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Wacky Packages Discussion => General Wacky Packages Discussion => Topic started by: DrDeal on August 20, 2010, 12:47:19 AM
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Given the imminent release of Series 7; I thought it would make sense to post:
1: What store locations you saw product in?
2: What was there?
3: What you purchased?
4: What you left behind so others can drop by that store and hopefully pick up some cards?
I will provide some good intell on where one could find some cards once these hit. Together we can help each other locate these cards.
Regards, DrDeal
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Given the imminent release of Series 7; I thought it would make sense to post:
1: What store locations you saw product in?
2: What was there?
3: What you purchased?
4: What you left behind so others can drop by that store and hopefully pick up some cards?
I will provide some good intell on where one could find some cards once these hit. Together we can help each other locate these cards.
Regards, DrDeal
Great idea...any sighting so far...none for me..I am one the lookout :o
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Great idea...any sighting so far...none for me..I am one the lookout :o
When does Target fill their card section? I can't remember if it's on Friday's or Monday's. I have a feeling we might see these this weekend. I can't believe D&A haven't sent me notice. That means they don't have them yet or know when there shipment will arrive.
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When does Target fill their card section? I can't remember if it's on Friday's or Monday's. I have a feeling we might see these this weekend. I can't believe D&A haven't sent me notice. That means they don't have them yet or know when there shipment will arrive.
I have heard nothing yet from them as well. Hopefully we will soon.
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I am going to run out at noon today and hit 2 Targets and 2 Walmarts. I actually have 3 of each store within about a 10 mile radius.
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When does Target fill their card section? I can't remember if it's on Friday's or Monday's. I have a feeling we might see these this weekend. I can't believe D&A haven't sent me notice. That means they don't have them yet or know when there shipment will arrive.
I recall the Target card being stocked on Thursdays.
my bet is comic shops on Wednesday 8/25 and Target/Wal*Mart on Thursday 8/26
it seems there are always a card shop that gets it early than that though. So probably a rare sighting here and there on Monday or Tuesday, with mass sightings late in the week.
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I recall the Target card being stocked on Thursdays.
my bet is comic shops on Wednesday 8/25 and Target/Wal*Mart on Thursday 8/26
it seems there are always a card shop that gets it early than that though. So probably a rare sighting here and there on Monday or Tuesday, with mass sightings late in the week.
Sometimes Targets will have all their unopened boxes piled up next to the cards waiting for a guy to stock the shelves. I have had an employee search those boxes a few times. My point is if they are not on the shelves, look for unopened boxes close by.
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I think they said that shipping begins on the 25th so wouldn't that mean that no product would be on shelves until the following week?
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I think they said that shipping begins on the 25th so wouldn't that mean that no product would be on shelves until the following week?
D&A just emailed me on how I wanted to pay the balance. I just spoke with Kelly there and she said they are shipping today. I ordered my orders one overnight and the other 2nd day air so she said that one order will go out Monday (2nd day air) and the other on Tuesday (next day air) because they can't arrive before the 25th. So it looks like I will have 3 cases waiting for me on Wed but I can't open them until Friday when I return from a biz trip! Damn! I spent the extra money for overnight shipping and such when I could have had free shipping and had them at my door next Friday when I got back. :'(
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D&A just emailed me on how I wanted to pay the balance. I just spoke with Kelly there and she said they are shipping today. I ordered my orders one overnight and the other 2nd day air so she said that one order will go out Monday (2nd day air) and the other on Tuesday (next day air) because they can't arrive before the 25th. So it looks like I will have 3 cases waiting for me on Wed but I can't open them until Friday when I return from a biz trip! Damn! I spent the extra money for overnight shipping and such when I could have had free shipping and had them at my door next Friday when I got back. :'(
Tell them to send it to my house. I'll open them for you.
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Tell them to send it to my house. I'll open them for you.
Who is going to sell me a base set or two or three?
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Who is going to sell me a base set or two or three?
I don't mind giving you as many of Brad's Wackys as you need.
Speaking of selling...I still owe you some money...will send some tonight through Paypal.
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I don't mind giving you as many of Brad's Wackys as you need.
Speaking of selling...I still owe you some money...will send some tonight through Paypal.
HEY KEWL.......this should have been Friday the 13TH
LMK if you need any info...............LKM
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Who is going to sell me a base set or two or three?
I have a feeling getting free base sets of ANS7 won't be a problem!!
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I have a feeling getting free base sets of ANS7 won't be a problem!!
I am sure I will have a truck load of base cards. I just have a hunch........ :D
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Nothing in the two stores as of friday evening in the Miami area.
Choke-Wagon
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I have a feeling getting free base sets of ANS7 won't be a problem!!
Well anyway somebody turn Doomstone into a postcard and do not forget to charge me the maximum!!
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Given the imminent release of Series 7; I thought it would make sense to post:
1: What store locations you saw product in? Target, Phillipsburg, NJ
2: What was there? 1 Full 48 Pack Gravity Feed Box.
3: What you purchased? Full Gravity Feed.
4: What you left behind so others can drop by that store and hopefully pick up some cards? 0.
Very cool to score some cards prior to the release date.
Regards, DrDeal
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nice score!! VERY JEALOUS!!!
scored an ad sheet or whatever...no gravit feed last night at target SUX!! went all the way down there...does Walmart have anything early? or was it just target...
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nice score!! VERY JEALOUS!!!
scored an ad sheet or whatever...no gravit feed last night at target SUX!! went all the way down there...does Walmart have anything early? or was it just target...
I'm not sure anyone is checking Walmart because of the past disappointments locating them there. Some of them barely have a trading card section. The one closest to me has them behind a counter so you literally have to ask the clerk to grab them for you!
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ANS7 are in Louisville, KY. My wife just picked up 6 packs for me while she was at lunch. She opened one pack and got a silver wack-o-mercial....so she says. I thought they were red parallels. ??
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I'm not sure anyone is checking Walmart because of the past disappointments locating them there. Some of them barely have a trading card section. The one closest to me has them behind a counter so you literally have to ask the clerk to grab them for you!
I've been checking the wal*marts near me. guess I'm lucky - as there are 3 within 5 miles of my house and all 3 have decent card sections and have consistently carried wackys. Nothing Wacky as of yesterday though.
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They are live in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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I'm not sure anyone is checking Walmart because of the past disappointments locating them there. Some of them barely have a trading card section. The one closest to me has them behind a counter so you literally have to ask the clerk to grab them for you!
The Walmart by where I work has nothing. Target had only the feeder packs for sale. Got my order from dacards today and bought another box from my local baseball card/comic store. Need the blister packs, cereal boxes, and bonus box. The cereal bpxes are not at my Walmart or Target or A& P or Super Stop & Shop.
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Gravity feeds have turned up in Las Vegas!
The chasers are so confusing I don't even know what to look for yet. But I got a card with a glittery border. It's like a bike reflector. Looks kinda bad. Also the pink borders look bad. But the base set looks really good. There are some in this series that absolutely blow me away in terms of rendering. Some of them are the best since Norm Saunders.
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Hit three Targets in NJ today and Nada. East Hanover, Union, Watchung. Watchung had a spot where a Gravity Feed had been. Union had six Excell boxes I had a kid cut open but no luck.
My buddy checked Bridgewater this am and saw nothing.
DrDeal
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Got my order from dacards today and bought another box from my local baseball card/comic store.
I believe this is the first notice that the cards are showing up at a card/comic store. In fact, the first notice they've shown up anywhere other than Target.
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All the cards look good except the ones with the sparkle borders are very tough to see especially in bright light. Topps is now placing an advertisement card randomly in the packs?
I managed at least one set of the base 55 cards, one set of the 20 commercial cards, a complete set of 10 foil card, a few pink parallels as well as a handful of the silver flash foils.
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No gravity feeds or any other boxes of ANS7 in Hickory NC. :(
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All the cards look good except the ones with the sparkle borders are very tough to see especially in bright light. Topps is now placing an advertisement card randomly in the packs?
I managed at least one set of the base 55 cards, one set of the 20 commercial cards, a complete set of 10 foil card, a few pink parallels as well as a handful of the silver flash foils.
Sounds like the same contents of the top loader I plowed through last night, except I got about 5 base sets! No gold, no auto, no sketch. Oh well. Nice to have all of the chase cards out of the way in one sweep. I'm happy to get a double on the Icicle Playing Cards classic foil. Always loved that card! I'm not going for a complete set of the pink or silver bordered Wacko cards. Now to get the binder, cereal box sets, bonus box, and blister packs. Then I can put a fork in it until ANS8...or OS2!
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I live in Mass. and haven't even bothered to look yet this week. The Targets around me always seem to get them late.
