shockwave978
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Post by shockwave978 on Jul 9, 2018 16:06:52 GMT -5
Was at a GameStop today and they had a Ronan 10th anniversary legend, then the manager goes “sorry,I can’t sell this yet, it’s street dated for the 19th” When did figures have an actual release date? been like that for a few months. that's another reason why i don't hunt anymore.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Jul 9, 2018 16:07:21 GMT -5
Was at a GameStop today and they had a Ronan 10th anniversary legend, then the manager goes “sorry,I can’t sell this yet, it’s street dated for the 19th” When did figures have an actual release date? Street dates aren't unheard of for marvel figures
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Post by mikey1974 on Jul 9, 2018 16:13:56 GMT -5
Was at a GameStop today and they had a Ronan 10th anniversary legend, then the manager goes “sorry,I can’t sell this yet, it’s street dated for the 19th” When did figures have an actual release date? Star Wars has been doing that since 1999. The first lines of Mattel's WWE figures were street dated for 1/1/2010 Off the top of my head, figures that have had street dates,mainly cause I bought some: Iron Man movie Iron Man 2 The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises Green Lantern Movie Batman vs Superman Star Wars Episode I Star Wars Episode II Star Wars episode III Star Wars : The Clone Wars Star Wars : The Force Awakens Rogue One : A Star Wars Story Star Wars : The Last Jedi Solo : A Star Wars Story WWE Elite Series 1 WWE Basic series 1 WWE Battle-Packs Series 1 WWE Entrance Greats Series 1
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 9, 2018 16:19:47 GMT -5
I can't count the number of times I've been street dated at Gamestop for action figures. It's crazy how often my Gamestop has put street dated figures on the shelves and I'm the first one there to try to buy them. They always save them and take my name if I ask.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 10, 2018 8:44:06 GMT -5
Movie figures are almost always street dated or anything that coincides with an event, like Force Friday. Star Wars was doing it before the release of the Episode I figures. I went and stood in line with my dad at Target and TRU for the exclusive mid 90s Kenner stuff when I was a kid. Those 12" exclusives were street dated and sold out in 15 minutes. People ran for them like it was black Friday. I'm pretty sure the original long saber 1995 releases were street dated as well because they put out those Bendie figures first as like a teaser and then the jacked wave with the core figures and the land speeder came out after it.
But yeah, street dates have been a pain in collector's sides for years.
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Post by Robert69 on Jul 10, 2018 15:17:27 GMT -5
Was at a GameStop today and they had a Ronan 10th anniversary legend, then the manager goes “sorry,I can’t sell this yet, it’s street dated for the 19th” When did figures have an actual release date? Star Wars has been doing that since 1999. The first lines of Mattel's WWE figures were street dated for 1/1/2010 Off the top of my head, figures that have had street dates,mainly cause I bought some: Iron Man movie Iron Man 2 The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises Green Lantern Movie Batman vs Superman Star Wars Episode I Star Wars Episode II Star Wars episode III Star Wars : The Clone Wars Star Wars : The Force Awakens Rogue One : A Star Wars Story Star Wars : The Last Jedi Solo : A Star Wars Story WWE Elite Series 1 WWE Basic series 1 WWE Battle-Packs Series 1 WWE Entrance Greats Series 1 Most every toy line has an actual "street date" or "DNSB" date on their box. It's just whether or not stores stick to it. For lines that are more sought after (MLs, WWE, Star Wars) -- even big box stores tend to be strict. For specific figures (The annual Christmas Barbie) -- they're SUPER strict, to the point Mattel usually will spend the extra to ship them as close to overnight as possible, so there's not even a chance of mistakenly putting them out... Street dates are entirely common with action figures/collectibles now. Just a matter of if stores/employees stick to 'em.
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Post by ckhybrid on Jul 10, 2018 15:18:41 GMT -5
went to Canada last week for vacation and spent a ridiculous amount of money on new Marvel Legends figures, was really happy to find them early. Found the 2 three packs at TRU, Silver Surfer & Ronan at EB Games and then came home to the states and found Elektra at GameStop. Can't open Groot/Rocket/Thor until my birthday, my girlfriend paid for it for me! Ronanshould have been released a long time ago, glad to finally have him in my collection though! Pepper Potts/Mandarin/Iron ManI have zero use for Iron Man, and to make things worse, my figure has two right fists! Still going to try and put him up on eBay and see if I can get anything for it. Pepper looks good but I wish it wasn't this specific of a look, would have preferred a more business attire Pepper. Mandarin is amazing, they nailed this scan. Silver SurferI was a huge Surfer fan as a kid, I was pumped for this when it was announced and I think it turned out awesome! Elektraoriginally had her pre-ordered from Dorkside, but I cancelled it once I saw she was available at the GameStop near me. Good looking figure, wish she came with alternate hands to hold the sai's better because it keeps falling out of 1 of her hands. Groot/Rocket/Thor
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 16:15:11 GMT -5
I got street dated on Carnage from the venom series for august 1st as well.
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Post by PJ on Jul 10, 2018 16:19:35 GMT -5
I want that Silver Surfer.
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 10, 2018 16:27:03 GMT -5
Canada has become the toy capital of North America. I got Storm and Psylocke from HasbroToyShop. I could've had the whole set, but I'm waiting on a case from Dorkside. My Psylocke has a super loose wrist that spins freely in the socket with not enough friction to hold the sword straight.
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Post by ckhybrid on Jul 10, 2018 17:28:04 GMT -5
pre-ordered Bishop from GameStop today, Omega Red wasn't available for some reason, hopefully I can track him down. I want Sauron but don't want anyone else from the wave, hopefully I can get them for less than retail on Amazon or something down the line, not going to go crazy and pay full price.
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Post by ARUN on Jul 10, 2018 19:40:41 GMT -5
Got these today at eb games (Canada) .
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Post by gnr4lyfe on Jul 10, 2018 20:44:13 GMT -5
I’ve been obsessed with Marvel Legends recently. I had the entire Sp//dr wave preordered but this past Friday I found all of them at various Gamestops/Think Geek so I cancelled with Dorkside. I love the wave. I’m glad to get a Doc Ock figure, I haven’t had one since the Spider-Man 2 movie figs.
Today I received Red Skull and Ant-Man/Yellow Jacket Marvel Studios 10th Anniversary figs from Hasbro Toy Shop. Haven’t opened them yet but they have arrived. Love the MS10 packaging.
I have the entire X-Men, Venom and Deadpool waves on preorder, the Infinity War 3 pack (Thor/Rocket/Groot), From MS10: Cap/Crossbones, Thor/Sif, Ronan, Thanos/Iron Man/Strange.
These next 2 months are gonna kill my wallet lol.
Also can’t wait to get that Silver Surfer, I’ve been checking every week. PJ, if you see them in New City, Airmont or Nyack Walgreens let me know lol
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Post by hollywoodryan on Jul 10, 2018 21:56:11 GMT -5
Got these today at eb games (Canada) . Good find my friend, I also found them at EB in Niagara Falls Canada!!.. just picked up the ones I wanted Wolverine, Psylocke and Multiple Man (won't post pics cause they are the same as above)... now to hunt down Bishop when the time comes...
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Post by ARUN on Jul 10, 2018 22:39:11 GMT -5
hollywoodryan thanks man! And yes I need that Bishop too! Can't believe how many legends are hitting all of a sudden in Canada!
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 10, 2018 23:10:32 GMT -5
Yeah... that Silver Surfer is a massive want for me. I really can’t wait to own it.
PP’s face turned out great but I’m still not a fan of that attire for her. I want the set regardless.
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Post by poindizzle on Jul 11, 2018 8:54:39 GMT -5
I had the First Ten Years Thor and Sif 2 pack as well as Red Skull in hand and at the register when they hit me with the Ol' Street Date line at GameStop. And out of town too so holding it wasn't really feasible. I get that rules is rules, but damn, someone looking at the clearly marked street dates those cases have right on the top while you run a box cutter over them could've saved me some crushing disappointment.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jul 11, 2018 9:42:30 GMT -5
I had the First Ten Years Thor and Sif 2 pack as well as Red Skull in hand and at the register when they hit me with the Ol' Street Date line at GameStop. And out of town too so holding it wasn't really feasible. I get that rules is rules, but damn, someone looking at the clearly marked street dates those cases have right on the top while you run a box cutter over them could've saved me some crushing disappointment. It’s stupid of them to put something out then not let you purchase it. Honestly, GameStop and their high ass mark up on toys.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Jul 11, 2018 10:40:58 GMT -5
I had the First Ten Years Thor and Sif 2 pack as well as Red Skull in hand and at the register when they hit me with the Ol' Street Date line at GameStop. And out of town too so holding it wasn't really feasible. I get that rules is rules, but damn, someone looking at the clearly marked street dates those cases have right on the top while you run a box cutter over them could've saved me some crushing disappointment. It’s stupid of them to put something out then not let you purchase it. Honestly, GameStop and their high ass mark up on toys. I despise the fact that I can only get certain things at gamestop. Extra 5 bucks and it's almost always cool shit.
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Post by PJ on Jul 11, 2018 12:18:33 GMT -5
Just received an email from Big Bad saying my DareDevil is now in my “pile of loot”. Now I’ll have to wait for other orders to arrive so I can ship it. To bad they didn’t tell me a day earlier last week that they were expecting it because I would have held off on them shipping my Wolverine and POPs until DareDevil had arrived today.
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