[TokuChris]

Here's the thing -

No one is going to lose their job over this. All of this information is easy public access - a single phone call would net you all the same information. This information isn't "sensitive" or anything of the sort. Anyone who has ever worked retail management for any amount of time can tell you that. So for those who are trying to tout some sort of retail white-knight type of attitude - you're being dumb, really. The only way someone can lose their job with information like this is if they started posting SALES information, like how much sold, what it sold compared to something else, etc.

The only thing retail stores don't want you to know is how much they've made on their items. If the store also shows the profit margin % of the item, that too may be sensitive although not much (ie: Ranger Keys at $7.99 with a profit margin % of 8.9%).

The assortment numbers are all Bandai - this information doesn't change very much if at all, because by the time the assortment number is designated, it's usually on the product packaging itself. So while an assortment number *CAN* change, the likelihood that it changes in to a different product is pretty slim. The reality of it is that you're more likely to see an assortment # vanish than to ever be re-assigned.

The item #'s you see listed in the Toys'R'Us system is simply the designation that the item gets for the store's inventory system and their registers. The general "Item Numbers" that are listed and have like 1-20 different item #'s is on Bandai's side - each package is in theory a different item number, but in Target, Toys'R'Us, WalMart, etc., it will be a single item number for the entire assortment.

Confusing? A little bit. Just know that in the retail stores, three different Ranger Key packages will all be the same item # in all of their systems. But with Bandai, each package has its own item number.

Hope that clears it up a bit.