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Post by BCizzle on Dec 2, 2012 19:04:20 GMT -5
Recently I seem to be missing out on the good stuff and finding leftovers. B2012, B23, B24, E18, same story with all of them. Luckily I found B22 Booker the other day, so I'm done with that series.
I went to 2 Wal-Marts and 2 Targets today and all I have to show for it is a B23 Santino that I don't even know if I want. No displays of B23/E17 at Wal-Marts, those places were worthless. Seems like I keep being a few days late, and the other stores near me are still stuck on the old stuff.
And I am so sick of the Reys and Cenas. BO2012 Rey, Basic 23 Rey, E18 Rey, B22 Cena, B24 Cena - those guys are always there, taunting me about how I missed out on the good stuff.
Anybody else finding nothing but leftovers as of late? I'm glad these figures are selling and the line is doing well, but I just wish I was in the right place at the right time - or that Mattel would someday figure out better casepacks.
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Post by themanster on Dec 2, 2012 19:17:32 GMT -5
Not me for once I'm having good luck found a whole case of Elite 18 at Toys r Us!
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Post by The Dazzler on Dec 2, 2012 19:20:28 GMT -5
Well before today, yes. I still can't find Heath, Punk, Diesel, Nash from E16. But I just found a case of E18  |
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Post by kingrey4 on Dec 2, 2012 20:27:52 GMT -5
I have actually had the opposite.....It just depends when and at what time you hit up a store.....Im done with E15,E16,Recently E17 & E18 JUST showed up at my area.They only had Brodus that I wanted so I still need Taker & Lawler.
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Post by Affliction: Elite Trader on Dec 2, 2012 20:32:25 GMT -5
I've had crap luck finding E16 Kevin Nash but I've ran into loads of E17 many times and today was able to grab E18 Jerry Lawler, undertaker, and Brodus clay ought as they were putting them on the pegs.
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Post by homeslice1998 on Dec 2, 2012 20:49:51 GMT -5
Good god, that sig...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 23:24:29 GMT -5
Eh, I had bad luck with E16. i only found Orton and Jackson. E17's been pretty good for me though. I found Cena, Kofi and Ryder. I still need Foley and K2 though. Hopefully E18 is just as good. I like Christian's pose in your sig. It's quite fitting. |
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Post by jnavo217 on Dec 2, 2012 23:28:45 GMT -5
I have found everything lately, just keep looking, it'll all comes eventually
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Post by jayrod2009 on Dec 2, 2012 23:42:00 GMT -5
Before I came home from North Dakota, I found Elite 16 Heath Slater and Elite 18 Mankind / Zack Ryder at Walmart in Dickinson, ND. When I came home last week, I hit my Big Lots, and found DM Undertaker and Austin, and Legends Series 5 Rick Martel... Before that, I hadn't found anything for months.... Take the slow time as a chance to save up, cause soon enough you'll walk down the isle and stubble on a gold mind!!!
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Post by figurehunting101 on Dec 2, 2012 23:45:38 GMT -5
id say my luck is average as of late. Some days I am the right place at the right time, then for the next week I will barely miss the good stuff by hours it seems like. I always tell me myself when I see a good figure missing that please let it be bought by a collector or child, then it doesn't bother me!
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Post by lestial12 on Dec 3, 2012 0:24:33 GMT -5
My walmart has sucked lately. We get basics regularly, 18,20,&22 in the last 2 months. However we got E14,then 1 case of E15 and then back to E14 before finally getting the revised E16 cases. Hopefully i'll have some luck tomorrow when i go hunting.
