FIGURE SWAPPERS NOT EVEN TRYING ANYMORE !

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FIGURE SWAPPERS NOT EVEN TRYING ANYMORE !

If you live near a Walmart and are lucky enough, you might have witnessed some "figure swaps", or "fig swaps", a lost art that consists on having someone (generally, a selfish, greedy a**hole) buy a figure from Walmart, go home, open it, pick whatever he wants from the package, then putting some other, cheaper, or less-wanted figure back in the package, and bringing it back to the store for a refund. The Walmart employees are generally clueless about it, and, let's be honest, are not paid enough to care. 

ToyFarce News has collected a few absurd ones over the years on various Facebook groups and Instagram, and here are a few that should give you a chuckle. Oh, and if you do that... maybe, please don't?

Remember that time when the Bat-Family and KGBeast were in Star Wars? ToyFarce News remembers... Man, those crossovers are getting a bit out of hand!

The Marvel Legends figures are usually victims of figure swaps, due to the 'resealable' aspect of the packaging. Here, we can see Allen Iverson as Shang-Chi, the master of Kung Fu, and the Probe droid from Empire Strikes Back, *CRAMMED* into a Black Cat blister.

That one time when Shuri from Black Panther was the yellow power ranger. There was a crossover with the Ninja Turtles in Power Rangers in Space, so why not a crossover with T'Challa? 

At least, this one is honest, saying it is missing pieces... when the entire figure and its accessories are completely missing. I know that Rhodey/War Machine has been recasted already once, but that might be too much.

Last but not least, this is just beautiful. The figure didn't even fit, and in the entire chain of people that interacted with it, nobody at any point, cared. From the idiot putting that figure back in the blister, to the cashier that refunded it, to the worker that put it back in the shelves, not a single person actually thought  'Ok, there might be something wrong'. Amazing!

ToyFarce News has reached out to Walmart to ask if there was a plan to educate their employees to recognize a fig swap, which would include a 20h training, several tests, a quick pop-culture guide to recognize characters and the franchises they belong to, etc... and Walmart simply replied " LOL, no. "

The worrying part is that some people do this for figures of pretty much the same value, replacing a figure worth $20 to a figure worth $20. If you don't have $20, but still need to get the new figures, and technically steal them from the store, you might want to review your priorities and choices in life...

For more fig swaps, go check @swapthefig on Instagram, there are some amazing ones!

More news at 11:00... SWAPPED!

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DINOSAUR BAND "HEVISAURUS" HOPEFUL TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM NECA AFTER TMNT SDCC 2020 REVEAL !

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DINOSAUR BAND "HEVISAURUS" HOPEFUL TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM NECA AFTER TMNT SDCC 2020 REVEAL !

On tuesday, NECA revealed their SDCC Exclusive "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Musical Mutagen Tour" 4-pack, based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle "Coming Out Of Their Shells" tour from the 90's.

The Finnish heavy metal band Hevisaurus, who are known for performing in full dinosaur costumes, heard the news and started to see what it could mean for them.

Herra Hevisaurus, the front-Tyrannosaurus Rex of the band told ToyFarce News: "When I saw that NECA was going to make figures from the Ninja Turtles tour, all I could think about was that it would be great if they continue in that path, and make an exclusive set for Hevisaurus as well! It would open the door for more costumed act to get decent figure by the talented figure-makers from NECA!"

"We already have some action figures that were made for us in the past, along with a ton of merch (CDs, DVDs, plushes, toy instruments, a movie...), but having figures made by NECA would really take us to the next level, toy-wise".

Herra Hevisaurus asked ToyFarce News to pass along this message:

"We are Hevisaurus from Finland. NECA, let's make a deal! We're waiting for your call!"

Listen to their biggest hit from 2011, "Räyh" right here!

More news at 11:00... RRRoar!

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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON CANCELLED - SCALPING INDUSTRY TO TAKE HUGE FINANCIAL HIT!

BREAKING NEWS:

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON CANCELLED - SCALPING INDUSTRY TO TAKE HUGE FINANCIAL HIT!

"I'm never going to financially recover from this" - Joe Exotic

On Friday, April 17th 2020, it was announced that the 2020 edition of the San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest pop culture event of the year, was going to be cancelled for the first time in 50 years due to the coronavirus outbreak. It is a very sad news for fans all around the world, whether they were attending the event, or following the news online during the convention. The San Diego Comic-Con is the biggest and most famous convention, with multiple guests from the comic book, TV or movie industry. It is tradition to see trailers for upcoming movies or TV shows first at the Comic-Con.

Another tradition, when it comes to toys and collectibles, is for brands to have "SDCC Exclusive" products, which usually become the most sought-after items of that year. Brands like Hot Toys, NECA, Funko, Mezco, Hasbro or Mattel usually have several "SDCC exclusives", only available at the event, that get sold out in few minutes every year. This year, several of those brands have already reacted to the news about the cancellation, and told fans and collectors not to worry, because the figures that would have been exclusive to the SDCC will be available online for everyone!

An industry that did not take that news very kindly is the scalping industry. ToyFarce News interviewed a notorious scalper:

"This is bullshit! We spend a whole year getting ready to get those SDCC Exclusives before anyone else, so that we can sell them on eBay for 5 or 6 times the price, but this year, we won't be able to do that! This is our most profitable season of the entire year! This is where we make most of our profit! And this year, we won't be able to do that, because the exclusives will be available to everybody... What are we supposed to do, jack up the prices from last year's exclusives? This is not fair! They are taking food off our table".

It is important to note that the scalpers are still going to try to make a profit over other figures, like the Target Exclusive Marvel Legends Red Hulk or the NECA TMNT two-packs. "We have to think smaller, so we will go for the Target, Walmart or Gamestop exclusives for now, until things go back to normal."

We, at ToyFarce News, hope that everyone is safe and healthy at home. For the scalpers that are still going out for figure hunts, please, do not hesitate not to wear masks, and to shake each other's hands.

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