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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 13, 2012 11:08:39 GMT -5
I found them at the Kmart in Clemmons yesterday! They had at least 2 of everyone in the series from what I could tell. Is Miz in this series? I thought I seen it somewhere on line that he is. If so, then he was gone. They were in a generic looking cardboard display. Nice. Yeah Miz in there. Thanks for the info, hopefully I can find them here soon. I forgot to mention that they also had Elite 12 in the display for those that are still looking for it. I think they had everyone but Kane.
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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 12, 2012 8:57:16 GMT -5
Yeah I believe they have been showing up at KMarts (in other states). I found them at the Kmart in Clemmons yesterday! They had at least 2 of everyone in the series from what I could tell. Is Miz in this series? I thought I seen it somewhere on line that he is. If so, then he was gone. They were in a generic looking cardboard display.
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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 11, 2012 13:01:32 GMT -5
Has anybody seen any of the newest 'Signature Series' figures yet? None, my way. I take it these are showing up at Kmart stores? Speaking of Kmart, I picked up an Elite 4 Finlay figure as part of the Elite sale! Great figure and nice to still see something that old at retail!
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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 10, 2012 2:04:20 GMT -5
Where is everybody at...
Anyway, somebody better call my momma as I finally found the Basic 15 (I guess that is the series anyway) Brodus Clay figure tonight! Damn is it spot on! Possibly the best all around Basic figure that Mattel has made to date!
So, I traveled up to the awesome Toys "R" Us store in Greensboro earlier tonight after I got word that they had that and another figure in stock that I was searching for! Here is a brief rundown of what I saw and bought:
Greensboro TRU: -As mentioned, they had the Basic series with Brodus Clay in stock and they had everyone there! Though, there was only 1 of Layla, 2 of Funkasauras, and multiples of everyone else left after I was done! However, I will warn everyone that the packages are bent all to hell on most of them. My Clay was near mint though! -Elite 13 finally! I scored both the Big Show and Sheamus! That was the last Show, but they did have 1 more of Sheamus, Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler left! Even though most people are like me and don't care to get another Rey Mysterio figure, there was 2 in stock for those that need a four-hundredth figure of him in their collection. Also, there wasn't a single Edge, but he may have not been in this case. Why you say? One of the employees that works at the Winston TRU told me a few weeks ago that he got in a case of Elite 13 that was missing both him and Show. Odd, but I do believe the guy. None the less, I don't see why someone would buy him and not Rhodes as far as tonight's case is concerned. -Only 2 figures left of the Best of Pay Per View Elite series and it was of course John Cena complete with shelf warming action! -Multiples of Cena and Mysterio from the Best of Pay Per View basics. Surprising, I know! I could hardly believe that they haven't literally flown off the shelves yet! -Multiples of both Randy Savage/CM Punk and Randy Orton/Mason Ryan from Battle Packs 2. There was also 1 left of Heath Slater/Justin Gabriel! +That was about all that was left and mattered...!
All and all, a successful trip as I am caught up with everything I need that has hit retail! Sadly, my wallet hasn't caught up yet!
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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 5, 2012 16:05:59 GMT -5
Did anyone go out to the AIWF Mid-Atlantic show Saturday night in Thomasville? I did and it was a decent show, but nothing spectacular. I got to meet Matt Hardy and Shane Helms (in his Hurricane gimmick) though! Matt was nice for the most part and signed the Classic Superstars 22, Wrestlemania 22 Edge/Matt Hardy, Wrestlemania 27 and Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy Internet Exclusive figures that I brought along with me! As for Shane, he was very nice and a pleasure to meet! He really digged the No Way Out, Classic Superstars belt/figure combo and the Smackdown draft figures that I brought to get signed! I must say that Matt is in a lot better physical shape and was very crisp in the ring to say the least! Honestly, he seems to be at the level he was in around 2007 when WWE pushed him with the United States, then the ECW title!
As far as figure hunting is concerned, I hit both the Wal-Mart and Kmart stores in that town and neither had anything worth writing home about.
All in all, a decent evening as I was able to get all of the figures signed that I dragged with me! It was also cool seeing Shane in his Hurricane gimmick. For the hell of it, he is also a lot taller than you would expect for him to be, lol!
