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Post by BuckDenaro7: Elite Trader on Jul 19, 2016 14:16:49 GMT -5
Not yet, my WalMarts have none of them anywhere. I was able to get a Harleen fairly cheap, which I am excited about. Regardless of release dates, my area is usually a den for dealers and markup retailers. I hear that. I've got an Amazon seller in my area, but he usually sticks to TRU and clearance deals. Yeah, he hunts for items to profit on, but he's got a wife and kid so I don't hate on him too much. I'm hoping that these pops will be as easy as the BvS WM pops were. I remember an end-cap filled with that GITD 2-pack. Granted, it lasted about 2 weeks lol. That's crazy. I would love a 2 week period of being able to find an exclusive in my area! We have at least 4 or 5 dealers within 5 miles, and they ruin everything. I went to GameStop yesterday to look for Bret Hart, Eva Marie and Bray Wyatt. Left with just Wyatt, as the guy behind the counter explained to me that a dealer comes in every day, buys the newer ones (mainly wrestling ones), and all of the new exclusives they get in, while placing preorders for larger quantities of future exclusives. When I tracked down 2 of the Walgreens Spider-Gwen Pops a few weeks ago, the girl at the counter was surprised that they had them telling me "We shift from store to store daily, and everyday, in each store, I see multiple people buy all of the exclusive ones we have. I look in the collectible stores out here, and in the mall, and its all the same people buying them in our stores that are selling them there." Just brutal, but the fun is the hunt I guess!
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 19, 2016 15:16:24 GMT -5
I hear that. I've got an Amazon seller in my area, but he usually sticks to TRU and clearance deals. Yeah, he hunts for items to profit on, but he's got a wife and kid so I don't hate on him too much. I'm hoping that these pops will be as easy as the BvS WM pops were. I remember an end-cap filled with that GITD 2-pack. Granted, it lasted about 2 weeks lol. That's crazy. I would love a 2 week period of being able to find an exclusive in my area! We have at least 4 or 5 dealers within 5 miles, and they ruin everything. I went to GameStop yesterday to look for Bret Hart, Eva Marie and Bray Wyatt. Left with just Wyatt, as the guy behind the counter explained to me that a dealer comes in every day, buys the newer ones (mainly wrestling ones), and all of the new exclusives they get in, while placing preorders for larger quantities of future exclusives. When I tracked down 2 of the Walgreens Spider-Gwen Pops a few weeks ago, the girl at the counter was surprised that they had them telling me "We shift from store to store daily, and everyday, in each store, I see multiple people buy all of the exclusive ones we have. I look in the collectible stores out here, and in the mall, and its all the same people buying them in our stores that are selling them there." Just brutal, but the fun is the hunt I guess! Definitely, the hunt in itself is the best part. I usually go out on comic book day or Thursdays. I don't stop everywhere, but I make it a point I hit up GameStop, Target, TRU, and atleast one Wal-Mart (usually to restock food). Then I got 4 Walgreens if I want to drive a square pattern through town. The biggest problem is that, because of the lack of toy hobbiest, distribution is spotty. Sometimes I don't find anything on my list, but other times I find figures I can't walk away from, like Neca's God of War figure. I still don't know how they got away with a $25 price tag on it! That Walgreens Spider Gwen, I've seen it a few times, but I've passed it up because the paint apps on her sleeve is always a little off center. Not sure if it's a flaw or suppose to be like that. One last problem, this one is with Target Exclusives. I'm not saying it's wrong, because it is one of the perks to working retail, but Target employees (here, anyways) always hid stuff in the back and always say "someone just came in and bought them all"... I feel really lucky to have actually find SS Joker exclusive and 1 Fallout Jones Soda. Anyways, hit me up if you are looking for anything in particular. Always glad to help a fellow collector.
