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Post by The Dazzler on Feb 5, 2013 19:56:54 GMT -5
What I did when I first started was buy big lots on eBay with different elites from different series. There's a chance you could score a rare figure in a lot.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Feb 5, 2013 20:03:19 GMT -5
yea I've run into the TW guys too. Only time I clash with them is when there is a Toys-r-us Elite style exclusive, trying to get it first. I know how to beat them thou. you basically figure out which day the toysrus stocks and hit them that morning. the farther away from Naunet the better, because the dude starts up there and works his way down 17-4-46-3-10-rockway and so on. they also know about the figure finding board and monitor it quite frequently That's crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 11:07:46 GMT -5
I have easily spent $1000 in the last week playing catch up
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Post by qdogg on Feb 8, 2013 11:18:00 GMT -5
Very expensive depending on which ones you want. If you are going after say, the Legends, Entrance Greats or Defining Moments you could get alot of those for retail or less. But older elites have really shot up in price and online exclusives have as well.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 11:57:42 GMT -5
Yes. Their store is across the street from the Spring Valley and within a mile of the Nanuet TRU and Palisades Center Target. The Targets are where they go to dump their pegwarmers. And their warehouse is located in the industrial park behind the Airmont NY WalMart. They hit stores within a 50 mile radius. So you have to pic what stores you hit first hoping they've gone to one of the others first. If it's the owners mom she will rum you over to get into the aisle first. Their office manager is pretty cool as he'll let me look for what I am looking for first. And then there's another person who buys for them and he'll let me look first unless it's something for his collection. But yes they try to monopolize the area forcing parents to have to shop there. When my daughter and her friends were younger every birthday or Christmas I'd here one of the parents say they'd have to go to TW and pay 2-3 time the price because none of the local stores would have what their kids wanted. That's pretty shady, I always thought all their merchandise was directly from the manufacturer. But then I always wondered why they had all the TRU exclusives. I swear this is ridiculous.Shady tactics are used by TW to obtain figures.Then they balloon the price on their site.
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Post by poindizzle on Feb 8, 2013 12:08:17 GMT -5
There might be some that you have to check up on constantly. I'm wanting an E5 Kozlov, but at the moment there is only one on the bay and it's for both the regular and variant and it's $$$$$. I remember when that figure warmed for over a year and I still skipped it. Yeah, the basic from the 2 pack looks better and is basically the same attire, but I'm so close to having all the Elites it's ridiculous. 28 more to go!
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