STORMSHADOW_80

1 minute ago, Buzzetta said:

I had to travel to Apple this afternoon so I stopped at two targets checking - nada - you wouldn’t know they even sold toys at all.  They did have the Batman Animated Blue Variant but I left it.  

I’m not collecting this line but if I see them people here can have them. 

 

Darn i was rooting for you so I can trade you for Beach Heads. I need 4 for me and my kids.

3 hours ago, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

I went to two targets this morning. At least at the first one I was first in line and no one else looking for toys. Popfindr inventory said 6, the store said 4 on the floor, but none were there. They were nice enough to check the back but couldn't find them. Same thing at the other target.

Called 1st Target again and they found them. She brought them to guest services to hold but told me about the street date. Sure enough I get there and get denied. Manager lied and said supposedly they won’t ring up even though I told them they do. Called Corporate and they said yes they can sell them. I asked corporate to explain that to the manager while I walked back in the store. She was calling and had me on hold. I told the manager I was on the phone with corporate then all of the sudden he was going to let me get one. Asked if they ring? I was like Yes. Such a hard time just to get someone to do a little bit of extra work and realize their partner Hasbro moved up the street date.

While I was Driving back I called the other Target. The guy just unloaded them and brought to customer service for me. Got there and self checked out. 

Looks great @kHAoS

14 hours ago, followtheleader said:

If you have time, I'd love to see the Bucky toy and more of the box.  Looks pretty cool. 

Seems like your temper must have flared up during the travels.  That poor Luke lost his head as a result. 

Patrick

Thanks will do. Poor Luke. A couple figures had writing on them too.

PS. I'm probably going to sell the Bucky. I figure i could pass the savings I got on it to another collector so let me know if you're interested.

I went to two targets this morning. At least at the first one I was first in line and no one else looking for toys. Popfindr inventory said 6, the store said 4 on the floor, but none were there. They were nice enough to check the back but couldn't find them. Same thing at the other target.

1 minute ago, fantastic_four said:

I've watched five reviews of the Cobra trooper now and they're ALL glowing.  Two of those put it somewhere in the top three figures of the year.  The design of the goggles looks REALLY good...apparently it will go either over their eyes or also over the helmet.  Lots of room for customizing looks.

I've only heard three consistent complaints:

• The guns have huge pegs on them to port them into the figure's back.  Porting them in is great, but out of the back the huge pegs look dumb.  Minor gripe there.
• The vest significantly hinders articulation and you can barely use the ab crunch.
• You can't take the vest off without cutting it.  If the vest were removable you could both use the ab crunch and customize trooper appearance better in having some troops with the vest and some without.

It's a very awesome figure. You should run to your target where they are holding them before someone else gets a chance to complain about you getting 6.

7 minutes ago, fantastic_four said:

Grats!  How many you going for?

I'm not sure how many I want yet.  I'll open one and figure it out from there, but with extreme in-demand items like this I prefer to buy first and figure out how many to keep later.  I've currently got 7 Legends Hydra troops and 6 Legends AIM troops.  Hasbro is about to release an X-Men Hellfire Club goon troop building figure that I bet I buy at least three of depending upon how customizable they are.  The goons are shown on the cover below...these specific goons were sliced and diced by Wolverine and later became Reavers, who were also the guys featured in the "Logan" movie who were trying to catch X-23.

Thanks. I'd like to keep 7 or so. I got a couple for my buds. These extras I'll probably use to trade someone for Beach Head for me and my boys.

21 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

And the computer doesn't stop you? That's what I ran into before, but if not, that's great!

Yep i just self checked out again. I didn't want to take any chances.

Picked up some more troopers just now. I still need to find Beach Head

3 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

@STORMSHADOW_80 wait... is it a jacket or a skirt like article of clothing that can fit over a waist?

If it is the skirt like piece then that goes with Klatuu.  

Also the Wampa and Taun Taun look to be in excellent shape.  It is hard to find a non yellowed Wampa or Taun Taun. 

Thanks. I'll have to check it out. It looks like it could be his skirt/kilt lol.

3 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Usually someone made a mistake by putting things like this out.  Then the space where they were in the stock room is shuffled about or filled in so bringing back an endcap of product is not an easy task since all the other shelves around it have been adjusted to accommodate that product. 

If stores sell items before the street date there actually can be penalties for the vendor.   When I worked for Disney they actively went after people that violated street date rules.  I remember there even being rewards if you had a dated receipt that showed you bought a particular video or DVD before the street date. 

