TARGET’S SUMMER GEEK-OUT - THE SCALPING INDUSTRY IS IN SHAMBLES!

BREAKING NEWS:

TARGET’S SUMMER GEEK-OUT - THE SCALPING INDUSTRY IS IN SHAMBLES!

Over the last few days, Target held its Summer Geek-Out event, where the would sell various items from their ‘Collector’s Spot’ selection. This is an event aimed at us, the toy collectors, where they had many highly sought-after items back in stock. One specific thing caught the entire toy community’s attention, as they announced that all the G.I.Joe Classified Series Cobra Island figures (you know, the Target exclusive ones…the ones we poke fun at on a regular basis!) would be back up for order.

I like the “Last chance” part, basically saying “It’s on you if you don’t get them!”

Needless to say, thousands of Joe fans rushed to Target’s website/app to try to get their order in (and obviously, it didn’t go without any issue, and people reported getting error messages when adding items to their cart, but it seems that it was ironed out pretty fast and tons of collectors managed to secure their order). On wednesday morning, at 9am EST (6am PST lol), the Cobra Island Roadblock, Beachhead, Firefly, Cobra trooper and the likes found their way back on Target’s website, and on thursday morning at the same time, the Baroness set and the Cobra Viper were available for all to order. So, if you are in the west side of the US, and one of your colleagues looked tired on wednesday and thursday, you now know why!

This chain of event had huge ramifications on the scalping industry, which had used the Target exclusive G.I.Joe Classified series figures as their bread and butter for the past year…

Sure… They killed the line by enabling people to buy them.

An anonymous member of the S.C.A.L.P. commented: “How could they do that to us? You don’t understand! It was going so well, we had a network of Target employees getting us entire boxes of them, so that we could resell them at 4-5 times the retail price. And now, it’s all ruined! People will be able to get those figures at a normal price. When you add that to the fact there were no Comic Con the last 2 years for us to snag the exclusives from and make a mint from them, we may never recover financially from this. We will have to start a GoFundMe page for scalpers…”

And of course, the toy community delivered some great toy memes. Here are a few great ones:

Bill Moore on Facebook

The almighty @chaztheguru on instagram

And of course, as a community, we have to give credit where credit is due, and on behalf of all the people that managed to get their Cobra Island figures, after being patient and not giving in to the scalper prices:

@chaztheguru

Can anyone check on the few people that listed Cobra Island figures a few days ago at scalper prices? Are they ok?

More news at 11:00… Yo Joe June, now in July!

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AFTER TRADING CARDS, TARGET TO STOP SELLING FOOD ALTOGETHER, UNTIL PEOPLE LEARN TO BEHAVE!

BREAKING NEWS:

AFTER TRADING CARDS, TARGET TO STOP SELLING FOOD ALTOGETHER, UNTIL PEOPLE LEARN TO BEHAVE!

Earlier this week, we have learned that Target will stop selling trading cards (Pokémon, NBA, NFL, MLB) nationwide, starting from today (May 14th, 2021). The whole trading card collecting has been booming lately, with cards going up in value exponentially. Collectors, along with non-collectors who want to make a quick buck (aka scalpers) have been going to the stores at opening hour and litteraly fighting over trading card packs. Here are a couple of pics that have been seen in various stores:

The decision came after several incidents were reported over the last few months, as adult people were actually fighting over trading cards (See also: GI Joe Classified Series Cobra Island figures / Major Bludd / NECA Turtles in Disguise 4-pack, etc…). An incident in Wisconsin went a bit too far, guns were involved, and the Target employees were tired of having people ask about them all the time (once again, see also: GI Joe Classified Series Cobra Island figures / Major Bludd / NECA Turtles in Disguise 4-pack, etc…).

“I’m definitely gonna get some Pokémon cards today! I feel lucky!”

Somehow, they didn’t bat an eye when the entire country was fighting over toilet paper, but that’s none of our business… (insert Kermit sipping tea meme). There were videos on the internet of litteral fights over toilet paper for months, but that did not make them stop selling toilet paper…

“Hey! It’s limited to 1 per family!”

ToyFarce heard that after reading the comments online about that decision, Target is planning to stop selling anything in the store, whether it is food, clothes, toys, etc… until people learn to behave appropriately.

A representant of Target sent the following statement:

“They’re just cards, for f***’s sake! That’s it, we’re shutting it all down. You all can go to your room and think about what you did!”

