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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 3:57:02 GMT -5
Alright I just got back into figure collecting after about an 8 year absence (sold my old collection of about 500 figures in '05), restarted about a month ago after the Elite 16 CM Punk caught my eye. Now I am full swing back into collecting. These Mattel Elites blow most of my old Jakks figures out of the water. I will be collecting only elites for the most part but will post reports about basic findings as well to help others out. I am a long time wrestling fan that lives in Richmond city, right outside of the VCU area.
Enough about me, on to the thread.
I noticed there was not a Virginia Findings Thread, so I searched up Virginia on the forum and noticed there was a few members posting from VA, so I figured I would go ahead and make thread, hope people join in.
No outstanding finds today but a few pickups.
Target - Forest Hill
Basic 25- Orton(2), Miz(2), Show (1)
Walmart - Forest Hill
Basic 22- Cena(3-4), Jericho(2), Henry(2), Ryder(2), Christian(2), Booker T(1)
Elite 18- Brodus (2), Mysterio(3)
Battle Packs 19- Cena/Kane(3), Bryan/Show(2), Primo/Epico(2)
Thought about picking up Primo/Epico, but left them, 1 pack is still on shelf, other is behind Twister in board games aisle.
Target - Midlothian
Basic 24- Cena(1), Sheamus(1)
Kroger Marketplace - Midlothian
Did not know this place even carried figures, just went for groceries and was pleasantly surprised.
Elites $2 off with Kroger Card ~~~$16.99 - $2.00=$14.99
[glow=red,2,300]IN THERE LIKE SWIMWEAR![/glow]
Elite 18- Lawler(1), Sin Cara(2), Brodus(2), Taker(2), Mysterio(9,000), Barrett(1)
There was bunch of random basics of Cena Mysterio and Sheamus
I ended up picking up last Lawler, also ended up picking up Brodus and the last Wade, because you cannot beat that price and I had been passing them up for awhile.
Hoping to see Elite 19 in RVA Walmarts by the of the week.
I also have a friend who works at the new TRU off West Broad Street who calls me whenever a new WWE shipment comes in, so I will let you guys know what they are getting in as I find out.
Hope I have been helpful and I hope this is a start of Virginia's figure hunting community.
-DD
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Post by Mizzah on Jan 22, 2013 10:45:23 GMT -5
Excellent findings. I am from West Virginia, mainly do my searching in Maryland though. I sometimes do visit the Winchester area to do figure hunting. We don't have half of what you have listed. The newest stuff we got is the battle packs with kane/cena, dbry/show and epico/primo.
Enjoy your new figures!
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Post by bestpunkfanever on Jan 22, 2013 15:01:01 GMT -5
i live in suffolk so not really helpful but great finds
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 13:00:19 GMT -5
Stopped by the TRU off Midlothian this morning right when they opened.
They were fully stocked with all of E18, all of BAF Ricardo and all of battle packs 15.
Finally found BAF Cm Punk, so i picked him up for the steep price of $21.99.
I might go back for the Referee Michaels, they had at least 3 of everyone( except 1 Lawler, and 1 Bella pack.)
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Post by BCizzle on Jan 27, 2013 18:55:04 GMT -5
I'm in Alexandria, VA.
I've found B25, BP19, and E18 at Target.
B24, BP 19 and E18 at K-Mart (in da cube!)
B22, BP 19, and E18 at Wal-Mart.
And B22 and E18 at TRU. Found one case of B24 back at the end of November, that's it.
I guess I will have to look for E19 and BP20 sometime soon at Wal-Mart. Still hope I can find Alicia from B23, didn't find a lot of that series around here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 18:02:56 GMT -5
Checked every single Walmart in Richmond area, no E19 just E18 warmers.
Also the majority of the walmarts had primo and epico, I thought they were hard to find?
Stopped in the Kmart in Chester, they had a picked over case of E16, managed to pick up Punk and Slater. They still had Rock Zeke and Orton left. They also had a random old battle pack with young and gabriel.
Going to check walmart after I leave my buddy's house for RAW, hopefully ill catch a fresh case of E19 since they have been stocking around 10 or 11 at night.
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Post by BCizzle on Jan 28, 2013 22:02:00 GMT -5
Checked every single Walmart in Richmond area, no E19 just E18 warmers. Also the majority of the walmarts had primo and epico, I thought they were hard to find? I've only seen them at K-Mart on the cube. They have been gone when I've found BP19 at Wal-Mart and Target. I guess it just depends how many cases that stores they get - they go fast being one per case at first but eventually get less rare if the stores get more stock. I had a worthless trip up here in No Va today. Kingstowne Wal-Mart had B22, Rampage Rumblers and those Power Slammer things. Kingstowne TRU had B22, a few E18, and a bunch of BP 15 for some reason - no Bellas. Springfield Target had all of B25 except Otunga. It would be nice to see B23 and B24 show up in a reasonable quantity somewhere sometime - I have most of them but they are pretty elusive. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 0:41:29 GMT -5
Kingstowne TRU had B22, a few E18, and a bunch of BP 15 for some reason - no Bellas. Yeah all of they TRUs in Richmond got a restock of BP 15 too, thought it was strange. I checked 2 walmarts on my way home in hopes of getting lucky with the midnight stocking, no luck, I swear it seems like everywhere but VA has gotten E19, i want Ziggler so bad. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 6:54:34 GMT -5
I went out on the daily forest hill walmart run early this morning, they had a fresh case of Basic 25, 3 of Brock, 3 of miz, 3 of orton, 3 of show, 1 otunga and 1 eve. I didnt buy anything.
