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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 2:12:47 GMT -5
I post this in celebration of my recent retail haul. Today was the last day that my local K-mart was in business. They have had a "Going out of business" going on all month. Most everything has been %50 off, but I waited until the last day to buy anything because I knew what was left would be crazy discounted and boy did it pay off. Today I scored an Elite 16 Ezekial Jackson, Elite 17 Kofi Kingston, and 3 Rumblers Rampage Davastadium playsets for only $9.98 including tax. Insane....That was all they had left for WWE figures, but totally worth it.
With that little story shared, what is your best retail haul? It can be an extreme discount, finding that tough to find figure, or even just a large amount of figures. Let's here it!
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Post by PJ on May 20, 2013 4:15:58 GMT -5
Pretty much every basic wave from SSH (wave with young Orton in orange) until they chance the packaging I was getting for $1 or $2 per figure, because my local Target didn't have them in their system. And every time I went to purchase them it was the same argument when they didn't ring up... Me "they are $9.99" cashier "they aren't in the system they mush be on clearance" me "no they are brand new" Front end person "They aren't showing up in our system they are on clearance" me "they are a brand new series which should be $9.99" "front end person "no they must be clearance ring them up as $1" (sometimes she'd say $2) but this went on everytime they put out a new set.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 4:33:24 GMT -5
You are so lucky
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 5:12:18 GMT -5
My best "haul" at retail was all of Elite 4 back in 2010, I was so psyched because the figures weren't even shipping from Ringside yet and it was the first time a store in Australia had figures before the rest of the world, pity that was one of the last elite series' we got.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 5:25:21 GMT -5
Getting Basic 15 Layla, Elite 9 Zack Ryder and Miz was probably my best one.
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Post by Terrys Wrestling Figures on May 20, 2013 5:42:03 GMT -5
- erm......the best one i remember is a jakks haul, walked into a tru (uk) and found RA1 sitting on the pegs, got a whole set. First time i'd found a whole new set.
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Post by Scott! on May 20, 2013 6:16:41 GMT -5
Last big haul I got was: Elite 18, two packs 19, basic 24 & 25 in the same week.
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Post by Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] on May 20, 2013 6:19:29 GMT -5
I got all of Elite 19 at the same time at TRU once.
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Post by mrhoss on May 20, 2013 6:27:28 GMT -5
My best was Mattel's first official day of sale. I couldn't find any stores that would release early so I didn't have any new Mattel figures except for a FF HBK and Rey. I went to Target at 8am and came out with a carriage full of figures.
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Post by Bozwell634™ on May 20, 2013 6:45:00 GMT -5
My best haul was over one day and two shops. Figures are rare in Australia but when Mattel first came out we were doing great and I was able to find all of Elite 1 & 2 prior to most stores even sighting them.
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Post by dakis on May 20, 2013 7:45:31 GMT -5
Yea PJ same thing happened with me and the entire series of Basic 23 at target but I got charge $4.99. My best haul though was buy one get one free Elite 18 last year. Whole series one shot for like $50.
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Post by TheChamp617 on May 20, 2013 9:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by MrPerfect25 on May 20, 2013 10:09:57 GMT -5
Probably my best retail haul cost-wise, was when I first started collecting last November. TRU was running the BOGO sale and you got a free 20-0 Undertaker for every $30 you spent I believe? I got the entire WM 28 set, E16 Diesel and Punk, E17 Cena, and like 3 Takers. I don't remember the total but it avg'd out to like $10 per figure.
My favorite haul was the day I came home with E18 Taker and Lawler from Meijer, and my RSC Black Friday order with DM Rock, Austin and the Rockers was waiting for me.
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Post by SlayKnotV1 on May 20, 2013 10:34:26 GMT -5
I have 2. the 1st one was jan 1st 2010. I found 3 Cena & Show 1/1000's (i used the extras to trade for the rest of the 1/1000's from S1) Along with all of Elite series 1. the 2nd was about 2 years ago I found multiples of all of basic 4, 1/1000's. The lowest # was Regal #11.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 10:38:15 GMT -5
The whole of Elite 16 except Orton
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Post by DeadManFan92 on May 20, 2013 10:55:47 GMT -5
Hmm probably my best haul was on two different days: First time was around 2011 when I went to TRU on restock day hoping to find the new WrestleMania 27 Elite series Undertaker figure. Well when I got there I not only found him but I found Elite 8 Undertaker and the WrestleMania 26 Undertaker there too which was odd seeing as that must've been just put out from the back when they restocked. They also ha the Taker/McIntyre rumbler pack, so I walked out with three Elite Undertakers and a Rumblers 2-pack for my MOC Taker collection. Second time was last year when the 20-0 Taker figure came out. Well I went there when Elite 18 came out so I think the promotion was over. They had 2 Undertaker and 1 Jerry Lawler so I picked them up and saw they had a box of the 20-0 Takers still on top of the shelves so I asked if they could take them down. I brought 2 up to buy and found out that they will still honor the promotion so I got one free and got one 50% off with a coupon I had. Both awesome haul days
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Post by qdogg on May 20, 2013 11:22:06 GMT -5
I dont ever buy more than 2 figures at a time with the occasional 3 so I dont really have any great "haul" stories but I did find a elite 12 Kane hidden behind some rings once at Kmart after looking forever for that figure. I have had no problems finding any of the other ones other than Nash and the cool thing was that it was during the 12.99 sale and I also picked up Heritage HBK and Hart basic that day for 7.99 a piece.
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Post by PJ on May 20, 2013 11:29:14 GMT -5
As far as the amount of figures in a single purchase goes...that has to be Jan 1 2010(?) was that the was first year? If so I went to TRU I picked up all of E1, b 2-packs series 1 and the rest of the Basic series 1 figures I hadn't picked up there the week of Christmas using quite a bit of Rewards coupons I had.
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Post by RybackV1 on May 20, 2013 11:33:08 GMT -5
Probably when I found E18 and B24 the day they hit the US. Several fresh cases at my tru. So I got a Taker, Lawler, AJ, and they had a promotion going on so I got a free boppv basic. I grabbed sheamus with the mania chair.
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Post by si4life02 on May 20, 2013 17:54:00 GMT -5
My best haul is when I found most of legends 1, 2, 3 for 3.72 each at target.
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