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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Mar 11, 2019 17:13:01 GMT -5
Most of you can say it’s not fun having hard to find figures but you’d be lying if you didn’t admit you get a little bit of an adrenaline rush and excitement when you walk into a store and see one of these figures. You get a sense of accomplishment and joy that you normally wouldn’t get by finding any normal figure like Roman or Shinsuke. It's more like "Good, I don't have to keep hunting for one of these f-ers." I relate it to a Nintendohard game. It’s frustrating AF and makes you infuriated with rage at times but when all that perseverance pays off there’s no better feeling in the world.
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Post by SmithyPlayz on Mar 11, 2019 17:14:56 GMT -5
It's more like "Good, I don't have to keep hunting for one of these f-ers." I relate it to a Nintendohard game. It’s frustrating AF and makes you infuriated with rage at times but when all that perseverance pays off there’s no better feeling in the world. I mean the UK Collectors want this hunt, when NXT was here it was kinda fun looking for figures if only Argos didn't have really bad distribution where 1 store could get 7 Asuka's and the other could get 7 Rusev's it would've been fine. What I don't like and some of the arrogant replies on here is people telling me I have to spend £200 on about 3 figures just so I can "bite the bullet".
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Post by shawnscga on Mar 11, 2019 17:48:28 GMT -5
It’s not the end of the world paying extra for a figure you can’t find, I know it’s not easy, but sometimes it’s just worth it, especially for those who’s target stores completely neglect wwe figures all together, or for those who have jobs and have many scalpers in the area, hard to juggle those, bite the bullet and pay the extra and enjoy these awesome figures, good luck to all you guys 😀 Also the issue is it's also not 1 figure once every 4 months it's turning into 4 figures every couple of months. Like if I was too select a couple of figures I'd want just as an example it would be Pete Dunne - £70, Aliestar Black - who went for £131 on a bid but I feel like he's new? Ruby Riott - £45. I'm just trying to say it's not just extra for 1 figure. It's extra for figures a fair bit. I don't understand how you can't see that it's not fair. I have to pay £70 because Mattel can't find anyone to find them in stores or at least clarify information. It sucks Oh, well I definantly understand you if you CANT get Pete done in the area, I was under the impression that you just missed him, yeah that sucks bad, the UK always kinda gets left out, sorry bro, I was mainly talking about the people here in the US that just missed him or the target near them just don’t stock often.
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Post by SmithyPlayz on Mar 11, 2019 17:56:18 GMT -5
Also the issue is it's also not 1 figure once every 4 months it's turning into 4 figures every couple of months. Like if I was too select a couple of figures I'd want just as an example it would be Pete Dunne - £70, Aliestar Black - who went for £131 on a bid but I feel like he's new? Ruby Riott - £45. I'm just trying to say it's not just extra for 1 figure. It's extra for figures a fair bit. I don't understand how you can't see that it's not fair. I have to pay £70 because Mattel can't find anyone to find them in stores or at least clarify information. It sucks Oh, well I definantly understand you if you CANT get Pete done in the area, I was under the impression that you just missed him, yeah that sucks bad, the UK always kinda gets left out, sorry bro, I was mainly talking about the people here in the US that just missed him or the target near them just don’t stock often. I get that, just annoys me when so many times people say just pay the extra when to be honest it shouldn't really be the issue if you know what I mean. The thing is it's not just the exclusives it's the figures in the Elite series, it's the series themselves. I think it's a massive build up which is why we keep seeing these threads but I'd love nothing more than to be able to hunt for them figures. If only somewhere in the UK could pick them up
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Post by LA Times on Mar 11, 2019 18:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by RybackV1 on Mar 11, 2019 18:12:10 GMT -5
So at the end of this current nonsense. I paid $27 each for Black and Dain, $40 for Drew and $20 for Dunne. I'd say I did pretty well, but that didn't come without hard work and dedication lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 18:15:39 GMT -5
What a stupid question that is, no offence to you of course, unless you're asking it lol
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Post by shawnscga on Mar 11, 2019 18:42:32 GMT -5
I totally understand people not wanting to pay top dollar for these figures when you can buy them at retail, but most people are not as hands on as they should be, if you don’t want to pay ebay prices and are dedicated to only paying retail plus shipping you must also be a good talker and dedicated to finding the figures even outside of your area
Thinking outside of the box is very much needed, if I literally cannot find a figure in my area here’s my plans, first find the figure, no matter what area, no matter what city or state they are in, just find it (these forums help a lot so does ebay by seeing the listing city and state or ever sending them a message asking them where they found it) once you found it try to have them place it on hold for you, multiples if possible, most of the time they will hold it, now the hard part, getting it to you
It helps having family, friends, even members on this board that are in the area that you have found the figures, sometimes you can strike a deal in the forum of you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours, if that member is also looking for those figures as well, I did this with NXT 4 with CrossFit and it worked out excellent, he got NXT and I did, and none of us payed crazy ebay prices (make sure your dealing with a trust worthy person as they could just buy them and leave you in the dust) and if none of those are possible
Target sometimes will ship the item to your house or closest store, it’s not always, but maybe 30% of the time if you talk well enough and play your cards right (speak to managers, have a good enough story and even calling target online to sometimes helps)
I had a major problem with hall of champions, one nice manager shipped a whole case of HOC to me from a different state, and the best part of all he forgot to take my payment lol so I pretty much got them for free lol I don’t think that will happen again but it was pretty cool 😂
Anyway these are my ways of getting around this, it’s time consuming and lots of talking, key is not willing to take no for a answer, persistence.
