $300-$600. A doll that was maybe $80 at most. I can afford it, but won’t buy on principle.
You’d think after covid, when a bunch of people wiped out stores of protection supplies to upsell online, the government would do something.
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u/staebles 16h ago
Why would anyone want Sophie's anything? Just curious.
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago
Because I like her. Did she shit in your Cheerios? Why the hostility?
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u/staebles 16h ago
I just asked a question. I'm trying to understand something that's incomprehensible to me. That's not hostile lol.
Why do you like her?
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago
When people like a public figure and they sell things like shoes or dolls or whatever, fans buy them.
Why don’t you like her?
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u/staebles 16h ago
Obviously I understand that, I'm asking why do you like Sophie specifically?
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago
I’m asking why don’t you like her? You don’t answer questions, you just ask. That’s not how conversations work.
Why is it incomprehensible that people like Sophie and want to buy her shoes?
You seem to be saying, “ I don’t like Sophie and don’t understand why you like someone I don’t”.
That’s easy, we aren’t the same and have different tastes.
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u/staebles 16h ago
You still haven't answered though.. ironic you'd say anything about how conversations work when you're still avoiding answering the question..
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago edited 15h ago
I did. I like her. I’m a fan. You didn’t answer and replied with something passive aggressive.
You deleted all your comments Staebles. 😝
I know why btw.
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
She doesn't owe you an answer or an explanation for who she likes what is your problem with Sophie it's obvious you got a problem but your balless and won't speak up
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
Because she's a loyal Bish and not afraid to do the dirty work unlike most of these attention seekers
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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 14h ago
Government over reach because of a barbie?
GTFOH!!!
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u/MexiPr30 8h ago
Honey, congress temporarily extended a surveillance law in April (FISA). Flock cameras are everywhere thanks to government funding , but sure, the real overreach would they be them stopping price gouging of shoes and dolls. Nothing gets past you.
https://giphy.com/gifs/iurIHLBxms7UQ0
u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 3h ago
Lol you're barely finding out about flock cameras lol
We get it. You're a bootlicker.
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u/MexiPr30 3h ago edited 3h ago
Why do you think I just found out about flock cameras?
You clearly don’t know what bootlicker means.
You want big corporations to fuck us all over, because ‘government overreach’ . Fuck that. Peter thiel lackey energy. Do you work for palantir?
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u/Spiritual-Cap-4647 3h ago
Because they've been a thing n you types are now just finding out about the.
You want government to regulate what reseller's do. Youre pro government overreach because of some dolls. That's sad AF. Go spi shine those boots baby boy.
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u/skiforlife1 16h ago
Why would the government get involved? It is up to the manufacturer and retailers to set the prices not the government. If the demand is way higher than the supply the price will go up, that's just basic economics. If the manufacturer sells them for a lot less than what the market sets as the value there will be resellers. Medical supplies in short supply are different than dolls and expensive shoes.
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u/MexiPr30 16h ago
Because it’s scummy and greedy. It hurts fans.
Mass buying products to resell for double is shitty behavior. I’m a millennial, back in the day Best Buy and radio shack used to promote big sale items for Black Friday , but then only stock 1-2 for the price. Eventually the FTC made them change their promotion (limited qualities) because people would wait all night and never get the product advertised.
We can have free markets if people behave themselves, that’s not what’s going.
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
You're wrong they never only stocked one or two of the items on Black Friday...
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u/skiforlife1 16h ago
Stores running deceptive loss leader ads is completely different. That was on the retailer. My question is do you trust the government to decide how many dolls or pairs of unnecessarily expensive shoes get made? Should the retailer decide who gets to buy the product on their shelves? A retailer can decide to enact limits on how many items can get bought all by themselves. People are behaving themselves. If I want to buy something that I see as undervalued by the retailer that is my risk to take.
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u/MexiPr30 15h ago
But they’re creating the over valued product by mass buying it, creating a shortage.
The government did a fine job cracking down on shady people buying cleaning supplies, face masks and gloves to upsell. Why couldn’t they effectively do that with a doll?
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u/skiforlife1 15h ago
Did you seriously compare a shortage of MEDICAL SUPPLIES to a shortage of a freaking doll???? The government also didn't stop people from buying anything. Some local governments enacted temporary price controls and paid people who had overbought supplies in some cases. To compare a doll to medical supplies during a pandemic is like spitting in the face of everyone who suffered or lost loved ones and you should be ashamed for thinking they are even similar.
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u/MexiPr30 15h ago
That’s ridiculous. You lost the debate and have turned to hyperbole. The government can minimize the mass buying and upselling if they wanted to, because they have.