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I hit 3 targets between yesterday and today and nothing. Clark, Linden and North Bergen NJ. ANS2 and ANS3 on the shelves in North Bergen. Why? Get the ANS7 stuff out!!!!
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Nothing at my local Target, but I grabbed a couple of boxes from a card shop.
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Sounds like the same contents of the top loader I plowed through last night, except I got about 5 base sets! N
Pretty much.
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My local Targets had the gravity feeds, no bonus boxes though. They also had boxes of ANS2 and ANS3.
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I hit 2 WalMarts and 2 Targets on the way home from work today. Carlisle/Mechanicsburg,PA area. Nothing at any of them. I asked an employee at the 2nd Target about when the Excell person comes in. They checked with someone in the back and were told that the woman that stocks the cards sometimes only comes in once a month. This does not bode well for me. I may go into Wacky withdrawl.
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I've been checking the wal*marts near me. guess I'm lucky - as there are 3 within 5 miles of my house and all 3 have decent card sections and have consistently carried wackys. Nothing Wacky as of yesterday though.
Interesting.
I've kept an eye out in the card section at "my" Wal-Mart for many years (more than 5) and have never seen a thing - ever.
I wonder what factors affect (effect?) the decision if a Wally World carries Wacky Packages or not. I assume Wal-Mart sales drive that decision?
Or maybe it's the vendor / distributor who decides what lands on Wal-Mart shelves. I believe people have said it's "Excel".
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Houston, TX
nothing at the comic shop - as expected.
the Target I went to yesterday actually *did* have a gravity feed - and even today it was still in an Excel box and not up on display. Looked like the card area was still a work in progress. I grabbed 12 packs. Absolutely perfect insert distribution.
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I just left Target in Antioch/Brentwood?, Ca (Lone Tree Way) with 11 packs, to tide me over until the preorder arrives!!!
As of 6:00pm 8/25/10, there were aprox. 25 packs left in the Gravity Feed Box.......Go get 'em!
Wack-On!!!!! :P
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I went to Target and Wal-Mart today still nothing in Las Vegas at these stores.... I'll hunt tomorrow at both stores in different locations around the valley. I'll post if I find some.
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Charlotte, NC
ANS7 gravity feeder sighting Tuesday evening in the Metropolitan Midtown Target. I bought about 5 packs but expecting pre-ordered box to arrive soon from DAcardworld.
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All the cards look good except the ones with the sparkle borders are very tough to see especially in bright light. Topps is now placing an advertisement card randomly in the packs?
I managed at least one set of the base 55 cards, one set of the 20 commercial cards, a complete set of 10 foil card, a few pink parallels as well as a handful of the silver flash foils.
I pulled a silver border sticker, but the left portion of the sticker and most of the border is not adhered to the paper backing. It seems as though there is no adhesive on some areas; has anyone else seen this with the sparkle border stickers? The packs I bought from a Gravity Feed box had both randomly inserted advertisement cards and randomly inserted blank cards affixed with what appears to be a white, square security sticker.
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The packs I bought from a Gravity Feed box had both randomly inserted advertisement cards and randomly inserted blank cards affixed with what appears to be a white, square security sticker.
Same with mine. Out of five packs, I pulled one advertisement card and three white blank security stickers (two in one pack - weird!).
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Same with mine. Out of five packs, I pulled one advertisement card and three white blank security stickers (two in one pack - weird!).
I opened 6 packs and got a total of 10 wack-o-mercial cards from them.
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any sightings in the Boston/Mass area? I plan on stopping by a local target store just over the border in Salem, NH to see what they have. They've had the packs in the past and although I've already ordered several boxes, I'd just like to get that adrenalin rush early!
:o
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I pulled a silver border sticker, but the left portion of the sticker and most of the border is not adhered to the paper backing. It seems as though there is no adhesive on some areas; has anyone else seen this with the sparkle border stickers? The packs I bought from a Gravity Feed box had both randomly inserted advertisement cards and randomly inserted blank cards affixed with what appears to be a white, square security sticker.
The white security card is a mystery to me. When I bought the feeder box at Target, the cashier rang everything up but did not run them over the demagnetizer that deactivates the security strip. She counted the number of packs I had, entered them into the register and then placed everything in a shopping bag. I paid and walked out of the store, which entailed walking between the large security scanner at the door. If the security cards in the pack were worth a crap, shouldn't that scanner have gone off and started ringing every security alarm in the place? It wasn't until I started opening packs at home that I discovered there were security cards in the packs and I wondered then about the lack of alarms. My question is why insert security cards that don't work? Maybe we can all go to Target and steal packs without fear. haha
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I was able to find this gravity feed box it contained 44 packs. The manger scanned the box and according to her Target had no others showing in the system as of 2:30 pm p.s.t in Las Vegas. I haven't found any at Wal-Marts yet after searching three stores.
Does anyone know how many packs come in this box ??? I'm curious if anybody bought some since they were put out last night and when I found them today.
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I was able to find this gravity feed box it contained 44 packs. The manger scanned the box and according to her Target had no others showing in the system as of 2:30 pm p.s.t in Las Vegas. I haven't found any at Wal-Marts yet after searching three stores.
Does anyone know how many packs come in this box ??? I'm curious if anybody bought some since they were put out last night and when I found them today.
A full gravity feed box should have 48 packs.
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Thanks ;D I wonder if Plan 9 was referring to these when he stated that they were in Vegas ??? I wasn't able to locate anymore yet. According to the Manger this was the only box showing in the system for Target stores in Las Vegas.
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Regarding Wal-Mart I also checked 3 stores today and nothing at any of these yet.
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I also pulled a silver border sticker, but the right portion of the sticker and the right portion of the border won't adhere to the paper backing from one of the packs I pulled from a gravity feed.
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Where did you purchase yours ??? How many packs did you get ??? ;D
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A full gravity feed box should have 48 packs.
Mine had 49.
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Mine had 49.
You should recount. The checkout lady counted them and told me she had 50. I told her there was only 48 in a feeder so she recounted and sure enough there were only 48.
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You should recount. The checkout lady counted them and told me she had 50. I told her there was only 48 in a feeder so she recounted and sure enough there were only 48.
Yeah, but you have to count the 2 you threw in your pocket while she was counting.
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You should recount. The checkout lady counted them and told me she had 50. I told her there was only 48 in a feeder so she recounted and sure enough there were only 48.
that's nothing. yesterday I went to the target checkout and she rang up my 12 packs - and it totaled $258.50!!
She had rung up 120 packs.
So she cleared it out and started over - and it again showed $258.50 - cuz once again she had rung up 120 packs!
third time she finally got it right.
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that's nothing. yesterday I went to the target checkout and she rang up my 12 packs - and it totaled $258.50!!
She had rung up 120 packs.
So she cleared it out and started over - and it again showed $258.50 - cuz once again she had rung up 120 packs!
third time she finally got it right.
Wow! I wonder have many people she’s overcharged for merchandise.
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that's nothing. yesterday I went to the target checkout and she rang up my 12 packs - and it totaled $258.50!!
She had rung up 120 packs.
So she cleared it out and started over - and it again showed $258.50 - cuz once again she had rung up 120 packs!
third time she finally got it right.
A REAL collector would have turned around and grabbed 108 more packs...
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Thanks ;D I wonder if Plan 9 was referring to these when he stated that they were in Vegas ??? I wasn't able to locate anymore yet. According to the Manger this was the only box showing in the system for Target stores in Las Vegas.
I was referring to the ones I picked up in Henderson. Nobody knows where I'm talking about when I say Henderson so I just say Vegas.
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I was able to find 2 full gravity feeds at Target ;D I found one full box at the Grand Canyon store drove then found another at the Tenya store. I opened 23 packs I found at Decatur. I posted all my opened packs and parallels on my facebook page " Wacky Pack Fans " If anyone is interested. I'm glad I didn't take the managers word for it >( and drove the city tonight.
Good luck to all :]
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Yeah, but you have to count the 2 you threw in your pocket while she was counting.
No need. I personally counted them as I sat on a futon in the furniture department. Topps has experienced issues since ANS1 with quantity control.
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the Target in Salem NH had them, and I picked up quite a few packs to whet my appetite.
There are a lot of great gags there! I got a few pink foils and one or two silver ones, no golds.
I did set off the security alarm at the door, but that's because I only gave the cashier one pack and told her I had 20 in all, and she just scanned one 20 times.
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No need. I personally counted them as I sat on a futon in the furniture department. Topps has experienced issues since ANS1 with quantity control.
I was just joking with that! :]
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I had said that I was on the fence about buying ANS7 but now my mind was made up for me. My wife called me from Target this morning and told me that she had seen a lady with a shopping cart full of trading cards and noticed that there was an ANS7 gravity feed in the cart. She bought the whole gravity feed for me and brought it to me here at work. So now I have a full gravity feed sitting here on my desk!
