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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2010 12:58:50 GMT -5
My wife is going to a baby shower saturday so I got the whole day to go figure hunting. I just have one question. Do any of you guys have like certain things you do when you go hunting? Like certain stores you go to in order? Or certain places you go to eat? I dunno, kinda a stupid question but Im bored here at work and counting down the clock until 5pm.
I usually like to plug in the iPod, jam out, go hunting, maybe go to best buy and get a wrestling dvd, grab a bite to eat and go home and relax.
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Post by Mike Novak on Jul 23, 2010 13:02:42 GMT -5
When I lived in IL I would check the gurnee TRU then Wal-Mart then Target. Then I would drive to Waukegan and check K-mart then on to Vernon Hills where I went to KB followed by target onto TRU then to Wal-mart wrapped up with K-Mart. Then depending on how much I had spent I would decide on food.
EDIT: Now that I'm in NC I don't go as often, but I hit TRU then Target then both walmats. Grab food at Hardees or BK.
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Post by ckhybrid on Jul 23, 2010 13:05:31 GMT -5
i don't really have a set hunting schedule but i usually go to Wal-Mart-TRU-Target-Wal-Mart-Walmart-Target-TRU-Wal-Mart-Wal-Mart in the Philadelphia/NJ area cause they're all pretty close to each other (i'd give you names of each place's location but truthfully I have no idea i just get in and drive and have the route memorized), and if i haven't found anything in those stores then i break out the GPS and find the closest stores to me and go from there
if i find what i'm looking for i'll usually eat Salad Works, but if i don't i usually go to Chick Fil A as a pick me up haha.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Jul 23, 2010 13:27:23 GMT -5
I have certain areas that I go to with certain routines for each one. I always hit TRU and K-Mart for whatever reason. Half the time I skip Walmart, usually I skip Target, though now that Walmart is no longer getting figs I will likely hit Target more often. As far as food is concerned, sometimes I get nothing. If there is an Old Country Buffet nearby, I usually go there.
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Post by PJ on Jul 23, 2010 13:32:19 GMT -5
When I go out I like to plan my route so it's in a circle. This way I don't backtack anywhere.
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Post by Drdoom on Jul 23, 2010 13:39:21 GMT -5
Hit up Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, K-Mart, Meijers, 2nd Walmart, 2nd Target, 3rd Walmart..... And usually have a bite to eat and a $2.50 movie inbetween 8 hours.
The only thing I miss about living in Florida is TRU was only down the street about two miles and I could go check it every morning which led to lots of 1/500, 1/1000 findings.
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Post by rich316 on Jul 23, 2010 14:50:55 GMT -5
I always hit up TRU really early on saturday. Plus, thats when they get there new shipments in. Its such a rush seeing a JAKKS box or a MATTEL box haha.
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Post by juicewinslow on Jul 23, 2010 16:49:12 GMT -5
I search for Wal-Mart/Target on my GPS and hit "set as destination". And then basically keep going to next closest Wal-Marts and Targets until I find what I want. lol.
The other day I ended up in some bumf*ck city and had no idea where I was. lol. Thank God for GPS. It's actually kinda fun. Got to make sure I dont do it too late at night though cause some of those 24/7 Wal-Marts are a little sketchy.
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Post by guster on Jul 23, 2010 17:13:24 GMT -5
I usually load a pipe of....tobacco when i go hunting. Nice and relaxing. Load up my iPod with some wrestling podcasts from F4W. Grab a good bite to eat. I hunt maybe once every two weeks so I make it an event for myself just to get away and even if don't find anything, it's still enjoyable. I have what I've coined a "loop" (an old regional wrestling term). The loop consists of 2 Wal*Marts, 2 Targets, 1 K-Mart, and a TRU. I usually switch it up the order based on my gut feeling on what store has what, but the stores almost make a complete circle around two major highways here so it doesn't matter where I start.
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Post by Andeh on Jul 23, 2010 17:19:57 GMT -5
I normaly head to McDonalds first and get myself a Ice cream and then go to Toys R Us then go to Smyths toy stores, then head back and go to Tescos (kinda like walmart, but british) then home to unbox.