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Post by DRFTKO on Mar 3, 2012 14:09:59 GMT -5
I nearly forgot to mention that I went to the NCWA show last weekend in Clayton that featured Jerry Lawler, Amazing Red, Sonjay Dutt and Jimmy Rave among others! For anybody that watches The Walking Dead on AMC, Addy Miller (the little zombie girl that the sheriff shot in the show) was there and both Ronnie and Amy from Lizard Lick Towing made surprise appearances as well! All of the celebrities were nice and respectful toward us wrestling fans and Addy even got involved in the main event! Anyway, back to the wrestling portion. Amazing Red was awesome and extremely nice to say the least! He signed the Deluxe Impact 2 figure that I brought along with me and even joked about how they 'actually got his scale size right', lmao! Why Red isn't with TNA stumps me, but I imagine it has something to do with Eric Bitchoff. Great show none the less though!
While in the Raleigh area, I made a few quick stops. Here is a brief rundown of what I found:
Apex Target: -Nothing at all other than a few Elite 12 (or is it 13) Randy Orton figures in stock... +The Target stores here in North Carolina have been pathetic to say the least over the last year...
Cary Toys "R" Us: -Several of both John Cena and Triple H from the Elite Best of Pay Per View series. -I think I recall seeing 2 of Stone Cold and 1 of The Miz from the Elite Road to Wrestlemania series. -At least 2 cases worth of Battle Packs 2. There were at least 2 of the Heath Slater/Justin Gabriel sets in stock. -1 Kofi Kingston from the Basic series with Brodus Clay. +That was all that I remembered from this store. Along with having a nice and healthy stock, this store also looks great inside to say the least! Both my girlfriend and I were amazed at how damn good it looked compared to the rest of the stores that we have been in!
Well, that was it for that trip! I didn't buy anything on this trip, but I did have a blast at the show! All in all, it was a good time!
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Post by DRFTKO on Feb 27, 2012 17:11:53 GMT -5
Hit up tru in durham, they got some new stuff in, e13, no edge or cody, and legends 6, had the whole set in stock i grabbed the only eddie. They are also running buy 2 get the 3rd free on all single figures. Does that also include Elite figures by chance?
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Post by DRFTKO on Feb 26, 2012 20:27:40 GMT -5
Sorry for the late post, but I done some unexpected figure hunting Friday night! It was in Winston and here is a brief rundown on what I found and purchased:
Winston Toys "R" Us: -Exactly what I was looking for...Best of Pay Per View Elite Daniel Bryan! They had 1 more left in stock that has random black paint on the leg after I left! There was also multiples of both Triple H and John Cena from the series as well! -At least 2 cases worth from Battle Packs 2! There was 2 of Heath Slater/Justin Gabriel in stock and all of the Randy Savage/CM Punk sets had the painted belt. -Multiples of Rey Mysterio and John Cena from BOPPV Basics -1 lone Kofi Kingston from the Basic series with Brodus Clay. -1 lone Rey Mysterio from Elite 13. -1 Texas Tornado from Legends 13.
Winston Target: -Nothing as far as Basic figures are concerned. -Multiples of Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio from Elite 12 in stock.
Wal-Mart off Hane's Mall Boulevard: -At least a case or more worth of Basic 11. Everyone was there including 2 of everyone's favorite Hoeski, Eve Torres! -1 lone R-Truth/John Cena 2 pack from Battle Packs 1.
Winston Kmart: -Nothing new worth really mentioning other than the Kmart Exclusive Triple H/John Cena/Ezekiel Jackson 3 pack. Can someone tell me why in the hell Zeke is in this set? -I recall seeing at least 1 Kazarian, 2 Madison Rayne's and a couple figures of Terry Taylor from Deluxe Impact 6.
Wal-Mart on Highway 150:-Guess what they got in...?! At least a case of Basic 11. There were no Hoeski's, but everyone else was there. I guess everyone wanted to pick up a Hoeski for the cheap price of under $12!
Well, that was the results of Friday night's hunt. I scored the only thing I set out for which was Bryan! I was hoping to score Brodus Clay, but I am certainly happy with Bryan for the time being!
By the way, I went to an indy show in the Raleigh area with my soon to be wife last night and done some light hunting! I'll give you guys and gals a rundown of that expedition sometime tomorrow!