What to do? Work..... or crack packs?!?
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What to do? Work..... or crack packs?!?
Crack packs!!!! :)
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A REAL collector would have turned around and grabbed 108 more packs...
HA! if only they actually did have that many.
There's just one gravity feed and it was still not out on display but appeared to be in the Excel discard area along with a Twilight gravity feed. It was kind of sad. I would have taken the whole feed, but the face was somewhat crushed
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HA! if only they actually did have that many.
There's just one gravity feed and it was still not out on display but appeared to be in the Excel discard area along with a Twilight gravity feed. It was kind of sad. I would have taken the whole feed, but the face was somewhat crushed
If you don't find a nice gravity feed LMK. Since I bought all the packs that were in the two I found, the clerks let me take the feeds, and they both seem to be in nice shape. I also lucked out, and the clerk in the one store let me take the Excell ad sheet! Hell, it said 'remove by 8/15/2010', and it was 8/25/2010, so I was saving them garbage, right? :)
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If you don't find a nice gravity feed LMK. Since I bought all the packs that were in the two I found, the clerks let me take the feeds, and they both seem to be in nice shape. I also lucked out, and the clerk in the one store let me take the Excell ad sheet! Hell, it said 'remove by 8/15/2010', and it was 8/25/2010, so I was saving them garbage, right? :)
thanks! don't worry though, I've easily been finding 4 gravity feed boxes to add to my collection for every series since ANS2. There are a LOT of Targets around here
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I had said that I was on the fence about buying ANS7 but now my mind was made up for me. My wife called me from Target this morning and told me that she had seen a lady with a shopping cart full of trading cards and noticed that there was an ANS7 gravity feed in the cart. She bought the whole gravity feed for me and brought it to me here at work. So now I have a full gravity feed sitting here on my desk!
What to do? Work..... or crack packs?!?
Work.....No Brainer
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The Target in Hickory NC had a gravity feed today. I picked up 10 packs.
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Saw a Gravity feed at my local Target (Vista, CA) Wasn't even put out. It was in a box by one of the cash registers with some other gravity feed.
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On Wednesday, I got to the local Target just as the guy was setting out the gravity feed on display. I asked the guy if there were any more Wacky items, since he still had a number of cases he was unpacking. He said no, but that they got new stuff in every day (!?) and that I should check back. I bought 15 packs and left.
Today (Friday) I went back on the slim chance that they'd gotten in any bonus packs or anything, and found nothing. That's NOTHING nothing, as in not even the gravity feeder made it 48 hours. There was just a blank bit of wall where a gravity feeder had once hung...
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I asked a Target employee to open 5 Excell cases, hoping for some bonus boxes or blister packs. Nothing. She told me they put out their Excell stock Mon, Wed & Fri.
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NJ Targets in Watchung, Union, Bridgewater and Menlo park are all Zeros today. Purchased the three Blister Bonus stickers off the bay just now.
DrDeal
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NJ Targets in Watchung, Union, Bridgewater and Menlo park are all Zeros today. Purchased the three Blister Bonus stickers off the bay just now.
DrDeal
so to confirm, ebay's the only place to get blister packs?
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so to confirm, ebay's the only place to get blister packs?
I am really hoping that the blisters and bonus boxes (and cereal boxes) show up at Target next week or shortly after. Didn't this happen with FB, just gravity feeds at first? I'd buy from Topps directly if they had a free shipping promo, but without that, I'm going to wait.
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so to confirm, ebay's the only place to get blister packs?
at this exact moment, sure.
but just wait a week and they'll be out in wide distribution in retail and easy to find at local stores.
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I am really hoping that the blisters and bonus boxes (and cereal boxes) show up at Target next week or shortly after. Didn't this happen with FB, just gravity feeds at first? I'd buy from Topps directly if they had a free shipping promo, but without that, I'm going to wait.
exactly. it just takes a week or two to get 700,000 packs distributed. Heck, even Topps doesn't have the cereal boxes or bonus boxes at the moment.
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I have finally found ANS7 at the Target in Mechanicsburg,PA. Only a gravity feed. Had 2 packs missing when I got there. I bought 10 and left 36. I ended up with 43 out of 55 base cards(multiple doubles), 7 out of 20 Wack-O-Mercials(again, multiple doubles), 2 foils, 3 silver borders, 2 pink borders, and 2 foils. No golds, auotgraphs, or sketches.
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I am really hoping that the blisters and bonus boxes (and cereal boxes) show up at Target next week or shortly after. Didn't this happen with FB, just gravity feeds at first? I'd buy from Topps directly if they had a free shipping promo, but without that, I'm going to wait.
I think the blisters will surface at WalMart. I just felt like getting the 3 bonus stickers from the bay for $9 as I would like to finish up the bonus stickers in the coming week. My Topps order will have the others (Binder/ Bonus box/ Cereal). Now I just need to score a Gold Sparkle and this set will be done for me. No more sketch hunting for me. I will wait for the next postcard release to score some sketches :)
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Trying to avoid the spoiler threads until my box arrives tomorrow, so let me sum up...
Nothing at Wal-Mart near me... along with the box I ordered through DaCard, I ordered the two cereal box packs from the Topps website as well as that collector's album. Will probably check the Target in my parents' hometown when I head up for Labor Day weekend for blister packs and bonus boxes.
Looking forward to my box arriving tomorrow and the stuff I ordered from Topps should arrive Thursday. It's gonna be a Wacky week!
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Finally got some packs. Hope to get some stuff from Topps soon as well.
1: What store locations you saw product in? Target, South Brunswick, NJ
2: What was there? 1 Gravity Feed Box with 22 packs.
3: What you purchased? 22 packs.
4: What you left behind so others can drop by that store and hopefully pick up some cards? Nothing but the Gravity box.
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I have finally found ANS7 at 4 Targets in Miami, Fl ONLY, no Wal Mart or K-Mart. Only a gravity feed. Seems like I was the first buyer as the checkout girl said she had not seen them. Lucky for the Gravity Box- It next to the CRAZY Band section- so kids will see them. I bought 8 packs each from 4 stores, I felt lucky. I ended up with all 55 base cards(multiple doubles), 6 out of 20 Wack-O-Mercials(multiple doubles), 5 foils, 5 pink borders, and 1 sparkly foil. No golds, auotgraphs, or sketches.
Anybody with spare Wacko-commericals for trade or Foils, let me know
Choke_Wagon
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NJ Targets in Watchung, Union, Bridgewater and Menlo park are all Zeros today. Purchased the three Blister Bonus stickers off the bay just now.
DrDeal
Im checking NJ too. Menlo Park and Milltown Targets, Woodbridge and North Bruns Walmarts. Nothing as of Friday 8/27.
It was such a letdown. I love finding them in the stores and I dont want to pay any more shipping charges.
Amy
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I have finally found ANS7 at 4 Targets in Miami, Fl ONLY, no Wal Mart or K-Mart. Only a gravity feed. Seems like I was the first buyer as the checkout girl said she had not seen them. Lucky for the Gravity Box- It next to the CRAZY Band section- so kids will see them. I bought 8 packs each from 4 stores, I felt lucky. I ended up with all 55 base cards(multiple doubles), 6 out of 20 Wack-O-Mercials(multiple doubles), 5 foils, 5 pink borders, and 1 sparkly foil. No golds, auotgraphs, or sketches.
Anybody with spare Wacko-commericals for trade or Foils, let me know
Choke_Wagon
It will be interesting to see if ANYONE finds any in a Walmart.
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It will be interesting to see if ANYONE finds any in a Walmart.
I won't even bother checking Wal-Mart this time around, for me there is no reason to. I ordered the bonus box from topps online and I will keep checking Target for the blister packs anyway. I have never had much luck with finding Wacky Packages at Wal-Mart.
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I won't even bother checking Wal-Mart this time around, for me there is no reason to. I ordered the bonus box from topps online and I will keep checking Target for the blister packs anyway. I have never had much luck with finding Wacky Packages at Wal-Mart.
Saw a total of 1 box of ANS 5 at Wal-Mart, nothing there since.
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Im checking NJ too. Menlo Park and Milltown Targets, Woodbridge and North Bruns Walmarts. Nothing as of Friday 8/27.
It was such a letdown. I love finding them in the stores and I dont want to pay any more shipping charges.
Amy
All these towns you're mentioning are making me homesick.
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ANS7 Wackys have shown up on this week's distribution list from Diamond, so look for them at your local comic shop on Wednesday.
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ANS7 Wackys have shown up on this week's distribution list from Diamond, so look for them at your local comic shop on Wednesday.
I hope most shops are not like the one I go to. The only Wackys that will be there at the shop I go to is the sole box I pre-ordered. If it isn't a collectible-card-game (Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering, etc.) they will not order any beyond specific requests. What a shame.
