This past Monday we
reported that
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show - Complete Collection, which had been delayed in the USA from September 1st to instead releasing on
October 20th, was already out in Canada. Readers north of the border had spotted copies in FutureShop, Best Buy and other Canadian retailers on the original street date...and we found out that this was because the street date in Canada had never actually changed.
Until today, that is! In our report the other day, we mentioned that Amazon.ca (the Canadian branch) had no listing for the title, and after posting the news on Monday we got reports from a couple of readers in Canada telling us that they couldn't find it on shelves after all. One e-mail told us of a visit to FutureShop, where they were told that the store had been instructed to pull the title from shelves and "send it back."
Today a retailer alert from Warner-Canada cleared up the mystery. The alert informed sellers that the Sept. 1st street date was no longer in place, and that the correct street date in Canada for
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show - Complete Collection would be October 20th (the same as the USA). A miscommunication about the date between the two North American divisions, then? Possibly, although we can also think of other plausible reasons that this might have happened. It doesn't matter, though. If you managed to get a copy early, then count yourself fortunate. If not, then hang on, because Oct. 20th really isn't that far away!
