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Warrant wrote:

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:**sigh** why can't that happen to me?
I'm happy for you, though.

Thanks

shonenfan4 wrote:Hey, we shouldn't ask for anything in return for helping others right?

Yeah we should help other just because, but it is Very awesome when things work out.

Oh yeah, it feels nice to be the lucky Bastard for once . . .

Yea, it sure beats try to help a parents out and gets a weird eye in-return.

shonenfan4 wrote:

hippymule wrote:

Kibble wrote:I guess slightly when I realize I'm wearing a TF shirt while I'm there...otherwise they don't even suspect that it's for me most of the time. They always ask if I want a gift receipt, but I say no so I guess I give myself away. I don't really care anymore.

Its funny becouse i'll always be wereing a tf shirt when i go out and i'll be like damn it! becouse i'm 13 and all the little kids would be staring at me(same with the parents). honestly yes it is uncomfortable but its worth finding what you want!

I think 13 buying toys is completely normal in most other adult's eyes. Wait till your in your late 20s and walking into TRU alone.

ha ya! but not as much though the teens eyes.I'd much rather live in the 80's has my 3 favorite things Transformers,friday the 13th,and ghostbusters. Stll one thing I hate is when I drawing a transformers and some one goes "is that a gundam?" or "is that optimus prime?"(when I would be drawing g2 megatron) and I think NO DAMN IT!

hippymule wrote:ha ya! but not as much though the teens eyes.I'd much rather live in the 80's has my 3 favorite things Transformers,friday the 13th,and ghostbusters. Stll one thing I hate is when I drawing a transformers and some one goes "is that a gundam?" or "is that optimus prime?"(when I would be drawing g2 megatron) and I think NO DAMN IT!

You wouldn't wanna live in the 80s, where the store doesn't even know what Transformers are. They'd point you to the tools section or electronics.

shonenfan4 wrote:

hippymule wrote:You wouldn't wanna live in the 80s, where the store doesn't even know what Transformers are. They'd point you to the tools section or electronics.

What stores were you shopping at? I was way more into Legos & She-ra back then, but Transformers weren't hard to find. I had a couple.

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:

hippymule wrote:You wouldn't wanna live in the 80s, where the store doesn't even know what Transformers are. They'd point you to the tools section or electronics.

What stores were you shopping at? I was way more into Legos & She-ra back then, but Transformers weren't hard to find. I had a couple.

I think it was called Fedco or something, the chain is long-gone. I meant that back during the early years of Transformers like 1984, if you ask about a Transformers toy, they actually think you're talking about "transformers".

shonenfan4 wrote:I think it was called Fedco or something, the chain is long-gone. I meant that back during the early years of Transformers like 1984, if you ask about a Transformers toy, they actually think you're talking about "transformers".

I usually got my toys at Payless, remember back when it was kind of a pharmacy & store instead of just a shoe store? What the hell happened there?

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I think it was called Fedco or something, the chain is long-gone. I meant that back during the early years of Transformers like 1984, if you ask about a Transformers toy, they actually think you're talking about "transformers".

I usually got my toys at Payless, remember back when it was kind of a pharmacy & store instead of just a shoe store? What the hell happened there?

FIAL ha!

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I think it was called Fedco or something, the chain is long-gone. I meant that back during the early years of Transformers like 1984, if you ask about a Transformers toy, they actually think you're talking about "transformers".

I usually got my toys at Payless, remember back when it was kind of a pharmacy & store instead of just a shoe store? What the hell happened there?

They added "Shoes" behind their store name. Viola. I never knew Payless was a pharmacy before.

shonenfan4 wrote:You wouldn't wanna live in the 80s, where the store doesn't even know what Transformers are. They'd point you to the tools section or electronics.

Not only that, the fashion of the 80s...neon was everywhere!

shonenfan4 wrote:They added "Shoes" behind their store name. Viola. I never knew Payless was a pharmacy before.

I don't remember if they really had a pharmacy, but they were a pretty big store, kind of like a Rite Aid or Walgreens or whatever. Except maybe minus the pharmacy. Crap, I can't remember. It was too long ago. I DO know, however, that they sold a HELL of a lot more than just shoes. In fact, they didn't really sell shoes at all. Thinking this far back so early in the morning is making my brain hurt.

When people at TRU ask me if it's for your kid, I answer "nope, it's for me" period. Expensive toys are not for kids..........and they shut up.

I'm kind of glad that I've dealt with people at stores that basically mind their own business. No one has ever spoken to me about my Transformers purchases, though I've only started collecting this last summer. Well, that's a lie. Actually, I've spoken with some people but it was either kids who asked about a figure or fellow adult collectors. The store staff don't bat an eye at me buying a toy. I think their spirits are crushed and they just do their work like good company robots should.

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:I don't remember if they really had a pharmacy, but they were a pretty big store, kind of like a Rite Aid or Walgreens or whatever. Except maybe minus the pharmacy. Crap, I can't remember. It was too long ago. I DO know, however, that they sold a HELL of a lot more than just shoes. In fact, they didn't really sell shoes at all. Thinking this far back so early in the morning is making my brain hurt.

Yea, a lot of stores where I used to get my toys from are long gone, all replaced by either Targets or WMs.

Convotron wrote:I'm kind of glad that I've dealt with people at stores that basically mind their own business. No one has ever spoken to me about my Transformers purchases, though I've only started collecting this last summer. Well, that's a lie. Actually, I've spoken with some people but it was either kids who asked about a figure or fellow adult collectors. The store staff don't bat an eye at me buying a toy. I think their spirits are crushed and they just do their work like good company robots should.

Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

shonenfan4 wrote:Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

And this is the last thing we ever saw of shonenfan4. Everyone denies it but I know they got him. They always get those who speak out.

...

Damn you, Bed Bath & Beyond!

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

And this is the last thing we ever saw of shonenfan4. Everyone denies it but I know they got him. They always get those who speak out.

...

Damn you, Bed Bath & Beyond!

I shall avenge his death!!!

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

And this is the last thing we ever saw of shonenfan4. Everyone denies it but I know they got him. They always get those who speak out.

...

Damn you, Bed Bath & Beyond!

I shall avenge his death!!!

I'm pretty sure it wasn't Bed Bath and Beyond that took him out considering they've been dead themselves for months now.

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

And this is the last thing we ever saw of shonenfan4. Everyone denies it but I know they got him. They always get those who speak out.

...

Damn you, Bed Bath & Beyond!

Right...I'm still here.

shonenfan4 wrote:

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:Oh snap, big companies are turning its employees into mind slaves. Quick, alert the authorities.

And this is the last thing we ever saw of shonenfan4. Everyone denies it but I know they got him. They always get those who speak out.

...

Damn you, Bed Bath & Beyond!

Right...I'm still here.

It's a miracle! He's back!

Convotron wrote:It's a miracle! He's back!

all these talk about evil corporation sounds like the reasons why people hate WMs.

shonenfan4 wrote:

Convotron wrote:It's a miracle! He's back!

all these talk about evil corporation sounds like the reasons why people hate WMs.

I don't hate WM. If I hate it, I'd have to hate every other big business, which really limits my ability to buy Transformers.

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:

Convotron wrote:It's a miracle! He's back!

all these talk about evil corporation sounds like the reasons why people hate WMs.

I don't hate WM. If I hate it, I'd have to hate every other big business, which really limits my ability to buy Transformers.

True, but there's always haters out there. I love WM for their self-checkout lines (getting back on topic here).

shonenfan4 wrote:True, but there's always haters out there. I love WM for their self-checkout lines (getting back on topic here).

Me too! So much faster and I like the female voice...she's pretty.

Wait, must stay on topic!

I bought RotF Scout Rollbar today at Zellers and when I paid for it, the lady cashier did the slightest of double takes. Now I'm not an average looking person around these parts. I'm 5'9", Asian, and weigh roughly 220lbs(I'm chubby but a good part of me is muscle thanks to slaving away in my parents' restaurant since I was 10, carrying crates and bags of produce and dead animal parts up and down flights of stairs. I keep active with sports these days.).

So here I come, holding a small Scouts class toy package in my paws and I have a pleasant smile going on. Just being friendly because I know how working in the service industry isn't the greatest job but maybe creepy too since I really was happy to buy Rollbar on 30% discount and it must've showed in my smile. Anyways, that was the first time I noticed something like that, not that she was rude or anything, but honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't happened before today.

Self checkout lines are awesome.

Earlier this week when I got Skids & Mudflap in their separate Chevy concept forms I went thru automotive because it was bereft of any customers and the stupid little rolly-polly cashier was so lazy about scanning them, wouldn't even look me in the eye and accidentally dropped one on the floor. If I were seriously collecting them & leaving them in the package like I had my Star Wars figures (thanks, seedy ex-boyfriend that stole them) I would have had a coronary.

Convotron wrote:Me too! So much faster and I like the female voice...she's pretty.

Wait, must stay on topic!

I bought RotF Scout Rollbar today at Zellers and when I paid for it, the lady cashier did the slightest of double takes. Now I'm not an average looking person around these parts. I'm 5'9", Asian, and weigh roughly 220lbs(I'm chubby but a good part of me is muscle thanks to slaving away in my parents' restaurant since I was 10, carrying crates and bags of produce and dead animal parts up and down flights of stairs. I keep active with sports these days.).

So here I come, holding a small Scouts class toy package in my paws and I have a pleasant smile going on. Just being friendly because I know how working in the service industry isn't the greatest job but maybe creepy too since I really was happy to buy Rollbar on 30% discount and it must've showed in my smile. Anyways, that was the first time I noticed something like that, not that she was rude or anything, but honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't happened before today.

Srly, at least the cashier didn't say anything.

cutienerdgrrl77 wrote:Self checkout lines are awesome.

Earlier this week when I got Skids & Mudflap in their separate Chevy concept forms I went thru automotive because it was bereft of any customers and the stupid little rolly-polly cashier was so lazy about scanning them, wouldn't even look me in the eye and accidentally dropped one on the floor. If I were seriously collecting them & leaving them in the package like I had my Star Wars figures (thanks, seedy ex-boyfriend that stole them) I would have had a coronary.

I know that feeling, which is why I get the stuff that I want to keep MISB in TRU. Where they handle the toys carefully. I want to rant on some peeps that work in retails, don't drop or shove the stuff on pegs or shelves. Srly, why would you expect people to buy items that are all banged up by the reshelving people and w/e. Reminds me of the time that the loading people just shoving bags of chips on the shelves like they're boxes or w/e.

I don't have any recent TRU staff experience so if they seem to be exceptionally careful in how they handle their inventory, I'm thinking there may be specific company policy for handling inventory going on?

WM carries all kinds of products whereas TRU carries toys, it's what they specialize in so maybe the company is more strict on inventory care.