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Massachusetts G.I. Joe Sightings
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12-23-2011, 03:57 PM
Air-tight
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Fesifisky
Not much luck earlier going from MA to RI. Had to cross off a number of stops due to traffic and a crappy gps. All I found was a lonely wave 4 Sci-Fi at Whitinsville WM.
Did you pick him up? I'd be interested in him assuming you don't want him. Also, try Leicester- I've always had brilliant luck at that Walmart.
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Fesifisky
Apologies for the rant, had way too much time to think while sitting in traffic earlier.
Rant approved. I feel your pain (I think we all do). I think you've probably found more of wave 3 & 4 at retail than most of us (except maybe for BEAM).
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netkid
Seeing how a ton of product has just not appeared or is only appearing in small numbers has me seriosuly thinking that history will repeat itself and we may see another MASSIVE influx of POC and 30th items at Discounters like we did with 25th and ROC.
I won't completely disagree with you here- your claim has merit but only partially. While the lack of product on mainline retailer's shelves can and in the past has sometimes resulted in said product winding up at discount retailers, it is never wise to anticipate or rely on the arrival of product to discount retailers. I love paying $3-$4 per figure as much as the next guy, but as FastDraw correctly mentioned a few days ago, seeing huge dumps of joes at places like TJMaxx, Marshall's or Ross is ultimately a bad thing for the line.
Unfortunately, wishful thinking usually only winds up in disappointment while dedication to the product and buying what you need when you see it is always a sure way to not regret a purchase.
And also, if you recall correctly, the "MASSIVE influx of 25th & ROC" that showed up at TJX stores around here was hardly rare or unreleased at all. Most of it For the 25th was the single carded 5-pack figure wave and a few later lukewarm waves like the arctic snake eyes wave. Pretty much all of that ROC garbage was common as well, with the exception being that late Kamakura wave (I did grab a few of those figures when I saw them). Don't count on seeing too much of POC. It was manufactured in far less quantities than ROC and most of it sold out in stores. Yes, I know that the TRU exclusives have popped up at Ross but it appears to be just those. But who knows, I'd like to know what happened to all the POC wave 5 & 6 as well. Luckily I did get mine at Walmart, Benny's and Target when they came out, but there definitely weren't many released.
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