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Post by ricflair4ever on May 13, 2016 19:53:03 GMT -5
Holy crap.......and so it begins I went to 3 Walmarts, 2 Targets, and a Meijer yesterday -- nothing. We're having the same results my friend. Most were out of just about everything ML related. ....the last stop ,a Walmart, was fully loaded. I could see ML boxes everywhere. 6 rows plus an endcap full. I raced down the aisle to discover a full case of Allfather figures ,restocked after finally selling out last week, a small handful of Absorbing Man figures, and God knows how many cases of Red Slaught wave.......Taskmasters......EVERYWHERE. Needless to say, no Civil War figures in my area.
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 13, 2016 20:00:19 GMT -5
We're having the same results my friend. Most were out of just about everything ML related. ....the last stop ,a Walmart, was fully loaded. I could see ML boxes everywhere. 6 rows plus an endcap full. I raced down the aisle to discover a full case of Allfather figures ,restocked after finally selling out last week, a small handful of Absorbing Man figures, and God knows how many cases of Red Slaught wave....... Taskmasters......EVERYWHERE. Needless to say, no Civil War figures in my area. Lucky! I'd love to pick up a Taskmaster. Wish I'd known there was still much demand. I'm doing the babysitting gig until Monday afternoon , but I'll check that Mart when i get to go free and see if any survived the weekend for you. Fingers crossed, I'll be able to help you out.
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 13, 2016 20:03:29 GMT -5
Wish I'd known there was still much demand. I'm doing the babysitting gig until Monday afternoon , but I'll check that Mart when i get to go free and see if any survived the weekend for you. Fingers crossed, I'll be able to help you out. What a legend! Thanks heaps bud. I'll do my best. Always trying to help out a fellow collector .
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 13, 2016 20:12:52 GMT -5
I'll do my best. Always trying to help out a fellow collector . Much appreciated, especially as you just got married recently! Thanks.....its still setting in. I spent years dodging the marriage bullet. But ,i just turned 38 ,so i must've slowed down justvlong enough to get hit by it. Anyway, I'll keep vigilant as i have had pretty good luck running into Ol Tasky a few times at various walmarts.
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Post by Robert69 on May 14, 2016 1:05:47 GMT -5
Thanks.....its still setting in. I spent years dodging the marriage bullet. But ,i just turned 38 ,so i must've slowed down justvlong enough to get hit by it. Anyway, I'll keep vigilant as i have had pretty good luck running into Ol Tasky a few times at various walmarts. That's good to hear mate - as long as you're happy. On my side, I went to the comic shop I went to last week with a friend from work; they had a decent selection of ML's and some Selects but all were priced at $49.95 AUD which is just ridiculous across the board. I bought some comics instead, but noted that they had the latest Cap and Iron Man from the Civil War set (which as you have all seen I already got recently) but no one else from that set. Anyway - hope you guys have some luck this weekend, and ricflair4ever - thanks for whatever you can do for me, appreciate it very much. Please tell me you at least asked if they had the rest of the series in the back??? When I went the 2nd time to Civil War yesterday, I stopped by the comic shop next to it and asked if they had anything. He said it only shows up in the system the week they're supposed to be delivered. Didn't have them yet. Lame.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 14, 2016 12:06:17 GMT -5
Passed at $10 for awhile, but couldnt at $5. Totally worth $5. So now I have Mark43, Model42, Model45, Hulkbuster, and WarMachine. Id like Disco too...
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 14, 2016 12:14:22 GMT -5
Just got off the phone with a collector buddy of mine back in my home state of Indiana. He stopped at an LCS about 20 minutes from there in KY, which got in 4 cases of Civil War legends. Out of those cases the only ones left on the pegs were Cap and Iron Man. He talked to the shop manager and was told that everything else in those cases were gone within the hour he stocked them. Then joked that he'd be choking on Caps and Tonys for the next decade as they went totally untouched. Lol.....of course at 24.99 they will probably sit there a while since most people are patient enough to wait for Wally World or TRU to get them in for around 5 bucks less. Unfortunately my LCS hasn't recieved any Civil War cases yet....if they even will.....but i still think we'll get a fair shake at them soon. Its just a shame they missed the golden opportunity at a movie product blitz for the opening week.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on May 14, 2016 14:30:42 GMT -5
local walmart restocked the absorbing man wave. had all including venom and gwen stacy. 1st time i have seen venom in awhile.
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Post by TheLastDude on May 14, 2016 15:29:00 GMT -5
Its just a shame they missed the golden opportunity at a movie product blitz for the opening week. I'm a little surprised Hasbro didn't push these figures to make sure they were out before opening weekend, considering a lot of stores have special Civil War displays up. *shrug*
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Post by Robert69 on May 14, 2016 17:45:12 GMT -5
Saw Civil War last night...loved it. I was gonna get that 3pack without hesitation before - now? Even moreso - Spider-Man ticked all the boxes for me. Just got back from my 3rd viewing. Child next to me talked the entire. f***ing. time. Literally, from the time Siberia faded in at the beginning. "IT'S STARTING!" he had to let everyone know the movie was starting -- the entire. f***ing. time. Civil War is a 2.5 hr movie. The. Entire. F***ing. TIME!