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Post by fallbrawl on Jul 23, 2010 18:07:21 GMT -5
I go to Wal-mart,Meijers,Wal-mart,Target,TRU,K mart,Wal-mart,TRU,Target. Then i make a stop at the local flea market to see if they have anything. As for food i stop at Subway.
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Post by acura143 on Jul 23, 2010 18:46:02 GMT -5
I stop hunting now but when I used to I would hit kmart then target and TRU. those 3 stores are in the same area. The last store I would hit is Walmart which would be 2 miles away. So hitting those 4 stores would take me about 1 hour
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Post by mikey1974 on Jul 23, 2010 19:34:11 GMT -5
i try to hit TRU once a week,either on Wednesday or Thursday ,but i's 30 miles from here (hence once a week).... Wal-Mart,i'll hit the one in town about 3 times a week when new stuff starts hitting,and the one about 10 miles down the orad maybe twice a week.... being married,with kids,severely cuts down on my hunts....at the apex of my "Collecting Curse" back in 1997-1998,it wouldn't be out of the question for me to be on the road 5- 6 hours a day,4 - 5 days a week looking for stuff....one trip,back in June of 1997,i traveled over 460 square miles in one day in search of the McFarlane KISS figures....and i still only found 3 of them...i was pissed! LOL!
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Post by trishstratus7 on Jul 23, 2010 20:00:37 GMT -5
I grab my brother and we usually head to walmart, toys r us, zellers then another walmart. The odd time I'll go and check out my local flea market, since he usually has a lot of stuff that the stores don't have yet. For food, we just head to a cafe grab a smoothie then head home.
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Post by WWF on Jul 23, 2010 20:13:05 GMT -5
I usually hit up wal*mart way more then anyone normally should. I will hit up my TRU and Target usually once a week.
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Post by cioffdogg on Jul 23, 2010 22:08:45 GMT -5
When I didn't drive, I would sometimes ask my mother when we went out to lunch or dinner (we're the only non-picky eaters in our family so we eat out often at places my brother and father will never go) if we could stop by TRU. The nearest TRU is on a road that is heavily populated by restaurants and fast food places, so that always worked out. I enjoyed it and I got some nice figs that way.
I'll usually hit up a loop of places on my day off, not too many though. It depends on my mood and if I've been there lately. Some places rarely get stuff in so I'll skip them. Thursdays are a favorite, since every other week is payday. Go out, grab some lunch (usually at Quizno's) then set out. Hit up the closest Walmart which is close to the Quizno's, then hit up the Walmart which I work at, grab my check and see what they've got over there. Then I hit up the aforementioned TRU. There's a mall across the street from TRU so I sometimes go over there but there's no real fig places there so that's neither here nor there. Then I usually go home unless I'm feeling rather ambitious and hit up the Target near the mall. By then it's not usually too late depending on how early I left so I head back home, only stopping by the bank (back near the aforementioned first Walmart and Quiznos) close to home to cash my check. It's pretty fun to have a day to myself and I normally come back with something so it's worth my time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2010 22:27:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the input guys, Ive really enjoyed this topic. It is tough figure hunting sometimes with a wife and a 3 year old girl. I enjoy days (like tomorrow) when I get some "me" time and can go hunt figures and eat where I wanna eat and go to best buy for a wwe dvd or to books-a-million for a book and just head home and go in my office (which is covered with mostly old wwf merch) and watch a dvd and relax. LOL wow what a long sentence. Anyway, happy hunting this weekend if any of you fellas go out and have a good weekend!!
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Post by master of the WORLD! on Jul 24, 2010 0:49:14 GMT -5
i usually go on lunch breaks from work or after work
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Post by slappy on Jul 24, 2010 0:56:25 GMT -5
Wal-Mart then Target then TRU then K-Mart.
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Post by BuckDenaro7: Elite Trader on Jul 24, 2010 2:30:05 GMT -5
I go hunting some days for 6-7 hours straigt. i dont know how I do it. I hit all of my WalMarts, Targets, K Marts, TRUs ect. sometimes even collectors shops. If I can find a clean looking McDonalds, or Subway in a walmart, I try to eat there. If not, ill stop by a Burger King or a Wendys driv through. Maybe a Starbucks for a wake-me-up cup of coffee.
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