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Post by PJ on Aug 5, 2016 17:10:34 GMT -5
I RKO them out of nowhere! Then when they try to get up I hit them with a pedagree!
No I know at least 5 fellow collectors that frequent my stores. We help each other out. And today while at TRU I saw a Hasbro employee who I saw a week earlier stocking the shelves in a NJ target. He was stocking the shelves at TRU and said he had just finished the Spring Valley Target down the street and asked if I picked up the Deadpool. I said no I had missed it because one of the fellow collectors had text me saying Cable, Rogue and Deadpool were already gone. So he took my na!e and number and said he would call me if he saw another in his travels restocking the store's shelves. So I guess if he calls me I can say I am set now. Of course the best part was he was putting out the Avengers three pack (first time this store had them) and a TRU employee came by with a return of that set. The only other store in the area that had it was Target which he had just stocked an hour earlier and of course it had a Toy Biz Spider-Man, a Toy Biz Captain America Shield, and a TB Face-Off Punisher ahead instead of the Rogers head and a TB Dr Strange head instead of Starks. He looked at it and told the employee to give it to the manager because they just accepted a repack. He was like I hope they got his information.
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Post by Darkhawk on Aug 5, 2016 17:21:55 GMT -5
I never met another collector in stores, but when I was young I did meet this kid while looking at wrestling figures in Walmart, this was when Jakks was making them. I was kind of embarrassed about it, until he pointed it out and we just started chatting about WWE and who's our favorite wrestler and such.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Aug 5, 2016 17:32:44 GMT -5
It's happened once or twice. I'm usually friendly. Always like to talk with people who share the same hobby as me. We talked about who they were looking for and which figures we liked the most. It's usually the only chance I get to nerd out in public so I take advantage :-p
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 20:17:34 GMT -5
Today was a good day... Bummed about a couple things. #1 I'm only keeping Kate from the 3 pack. She's actually the least cool character in the box. I didn't want to like FalCap -- at all -- but I do. He's awesome looking. And Vision's colors make him pop maybe more than any action figure I own. The Green Ranger is phenomenal. And the Red Ranger is alright, but -- Red didn't come with a sword. If they short change us on key weapons with all 5 of the originals, I'm going to be pissed, because these are probably the best iterations of these characters, besides SH Figuarts. Overall, great day for collecting. Could have picked up American Sting 10% off at TRU too, but -- $100 for this group is enough for one day.
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 5, 2016 20:49:50 GMT -5
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Aug 5, 2016 21:20:10 GMT -5
Pretty great collection of them you have there Greensboro. Those are awesome. Don't have any but would buy a few Marvel Knights like Daredevil or Punisher. About how tall are they?
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 5, 2016 21:23:44 GMT -5
About 2.5 inches
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 21:28:59 GMT -5
And what do they cost at that size?
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 5, 2016 21:38:05 GMT -5
And what do they cost at that size? You're at the mercy of the secondary market now. When they were coming out they were as low as $12 per issue. You get the figurine and a magazine for each character. Magazines are pretty neat, gives some behind the scenes info like the fact that Gambit was meant to be a villain, an avatar for an unaging buy who's actually 60 YO but looks 11. Banshee was supposed to be female. Marvel got into legal issues for w/ Tolken over the use of the name Sauron.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 5, 2016 21:53:30 GMT -5
Today was a good day... Bummed about a couple things. #1 I'm only keeping Kate from the 3 pack. She's actually the least cool character in the box. I didn't want to like FalCap -- at all -- but I do. He's awesome looking. And Vision's colors make him pop maybe more than any action figure I own. The Green Ranger is phenomenal. And the Red Ranger is alright, but -- Red didn't come with a sword. If they short change us on key weapons with all 5 of the originals, I'm going to be pissed, because these are probably the best iterations of these characters, besides SH Figuarts. Overall, great day for collecting. Could have picked up American Sting 10% off at TRU too, but -- $100 for this group is enough for one day. Got the green ranger last wk. love it
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 21:57:10 GMT -5
Today was a good day... Bummed about a couple things. #1 I'm only keeping Kate from the 3 pack. She's actually the least cool character in the box. I didn't want to like FalCap -- at all -- but I do. He's awesome looking. And Vision's colors make him pop maybe more than any action figure I own. The Green Ranger is phenomenal. And the Red Ranger is alright, but -- Red didn't come with a sword. If they short change us on key weapons with all 5 of the originals, I'm going to be pissed, because these are probably the best iterations of these characters, besides SH Figuarts. Overall, great day for collecting. Could have picked up American Sting 10% off at TRU too, but -- $100 for this group is enough for one day. Got the green ranger last wk. love it Whoever thought it was a good idea to do these ball joints in the wrist are f***heads. Went to change the hand, and it broke right off. So pissed. But overall, the design is phenomenal, and the 7 year old in me is beyond stoked. Can't wait for the other 4. Just bummed Red didn't come with his sword. Or even a pistol version of the weapon he did come with.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 5, 2016 22:03:30 GMT -5
Today was a good day... Bummed about a couple things. #1 I'm only keeping Kate from the 3 pack. She's actually the least cool character in the box. I didn't want to like FalCap -- at all -- but I do. He's awesome looking. And Vision's colors make him pop maybe more than any action figure I own. The Green Ranger is phenomenal. And the Red Ranger is alright, but -- Red didn't come with a sword. If they short change us on key weapons with all 5 of the originals, I'm going to be pissed, because these are probably the best iterations of these characters, besides SH Figuarts. Overall, great day for collecting. Could have picked up American Sting 10% off at TRU too, but -- $100 for this group is enough for one day. Something I don't like about those Power Rangers. I've been wanting to get something Power Rangers for a while, but I might have to pass on these.. They're too shredded, too much articulation. Not big on 'em.. Wish I was.
