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Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be
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Author:  chaosx [ Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be

Last night after the White Sox gave the Yankees a huge butt whipping...I decided to go to Walmart to get a new shirt. My wife and I couldn't find one I liked so I decided to check the toy aisle. For the first time Walmarts toy aisle was packed with Joes...BUT..one's I already had...except Accelerator suit Duke. I looked down the aisle and there was a guy standing there with a handful of new Joes. Artic Snake eyes, Doctor Rex, Paris Baroness, Arctic Stormshadow. I looked over and asked him "Hey, did you notice if they had any other ones?" He said he had just seen them sitting there so he wasn't sure. They weren't any more of course. So I asked him if I could take a look at them so I can show my wife what I was looking for. He promptly came over to me, handed them over and I looked at them..commenting on Doctor Rex. I handed them back and we started talking about how we disliked scalpers and our collections and then another guy joined in and we all started talking. The Joe Collector then said "If you want the Rex figure here you go, I'll wait till I see him again" and then handed it to me. I was stunned. I thanked him and we kept talking.
Now, I have done this kind of thing in the past when I find something and someone else is looking for it and I will hand it off...but no one has ever done this with me.

The thing is, I never got his name...all I know is his Arashikage clan tattoo on his arm. Really nice guy.

thought I'd share.

Also, Doctor Rex's hair comes off...found this out accidentally when I went to twist his head.

Author:  J_Man [ Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be

Yeah there's some cool people in the hobby. I met a guy when I took my wife to see Harry Potter. He had come up waiting for his family to get there and waiting to get seats. I noticed his tattoo which of course was the Arashikage logo too. That pretty much opened the door talking about the movie and everything else. I ended up giving him a card for my t-shirt shop because he had a business and was looking for someone to do shirts.

But yeah on the figure side, the only people I have offered up a figure to were kids. I haven't ever been in the aisle and had another collector looking for the same thing I had just found. That is cool that he offered up one of the harder ones to find.

Author:  SNAKE [ Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be

What area are you in Chaosx?

Author:  chaosx [ Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be

Palos hills illinois

Author:  Mr Arashikage [ Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Really quick story about how cool us Joe collectors can be

chaosx wrote:

The thing is, I never got his name...all I know is his Arashikage clan tattoo on his arm. Really nice guy.



G.I. Joe fan, Chicago, tattoo, nice guy, it must have been CM Punk.


It probably wasn't the wrestler, but it was still a great story you have there.

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