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05-19-2008, 11:24 PM
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| | Iron Grenadier Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Burbank, Ca Posts: 508 | It won't stop all of the thieves, but at least some.
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05-19-2008, 11:37 PM
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| | Cobra Infiltrator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,629 | I remember when the wave 1 came out and I got the Hawk/Scarlett and learned that the redemption sticker missing. Glad Hasbro has tighten security a bit!
Now if I can just fine the wave 4 CPs.
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05-19-2008, 11:52 PM
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| | Cobra Peeping Tom Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: CA Posts: 1,166 | I applaud Hasbro for their effort. It might not stop thieves(nothing is 100% effective), but if it means slowing or frustrating a thief from stealing one at the store, I'm all for it.
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05-19-2008, 11:59 PM
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05-20-2008, 12:11 AM
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| | THE ULTIMATE COBRA WEAPON Join Date: May 2008 Location: STATEN ISLAND NYC But Brooklyn Born & Raised Posts: 2,708 | O and improved protection would have been no open bottom where u can slide the figures out of like the single packs | |
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05-20-2008, 02:31 AM
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| | shootin' from the hip Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 2,709 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadblock Recall  won't be ANY good? that's a bit of an overstatement, don't you think? Are you telling me that you don't think an additional sealed bag will keep just ONE thief from snagging a POP sticker? | no, it won't. fact is, stores don't know anything about what is supposed to be inside the package. thieves return packages with swapped figures or no figures at all with the comic covering the front of the package. if retailers don't know the difference with that, they aren't going to know if that comic inside is supposed to be wrappped in plastic, and if they don't know that, the thief will simply remove it from the plastic and put it back in.
the Target by my house is stuck with a HISS tank that someone bought and returned without the figure. as long as they can get into the package, they will steal and return, so a little extra plastic isn't going to have any affect.
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05-20-2008, 02:36 AM
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| | mega-BANNED Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,414 | Quote:
Originally Posted by gunslingercbr no, it won't. fact is, stores don't know anything about what is supposed to be inside the package. thieves return packages with swapped figures or no figures at all with the comic covering the front of the package. if retailers don't know the difference with that, they aren't going to know if that comic inside is supposed to be wrappped in plastic, and if they don't know that, the thief will simply remove it from the plastic and put it back in.
the Target by my house is stuck with a HISS tank that someone bought and returned without the figure. as long as they can get into the package, they will steal and return, so a little extra plastic isn't going to have any affect. | many people were sliding the stuff out right there in the store without ever purchasing the comic pack. to say that this new amall layer of security won't inhibit a single would-be thief is a bit naive.
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05-20-2008, 02:46 AM
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| | Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 88 | anything is better than nothing. im so sick of seeing all these joes being return with corps figures instead. i mean if you cant afford a joe figure and have to pull some scam to get them then your prio. might be focused somewhere else besides toys. i see alot of this kind of crap around the los ang. cali area | |
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05-20-2008, 12:35 PM
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| | Death From Above 1976 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: McDonald, PA Posts: 975 | I'm still more concerned with the fact that the next wave of comic packs is out. Woot! I might find some in the stores around August. Still waiting for wave 7 restocks. They appeared at Walmart once, and were gone forever... | |
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05-20-2008, 01:34 PM
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| | shootin' from the hip Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 2,709 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadblock Recall many people were sliding the stuff out right there in the store without ever purchasing the comic pack. to say that this new amall layer of security won't inhibit a single would-be thief is a bit naive. | you don't know if they were stolen in the store or bought and returned. secondly, I am pessimistic about it's functionality, and pessimism is not naivete.
naive means lacking of worldy experience, or cunning or sophistication. if you are going to attempt to insult or jab me, at least do it correctly.
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