[KingLouie731]

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Originally Posted by DogFashionDisco

I just left a Walmart where someone else was looking for those same Avengers figures, and he gave me a pretty sketchy glare as I walked up. And trust me, this dude didn't look like he collects figures, so I'm pretty sure I just met a local scalper. He went up to the stocking lady and asked if "they" arrived, and said that he had been "waiting forever on these Avengers figures" so I doubt I'll find them locally. Seeing that dude really made me think about why I collect, and whether or not it is worth this much effort, but I haven't lost hope yet. I just hate that even going to the extreme of being at a hellish Walmart at midnight isn't enough to get a decent figure when I'm actually running into other people with the same ridiculous hobby.

Yeah the last time I went to the local Wallyworld it had been picked through and Iron Man was the lone remnant of these figs.

On a side note regarding scalpers: I met the one I think I always miss out on at a nearby Target not too long ago. I was looking through MU figs that had finally been restocked and he struck up conversation about TFP figs which I don't really collect but he was probing for which one was the 'hot' one. Anyway a few days later I bumped into him in a Walmart out of the way and I was trying to avoid any sort of interaction with him and again he strikes up conversation. We basically had a rehash of our previous interaction plus the obligatory 'didn't I see you at Target recently'. Funny thing is he bought up the wave 20 DCUC figures from Target and returned Hourman & Kamandi clearance figs for them, which made me mad because at the time I really wanted the new Hal Jordan. Long story short, too late, Scalpers Suck Hard