The following picture is (obviously) a meme, but we really wish it were true:

Have you ever witnessed some of those fights over trading cards (or toys)? Or did you have a successful hunt and found your Cobra Island or NECA TMNT figures? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… See also: GI Joe Classified Series Cobra Island figures / Major Bludd / NECA Turtles in Disguise 4-pack, etc…

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TARGET SOON TO HAVE “MAJOR BLUDD” ON THEIR HANDS!

BREAKING NEWS:

TARGET SOON TO HAVE “MAJOR BLUDD” ON THEIR HANDS!

A few days ago, a wild Major Bludd figure appeared, out of nowhere, on eBay (it was super effective!)…

The figure appeared, with pictures courtesy of Galactic Trade Ship (check out their facebook page!). Here are some of the pictures from the ebay listing, along with the description.

That sounds a bit suspicious, no?

So, in a totally predictable (and hilarious) way, this is what happened next: People started to troll the seller, and placed tons of bids on the item. It started at $0,01…

…then it got crazier…

…and crazier…

…AND CRAZIER…

… UNTIL CRAZINESS OVERLOAD!

The listing has since been removed, due to the insanity. Some people started suspecting that it could be a fake, or a nicely done custom… until Robo from The Fwoosh, a pretty reliable source on all things toys, along with Luke_figuremeout, a lesser known toy review page, started posting *IN HAND* reviews. Robo says that the figure came from their P.O. Box, more or less anonymously, and Luke_figuremeout says that any comment asking where it came from will be ignored… THE PLOT THICKENS. Here are the 2 videos…

So, obviously, people started speculating even more!

So far, there are only 3 or 4 in existence (or only 2, if the 2 ones seen in the ebay listing pics are the same one that ended in Robo and Luke’s hands). So what is it? A very elaborate prank? A very good customizer that managed to fool the entire toy community? A leak that blew out of proportion after the ebay listing? Either way, “Major Bludd” is everything that G.I.Joe collectors worldwide want right now…

And of course, it’s a Target Exclusive (Target being an affiliate of COBRA, see old article : https://www.toyfarce.com/news/target-revealed-as-part-of-cobra ). So, to reiterate that glorious pun from the title: Target will soon have “Major Bludd” on their hands, if the figure actually comes out. People will fight for it. The first listing on eBay nearly went for $25,000 (jokingly), so you can be sure that scalpers will try very hard.

What do you make of it? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE

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TARGET REVEALED AS PART OF COBRA! HUNT FOR G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES FIGURES DIFFICULT ON PURPOSE!

BREAKING NEWS:

TARGET REVEALED AS PART OF COBRA! HUNT FOR G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES FIGURES DIFFICULT ON PURPOSE!

New year, new Target G.I.Joe Classified series figures release fiasco! Once again, Target dropped the ball, as hundreds (if not thousands) of collectors reported their frustrations about not being able to find the newly-released figures in their stores.

On January,1st, 2 new Target exclusive G.I.Joe Classified Series figures were scheduled to be released: Cobra Viper and Firefly.

Collectors from all around the United States gathered in front of their Target stores right before opening…and that is where the horror stories began…

Some were successful…

'“Score!”

While most were not, as can be seen in the many reports posted by Total Toy Recon ( @totaltoyrecon ), a dear friend of ToyFarce:

Some even had such a bad experience that it killed their passion for it, as we can see in that email sent to Hasbro’s customer service…

(ToyFarce sincerely hope that it was an overreaction, while being angry, and that someone who has been collecting for 40+ years wouldn’t drop their collection only because of the behavior of a pathetic loser ass-hat who doesn’t seem to have social boundaries).

ToyFarce and Total Toy Recon went deep undercover to reveal this SHOCKING scoop: TARGET IS AN ALLY OF COBRA!

Instagram user Marauder Ruben ( @marauder.ruben ) was one of the first to give us clues about it, when he revealed to us the new uniform of the Target employees:

Knowing that (and knowing is half the battle, right?), it all makes sense now why the G.I.Joe Classified Series figures are so hard to find! Cobra told Target to hide the Classified Series figures from their customers, so that collectors would become frustrated and start to resent, and hate G.I.Joe, while at the same time turning a profit, by selling the figures at unreasonable prices, in order to fund the organization’s activities!

The last time we heard from Total Toy Recon, he was planning to infiltrate one of the organization’s quarterly info-session!

We’ve heard that Total Toy Recon successfully managed to obtain a secret recording of what was said during the conference. Stay tuned!

Follow @totaltoyrecon and @marauder.ruben for more (and @toyfarce, while you are there!).