The thing is in this case the vendor hasbro made a public post on their twitter and instagram page they were releasing them early because of the preorder fiasco.

2 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

Some of my Targets haven't put them out, and others have them on the shelves, but when you try to check out, they won't sell them due to street date. I've never understood why they put them on the shelves if they won't sell them, seems like it'd be a hassle to keep taking them back to the shelves all of the time. Seems like they'd clear the shelves an put them back in the back at that point. I know a lot of folks are having luck with breaking street date, but mine won't. Same story with the McFarlane DC figs back in January, and I've had the same thing happen with Transformers and Marvel Legends before. So I guess I'll try my luck on 8/14.

You just have to self checkout. Eazy peesy

1 minute ago, Buzzetta said:

The 12" IG-88 is also worth keeping.  They do not come up that often and even without weapons usually go for $100-150

Thanks for the heads up. I have an appointment on thursday so all the info i can get ahead of time i appreciate it. 12" vaders arms are off. I may try to fix that some how. Unfortunately IG88s hands are broken

Do you know what that piece of fur cloth is for? I thought it might have been an ewok hood but those all seem to be vinyl.

23 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

..... @STORMSHADOW_80  snap peas! Blew my mind grapes, are you sure you want all that?!?  hahaha

Congrats!  man I new you went diving but, more glad that it was with family and you came prepared!  

Thanks bro! Secretly I'm hoping now i can take a break, but when opprotunity knocks...

2 minutes ago, fantastic_four said:

Target originally had a street date of 8/14 on this figure and many others, so some Targets are refusing to sell them or put them out.  Did you have to get someone to fetch them from the back for you, and did they give you a hard time?

Most of my Targets are sold out of it already, but one of them is sitting on a full case of 6 in the back; you can track this via Target's publicly-available programming interface used by popfindr.com and brickseek.com.  I may try my luck today to see if I can find a salesperson willing to fetch them for me.

The first set of troopers i got off the pegs and made sure to self check out as i heard sometimes the cashiers would see that 8/14 street date and not want to sell them even though it's not register locked. Yes all the other times i had to argue about hasbro putting out an official statement that they are released early. I've been using popfindr. Good luck out there. I still haven't had these hit my local area and people are already getting wave 2 elsewhere. Madness i tell you.

51 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

 

Boba Fett alone will get you $30-40 if it is in half decent shape. 

The hovercraft fins... 

Apparently the California Gold Rush is still going on. 

I'm thinking of keeping Boba Fett and maybe restoring the white tie fighter. I'll probably unload the SW stuff to a local collectible shop.

I think I actually need the hovercraft fin to have a full set. I'm glad that worked out

1 hour ago, F For Fake said:

Wow, sweet haul! You must be exhausted, but it's still a great feeling to get all of that treasure back home and go through it. Congrats!

For sure. It's almost better sight unseen, then everything is a surprise. I needed quite a few of these pieces.

I’m exhausted, but if I was to know where another score was I would make it happen again tomorrow. So much driving these past couple days. But worth it! Saw a killer lot with a few random pictures for $50. I was all over it. The tub was huge. Here are some pics. I had no idea sand crawlers were worth so much. While I was out there I hit up a couple targets and managed to get a few more troopers for friends. Also picked up a random Bucky o hare that I still haven’t found time to open.

On 8/2/2020 at 5:22 AM, fantastic_four said:

Wow, you're really army-building those.  How many Target trips did that take?

Just watched a review of this guy.  He looks great...I may get a few and use them as goons to mix in with Hydra or AIM soldiers in Marvel displays.  I loved Joe as a kid and had everything from the early 80s, but I'm not into military stuff anymore.  But it's easy to fudge Joes in as members of SHIELD or HYDRA for Marvel collections.  That's what I'm doing with Snake Eyes already.

I got lucky and found the troopers on the first try. Roadblock on the other hand I think I made 5 trips. They are some of the best 6” figs I’ve seen

4 minutes ago, followtheleader said:

Night Scrambler is on my top five remaining wants.

Kudos. I'm jealous

Patrick

Thanks Patrick! 

This is hilarious 

1 hour ago, followtheleader said:

The Firebat is so great. I like the sideways pose. 

We are nearly to page 200!

Patrick

I had been wanting a firebat for a minute. Now I just need a Terrordrome  

This is one of the best threads on the boards!