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Post by CMPUNKISGOOD on Mar 22, 2014 6:40:15 GMT -5
Think the worst part is you pay more for them when you pre-order rather than buying retail. |
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 22, 2014 18:16:54 GMT -5
Idk about that. You have to stake out toy stores to get a case of figures as they come out. So you'll spend a good amount of money on fuel to get to the toy store and you'll spend a good amount of time checking out the stores. So if you preorder/buy online than you're not only paying for the product you're also paying for convenience. I staked out my local TRU in hopes of getting the Lesner/Batista two pack. I went in the day they get new shipments and was told someone had just bought the entire case they got. So even staking out a store I was beaten to it by a matter of mins. This is about where I'm at..... I've been driving around town for three weeks searching for Zeb Colter & E27 Rikishi and come up empty handed every time.... I already broke down and bought Zeb online because I just can't take the frustration anymore. Most stores around here are only getting 1 case of product at a time - and only stocking once every week or two. If I'm not there within a few hours of a case being put out, I'm not getting the figure I want..... and many stores (including Wal Mart) have been bare since January. K Mart is very well stocked - with stuff that I already have, or don't want. Target hasn't stocked in 10 days, when I found the remnants of E27..... but no Rikishi. And I'm pretty sure there are at least 3 employees at my TRU who consider themselves "collectors" - they've told me they hold figures in the back for each other, and mysteriously, the good figures are just never there when they put out new cases of stuff. When good figures are packed 2X per case (or less) my chances of finding something good at Toys R Us are zero.... I do work full time (50-60 hours per week) - so I don't often have time to "stalk" the stores, at least enough to get the figures I want... So, I'm actually leaning towards just preordering the stuff I want and not even bothering with retail anymore - it's becoming too frustrating. And this is coming from a guy who used to love "the hunt". The hunt with Jakks was nice because they had a much larger variety of characters. With Mattel you get Cena plus 2 or 3 other flavor of the month guys and you rarely get that old school name. I really hope I get that Rikishi, I never got it from Jakks so I'd love to have a Mattel figure. Although im pretty sure Mattel prob packed 4 cenas per every 1 Rikishi in those cases. |
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Post by TheChosen1 on Mar 22, 2014 18:18:44 GMT -5
I never Pre order I love the satisfaction and disappointment that comes with hunting
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