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Anyone get an email confirmation from Topps that their order shipped today? Most of the ANS7 items had 8/30 listed as a ship date. No email for me today. Was hoping to receivethe binder/ bonus box/ Cereal Sets on Wed. Not likely at this point.
DrDeal
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Anyone get an email confirmation from Topps that their order shipped today? Most of the ANS7 items had 8/30 listed as a ship date. No email for me today. Was hoping to receivethe binder/ bonus box/ Cereal Sets on Wed. Not likely at this point.
DrDeal
I just checked, same results.
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I just checked the spam filter on my email and found that Topps sent an "Items shipped" email on Saturday 8/28. I checked the tracking and it will be here tomorrow. Woo Hoo!
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Anyone get an email confirmation from Topps that their order shipped today? Most of the ANS7 items had 8/30 listed as a ship date. No email for me today. Was hoping to receivethe binder/ bonus box/ Cereal Sets on Wed. Not likely at this point.
DrDeal
I got a notice that my Cereal Boxes have shipped. The UPS tracking number indicates they will be here on 9-2-2010.
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I won't even bother checking Wal-Mart this time around, for me there is no reason to. I ordered the bonus box from topps online and I will keep checking Target for the blister packs anyway. I have never had much luck with finding Wacky Packages at Wal-Mart.
Here in backwater Terre Haute Indiana, we have 2 Walmarts and no Targets. After work, I stopped at one of the Walmarts for non-Wacky reasons. As I walked past the cash registers, I spied the trading card section so stopped to take a look. Much to my surprise, they had a gravity feed box. Since I purchased a case and have already opened those 8 boxes, I only grabbed 5 packs mainly for the wrapper variations. I was very surprised they also had 4 of the cereal box sets (2 of each tray type). Since I have some of these on order from Topps, I left them for some other surprised shopper. Just amazed to see these here.
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Here in backwater Terre Haute Indiana, we have 2 Walmarts and no Targets. After work, I stopped at one of the Walmarts for non-Wacky reasons. As I walked past the cash registers, I spied the trading card section so stopped to take a look. Much to my surprise, they had a gravity feed box. Since I purchased a case and have already opened those 8 boxes, I only grabbed 5 packs mainly for the wrapper variations. I was very surprised they also had 4 of the cereal box sets (2 of each tray type). Since I have some of these on order from Topps, I left them for some other surprised shopper. Just amazed to see these here.
Wow! That's good to hear. Now maybe others will check Walmarts knowing that at least one other store had them. Were the cereal boxes with all of the other trading cards?
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Here in backwater Terre Haute Indiana, we have 2 Walmarts and no Targets. After work, I stopped at one of the Walmarts for non-Wacky reasons. As I walked past the cash registers, I spied the trading card section so stopped to take a look. Much to my surprise, they had a gravity feed box. Since I purchased a case and have already opened those 8 boxes, I only grabbed 5 packs mainly for the wrapper variations. I was very surprised they also had 4 of the cereal box sets (2 of each tray type). Since I have some of these on order from Topps, I left them for some other surprised shopper. Just amazed to see these here.
I may have to venture off to Walmart now. I checked a couple over the weekend and nothing so maybe they stocked the shelves yesterday?
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Any one know how much they are charging for the cereal box trays at retail stores? Is it the same as what Topps is charging? I would rather buy them in the wild and not pay for shipping if the cost is the same.
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Wow! That's good to hear. Now maybe others will check Walmarts knowing that at least one other store had them. Were the cereal boxes with all of the other trading cards?
Yep, the cereal boxes were with the other card boxes although they were not prominently displayed in any fashion. They were placed on the shelf with the edge end forward and pushed back in the shadowy depths. If I hadn't already seen the pictures of this item on the Topps website, I don't know if it would
have drawn my attention. Since I have 2 of each tray on order from Topps, I fought the urge to purchase, although that old Wacky collectors' adage kept running through my head... "One in the hand at Walmart is worth two via USPS from Topps"... or something like that.
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Did anyone order items from the Toppsonlinestore for series 7 and get a confirmation email that their order was on the way(shipped)? I only got an email the day I ordered confirming that I made the order, nothing about it being shipped as of yet. Yet the website said, "shipping out on August 30" for the cereal boxes and bonus boxes . BTW, the bonus boxes are out of stock at the online store when I last looked.
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Did anyone order items from the Toppsonlinestore for series 7 and get a confirmation email that their order was on the way(shipped)? I only got an email the day I ordered confirming that I made the order, nothing about it being shipped as of yet. Yet the website said, "shipping out on August 30" for the cereal boxes and bonus boxes . BTW, the bonus boxes are out of stock at the online store when I last looked.
I placed my order on Friday afternoon but have yet to receive my shipping number. I checked my account for status and it shows as order placed but not yet shipped.
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I just got home and there was a box from Topps on the front porch. I got the cereal boxes and the binder. The binder looks sharp! It is like the other other binders....puffy. The cereal boxes are super cool!!! I can't wait to open them!
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I just opened the two ceral box sets. I got:
1 complete base set
29 duplicate base stickers
1 complete black border Wackomercial set
6 red border Wackomercial stickers
Cereal cards C1-C6
2 sets 1-3 Web Cards
I gotta admit that I think the web cards are kinda lame.
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I placed my order on Friday afternoon but have yet to receive my shipping number. I checked my account for status and it shows as order placed but not yet shipped.
Ditto.
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I just opened the two ceral box sets. I got:
1 complete base set
29 duplicate base stickers
1 complete black border Wackomercial set
6 red border Wackomercial stickers
Cereal cards C1-C6
2 sets 1-3 Web Cards
I gotta admit that I think the web cards are kinda lame.
Did they use the OS version of Cap'n Crud or the horrible Flashback version without the shading on the right side?
Any changes in the other 5 cereal stickers, or are they pretty much faithful reproductions? I can't wait to get Awful Bits!
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Target in My Holly NJ on Rt 514 had an untouched Gravity Feed today. I took all the packs out , counted them, selected 6 packs and left 42 there. I got two foils, 2 red borders and no harder cards. 2 foils and two reds out of six packs is pretty good I guess. Still no conf email from topps about my order shipping.
DrDeal
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I just opened the two ceral box sets. I got:
1 complete base set
29 duplicate base stickers
1 complete black border Wackomercial set
6 red border Wackomercial stickers
Cereal cards C1-C6
2 sets 1-3 Web Cards
I gotta admit that I think the web cards are kinda lame.
Almost exactly the same here except I was one title short of a complete base set. So are there no
silver flash cards in the cereal boxes? As for the web cards, why not at least 6 so there is one unique in each box? Things that make you go, "Hmmmmmm?"
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Did they use the OS version of Cap'n Crud or the horrible Flashback version without the shading on the right side?
Any changes in the other 5 cereal stickers, or are they pretty much faithful reproductions? I can't wait to get Awful Bits!
They used the OS version. It looks like all the cards are faithful reproductions. I would have to go look and compare them to be certain.
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Almost exactly the same here except I was one title short of a complete base set. So are there no
silver flash cards in the cereal boxes? As for the web cards, why not at least 6 so there is one unique in each box? Things that make you go, "Hmmmmmm?"
So I take it there is no verbage on the Cereal Tray stating "look for sketches, flash foils etc"?
DrDeal
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Any one know how much they are charging for the cereal box trays at retail stores? Is it the same as what Topps is charging? I would rather buy them in the wild and not pay for shipping if the cost is the same.
the price came up as $14.98 for each cereal tray at my Wal*Mart. Basically the same. Actually it's surprising it's not less than topps by a penny. Probably less than what Target will have them for - which I bet would be $14.99. Wal*Mart always has to claim lowest retail price...
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So I take it there is no verbage on the Cereal Tray stating "look for sketches, flash foils etc"?
DrDeal
nope. just says "54 parody stickers plus 6 exclusive stickers!"
stickers are separated into two cellophane wrappers (regular and bonus) along with a chunk of foam to keep the box square.
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Wow! That's good to hear. Now maybe others will check Walmarts knowing that at least one other store had them. Were the cereal boxes with all of the other trading cards?
both the squat box gravity feed and 5 cereal trays at my local Wal*Mart. And the cereal boxes were right next to the grav feed
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They used the OS version. It looks like all the cards are faithful reproductions. I would have to go look and compare them to be certain.
WooHoo!!!!! Original Cap'n Crud!! I have been dreading finding out that they used the FB version again.......
Oh, my local Walmart had diddly squat once again. So did Target, despite my asking them to open two sealed delivery boxes that were behind the counter - those turned out to be full of baseball, pokemon and Toy Story stuff.
