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ludovicotek · 04-21-2009, 10:03 PM

Last year I put in an order with Hasbro Toy Shop for a bunch of the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom figures and some Star Wars Mighty Muggs. I found the Mighty Muggs at a local TRU months before HTS said they were scheduled to ship so I bought them and canceled my online order. I would have placed a new order for the Temple of Doom figures but they were unavailable by that time. I figured, "no big deal. I'll just buy them at retail". And since all the Indy figures were crowding the pegs I thought there would be plenty of them.

Well, as many of you know, the Temple of Doom figures were never released at retail, at least not where I live. By the time I found this out it was too late to really do anything. Didn't want to pay the BBTS prices and EntertainmentEarth only offered the case, which I didn't want to pay for either.

I ended up having to go through eBay. But it took me a while since people were charging ridiculous prices. I actually ended up buying them from someone in the UK using the Best Offer feature and ended up paying around $8.50 per figure plus very reasonable shipping. I also ended up buying a really cool Robin Hood Sheriff Castle based on the BBC series that I use for a really good Castle Destro. If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend buying one.

Does anyone else have any stories about toys that they wish they bought when they had the chance?

04-21-2009, 10:03 PM	#1
ludovicotek Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,743	Last year I put in an order with Hasbro Toy Shop for a bunch of the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom figures and some Star Wars Mighty Muggs. I found the Mighty Muggs at a local TRU months before HTS said they were scheduled to ship so I bought them and canceled my online order. I would have placed a new order for the Temple of Doom figures but they were unavailable by that time. I figured, "no big deal. I'll just buy them at retail". And since all the Indy figures were crowding the pegs I thought there would be plenty of them. Well, as many of you know, the Temple of Doom figures were never released at retail, at least not where I live. By the time I found this out it was too late to really do anything. Didn't want to pay the BBTS prices and EntertainmentEarth only offered the case, which I didn't want to pay for either. I ended up having to go through eBay. But it took me a while since people were charging ridiculous prices. I actually ended up buying them from someone in the UK using the Best Offer feature and ended up paying around $8.50 per figure plus very reasonable shipping. I also ended up buying a really cool Robin Hood Sheriff Castle based on the BBC series that I use for a really good Castle Destro. If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend buying one. Does anyone else have any stories about toys that they wish they bought when they had the chance? Attached Thumbnails