[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by LapuLapu

I was a supporter of the "hunt" for toys but after so many times of going home empty handed, I just resort to buying online save me the hassle of going home empty handed , waste of time and gas. I still hunt but I hunt for characters that I can afford to wait to see on the pegs, characters I really want, I just buy online (either online retail or thru forum friends).

I normally tend to agree, especially since my area tends to be really bad with keeping up-to-date on latest figure releases. I do admit there's still some excitement though when I find a figure I want at retail, and a bit of disappointment when I have everything I want and have nothing to hunt for. Yeah, it's an addiction lol.

Speaking of the "hunt", I had a bit of an exciting one today. Only ended up getting the Iron Fist and Nico I mentioned earlier, but I went to Toys R Us and found the entire X-Men Wave there, yes, including DP, Wolverine and Rogue. Very nice and if I needed any of them, I'd be screaming through the roof. Still no Abomination wave in sight, has this thing even hit retail? I thought this was supposed to be released a month or two ago. I'm not even seeing remnants anywhere outside of comic book shops.

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

I tend not to encounter a lot of toy swaps out this way - a few BAF part thefts at one nearby TRU (or random accessories being torn out of 3 3/4" Star Wars figures once in a blue moon), but that's often the extent of it.

However, one of the local Targets had someone who went through and did a parts swap for a bunch of BAF parts for the Allfather wave (why is what I wanna know), resulting in a couple of figures lingering like poor Danny here:


I don't even know what that leg is from, but I've also seen a Machine Man float around with matching arms. This happened a few months ago, and they've lingered since (though it looks like someone finally bought that forlorn Aaron). I didn't really think anything of it because that wave can be found pretty much anywhere for a dime and a song. I mean, yeah, the action was reprehensible and all parties involved should be appropriately kicked in the ass, but it just didn't ping very high on my radar.

This weekend, my wife and I were at that very Target, and saw two Dr. Strange figures sitting in a returns cart. Awesome, right? They were laying face-down, but I could see that one was Strange/Voodoo and the other was Enchantress/Nico. Naturally, I pop over closer and grab them, to flip them over...



What. The. Shit.

Pretty sure whoever did this even sliced open Wanda's cape so that it would fit over Hulkbuster Strange's head there, and I can't even tell for certain what those figure pieces are (though that torso is clearly not a BAF). I can't hold this against the employees too much (because, unless they have a reason to take this up to their manager and back up that this is a toy swap, they gotta go with the corporate rules, which is to just take it back), but whoever did this needs a right beatdown.

Can't stand these scumbags. At least these guys don't just leave a completely empty box after stealing from it like they do at my Target. Still though, if you don't have the money for this hobby, LEAVE IT ALONE. Don't resort to stealing. Not only are you screwing over retailers, but you're also screwing over collectors because these things will clog the shelves and the store will never get new product in.

EDIT: I'm also just now realizing....was somebody really so petty as to steal the belt from Iron Fist? WTF? The figure is bonafide pegwarmer, just grab it for like ten bucks online if you need the belt so bad....