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04-23-2019, 10:25 PM | #31 |
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I had a heck of a time finding Storm Shadow in stores in '84. My best friend and I had seen the new cardbacks and were both eager to find the new Cobra ninja. We worked all day for his dad to earn the $3.25 needed along with a trip to the toy store.
When we got there, there was no ninja to be found. Instead, we both grabbed Firefly because he looked sort-of like a ninja. |
04-23-2019, 10:30 PM | #32 |
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I second this.....but back in the movie days I could find Kamakura anywhere.
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04-23-2019, 10:33 PM | #33 |
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04-24-2019, 01:50 AM | #34 |
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As far as vintage goes, the only figures I recollect having trouble finding were a few of the second-wave Street Fighter II figures, and a big chunk of the Street Fighter movie line. To this day there are still a lot of SF movie figures I've never seen in-person. I don't remember having much trouble looking for specific figures otherwise, and a lot of figures were just impulse purchases anyways rather than planned out.
As for modern? Dang. Distribution (and I'm assuming scalping) has been problematic around here for years. A list of stuff I've never seen might almost be as big as a list of stuff I have seen.
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04-24-2019, 09:33 AM | #35 |
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I think the scalping thing started in the 90s during the XMen and POTF2 craze. People specifically started working at TRU et all to scalp stuff before it even hit the floor. Then eBay came along and cemented the practice. I'm looking at you Retro Blasting...
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04-24-2019, 09:36 AM | #36 |
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When I was a kid, I lucked out and found a Firefly at a Fred's store. I begged my mom to buy it for me! I never saw Firefly again at any other store.
Weird, now that I think about it, I remember Blowtorch being kind of peg warmer when I was a kid - prophetic? Jason |
04-24-2019, 09:39 AM | #37 |
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04-24-2019, 09:46 AM | #38 |
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04-24-2019, 11:20 AM | #39 |
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A wise purple man once said, "The hardest finds require the strongest wills."
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04-24-2019, 11:55 AM | #40 |
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Toughest to find was Renegades Storm Shadow. Still don't have one but I kind of gave up. Figs like Airtight, Lifeline etc, a friend of mine got them for me so I stopped looking for them but I don't think I ever saw those on pegs either.
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