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01-27-2008, 07:47 PM | #1 |
Retired Toy Hunter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Burbank, Ca.
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Today is the offical last day for me.
As of this day I will no longer go hunting for 25th Anniversary Joes. I will no longer have an action figure control my life. This past week I have gone hunting four times, not including today. I live in the San Fernando Valley, in SoCal and my trips consist of five Wal-Marts, thirteen Targets, and six TRUs. During the holidays I was on a roll finding Wave 3 & Wave 4 and Comic Packs 1 & 2. The last three weeks I've been coming home empty handed and I am gettting tired of it, mentally and physically. I love these figures but for a 35 year old to go around hunting for "dolls" is not worth it for me anymore. Wave 5 has been my dream wave since I saw the list on a Wal-Mart thread late last summer, and with the upcoming waves getting better... Today I actually found myself useing profanity out loud in the aisles of stores when I found empty pegs or figures I already have had for months. One of my New Years Resolutions was to start attending church again (must be the getting old thing), I have yet to attend because I wake up and decided to check out Wal-Marts on a Sunday my day off, just because they open at 7:00 am and I want to try and bet any scalpers. Like I said this weeks four trips, have cost me $70.00 in gas, while adding unnecessary mileage to my car. We've been having rain storms all week, and for some reason native Los Angelenos can't drive for $#!+ when it rains (accidents everywhere). To top it off when I left one of the Targets today I found that someone had hit the right rear quarter panel on my 07 Honda Civic Si. Hit and Run F***!!! I have been late to work twice for checking Wal-Marts in the morning that are out of my way to work. My supervisior has already talked to me about it, since I'm always the first one at the store because I live walking distance from work. I even lost my wallet with all my credit cards, checks, and driver's license. Luckily some good soul turned it in at the Target that I went back to, after returning five figures that I bought out of impulse. I am planning on buying a house this summer and I should be focusing on that, then my beloved Joes I can't even get. Later on I will be going through all my stuff and pull what I don't need so I can return them. I never collected mint on card Joes before and with all the variants going around with this line...I'm just gonna return them. I have no receipts since I've been buying from last summer, but I'm sure Target can give it back to me in a gift card, that I can use for the exclusives and other necessities. I'm still going to buy the 25th Joes, I love my Joes, but I'm not gonna stress over them. If I find something I want when I stop in a store I'll buy it. But as of today I will no longer hunt for 25th figures, either I get'em down the line or never get'em. I refuse to pay outragoues E-Bay prices, and I hate on-line shopping when I can't see what I'm buying. So I wish you all the best and congrates on your future finds while I curse you all while reading your threads on "I found... " JINX723, 'retired hunter'
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01-27-2008, 07:53 PM | #2 |
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Location: Monrovia, CA
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it can be tough and aggravating. there are a lot of good guys in the LA area that can help you out with what you can't find. just frequent the SoCal thread and give a hollar, and then relax and enjoy your Joes.
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01-27-2008, 07:54 PM | #3 |
Night Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
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Listen,since I'm a genius I'm going to go ahead and solve all of your problems now. Preorder by the case at Bigbadtoystore. They already have all the waves out and they are so easy to get,plus you get duplicated of the badass ones. The plus to this is that is basically doesn't ruin your life and gives you closure on your collection addiction because you never have to worry about it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'll buy all of the 25th figures that you don't want via Paypal TOMORROW. I got dibbs. Called it.
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01-27-2008, 08:05 PM | #4 |
Cobra Brewmaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San jose, Ca. United States
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At least you got wave 4 (still just a myth to me) and some peg warmers! Its been over a month since I have seen wave 3 last hit the shelves, since then every target I have visited here in san jose has had zero carded figures. Its beyond frustrating. I feel you brother.
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01-27-2008, 08:05 PM | #5 |
Father of a little Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Columbia Missouri
Posts: 12,943
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I feel your pain man, i really do. I have not had that hard a time but i can understand what you are going through...
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01-27-2008, 08:12 PM | #6 |
Nine Inch Nailer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Branson, Missouri
Posts: 768
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I can attest to what Viper 48 says. This area sucks too. I dont even think there are that many collectors in our area, but it seems like the pegs are always empty at the stores I go to. I actually bought a couple of figures from Ebay for the first time the other day. Seems like a lot of the stores are totally hit or miss, my area seems to mainly be miss. Now where your from, I can imagine their being more collectors, so I can imagine how much more irritating thats gotta be. Sorry for your luck, but hopefully things will start to pick up.
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01-27-2008, 08:14 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by Texasdoom
Listen,since I'm a genius I'm going to go ahead and solve all of your problems now. Preorder by the case at Bigbadtoystore. They already have all the waves out and they are so easy to get,plus you get duplicated of the badass ones. The plus to this is that is basically doesn't ruin your life and gives you closure on your collection addiction because you never have to worry about it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'll buy all of the 25th figures that you don't want via Paypal TOMORROW. I got dibbs. Called it.
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01-27-2008, 08:15 PM | #8 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Missouri
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I guess the good news is you have 24 stores to check...I have 2...But the bad news is you have found next to nothing at those 24, while I have found all the waves at least twice at my 2 stores...I'm sure it has a lot to do with area and the amount of collectors/scalpers you are against for the same thing.
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01-27-2008, 08:22 PM | #9 |
Agent
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: USA
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There are over 1400 members of the tank. I'm sure you can find more than one who is willing to work with you or help you find what your looking for. Also I think it is safe to say that it would be cheaper than the 70 in gas you are spending for nothing at all. Just check the stores on your way too and from work. Don't make special trips and if you find something of interest to somebody else then get it for a trade. There are other ways to get what you want but you might not have it in had by the end of the day. Oh yeah and they are not "Dolls" they are ACTION FIGURES!
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01-27-2008, 08:35 PM | #10 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,300
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I honestly feel your pain. All i ever see are wave 1 comic packs. I gave up myself and bought 2 sets of wave 5 off ebay for 90 bucks. I figured i'd save on gas in the long run.
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