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Toy Aisle Trolls > Infinite Zeroes
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com. Also, please note: I’m deliberately being over-the-top with my condemnation of these people–I don’t actually wish bodily harm upon them. Just severe mental anguish.
Poester PJR sends this one in. Found at a Walmart.
Is Bizarro really common enough he’s worth swapping for a regular Superman, or is this guy just an idiot?
Karmic Payback: The perpetrator is forced to move out of his mother’s basement because her booming prostitution business needs the space.
Toy Aisle Trolls > Sour Ranger
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com. Also, please note: I’m deliberately being over-the-top with my condemnation of these people–I don’t actually wish bodily harm upon them. Just severe mental anguish.
Poester MM sends this one in:
Saw this about a week ago at Walmart. Not sure exactly what kind of toy they’ve crammed in there, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t the right one.
Yes, that cycle is a tad too not-insane-looking for a Power Rangers vehicle–here’s the real one.
Really, trolls? This is what it’s come to–stealing Power Rangers vehicles no one wants? Is there even any thrill in this? Sad really.
MOTU vs. DC 2-packs up (and gone) on Toysrus.com
TRU’s website briefly had both MOTU vs. DC 2-packs available on their website. They might come back in stock, so here are the links for future reference:
Note that the site uses incorrect, older stock images–in the actual sets Skeletor comes with a yellow sword, and Luthor does not have his gun.
Contest > The Wyld Hunt
We’ve all gone through it–that one figure we wanted more than anything but had to search high and low, for weeks or even months, before we found it. DCUC fans do that every week, but it’s not a new phenomenon–it’s been going on ever since the days of Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes and, of course, Star Wars.
I have a few tales of toy hunts, but none more memorable than the Great Turtle Hunt of 1989. For Christmas that year I wanted nothing but Ninja Turtle action figures. Of course, that was the year every kid my age wanted Ninja Turtle action figures, so they were virtually impossible to find. My parents, having become very familiar with the difficulties of finding popular toys around the holidays (thank you, Cabbage Patch Kids!) decided to be proactive. So one day in October that year, my father let me skip school and he and I drove all across Massachusetts, hitting every big retailer and toy store we could find. We found a few random Turtles here and there, but finally, at the gift shop of the now-defunct King’s Castleland in Whitman, we found the mother lode. When we got home, they were quickly swept into hiding until Christmas morn.
So here’s the deal. Hasbro has graciously donated a prize pack, seen above. To win it, all you have to do is post a comment below telling the story of a toy you had to hunt for. It can be a long tale or short, funny or tragic, ending in victory or defeat–anything. When the contest ends, I’ll choose whichever story I think is the best and send along the prizes to the winner.
The rules:
- All entries need to be received by Friday, March 19 at 5pm.
- Everyone gets one entry, so make sure to pick the best story you’ve got.
- Contest open to U.S. residents only. I’m sorry, but international shipping is way too expensive these days.
- Contest not open to my friends, family or Power Pals–sorry guys! Gotta be impartial on this one.
Like, Bat, man
I try not to shill too often around here, even for my beloved sponsors, but this Detective Comics with Action Figures Boxed Set was too awesome not to pass along to you guys. While I’m usually more a Mattel than DC Direct fan when it comes to superhero figures, I can’t deny the appeal of this set, which comes with a 64-page collection of classic detective comics as well as action figures from the freaky-deaky psychedelic era of the 1950s and 1960s that Grant Morrison can’t stop playing with–including Bat-Mite, the lovable, omniscient scamp!
Ask Mattel > March 15, 2010
1.) If the DC vs. MOTU packs sell well at Toys ‘R Us, would Mattel consider introducing more MOTUC product at retail?
At this point, at least in 2010, the MOTUC vs. DCUC two-packs will be the only way to find MOTU at retail.
2.) Given the immediate success of a larger MOTU item like Battle Cat, is there any possibility we might see some Mattycollector-exclusive larger items for DCUC, such as vehicles or large rotocast figures a la Tytus? Read the rest… »