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Post by BuckDenaro7: Elite Trader on Jul 19, 2016 22:03:43 GMT -5
That's crazy. I would love a 2 week period of being able to find an exclusive in my area! We have at least 4 or 5 dealers within 5 miles, and they ruin everything. I went to GameStop yesterday to look for Bret Hart, Eva Marie and Bray Wyatt. Left with just Wyatt, as the guy behind the counter explained to me that a dealer comes in every day, buys the newer ones (mainly wrestling ones), and all of the new exclusives they get in, while placing preorders for larger quantities of future exclusives. When I tracked down 2 of the Walgreens Spider-Gwen Pops a few weeks ago, the girl at the counter was surprised that they had them telling me "We shift from store to store daily, and everyday, in each store, I see multiple people buy all of the exclusive ones we have. I look in the collectible stores out here, and in the mall, and its all the same people buying them in our stores that are selling them there." Just brutal, but the fun is the hunt I guess! Definitely, the hunt in itself is the best part. I usually go out on comic book day or Thursdays. I don't stop everywhere, but I make it a point I hit up GameStop, Target, TRU, and atleast one Wal-Mart (usually to restock food). Then I got 4 Walgreens if I want to drive a square pattern through town. The biggest problem is that, because of the lack of toy hobbiest, distribution is spotty. Sometimes I don't find anything on my list, but other times I find figures I can't walk away from, like Neca's God of War figure. I still don't know how they got away with a $25 price tag on it! That Walgreens Spider Gwen, I've seen it a few times, but I've passed it up because the paint apps on her sleeve is always a little off center. Not sure if it's a flaw or suppose to be like that. One last problem, this one is with Target Exclusives. I'm not saying it's wrong, because it is one of the perks to working retail, but Target employees (here, anyways) always hid stuff in the back and always say "someone just came in and bought them all"... I feel really lucky to have actually find SS Joker exclusive and 1 Fallout Jones Soda. Anyways, hit me up if you are looking for anything in particular. Always glad to help a fellow collector. Yeah, I completely feel you there. I do not really have a set route in which I go hunting, but usually just stop along the way. The hunt has been much more rewarding than ordering it most times, but each has their benefits. I considered myself lucky finding Spider-Gwen, so I took both of them that I found, same with the Boxer Joker at Target, which I was really lucky to find (Only other Funko on the shelf was Killer Croc). And same to you, always willing to help another collector out, it is what makes the hobby fun! I think you and I are looking for the same ones right now- WalMart Joker, and when it comes out, WalMart Killer Croc. Otherwise, I saw a post about the more rare ones that we have. I just started collecting these more, but among the rare ones I have are the Walgreens Venom exclusive, Beetlejuice, and the WalMart Harleen.
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Jul 19, 2016 23:07:35 GMT -5
Anyone have any "rare" pops they want to show off? I just started collecting, but my "rarest" or retired figures and Sheldon and Amy from The Big Bang Theory. I really hate that I threw out the box for Legolas considering he goes for over $100 now.
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Post by crush on Jul 20, 2016 6:34:44 GMT -5
Anyone have any "rare" pops they want to show off? I just started collecting, but my "rarest" or retired figures and Sheldon and Amy from The Big Bang Theory. Rarest ones I have are the Teen Titans White Costume Raven and Bret Hart Tribute Attire CM Punk. Doctor Doom, Dark World Thor W/Helmet, Regular CM Punk, Superboy, Silent Bob, and Egon Sepngler are the others I have on the rare side, but they don't come close to the first two as far as value go.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 20, 2016 12:21:51 GMT -5
Anyone have any "rare" pops they want to show off? I just started collecting, but my "rarest" or retired figures and Sheldon and Amy from The Big Bang Theory. I really hate that I threw out the box for Legolas considering he goes for over $100 now. I love that Legolas.
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 20, 2016 12:44:21 GMT -5
Finally decided to pick up the Target Nathan Drake today.
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Jul 20, 2016 13:54:40 GMT -5
I really hate that I threw out the box for Legolas considering he goes for over $100 now. I love that Legolas. Yeah, my dad and I watched every LOTR movie together in the theaters and Legolas became my favorite character so I have a soft spot for it.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 20, 2016 13:56:49 GMT -5
Yeah, my dad and I watched every LOTR movie together in the theaters and Legolas became my favorite character so I have a soft spot for it. Yeah he is a favorite of many.
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 20, 2016 16:15:18 GMT -5
Assorted Pops are $5 at GameStop. I doubt they have their assortments separated in $5 sections or labeled. Check GameStop online for what is and isn't included while hunting. Also, saw this at GameStop today. I hate it, but what can you do. So I'm a huge Fallout mark. Not that I have everything Fallout, but I did manage to complete the Fallout Mystery Mini set.... Until now. Bethesda decided to mix all their properties and Dog meat is 1/36... I don't even want to roll the dice. It goes for $35 on the bay. If anyone gets fallout pieces and do not want them, pm me. I might actually trade parts of my personal Collectables to acquire the 3 Fallout pieces from the set. I'll even go hunting for items you might be looking for to get them.
