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Talk about the day U got it 1st!
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10-21-2007, 12:37 AM
Obiwanjacoby
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Posts: 529
Have you ever been the early bird? Ever nail down a Joe
before
the online reviews came up?
Do you remember a time when you were the
very first person
on the block to post on the "I got it" sticky for that particular wave?
I'll start. I got one story.
ONE
! But it's pretty kewl.
It was 2001 and everyone was waiting on pins & needles for wave 2 (IIRC), the case that had such unforgettable figures such as "Double-Blast" and "Fast-Blast Viper." Whew,
that year was a blast,
wasn't it? :rolleyes:
Regardless, there was a lot of hype and excitement over this. And by some strange luck, I nailed down the first verifiable case at retail.
I managed to get it at KB Toys; one of the workers there thought I had preordered it. I just left my name the week before, and they called to offer me the case before they stocked it. No schmoozing was involved or anything like that, it was just a fluke.
I didn't want any of the figures in that particular assortment anyway, so I traded it to a guy on the boards who lived in Belgium.
He sent me a sealed Serpentor v.1.
To this day, I still think I came out on the winning end of that trade. ;)
Okay, your turn.
-PJ
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