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01-27-2008, 08:35 PM | #11 |
Telecommunications
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Queens, NY
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I know someone already said that they have dibbs if you are selling your figures. I wouldn't mind getting in on that if you have extras of figures from Waves 1, 2, & 3. I live on the East Coast in NYC and we don't even have peg warmers. I would love anyone's peg warmers of figures I'm missing like Firefly, Stalker, Lady Jaye, Shipwreck and Storm Shadow V2 (the one from Wave 1).
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01-27-2008, 08:39 PM | #12 |
Cobra Peeping Tom
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: IN THE JUNGLE OF CA...
Posts: 4,345
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Being a Socal resident, I know exactly how you feel. It's hard to get a piece of the pie when the distribution is not enough to satisfy all the collectors, scalpers and would be collectors. My advice to you is just be patient. Owning wave 5 right now is not the end of the world. Hasbro will be making more of the figures and before you know it, we will be drowning in them. Plus, like the other members mentioned you should find someone in your area that can help you hunt. It has helped me out a lot and you don't have to make that unnecessary trip to walmart. God knows how much I get tired of seeing the same greeters everytime.
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01-27-2008, 08:44 PM | #13 |
Plastic Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 803
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I was going through the same thing here in Michigan, so I decided to buy, or pre-order mine from BBTS. It saves me the hassle of wasting my time and gas hunting all over town, and coming up empty handed. Ordering online IMO is a very good alternative, and will save your sanity as well. The plus side you get what you want anyway. Yo Joe!!!
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01-27-2008, 08:50 PM | #14 |
Agent
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 15,325
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Originally Posted by bvance74
I was going through the same thing here in Michigan, so I decided to buy, or pre-order mine from BBTS. It saves me the hassle of wasting my time and gas hunting all over town, and coming up empty handed. Ordering online IMO is a very good alternative, and will save your sanity as well. The plus side you get what you want anyway. Yo Joe!!!
yeah so now instead of going nuts going from store to store and finding nothing you will just be looking out the window for the mail man like Al Bundy waiting on the pizza that Peg "ordered" Just kidding. Regardless of how you look at it the first thing you need is patience. |
01-27-2008, 08:58 PM | #15 |
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Pana, IL
Posts: 2,786
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I'm just going to have to say WAHHHHH!
I live in a small town in bumfuck Il. I have A walmart that does not carry Joes as they are too small to carry them. The nearest Walmart is 15 miles one way and they carry them but never get anything. the NEXT closest walmart is 18 miles the opposite way. If I want to go to Target and a different walmart, I have to drive 38 miles straight up the opposite way. If I want to drive 50 miles to TRU, Target and walmart, I can but on that day I may not find anything. However, I do find things when I go, sometimes. I have wasted more gas than that, and that is only on the actual driving to get to A store, not between stores. No one said you had to collect these, but if you want them and hate wasting gas, buy online or get some friends to help. it is the only way to do it without wasting gas. I'm sorry to sound negative, but I choose to collect these, so I'll have to put up with the challenges of the hobby. No one gets what they want in life the first chance out. |
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01-27-2008, 09:09 PM | #16 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: WV
Posts: 527
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I agree. My girlfriend and I argue daily about them. We've been together more than 5 years and my toys are causing major problems. Sadly, I preorder the figures from BBTS and then turn around and pay twice what I should for the same figures via Ebay. I'll check the Wal-Marts and Targets when I'm in the store, but thats it.
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01-27-2008, 09:12 PM | #17 |
Father of a little Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Columbia Missouri
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Originally Posted by FadetoBlack2880
I agree. My girlfriend and I argue daily about them. We've been together more than 5 years and my toys are causing major problems. Sadly, I preorder the figures from BBTS and then turn around and pay twice what I should for the same figures via Ebay. I'll check the Wal-Marts and Targets when I'm in the store, but thats it.
My wife didn't understand what the fuss was all about when i started collecting them again either. But after a while she seemed to get used to the idea and sometimes even helps me. I just tried to make it appealing to her in some way. In this case, she loves to look at the figure's faces and make fun of the goofy expressions. It makes for a good laugh... |
01-27-2008, 09:16 PM | #18 |
The Grey
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 606
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You folks would know true pain if you lived in Argentina
Among many other countries...
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01-27-2008, 09:19 PM | #19 |
Cobra Firebird Viper
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: pittsburgh, pa
Posts: 722
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Pittsburgh, PA is pretty dead too, once have me and my friend found wave 4 and 5, and that was between 20 or so different stores we hit quite regularly. I have also started pre ordering from bigbadtoystore and the last 2 weeks my hunting has been cut by 3/4, only looking if im in the area or riding past a store instead of burning up 25 a day not finding anything...
I was at walmart tonight to buy liquid drano, and casually walked to the toy aisle, not a single figure.......but i breathed a sigh of relief because i actually had to buy something there today |
01-27-2008, 09:26 PM | #20 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Riverside California
Posts: 1,402
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hey if you want the best prices anywere join gijoeclub.com its cheap and worth it and they do pre orders on all 25th waves.. only thing is you have to pre order them cause once there out you cant order them again from them unless they have some deal going on or somthing.. but they dont jip you like bigbadtoystore or toywiz or the one and only retards at brians toys.
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