Collector Woes*Where's All The Turtles?*

[Spitfire]

Seriously I've been pissed lately. I've been to 2 freaking Wal-marts, 2 Targets, a Toysrus, a Kay-bee toys, and Big Lots. Not a single freaking turtles figure. Some had two pegs but all they had were Casey Jones or Karai.

WTF! There's mini mutants out and the Alien hunters, why the hell is it so damn dry out there. It's Christmas. All the other sections are full with tons of pegs. It seems like they never stock TMNT.

Anyone else having this problem? I live in Cali by the way.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Seriously I've been pissed lately. I've been to 2 freaking Wal-marts, 2 Targets, a Toysrus, a Kay-bee toys, and Big Lots. Not a single freaking turtles figure. Some had two pegs but all they had were Casey Jones or Karai.

WTF! There's mini mutants out and the Alien hunters, why the hell is it so damn dry out there. It's Christmas. All the other sections are full with tons of pegs. It seems like they never stock TMNT.

Anyone else having this problem? I live in Cali by the way.

I always had problems looking for turtles in Cali the best wal-mart in the area that always has tuns of turtles is the one on 4101 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles - (323) 299-8014
It's sort of a bad area though spit...But They have more turtles than any other store in the area.
But here in pittsburgh,pa I've had only luck at certain wal-marts and toys r us.
It all really depends on the store though..I mean each one...Some wal-marts dont even have turtles anymore.

[Roseangelo]

My best Turtle luck of the last couple years has come from the WalMart in Gilroy, CA. They've participated in all of the promotions and displays and have usually served me well when it comes to finding new stock (with the exception of this past weekend).

Originally Posted by Putrescent

Some wal-marts dont even have turtles anymore.

Yup, that's true of the WalMart nearest me.

TMNT is an underling in the toy world (and pretty much everything, really), unfortunately.

[Spitfire]

Gilroy is a bit far to travel for me to get figures but it's nice to know I might be able to hit there if I need to.

I tried San Jose Targets, Wal-marts and a few in Milpitas.

[SimplerSimon]

Back when the movie came out I picked up all the ones I wanted except Donatello, just because my funds were low at the time and I figured I could come back for him later. Now it's nearly Christmas, and 95% of the figures I see on the pegs are April, with smatterings of Casey, Foot Ninja, and Max Winters. I don't think I've ever seen a Karai or any monsters in my area.

Of course this was just casual shopping at Wal-Marts and such, I might do the hardcore run tomorrow and hit the Toys R Us.

[Leonardo19]

The Walmarts in my area keep a steady stock of most of the recent figures released. Its mostly only hard for me to find Max Winters and some of the older monsters that I still need. Also the Dollar General stores in my area now carry the TMNT toys. Maybe if someone wants I can find they figures they need and they can get the ones I need and then we trade. If anyone is interested just PM me.

Thanks

[Jester]

My local Wal-mart always sucks when it comes to all action figures, including TMNT. I mean we still have Hasbro's Blob series ML none of the FF or Spider-man trilogy build-a-figures. No DC Superheroes. Heck they just re-stocked the TMNT...with more of the 1st wave figures...oh and yeah Shredder finally showed up, but I got him somewhere else.

[Extreme_Enigma]

Are you talkin' about the 1st wave figures or the Fall '07 figs?

A lot of 1st wave figures are in my closest Wal-mart. But nobody buys them anyways!

[Bigfoot]

I didn't know this was such a problem in other parts of the country. I live in Milwaukee WI and I don't have such a hard time finding new stuff. I have been collecting for a long time and know alot of places around the city that have TMNT merch. Like most of you, I have my best luck at Walmart, they are usually the cheapest, and they have plenty to choose from. I was just there doing Christmas shopping and they had 2 huge stacks of fgures on the shelf above. I actually found an employee that would let me look through the stacks. Making friends with the employees of different stores is important in getting what you want. I have an aunt that stocks the toy department at Target, my girlfriend works at TRU, and I most recently gave my businss card to the manager at Hot Topic to let me know when they get new TMNT stuff. Milwaukee is a big city, There are 4 Walmarts within a 20 minute drive from my house, 2 Targets, 1 TRU, 3 Family Dollars, 2 Dollar Generals, 3 Kmarts, 1 Kaybee, 2 Hot Topics, and about 4 comic book stores that have TMNT stuff all the time. This may all sound great, but a man can only make so much money. It was great when I lived with mom and dad, but now I have "important" things to pay for, like mortgage, insurance, school... So you ask, "Where's all the turtles?" They are in Milwaukee, stacked up in big piles on the top shelf. Blah! I'm done.

[Spitfire]

I don't so much care to buy them I just look to see if their selling well but when I see bone dry pegs everytime I look I know it isn't because their selling so well everyones eating them up. Especially when I see all the sections for the other toys are stacked to the brim.

I'm done buying figures after the Neca to be honest unless Playmates gets their head out of their ass and releases the FF toys I'm interested in. I personally don't like these movie figures much and the thought that they sculpted and even packaged some figures that they never released is criminal.