If I cant find E19 by Friday, I might just cave and order them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 6:56:01 GMT -5
Oh yeah I forgot to add that there are still 2 Primo Epico packs, which have been there for over a week, Virginia is so weird.
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Post by BCizzle on Jan 31, 2013 14:49:18 GMT -5
I went out on the daily forest hill walmart run early this morning, they had a fresh case of Basic 25, 3 of Brock, 3 of miz, 3 of orton, 3 of show, 1 otunga and 1 eve. I didnt buy anything. If I cant find E19 by Friday, I might just cave and order them. No, man, just have some patience! I'm not really looking for them so I'm not wasting time. But I do hope they show up soon. Very glad the empty month of January is almost over. |
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Post by Chief on Jan 31, 2013 23:03:04 GMT -5
I was thinking of starting one of these for Maryland the next time I make my rounds.
I can already see that your area has a hell of a lot more stuff then mine does. Of the three stores closest to me, I believe there are just 2 Elites, a Randy Orton and a Rey Mysterio. Sad times.
I'm just starting to get back into collecting and want to make my first Mattel purchase a good one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 0:15:08 GMT -5
I just got back into collecting too, I was in the same position you were, but that all changed the day I ran into E16 punk.
If I was you I would wait out the drought and pick up E19 Dolph for a good starter, Im waking up early tomorrow to do a walmart and TRU run, so stay tuned
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Post by BCizzle on Feb 1, 2013 14:31:08 GMT -5
I was thinking of starting one of these for Maryland the next time I make my rounds. Maybe we can make this thread for the DMV - DC - Maryland - Virginia - since every time I've started a VA thread it died quickly. I haven't found anything good lately, but Target put out a ton of Battle Pack 16 for some reason. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 15:49:36 GMT -5
Maybe we can make this thread for the DMV - DC - Maryland - Virginia - since every time I've started a VA thread it died quickly. . Yeah we could do that, it sucks VA doesn't have a big enough community. I did my rounds today, hit 4 walmarts, they were all fully stocked with b25, each one had eve brock and otunga, didnt pick up anything, im not really into basics. Stopped by TRU in colonial heights, they had just got in BOF Ricardo, and since I picked up Punk last week, I picked up Ref HBK today. They had a ton of everyone in set and a few E18 warmers. I hid BOF show and miz, to pick up on dry hunting days, so I never go home empty handed, so pathetic haha. Stopped in two targets, not a single figure. Stopped in the Sears in colonial heights, e16- 2 punks, 1 rock, 1 zeke 1 orton and an e15 evan bourne. Big lots in CH, one DM undertaker. Still no sign of E19, it looks like VA is the last of the last in the states to get them. |
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Post by Chief on Feb 1, 2013 17:24:44 GMT -5
I was thinking of starting one of these for Maryland the next time I make my rounds. Maybe we can make this thread for the DMV - DC - Maryland - Virginia - since every time I've started a VA thread it died quickly. I haven't found anything good lately, but Target put out a ton of Battle Pack 16 for some reason. I think that would be the best thing to do. It would keep our individual threads from dying. DD, E19 Dolph is definitely on my short list for first figure as well as E16 Punk which I hear is awesome and the new Jericho. Thanks for reminding me about Big Lots! Totally forgot they carried figures and a new one was just built in my area. It sounds like I should head to the western shore and check out the Annapolis TRU. I didn't even know there were WWE BAFs. Gonna make the rounds on Monday or Tuesday. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 14:49:34 GMT -5
FINALLY......E19 has come to Richmond, Virginia. Stopped in forest hill walmart this morning and they had a fresh set. I picked up michaels bryan lesnar and ziggler they also had full set of B25 and epicoprimo here is a quick shot of my new ziggler, new favorite figure.  |
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Post by BCizzle on Feb 2, 2013 15:21:43 GMT -5
FINALLY......E19 has come to Richmond, Virginia. Stopped in forest hill walmart this morning and they had a fresh set. I picked up michaels bryan lesnar and ziggler they also had full set of B25 and epicoprimo here is a quick shot of my new ziggler, new favorite figure. Awesome pic of an awesome fig! I was waiting for you to find these guys before I started hunting. You were my guinea pig. But now I'm gonna have to head out on the hunt! I just know Wal-Mart is gonna let me down. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 15:30:08 GMT -5
Thanks! Happy I could help!
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Post by BCizzle on Feb 4, 2013 16:23:52 GMT -5
So I stopped at a couple Wal-Marts today - found no E19 at all. Bummer.
One store had no Elite figures, just empty pegs. The other had a bunch of E18 leftovers, mostly Brodus Clay.
One figure that seems to be warmer shelves everywhere is B25 Randy Orton - when is Mattel going to start making him one per case?
I hope TRU or Target get E19 in soon, because I hate hate hate going all the way to crummy Wal-Marts and finding nothing.
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