Post by Old School Collector on Dec 30, 2014 23:30:23 GMT -5
First of all, I want to say thanks to what? for searching for me during his figure hunting trips. I really appreciate it, brother !
I was afraid that I'd end up missing out on this gem of a series, because when I heard about these hitting retail I was already up at my parents for the holidays. The bad part about that is, they don't have a Target anywhere near them for at least an hour and I won't be back in Tuscaloosa until the 5th, so the multiple scalpers in my area would've more than likely already hit.
I checked the Inventory System that was posted on here recently and the nearest one showed 27 in stock, so I decided to call them up and see if they would even be willing to help, since my friends and I were going out that way for dinner.
The guy in the Toys Dept. acknowledged that they did indeed have them and that he would get them for me, if I stopped by while he was there.
So, before going to dinner we went to the strip mall for some shopping, that had the Target beside it. I walked in and found the guy that I spoke with originally and he went to the back and brought out 3 fresh cases !!
He said that they usually wrap all the new mod stuff together and shoot it up into the bins until after they have the reset ready to stock, but what's cool is that he was also a collector so he had them sitting down so that he could get a set after they had stocked the mod.
The guy was extremely cool and said that there was a scalper that had tried multiple times already to hit up the store for them, but the managers refused to sell them to him, with the "They won't ring up even if we could get to them" line, so I though that was pretty great.
We opened the cases and I grabbed one of each of them, which all rung up just fine. I did mention the forum and Ringside Collectibles to him and he said that he would sign up on here soon.
I was also surprised when I got in later that night, that my Ebay win had arrived. I pretty much got it at retail price, so that was a win !
Anyways, it was cool to finally get these awesome figures and unintentionally meeting a fellow collector all at the same time !
Here are some pics that I was able to snap just a few minutes ago, because it's been a busy past few days lol.
Thanks for looking and as always, happy collecting !
I was afraid that I'd end up missing out on this gem of a series, because when I heard about these hitting retail I was already up at my parents for the holidays. The bad part about that is, they don't have a Target anywhere near them for at least an hour and I won't be back in Tuscaloosa until the 5th, so the multiple scalpers in my area would've more than likely already hit.
I checked the Inventory System that was posted on here recently and the nearest one showed 27 in stock, so I decided to call them up and see if they would even be willing to help, since my friends and I were going out that way for dinner.
The guy in the Toys Dept. acknowledged that they did indeed have them and that he would get them for me, if I stopped by while he was there.
So, before going to dinner we went to the strip mall for some shopping, that had the Target beside it. I walked in and found the guy that I spoke with originally and he went to the back and brought out 3 fresh cases !!
He said that they usually wrap all the new mod stuff together and shoot it up into the bins until after they have the reset ready to stock, but what's cool is that he was also a collector so he had them sitting down so that he could get a set after they had stocked the mod.
The guy was extremely cool and said that there was a scalper that had tried multiple times already to hit up the store for them, but the managers refused to sell them to him, with the "They won't ring up even if we could get to them" line, so I though that was pretty great.
We opened the cases and I grabbed one of each of them, which all rung up just fine. I did mention the forum and Ringside Collectibles to him and he said that he would sign up on here soon.
I was also surprised when I got in later that night, that my Ebay win had arrived. I pretty much got it at retail price, so that was a win !
Anyways, it was cool to finally get these awesome figures and unintentionally meeting a fellow collector all at the same time !
Here are some pics that I was able to snap just a few minutes ago, because it's been a busy past few days lol.
Thanks for looking and as always, happy collecting !
