Running out of Zips?
 

Was in to a RS today looking for a replacement remote and did the normal asking of "whats new". Well it could be empty shelves of ZZ! :eek:

Saw some where else that RS is running out of product. Its not a shipping but plain out of product! I know RS, if true, would love that! :) Esp if they can get more cars just before xmas.

Any one else confirm this?

Looks like this is, not just the hot toy, but the main hot xmas product for this season!

Re: running out of zips...
 

i talked to the manager at the local RS and he said that there was a massive shipment still on a boat off the coast of california waiting to be offloaded... the strike has a lot to do with them being impossible to find

I did not see a single ZZ at my local radioshack yesterday.

It was scarce like around two weeks ago too, I only saw like around 20 ZZ kits (mixed; accesories, etc.)

i heard that the actual shipments werent large in quantity....
the guy showed me the boxes of them...he had about 48 in i think 4 boxes...said thats how many they get at a time...

The radio shack inTGraverse city michigan, was completely out. the sales person told me that all the zips but the blue one I bought yesterday was reserived and allso the oens that would come in, is reserved too. LOL So I am lucky :)


:Sticky note:

Thinking of making a Traverse city club. for the Zips :)

anyone interested email me at Derrek@Chartermi.net

Running out of Zips?
 

Out of 3 RS here in Sioux Falls SD, all sold out except 1, because most don't know it there.
Out of accesories too.

Having worked at Radio Shack in the past, I can tell you that they NEVER keep the "good stuff" in stock. As a commissioned salesperson, it was very frustrating to know that your salary was limited by the availability of products.

When I got my ZZ, I had to pre-pay a couple of days before the order arrived and then wait 45 minutes while they unpacked the shipment to find it. Even then, the only option I had was the Mustang. Better than the PT Cruiser, but still...

Even online, the results are sketchy. I ordered a black Civic and yellow Mustang (the Civic being impossible to find in stores) a couple of days ago.

Turns out the Mustang was out of stock, regardless of what the web site indicated. So the Civic is on its way.

I mentioned how popular the ZipZaps seemed to be - she said "you wouldn't believe it - people are getting bad personalities over this!"

So your best bet is to call the order line directly!


Archerkit

Same deal in my neck of the woods. The strike is killing everyone. me and a buddy drove around for two hours last weekend looking for a FNF kit for his car. We finally found a store that had just one left and he got it.

Heck, I got mine on the night they came out and I got the last one at the store I went to.

I stopped by a RS near me that just opened a few weeks ago. She said they got a shipment in Monday and sold EVERYTHING that day!

brian

FURBY :D
i remember those things...my dog ate one

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Furbies!!!!!!!!!!! I have 2!

some folks have fun by conducting Furby autopsies... they look kinda cool with all the 'fur' taken off...

next up: the 'Visible' zipzap!

well i live in pittsburgh which has 20-30 radiohuts. i was in 2 or 3 of them yesterday and most had a few zzs left. i bought my old lady's brother a red porsch for his birthday and all they had were red porsches and purple pootytootie cruisers. i shoulda got him the pt that woulda been funny. anyhow nobody has the fastand furiouskit. oh well i gave my money to hotwheels for a kit racer.

The stores I have been to here in the Tulsa area are all out. I managed to find two Zaps but had to go to about 6 stores to do it. Went back a few days later looking for upgrade kits and none of the stores had much. heh all I could find last night was one store that had one tire and rim set left hehe... All the stores around here have waiting lists now.

My sisyers kid had about 200 of them......... Burn furby burn!

And yet, I managed to find a black civic just walking into the store yesterday. Glad I picked it up if they are hard to find!