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Post by DRFTKO on Feb 18, 2012 22:36:44 GMT -5
Well, it has been a while, but I'm back now! I finally got paid and decided to do some figure hunting! I had some stuff to pick up today at the Toys "R" Us and Concord and also opted to head to Greensboro after that (yea, I know, a hell of a lot of driving)! Here is a brief run down of what I found and purchased:
Concord TRU: -1 each of Battle Packs 2! I bought all three in stock and the Punk had the painted belt! Decent looking figures for the most part, but we should have had a newer scan of Justin Gabriel for the most part! I love the new tag BELTS as well as the entire set with Randy Savage/CM Punk! -At least 6 each of the Elite Best of Pay-Per-View John Cena figures! I bought 1! His best figure yet in my opinion! Neither Triple H nor Daniel Bryan in stock. -I think they had at least 2 left of Cena/R-Truth from Battle Packs 1 as well! -At least 2-3 cases of The Legends series with Brian Pillman in it. I think the rare wrestlers out of that series were gone though.
I didn't do anymore hunting in that area as I decided to make the long ass drive to Greensboro instead to hit that TRU since the 1 in Winston is a failure...
Greensboro TRU: -They had the Build In Brawl Basics and appeared to have everyone but Mark Henry and Christian in those! -Bam, just what I went for! Elite BOPPV Triple H! They had 2 left of him and I think about 4 Cena's after I left! -Battle Packs 2 again! There were 2-3 of Savage/Punk and 2 of Randy Orton/Mason Ryan. All of the Savage/Punk sets had the painted belt! -I thought I counted 2 each of Cena/Truth and 1 each of Cody Rhodes/Rey Mysterio, but I might have been mistaking. -Various old and new packaging Flex Force figures. -I thought I seen a couple of the All Stars 2 packs, but I can't remember who they had.
Well, that is virtually all I seen and bought! I got everything I sought out to get, but I was hoping to be surprised by finding either Basic 15 Brodus Clay and/or Elite BOPPV Daniel Bryan, but I am happy none the less even though my wallet isn't!
On a side note, does anyone know which version of the Savage/Punk set is more rare? The unpainted or painted belt?
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Post by DRFTKO on Feb 6, 2012 10:29:21 GMT -5
Is anyone going to the TNA show tomorrow in Concord? I'll be there! When I first heard that TNA was coming to Concord, I tried getting my wife to watch them, but she refuses. Over the Limit, however, is the day before our anniversary, so we may try to make that. My girlfriend and I are going to Over The Limit as well! So the TNA show was actually really good and much better than the show they held last July in Winston! I went to the signing at Direct Auto earlier Saturday and got to meet Velvet Sky and James Storm! Storm seemed to be alright and Sky was as sweet as ever! I got Storm's Toybiz single pack figure signed, along with Velvet's Deluxe Impact 3 figure! After the signing, I headed over to the show a few hours later. Right when I entered the arena, there was Kurt Angle set up at the announce table and I got him to sign my Ruthless Impact (Walgreen's exclusive) figure! He was actually very friendly unlike the last time I tried to meet him (also in much better shape than last time). At the merchandise booth, I bought the Shop TNA exclusive glow in the dark Jeff Hardy figure and it allowed me to go backstage (super awesome figure)! I got it and the Toybiz TNA Series 1 AJ Styles figure signed that I brought with me! Finally, after waiting years, I got to meet AJ Styles! Hardy was also very nice and in good spirits! I thought I'd mention that Robbie E. was at the merch table during intermission and I got to meet him too! Great show to say the least and I will definitely be going to the event in Winston if they run there in the summer! As far as figure hunting goes, I didn't do much to be honest. I scored the Rumblers 2 pack of the Undertaker and Mark Henry at the Concord Mall Sears, but that was it. I need to also mention that I ran into Jeff Hardy at that mall right before the show which was pretty cool!
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Post by DRFTKO on Feb 3, 2012 21:49:02 GMT -5
Is anyone going to the TNA show tomorrow in Concord? I'll be there!
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 26, 2012 14:46:12 GMT -5
Found the BOPPV's at the Winston Salem Toys R Us, glad I stopped by because I was also able to finally find a green trunk-ed Ted Dibiase! They were just restocking everything in that aisle when I stopped in this morning Do they have anymore of the green Dibiase's?
