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04-19-2019, 03:24 PM | #1 |
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What was the hardest figure to find at retail for you? Mine was renegades storm shadow. Think I got one offline and then found another at a Cvs but took forever.
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04-19-2019, 03:29 PM | #2 |
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POC Low-Light. I can't remember how I got him now. It may have been from ordering a case of figs from BBTS, but I know I never saw him in the wild.
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04-19-2019, 03:41 PM | #3 |
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POC money bags Destro. Had to buy two at joecon. Never found them in the wild.
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04-19-2019, 04:03 PM | #4 |
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There were four I never found at retail... Renegades Storm Shadow, Techno-Viper, Law & Order and Retaliation Jinx.
I was able to pick up Techno-Viper and Law & Order on eBay for 2-3 times their retail price and Stormy at an antique store, oddly enough. Never found Jinx... but I don't need her.
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04-19-2019, 05:14 PM | #5 |
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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.
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04-19-2019, 05:24 PM | #6 |
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That's crazy because Ret. Jinx was a peg warmer at 5 Below back in the day.
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04-19-2019, 05:57 PM | #7 |
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I only found moneybags Destro and ROC Kamakura once. I never found the blue Wraith or black-headed comic pack Destro in the wild at all and had to get my first ones from friends (both later became fairly common).
On the other hand, some of the ones people had a difficult time finding were pretty common in my area. That includes the before-mentioned Techno Viper (I bought every one of them I found so I ended up with 72 of them). I even troop-built Sci Fi, Airtight, Law, and Lifeline since they were so common (and I left many on the shelf). I don’t know exactly how many, but I bought around 10 of the Renegades Storm Shadows (I only kept 3 for myself and gave the rest to my friends that couldn’t find him in their areas). That was one of the worst issues with the modern era; spotty distribution. One area would have a ton of a certain assortment, another would never see it. |
04-19-2019, 06:29 PM | #8 |
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Oh this one is easy.
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04-19-2019, 06:30 PM | #9 |
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I've never not found something retail. I have passed on things and decided i wanted them later on, and it was too late, though.
I miss kmart. I'd find stuff there months after they were price hiked on Ebay. I once found a Darth Talon comic pack on the pegs long after the wave was released and they were going for about 100 or better online.
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04-19-2019, 07:43 PM | #10 |
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Off top of my head I’ll say the 5th Mass Device pack (the one with Alpine). Never saw that one at retail at all and had to eventually buy it from a third party.
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