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 Nik sends in this report from the Westbury, NY Target.
Writes Nik:
New target exclusive set. AT-ST, driver and 2 snowtroopers. Guy switched out for two old 1996 POTF2 snowtroopers and a VINTAGE driver. The box was beat to hell as well so god knows if the actual new AT-ST is there as well. He could have switched for an old on or anything else really.
Lame.
Lame indeed. Seriously–a vintage figure?
I hope this ass’s toy collection turns to mephitic smoke when he falls asleep while getting high and drops a joint on the rug.
davy
at the very least the Death Squad Commander figure looks like it's in pretty good condition, so it kinda evens out in the end :)!?
FakeEyes22
The guy still sucks, of course, but if you bought the WalMart AT-ST, it sucks seeing it packed with an exclusive figure that isn't crap, plus 2 troops and a tripod gun for about the same price.
I grabbed that AT-ST at a closeout store for like $25, so that figure is really appealling, but I don't feel like a sucker.
I'm glad to be way past my Star Wars completist days, that's for sure.
Thomas B
@Magneto76:
some 40ish year old woman can hardly ever be expected to know what action figure is supposed to be in the package. Heck I am a toy collector and I did not notice what was wrong right away cause I do not collect SW toys.
What they NEED to do is inspect the packaging and then return it to the vendor and NOT put things back out on the floor that have been STAPLED back shut! I have seen this. it is just crazy.
JediCreeper
what a waste of a vintage figure.. man doesn't even deserve toys to piss on history like that (what, I take my toys seriously, sue me)
Magneto76
I hate seeing this crap, apparently Target needs to be trained to inspect the toys for accuracy when they are returned…
Ben
It's almost as if they WANT to be found! Yeesh.
Monkey boy
This is just harsh.