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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 19, 2017 10:37:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I went back to the Walgreens and talked to the girl and said they came in bins and it was only the 3 figures and she put them out. She didn't seem like she was bsing at all. I did hit a few more Walgreens stores yesterday and it seems like most of them around me are getting the new Guardians wave for their new shipments. Anyway, finally opened my Shatterstar yesterday. I took a bunch of picks but wanted to share the old/new look. This is definitely one of the coolest looking Marvel Legends to-date imo and it was fun to size it up to its great ToyBiz counterpart. Hopefully they commit to the rest of X-Force because I'm a fan.
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Post by Darkhawk on Mar 19, 2017 11:15:09 GMT -5
Yeah I've talked to a guy at Walgreens, depending on the store and how well sales do they usually won't get a full case of figures. They usually get like 2-3 figures from Hasbro.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 19, 2017 12:00:03 GMT -5
Is there a place online to buy these like Ringside for WWE figures? Or do you actually have to go out and hunt the Marvel figures at retail? B B T S, Dork Side Toys, and Entertainment Earth are the main 3 online retailers for ML besides TRU/Amazon.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 19, 2017 12:08:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I went back to the Walgreens and talked to the girl and said they came in bins and it was only the 3 figures and she put them out. She didn't seem like she was bsing at all. I did hit a few more Walgreens stores yesterday and it seems like most of them around me are getting the new Guardians wave for their new shipments. Yeah, one of the stores (actually got to talk to a manager) said something fairly similar. That they don't always get full cases. And a couple of mine got the Guardians wave too. One seemed to have gotten the whole case, and another had Star Lord and Darkhawk.
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Post by Rasslin.Bros on Mar 19, 2017 13:43:14 GMT -5
I hit around 10 Walgreens yesterday. 8 had the new X-Men wave, saw multiples of everyone, but only found 1 Colossus.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 19, 2017 15:35:16 GMT -5
I picked up the Iron Fist figure from the Dr Strange wave this morning. So did I. But this Walmart wanted $20.
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Post by PJ on Mar 19, 2017 16:09:57 GMT -5
As did mine. Well, $18.98 plus tax.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Mar 19, 2017 18:29:59 GMT -5
Took my son to Walgreens yesterday he picked up Logan and Shatterstar. They also had Dazler, the green girl, and the fire guy. They still have the Daredevil (yellowand brown) there as well. If anyone is looking for any of those characters let me know.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Mar 19, 2017 19:24:04 GMT -5
Picked up Polaris, still searching for the rest of the X-Men line up minus Dazzler.
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Mar 19, 2017 23:39:25 GMT -5
Took my son to Walgreens yesterday he picked up Logan and Shatterstar. They also had Dazler, the green girl, and the fire guy. They still have the Daredevil (yellowand brown) there as well. If anyone is looking for any of those characters let me know. The Green Girl and Fire Guy? YOU DARE NOT KNOW THE GREATNESS THAT IS POLARIS AND SUNFIRE?! HAHA kidding, kidding. But they are awesome, as are their figures.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 20, 2017 0:13:22 GMT -5
Took my son to Walgreens yesterday he picked up Logan and Shatterstar. They also had Dazler, the green girl, and the fire guy. They still have the Daredevil (yellowand brown) there as well. If anyone is looking for any of those characters let me know. The Green Girl and Fire Guy? YOU DARE NOT KNOW THE GREATNESS THAT IS POLARIS AND SUNFIRE?! HAHA kidding, kidding. But they are awesome, as are their figures. Other than recalling seeing at least Sunfire in the 90s cartoon, I know NOTHING about either of them. I've learned a lot about numerous characters since I've started collecting. Simply noting -- it happens. Sadly. You think you're a decent nerd, until the nerdom proves you wrong.
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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 20, 2017 8:58:28 GMT -5
The Green Girl and Fire Guy? YOU DARE NOT KNOW THE GREATNESS THAT IS POLARIS AND SUNFIRE?! HAHA kidding, kidding. But they are awesome, as are their figures. Other than recalling seeing at least Sunfire in the 90s cartoon, I know NOTHING about either of them. I've learned a lot about numerous characters since I've started collecting. Simply noting -- it happens. Sadly. You think you're a decent nerd, until the nerdom proves you wrong. I've been collecting comics since I was 6 years old and this still happens to me all of the time. I'm in a buy/sell comic group on Facebook and it blows me away some of the stuff I learn about and that people collect. I think you find that everyone has their own avenue of knowledge, some wider than others, but inevetiably there is an expert in something you didn't even know exists. It's pretty awesome. I always appreciate when a figure catches my eye and I don't have any lengthy background knowledge on the character. At worst it leads to a fun Google and at best it opens up a whole new reading list. If only we would have had Google in the early 90s to sort out some of the weird characters we got in the ToyBiz line.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 20, 2017 9:15:11 GMT -5
Other than recalling seeing at least Sunfire in the 90s cartoon, I know NOTHING about either of them. I've learned a lot about numerous characters since I've started collecting. Simply noting -- it happens. Sadly. You think you're a decent nerd, until the nerdom proves you wrong. I've been collecting comics since I was 6 years old and this still happens to me all of the time. I'm in a buy/sell comic group on Facebook and it blows me away some of the stuff I learn about and that people collect. I think you find that everyone has their own avenue of knowledge, some wider than others, but inevetiably there is an expert in something you didn't even know exists. It's pretty awesome. I always appreciate when a figure catches my eye and I don't have any lengthy background knowledge on the character. At worst it leads to a fun Google and at best it opens up a whole new reading list. If only we would have had Google in the early 90s to sort out some of the weird characters we got in the ToyBiz line. First harsh lesson I learned was that there are just SO MANY characters out there. X-Men alone. For example, was watching The Wolverine a few days ago and didn't know that A) the redhead girl isn't actually a mutant in the comics; and B ) The dude running around with the bow and arrow is actually the Silver Samurai most of us know from the comics/cartoon. Had zero idea, but Googled them, and learned. Same with Pearce etc from Logan. I do want a Pearce ML, but more militant like the Logan version. Most of his comic looks are pretty "dandy" in style.