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Did anyone order items from the Toppsonlinestore for series 7 and get a confirmation email that their order was on the way(shipped)? I only got an email the day I ordered confirming that I made the order, nothing about it being shipped as of yet. Yet the website said, "shipping out on August 30" for the cereal boxes and bonus boxes . BTW, the bonus boxes are out of stock at the online store when I last looked.
someone on the other board called topps about their order and were told that they were waiting on the bonus boxes still. So orders with bonus boxes weren't being shipped yet. Topps expected the boxes tomorrow.
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WooHoo!!!!! Original Cap'n Crud!! I have been dreading finding out that they used the FB version again.......
wellllll......
it's kind of a combo of the two. It's the cleaned up bright red version that was in flashback, but they darkened the side panel. It doesn't have the gradation of shading like the original. It's fully darkened.
I also noticed that the box version of Crud is changed. the starburst says LIVE PIRATE, instead of REAL PIRATE. The sticker is fine though.
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someone on the other board called topps about their order and were told that they were waiting on the bonus boxes still. So orders with bonus boxes weren't being shipped yet. Topps expected the boxes tomorrow.
That certainly explains why I haven't gotten my shipping notice yet (I ordered a bonus box, one of each cereal tray and the regular series 6 postcard set).
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I also noticed that the box version of Crud is changed. the starburst says LIVE PIRATE, instead of REAL PIRATE. The sticker is fine though.
looking at the cereal boxes closer, most have been tweaked a little bit. Mostly because the box is wider than the original art. Mostly it's subtle, like completing the Triks rabbits ear and foot, or extending the bowl of brains on All-Brain.
But there is one other wording change - Awful Bits does not say Brittanica.
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That certainly explains why I haven't gotten my shipping notice yet (I ordered a bonus box, one of each cereal tray and the regular series 6 postcard set).
I'm in the same boat as you Martin. I ordered a bonus box, one of each cereal tray, and a binder. Haven't gotten a shipping notice yet.
eman
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I'm in the same boat as you Martin. I ordered a bonus box, one of each cereal tray, and a binder. Haven't gotten a shipping notice yet.
eman
Same here.Not happy the the cereal sets do not offer a shot at the harder cards. Would have gotten them either way but would add excitement if
they could yield a sketch card.
DrDeal
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Target in Wilmington, NC had a gravity feed. Bought 12 packs which I have not opened. They also had
a misc box of ANS3 and ANS2.
I will have something to do while waiting for Earl!
OT The checkout lady told me that the other day some guy came in and bought 60 packs
of Topp football cards, opened em all which contained 100 percent baseball cards.
He took them back for replacement.
Ed
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OT The checkout lady told me that the other day some guy came in and bought 60 packs of Topp football cards, opened em all which contained 100 percent baseball cards.
He took them back for replacement.
Ed
Target accepted them for replacement?
Or he sent them to Topps?
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Target accepted them for replacement?
Or he sent them to Topps?
Apparently they (Target) took em back and replaced them so she said.
Who knows she might have been making small talk. ;D
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My wife just came back from Wal-Mart and presented me with 5 ANS7 packs. So it appears that the Wally World in Carrollton, Georgia has them. She said it was one of the cool gravity feed boxes that was mentioned earlier in this thread.
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Has anyone seen these in target or wal-mart? Are they just on line? I have not seen these anywhere except ebay?
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Has anyone seen these in target or wal-mart? Are they just on line? I have not seen these anywhere except ebay?
all the finds are being discussed in the ANS7 Retail Tracker thread - you should keep checking there.
but to answer your question, no, not yet. Topps expects them tomorrow, and target and/or walmart will get them this week.
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That certainly explains why I haven't gotten my shipping notice yet (I ordered a bonus box, one of each cereal tray and the regular series 6 postcard set).
I got my shipping notice from Topps this morning. 8)
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I got my shipping notice from Topps this morning. 8)
I did as well.
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I did as well.
ditto
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I got my shipping notice from Topps this morning. 8)
I did as well. Hopefully it arrives on Saturday, otherwise it'll be Tuesday (given the holiday weekend and all).
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Wacky Packages All-New Series 7 Bonus Box @ the Topps Online Store is listed as OUT OF STOCK!
I'm glad I got my 8 boxes ordered and on the way! I also got 6 blister packs from a friend who got a bunch on eBay.
http://www.toppsonlinestore.com/servlet/the-Wacky-Packages-7/Categories
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all the finds are being discussed in the ANS7 Retail Tracker thread - you should keep checking there.
but to answer your question, no, not yet. Topps expects them tomorrow, and target and/or walmart will get them this week.
We have too many ANS7 threads at this point and it's getting confusing to keep track of! I would think 3 threads should be fine. One for spoilers, pictures, etc, one for retail tracking, and one for general comments about the series.
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I got my shipping notice 08/31/2010, but when I run my UPS tracking # through the UPS site I get ">>> UPS could not locate the shipment details for your request. Please verify your information and try again later". So my order is not even in transit yet. Check yours and see if UPS has your stuff yet.
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Just to update that I found the double-deep (not double-wide) gravity feed at a Wal-Mart and the Cereal Box trays as well. I bought five packs from the Gravity Feed that all had security cards in them and found a red-border Wack-O-Mercial in each pack.
I also bought each variety of the cereal box trays. I think these may be the coolest Wacky item that Topps has ever produced! They had three of the Weakies variety and two of the Cap'n Crud.
I also went to a Target just a block away (the same Target that my wife bought me a gravity feed from) and all they had was some ANS2 Cling packs. I guess they only got the one gravity feed and my wife snapped it up.
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We have too many ANS7 threads at this point and it's getting confusing to keep track of! I would think 3 threads should be fine. One for spoilers, pictures, etc, one for retail tracking, and one for general comments about the series.
Merged! You will see a few others get merged soon.
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I got six packs at Wal-Mart today...all with the security strip. Each one had a red border Wack-o-mercial in it. Are we seeing a trend? My Target still hasn't restocked since I wiped out the gavity feed box last week. That sucks, because I would much rather go to Target than Wal-Mart!
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I got six packs at Wal-Mart today...all with the security strip. Each one had a red border Wack-o-mercial in it. Are we seeing a trend? My Target still hasn't restocked since I wiped out the gavity feed box last week. That sucks, because I would much rather go to Target than Wal-Mart!
Since I don't care for the Wack-O-Mercials, I may buy all the non-security packs to better my odds of getting classic foils!!
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Just got back from a wacky run.
The Targay closest to me does not have the display for the excel sell sheets, but it did have a gravity box which I scooped up along with the 45 packs inside. No other wacky merchandise.
Next to WalMart which has not had anything in years and years....no change...still nothing.
Then on to the 2nd-closest Targay that does have the excel sell sheet display.....no Wacky pack excel sheet! Waaaah....I have gotten every Wacky Pack sell sheet (that I know of) from that store! This store also had a gravity box with no other wacky merchandise.
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Merged! You will see a few others get merged soon.
Won't that make it hard to find the threads that get absorbed? I've not seen how this works yet.
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I found the gravity feed boxes at 2 Walmarts in my area....but NO cereal boxes!!!! I wonder if some idiot who delivers the cards to both stores thought it was actual cereal and moved them somewhere else. I even checked the other checkout lanes to see if cards were in 2 spots, but still nothing!! Argh! Oh well, I'd rather buy them from Target, along with the bonus boxes and blister packs. Walmart has always been inconsistent with their trading cards.
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Then on to the 2nd-closest Targay that does have the excel sell sheet display.....no Wacky pack excel sheet! Waaaah....I have gotten every Wacky Pack sell sheet (that I know of) from that store!
You can still get this one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wacky-Packages-series-7-ANS7-ad-sell-sheet-RARE-Target-/370424756944?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563f093ad0
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Won't that make it hard to find the threads that get absorbed? I've not seen how this works yet.
Not at all. The merged thread will be mixed in my dates to the actual thread. I have only done a couple to clean up a few ANS7 threads but the topics are pretty much the same.
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Not at all. The merged thread will be mixed in my dates to the actual thread. I have only done a couple to clean up a few ANS7 threads but the topics are pretty much the same.
Is this why I find myself constantly rereading posts I'm sure I've read before?
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I've checked out 5 targets in the Twin Cities and NO gravity feeds yet. Got the one in Hudson though.
Found a ANS7 Excell sheet MINT still hanging in one Target today on my way home. Crazy.
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You can still get this one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wacky-Packages-series-7-ANS7-ad-sell-sheet-RARE-Target-/370424756944?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563f093ad0
Tom thanks for the tip!!!!
I made a 2nd wacky run tonight hitting some of the not-so-close Walmarts and Targets. Did not find a sell sheet, but I did find at a Raleigh Walmart the short gravity feed and the cereal 3-packs!! There were 36 packs in the gravity feed and I bought them all. 8)
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I've checked out 5 targets in the Twin Cities and NO gravity feeds yet. Got the one in Hudson though.