More news at 11:00… AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!

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GHOST STORIES: THE G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES COBRA ISLAND SIGHTINGS AT TARGET!

SPOOKTOBER NEWS:

GHOST STORIES: THE G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES COBRA ISLAND SIGHTINGS AT TARGET!

As we are now in October, or Spooktober, the month of Halloween, all the posts will be horror or halloween related. Don’t be too scared!

We have all heard the stories: Some say that they have seen them at the stores in person, but there is never any witness to confirm it… Some people have seen them marked ‘IN STOCK’ on Target’s website, for a mere few seconds, before being denied the purchase when checking out, because they were sold out... The G.I.Joe Classified Series Cobra Island wave is truly a paranormal phenomenon.

ToyFarce hired some of the world’s best paranormal experts to go inverstigate on Target’s website and at their stores, and it seems that even the Scooby Gang, the Winchester brothers AND the Ghostbusters wouldn’t be able to solve that one: There is a ghost in the distribution system.

“It’s a sadistic spirit that they have on their website. It will allow people to add the items in their cart, but will remove all the stocks right after, just to watch the collectors trying to order it get mad or cry. When we went to the store in person, we could see from afar a full shelf of the Cobra Island wave. It was them, for sure, 100%. When we got closer, the packaging just changed right in from of our eyes, to reveal they were actually Fortnite figures. There is something terrible going on at Target!”

More news at 11:00… And knowing is half the battle!

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SCALPERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RIOTS TO LOOT TOY SECTIONS?!

BREAKING NEWS:

A NEW LOW: SCALPERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RIOTS TO LOOT TOY SECTIONS?!

It has been a very eventful week in the United States of America, and ToyFarce News usually prefers to stay away from anything controversial or political (we really just want to make people laugh with stories about toys), but after several reports were sent to us, we felt like we had to say something...

It has been reported that scalpers (aka flippers, aka scammers, or whatever name you have for them) are taking advantage of the riots and the looting to go and grab all the toys, especially the Target exclusive figures, in order to sell them for a much higher price on eBay later on, making it hard for good and honest collectors to get them.

Just when we thought that they were the lowest, they have managed to go lower. If you see a scalpers doing this, please BOO him/her. 

ToyFarce News hopes that every one is safe and sound during this difficult year, when a global pandemic was apparently not enough, the murder hornets was just a filler episode, and allegedly, the next part involves monkeys that stole some COVID-19 samples after attacking a lab assistant (this is not even a joke, google it!)

More news at 11:00...

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AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE TARGET EXCLUSIVE RED HULK, MARVEL LEGENDS TO RELEASE MORE COLORED HULKS !!

BREAKING NEWS:

AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE TARGET EXCLUSIVE RED HULK, MARVEL LEGENDS TO RELEASE MORE COLORED HULKS !!

The Target exclusive 'Marvel Legends Red Hulk' was released only a few weeks ago and collectors worldwide have been on the hunt to get their hands on one. The figure has quickly become what some collectors call a 'Grail piece', even if the term is usually used to mention mainstream figures that are easy to find if you spend 3 minutes on eBay. 

But this is not the end of the story for that Hulk figure! Hasbro has decided to go even deeper and release another set of variant colored Hulks, which would be available exclusively in different stores, so that the collectors can feel the thrill of the hunt even more, and send collectors on a long and perillous journey!

The 'Marvel Legends Dark Blue Hulk' will be a Walmart exclusive, while the 'Marvel Legends Yellow Hulk' will be only sold in Hallmark stores. The 'Marvel Legends Orange Hulk' will be an exclusivity for Toys'R'Us Canada. The 'Marvel Legends Teal Hulk' will be only available in PicWic Toys stores in France (formerly Toys'R'Us stores). The 'Marvel Legends Pink Hulk' will be only available at Hamleys toy stores in the UK. And finally, the 'Marvel Legends White Hulk' will be the rarest of them all, as you will have to contact a person from Hasbro through an email address and beg them to sell you one, and they even have the right to refuse! The supplies will be very limited, so do not waste time and get yours fast!

An insider source has told ToyFarce News that there is even a secret color that will be hidden until someone finds it 'in the wild'. Rumors are that it could be a shade of cerulean, coral pink, or fuschia!

If the experiment goes well, Hasbro plans to go same way Hot Toys did with the Iron Man Neon Tech figures, and release more colors later, and also possibly chrome versions of each of those colors.

Be ready to see all the shades of a rainbow of Hulk on your feed very soon!

More news at 11:00... 

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