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Old 11-27-07 | 07:22 PM
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I just cleaned out the Best Buy in Dedham, MA. They had 11 figurines and the cashier was some young kid who couldn't believe it. His reaction: "Holy shit! I can't believe I didn't pick one of those up." So I gave him 1 of the 11. They also had 2 of the Jungle Book tin banks for a penny and picked them both of them. I felt an eerie sense of satisfaction coming out the store with a cartload of goods, after handing the cashier a dime and 2 pennies.
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Old 11-27-07 | 08:47 PM
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Plenty at Tysons VA.
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Old 11-27-07 | 08:52 PM
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Hmm, none at the Pearl Ridge, HI location, but plenty of the V for Vendetta mask boxes.

Although I think I wore out my welcome as I wanted to pick up 2 and 3 LOTR EE 4 disk sets to match my FOTR. Didn't have TT in the area but one without the Compass movie ticket sticker. 20 minutes later, finally got a manager to make a price adjustment.

Almost as much of a hassle as going into their back room warehouse to look for stuff as their employees are too lazy to do so.
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Old 11-27-07 | 09:48 PM
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I picked up 3 more for Christmas. Might get the rest later in the week.


Jungle Book bank, eh?
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Old 11-28-07 | 08:41 AM
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I was at one of my local BB yesterday and decided to pick up what they have for the Silver Surfer Statue. As the cashier was ringing my other purchases, the manager on duty rushed by and told the the guy to not to ring up any of the statues. The manager said they had some issues with the statues yesterday and wanted to make sure that they weren't rung through the register. All of the sudden after a moment of discussion (I didn't even say a thing), they let me have over a dozen of these statues for free. The cashier was stunned at the turn of events as he deactivates all statues. I wasn't expecting to get something like this for free from BB of all places!
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Old 11-28-07 | 10:28 AM
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No dice at the BB in Eau Claire, WI, they were all out
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Old 11-28-07 | 11:39 AM
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any pics or link to jungle book bank
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Old 11-28-07 | 12:17 PM
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Midtown atlanta is new cleaned out. They had five left. I bought all of them. One for me, the rest as gifts for friends kids. To think these would have cost 75 bucks last week haha. It cost me 5 cents!
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Old 11-28-07 | 12:55 PM
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For anyone in the Columbus, OH area, the Tuttle Crossing BB had several of the Silver Surfer statues. There were three sitting on top of an endcap in the DVD area, and I spotted a few more under the racks in one of the aisles. I picked up two of them, one for me and one for a buddy of mine. I could not find any Jungle Book banks.

I have to say, paying for an entire order at BB with a nickel, and getting change on top of that, was sort of surreal.

Big thanks to the OP!
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Old 11-28-07 | 02:03 PM
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Picked up 2 sets today in Braintree, MA (along with apparently the last copy of Pan's Labyrinth with the free movie ticket). One for me, one for my nephews.

Thanks, OP!
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Old 11-28-07 | 06:05 PM
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She probably said "Devo" an item. That's what they call it when an item needs to be returned, defective or otherwise. Story behind it when Best Buy was "Sound of Music" in Minneapolis, whenever they need to return something, the employees would say "Just give to the Devo guys in the back". I guess they were guys in Receiving who listened to nothing but Devo music. Sorry probably more info than you guys wanted to read lol.
Maybe they Whip It real good before they send it back so it will be real defective.
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Old 11-28-07 | 06:22 PM
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any pics or link to jungle book bank
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Old 11-28-07 | 06:24 PM
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thanks, i'll try to find one local
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Old 11-28-07 | 07:23 PM
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Cleaned out the Kennesaw, GA store.

5 Silver Surfer Statues.
5 Jungle Book Banks.
FF3 DS - 19.99 after 10 off 29.99 email coupon.

Pretty good haul.
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Old 11-28-07 | 08:33 PM
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Picked up 5 more at the store in Dorchester, MA. They had 6 but the other one was completely destroyed. I also found a Peter Pan lunchbox which was also a penny. The woman cashing me out gave me this pissy attitude and even called a manager to verify. When the manager told her that it was ok, she goes, "Lucky you, have fun with your dolls."
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Old 11-28-07 | 09:02 PM
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I found a bunch of the Silver Surfer figure at my local store, probably 30 total. I only took three though.

However, I couldn't find any of the Jungle Book banks. If anyone is willing to help I'd really like to get one of those, I'm sure we could figure out something for it.
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Old 11-28-07 | 09:03 PM
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My BB doesnt have any.....I wish I could get some of these for the penny price...
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Old 11-28-07 | 09:16 PM
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I also found a Peter Pan lunchbox which was also a penny. The woman cashing me out gave me this pissy attitude and even called a manager to verify. When the manager told her that it was ok, she goes, "Lucky you, have fun with your dolls."

Thanks for the lunch box info. I will check at my BB.

And that "Lucky you, have fun with your dolls." is the funniest thing I have heard all day.
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Old 11-28-07 | 09:27 PM
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Thanks for the lunch box info. I will check at my BB.
I wouldn't hold your breathe. The Peter Pan lunch box was dropped to a penny a while back along with Peter Pan figures and a bunch of other items. He probably just got lucky finding one still laying around.

I was just thinking, with the Jungle Book bank at a penny, would the same thing be true of the Jungle Book plushes if you actually managed to find one someplace? I got a Baloo back then but would love to have the other one too.
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Old 11-28-07 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WTK
All of the sudden after a moment of discussion (I didn't even say a thing), they let me have over a dozen of these statues for free. The cashier was stunned at the turn of events as he deactivates all statues. I wasn't expecting to get something like this for free from BB of all places!
Wow. Now, I feel like I got ripped off by having to pay 16 cents for my 15 statues.
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Old 11-28-07 | 10:38 PM
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Went to the North Avenue location in Chicago and nothing, ended up finding 4 at the Elston store though. Thanks OP!!!
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Old 11-28-07 | 11:08 PM
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Anyone have an extra they want to sell. PM me with price plus shipping.
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Old 11-29-07 | 12:05 AM
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I saw tons of them at Lees Summit (MO) w/ sticker price $14.99. Kinda sad, i'm not toy collector
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Old 11-29-07 | 05:35 AM
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I checked out the store in York, PA yesterday, where I know I have seen a crapload of them just a couple weeks ago, and I didn't see any of them.
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Old 11-29-07 | 08:19 AM
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any other 1 cent deal? like jungle book, or ghost rider gift sets?
Tried the bonus Pirates disc in sleeve. Rang up as $9.99.
Tried the Ghost Rider gift set. Rang up as $69.99.
Oh, well. I have the GR 3-disc from CC anyway, and I got the Pirates 2 two-disc cheap a while back when the one-disc was on sale: Someone had put the sale label on the shelf in the aisle that had a bunch of the two-discers and no one-discers. (They gave it to me for the sale price, but I saw an employee walking away from the shelf with that label in hand before I left the cash register. Spoilsport. )

Originally Posted by Jtnguyen12
I saw tons of them at Lees Summit (MO) w/ sticker price $14.99. Kinda sad, i'm not toy collector
The ones at a store in my area were still labled $14.99, and the sign was still up saying "$4.99 with purchase of FF:RotSS thru Dec. 1." Just take one up to the counter and say "I heard this was discounted" and ask them to check the price. It worked for me.

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