Recently since I have started collecting action figures (specifically Marvel Legends), toy hunting has been an almost daily activity, between jobs, doing errands, on my way home from work, or after the kids go to bed.
As I have mentioned before in previous posts I have been looking for a Marvel Legends Cable from the new Deadpool wave.
A few weeks ago I asked a specialty toy store near me what the deal was with Cable. He was the only one I hadn't seen anywhere, and was the Main figure from the new wave that I wanted. What they told me was that in each case Hasbro sent, there was only ONE Cable. So if someone ordered 10 cases, they may get 20-30 deadpools, 20 X23, 40 paladin... etc... they only got 10 of Cable. This has already made the figure a scarce, and rare one as well as a great looking figure ... which is prime for the scum of the earth scalpers
This is where I show you my serious problem...
This map is every single place I have been to... looking for this one figure, each dot represents a single store and each color/number is a different chain that carries Marvel Legends.
- Walmart
- Target
- Fred Meyers
- Game Stop
- Barnes and Noble
- Best Buy
- Toys R Us (RIP)
- Walgreens
- Various comic shops
A total of 38 doors I walked in
Spanning about 40 miles from the most North to the most south
This alone is bad enough... I get it... but the real problem is... I have been to most of these stores MULTIPLE TIMES
PLZ HALP
Yeah yeah I know.
"Just buy it online, pay a little bit more and save the time and gas"
To that I say...
NO. I FRIGGIN LOVE THE HUNT
There is something exciting about checking a store, the anticipation... finding other figures you haven't seen... getting an idea of what is common and what isn't... bragging about the other things you found to other collectors...
