Wal-Mart toy farts. venting.

Knuckles

I'm getting ticked off at the old farts who stake out Wal-Mart toy sections every morning. I go do the shopping early at 8am during the week so my wife and I can avoid going when it's stupid busy. There's always a group of guys in there 50's to 70's waiting for the doors to open. As soon as the doors open they power walk their way to the toy's and rape the shelves of the McFarlane figures and Hot Wheels. I get there and all the good figures are gone and then I end up having to buy the figures at a hobby shop or off eBay for twice if not more what it would have cost at Wal-Mart. I hope a little kid one day will say to one of these guys "Mr. please don't take all the 'joe blow' figures and then proceed to punch em in the balls.

If there isn't any Grant Fuhr legends left on the shelves and I see one of these greedy mofo's with a cart full I'll lose it.

charliehustle14

Ah dude...you need a 24 hour Wal-Mart like we have here. Great for early risers.

Southsider

If you can't beat them, join them. Go to your nearest retirement home and offer bus fare plus a bounty for each toy brought in. I recommend staging a relay race to find the fleetest footed farts you can find. Make sure you stress that they being hired as independent contractors and not employees, you don't want to have to pay health insurance!

kingraider75

Guess you better get the track shoes on and out run them. Get the huge basket and just toss everything into it!

ajw

<< <i>I recommend staging a relay race to find the fleetest footed farts you can find. >>



The next Olympic sport...

TheThrill22

Yea, punching them in the balls is the way to go. If they can't tell you Rogie Vachon's uniform number within 30 seconds, tip over the electric cart that is supplied to them by the 90 year old working the door.

Knuckles

I'll make a dash to the olive oil and make it nice and slick for them.

TheThrill22

Now you're thinking! If they tell you that Terry O'Reilly was an Irish lounge singer in Vegas, break their hip...just to get their attention and to get the point accross for all of us who are frusted by them. Oh yea, then take a trip to the card isle and look for somebody searching packs.

goudeygold

crisco smeared on the floor works better and their ass will indeed go down hard.

GG

NickM

Just practice your skills for Full Contact Shopping.

Hip checks and shoulder blocks work wonderfully.

Besides, what are you doing walking slower than them?

Nick

Onlypsahockey

Hey Knucks,

Just wait for them in the prune juice / ex-lax / depends aisle.

When they're trying to read the prices to save a penny

get your farlanes out of their carts.

Bob

milbroco

What's the deal with them taking Hot Wheel's?

Tipem

It just takes one stock boy and one $20 bill for them to be "misplaced"on another isle.


Really very easy if you think about it.After all,you are really buying them for your little kids.


Vic

ctsoxfan

<< <i>There's always a group of guys in there 50's to 70's waiting for the doors to open. As soon as the doors open they power walk their way to the toy's and rape the shelves of the McFarlane figures and Hot Wheels. >>



Forgive me for asking, but - why? Why are they doing this - is there that big a market out there for Hot Wheels and McFarlane figures? This doesn't make much sense to me, not that I don't believe it, but that anyone cares that much about those two items that there would be a rush on them?

helionaut

HOT Hot Wheels sell for $5-15, versus 89 cents on the pegs. A Treasure Hunt (a limited edition) is found one per case of 72 cars, or thereabouts. Even regular Hot Wheels can sell for a few bucks if they are brand new and of some interesting design. This year the hottest regular car was the Dodge Tomahawk which was selling for almost $20 on ebay when it came out. I can imagine what next year's Treasure Hunt Tomahawk will go for when it hits.

When I was collecting HWs I got to know a couple guys who haunted TRU and Wal-mart daily, and they were pretty cutthroat about it. It's kind of sad, sadder than cards and comics, which is one reason why I got out of it. But here's a funny story. One guy I knew, not a dealer, just a collector, got fed up with these guys and one day he just walked up and took a piece out of a guy's basket. The guy had snagged all four of some particularly rare piece that happened to be on the pegs all at once, some kind of Star Wars action figure. He just walked right up while the guy was watching and took it. The guy starts yelling at him, give it back, scumbag, thief, I'll kick your a, all that. The guy just calmly looked at him and said,"Don't you have any respect for yourself?" and walked off. The guy followed him, pushing his cart right up into his heels to trip him, as if that would make any difference. He gets to the checkout line with the guy still berating him. As he's ringing up his purchase, the manager comes over and asks what the problem is. The "thief" just says,"I think this gentleman is upset that I found a toy that he didn't." The manager looked at the toy and saw that the other guy already had three and just said,"If you aren't happy with three of these toys, I don't think you need to have any of them." The guy backed off but he said,"You're marked." I don't know what that means, but it's pretty funny, to me at least. I mean, they're worth money and all, but of all the things worth money, toys are just about the silliest things you can argue over.

Knuckles

LOL! helionaut, that's hilarious.



<< <i>It just takes one stock boy and one $20 bill for them to be "misplaced"on another isle. >>


You've forgotten that the employee's are all 80 years old as well.. They're in it with the others for sure!

EagleEyeKid

Does wal-mart carry the variants on these figures or is it just make believe?

jrdolan

Don't know about the ol' farts and Hot Wheels. It's the young ones in the baggy pants and backward baseball caps, pawing through packs, feeling for inserts, who tick me off. Shouldn't they be spending their allowance on drugs or beer or something?

Knuckles

<< <i>Does wal-mart carry the variants on these figures or is it just make believe? >>


Yep, but not for long.




<< <i>.. pawing through packs, feeling for inserts, who tick me off.. >>


They don't sell sports cards in the wal-marts here Toys R Us does but nothing good.. just the cheapo packs which I guess is good for the kids.

justanoldtimer

Hey Knuckles
Have you tried there online store ?? Can you order a case or 2 from there ?? Let the Old farts run for them while UPS drops them at your door

Knuckles

<< <i>Have you tried there online store ?? >>



They don't have them online for sale.

justanoldtimer

Bummer !!
Hmmm Take a bottle of Blue M&M's with you and just as there unlocking the door spill them out and say Damn My Viagra.. While there fighting over the M&M's go get your Hotwheels

easttexascardsandgames

I sell alot of action figure variants that I find at Wal-Mart on Ebay. There is a large market for some of the Action Figures this is why I rarely mess with the McFarlanes since they get picked early, but locally wrestling figures and Marvel Legends sit on the shelves collecting dust many sell on Ebay for double or triple their retail price.

wick70

Where do you get a list of all the variants from McFarlane?

Wick

Knuckles

No idea.. Try www.spawn.com their website.. It has a message board.

DaBigHurt

<< <i>I'm getting ticked off at the old farts who stake out Wal-Mart toy sections every morning. I go do the shopping early at 8am during the week so my wife and I can avoid going when it's stupid busy. There's always a group of guys in there 50's to 70's waiting for the doors to open. As soon as the doors open they power walk their way to the toy's and rape the shelves of the McFarlane figures and Hot Wheels. I get there and all the good figures are gone and then I end up having to buy the figures at a hobby shop or off eBay for twice if not more what it would have cost at Wal-Mart. I hope a little kid one day will say to one of these guys "Mr. please don't take all the 'joe blow' figures and then proceed to punch em in the balls.

If there isn't any Grant Fuhr legends left on the shelves and I see one of these greedy mofo's with a cart full I'll lose it. >>



I feel the exact same way when I attend a card show and the no lifers who wait in line beat me to the bargains found on dealer tables.