Comments on: First Toy Run of 2009

By: Darrell

Darrell — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:51:54 +0000

I was on vacation four hours from home and stopped into Target – almost had a heart attack when I found an DCUC Aquaman … only to realize, alas, that it was the modern Aquaman and not my personal Grail, the King of Atlantis Aquaman. My disappointment was profound … until I looked down and sound the JLU six pack with Silver Banshee, Shadow Thief, Atomic Skull and the rest … and looked next to that to find the six pack with Vibe, Steel, Crimson Fox, B’wana Beast and … the other new figure guy is escaping my mind at the moment. But needless to say, it was an amazing find. This was in a Target out near Rochester. I was thrilled!

By: Spilldog

Spilldog — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:44:22 +0000

Made a toyrun to Walmart yesterday expecting to find nothing and guess what?? They had an ENTIRE set of DCUC Wave 6… variants and all!! I am one happy collector today!!

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:29:02 +0000

Thanks, Spilldog. I’m across the country in southern California, though. Gas prices need to go down some more before I make that sort of trek

By: wadsworth

wadsworth — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:40:16 +0000

answers for superfriend.
question #1 : unfortunately if you are lucky enough to see a full set of new dcuc or jlu on the shelf, you HAVE to buy them all at once. for two sad reasons, the first being the horrible distribution these things are getting makes them a rare find. and depending on your area you may never, ever see them again.
the second reason being the scalper jerks. if you don’t buy them, they will. and not only one set. those *%@#heads will buy EVERYTHING on the shelf.

question #2 – you are not alone. there are a bunch of people that make multiple store toy runs. myself included. sometimes i will hit a total of 20 stores on a good saturday. but i live in an area where these are all within a 30 mile radius.

By: Spilldog

Spilldog — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:27:01 +0000

Still waiting for DCUC Wave 6 to show up in Nashville… where are they?? I’ve noticed that most of the Walmarts in my area have been reorganizing their toy departments. One Walmart, which had never before carried DCUC, now has an empty spot reserved for them. They already have a few DC Infinite Heroes in stock. Hopefully I won’t have to wait long!

By: Spilldog

Spilldog — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:54:48 +0000

The Walmart in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (just north of Nashville) has plenty of them, Lt. Clutch. Not sure where you live or how far you’re willing to drive

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:19:44 +0000

Man, those Jay Garrick and Bizarro three-packs are haunting me! Everyone else seems to find ‘em but I.

Such is the lot of the lonely toy hunter.

By: Bunger

Bunger — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:33:49 +0000

My #1 rule…pick up the phone. And sometimes you have to be “rude” to get the store people to help you.

I literally live 30 miles from the closest Walmart (a crappy one) and over 45 from the closest target or TRU. So I call. They know me by now that they’ll hold stuff for me (even though they aren’t supposed too)

Gotta try that stuff…I can’t afford to drive all over the place.

By: JoeAce

JoeAce — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:19:23 +0000

On January 2nd I drove to 17 stores in 6 hours. It was 6 Walmarts, 5 Targets, 3 Toys R Us and 3 Kmarts. I was looking for new DCIH and DCUC figures and I didn’t find anything new that I was missing.

The next day or two, one of the Walmarts restocked and I found the last Mr.Miracle figure on Monday. Other people got to the goods before me. Hunting for figures is no fun, I’d rather just get them all at once and be done with it.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:36:57 +0000

You’re not alone Super Friend. I alwaystry to check out all the local toy stores when I go on vacation or travel. Spilldog is right, it’s all about the thrill of the hunt.

By: Spilldog

Spilldog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:56:37 +0000

Don’t bother with the Joker/Grodd/Luthor 6-pack… the paint jobs are terrible! The paint on the Joker’s face looks like a 2-year-old did it… and you can’t see his face until you buy it and open the box because of that stupid red hood on his head!

And wow! I was worried that I was the only crazy person going on these “toy runs” looking for action figures I know won’t be there! Yes Superfriend… I feel your pain! I’ve put hundreds of unnecessary miles on my car and burned way too much gas doing this! I guess we’re all the same–we all hope to walk into a store and find the figure of our dreams waiting for us to take them home! It’s all part of what makes this hobby so much fun! It’s the thrill of the hunt!

Don’t give up hope and keep the faith, my Super Friend

By: Z Man

Z Man — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:22:36 +0000

I’m still looking for Nightwing too. Waited to long to pick up a JLU Grodd set for my nephew for Christmas, had to settle for the Apokolips set. Ah well.

By: Eric Banister

Eric Banister — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:15:44 +0000

In answer to question 2, just so we toy collectors won’t feel like we are the only crazy ones, my wife’s Grandfather used to collect soda cans and bottles. His wife was telling me the other day how he used to “ruin every vacation” because if he found something new at a gas station he had to drive up one side of the street and back down the other side looking in every gas station and grocery store. At least when we go toy shopping the wife can look in the clothes or movies!