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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 22:31:59 GMT -5
Lp wont review tapes
Those figures will be back on the shelves in a few days
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Post by Mongo Bears on Dec 7, 2015 22:32:36 GMT -5
Hopefully they taze him next time he walks in the door only if they wanna get sued I said hopefully
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Post by cmiller79 on Dec 7, 2015 22:39:59 GMT -5
only if they wanna get sued I said hopefully it would be pretty damn funny if that came up on the news
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Post by Mongo Bears on Dec 7, 2015 22:42:23 GMT -5
it would be pretty damn funny if that came up on the news Lol As you stated....not very likely In my eyes,....it should be legal to taze anyone found guilty of figure swapping at retail.
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Post by Otto The Orange on Dec 7, 2015 23:03:05 GMT -5
Lp wont review tapes Those figures will be back on the shelves in a few days Trust me, neither of those will be happening.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 23:27:00 GMT -5
Wow. Crap like this is what makes shopping for figures at retail an absolute nightmare.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Dec 8, 2015 0:13:56 GMT -5
not wwe but i saw some of the weirdest marvel legends swaps at local toysrus. they took an older figure, plastic insert, all accessories including baf piece, and the back of the card and taped that to the front of the card of a newer figure. i cant even figure out the point of it as the only difference is the older figures r avengers and the newer ones r spidey figures. and they did it on like 4 or 5 figures.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 0:17:43 GMT -5
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Post by JNH2248 on Dec 8, 2015 0:29:39 GMT -5
There were 2 HOF Hogans at my Target that were swapped out for Basic Hogans. I went to customer service to tell them about it and the dumbass girl was like, "So do you want to buy these?"....I had to tell her, "No someone bought them and swapped them out. Those arent the right figures"...She was just brain dead and said she'd tell a manager. 3 Days later they were right back on the shelf. Awful...
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Post by kennyw86 on Dec 8, 2015 2:06:12 GMT -5
Whoever has the balls to do it, more power to 'em I say. Like a major department store employee would give a rats about a geek complaining about action figures. You figure police make me laugh. Dont agree with the first sentence, but everything else is spot on
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 2:58:40 GMT -5
Lp wont review tapes Those figures will be back on the shelves in a few days Trust me, neither of those will be happening. You gonna stop in everyday to make sure?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 3:02:34 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by Halloween King on Dec 8, 2015 3:39:35 GMT -5
I often wonder if these people who steal also view these forums.
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Post by cmiller79 on Dec 8, 2015 4:07:54 GMT -5
I often wonder if these people who steal also view these forums. do real collectors even do this kinda thing?
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Post by Boy Wonder on Dec 8, 2015 6:28:51 GMT -5
Some of you guys are way too obsessed over this stuff.
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Post by randyrock on Dec 8, 2015 6:39:18 GMT -5
There were 2 HOF Hogans at my Target that were swapped out for Basic Hogans. I went to customer service to tell them about it and the dumbass girl was like, "So do you want to buy these?"....I had to tell her, "No someone bought them and swapped them out. Those arent the right figures"...She was just brain dead and said she'd tell a manager. 3 Days later they were right back on the shelf. This EXACT thing happened at a local TRU. And I mean verbatim, too. I thought I was helping the store and pointing out the flaw that was set to sell to the uninformed consumer and they looked at me like I was the culprit. They had no idea of the figure switch scam. Right back on the shelves three days later.
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Post by knupmc on Dec 8, 2015 6:40:47 GMT -5
Great job for you doing this! This really wants me to make Mattel sometime have blistering package so they wouldn't have to deal with this.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Dec 8, 2015 7:25:50 GMT -5
Lol, somebody here on Wfigs is sh¡tting their pants right now, about to get arrested for stealing figures. Haha
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Post by popyduggan on Dec 8, 2015 7:45:08 GMT -5
Whenever I find them, I just throw them on the floor and they usually disappear by the next visit. I've tried reporting the stuff but the staff is usually apathetic.
A recent one that was really pathetic was a basic Bryan in E32 Bryan's box with the sides of the box ripped completely off and the jumpsuit missing, also a TRU Seth swapped with a basic headswapped Seth in E37 Stephs blister with no briefcase and faded printed out piece of paper WWE title. I would be willing to bet it's my local ebay powerscalper since they've sold multiples of these accessories and are probably willing to drink from the devil's armpit and sacrifice lesser basics from their lot buys to recoup their initial investment, plus whatever money their marks give them.
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Post by jsmells on Dec 8, 2015 7:52:48 GMT -5
No one but adult-nerd-collectors like us is going to care. The store doesn't care, the employees aren't paid enough to and at worst it's just written off or sent back to Mattel as a defect. Mattel/WWE doesn't care, if it doesn't sell they aren't really losing all that much and write it off too. The shoppers who aren't dorks don't care because they don't know and either buy it for their kids and their kids either think they got a super "rare" variant or just open it up and play with it happy to get a damn toy in the first place.
No one care but us. So I doubt anything happens. If Mattel wanted to fix this, go back to blister cards. I honestly prefer those anyway for keeping anything MOC. These and boxes like these make it easy to swap crap and I just think look bad. I'm certain I'm in the minority there.
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