exciter1 Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 No joke, ordered a couple CMF to break $75 for the bus and received 2 Banana Suit dudes. 1 Quote
Cozei Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 That's cool! My experience with the Disney minifig boxes has been that characters were often adjacent to each other (i.e. 2 Maleficents in a row). Not always but often. Wish I had made a more rigorous record of it. I'm not a big store smoosher. When fresh box smooshing do folks often find figs adjacent? Quote
psusyntar Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 12 minutes ago, Cozei said: I'm not a big store smoosher. When fresh box smooshing do folks often find figs adjacent? I have found this to be the case on a number of occasions. When you find one figure in a row, you find more in the same row or even adjacent to each other. If there is a specific figure I am looking for on a fresh case (hot dog suit guy, unicorn girl, banana guy), it seems you find one after the other more often than not. 1 Quote
Rodeogeorge Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 I'm getting soft in my old age. Just turned the big 4-0. I only took two banana dudes today and left the rest (at least three for my new friend, Timothy). I even helped out a kid find the penguin suit kiddo. Man, I was ruthless with hot dog guy. 4 Quote
donbee Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously. 4 Quote
Brickbuilder.g Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 18 hours ago, donbee said: Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously. What??? Quote
lodibricks Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 18 hours ago, donbee said: Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously. Now I wanna know what the pink paper says. That's a lot of extra packaging work for a $3.99 item. Crazy. Quote
Deadfraggle Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 18 hours ago, donbee said: Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously. That's crazy talk. Like tin-foil hat crazy. Quote
donbee Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Now I wanna know what the pink paper says. That's a lot of extra packaging work for a $3.99 item. Crazy. 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 7 hours ago, lodibricks said: Now I wanna know what the pink paper says. That's a lot of extra packaging work for a $3.99 item. Crazy. It's probably less work than dealing with angry moms and whiney/crying kids. 1 Quote
Separator Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 33 minutes ago, TLKC said: Anyone knows the box contents? 3x 4x 5x ? 5 Per Box Banana Guy Arabian Knight Spy 4 Per Box Serenader Imp Hiker Rogue Dog Show Judge Spooky Boy 3 Per Box Babysitter Pirate Cyborg Ice Queen Penguin Kickboxer Wildlife Photographer Quote
TheOrcKing Posted August 14, 2016 Author Posted August 14, 2016 19 hours ago, donbee said: Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously. That's one way to deal with theft. Quote
MinifiguresPlus Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Hello friends, We are happy to announce that we have officially secured series 16 boxes. We have a limited quantity for now, but it should cover orders for the next couple weeks at least. Prices listed here are exclusive to Brick Picker and Brickset members. Box = $219 Set = $73 As always, for those who are interested, please direct message with your PayPal email address and we will invoice you. Shipping is expected to be around the third week of September. Happy building, Jon Edited August 22, 2016 by MinifiguresPlus 4 Quote
Voltron Posted August 25, 2016 Posted August 25, 2016 Released in my local Smyths, John Lewis and WHSMITH Not sure if nationwide but worth a check, my local John Lewis stock was already down to 8 packets from I think 1-2 boxes. I'm up to 15 banana guys lol Quote
TLKC Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 On 14.8.2016 at 11:27 AM, Separator said: 5 Per Box Banana Guy Arabian Knight Spy 4 Per Box Serenader Imp Hiker Rogue Dog Show Judge Spooky Boy 3 Per Box Babysitter Pirate Cyborg Ice Queen Penguin Kickboxer Wildlife Photographer Got 5 rogue and only 4 arabian knights? Full box (new) smooshed and bumpcode check 1 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 55 minutes ago, TLKC said: Got 5 rogue and only 4 arabian knights? Full box (new) smooshed and bumpcode check Are you absolutely certain? Those two are very similar. Quote
Voltron Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I went through a sealed box and only got 4 banana guys? Quote
