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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4519728" data-attributes="member: 59506">I don't think I'd say never. With the books, probably not, but that doesn't mean never. More than likely you'll probably only see them in bookstores (Books-a-Million, etc.), but again, never say never. As to DDM, they are already there. I've seen both D&D mini booster sets and a large amount of Star Wars minis (not the toys, actual Star Wars RPG mini booster sets). Perhaps you haven't seen them in the Wal*Marts you've been to, but I have seen them in ones I've frequented. I also wouldn't say that it depends on a heavy gaming presence. I've seen this in four different places; Grand Rapids, Michigan - Valdosta, Georgia - Palm Beach, Florida - Orlando, Florida. Grand Rapids and Orlando could be considered your standard big cities, so it's reasonable they would carry them. However, Palm Beach has only one game/comic store for an area with about a 50 mile diameter - not exactly a gamer heavy area. Valdosta is even less gamer heavy. They lost there only RPG store to a CCG and Comics only store near the local college. Eventually an RPG store did surface to fill the niche but was located 10 miles north of the city outside a local military base, where there is a niche group. For a while there was no RPG store in Valdosta, other than buying books at the local Books-a-Million. Definitely not what I would call gamer heavy, and I've seen minis in every single one of those Wal*Marts. I don't know about recent changes to Wal*Mart store designs (other than getting bigger), but I saw Star Wars minis just this week at a local Wal*Mart. I'm not sure where you get your information about what Wal*Mart is able to keep in their warehouses, but it seems that the fact I've actually seen them proves this wrong. I've also seen them fairly regularly in Target.  Edit:  The Little Raven posted while I was typing so I didn't see where he said he'd actually bought the books in a Wal*Mart.  Personally I've never seen the books in a Wal*Mart, but I haven't actually looked for them either.  I usually don't look at the books in Wal*Mart, I'll go to one of the book chains instead.</blockquote>

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