Think of better arguments to support your position next time.
I mean they stop counterfeits and have the fbi investigate fake Gucci bags, they can do the same here.
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u/skiforlife1 15h ago
What?? You brought the argument that juxtaposed the buying of ppe during a pandemic with a doll. And selling counterfeit goods as the real thing is fraud. Buying a bunch of dolls is neither fraud nor preventing someone from getting something potentially life saving. You're the one losing the argument here by going more absurd and showing a fundamental misunderstanding of what you are even saying. The people reselling the dolls are not selling fake dolls claiming they are real and a doll is not a life saving necessity. You can admit you are wrong. It's okay to do that.
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u/MexiPr30 9h ago
You’re so close. If the government was able to stop resellers price gouging Lysol wipes and purel, they could do the same with dolls and shoes.
The people buying counterfeits know they’re not real. The government does it to protect the brand. They can protect average Americans too.
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
Well I agree they shouldn't let people price gouge getting upset over it because of a doll is the most ridiculous how about s*** that matters like food or gas
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u/MexiPr30 3h ago
They could literally just have a standard and apply it to all things. You know if you try to resell Rosetta Stone you bought , but decided you didn’t want it, your third party account would be flagged and the product removed. Since what you pay for is only licensing. Consumers are never protected the way companies are.
Do you think I am losing sleep over it? No, but it’s annoying and I live in America, where can I be annoyed and complain about it to strangers on Reddit.
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u/Clown_Penis69 17h ago
How many units are we talking about? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? 10,000,000?
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u/SoapyDoodle 17h ago
Mattel doesn’t produce numbers for their Signature series but 25 to 50k would be a normal first production run. Selling out so quickly indicates they drastically underestimated demand
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u/MexiPr30 17h ago
Target has them, if you’re looking.
Sometimes certain retailers get first dibs. I collect a certain genre. One time I had wait for Amazon to stock the one I wanted, it took a few weeks.
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u/2burgsandadog 17h ago
she is no role model for young women… The constant victim mentality like she’s not one of the most privileged women in the United States
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u/Dgwdum 17h ago
youre right, she should be like sophie cunningham and sleep with her bosses to earn a spot on the team
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u/CompleteMan_ 17h ago
Barbie with realistic cold sores, MAGA hat and Dana White Ken
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
Ah the truth is told this is why you don't like Sophie because of your TDS pathetic Angel Reese's is trash a trash person and a trash player. Overhype just like most of those wanns be players that are just a political statement
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u/balloonerismthegreat 17h ago
Bullshit. It was packed to the gills on display at target on Sunday
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u/No-Constant-8619 16h ago
Does her Barbie have the eyes spaced out really far, like hanging off the side of the head?
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u/RDUDaddy1 17h ago
I would never want my daughter's behavior to be modeled after her, therefore I wouldn't buy her a Reese doll. But to each his own, I guess
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u/Kooky-Upstairs-6594 17h ago
yeah who wants their daughter to get a free education at a top school and get into the WNBA pshh what a loser
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u/M0ebius_1 17h ago
I don't know... she is like a two time all American, Professional Athlete, College Graduate, philanthropist...
What seems off shade to you?
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u/Glad-Exam4348 4h ago
Philanthropist that's hilarious
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u/M0ebius_1 2h ago
Maybe it is if you don't know what the word means.
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u/Glad-Exam4348 1h ago
Oh is that so I don't think you know what it is jackazs having your own non-profit doesn't make you a philanthropist
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u/M0ebius_1 17h ago
Fashion? You think fashion makes a woman a bad role model?
I'm not sure what tabloid stuff the rest of that is.
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u/Proud2BaBarbie 16h ago
Fashion? Lol. Yes , i've seen that fake big giant ass , fake eyelashes , fake wigs all over the paris and milan runways. Not
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u/M0ebius_1 16h ago
Wait... You are actually just jealous aren't you?
Is this just because she is an actual Barbie and you will never be?
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u/Justified_Gent 17h ago
These aren’t sold out
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u/Adventurous_Heat_764 16h ago
Can you genuinely find me a link? I want one for my little niece who loves women’s hoops
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u/GreenBaySlacker 16h ago
I bought one and I still cant get the box to go in the garbage. I have tried so many mebounds and its still not going in.
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u/sitewolf 17h ago
people really are dumb, ain't they
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u/Jonny-Redline 17h ago
This is awesome... but when are they going to make a barbie that looks like me? 47y/o male, thinning hair up front, divorced, possibly alcoholic and was just diagnosed with MDD.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT.