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Post by xralphiex on Oct 13, 2013 13:39:10 GMT -5
This weekend I went camping. I google searched the closest Walmart to the campgrounds. So I went out of my way 20-30 minutes to just look... They had all E23 and all the older BP but still it was fun to check out another store.
Anyone else have a similar story?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 13:47:35 GMT -5
I did the same thing a couple months back when I went camping with my family except we did a shopping day and went all over within a hour or 2 of the camp grounds. Didn't find anything but it was fun.
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Post by ClassicCollector on Oct 13, 2013 13:51:07 GMT -5
On every trip that I take from The Netherlands to the UK, I always check out beforehand if there's a toyshop like TRU or Smyths around.
I still remember every place that I went to; going to Forbidden Planet in Newcastle, going to Smyths in Birmingham, going to Forbidden Planet and TRU in Manchester, and going to Forbidden Planet, TRU and Smyths in London.
I sometimes also take a trip into Germany, going to four TRU's in three different cities (Aachen, Cologne and Neuss).
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Post by ayato1381 on Oct 13, 2013 14:02:47 GMT -5
I have gone nearly two hours out of my way to look for figures that were sighted at Toysrus when I went on a trip with a friend awhile back. Fortunately I have had some luck in the past couple series Elite 20-22 of just going to my local hobby store (which is still an hour or so away from me), so I have been guaranteed to find them when I do hunt. Elite 23 has been a pain in my ass, so after I finally found Cesaro awhile back, I decide that the internet (eBay, this forum's classifieds, and Ringside) is the better choice. Was able to get what I wanted out of Elite 23, Elite 24, Best of 2013, and BOPPV 2013 with no driving for hours for nothing. Hunting is still fun though, just did it a week ago to find the TRU exclusive Triple H.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 14:42:33 GMT -5
Everytime I go to London I go to every TRU there. Sweden doesn't sell sh*t
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 13, 2013 15:42:38 GMT -5
Any time I'm on vacation or even out of town I like to check stores. Recently I was back at my old hometown in New Jersey and stopped at my local walmart I used to love. I actually found myself a best of 2012 Great Khali while I was there. I was STOKED.
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Post by James on Oct 13, 2013 15:47:58 GMT -5
On every trip that I take from The Netherlands to the UK, I always check out beforehand if there's a toyshop like TRU or Smyths around. I still remember every place that I went to; going to Forbidden Planet in Newcastle, going to Smyths in Birmingham, going to Forbidden Planet and TRU in Manchester, and going to Forbidden Planet, TRU and Smyths in London. I sometimes also take a trip into Germany, going to four TRU's in three different cities (Aachen, Cologne and Neuss). My sister is heading to Amsterdam this month and she planned on looking for older figures for me so I guess that idea is scribbled out lol. |
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Post by jayrod2009 on Oct 13, 2013 17:52:33 GMT -5
My best travel pick up was in 1999 for a Hurricane evacuation. We left Jacksonville,Fl an ended up in Orange Beach Alabama. I saw a Walmart and asked i we could stop. I was 11 at the time, My Mom was cool with my wrestling acdiction, but my Dad and Grandfather always hated it. Well, my Mom, Grandpa and i went to Walmart an I found a BCA wrestling ring that came with a cage for $12.00. Nice big ring, not the monster ring but the one released after it. It also came with two catonpaults to shoot wrestlers over the ring or out of the cage. I pulled my same routine of " I'm not gunna buy it, I just want to walk around with it". When we got to te check out, my Mom said we aren't buying it, hotel an gas prices was too much and we can't afford it... And then something I thought I would never hear came out if my Grandpa's mouth... " go ahead and get it bud... You love wrestling, and I'd like to watch you have some fun on this shittu trip!" I wad so supprised to hear him say that. And to this day I will tell him that story.
To add to this, everytime I go on vacation, I hunt for toys.
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Post by qdogg on Oct 13, 2013 18:35:28 GMT -5
Ya anytime I drive to visit my relatives I stop by the nearest stores along the way to check out what they have. Might as well. I only go to my nearest stores to look for figures in general, I wont make any long trips to look for figures unless I have other errands to do in that particular area.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 18:58:55 GMT -5
while I was on vacation in Florida I stopped at every Walmart,k mart,target,toys r us on the way there.600 miles of stops lol.
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Post by fallbrawl on Oct 13, 2013 20:42:15 GMT -5
Not sure if this counts but i once drove 2 hours to a yard sale that had wrestling figures. I ended up buying the entire lot as soon as they opened.
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 13, 2013 20:45:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 21:14:45 GMT -5
I live in Rochester NY 90 minutes away from the Canadian border. Years ago, during the initial boom of Classic Superstars a lot of times TRU Canada would get things first, for example, series 2 two-packs. So on my half days I would leave work at 2:00 and I would be in Canada by a little after 3. Jakks used to make a ton of Canadian exclusive 3-packs and even Canadian exclusive Hogan Classics at stores like Walmart, Zeller's, and Canadian Tire, which had a Wrestlemania x-8 ring and announcer's set w/ King and Jr in their toy department at Christmas.
Haven't had to travel anywhere for Mattels, but I used to drive 16 hours south to visit my Mom in Aiken, SC and hit up every Walmart and TRU visible from the highway. The month after Ryback debuted, I probably passed on about 40-50 combined Skip Sheffields. Wish I had bought every single one at the time.
Whenever I am visiting out of town, like San Fran, or Burlington, VT or Florida, I try to hit up as many big boxes as I can. I have been known to travel to Corning (Big Flatts) Syracuse and Buffalo in my heavier collecting days.
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Post by spookytuesday on Oct 13, 2013 23:53:41 GMT -5
Me and my friends took about an hour and twenty minute trip down the highway this past February to go get some Long John Silver's since they're all but gone in our area. Stopped at a K Mart and Wal Mart there, and at the Wal Mart I found Elite 19 Lesnar, which was my number one target at that time.
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Post by ClassicCollector on Oct 14, 2013 2:56:12 GMT -5
On every trip that I take from The Netherlands to the UK, I always check out beforehand if there's a toyshop like TRU or Smyths around. I still remember every place that I went to; going to Forbidden Planet in Newcastle, going to Smyths in Birmingham, going to Forbidden Planet and TRU in Manchester, and going to Forbidden Planet, TRU and Smyths in London. I sometimes also take a trip into Germany, going to four TRU's in three different cities (Aachen, Cologne and Neuss). My sister is heading to Amsterdam this month and she planned on looking for older figures for me so I guess that idea is scribbled out lol. Yep, just like the rest of The Netherlands, Amsterdam is a no-go for wrestling-figures! |
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Post by James on Oct 14, 2013 3:52:40 GMT -5
My sister is heading to Amsterdam this month and she planned on looking for older figures for me so I guess that idea is scribbled out lol. Yep, just like the rest of The Netherlands, Amsterdam is a no-go for wrestling-figures! Is there literally anything mate? |
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Post by ClassicCollector on Oct 14, 2013 5:27:11 GMT -5
Yep, just like the rest of The Netherlands, Amsterdam is a no-go for wrestling-figures! Is there literally anything mate? In Amsterdam only, one or two specialty shops that might sell some old Jakks figures, but that's it. |
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Post by acura143 on Oct 14, 2013 9:58:31 GMT -5
When I was collecting I always would stop at stores when travel I from NC to NY/PA. I remember during Black Friday I was in PA and bought 2 elite rings for $19 when they were on sale.
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