Remember when you were a kid and you went to the store hoping to buy a particular figure and ended up looking at a big display of only one (or maybe two) figures? Here's a few I remember:
-I remember when Star Wars figures FINALLY showed up in stores (for a ten year old Star Wars obsessed kid, the wait for toys between summer 1977 and spring 1978 seemed like forever!). But one day I remember walking into a Robinson's (defunct Canadian department store) and seeing an end cap full of C-3P0s, that's it, nothing but Threepio. Luckily, he was one of my favorite characters, so I happily bought one. Took me awhile to find a Darth Vader though!
-when the "Next 8" SW figures came out, I lucked upon a Hammerhead and Greedo right away, but after that it was a dry spell, I remember seeing an end cap at the local K-mart full only of Death Star Droids and Power Droids for what seemed like months (but was probably only weeks)
-when Mattel's Battlestar Galactica figures came out, I was greeted with an end cap of just Imperious Leaders. I desperately wanted a Cylon but had to settle for his boss. It took me a long time to finally find a Cylon.
-when I heard that there were KISS figures made, I went to tons of stores trying to find them with no luck (I was a huge KISS fan so I was dying to get a figure). I finally found some at Zellers (another defunct Canadian dept store). I was confronted with a shelf full of Paul Stanleys. Dammit! I dug through them and managed to find one Peter Criss in the back. No Genes or Aces to be seen. A couple of years later, there were still a couple of Pauls floating around in that store, now marked down to five bucks (in trashed boxes). I bought one anyway.
-when the Kenner SW figures were reaching their twilight days, I remember seeing pegs full of nothing but General Madine figures in many a store.
Anyone else remember stuff like this?
-I remember when Star Wars figures FINALLY showed up in stores (for a ten year old Star Wars obsessed kid, the wait for toys between summer 1977 and spring 1978 seemed like forever!). But one day I remember walking into a Robinson's (defunct Canadian department store) and seeing an end cap full of C-3P0s, that's it, nothing but Threepio. Luckily, he was one of my favorite characters, so I happily bought one. Took me awhile to find a Darth Vader though!
-when the "Next 8" SW figures came out, I lucked upon a Hammerhead and Greedo right away, but after that it was a dry spell, I remember seeing an end cap at the local K-mart full only of Death Star Droids and Power Droids for what seemed like months (but was probably only weeks)
-when Mattel's Battlestar Galactica figures came out, I was greeted with an end cap of just Imperious Leaders. I desperately wanted a Cylon but had to settle for his boss. It took me a long time to finally find a Cylon.
-when I heard that there were KISS figures made, I went to tons of stores trying to find them with no luck (I was a huge KISS fan so I was dying to get a figure). I finally found some at Zellers (another defunct Canadian dept store). I was confronted with a shelf full of Paul Stanleys. Dammit! I dug through them and managed to find one Peter Criss in the back. No Genes or Aces to be seen. A couple of years later, there were still a couple of Pauls floating around in that store, now marked down to five bucks (in trashed boxes). I bought one anyway.
-when the Kenner SW figures were reaching their twilight days, I remember seeing pegs full of nothing but General Madine figures in many a store.
Anyone else remember stuff like this?
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