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05-20-2014, 12:19 AM | #1 |
The Butcher
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I occasionally find it necessary to visit the local Rite Aid drug store to buy my son diapers. Being a month old, he hasn't quite mastered the art of going in the toilet just yet. Anyways, while I'm there I usually scout the toy aisle for undiscovered figure gold. The other day, I happened upon a Star Wars Saga Legends Saesee Tiin fig from 2007. Here we are in 2014, and this fairly decent Jedi fig is still peg warming away without a care in the world. I'm sure it was probably a stock room oversight, somebody kicked it under a shelf or something, but once in a while I'm sure a figure peg warms so hard that it actually sets up residence in the same location for a decent amount of years. What's the oldest toy you have found at retail, and, do you have a figure that haunts one of your local spots?
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05-20-2014, 08:30 AM | #2 |
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05-20-2014, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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The oldest I've found was an old 1990's Star Wars Micro Machines Action Fleet TIE Interceptor at this old record store. It wasn't just music they sold a bit of everything. I always went there to get my PC games back in the late 90's and early 2000s. Anyways I was checking out their section of Star Wars stuff and in behind some books I saw the corner of that box. I moved the books and got it out, it was covered dust. It must of been there since like 1995 or something and this was 2007.
I went to check out and they couldn't find it on the computer. So the cashier chick was extremely cool. She said when that happens the item has to be destroyed. so she set it out back by the door and I drove around and got it. That damn TIE Interceptor, I ended up buying all those action fleet Imperial ships. TIE Fighter, TIE Bomber, the shuttle and landing craft and even the TIE Defender. A friend of mine says he was at TRU in 2001 and found some battle corps GIJoe figures. I think he's full of crap, but I guess it's possible. |
05-20-2014, 10:51 AM | #4 |
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Not hugely old, but the most recent example I can think of is that just last year (2013) I found a bunch of silver-foil 25th Anniversary Joe figures at one of my local TRUs.
I suspect someone was returning stock they couldn't unload at a profit on Ebay or a flea market or something, but it was still quite a shock to see them. Beyond that, I don't recall specific examples, but I do remember tht the old Kay-Bee toys used to have some pretty old stuff lurking on their shelves when they were around. I'm pretty sure they still had mid-90's X-Men stuff in there right up until they closed their doors for good. |
05-20-2014, 09:15 PM | #5 |
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it had to be late 2011 when i found a tomax xamot cp at buy rite in oregon.
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05-21-2014, 04:24 AM | #6 |
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There's a cafe I pass by that sells vintage toys and collectibles in addition to their delicious coffee and ice cream. They had a board game on sale that was 60 years old. There's also various tin toys from a long time ago for sale too.
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05-21-2014, 10:22 AM | #7 |
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My local K-Mart put out a case of SW 2002 Saga figures (the blue carded ones) about a month ago. I suspect they were found in the stockroom after years of being lost. The cards are a bit crispy and warped but they put them out on the sales floor just the same. The scan at $5.99.. some have sold but most are still there. Weird
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05-21-2014, 11:09 AM | #8 |
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While working at a toy store in 1998 I found a 1988 Voltar under a shelving unit I was taking apart... a 10 year old figure was pretty cool to see again. I wish I bought it @ $2.99 but I was into Star Wars at the time and just put it in the clearance bin.
Recently I found a foil 25th Flash at Target. It appeared to be a stock room find, it would not scan, so the cashier let me have it for $2.99 lol
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05-21-2014, 02:05 PM | #9 |
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I remember Kay Bee toys had Robotech Masters figures from 1985 still hanging around in 1993. They were marked down to .50 or .25 cents, I think.
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05-21-2014, 02:16 PM | #10 |
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I found 10 mint on card SW Phantom Menace figures at a Salvation Army store just a year ago. If that counts.
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