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Mar 11, 2019 19:02:13 GMT -5
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Post by The Blue Blazer on Mar 11, 2019 23:37:02 GMT -5
I find chase figs as often as Ryder does wins.
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Post by theface on Mar 12, 2019 0:27:40 GMT -5
i’m from small town illinois and one of my local walmarts had the backlund two weeks ago which i purchased then i went back to that same wal-mart today to peep the new wm displays and they had two more backlunds in stock. so i think my area is just a bit behind but are getting them in i’m hoping for sherri in the next month or so. fingers crossed. i’ve also seen backlund in the wild at another wal-mart 45 minutes away last week.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Mar 12, 2019 1:39:37 GMT -5
I honestly think Zach Ryder is purposely provoking collectors now, wow you found Bob Backlund which has been in individual cases, in displays, and on wwe shop, now how about finding the real tough ones like Pete Dunne and Sherri.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 3:00:46 GMT -5
I honestly think Zach Ryder is purposely provoking collectors now, wow you found Bob Backlund which has been in individual cases, in displays, and on wwe shop, now how about finding the real tough ones like Pete Dunne and Sherri. Why would he if he doesnt have to? People cant moan about not being able to get the figures they want if they dont bother looking, those that have put in the effort have found them, maybe not Sherri yet but its so new its not surprising
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Post by SmithyPlayz on Mar 12, 2019 5:01:11 GMT -5
The thing is this has gone from Uk and other countries (does Cananda get these figures?) having a 0% chance of finding these figures in stores to it being about distribution. Uk collectors need clarification or we need an alternative place to buy these figures and not £70+ on Ebay go a scalper because that shows the massive flaws in this exclusive system and the fact people can make extremely good money buying and selling these figures.
Also Zack shouldnt be able to talk. the guy spends thousands on 1 figure and also travels everywhere so he gets to look in loads of different Targets amd stores to find these figures, most people on here have 3 at max maybe 1. I wonder if he knows these figures are country exclusives and not "Target/Walmart exclusives
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 6:34:18 GMT -5
The thing is this has gone from Uk and other countries (does Cananda get these figures?) having a 0% chance of finding these figures in stores to it being about distribution. Uk collectors need clarification or we need an alternative place to buy these figures and not £70+ on Ebay go a scalper because that shows the massive flaws in this exclusive system and the fact people can make extremely good money buying and selling these figures. Also Zack shouldnt be able to talk. the guy spends thousands on 1 figure and also travels everywhere so he gets to look in loads of different Targets amd stores to find these figures, most people on here have 3 at max maybe 1. I wonder if he knows these figures are country exclusives and not "Target/Walmart exclusives There are store exclusives for loads of stuff, and if you want it, you buy it on the secondary market, thats how it is and has always been
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Mar 12, 2019 8:57:16 GMT -5
I honestly think Zach Ryder is purposely provoking collectors now, wow you found Bob Backlund which has been in individual cases, in displays, and on wwe shop, now how about finding the real tough ones like Pete Dunne and Sherri. Why would he if he doesnt have to? People cant moan about not being able to get the figures they want if they dont bother looking, those that have put in the effort have found them, maybe not Sherri yet but its so new its not surprising its not about putting in the effort idk how targets are else where but around here they don’t start unloading the truck till sometimes 8:00 and then you have to practically stand around the store waiting for stuff to come out, which not everyone is able to do.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 9:01:21 GMT -5
Why would he if he doesnt have to? People cant moan about not being able to get the figures they want if they dont bother looking, those that have put in the effort have found them, maybe not Sherri yet but its so new its not surprising its not about putting in the effort idk how targets are else where but around here they don’t start unloading the truck till sometimes 8:00 and then you have to practically stand around the store waiting for stuff to come out, which not everyone is able to do. I 100% understand that, but then others will beat you to it, there isnt really much anyone can do about that, other than flood the stores with them then evertone would be moaning the stores never got new stuff
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Mar 12, 2019 9:10:41 GMT -5
its not about putting in the effort idk how targets are else where but around here they don’t start unloading the truck till sometimes 8:00 and then you have to practically stand around the store waiting for stuff to come out, which not everyone is able to do. I 100% understand that, but then others will beat you to it, there isnt really much anyone can do about that, other than flood the stores with them then evertone would be moaning the stores never got new stuff honestly as much as i want Pete Dunne I accept the fact that I’m probably not gonna find this one and hope they eventually release another one.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Mar 12, 2019 9:23:41 GMT -5
honestly as much as i want Pete Dunne I accept the fact that I’m probably not gonna find this one and hope they eventually release another one. Keep checking, a few others here practically gave up and found him im not gonna give up but if I don’t find it like I said you just wait for the next one which will hopefully come with the uk title.
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