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 latest travesty was found by Poester (and my longtime online acquaintance) Dark Angel.
Says DA:
Found in a Wal-Mart. I am well-versed enough in comic lore to know that the purple bird lady is an X-Men foe, though I cannot recall her name. Two things: One, this is pretty zen in its own way–I would imagine that the bird lady was a hot figure back in her day (thirteen or so years ago), and I (sadly) know this is the work of one of our fellow collectors as she is in absolutely pristine condition; and two, it amazes me that the person who returned it included at least part of Hawkgirl’s weapons (the mace may actually be broken) and the Gentleman Ghost figure itself! They must have really, really wanted that Hawkgirl–oddly enough, I had picked up a single-carded Hawkgirl and left one more on the shelf at a Target literally across this street from this Wal-Mart about two months ago!
That bird looks really familiar, but I’m way out of practice on my Marvel lore, so I’ll let someone else identify her below.
As for the jackass who did this, get a &%#^! life. That is all.
