Those just started popping up here at ToysRus.

Went to TJ Maxx after work and picked up a MU Sentinel with Wolverine for $15...

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I'm officially hooked on these Monster Fighter Legos (which isn't good...I've fought starting a Lego collection for years, but someone gave me the Vampyre Hearse for Christmas). I found the Frankenstein's lab and Mummy chariot on clearance today, so I picked those up. They are awesome, and part of my Joe collection is going to need to vacate its shelf. I also grabbed a TF Prime voyager Starscream on sale for $11.

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I got a Quinjet for $14.50 and the Cap tank for $9.50 at a Walmart. Also got Avengers Cap and Avengers Iron Man (the better articulated one) for $4.50 each. As well as deluxe Chitauri for around $6. So glad I waited for this stuff to hit clearance. If I had paid $30 for the Quinjet, I would have been beyond pissed. That box makes you think it's way bigger than it actually is. For the price I got it for, I loved it.

I've also been clearing out all of the area Walmarts of the tiny Transformers. The ones that are usually $6 for $2.50 each. So far I have Wheeljack, Ratchet, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Vehicon and Flamewar.

I also found the Target Christmas Batman shoved in the Lego section for $1.49. Only figure I've bought for that line, but at that price, I figured why not. Technically, the wife bought this for me, but I was with her haha.

And since Ollie's has all toys 40% off, I snagged a Hal/Abin Sur pack for $1.19, thanks to the incorrect tag on it. Needed Sur for my collection of that awfully articulated, but oddly fun line. Also got a Halo Anniverary Grunt for ~$4.

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Yesterday clearing up Christmas clearance at Target, I found an R5D4 from those Star Wars 3 packs, that was missing the other 2 droids. It had a sticker that said 'Need DCPI', so I took it up with our other stuff to see if they'd sell it like that. They did. For $.20.

So that was pretty cool.

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Not all today, but in the last couple of days. I got the Club Jinx, Resoulte Scarlett (needed extra of that body), another Jinx, as well as Storm Shadow (Resolute- one with all the gear). As well as 2 Jubilee and a couple other MU for fodder.

Rather than posting a new thread for one thing, I'll post it here.

A few months ago I pre-ordered the new Special Edition magazine from Cinema Retro. This one covered the James Bond movie 'Dr No' and included a lot of behind the scenes things (locations past and present, poster artwork, publicity stills, etc, etc). http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a ... -SITE.html

I have gotten all of the Special Editions (Where Eagles Dare, The Dollars Trilogy, Kelly's Heroes, the updated Where Eagles Dare) before and have highly praised and recommended them on here. Cinema Retro is a great magazine that covers 60s and 70s cinema and history.

Anyway, last Friday I contacted the Editor-in-Chief, whom I have corresponded with before. Any of you that have the Bond 50 blu ray or DVD sets and have listened to the commentaries might recognize his name. Lee Pfeiffer. He has written several James Bond reference books I have on my shelves.

Anyway, I hadn't received my copy of this issue and explained this to him. He checked my address and stated he would send out a replacement issue. Yesterday I got home to find the magazine had arrived. It was sent in a Priority envelope with a thick cardboard backer, with the magazine itself sealed in a plastic mailer envelope. It was not haphazardly tossed in, but someone took the time to get it right, which they have done for each Special Edition I've received before.

Nowadays we hear about poor customer service, but the folks at Cinema Retro http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php are the real deal.

I highly recommend them to any film connoisseur..

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I was excited and going to buy this huge Halo box set at Target because it looked like a 400lbs guy sat on it and it was shoved in the clearance aisle with the other stuff, so I thought it was on clearance. I got to the register and it didn't ring up, I figured they'd look it up and I'd get it for the last clearance price that it was. So they look it up, all these people are staring at me waiting on this toy and it's price, and finally since that was all that I had, the CS rep walked me over to the CS desk and told me they had to manually look it up. So I sat there another 5 mins while he finshed helping someone with their returns, and then finally about 25 mins later, it was regular price. $50. I guess there was a tear or tape or something on the UPC and it wasn't scanning, I just hung my head told them nevermind and was about to leave and they guy saw how upset I was, and told me that he could give me a discount because of the condition the package was in, he looked up other Halo stuff that was on clearance and gave it to me for $18. I snatched it up, he said I couldn't return it though because if I did, it wouldn't match the receipt, anyone ever have that happen? I thought it was weird, but getting it for more than 50% off, I was happy. He did scan it, print a smaller red and white UPC return with the words missing/repackaged on it, I never saw that before, and he stuck it over the original UPC. So I dont know, seemed like he just wanted to get rid of it because of the condition and make a customer happy, haven't seen that in a long time.

My luck now, I'll get screwed over the rest of the year on deals.

Yesterday I received the Dollar General Joes thanks to Matthew. Haven't cracked them open yet but I'll get to it tonight.

Also got 4 of the Smalljoes APEX cases yesterday. They feel a little cheap compared to other cases I've seen but they work perfectly for displaying figures (with the tiered riser) and vehicles. I have my custom Rock 'n' Roll collection in one and the SDCC Shockwave set in another.

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I went to Best Buy to pick up Archer Season 3 and also ended up getting the complete "The Flash" (starring John Wesley Shipp) for $10. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Flash%3A+Th ... &lp=1&cp=1

Went to Barnes and Noble and picked up a sweet 2000 piece puzzle of the "Winter at Neuschwanstein Castle http://amzn.com/B002QE8XEI along with the Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia.

Picked up my GIJOE comics at the comic book store.

Grabbed two 4-packs of cork board for a home project.

Also returned a little heater to Aldi's and made $10 on the deal.

No new figures or clearance stuff.

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Got Enter the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination and Megaforce on DVD from Amazon.
Good times ahead.

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Picked up The Avengers eight pack from Target for $10.00,and Lex Luthor and General Zod from Ollie's for $18.00 apiece on clearance.

Picked up The Avengers eight pack from Target for $10.00,and Lex Luthor and General Zod from Ollie's for $18.00 a piece on clearance.

I snagged two Skystrikers from TJ Maxx at $20 each. I got home and realized I now have 4 of the new ones. Oh, what to do with them...

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Stopped at two Dollar General stores yesterday.

Between last weeks pickings and this week, I now have about 6 Shipwrecks, 2 Cobra Commanders, 4 Snake-Eyes, 3 Dukes, a lone Cobra Trooper (first time I saw one), and 2 Storm Shadows (hadn't seen him before either).

I already had a Cobra Commander, Duke, Snake-Eyes, and Shipwreck, so these are army builders.

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