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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 20, 2017 9:24:44 GMT -5
I've been collecting comics since I was 6 years old and this still happens to me all of the time. I'm in a buy/sell comic group on Facebook and it blows me away some of the stuff I learn about and that people collect. I think you find that everyone has their own avenue of knowledge, some wider than others, but inevetiably there is an expert in something you didn't even know exists. It's pretty awesome. I always appreciate when a figure catches my eye and I don't have any lengthy background knowledge on the character. At worst it leads to a fun Google and at best it opens up a whole new reading list. If only we would have had Google in the early 90s to sort out some of the weird characters we got in the ToyBiz line. First harsh lesson I learned was that there are just SO MANY characters out there. X-Men alone. For example, was watching The Wolverine a few days ago and didn't know that A) the redhead girl isn't actually a mutant in the comics; and B ) The dude running around with the bow and arrow is actually the Silver Samurai most of us know from the comics/cartoon. Had zero idea, but Googled them, and learned. Same with Pearce etc from Logan. I do want a Pearce ML, but more militant like the Logan version. Most of his comic looks are pretty "dandy" in style. I honestly think it's a travesty we haven't gotten any kind of movie figures since the few we got from the Last Stand. There were a plethora of characters I would buy from the Wolverine films and more recent X-flicks, and Deadpool... I'm honestly super glad I grabbed the Marvel Select Wolverine from Origins because we haven't gotten a ML Jackman. I get the whole legal issues with who owns what and Marvel/Disney trying to get those back but it feels like they've punished fans in the process.
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Post by Darkhawk on Mar 20, 2017 16:40:37 GMT -5
I'm with you guys on not knowing anything about Marvel characters other than the Avengers, it wasn't until I started collecting figures and reading some comics that I gained more knowledge on Marvel characters, but still not nowhere near expert level. xD There's always like 2-3 characters from every wave of Hasbro I don't know about.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Mar 20, 2017 17:21:40 GMT -5
I'm with you guys on not knowing anything about Marvel characters other than the Avengers, it wasn't until I started collecting figures and reading some comics that I gained more knowledge on Marvel characters, but still not nowhere near expert level. xD There's always like 2-3 characters from every wave of Hasbro I don't know about. Yeah, I used to read the old books growing up. But stopped reading and collecting them when (I think) Gambit got his own books. I collected the first 5 of those, then I just kinda stopped. I take my son to all the super hero movies (he is now 11, and yes even Deadpool and Logan in theaters) and buy him all the figures. And remember some. It was funny I saw Shatterstar and said "Hey I used to draw him all the time growing up." My son grabbed him, and when we walked in the house he says "you know Shatterstar is gay now dad?" I may not know all the characters, but my son does. And since he is the one now collecting, that's all that matters. P.S. I am still looking for that damn Wolverine from the Juggernaut series. If anyone has one I would gladly buy/trade for one.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 20, 2017 21:51:51 GMT -5
Been to 8 Walgreens, still don't have a Colossus. Lame.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 0:12:31 GMT -5
Grabbed these from the clearance section of Walmart this early morning.... (and some bubble bath )
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 21, 2017 0:49:38 GMT -5
Grabbed these from the clearance section of Walmart this early morning.... (and some bubble bath ) That's a STEAL for the Strange wave. Ridiculous.
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Mar 21, 2017 1:19:47 GMT -5
Other than recalling seeing at least Sunfire in the 90s cartoon, I know NOTHING about either of them. I've learned a lot about numerous characters since I've started collecting. Simply noting -- it happens. Sadly. You think you're a decent nerd, until the nerdom proves you wrong. I've been collecting comics since I was 6 years old and this still happens to me all of the time. I'm in a buy/sell comic group on Facebook and it blows me away some of the stuff I learn about and that people collect. I think you find that everyone has their own avenue of knowledge, some wider than others, but inevetiably there is an expert in something you didn't even know exists. It's pretty awesome. I always appreciate when a figure catches my eye and I don't have any lengthy background knowledge on the character. At worst it leads to a fun Google and at best it opens up a whole new reading list. If only we would have had Google in the early 90s to sort out some of the weird characters we got in the ToyBiz line. And if only we had all the ways to read the back issues and resources with said characters back in the 90's other than comic book stores that were rather hit or miss sometimes. Thank god for Marvel opening up the vaults with all their reprints in TPB and HC, and their Unlimited app.
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