Found a ANS7 Excell sheet MINT still hanging in one Target today on my way home. Crazy.
Good find on the sell sheet. A lot of the Targets in my area don't even use the sell sheets...did you find that in some of the ones you visited?
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I'm traveling so had a chance to hit a Target. (So to speak.) I picked up 11 packs from a gravity feed - no other wackys, ANS7 or otherwise in sight at the store. Pretty much the odds you'd expect when I opened the packs. Three foils, three red borders, one silver....and one gold! Choppertone. Even though I don't plan to collect golds, I gotta say, it was a rush. Given what these things are fetching on ebay at the moment, I don't think I'm going to be able to resist throwing it up to see what happens. What do you guys think, BIN, or take my chances with an auction?
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I'm traveling so had a chance to hit a Target. (So to speak.) I picked up 11 packs from a gravity feed - no other wackys, ANS7 or otherwise in sight at the store. Pretty much the odds you'd expect when I opened the packs. Three foils, three red borders, one silver....and one gold! Choppertone. Even though I don't plan to collect golds, I gotta say, it was a rush. Given what these things are fetching on ebay at the moment, I don't think I'm going to be able to resist throwing it up to see what happens. What do you guys think, BIN, or take my chances with an auction?
Auction it. Looks like there are at least 2 bidders fighting for each one, and I think this is the first of that title up, but I may be wrong. Good luck!!
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Is this why I find myself constantly rereading posts I'm sure I've read before?
You shouldn't be re-reading posts because I have only merged 2 topics. If you have read any of the posts already you won't have to read them again. I suppose it depends on the last time you read each post but just click on the 'new' button next to a thread and you will start reading where you left off. You may have missed some other stuff in another thread. You can also see what thread merged with the other because the subject line will be different. It's really not that big of deal. I just want to keep everything clean compared to the other forum where people would start the same topic over and over again.
I don't plan on policing the forum that much. Sometimes topics can get out of hand and we need to merge them if they are dealing with the same subject. Hopefully it will help keep everything a bit cleaner than seeing 10 new ANS7 threads when clicking on 'show unread posts since last visit'. It's too hard to keep track.
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I'm traveling so had a chance to hit a Target. (So to speak.) I picked up 11 packs from a gravity feed - no other wackys, ANS7 or otherwise in sight at the store. Pretty much the odds you'd expect when I opened the packs. Three foils, three red borders, one silver....and one gold! Choppertone. Even though I don't plan to collect golds, I gotta say, it was a rush. Given what these things are fetching on ebay at the moment, I don't think I'm going to be able to resist throwing it up to see what happens. What do you guys think, BIN, or take my chances with an auction?
My thought is if you want to have each card in the series with different borders you might want to keep it. Otherwise I would do an auction to see what happens. Look at the BIN gold on ebay now. No one has purchased it and it's been there for one day. I think the golds have an established value of around $400 but bidders might not want to jump at a $400 price right away. They love the chase to see if someone will back down. I would do an auction for 3 days. Any more days could kill the momentum at this point.
If you really want to sell it NOW is the time to do it to reap the rewards. Any waiting could cost you
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You shouldn't be re-reading posts because I have only merged 2 topics. If you have read any of the posts already you won't have to read them again. I suppose it depends on the last time you read each post but just click on the 'new' button next to a thread and you will start reading where you left off. You may have missed some other stuff in another thread. You can also see what thread merged with the other because the subject line will be different. It's really not that big of deal. I just want to keep everything clean compared to the other forum where people would start the same topic over and over again.
I don't plan on policing the forum that much. Sometimes topics can get out of hand and we need to merge them if they are dealing with the same subject. Hopefully it will help keep everything a bit cleaner than seeing 10 new ANS7 threads when clicking on 'show unread posts since last visit'. It's too hard to keep track.
I always use the 'new' button when reading posts, but I have been finding myself being brought to a point higher up in the thread than where I left off. Guess if it's not from merging it's from something else.
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Thanks for the advice Brad! (And thanks to you too Liptorn!) I did put my Choppertone up for auction, we'll see what happens. I'd love to have an example of a gold flash foil for my collection, but I just can't justify it with ebay bidding going as high as it is on these at the moment. Honestly, I'd even be happy with the $175 that I opened the auction at. Anything above that will be icing on the cake. Clearly the gotta have it now mentality is causing some people to make crazy bids -- that and the lingering thought that you'll get stuck without the one last sticker you need if you're trying to collect a set. I guess making sure you avoid that situation is worth a lot of green to some collectors.
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I am going to go through a pack opening session this weekend - got my hobby box from the comic shop yesterday and my Topps order (two cereal trays and one booster) arriving tomorrow. If I hit a gold, I too might consider putting it up on the auction block. I'd be thrilled to get back my small investment in this series if possible.
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Just to update that I found the double-deep (not double-wide) gravity feed at a Wal-Mart and the Cereal Box trays as well. I bought five packs from the Gravity Feed that all had security cards in them and found a red-border Wack-O-Mercial in each pack.
I also found the same type gravity feeder and cereal box trays today at the Wilkinson Blvd Super Wal Mart in W. Charlotte. Got the last two cereal boxes (each type), but not sure if those were the only ones they put out given the limited space on the shelf for those larger type items. I also pulled red/pink border cards from a few packs with security cards. No great pulls, just some silver flash cards :^)
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I always use the 'new' button when reading posts, but I have been finding myself being brought to a point higher up in the thread than where I left off. Guess if it's not from merging it's from something else.
It may have been from the merge but I only merged 2 topics so you should be caught up now.
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Thanks for the advice Brad! (And thanks to you too Liptorn!) I did put my Choppertone up for auction, we'll see what happens. I'd love to have an example of a gold flash foil for my collection, but I just can't justify it with ebay bidding going as high as it is on these at the moment. Honestly, I'd even be happy with the $175 that I opened the auction at. Anything above that will be icing on the cake. Clearly the gotta have it now mentality is causing some people to make crazy bids -- that and the lingering thought that you'll get stuck without the one last sticker you need if you're trying to collect a set. I guess making sure you avoid that situation is worth a lot of green to some collectors.
I think this is a good strategy. Wait until the prices come down (and they will) and then buy a couple for your collection. That is what I plan on doing.
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I also found the same type gravity feeder and cereal box trays today at the Wilkinson Blvd Super Wal Mart in W. Charlotte. Got the last two cereal boxes (each type), but not sure if those were the only ones they put out given the limited space on the shelf for those larger type items. I also pulled red/pink border cards from a few packs with security cards. No great pulls, just some silver flash cards :^)
So did every security pack you open have a red/pink border card in it?
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Nothing at the target in Metairie, LA yet. :(
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So did every security pack you open have a red/pink border card in it?
No, not every one. More than half, however.
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Pardon me if this has been answered, but are there 3 different gravity feeds this time around: A "regular" one at Target and either a double-wide or double-deep one at Walmart?
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Pardon me if this has been answered, but are there 3 different gravity feeds this time around: A "regular" one at Target and either a double-wide or double-deep one at Walmart?
I don't think there is a double-wide. Only the double-deep.
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I don't think there is a double-wide. Only the double-deep.
right. There's two.
For all previous series only Target has had gravity feeds so there's only been 1 box per series (except ANS1 {0} and ANS3 {2}).
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
Toys R Us has a trading card section?
In what area of the store did you find them?
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
Thanks for the heads up! Interesting that TRU is back in the game.
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
Cool! Have you documented the wrapper codes yet Patrick? I only have 2 so far. The 2 bonus boxes I opened today had the same wrappers as the hobby boxes (0-777-89-01-0).
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Toys R Us has a trading card section?
In what area of the store did you find them?
seems like every time I go in one of the stores the cards are in a different area. This time they were all on two standalone 4-sided displays in the walkway near where cards have almost always been carried. (one was sports, the other yu-gi-oh, wackys, etc.) It may depend on the store layout that you go to - as this store has always had the cards near the front right of the store. I'll be heading to another Toys R Us this weekend, one where the cards have always been near the back of the store on the right and see what they've got. I'd really like to find the blister tray!
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Cool! Have you documented the wrapper codes yet Patrick? I only have 2 so far. The 2 bonus boxes I opened today had the same wrappers as the hobby boxes (0-777-89-01-0).
working on it.
I've seen 5 unique wrapper codes so far:
(0-721-89-01-0) 3 cards+gum pack (foil)
(0-763-54-01-0) target/best buy gravity (white)
(0-763-89-01-0) walmart gravity (foil)
(0-777-89-01-0) hobby/bonus box (foil)
(0-791-54-01-0) blister pack (white)
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
Ah, I know where I'm going tomorrow.
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working on it.