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 22:12:49 GMT -5
Today was a good day... Bummed about a couple things. #1 I'm only keeping Kate from the 3 pack. She's actually the least cool character in the box. I didn't want to like FalCap -- at all -- but I do. He's awesome looking. And Vision's colors make him pop maybe more than any action figure I own. The Green Ranger is phenomenal. And the Red Ranger is alright, but -- Red didn't come with a sword. If they short change us on key weapons with all 5 of the originals, I'm going to be pissed, because these are probably the best iterations of these characters, besides SH Figuarts. Overall, great day for collecting. Could have picked up American Sting 10% off at TRU too, but -- $100 for this group is enough for one day. Something I don't like about those Power Rangers. I've been wanting to get something Power Rangers for a while, but I might have to pass on these.. They're too shredded, too much articulation. Not big on 'em.. Wish I was. The 7 year old in me is so damn happy with them. The 28 year old me is pissed I just had to spend the last hr fixing a wrist joint on the green ranger, and am now down a point of articulation, because I had to super glue the wrist ball.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Aug 5, 2016 22:23:18 GMT -5
Something I don't like about those Power Rangers. I've been wanting to get something Power Rangers for a while, but I might have to pass on these.. They're too shredded, too much articulation. Not big on 'em.. Wish I was. The 7 year old in me is so damn happy with them. The 28 year old me is pissed I just had to spend the last hr fixing a wrist joint on the green ranger, and am now down a point of articulation, because I had to super glue the wrist ball. Damn man, sorry to hear that. I really hate when that happens to any figure.
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 22:28:02 GMT -5
The 7 year old in me is so damn happy with them. The 28 year old me is pissed I just had to spend the last hr fixing a wrist joint on the green ranger, and am now down a point of articulation, because I had to super glue the wrist ball. Damn man, sorry to hear that. I really hate when that happens to any figure. After having super glued the wrist twice, it broke a 3rd time -- literally snapping in half in my hand. This is the cheapest plastic I've seen used for a $20 figure in a LONG time. I'm entirely disappointed.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Aug 5, 2016 22:33:42 GMT -5
Damn man, sorry to hear that. I really hate when that happens to any figure. After having super glued the wrist twice, it broke a 3rd time -- literally snapping in half in my hand. This is the cheapest plastic I've seen used for a $20 figure in a LONG time. I'm entirely disappointed. The whole figure itself? Like from the freakin waist?? Ahh man. That in sucks. I was just talking to a dude on FB and he said the plastic was 'on par' with ML's actually getting my hopes up. Never been a big Ranger fan but I remember the classic ones you happened to buy. That's a downer bud. Really sorry
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 5, 2016 22:34:43 GMT -5
Got the green ranger last wk. love it Whoever thought it was a good idea to do these ball joints in the wrist are f***heads. Went to change the hand, and it broke right off. So pissed. But overall, the design is phenomenal, and the 7 year old in me is beyond stoked. Can't wait for the other 4. Just bummed Red didn't come with his sword. Or even a pistol version of the weapon he did come with. Yea I agree. The wrist joints look weird n the other hands were a pain to swap. I kept him with the hands he had in the package. Green was my fav. If they do the white I'll grab him too but that's it for me. I like these better than the sh figuarts
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Post by Robert69 on Aug 5, 2016 22:36:28 GMT -5
After having super glued the wrist twice, it broke a 3rd time -- literally snapping in half in my hand. This is the cheapest plastic I've seen used for a $20 figure in a LONG time. I'm entirely disappointed. The whole figure itself? Like from the freakin waist?? Ahh man. That in sucks. I was just talking to a dude on FB and he said the plastic was 'on par' with ML's actually getting my hopes up. Never been a big Ranger fan but I remember the classic ones you happened to buy. That's a downer bud. Really sorry No, no. The wrist joint the ball literally snapped in half. It's a softer plastic. It's comparable, but not as quality, as MLs. I would have bought all 6 rangers, white ranger, and all villains they made. The detail/look/articulation is great. Lost a customer. Taking both figures back. Wont buy another.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 5, 2016 22:37:55 GMT -5
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Aug 5, 2016 22:41:39 GMT -5
The whole figure itself? Like from the freakin waist?? Ahh man. That in sucks. I was just talking to a dude on FB and he said the plastic was 'on par' with ML's actually getting my hopes up. Never been a big Ranger fan but I remember the classic ones you happened to buy. That's a downer bud. Really sorry No, no. The wrist joint the ball literally snapped in half. It's a softer plastic. It's comparable, but not as quality, as MLs. I would have bought all 6 rangers, white ranger, and all villains they made. The detail/look/articulation is great. Lost a customer. Taking both figures back. Wont buy another. Ahh okay. Yeah, I'm always super hesitant to buy anything out of my comfort zone that's why I try to stick to just Hasbro and Toybiz stuff. Either way that's a damn shame brotha. Hope you get you're able to get that money back in full.
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