TLKC Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said: Are you absolutely certain? Those two are very similar. yes. The arrow is easy to smoosh... Mhd747 so whats your ratio of the box? mine was exactly like predicted just the rogue and the arabian knight where wrong. 1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said: Quote
Voltron Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I was only smooshing for the banana guy to be honest, I must missed one then Quote
fossilrock Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 24 minutes ago, Mhd747 said: I was only smooshing for the banana guy to be honest, I must missed one then In smooshing terms, sounds like you were going for the low hanging fruit.. 5 Quote
Average Guy Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 On 7/22/2016 at 5:12 AM, Salimr said: My toys r us had a case and the whole case was purchased by a guy 15 min before me. I asked about the limit they usually put on such items when they told me that and they said they broke their rule as he said they were for a local hospital 10 min later they were on eBay and he text me as I know who it is, if I wanted to buy any. guess that may have belonged in ethics thread. I just can't believe people use the hospital story and toys r us believes them. That guy probably didn't misrepresent himself. He's obviously a reseller and at some point this scenario probably happened: Guy goes to register with entire cart full of Lego. Employee 1: "Wow! That's a lot of Legos. Early Christmas gift? You must have a lot of kids. " Guy replies, "yeah..." Employee 2: "Wow that's a lot of Legos! Are you building those all yourself? " Guy replies "yeah..." Employee 3, sees Employees 1 & 2 talking to Guy with a lot of 'Legos' and goes over to them and says, "Wow! That's a lot of Legos! Are you donating these to charity?" Guy replies, "yeah..." Employee 3 replies, "You must work with hospital kids." Guy replies, "yeah..." The next time the Guy goes to TRU is on Thursday and Employee 1 recognizes him and says, "Hey you're the guy that donates toys to hospital kids!" Guy replies, "yeah..." Guy goes to the Lego isle and arm sweeps an entire shelf of 20% off Lego. He takes full cart to register and uses TRUTH tactics. Employees 1, 2 and 3 go outside and help load his car. When finished they all say to Guy, "Have a nice day! See you next time! " Guy replies, "yeah..." This may or have happened to me once or twice or ten times, or maybe not. I'm just an Average Guy, "yeah...". Quote
Salimr Posted August 28, 2016 Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Average Guy said: That guy probably didn't misrepresent himself. He's obviously a reseller and at some point this scenario probably happened: Guy goes to register with entire cart full of Lego. Employee 1: "Wow! That's a lot of Legos. Early Christmas gift? You must have a lot of kids. " Guy replies, "yeah..." Employee 2: "Wow that's a lot of Legos! Are you building those all yourself? " Guy replies "yeah..." Employee 3, sees Employees 1 & 2 talking to Guy with a lot of 'Legos' and goes over to them and says, "Wow! That's a lot of Legos! Are you donating these to charity?" Guy replies, "yeah..." Employee 3 replies, "You must work with hospital kids." Guy replies, "yeah..." The next time the Guy goes to TRU is on Thursday and Employee 1 recognizes him and says, "Hey you're the guy that donates toys to hospital kids!" Guy replies, "yeah..." Guy goes to the Lego isle and arm sweeps an entire shelf of 20% off Lego. He takes full cart to register and uses TRUTH tactics. Employees 1, 2 and 3 go outside and help load his car. When finished they all say to Guy, "Have a nice day! See you next time! " Guy replies, "yeah..." This may or have happened to me once or twice or ten times, or maybe not. I'm just an Average Guy, "yeah...". Wow, that is detailed. I am guessing it has happened to you or it was you..... Edited August 28, 2016 by Salimr Quote
Average Guy Posted August 28, 2016 Posted August 28, 2016 10 hours ago, Salimr said: Wow, that is detailed. I am guessing it has happened to you or it was you..... Once or twice lol. What I was trying to covey is that store clerks will rattle on and on about what 'they' suppose a guy with a cart full of Lego is doing with them. I just let them go on talking and agree with whatever they say. So to 1 clerk I have 25 kids, to another clerk I work for a charitable group, to another clerk, etc., sometimes the question is just rhetorical and they are just 'talking to themselves'. So in your story I was thinking this could have happened, because yes, it's happened to me before. BTW I don't have any Series figures to sell. Lol 1 Quote
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