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Post by WalterF on Apr 27, 2013 23:25:22 GMT -5
I'm sure those of us who are seasoned collectors have found some straight up unusual findings or selections are stores. What are a few of yours?
I brought this up because the other day after months of refusing to pay inflated online prices, I finally found and nabbed E20 Jericho at a local TRU. The odd part is that the entire WWE section was COMPLETELY empty of basic and/or elite figures EXCEPT a lone BAF Randy and not one, but THREE E20 Jericho's. Odd that that it was wiped out of ALL figs, not even shelfwarmers were left (except one Orton), but there were three of one of the hottest WWE figures on shelves as of late. I suppose someone either returned them to do some kind of scam (maybe bought them at a sale price and tried to return them for a few extra bucks a piece) or maybe they happened to find 3 Jerichos in the back, which seems kind of unlikely.
Any ideas of how that happened at what are some of your confusing or atypical findings?
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Post by tehlance13 on Apr 27, 2013 23:30:54 GMT -5
What I think happened for you was that someone probably hid them, the rest of the figures sold out, and an employee found them and put them back where they were supposed to be. I assume the same thing happened to me with Ryback actually. One day after work I strolled into a TRU that never has anything and found him all by himself in the aisle. I mean they had the B27 display in the middle of the aisle but that thing was pretty picked over.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 23:32:39 GMT -5
I found elite 8 regal and elite 9 MVP last week then I found 2pk series 9 Hart Dynasty on pegs too
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Post by WalterF on Apr 27, 2013 23:38:33 GMT -5
What I think happened for you was that someone probably hid them, the rest of the figures sold out, and an employee found them and put them back where they were supposed to be. I assume the same thing happened to me with Ryback actually. One day after work I strolled into a TRU that never has anything and found him all by himself in the aisle. I mean they had the B27 display in the middle of the aisle but that thing was pretty picked over. |
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Post by WalterF on Apr 27, 2013 23:43:22 GMT -5
Sorry about the reply above. I keep doing it over w/ the quote and my comments, but my comments seem to not show up. Anyone else having this issue?
Anyway I was gonna say that possibility didn't occur to me just now, but it makes sense. And good deal w/ the Ryback find. I only saw him once at TRU and it's only because I got a tip from the fig findings board.
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Post by lestial12 on Apr 27, 2013 23:43:42 GMT -5
I believe it was last summer or fall I found the entire WrestleMania Heritage 2 series, for $7 each at walmart. This was like a year after they were released so i was shocked to see them. Scooped up Randy Orton, Melina and Punk.
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Post by joesgonnakillu on Apr 27, 2013 23:55:36 GMT -5
I found a basic series 1 or 2 HHH and an early (possibly first) Batista not that long ago. Probably hidden but i'm pretty sure Target did a major reset and they moved isle's around so I guess maybe hidden in back. Cards were mint too, no dust or even bent corners.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 28, 2013 1:19:13 GMT -5
Well international people never get any of the promo figures yet about 1 year ago I found a TLC PPV Cena with the 1/1000 chair in store. This was many months after the initial release too. Someone else found the same thing, it was like a strange odd case was randomly sent here.
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Post by jnavo217 on Apr 28, 2013 3:03:49 GMT -5
I was at a wal mart that sold literally nothing for months on end and never replenished elites and if a new series did come out, it was always switched out elites and one day I found E9 miz mint and in perfect condition and not another single figure on the pegs... It was awesome
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Post by James on Apr 28, 2013 4:22:30 GMT -5
I found the whole elite 7 set (minus Tyson Kidd) from hamleys toy shop, London last October....picked up hornswoggle (kept MOC) and David hart smith
They had HHH and HBK in DX attires but they was £21 each, that's a lot for an elite.