I've see 5 unique wrapper codes so far:
(0-721-89-01-0) 3 cards+gum pack
(0-763-54-01-0) target gravity (white)
(0-763-89-01-0) walmart gravity (foil)
(0-777-89-01-0) hobby/bonus box (foil)
(0-791-54-01-0) blister pack (white)
Thanks!
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Thanks!
now updated to include the foilness of the 3-pack.
looks like the 89 stands for foil and 54 for white plastic.
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Ah, I know where I'm going tomorrow.
I don't know if it's just my local TRU or if this will be nationwide, but they charged $4.99 for the blister. Seems like it should be $3.99 for 2 packs.
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Cool! Have you documented the wrapper codes yet Patrick? I only have 2 so far. The 2 bonus boxes I opened today had the same wrappers as the hobby boxes (0-777-89-01-0).
How the heck do you guys open these packs without destroying them? I had to cut the tops off a few just to get a good wrapper. They basically shred when opening them by hand.
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How the heck do you guys open these packs without destroying them? I had to cut the tops off a few just to get a good wrapper. They basically shred when opening them by hand.
If you cut the top off that's not really a good wrapper!! I try to get a small opening by pulling them apart (like a potato chip bag), and then I slide in an envelope opener and gradually pry the seams apart on both sides. I would say around 1/3 come out nice.
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I found blister packs in the wild today! Super easy to see which bonus card is in the blister, as the cards are face up underneath the packs. Lots of free space so it's easy to see the B1, B2 or B3. And before anyone asks, yes, these packs have the chase cards.
and you'll never guess where I found them....
Toys R Us
oh yeah.
Today I checked 2 Targets and 3 Wal-Marts for ANS7 bonus boxes, blister packs or cereal boxes and came up empty handed. My neighbor found a whole stack of cereal boxes and a peg full of blister packs.....at TOYS"Я"US.....
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I don't know if it's just my local TRU or if this will be nationwide, but they charged $4.99 for the blister. Seems like it should be $3.99 for 2 packs.
Blister packs were $4.99 also and the cereal boxes were $19.99 at the TRU here in Louisville, KY
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Blister packs were $4.99 also and the cereal boxes were $19.99 at the TRU here in Louisville, KY
Really, why so much for the cereal boxes? I think Head n Boulders said he paid 14.99 at a Walmart in Ohio.
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Blister packs were $4.99 also and the cereal boxes were $19.99 at the TRU here in Louisville, KY
certainly jacking up the prices, probably trying to help the bottom line and stay in business. my local store was very quiet, only a few shoppers. and no registers were open, with just the manager at the returns counter to ring up my sale.
the cereal boxes are $14.99 at walmart. I hope the blisters show up elsewhere for $3.99.
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If you cut the top off that's not really a good wrapper!! I try to get a small opening by pulling them apart (like a potato chip bag), and then I slide in an envelope opener and gradually pry the seams apart on both sides. I would say around 1/3 come out nice.
Exactly what I do. The foil packs are much tougher than I originally thought. I can tug pretty hard to get that small opening started. With a little practice, I found I could usually get 7 out of 10. I also found if I did not get that opening easily at the top within a few seconds, I would flip over and open from the bottom. I was not able to, however, figure out a way to open the cellophane wrappers in the cereal boxes without ruining them.
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My package arrived from Topps today - got two different cereal trays and a bonus box. Down side: the series 6 postcard set I ordered was not included in the box. Luckily, a quick call to Topps Customer service rectified the situation - the postcards will be resent (the service rep was very apologetic about the packing error). Very pleased. I plan to do some pack and box opening tomorrow.
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I stopped by our Toys-R-Us on the way home to see if they had anything. I was surprised to see they
had 4 of the cereal trays and a hanger with blister packs. I picked up the last 5 blister packs, mainly to get the wrapper variations for the collection and a few extra bonus cards. The collecting and RPG cards are in one long aisle at this particular store. The blister backs were almost all the way at one and the cereal boxes at the other. What are they thinking?
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I just got back from 2 Walmarts and they both had the shorter feeds and cereal boxes. I bought both feeds and 4 cereal boxes. I didn't get anything except for 2 silver Wiiz that I need. The cereal boxes are fantastic except all you get for chase cards is one red per box. Anyone else get anything other than a red border chase from the cereal boxes?
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I just got back from 2 Walmarts and they both had the shorter feeds and cereal boxes. I bought both feeds and 4 cereal boxes. I didn't get anything except for 2 silver Wiiz that I need. The cereal boxes are fantastic except all you get for chase cards is one red per box. Anyone else get anything other than a red border chase from the cereal boxes?
Nope, just the red border chase cards. I would rather have had the chance at a foil, sketch or such than the red chase. Other than the boxes themselves I am not overly impressed with the contents inside.
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I just got back from 2 Walmarts and they both had the shorter feeds and cereal boxes. I bought both feeds and 4 cereal boxes. I didn't get anything except for 2 silver Wiiz that I need. The cereal boxes are fantastic except all you get for chase cards is one red per box. Anyone else get anything other than a red border chase from the cereal boxes?
Same here... I have opened 6 trays of the cereal boxes and only a red border card in each cereal box.
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Same here... I have opened 6 trays of the cereal boxes and only a red border card in each cereal box.
I've left all of my cereal boxes unopened but they are calling me.... and I will probably answer them soon enough.
I was a little surprised that both sets use the very same SKU. I figured they would have separate #s for inventory purposes.
They are pretty small. Here's a photo to show scale. Our cat is 4 feet tall ;) [expando]http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/993690320_qcgTB-L.jpg[/expando]
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Found blister packs at my TRU today. I got one foil per blister pack.
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I've left all of my cereal boxes unopened but they are calling me.... and I will probably answer them soon enough.
I was a little surprised that both sets use the very same SKU. I figured they would have separate #s for inventory purposes.
They are pretty small. Here's a photo to show scale. Our cat is 4 feet tall ;) [expando]http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/993690320_qcgTB-L.jpg[/expando]
I opened both of mine and only got a red border from each cereal box. Beautiful cat b.t.w. but she's huge!
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I've left all of my cereal boxes unopened but they are calling me.... and I will probably answer them soon enough.
I was a little surprised that both sets use the very same SKU. I figured they would have separate #s for inventory purposes.
They are pretty small. Here's a photo to show scale. Our cat is 4 feet tall ;) [expando]http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/993690320_qcgTB-L.jpg[/expando]
Hmmm that kitty looks kinda familiar... :)
(http://s4.postimage.org/aGxN9.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVaGxN9)
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I opened both of mine and only got a red border from each cereal box.
It was stated awhile back that the cereal boxes would *only* have the red parallel as the chase, but the topps online store just says "a" parallel, which could be confused to mean a flash or gold flash.
There are no odds on these trays or boxes, so the contents must be fixed. Almost surprising there is even a red parallel at all.
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I have now found Blister packs at TRU also. The one in Camp Hill,PA. 10 hanging on the hook. I bought 3 and left 7. They also had the cereal box packs for $19.99. I left all of those. ;D
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I found bonus blisters and cereal boxes at TRU today, $4.99 and $19.99, respectively.
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I found bonus blisters and cereal boxes at TRU today, $4.99 and $19.99, respectively.
Even though it's fun to find things in the wild and it's cool to see what other stores have, I don't think I'd even bother stopping at a TRU knowing they have nothing different than other stores and what they do have is more expensive than elsewhere. Where are the TRU 2-packs when we need something to get excited about (as far as TRU is concerned)?
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Even though it's fun to find things in the wild and it's cool to see what other stores have, I don't think I'd even bother stopping at a TRU knowing they have nothing different than other stores and what they do have is more expensive than elsewhere. Where are the TRU 2-packs when we need something to get excited about (as far as TRU is concerned)?
I must admit I am not familiar with the TRU 2-packs. The blister packs at TRU did contain two packs in them though. One pack would contain all base cards and perhaps a binder advert card. The other pack would contain one red border card.
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I got a bonus box at Kmart today along with one blister pack here in Miami. I did notice a slight difference in foil packaging used for the Kmart box. The packs had a silver inner lining, while all the target and Wal Mart ones have a white inner lineing
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I got a bonus box at Kmart today along with one blister pack here in Miami. I did notice a slight difference in foil packaging used for the Kmart box. The packs had a silver inner lining, while all the target and Wal Mart ones have a white inner lineing
nice.
please post a pack code if you could - as the bonus box wrappers have always been different than the other ones.
also, could you check on that wal*mart wrapper and post the #, as all others reported so far have been silver inner lining
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I just got back from 2 Walmarts and they both had the shorter feeds and cereal boxes. I bought both feeds and 4 cereal boxes. I didn't get anything except for 2 silver Wiiz that I need. The cereal boxes are fantastic except all you get for chase cards is one red per box. Anyone else get anything other than a red border chase from the cereal boxes?