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 21, 2012 23:06:39 GMT -5
Bought Terry Taylor today at Greensboro K-Mart. Nothing new other than that though. Awesome! Its a great figure! Welcome to the thread! What else did they have in stock as far as TNA figures go? Well, I scored tonight too at the Kmart in High Point! They, as well, had Deluxe Impact 6! I picked up Kazarian, Madison Rayne and Terry Taylor! They had 2 left of Madison, Sting, and Kurt Angle; along with 1 Taylor. There was only 1 Kaz in stock (which I bought), which makes me wonder if it is 1 per case. Nothing else new since the last time I was there. I also hit the Wal-Mart close to it, but it is barely worth my time to mention as they never get anything new in stock and the employee that works the toy section there is a bitch-scalper anyway. Awesome night of hunting, though it was short, as I was finally able to get the Deluxe Impact 6 figures that I have been waiting months for! Does anyone have a link to a prototype picture or something of the WWE Basic 15 2 packs? I am curious to know what that Daniel Bryan looks like.
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 20, 2012 15:57:13 GMT -5
TRU durham, has the best of ppv series, stopped in on my lunch break since i work at the radioshack by kmart, picked up triple h for now, 2 if him left and 5 of cena. Maaaaan, that stupid ass lady in there told me they wouldn't get them in for a couple weeks. Obviously these morons have no idea what they are talking about. Would have drove out there today instead of Cary this morning.... oh well. ::deep breath:: Thanks for the info. They are not at TRU (Cary) as of this morning for anyone who is looking there, Gave this dude the number to look it up to see if they were in stock, and he said they weren't. But obviously these people don't know what they're doing, so what I am typing right now probably means nothing. lol. Vintage Toys "R" Us! That is a summary of every visit I have at TRU!
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 10, 2012 17:38:48 GMT -5
The K-Mart cubes around Charlotte are still up. They even look like they've been restocked at some point as they still had a good number of figures, but they've obviously been there long enough to be picked over. I found all 3 sets of the Squinkies that so many people have posted about at the Rock Hill Target tonight. My wife thought that they were neat, so we got them. Our Target also had a WWE endcap that WAS stocked with Elite 12, new Flex Force, & the Royal Rumble rings (emphasis on "WAS" - it was almost picked clean). Nonetheless, I was fairly impressed that Target devoted that much space to WWE figures. Has anyone else seen them at other Targets? They have that endcap @ Target in Apex as well. Now if all these Target's would stock their basic figures, I would be happy. I don't get why they have had empty pegs of basic figures for so long around here. They've been bare around here since the beginning of November at least. It looks like most Kmart cubes have been dismantled or at least the stores I have been to lately.
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 9, 2012 17:00:31 GMT -5
Not yet, but don't you have everything that comes in the cube anyway? I just picked up Vickie from Walmart @ Clayton. If anybody's interested, the new white package Rumblers are @ Target on Glenwood Ave. (Grove Barton Location.) Its the set w/ Ezekiel, D. Bryan, Rock & Cena. Yeah but I want 2 more Vickie's for customs. Not looking for it for no reason. Nothing in my area yet. Is there anything else in these shippers other than Basic 13? I think it's Basic 13, FlexForce, and some ring.[/quote] Is it the set with the short-haired CM Punk by chance?
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 8, 2012 14:16:58 GMT -5
Anybody find the WWE Mattel promo "cube" yet @ WalMart? Nothing in my area yet. Is there anything else in these shippers other than Basic 13?
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 4, 2012 17:30:23 GMT -5
That's the only one I would have bought. I was also looking for any DM and legends clearance but they only a few L1 and L4. I did not bother to scan them for the price. Basic 13 is starting to pop up at WalMarts apparently. (Haven't seen any myself). None in my area yet either. On a side note, is anyone going to any of the Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts here in North Carolina at the end of the month? I will be at the Greensboro show!
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 3, 2012 21:38:23 GMT -5
Has anyone found Defining Moments 5 at retail? Is that the 1 with Bret Hart? If so, yes I saw them at WalMart. I think they are gone at this point though. Yep, that's the one! I seen them at a Wal-Mart, but it was a few months ago at least. I was hoping that someone had seen them recently though.
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 2, 2012 14:17:57 GMT -5
Has anyone found Defining Moments 5 at retail?
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