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Louisgod posted:Nice, anybody need me to pick one up for them? Happy to ship to Canada or wherever. Grab one for me. I'm not going to be able to make it to TRU till ~maybe~ Tuesday afternoon, and that'll be it for the week. If you see one, snag one for me please.
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poo poo I'm gonna be "that guy" that brings 6 of the same toy to the counter and gets weird looks from the cashier. I'll probably stop at like 4, but I have you and Rhyno covered if they have extra. Room for one more.
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Louisgod posted:poo poo I'm gonna be "that guy" that brings 6 of the same toy to the counter and gets weird looks from the cashier. gently caress, I'm in. Thanks if you can pull it off.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:04
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Are the new Star Wars figures as bad as they look? Do they really have less articulation than Phantom Menace toys?
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Nov 9, 2015 18:22
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poo poo, I forgot to post about this days ago. Today is the last day for 25% and free shipping on exclusives from the Disney store. http://www.disneystore.com/disney/s...=1&LSID=7171660|11502922| Promo code is DISNEYPAL You can snag any of those Selects for like $19 shipped with it.
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Gargamel Gibson posted:Are the new Star Wars figures as bad as they look? Do they really have less articulation than Phantom Menace toys? The sculpts aren't bad, especially on the storm troopers and their variants, but the articulation is disappointing. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll release "Black Series" versions in that scale with better articulation, but I wouldn't hold out hope - the recent OT black series 3.75" figures I saw at Walmart were a mixed bag of good articulation and POTF articulation. 
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Nov 9, 2015 19:17
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If anyone is able to find a 6" Black Series New Order Trooper or a Phasma and can pick them up for me, my area continues to be devoid of anything outside of a random Finn or Chewie.
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Agrias120 posted:If anyone is able to find a 6" Black Series New Order Trooper or a Phasma and can pick them up for me, my area continues to be devoid of anything outside of a random Finn or Chewie. Phasma is drat near impossible to find in stores right now. I found everyone else from Wave 2, but I ended up going through a friend that owns a toy store for Phasma (paid $30, it was worth the extra $10 not to drive around any more). I have seen quite a few New Order troopers though. Do you want the regular one or the TRU snowtrooper?
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Havoc904 posted:Phasma is drat near impossible to find in stores right now. I found everyone else from Wave 2, but I ended up going through a friend that owns a toy store for Phasma (paid $30, it was worth the extra $10 not to drive around any more). I have seen quite a few New Order troopers though. Do you want the regular one or the TRU snowtrooper? Yeah, that was my fear with Phasma, but I was hoping it was just my area being my area. I'd like to get the snotrooper and the regular one, ideally, but the regular trooper is the one on the top of my list. Everywhere around me just either seems to be not getting in new stock or the scalpers are taking everything even quicker than normal.
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Agrias120 posted:Yeah, that was my fear with Phasma, but I was hoping it was just my area being my area. I'd like to get the snotrooper and the regular one, ideally, but the regular trooper is the one on the top of my list. Everywhere around me just either seems to be not getting in new stock or the scalpers are taking everything even quicker than normal. Okay! I'm sure Phasma will stop popping up in more places, alot of stores will get in fresh stock for Thanksgiving as well. Kylo Ren was rare for a month after Force Friday, but I have been seeing him pop up a few times. When I see a First Order trooper, I will pick him up! If you already got one, then I will happily add a second one.
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Louisgod posted:poo poo I'm gonna be "that guy" that brings 6 of the same toy to the counter and gets weird looks from the cashier. I'm going to be calling tomorrow to see if they have em in stock, so if I get lucky and and grab one on my own I'll make sure to update the thread so you can leave one for the YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE DESPERATELY SEEKING A REEVE SUPERMAN TOY since we all know they exist... somewhere. Does anyone even know of a sku or something for it?
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Havoc904 posted:This batmobile is fantastic! Like Rhyno mentioned a few posts back, get it while you can. Seriously. Mine showed up tonight and I just sat in a dark room with its lights turned on for ten solid minutes, smiling like an idiot. It's huge and beautiful.
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Checked my TRU and no Reeve Superman. Unless the vendor comes in with it, the next truck comes Thursday. Bleh
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Blackchamber posted:Checked my TRU and no Reeve Superman. Unless the vendor comes in with it, the next truck comes Thursday. Bleh I know that special NECA reps or a person other than a TRU employee has to unbox the stock the NECA stuff so it's possible that person hasn't done it yet today.
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Louisgod posted:I know that special NECA reps or a person other than a TRU employee has to unbox the stock the NECA stuff
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Xenomrph posted:Seriously? Is that a new practice to deter scalpers? No, it's a practice to make sure the product actually gets on the shelves.
