To All: Toys R Us in St Pete has four Radica games in stock tonight...Tank and Sub Assault, Checkers, and Bowling, not 20 total pieces. No blanks for other games. By contrast, Tiger has 52 different games, and at least 10 of each. For their Star Wars game, there are two sizes, and perhaps 40 of each. Talked with the floor clerk...who tells me Radica fishing game(!) has been restocked once since Xmas, and will be restocked again tomorrow, but Bass Fishing was the ONLY product they got. Apparently the local store doesn't control it's own inventory, so they don't know at all what's coming. Out of the entire hand-held category (about a 40' section on one side of an asile), Tiger must have controlled 25, maybe 30'. Tiger obviously commanding, but has a lot of possibly slow movers. Tiger prices seem generally lower, so RADAF gets a premium price. RADAF's games have more product appeal (game for game), which would justify the premium for me.
I got to thinking....if Radica can develop a product line to include 52 different models...and each is as well received as the fishing toys have been...GOK where this stock could be priced!!! Chaz. |
