tyco84
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Post by tyco84 on Jan 31, 2024 12:49:46 GMT -5
If TRU ever gets new figures, I fear they'll be a price increase. The TRUs in Winnipeg have already jacked up their marvel legends to $39.99 A regular ML figure is $39.99?? What in the hell... It's not just Winnipeg, as I checked their website and they're that price as well. What's funny is that TRU has the audacity to have a sign under the new price increase that says "we'll match any price!"
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Biff Slamkovich™
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 31, 2024 13:50:07 GMT -5
Since TRU's last ownership change their prices across the board have increased. Everything that I used to buy from them went up like Pokemon cards and figures, Lego, Power Rangers, and wrestling figures.
I find it funny how they price their Lego higher than what the actual Lego store and website sell their products for.
I also just took a look on TRU's website and nearly threw up....the selection is laughable. If you're in the market for a basic Ember Moon thought they got what you need lol.
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Post by bish on Jan 31, 2024 22:31:02 GMT -5
TRU has become a waste of time. Between the prices and lack of selection I leave the store thinking “why do I bother?”
I also collect hot wheels and their selection is equally atrocious. I don’t know who leads the product buying team but they are terrible at their job.
I order almost exclusively from Ringside and Target, picking up target orders from my US PO Box.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 2, 2024 20:58:59 GMT -5
So apparently Ultimate Edition figures have been found at a TRU in Anjou, QC for $49.99 which is the same price UE's were back when TRU last carried them.
The Bianca/Lashley/Angle wave was spotted by someone in a Facebook group earlier today.
I'm seriously shocked but this is great news for 2024. This hopefully means that we'll get the Asuka/Roman wave as well.
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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Feb 2, 2024 22:43:44 GMT -5
So apparently Ultimate Edition figures have been found at a TRU in Anjou, QC for $49.99 which is the same price UE's were back when TRU last carried them. The Bianca/Lashley/Angle wave was spotted by someone in a Facebook group earlier today. I'm seriously shocked but this is great news for 2024. This hopefully means that we'll get the Asuka/Roman wave as well. Hopefully! EB Games had a sale on AEW figures today so I picked up Jade Cargill for my nephew's birthday for $17.99 with edge card.
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Post by bish on Feb 4, 2024 14:19:54 GMT -5
Found ultimate edition Angle, Bianca and Lashley at TRU in Ottawa. I tired to pick up the Angle but he wasn’t in the system and after 15mins they couldn’t figure it out so I left.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 4, 2024 18:40:26 GMT -5
Found ultimate edition Angle, Bianca and Lashley at TRU in Ottawa. I tired to pick up the Angle but he wasn’t in the system and after 15mins they couldn’t figure it out so I left. I've had this happen to me before. The incompetence with some retail workers sometimes is mind boggling. Then a manager steps in and still can't solve the problem. Then some other person wanders in and is able to buy the thing you weren't.
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Post by Malakai Black on Feb 4, 2024 22:57:16 GMT -5
Today’s Delivery Basic 143 Cody Rhodes
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Post by bish on Feb 5, 2024 10:48:49 GMT -5
Found ultimate edition Angle, Bianca and Lashley at TRU in Ottawa. I tired to pick up the Angle but he wasn’t in the system and after 15mins they couldn’t figure it out so I left. I've had this happen to me before. The incompetence with some retail workers sometimes is mind boggling. Then a manager steps in and still can't solve the problem. Then some other person wanders in and is able to buy the thing you weren't. At one point they had 6 people working on it and no one could figure it out. Not once did they ask me where I found it or how much I was expecting it to be. They just huddled around the computer and tried to look it up on their website! I worked in retail for 6 years, I know how this should be handled. This was atrocious.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 5, 2024 12:01:08 GMT -5
I've had this happen to me before. The incompetence with some retail workers sometimes is mind boggling. Then a manager steps in and still can't solve the problem. Then some other person wanders in and is able to buy the thing you weren't. At one point they had 6 people working on it and no one could figure it out. Not once did they ask me where I found it or how much I was expecting it to be. They just huddled around the computer and tried to look it up on their website! I worked in retail for 6 years, I know how this should be handled. This was atrocious. Dude I worked at TRU for 5 years from 2009 to 2014 and literally nobody on our team was as useless as their current staff are. Out of the three TRU's near me maybe two staff members I've dealt with out of the three stores combined were helpful and polite. And that includes managers. I can't even say that it's an age thing, because so many people just look so mentally checked out and unmotivated that it makes you not even want to ask for help. Anyway, I checked two TRU's yesterday for UE20 but no luck. As there's a 30% off sale going on right now until Feb 5, I decided to pick up a L20 Greg Valentine to make the trip not a complete waste of time.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Feb 5, 2024 17:41:08 GMT -5
100% of my figure buys now come from either RSC or Facebook marketplace. No point in going anywhere else.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 14, 2024 16:10:43 GMT -5
Looks like UE Roman, Asuka and Undertaker were spotted at Walmart back east according to a Facebook group I'm in.
Hope to find them here in Vancouver at some point but our Walmarts here typically never get anything.
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Post by evanrd on Feb 15, 2024 8:39:21 GMT -5
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Post by bish on Feb 15, 2024 8:52:58 GMT -5
Amazing! I hope the momentum continues!
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 15, 2024 11:35:03 GMT -5
Nothing spotted in Vancouver yet. Typical!
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 15, 2024 20:05:25 GMT -5
Survivor Series 2023 elites also spotted at Walmart by someone in Ontario in the Facebook group I'm in. That's the wave with the British Bulldog BAF.
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Post by roddie on Feb 16, 2024 16:47:54 GMT -5
Went to two Walmart's in Sydney NS and they had the same stuff than they did two years ago. Unfortunately no sign of elites or ultimates.
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Post by tyco84 on Feb 16, 2024 23:46:46 GMT -5
Only thing new in Winnipeg I've seen this week is the newer purple slam cycle with Undertaker at TRU polo.
No elites. No ultimates.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Feb 17, 2024 16:41:49 GMT -5
I saw remnants of 106 yesterday at Wally world. Picked up a 1 3000 Cody from GameStop today. Good day
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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Feb 18, 2024 14:42:55 GMT -5
My walmart (Regina south) just restocked basic 140.
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