czw4life
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Post by czw4life on Mar 16, 2024 21:57:33 GMT -5
I was out figure hunting yesterday and stumbled upon this at a local walmart:  Haven't seen one of these in almost 10 years. While this is a sad and pathetic thing to see it also kinda peeked my interest if anyone else stumbles upon these when they figure hunt. Made me wonder what others have saw in the past or to post on this thread as they see them and have a place to post these. I kinda thought if I was unrealistically rich I'd probably start buying these for a collection of WTF repack figures lol With this one I found its a pretty rare jakks stevie richards head! *Note*: This thread is not supporting this phenomenon, merely sharing these (hopefully) rare occurrences with the community of those interested. |
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Mar 16, 2024 22:03:01 GMT -5
Not allowed bro but I saw one of cm punk basic in an a leister black box
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czw4life
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Post by czw4life on Mar 16, 2024 22:06:44 GMT -5
Not allowed bro but I saw one of cm punk basic in an a leister black box I guess mods can delete this thread then, didn't know |
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Post by airbud on Mar 16, 2024 22:07:13 GMT -5
Facebook group loves swap posts
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Post by PJ on Mar 17, 2024 5:35:27 GMT -5
Yeah frowned apon. But last week I saw two Elite series 106 Jey’s with the last BAF black pants Jey figures in it. One Jimmy the same way and a MNW Austin and Undertaker with their basic counterparts in the boxes all at the Monroe NY WalMart. This store gets them a lot.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Mar 17, 2024 7:10:56 GMT -5
There's a basic Balor repacked in a Supreme Punk box at one of the walmarts by me. When I have had to legit return a figure I always feel like they're over inspecting the box "what's wrong with it?!?"
Meanwhile some douche swaps out a basic and gets his 40 bucks back no problem
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Post by MonsoonMan on Mar 17, 2024 8:01:30 GMT -5
one of the wal marts by me has 4 repacks and they keep growing, someone is getting away with it and it needs to be stopped.
theres an AEW supreme kenny omega thats been repacked with a Basic Bret hart body with a Kenny Omega head. also a king woods figure swapped with a basic Kofi. AND THEN there was a kurt angle ultimate that had somehow been returned with matt riddle feet? i dunno people are freaking lame.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 17, 2024 9:02:32 GMT -5
You can see this in any major retailer across the US from New York to Chicago to San Diego. This also kills the theory that retail employees steal figures to resell them on ebay because if they were this knowledgable about figures, these repacks would not be put back on the shelves.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Mar 17, 2024 9:28:52 GMT -5
It’s not rare. It’s frequent and annoying. I’ve seen it with Marvel Legends too. But let’s just reinforce the wrestling fan stereotype of being poor degenerates…
It’s pathetic, not funny that someone needs a Sami Zayn figure so bad they dig through their piles of older figures and do this crap. Call it whatever you want but it makes this hobby look like even more of redneck hillbilly pieces of crap.
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Mar 17, 2024 11:08:15 GMT -5
It’s not rare. It’s frequent and annoying. I’ve seen it with Marvel Legends too. But let’s just reinforce the wrestling fan stereotype of being poor degenerates… It’s pathetic, not funny that someone needs a Sami Zayn figure so bad they dig through their piles of older figures and do this crap. Call it whatever you want but it makes this hobby look like even more of redneck hillbilly pieces of crap. d genepooration x |
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Post by LA Times on Mar 17, 2024 11:18:41 GMT -5
It’s not rare. It’s frequent and annoying. I’ve seen it with Marvel Legends too. But let’s just reinforce the wrestling fan stereotype of being poor degenerates… It’s pathetic, not funny that someone needs a Sami Zayn figure so bad they dig through their piles of older figures and do this crap. Call it whatever you want but it makes this hobby look like even more of redneck hillbilly pieces of crap. And a lot of these old figures they use for switcheroos are Jakks figures from 17 years ago, so its got to be grown men in their 40s or 50s doing this crap. |
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Post by coldblooded on Mar 17, 2024 11:53:01 GMT -5
I think retailers need to force Mattel to handle all returns going forward.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Mar 17, 2024 11:57:09 GMT -5
Yeah it’s unfortunate for actual returns, but I think Walmart and Target shouldn’t bother with action figure returns. Couple of my Walmarts don’t do returns at all even credit.
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Post by HardyKOfan01 on Mar 17, 2024 13:09:40 GMT -5
A couple of years ago, I saw an old Apollo Crews in a Keith Lee Elite box at my local Target. They even threw in that pink Dolph Ziggler shirt in place of Keith’s hoodie.
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Post by underoos on Mar 17, 2024 13:20:01 GMT -5
This thread gives me ideas 👀
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Mar 17, 2024 13:30:46 GMT -5
You can see this in any major retailer across the US from New York to Chicago to San Diego. This also kills the theory that retail employees steal figures to resell them on ebay because if they were this knowledgable about figures, these repacks would not be put back on the shelves. I would disagree. My knowledge that I can use for my personal gain wouldn't be shared with my employer for their gain. Idgaf about them. |
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Mar 17, 2024 13:31:39 GMT -5
A couple of years ago, I saw an old Apollo Crews in a Keith Lee Elite box at my local Target. They even threw in that pink Dolph Ziggler shirt in place of Keith’s hoodie. I found an elite rock in a basic orton package at a Kmart once |
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Post by Mongo Bears on Mar 17, 2024 13:52:55 GMT -5
Should be officially locked.
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Post by thep1 on Mar 17, 2024 16:39:52 GMT -5
I just want Steve to address it at some point. I have asked him on the Q&A thread multiple times. To me, this POS act is going to ruin the thrill of the hunt moreso than anything else. Yes it's a retail issue more than anything, but is also affects Mattel's bottom line. Such a jerk move.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 17, 2024 16:43:58 GMT -5
I just want Steve to address it at some point. I have asked him on the Q&A thread multiple times. To me, this POS act is going to ruin the thrill of the hunt moreso than anything else. Yes it's a retail issue more than anything, but is also affects Mattel's bottom line. Such a jerk move. Mattel, Hasbro and all the other toy companies know about this but other than using clamshell packaging a la Toybiz Marvel Legends where you need a scissor to totally cut open, there really isnt an immediate solution. Hasbro's windowless all-cardboard packaging also exacerbated the situation. |
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