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12-07-2008, 04:05 PM | #1 |
Cobra Locksmith
Join Date: Oct 2007
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With all the talk of people switching out and swapping figures I was thinking back to my first retail job at Kaybe toys when I fell upon my first repacked/resealed figure . Its was about 1996 and I remember finding a vintage Skeletor repackaged in of all things a Double Dragon action figure package . So with that being said how far back can you remember witnessing you first " switcharoo" ?
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12-07-2008, 04:12 PM | #2 |
Master of Disguise
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Honestly, I've been collecting figures for a very long time off and on, and I never remember seeing this happen at least no where like it is now until the G.I. Joe 25th Line.
Even in my area I don't notice many SW repacks. However, back in the 80's when I was 10 and Wal-Mart had basically an unlimited return/exchange policy. I did wear out a NES Joystick and bring it back for a new one like six months later. But that was before I realized how things work and that it would cost me in the long run... and I was 10.
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12-07-2008, 04:14 PM | #3 |
Hisstank.Com General
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Location: Greensboro, NC
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Last year, GI Joe 5 pack with RB and SE switched with 2000 SE and 2001 Double Blast (Roadblock mold) at K-Mart. (Gung-Ho may have also been replaced with his 2001 counterpart)
I alerted three employees, showed them how it should look and what was wrong. They blankly stared at me so I put it back on the shelf. A few months later I saw that Gung-Ho was still there but SE and RB were gone. I saw them sitting on the shelf and I put them on the upper shelf. Later they and Gung-Ho were gone and that 5 pack with only Duke and Scarlett sat there for a few more months before finally disappearing forever. |
12-07-2008, 04:18 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: May 2008
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Kmart in colonie ny has a Legions pack that STILL sits on the shelf...S.S. is the Valor Venom fig, Cobra commander is replaced with some Joe that i never saw before, one of the troops has switched KNEES...its actually funny, cause someone bought the set not for the troop building, but to get 2 lame non troops and a set of kee pads lol
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