I can't wait for the noobs buying these things to come out of the wood work and start racing, so I can bust out my bits and send them home in tears cause they never heard of them....LOL

They will soon find out that the bits rule... ZZ are cool, but come on, They're a RS product..LOL

silla

I plan to buy one to put the die cast MM car tops on them, particularly the '62 bubble top (which i happen to have a friend who owns a very similar car). No time or want to mess up my bit/microsizers for chassis extension!

if you put a metal body on your zz it will run like a chevy corsica

I though that what a model rocket engine was for?:D That little get up and go. About a C6-3 should do it. Maybe a three cluster or a D Grade motor?

Ah I bought the last zipzap in Traverse city :)

suttons bay and so on. I feel so lucky I own now a prosche. and a honda civic I am getting mroe cars though as soon as the over seas strikes gets settled LOL.

a couple friends and i looked around last week and it seems every RS in San Diego County is out of em and wont be getting many more in soon. we just ordered em off the net, yellow mustang, black civic, and blue PT, 3 FNF performance kits, and one FNF body set. got em all monday and already started hackin em up.

Dallas

Check around Tuesday. That is when they get ther stuff in.

PS did you just check just SD proper or up near Carlsbad, Oceanside, vista etc.

i checked a few around lajolla and a few up in carlsbad/encinitas. doesn't really matter now tho, we got em all in the mail on monday, so no need to go runnin all over the place anymore. :D

Dallas

Over the last 20 years they have put these about everwhere. Go to the RS site and look up stores. Use 92057 and 92008. This should pick up all of the RS stores from Oceanside through Vista, Carlsbad, and one or two other cities furthe down and east.

Hum. There is a good one in Encinitas that been there since the dawn of time. Its in one of the old strip malls off of El Camineo Real. Dont remember the address.

There is also one just off of I5 on Mission in Oceanside that been ther for 30+ years! Right across from the HS.

You may need to hit the one off the track. The Carlsbad mall is always hit but like the one in San Marcos off of Rancho Santfe road is off the beaten track.

But the chase is the fun part. :D

There was a Civic at the RS off of College and 76 around Wed. The Carlsbad Plaza only has those PT Crusers if that helps.

Need to take back a clone bit to WM since its charger is going mad and eats battries like crazy! May grab another ZZ.

Zipzaps!
 

Radioshack by me has a bunch of blue and black civics!

15 of each at least - too bad no tracks or NOS kits though.

Yay! I ordered my Black civic online late last night...about 12pm!

i called around to all 10rs around my area and one store is getting a shipment in on thursday so my mom is gonna wait around there all day untill they get them out and zips are not supposed to be held. i can see this turning out to be like that arnol swartsinager movie with the action figure.

I can't believe your Mom would do that.
She must really love you.
Make sure you clean your room when you get home.
Return the favor.

Radio Shack out of ZipZaps - 10/23/02 - 7:42 PM EST
 

The stores are short on cars and now you can't even order them from the website! I wonder if this is going to continue through Christmas!

http://www.radioshack.com/category.a...1%5F000&Page=1

Their holding the supply to increase demand :mad: Mean e-bay sellers will make alot of money LOL

They might kill off sales rather then promoto them. Remeber this is Radio Trash not Tomy :D.

Personally I don't think RS is holding up on stocking the stores to increase demand. They probably didn't forsee the extremly high demand of the cars. Simple as that.;)

Looking like RS is running out of zips. Usually just a set of tires and hubcaps set are all to be had.

Saw yesterday a signup list at one of the local places. Today at another stated they are out there and other places.

Must be fun to sell out before you really can run your sales pitch! :)

PS: lookatme you have a kind Mom!

im thinking about selling my zz...

oh my! i certainly hope folks can find 'em... haven't had any trouble around here - seems like every store has a batch (and accessories)...

these things are so much fun to work on i made sure to serveral in both frequencies... i can see how you'd need a couple of each, especially if you run them hard.. (and take them apart often)...

i'm sure that more are on the way, especially considering how well they are selling...

I guess this is the next empty shelf xmas item for 2002.

Can just see it:

Person in a small town see ad's for ZZ around late November.
Person goes into Shack and ask clerk about ZZ.
Clerk say they ZIPPED out of here last October! We are out!