Trouble finding Wave 5 anywhere

By Crichelle, in Star Wars: Armada

Does anyone have any leads on places to find wave 5 either in Southest Texas or online? I have been hounding my two FLGS for almost a month now, but both of them have no idea the wave 5 shipments will finally come through. Distributors apparently have no idea either. At the same time I have noticed that online sales have dried up as well. Anyone else having a heck a of time finding the new releases?

(side note: both FLGS get fully restocked with X wing and Imperial Assault twice weekly).

I have been trying to hold out to support my brick and mortars, but at this point, I will buy from the first place that can get me my new ships.

Miniature Market appears to have everything in stock except for the Arquitens. Looks like Coolstuffinc has the entire wave in stock.

I bought my last two Arkittens from The Warstore last week.

Yeah I had assumed I would be able to shore up my fleet with more arkittys but been stuck with just the two so far. Cest la vie.

"Just the two" :(

I can't even find one.

"Just the two" :(

I can't even find one.

Amazon has them for $49.99 <GULP>.

Cool Stuff still shows 20+, Miniature Market shows out of stock.

Edited by Prince of Moskova

Yeah, WarStore order shoud arrive today. Several local FLGS sold out and have been dragging ass on getting more. Besides, I've been supporting WarStore for many, many years. Miniatures market good too (I mostly get Dropzone stuff from them).

I honestly think it's going to be a while until another wave. FFG seems to be having a lot of supply issues, and they have a lot going on with their new mini wargame (which looks pretty cool), Destiny, the rapid fire onslaught of X-wing waves, etc. Wave 5 was big, and will take a while to shake out and really get a grips on, especially considering it followed Wave 3+4 fairly closely and we are still getting our heads around that one a bit...

Does anyone have any leads on places to find wave 5 either in Southest Texas or online? I have been hounding my two FLGS for almost a month now, but both of them have no idea the wave 5 shipments will finally come through. Distributors apparently have no idea either. At the same time I have noticed that online sales have dried up as well. Anyone else having a heck a of time finding the new releases?

(side note: both FLGS get fully restocked with X wing and Imperial Assault twice weekly).

I have been trying to hold out to support my brick and mortars, but at this point, I will buy from the first place that can get me my new ships.

First off...Southeast Texas you say? I am in Bryan/College Station. You in Houston? Golden Triangle?

Second...that stinks. You may have to go online to purchase.

I try not to use Amazon for this kind of thing. Please support FLGS and shops like WarStore and Miniature Market; otherwise they go away, and our hobby crumbles...

Plenty of Wave 5 stuff at my local gaming shop...

...which happens to be the Fantasy Flight Games Center.

:)

Seriously, hope you can find stuff soon!

Edited by RobertK

"Just the two" :(

I can't even find one.

Amazon has them for $49.99 <GULP>.

Cool Stuff still shows 20+, Miniature Market shows out of stock.

!!!

Thanks for the heads up on coolstuff. Haven't checked in the last few days.

Now to just restrain myself from throwing in a bunch of extra things, too. And to somehow explain this to my wife. Again. Just... just constantly.

EDIT: I actually checked with my LGS again yesterday. They still carry zero Armada (or X-Wing now, which confuses me since I know they have a decent X-Wing scene), and their ordering was... just not good. I honestly don't understand how that store stays open. Just M:tG all day every day?

Edited by Greatfrito

I bought some at my LGS to support it, and when I needed more I got them at the WarStore. I had a great experience, and I was really impressed with how quickly they shipped from NY to MA.

I bought some at my LGS to support it, and when I needed more I got them at the WarStore. I had a great experience, and I was really impressed with how quickly they shipped from NY to MA.

Same here and quick shipping to TX.

"Just the two" :(

I can't even find one.

Amazon has them for $49.99 <GULP>.

Cool Stuff still shows 20+, Miniature Market shows out of stock.

!!!

Thanks for the heads up on coolstuff. Haven't checked in the last few days.

Now to just restrain myself from throwing in a bunch of extra things, too. And to somehow explain this to my wife. Again. Just... just constantly.

EDIT: I actually checked with my LGS again yesterday. They still carry zero Armada (or X-Wing now, which confuses me since I know they have a decent X-Wing scene), and their ordering was... just not good. I honestly don't understand how that store stays open. Just M:tG all day every day?

This is why I like Amazon. My local stores are almost all comic and Magic places at the moment. This why FFG needs to have this stuff be available at more places. This wave is super hard to find.

Thanks for leads everyone! I managed to get everything except Arkittens from Warstore.

Ryanabt, college station is a little bit of a hike for me, I am actually just southeast of Houston. Otherwise I am always looking for new games.

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yeah this issue is a pain. I pre-ordered all of wave 5 at my FLGS back in late October and got the squadron packs and Corellian Conflict back in December but they say their distributor never got the ships in. Still waiting for my Pelta and Arq to show up.

This very frustrating but it does make me feel a little better that this seems to be a nationwide problem. I thought it was an issue with my FLGS and was ready to start ordering exclusively online in the future.

Thanks for leads everyone! I managed to get everything except Arkittens from Warstore.

Ryanabt, college station is a little bit of a hike for me, I am actually just southeast of Houston. Otherwise I am always looking for new games.

Have you tried Goldmine games in Richmond? They should have all the new stuff in stock. Let me ask the owner.

Miniature Market appears to have everything in stock except for the Arquitens. Looks like Coolstuffinc has the entire wave in stock.

Yup, I got mine off of CoolStuff.com

...but they say their distributor never got the ships in. Still waiting for my Pelta and Arq to show up.

Just as an FYI, you should be very sceptical of this claim. 'The distributor is out/never received it' is the LGS equivalent of 'my dog ate my homework'.

For those shopping in Austin, Nerdstock on Parmer still has Wave 5 on the shelves.

You could buy them from the products section of this website too.

You could buy them from the products section of this website too.

Does anyone have experience buying directly from FFG? I'm wondering if there processing and shipping is good? I prefer buying from LGS but everyone in 50 mile radius is out of wave 5 and not giving me any indicator if they'll get more. As the OP said, most places online are also out of much of it.

Had to get my two kittens shipped from freaking England.

You could buy them from the products section of this website too.

Does anyone have experience buying directly from FFG? I'm wondering if there processing and shipping is good? I prefer buying from LGS but everyone in 50 mile radius is out of wave 5 and not giving me any indicator if they'll get more. As the OP said, most places online are also out of much of it.

I'll let you know when I get mine. I ordered the imperial fighter pack and the light cruiser yesterday. They said it shipped already.