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Toy Aisle Trolls > Mr. Horrific
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.
This item has 22 comments (now closed):
Garrett AI
11.16.2009 9.38
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?
Sped
11.16.2009 9.49
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.
Newton Gimmick
11.16.2009 9.54
Considering JLU version of Mr. Terrific pack runs for close to $30, jokes on him. And also on me for continuing to collect JLU.
jestergoblin
11.16.2009 9.55
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.
DrNightmare
11.16.2009 10.03
Wow, this dude had balls of steel, man! Gotta admire that, at least.
The Flash III
11.16.2009 10.13
@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.
Poe
11.16.2009 10.26
Exactly. The perve thing is very thin, I was just looking for a humorous angle.
barbecue17
11.16.2009 11.10
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.
Mark
11.16.2009 11.51
I remeber years back seeing a Hydron form NA He-Man in a Thundercats packet way back one day in Woolworths.
izdawiz
11.16.2009 12.17
I have to admit this one was kind of funny. I love the dynamic posing.
Green Ring Guy
11.16.2009 12.35
BEEFhead. He’s a BEEFhead.
Emerald
11.16.2009 12.36
An equal amount of douch-baggery should be put on the imbecile who took it in as a return. Amazing!
PrfktTear
11.16.2009 12.50
LOL… the “dynamic posing” really sells the figure… it makes it pop out of the shelf and into my hands…
George
11.16.2009 13.29
I love the how this guy even put the plastic wires to secure the figure in his dynamic pose.
PresidentJuggernaut
11.16.2009 16.14
@PrfktTear: ZING!
I have to say, this one made me laugh. It just looks so absurd.
PrfktTear
11.16.2009 17.05
I’ve got some Minimates laying around, maybe I can pass them off as DCU figures…
americanhyena
11.16.2009 19.50
@PrfktTear:
Actually, there’s a law that says all spare minimates go to the AmericanHyena Minimate Collection.
True story.
MechaShiva
11.16.2009 20.57
Brisk walking is apparently dynamic now.
nerdbot
11.17.2009 16.25
@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).
PrfktTear
11.17.2009 19.25
@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!
americanhyena
11.18.2009 15.13
@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
PrfktTear
11.18.2009 16.56
insert sad trombone here…