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Post by deskjet on Dec 3, 2012 0:31:10 GMT -5
Recently I seem to be missing out on the good stuff and finding leftovers. B2012, B23, B24, E18, same story with all of them. Luckily I found B22 Booker the other day, so I'm done with that series. I went to 2 Wal-Marts and 2 Targets today and all I have to show for it is a B23 Santino that I don't even know if I want. No displays of B23/E17 at Wal-Marts, those places were worthless. Seems like I keep being a few days late, and the other stores near me are still stuck on the old stuff. And I am so sick of the Reys and Cenas. BO2012 Rey, Basic 23 Rey, E18 Rey, B22 Cena, B24 Cena - those guys are always there, taunting me about how I missed out on the good stuff. Anybody else finding nothing but leftovers as of late? I'm glad these figures are selling and the line is doing well, but I just wish I was in the right place at the right time - or that Mattel would someday figure out better casepacks. I'm right there with u. I spent a full week usin up my lunch breaks checking tru and target only to find empty pegs or the same crap. Same thing with early morning runs to walmart and kmart. I had a small breakthrough outta town today finally finding Kane at target and hunico on the only wmart cube I found. What's most annoying is stores miles away have product or remnants of it and your homestore is clueless. I'm guessing thus week will be the breakthrough, but it's exhausting. Needless to say this won't be a habit. |
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Post by BCizzle on Dec 3, 2012 0:47:31 GMT -5
What's most annoying is stores miles away have product or remnants of it and your homestore is clueless. Tell me about it. Lately the TRU nearest me had been kicking the other TRUs ass, until just the other day. But the best Target store is the one that's farthest away, so I go by it less often, and I miss out on the good stuff while my local stores are putting out endless B20 revision cases.  But I don't feel so bad anymore. I've decided I want to cut down on redundancy, like Mattel making the same guys in the same attire in both Basic and Elite, so I'm redoing my search plans a little bit to save some cash. Though wasting time and gas ain't no fun. |
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Post by Blackbird 13 on Dec 3, 2012 2:05:44 GMT -5
I've been trying unsuccessfully to find E17 Kelly Kelly, B23 Alicia Fox, B23 Hunico, and E18 Brodus Clay.
I HAVE however managed to find E17 Ryder, B24 AJ, BO2012 Khali, and E16 Kevin Nash. AJ totally surprised me... Khali is a welcome upgrade from the Jakks version, been wanting Ryder, and Nash is going on my trades post soon.
Still.. hoping I find Fox, Kelly, and Hunico soon!
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Post by James St. James on Dec 3, 2012 3:00:29 GMT -5
Missed Alicia Fox from about 6 different Targets who had every other figure from the series still on the shelf. Missed Kelly Kelly from about 10 different stores that had 18 million John Cenas and E16 Ortons.
Holidays seem to be a pretty crappy time for me, stores get filled up with stuff kids will get for Christmas and I have to resort to the internet to find the figs I want. Tons of Cenas, Basic 17 and Best Of 2012 everywhere I look.
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Post by ClassicCollector on Dec 3, 2012 3:46:30 GMT -5
I just consider myself lucky that there are so many helpfull members on this board who are willing to help an international collector out!
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Post by onleeone643 on Dec 3, 2012 3:49:24 GMT -5
Lately i've been lucky to find b23, elite 18, & bo2012. I've actually seen multiples of all the figures.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 3, 2012 4:09:38 GMT -5
I'm having so-so luck.....what I mean is I'll have 3 or 4 figures I want, and I'll easily find 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4, and then that last figure will be VERY difficult for me to find.
With Elite 17, I found Mankind and Kelly very easily.....the Ryder took me about 3 weeks to track down.
The past 2 weeks I set my sights on Elite 18 Jerry Lawler, Elite 18 Brodus Clay and Basic 24 AJ. The first day I set out to look for them, my TRU had 3 unopened cases of Elite 18 on top of the shelf so I found Lawler and Brodus the easiest I've found any figure on the first day I actually went out with the intention of looking for them.
AJ is the only figure I want right now and can't find. I'm kinda not that frustrated yet though because my Target and TRU haven't gotten in any Basic 24 yet so at least it's not like I'm missing her, I'm just looking for something that hasn't arrived in my area yet.
I know finding this stuff can be difficult and with the distribution, some stores might skip certain series' or you might only get a few cases of a certain series and then have a huge lull until the next series....I can't even tell you all how many of my figures I have that I have only seen ONCE. I think "man, what in the world would have happened if I didn't go to the store that day, I might not have one of my favorite figures!"
I wish everybody good luck in finding whatever figures you all are looking for and I always look forward to seeing people make posts and showing the pics of what they've recently found!
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Post by RybackV1 on Dec 3, 2012 7:28:53 GMT -5
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Dec 3, 2012 8:56:07 GMT -5
I've had a good month as well. Got what I want out of E16, 17, and 18 and basic 23, BO2012. All at retail. I really only have 2 current wants right now that I have never seen. B22 Booker T and Nash
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