Toy Aisle Trolls > The Cosmic Cod?

November 22, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: Tribsaint

The Problem: Starman’s Cosmic Rod has been replaced by the Joker‘s Laughing Fish.

What It’s Supposed to Look Like:

Tribsaint writes: “I found this at Target today. I love it because it looks like the only thing the culprit took was the cosmic rod. It is beautiful in stupidity. Why replace the rod at all except to be a smart ass. Anyway I thought my toy-toting compatriots might get a kick out this.”

Toy Aisle Trolls > Ow, Man

November 18, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: Pendragon’s Post

The Problem: Owlman has become Iron Man

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: Here

Location: Walmart in Garfield, NJ

Toy Aisle Trolls > Stung Justice

October 28, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: 3B

The Problem: The figure’s missing

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: This

3B writes: “Photo taken at my local Toys R Us here in Miami. At least they left the ponytail behind…”

Toy Aisle Trolls > Helldorado

October 25, 2011 | Poe

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.

Power Pal Joe Amaro sends in this TAT from his new home in Texas:

I found this DCU switcharo at a local Wal-Mart.

Here’s what it’s supposed to look like.

Who the hell is that in there? And what is he wearing??

Toy Aisle Trolls > Ow, Man

September 9, 2011 | Poe

Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items.

Submitted by: Bill White

Bill writes:

At the lovely Wal-Mart in Hanover, MA, some scum has substituted the Qwlman in the DCUC 5-pack with a DC Direct cheapo. Not shown in the picture, but they really hacked through the bottom of the box, and did a really poor job of patching it back together with scotch tape. How some customer service person accepted this as a return is a mystery. I have long suspected this Wal-Mart location as a center of toy collectin’ scum activity, and now I have my proof! For the record, I brought this to the manager’s attention, and he couldn’t have cared less.

Toy Aisle Trolls > …and introducing Guile as Captain Britain

September 8, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: VS

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: This

XXX writes: “This “Captain Britain” figure caught my eye at Walmart the other day. Some jerk swapped the captain with a cheap-looking army guy.”

Toy Aisle Trolls > One Cyborg is as Good as Another

September 7, 2011 | Poe

Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items.

Submitted by: Lovable-Bill

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: This

Lovable-Bill writes: “I went to one of my local K-Marts in Peoria, Illinois, trying to hunt down the exclusive Batman Legacy: Batman and Batmite. To my shock I found this sitting on one of the shelves under the other DCUC figures. Looks like someone returned a ML Deathlok in place of a Cyborg Superman, the card back was also very loose and sticky.”

Toy Aisle Trolls > Laserweak

September 6, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: JF

What It’s Supposed to Look Like: This

JF writes: “Here’s a Transformers 3 Laserbeak with a junker G1 Shockwave instead. Oh Target!”

Toy Aisle Trolls > Skids Mark

September 5, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: JW

JW writes:

So I’ve recently started collecting Transformers, including the Human Alliance stuff from the movies (quality of the films aside, the HA figures are wonderful toys). I’ve managed to track down every figure released so far except the original screen-accurate releases of the twins–until this morning. At my local Walmart (where else?) I found Skids just sitting on a shelf. Box is a little damaged but he’s clearanced down to $25 from $30 AND he’s two years old AND I want him real bad…so who cares about a crushed box? I’m excited.

I get to work, pull him out of the package to size up my new prize–aaaaaaaaaaand it’s not a crushed box. It’s a STABBED box. And the Megan Fox driver figure has been ripped out.

God. Damn. It.

(Yes the human figures are ass, but I did at least want the two main characters.)

If I may? Since he obviously has such an (understandable) aversion to the twins, may the blighter be tied to a chair and forced to rewatch all of the Skids / Mudflap scenes from Revenge of the Fallen. On a loop. For a month.

Or be crushed when his Decepticon car spontaneously transformers with him it.

Either / Or.

Toy Aisle Trolls > What the #%&?

August 29, 2011 | Poe

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.

Submitted by: Belligerent Monkey