Hiding Figures?

[Ultimate Figure Collector]

I use to always hide figures when I didn't have the money but I haven't in awhile. I remember I once hid the WrestleMania Recall Dudleys and it stayed there for like a month. Now I usually just buy figures I need the first time around.

[BigDaddyChacon]

schellshocker said:

I find "hidden figs" sometimes up top of the figure section in my Toy R Us, behind the "Excess storage shelves"

Last week I found a UMF 1 Hogan

Me too. That's were I found my Bo Jackson Sportspick figure.

I haven't hid a toy in a few months. I hardly ever have time to go to TRU anymore.

[Edgeman05]

I use to just throw them behind the stunt action rings. Wasnt much of a spot but ive held figs for months.

[mck]

Yes I do when I have no money. But I always come back the next day or close to when I hid it, just because it's not fair to other people.

[classicfan]

I used to but I figure I might as well wait because they always end up putting them back anyway.

[lupe]

I'v never hid a fig but if theres one I really want I will try to. One time tho I hid a fig behind the Ring Giants to see what would happen and it was gone the next day . But if I ever plan to hide figs I will put um in the Barbie Section or the Board Games Part.

[hardyboyzwwe]

i do the same thing i hide them behind a bunch of boxes or in the barbie section. thats how i got my kevin nash da and scott stiener

[lupe]

Next time I go to wal mart I'ma hide a Haas and Benjamin AD 25 2-Pack. IT'll be hard tho b/c it might stick out in the board games section.

[lupe]

Another good place to hide figs try the garden center in Wal Mart behind the Lawn Mowers or something

["Vintage" HBK Still Rules]

No. And, most of the time when I find hidden figures I put them back on normal display. Like the other day, someone hid DA9(?) Undertaker on the top shelf at Wal-Mart (where youre supposed to ask for help with top-shelf items) and put it back on a peg.

[hammerzeit]

lukeymc said:

hammerzeit said:

There is no DA8 John Morrison figure, I think you mean Johnny Nitro...

What's he called now?

Question answered/

What does the name on the package say?

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[BulletV1]

I use to when I was younger, I don't anymore. If it isn't there when I got back, I'll just order it off line.

[Deleted]

Oh yeah. Any die hard collector who knows whats up has several tricks up their sleeve when it comes to matters like this.

Just this week my TRU got hit with 2 cases of ECW 2. I threw 2 Ariels & 2 Kelly Kellys up on the riser, behind the ridiculous over stock of those WWE Ring Announcer Microphone toys. Fast forward to last night, when I had my bills paid and some extra cash burning a hole in my pocket, and whammo! I went back and got them. Still There.

That's not the dirtiest thing I have done though.

When the Toys R Us Transformers reissues first came out a few years ago, they unexpectedly dropped at my TRU a week before my payday, and that check was for rent. It would be roughly 3 weeks before I had $150 to blow on collectibles. Knowing damn well how fast they would be snatched up I went deep and pulled out "Real Solution #9", which is the dirtiest trick in the book. I actually pulled the lower shelf up and seperated it from the rack, revealing a nice drop off hiding spot on the floor, and quickly dropped one Optimus Prime, one Starscream, and one Ultra Magnus down to the floor. I quickly snapped the shelf back down and walked out like nothing happened. I learned this trick working at Wal-Mart. I went back 3 weeks later, well after the reissues were gone, waited until the coast was clear, popped the shelf back up, and there was my treasure, still hidden from the world. Dirty yes, but I never saw them again except triple priced on ebay, so it is a necessary evil that I do not regret.

[Chicago]

I used to do that when I was younger, but haven't in a long, long time.

[Kyle "Rowdy" Busch]

leroyjenkins said:

I do only if it's something I really want and dont have the money for at the time.

i do the same thing

[PaqMan]

Oh hell yes. When I worked at KB Toys I hid them straight out of the case before they ever went out to the floor lmao.

Like with the shipment of RA28 we got in, I took out the Torrie and Victoria figs and hid them in the back as soon as I opened the box. Did the same with Vinny Mac.

Hey, first come, first serve lol.

~paq

[lukeymc]

hammerzeit said:

lukeymc said:

What's he called now?

Question answered/

What does the name on the package say?

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Stop using my phrase damn nabbit.

[albireo]

The bottom shelf of my TRU is fulled with WM 23 stage and ring sets with will never get sold so i just hide any figs i require behind there or i construct a make shift "pile" of UF's and ring giants which are actually surrounding the hidden figs.Usually works but sometimes the staff come and organize the section as it can get pretty messy and whilst theyre doing that,they'll stumble across the hidden fig and re-peg it.

[Chicago]

kanestillrules said:

No. And, most of the time when I find hidden figures I put them back on normal display. Like the other day, someone hid DA9(?) Undertaker on the top shelf at Wal-Mart (where youre supposed to ask for help with top-shelf items) and put it back on a peg.

That's kind of a dick move to do, especially if you weren't even planning on buying it.

[Lennon]

No. I think hiding toys is a little pathetic.

Besides, if you have no money...why are you in the store?