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therealjon_ posted:No, it's a practice to make sure the product actually gets on the shelves.
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Xenomrph posted:What's the difference? The difference is they don't really care about scalpers. Scalping is a thing collectors care about, and probably blow entirely out of proportion. Hasbro also has vendors put out their stock. They are basically there to make sure that their product goes out timely, looks nice, and is in the right place. Otherwise TRU employees are pretty good at just putting it out wherever it fits and gently caress it. All about image.
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Xenomrph posted:What's the difference? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance
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But if it's not actually getting out on the shelves, where is it going?therealjon_ posted:The difference is they don't really care about scalpers. Scalping is a thing collectors care about, and probably blow entirely out of proportion Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Nov 10, 2015 |
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Xenomrph posted:But if it's not actually getting out on the shelves, where is it going? The guy I traded avatars with? I don't think he posts here anymore.
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Bushifox posted:The guy I traded avatars with? I don't think he posts here anymore.
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Xenomrph posted:But if it's not actually getting out on the shelves, where is it going? At some stores it just never goes out. Here is a interesting story to go along with that. A friend of mine worked at a K-mart that went out of business years and years ago. During the closure he was charged with clearing out the stockrooms and getting all the merchandise on the floor to sell. As they were going through he found multiple boxes of original Star Wars figures. Needless to say they magically made their way to his car immediately. But they found tons of things like this. I know TRU is especially bad about this practice as well.
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I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but that seems amazingly insane to me. Like, don't the storage rooms run out of space as poo poo just piles up? Is this only a problem in toy stores and toy departments?
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Xenomrph posted:I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but that seems amazingly insane to me. Like, don't the storage rooms run out of space as poo poo just piles up? Is this only a problem in toy stores and toy departments? You overestimate the ability of people being paid minimum wage to give a poo poo.
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Red posted:You overestimate the ability of people being paid minimum wage to give a poo poo. This is exactly it. Maybe someone moves something where it is forgotten or they get fired. If you have ever been in a backroom of any retailer you will know it is anything but clean and expertly organized. The last store I took over about a year before the company folded I did 3 full inventories and when I was clearing the store out I still found random things from the 70s hidden away.
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One of my customers used to work at TRU and he was hoarding stock for himself for years. He just repacked boxes, marked them as overstock and put them on upper shelves where it was a pain to check them. He was later fired and tons of stuff that had long since left the shelves was suddenly out. Like TF Armada stuff from 2002 hitting the shelf in 2012.
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No Reeves at TRU today, will check again tomorrow I guess.
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Whomp.  They had two, the other one has paint slop all over the chest so I didn't pick it up.
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Rhyno posted:Whomp. Man it hasn't came in at my work yet, but we did get a angry collector calling for it and being pissed it wasn't in yet. Did see these two at work which I put in layaway until Sunday when everything in the store is 20%.  Might have to get the other two Nightmare Before Christmas figures there since they are only $13 each!
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Got a SKU on the receipt?
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Got a SKU on the receipt? Uhhhh, no? 
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Rhyno posted:Uhhhh, no? Oh nice I can use the number there when I come in to look it up in our store database. Couldn't find one, as it only shows the lame Heroclix one instead.
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Who's that red black series dude
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That Popcultcha sale on Halloween was awesome, got Hot Toys Falcon for $162 shipped to the US. Arrived yesterday, can't wait to open him and check him out.
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Falcon is awesome. His wings only being molded on one side is a weird choice, but you don't see the other side anyway.
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rear end Catchcum posted:Who's that red black series dude It's this guy, the Guavian Enforcer. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Series-Guavian-Enforcer/dp/B00WO09XRK
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I wonder if kids in 1980 were confused by those odd Bossk and Dengar figures on the shelves 3 months before Empire came out.
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Red posted:I wonder if kids in 1980 were confused by those odd Bossk and Dengar figures on the shelves 3 months before Empire came out. I saw the 1977 figures as a kid before I saw the film, had no idea what any of it was. I thought C3po had to be the main dude just because he was so shiny and gold so my grandfather bought me him to go with my micronauts. Oy I really want that Btas Batmobile, one of the comic shops here got one and put it out on display and pictures really can't do it justice.
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Red posted:I wonder if kids in 1980 were confused by those odd Bossk and Dengar figures on the shelves 3 months before Empire came out. I thought Bossk was awesome, but not as cool as 4-lom/zuckuss. Dengar was a fat guy with bandages on his head, so not really worth asking for. Cricken_Nigfops fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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