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Post by TheLastDude on May 14, 2016 17:59:25 GMT -5
Saw Civil War last night...loved it. I was gonna get that 3pack without hesitation before - now? Even moreso - Spider-Man ticked all the boxes for me. Just got back from my 3rd viewing. Child next to me talked the entire. f***ing. time. Literally, from the time Siberia faded in at the beginning. "IT'S STARTING!" he had to let everyone know the movie was starting -- the entire. f***ing. time. Civil War is a 2.5 hr movie. The. Entire. F***ing. TIME! I would not have been able to put up with that. I would have either moved, told him to STFU or told his parents to S him TFU, or gone to the service desk and gotten a refund. Kudos to you for not taking the easy way out and going to jail for the night though.
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 14, 2016 18:00:31 GMT -5
Saw Civil War last night...loved it. I was gonna get that 3pack without hesitation before - now? Even moreso - Spider-Man ticked all the boxes for me. Just got back from my 3rd viewing. Child next to me talked the entire. f***ing. time. Literally, from the time Siberia faded in at the beginning. "IT'S STARTING!" he had to let everyone know the movie was starting -- the entire. f***ing. time. Civil War is a 2.5 hr movie. The. Entire. F***ing. TIME! I now have 5 kids ......and even i admit thats grounds for murder. Lol
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on May 14, 2016 18:14:28 GMT -5
Saw Civil War last night...loved it. I was gonna get that 3pack without hesitation before - now? Even moreso - Spider-Man ticked all the boxes for me. Just got back from my 3rd viewing. Child next to me talked the entire. f***ing. time. Literally, from the time Siberia faded in at the beginning. "IT'S STARTING!" he had to let everyone know the movie was starting -- the entire. f***ing. time. Civil War is a 2.5 hr movie. The. Entire. F***ing. TIME! Man I wouldn't have been able to deal with that. I mean mugged a kid for trying to talk during the opening night show. His parents told him to shut up. Later on in the movie a baby started crying and nearly the whole crowd turned into children of the Hulk and were pissed. The mom took the baby out of the theater. People shouldn't bring babies to the freakin theater.
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Post by Robert69 on May 14, 2016 18:19:52 GMT -5
My friend sat two seats down, and I sat my coat between us. I could have moved closer to him but the kid took up less room and I'm not a small man (not enormous, but not small) -- and I have anxiety issues when it comes to people in my personal space, so...I took the smaller person closer to me, but -- the trade off was having to listen to him the entire time.
The theater was surprisingly full for a 3:30 IMAX showing on a Saturday that wasn't opening weekend.
*edit* and the father saw me glare over, that's what started him "Shh"-ing the kid.
When the father got up to go get more popcorn, I was tempted to lean over to the kid and tell him if he didn't shut up, I was going to eat him. Figured that'd get me banned, and they have the only IMAX screen within 2 hrs drive...
As a filmmaker, I love hearing and seeing kids get excited at movies. Because I know that's how I felt growing up, but I was still taught to be courteous of people around me. And 2.5 hrs straight of talking is just too much. There's a difference between being excited, and narrating the damn movie.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on May 14, 2016 21:42:04 GMT -5
Dang it, I am too nice. Stopped at Walmart on the way to work and saw 2 cases of cap legends wave 2. If I had grabbed one tho it would have collapsed the whole pallet. Hopefully good karma pays off and I can grab bp, fury, nuke, and maybe red in the morning.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on May 15, 2016 3:22:39 GMT -5
I appreciate that a lot fellas, we could make a trade out of it too. I've got: Thano's Head and Arm Hobgoblins Left Arm A Screaming Absorbing Man head The Masked Rhino Head ( Said you weren't trying to build it but naming it just in case) And Modok's Modok's Leg Piece that came with Longshot Hey bud, Just confirming I've got the Rhino torso for you (only if our good mate Bob can't help out) - the Thanos head/arm interests me if you don't already have something lined up... Please let me know which way you go. Cheers. Coolio. I don't think Bob ever got back to me. If you PM me an address and stuff I could ship out sometime next week. I don't mind shipping first either.Thanks again bud. I appreciate the hell out of it .
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Post by Robert69 on May 15, 2016 3:24:23 GMT -5
@3nwpro Kollector_KombatGo for it gents. Found plenty of Misty Knights, but never on sale. *edit* Also, still in search of DD for ya Chris. Of course what I said was true. Wanted to grab him, and now can't find him.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on May 15, 2016 3:28:19 GMT -5
@3nwpro Kollector_KombatGo for it gents. Found plenty of Misty Knights, but never on sale. *edit* Also, still in search of DD for ya Chris. Of course what I said was true. Wanted to grab him, and now can't find him. Thanks brotha. It's all good. I hate having that problem. Used to be able to find a bunch of Spidey 2099's and passed on all of them thinking I would just find another. Same with Scarlett Spidey. At least I wasn't interested in building Hobgoblin. Walgreens used to have a binch of regular DD's around here Chris, I'll keep my eyes open for ya too.
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Post by Robert69 on May 15, 2016 3:51:58 GMT -5
Since the line is starting to show up in stores, the real challenge begins. Pick up two of Black Panther, or only one?
Decisions, decisions.
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Post by Word™ on May 15, 2016 4:26:27 GMT -5
I think the new Civil War line of Marvel Legends is a joke.. We're being trolled and they're never hitting retail.
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