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Post by Ace Bennett on Jul 20, 2016 16:25:44 GMT -5
My more "rare" pops are a couple of Con exclusives that were in stores (Smiling Ultron, Golden Freiza) and my Collector Corps and Smuggler's Bounty pops, as I doubt a ton of people are subscribed to those services. My rarest figure is probably my 1 of 5 Blue Snaggletooth Pop that I got in my Smuggler's Bounty box a few months back, it's a shout out to an old Star Wars figure that was an error and one of the more rare Kenner figures from its time. It's going for between 90-200 dollars on ebay right now but I think it'll go up as time goes on.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 20, 2016 17:08:12 GMT -5
Assorted Pops are $5 at GameStop. I doubt they have their assortments separated in $5 sections or labeled. Check GameStop online for what is and isn't included while hunting. Also, saw this at GameStop today. I hate it, but what can you do. So I'm a huge Fallout mark. Not that I have everything Fallout, but I did manage to complete the Fallout Mystery Mini set.... Until now. Bethesda decided to mix all their properties and Dog meat is 1/36... I don't even want to roll the dice. It goes for $35 on the bay. If anyone gets fallout pieces and do not want them, pm me. I might actually trade parts of my personal Collectables to acquire the 3 Fallout pieces from the set. I'll even go hunting for items you might be looking for to get them. Coming in October:
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 20, 2016 17:26:35 GMT -5
Assorted Pops are $5 at GameStop. I doubt they have their assortments separated in $5 sections or labeled. Check GameStop online for what is and isn't included while hunting. Also, saw this at GameStop today. I hate it, but what can you do. So I'm a huge Fallout mark. Not that I have everything Fallout, but I did manage to complete the Fallout Mystery Mini set.... Until now. Bethesda decided to mix all their properties and Dog meat is 1/36... I don't even want to roll the dice. It goes for $35 on the bay. If anyone gets fallout pieces and do not want them, pm me. I might actually trade parts of my personal Collectables to acquire the 3 Fallout pieces from the set. I'll even go hunting for items you might be looking for to get them. Coming in October: I need that Randy Marsh image because I want you to know happy I am to see this!! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by drifter on Jul 20, 2016 18:28:20 GMT -5
Assorted Pops are $5 at GameStop. I doubt they have their assortments separated in $5 sections or labeled. Check GameStop online for what is and isn't included while hunting. Also, saw this at GameStop today. I hate it, but what can you do. So I'm a huge Fallout mark. Not that I have everything Fallout, but I did manage to complete the Fallout Mystery Mini set.... Until now. Bethesda decided to mix all their properties and Dog meat is 1/36... I don't even want to roll the dice. It goes for $35 on the bay. If anyone gets fallout pieces and do not want them, pm me. I might actually trade parts of my personal Collectables to acquire the 3 Fallout pieces from the set. I'll even go hunting for items you might be looking for to get them. Coming in October: Saw those when I was looking info up on the Best of Bethesda set. Hopefully they'll have a few store exclusives that aren't shown there, because I'm bummed out that Cait isn't in the set, as she was one of my favorite companions in the game. Between the current Bethesda one, this set, and the Rick and Morty mystery minis that are supposed to be coming, I'm going to be putting a lot of money out. I actually had a guy at the Gamestop closest to me, tell me that the day before I was there, they had a guy, who came in with a scale, and for around 20 minutes, was weighing each box in the Bethesda set, and taking notes. He was holding a line up at one point too. I told that story to one of the clerks at the other store near me, and they said, the same guy was in there, too, doing the same thing.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 20, 2016 20:31:57 GMT -5
Saw those when I was looking info up on the Best of Bethesda set. Hopefully they'll have a few store exclusives that aren't shown there, because I'm bummed out that Cait isn't in the set, as she was one of my favorite companions in the game. Between the current Bethesda one, this set, and the Rick and Morty mystery minis that are supposed to be coming, I'm going to be putting a lot of money out. I actually had a guy at the Gamestop closest to me, tell me that the day before I was there, they had a guy, who came in with a scale, and for around 20 minutes, was weighing each box in the Bethesda set, and taking notes. He was holding a line up at one point too. I told that story to one of the clerks at the other store near me, and they said, the same guy was in there, too, doing the same thing. The weighing thing blows my mind. I understand using case layouts and have used them myself when I was looking to finish a set or if there was a set that I only wanted one or two figures from...but actually weighing them? These figures aren't 20 bucks or something! Just shake the box and roll the dice!
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 21, 2016 7:24:23 GMT -5
Do SDCC Hot Topic exclusives eventually make there way to stores? Their site has them for sale, but I don't want to order any if I can hunt them later.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jul 21, 2016 11:10:33 GMT -5
Do SDCC Hot Topic exclusives eventually make there way to stores? Their site has them for sale, but I don't want to order any if I can hunt them later. Should be in stores starting... like, now.
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 21, 2016 11:38:13 GMT -5
Do SDCC Hot Topic exclusives eventually make there way to stores? Their site has them for sale, but I don't want to order any if I can hunt them later. Should be in stores starting... like, now. Lol, I just order batman online. Managed to pick up false god superman, doomsday, and TWD fire walker. My GS rep said they one got 2 SDCC fire walkers. Gotta go to hot topic and find Gorilla Grood. Thanks for the info... I'm such a newb.
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Post by ckhybrid on Jul 21, 2016 12:55:59 GMT -5
really hope I can find that SDCC Liv Moore at Hot Topic... sold out online
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Post by Professor Sparlin on Jul 21, 2016 13:01:43 GMT -5
really hope I can find that SDCC Liv Moore at Hot Topic... sold out online I'm headed to a hot topic that is about an hour away to get Gorilla Grood. I can check out what you are looking for, if you can't get it in your area; cost plus your preferred shipping and $2 for shipping materials.
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