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Post by ClassicCollector on Apr 28, 2013 5:17:00 GMT -5
I found the whole elite 7 set (minus Tyson Kidd) from hamleys toy shop, London last October....picked up hornswoggle (kept MOC) and David hart smith They had HHH and HBK in DX attires but they was £21 each, that's a lot for an elite. Considering what they are worth (to certain collectors) now (and back in October as well), GBP 21,- sounds like a bargain to me! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2013 5:54:20 GMT -5
I found the whole elite 7 set (minus Tyson Kidd) from hamleys toy shop, London last October....picked up hornswoggle (kept MOC) and David hart smith They had HHH and HBK in DX attires but they was £21 each, that's a lot for an elite. I found them all for £16 a few months back,did they go up in price? |
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Post by James on Apr 28, 2013 6:07:52 GMT -5
I found the whole elite 7 set (minus Tyson Kidd) from hamleys toy shop, London last October....picked up hornswoggle (kept MOC) and David hart smith They had HHH and HBK in DX attires but they was £21 each, that's a lot for an elite. Considering what they are worth (to certain collectors) now (and back in October as well), GBP 21,- sounds like a bargain to me! I knew they were very RARE but I didn't have enough money on me at the time as I bought my sister a Louis Vuitton bag earlier for her 18th birthday and at was the reason I went, I had like £50 left so I went to hamleys very quickly and bought the two that I thought I would never ever see listed online or in retail ever again, kinda regret it now  I found the whole elite 7 set (minus Tyson Kidd) from hamleys toy shop, London last October....picked up hornswoggle (kept MOC) and David hart smith They had HHH and HBK in DX attires but they was £21 each, that's a lot for an elite. I found them all for £16 a few months back,did they go up in price? Yeah, this was around late October last year, might go back down there again later this month  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2013 6:15:40 GMT -5
I found them all for £16 a few months back,did they go up in price? Yeah, this was around late October last year, might go back down there again later this month I might check,I only got Cena & Hunter but I want the dynasty so I might check,if they're £21 I might get 2 of each and ebay them/trade them |
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Post by mrhoss on Apr 28, 2013 6:37:44 GMT -5
I saw six E19 HBKs, no other E19s one day at my TRU. I had gone later in the day on "new truck day" but there is no way my TRU could sell through at least six cases in hours and not sell one HBK. It was right around the time some TRUs got full cases of Ryback. I was suspicious that it was a straight case of HBK but never heard anyone else on here mention it.
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Post by Scott! on Apr 28, 2013 15:44:41 GMT -5
I found a 1/1000 TLC Edge when they first hit in A1, that was the first set in the U.K that they released with 1/1000s that we got. Wouldn't you know I went to their shop in town and they had another one, and another one, and another. Turns out they got about 20 of them.
They also got 3 1/100 TNA James Storms.
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Post by Ryan81398 on Apr 28, 2013 16:09:31 GMT -5
I found an Elite 10 Yoshi Tatsu at my Walmart a few months ago.
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Post by Mr. #1derful 🇵🇸 on Apr 28, 2013 16:17:18 GMT -5
At the end of January, I found a beat-up Mankind at Sears. The box was crushed to hell and had gum/silly string (?) all over it, but otherwise, the figure was fine. I've been wanting to go to another Sears location downtown just to try my luck at finding a crushed up Jerry Lawler or Kevin Nash hiding in the toys section.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Apr 28, 2013 16:20:01 GMT -5
I finally found E19 Liz while out of town for work at a Walmart across the street from my hotel. It was 7am, and she was the only elite they had. And she was sitting on the shelf, below the pegs. She was prob hidden and an employee found her and put her back. It was cray, and dare I say......fate? Then I ordered another one to keep MOC from mattelshop, so it makes it less epic. But that is still the only time I ever saw her at retail.
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Post by qdogg on Apr 28, 2013 16:21:22 GMT -5
2 Elite 5 Swaggers with dust on them at Walmart recently. Also found elite 6 matt hardy, elite 7 tyson kidd, and elite 4 jericho last year exactly the same as the Swaggers, with dust on them.
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