naughtytoys
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Post by naughtytoys on May 12, 2013 19:15:27 GMT -5
Like just out of pure frustration over always seeing the same figures on the pegs? Like I saw the same elite Randy Orton at my local KMart for about 5 trips in a row without ever seeing anything else stocked there the entire time....and eventually I just bought it , mainly because I hoped that by buying it I'd unlock some secret restocking code that would lead to them putting something new on the shelf....it was a purchase out of pure spite...anybody know where I'm coming from here??
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2013 19:29:24 GMT -5
Not exactly buying it to clear out the pegs, but I bought a red shirt Cena for the sake of owning all colours even though I hated that attire and if I wasn't trying to complete the set I wouldn't have bought it.
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Post by mrhoss on May 12, 2013 19:31:50 GMT -5
I passed on E20 Cena for weeks before buying one. I actually bought it a few days before I saw the post about the running change. I should have held out a little longer.
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Post by Cordaro on May 12, 2013 19:32:13 GMT -5
For example the Kmart Cena i only bought it for the raw shirt thinking i would buy the last one but ig not
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Post by Cordaro on May 12, 2013 19:34:27 GMT -5
I passed on E20 Cena for weeks before buying one. I actually bought it a few days before I saw the post about the running change. I should have held out a little longer. did the same thing but i wanted the ladder but it wasn't the best ladder ever |
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Post by naughtytoys on May 12, 2013 19:45:41 GMT -5
Sometimes I go out with the mindset that I am going to buy SOMETHING! ..... Only to find the same 3 figures at 8 different stores, so when I get to that last store I just give up and buy whichever one I hate the least
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Post by qdogg on May 12, 2013 20:12:57 GMT -5
My problem is not buying them ( or waiting for a sale )and then wishing I had and having to pay more for the figure. Luckily its just been a few figures so far.
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on May 12, 2013 20:24:47 GMT -5
I just bought an E15 Evan Bourne for the hell of it.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 12, 2013 20:29:43 GMT -5
I've never bought any figures I didn't want simply to just get them off the pegs....but I have bought figures I didn't want just to get something they came with.
Every single Best of PPV figure except for Bret Hart and Christian have been useless repaints to me, but I needed the parts for Michael Cole, Ricardo Rodriguez, John Laurinaitis, and Teddy Long....
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Post by Boy Wonder on May 12, 2013 20:42:03 GMT -5
Alberto Del Rio. I just bought him because I like to have all the WWE Champions
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Post by slappy on May 12, 2013 20:44:30 GMT -5
I've bought two packs that I only wanted one of the guys like Finlay or Tommy Dreamer.
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Post by PJ on May 12, 2013 20:46:04 GMT -5
Nope. Unless they are packed in a 2-pack with someone I do want. (Hornswaggle comes to mind TWICE,
Miz from 2-Packs series 2) Or they are a free figure with a bogo sale. (a few figures picked up during bogos) Or are purchased with a gift card. I did buy the PTP set because I had a gift card...but I wouldn't have purchased it if I was using my own pocket money.
But I am planning on getting the Ryback/Jinder set only for Jinder's kneepads...so I guess I'll be buying two figures I have no desire to own then. lol
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2013 20:50:34 GMT -5
I did that a lot back in the Jakks era when figures were cheaper and I was younger and had more wastable money. I can only think of a few Mattel purchases that were just to not go home empty-handed:
I bought E12 del rio on sale for $11.00. I didn't even like Del Rio at the time. Hell, I still don't. Guy is just boring, face or heel IMO.
But I knew I wanted a figure of him at some point, even though the highly superior E14 was on its way (decent accessories and correct height vs. being about 6'0'' in-scale with a strip of cloth and random doggie from some obscure segment as his accessories.) I went with that elite just because it was the same price, at that particular Walmart, as a basic ($10.96).
I also got E8 Bourne and Edge for the same clearance price on impulse on a different trip, but I was/am much happier with those.
Also, when doing mattelshop orders I sometimes end up throwing a figure I didn't previously care about into my order just to meet free shipping requirements (example- Antonio/Ryback is $20 + $7 shipping, so throw in Kofi Kingston and it's $30 + $0 shipping).
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Post by AlexWestCollects on May 12, 2013 21:28:40 GMT -5
Yea. Sometimes I buy guys I don't want just for the accessories.
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Post by Richikane on May 12, 2013 21:32:56 GMT -5
Thats how I ended up with Elite Mark Henry and Baf series Sheamus. I hate both of them. Also, I only have Rey, Cena, and a few others because they were $11 each shipped on ebay.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2013 22:08:07 GMT -5
I've bought BAF figures I didnt want for the parts. Frustration buys include Miss Elizabeth, still have not opened her. Was never really crazy for it.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on May 12, 2013 22:15:11 GMT -5
I bought some of the BAF figures despite not wanting them, haha, but that was a specific purpose. I have bought figures for customs (used two Sin Caras to make elite Colons, etc.) but as far as buying figures with no other purpose than to clear them off the pegs, I don't think I've done that. Although some of the two-packs at my Walmart are starting to call my name so I can get the Ryback/Jinder set, haha.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2013 0:08:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I bought Jack Swagger's latest basic figure during my dry spell two months ago. I was tired of leaving TRU empty-handed so I bought him to try to justify the trip. >_______>
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Post by King Richius on May 13, 2013 2:42:10 GMT -5
Yep, I have bought some of the BAF figures just for the pieces as well as a few figures just for the accessories (Big Show white IC belt, Zeke oval IC belt, Mark Henry WHC belt).
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Post by WalterF on May 13, 2013 5:30:50 GMT -5
Usually when I first see pix of a set I determine who I will buy a figure of by the pictures. Sometimes after seeing the set on shelves for awhile and seeing all of the figures up close Ill end up taking a liking to another one or two figs from the set that I wasn't as crazy over from the start. That's about as close as I get to just buying a figure for doing so. Most of the time I'd rather save my money because I know Id rather have it for the next figure that comes out that I REALLY want. I can't say Ive ever bought a figure off the shelves to clear it though.
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