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MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 3:48 am

Again that sounds like pure insanity to me. Both are unbelievably rare and that doesn't really change the chances of the average person finding one in stores at all, the 6am crowd will make sure of it.

Emerje

News Credits: 4656 · by **william-james88** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:59 am

Emerje wrote:Again that sounds like pure insanity to me. Both are unbelievably rare and that doesn't really change the chances of the average person finding one in stores at all, the 6am crowd will make sure of it.

Emerje

I agree with that. I just wanted to show why one was labelled chase and the other one wasn't.
And you know, there's also super chase ones which are only found in one out of 4 of the same case.

So Bumblebee is 2 out of 1080
Any given Chase is 1 out of 1080
And a Super chase is 0.25 out of 1080
When looking at a year's output.

I was able to find the chase (and Bumblebee) in stores, no need for 6 am but I have yet to ever find a super chase.

News Credits: 321 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 5:16 pm

You know. I read somewhere that stores like Tuesday Morning get the rare Hot Wheels because major retailers send the cases to them when they don't have the shelf space. If you're nice they let you open them and stock the shelves, you can keep what you want.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 7:22 pm

Here's the normal state of the HW aisle at my local Walmart as of Friday morning. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll put two Bumblebee cases up, but I'm not holding my breath.

Emerje

News Credits: 4656 · by **william-james88** » Sat Aug 10, 2024 6:12 pm

Emerje wrote:Here's the normal state of the HW aisle at my local Walmart as of Friday morning. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll put two Bumblebee cases up, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Emerje

That's not a lot. Are the rest in bins nearby?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:29 am

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:Here's the normal state of the HW aisle at my local Walmart as of Friday morning. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll put two Bumblebee cases up, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Emerje

That's not a lot. Are the rest in bins nearby?

Nope, that's the entirety of the singles. By contrast, here's Target Saturday morning.

And that's how I usually see it, they're always restocking.

Incidentally I saw the Transformers HW Skateboards for the first time over in the TFOne display.

Emerje

News Credits: 644 · by **ScottyP** » Wed Aug 14, 2024 6:24 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:You know. I read somewhere that stores like Tuesday Morning get the rare Hot Wheels because major retailers send the cases to them when they don't have the shelf space. If you're nice they let you open them and stock the shelves, you can keep what you want.

Good luck finding anything at a Tuesday Morning

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Aug 16, 2024 6:33 pm

ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:You know. I read somewhere that stores like Tuesday Morning get the rare Hot Wheels because major retailers send the cases to them when they don't have the shelf space. If you're nice they let you open them and stock the shelves, you can keep what you want.
Good luck finding anything at a Tuesday Morning

Maaaaan, I remember when that place would get some crazy expensive collectible figures for like $20. That was around 20 years ago...

Anyway, my local Walmart not only finally restocked their Hot Wheels but also put a massive display in the main aisle (one side was all cars and playset, I think the other side was Barbie or something). Unfortunately both were pretty well picked over already.

Emerje

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:45 pm

So I got extremely lucky and found Bumblebee at a local flea market store. There was two in the case and only for $6.00. I know that is more than retail but definitely cheaper than what I've seen in other places on line.

SGM

News Credits: 321 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:07 pm

SGMLordMirage wrote:So I got extremely lucky and found Bumblebee at a local flea market store. There was two in the case and only for $6.00. I know that is more than retail but definitely cheaper than what I've seen in other places on line.

SGM

Ya did good at $6, outside of getting lucky at retail that's the cheapest anyone will ever pay for it.

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:14 pm

Oh yes, I don't take that lightly. The booth seller actually had two on the shelf. Assuming that was both out of the case. It was tempting to buy both but I didn't.