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.
This one comes courtesy of Sir Real. Someone thought they were pretty damned funny swapping out a DCUC Mr. Terrific for a JLU Mr. Terrific. But they weren’t funny. They were just a ****head (fill in with the four-letter word of your choice).
Here’s a question: why did this a-hole take off the figure’s jacket? What the hell’s up with that? Is he so unable to contain his perversions that he must strip his action figures? Oh, and the BAF part’s missing, too–Giganta’s right leg. I don’t even want to think what this freak wanted that for.
Let’s all hope the perpetrator of this particular crime drowns in a vat of rancid molasses, painfully inhaling the hot, decaying viscous fluid into his lungs before life ebbs away.
maybe we're getting a bit carried away here.
is the guy a doosh? sure. but calling him a freak and perv kind of takes away from the valid points you make. it's like cursing when you have a valid argument. it just takes away from what you're saying because all anyone hears are the curse words.
just because he returned a different toy in this packaging doesn't mean he's a perv who gets off on stripping the figure and might be doing something with the giganta leg. how are the 2 even connected?
I think Poe mentioned he was going to be theatrical with this feature in his first Toy Aisle Troll posting.
There's only so many ways you can say said nerd is a douche bag in a straight forward way so why not have a little fun with it.
Considering JLU version of Mr. Terrific pack runs for close to $30, jokes on him. And also on me for continuing to collect JLU.
From now on can we get locations of the stores where this is happening? If this is happening too much, there should be names, locations and addresses.
This isn't acceptable business practices and customers should be aware of where it is happening and those stores should know better than to accept this kind of behavior.
Wow, this dude had balls of steel, man! Gotta admire that, at least.
@DrNightmare-Yes, possibly ripping off buyers who might not know better and/or putting yet another figure that collectors won't buy back on the peg is admirable. And how does he have balls of steel? The worst that would happen would be that the store wouldn't take it back. It's not like he was smuggling diamonds or something. Sadly, the person who did this feels he should be admired, too, and that's why he'll do it again.
Exactly. The perve thing is very thin, I was just looking for a humorous angle.
I've shared the story before, but this summer I found 3 Rise of Cobra figures at a TRU which someone had swapped out with older figures. If I hadn't been so disgusted and turned them into the manager, who handled these things pretty seriously, I might have bought them because they replaced the new figures with some pretty cool 25th ann and VvsV figures. Kind of funny when someone puts something better in the package.
An update on this: The guy who returned these was a TRU employee, and got fired and charges filed against him for fraud.
I remeber years back seeing a Hydron form NA He-Man in a Thundercats packet way back one day in Woolworths.
I have to admit this one was kind of funny. I love the dynamic posing.
BEEFhead. He's a BEEFhead.
An equal amount of douch-baggery should be put on the imbecile who took it in as a return. Amazing!
LOL… the "dynamic posing" really sells the figure… it makes it pop out of the shelf and into my hands…
I love the how this guy even put the plastic wires to secure the figure in his dynamic pose.
@PrfktTear: ZING!
I have to say, this one made me laugh. It just looks so absurd.
I've got some Minimates laying around, maybe I can pass them off as DCU figures…
@PrfktTear:
Actually, there's a law that says all spare minimates go to the AmericanHyena Minimate Collection.
True story.
Brisk walking is apparently dynamic now.
@Newton Gimmick: Yeah, but if this guy was enough of a d-bag to do this, he probably just returned the six pack stuffed with other miscellaneous crap (perhaps spare Superman or Batman JLU figs).
And if it makes you feel any better, I bought that set too (and felt rather like a sucker for doing so).
@americanhyena: I've got some assorted BSG Minimates, you interested in any? Shoot me an e-mail and I'll let you know what I've got!
@PrfktTear:
LOL, BSG is the only ongoing minimates line I *don't* collect. Although they *almost* had me with the mini-flyers.
Oh well :-p
insert sad trombone here…