I noticed something today when I was at my local Wal-Mart in Indy. There were new cases of minis cups in the checkout lanes that weren't there two days ago. On closer inspection, I noticed two things - first, there was a different lot number on the bottom of the boxes compared to the ones I bought at Wal-Mart previously, and second, there were two different types of cups on the shelf. Some had a smooth base, and the ones in the higher numbered lot box had the raised "reinforced" rim on them. I bought one case of 6 with the reinforced bottom just to see what was in the cups. No new titles were showing as the displayed mini, and in the 6 cups I bought, no new stickers or minis in them.
Has anyone else noticed these differences in the Wal-Mart items? Is it possible that this could be the "fifth wave", or is it just something that I have overlooked in the forum posts that was noticed before?
I'm going to try and pick up some others from this store if I get the chance today.