I found about 30 packs in a Walmart on LI last night, that same square style feeder. I couldn't believe how well hidden the trading card section was here. It was on the backside of an aisle facing a wall and had carriages full of items blocking them! It literally looked like they didn't want anyone to find them. If you're going to do something do it right. This section is obviously an afterthought by Walmart. I asked a couple employees where the trading card section, and one told me they were all gone and she didn't know if they would come out again, and the other just look puzzled like she didn't know what trading cards were.
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I must admit I am not familiar with the TRU 2-packs.
I probably should have said "Blockbuster 2-packs". Those packs came out for a few of the ANS series and FB1 (along with a combo of WP and GPK packs). I don't recall ever finding them at Blockbuster, but I did always manage to pick them up at TRU. Does that ring any bells?
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I found bonus blisters and cereal boxes at TRU today, $4.99 and $19.99, respectively.
I also found cereal boxes at TRU (in Danbury, Ct.) and blister packs. I bought some blister packs, but left the cereal boxes for others. I had already had bought the cereal boxes from Wal-mart in Fishkill, NY and saw cereal boxes in Dixon City, PA, and Matamoras, PA. as well as the short gravity feeds in all 3 of these Walmarts. Nothing in the Walmart or Target in Danbury/Bethel, Ct.
BTW, I only need one more wack-o-mercial silver flash card: #11 choppertone; I have a #15 silver flash card of Pounds available for trade. Send me a PM is you are interested.
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I found about 30 packs in a Walmart on LI last night, that same square style feeder. I couldn't believe how well hidden the trading card section was here. It was on the backside of an aisle facing a wall and had carriages full of items blocking them! It literally looked like they didn't want anyone to find them. [...]
I was just in a Wal-Mart in the New Haven area where the card section was behind a check out register and literally blocked off with metal gates. You aren't allowed to approach and have to tell the check out person what you want. Then he/she has to try and hunt it down for you. Bizarro! Luckily the wackys were visible so I got one of the cereal box 3-packs. There was one of the cool Wal-Mart gravity feeds, but no way was I going to be able to get away with taking that (and I wasn't up for simply buying all the packs in it.) That's the strangest set up I've ever seen. But it did ensure the cards and stickers were kept in neat array.
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I was just in a Wal-Mart in the New Haven area where the card section was behind a check out register and literally blocked off with metal gates. You aren't allowed to approach and have to tell the check out person what you want. Then he/she has to try and hunt it down for you. Bizarro! Luckily the wackys were visible so I got of the cereal box 3-packs. There was one of the cool Wal-Mart gravity feeds, but no way was I going to be able to get away with taking that (and I wasn't up for simply buying all the packs in it.) That's the strangest set up I've ever seen. But it did ensure the cards and stickers were kept in neat array.
I have checked the Walmart right by my house no less than 10 times, and nothing. That 'card section' is a half an aisle long, by an active check out register - it's not blocked off as you described, but to look at what they have, you have to squeeze between the display and the carts and customers. Guess I need to try a different store.
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I give up looking for these cereal boxes at Walmart!!! I hit about a dozen or more stores over the last few days and only found the gravity feeds. I saw them at Toys R Us but refuse to pay $20. Looks like Target will be my destination where I will hopefully pick up the cereal boxes, bonus box and blister packs in one sweep.
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I give up looking for these cereal boxes at Walmart!!! I hit about a dozen or more stores over the last few days and only found the gravity feeds. I saw them at Toys R Us but refuse to pay $20. Looks like Target will be my destination where I will hopefully pick up the cereal boxes, bonus box and blister packs in one sweep.
Has anybody found cereal boxes at Target yet? I have only been able to find them at one Wal-Mart so far.
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Cool! Have you documented the wrapper codes yet Patrick? I only have 2 so far. The 2 bonus boxes I opened today had the same wrappers as the hobby boxes (0-777-89-01-0).
Where did you find your bonus boxes? No bonus boxes or blisters have been found here at the Jersey shore yet.
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Has anybody found cereal boxes at Target yet? I have only been able to find them at one Wal-Mart so far.
I found cereal boxes for $19.99 at a ToysRus and I left them all behind, looks like none had sold yet.
I found blister packs in Toys R Us and grabbed three of them, one for each bonus sticker as you can clearly see the bonus sticker number. There were B1's and B3's that I left behind. $4.99 per blister.
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I probably should have said "Blockbuster 2-packs". Those packs came out for a few of the ANS series and FB1 (along with a combo of WP and GPK packs). I don't recall ever finding them at Blockbuster, but I did always manage to pick them up at TRU. Does that ring any bells?
Yes, I have the 2 pack blister packs from some of the ANS series in my collection. I found most of them at TRU and some of them at Kay-Bee Toy Store in my area. I may have some extra to trade possibly....
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I probably should have said "Blockbuster 2-packs". Those packs came out for a few of the ANS series and FB1 (along with a combo of WP and GPK packs). I don't recall ever finding them at Blockbuster, but I did always manage to pick them up at TRU. Does that ring any bells?
Here's what they look like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320585550909 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320585550909)
Not all of them had 2 packs, which is why I refer to them as "square packs".
What a well timed shameless plug for my auction don't you think? ;D
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Has anyone noticed an increase in the number of sequentially numbered base cards in the packs? Many of the packs seem to have at least three in a row.vOne of the most striking examples is a Walmart gravity feed pack that I opened today: 31, 32, 33 & 52, 53, 54, 55.
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Has anyone noticed an increase in the number of sequentially numbered base cards in the packs? Many of the packs seem to have at least three in a row.vOne of the most striking examples is a Walmart gravity feed pack that I opened today: 31, 32, 33 & 52, 53, 54, 55.
it's because the numbers are in sequential order with the 9 piece puzzles.
the packs have always had strings of cards in a row, but it wasn't obvious unless you looked at the back of the cards.
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The Walmart near me doesn't have any Wackys. Their trading card area is a joke. >:D Doesn't look like I'll be able to get a double deep gravity feed. If anyone picked up an extra one, I'd like to buy it along with a couple of the packs. Thanks!
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it's because the numbers are in sequential order with the 9 piece puzzles.
the packs have always had strings of cards in a row, but it wasn't obvious unless you looked at the back of the cards.
Hmmm. I don't recall seeing that many together in past ANS packs. You're right about the puzzle pieces but still, you'd think they shuffle the deck a little better.
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Has anyone noticed an increase in the number of sequentially numbered base cards in the packs? Many of the packs seem to have at least three in a row.vOne of the most striking examples is a Walmart gravity feed pack that I opened today: 31, 32, 33 & 52, 53, 54, 55.
yeah, I've noticed that. Both of those seem to be popular sequences. I opened 30 packs on friday and had both of those sequences at least 4 times each.....plus a bunch of other consecutive sequences.
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It was stated awhile back that the cereal boxes would *only* have the red parallel as the chase, but the topps online store just says "a" parallel, which could be confused to mean a flash or gold flash.
There are no odds on these trays or boxes, so the contents must be fixed. Almost surprising there is even a red parallel at all.
I agree with this comment. There is NO LISTING OF ODDS which leads me to believe there are no chase cards that come with cereal boxes except the "one red per pack" and I am also surprised that even one red is included considering they don't list even the RED ODDS.
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I just the cereal boxes up close today at Toys R Us, where are the cards? Below the tray or inside the boxes? Waiting for my shipment from Topps to come in this week.
Choke_ Wagon
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I just the cereal boxes up close today at Toys R Us, where are the cards? Below the tray or inside the boxes? Waiting for my shipment from Topps to come in this week.
Choke_ Wagon
Inside the boxes.
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Target had some Excel boxes on the floor today with a Sept. 12 shelf date. I wanted to open them up to see if the ANS7 blisters, cereals or bonus boxes were inside, but they wouldn't let me. Anyone else have any luck with Targets besides the gravity feeds?
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Checked three Targets in Memphis area in last few days. Two had gravity feeds and one had nada.
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Still cannot get anything but packs from Gravity feeds in South Jersey.
Checked TRU yesterday for Blisters - None.
Walmart - None. Target - None.
No Bonus Boxes yet either. AND the Bonus Boxes on the Topps Website still says Out of Stock, what the hell is up with that? What's the hold up?
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2nd Target in Fort Collins had nothing but a single opened ANS2 Box today. Yes, ANS2. WT?!?
Toys r Us last week had zip. Manager never heard of Wacky Packages. I resisted telling her their history, instead opting to silently pity her ignorance.
One Wal-Mart had a single small (48 pack?) gravity feed last week which I took 16 packs from. Haven't been to the other two nearby Wal-Marts, but am planning to soon. Going on a road trip in a few weeks and hoping to do some more recon.
Is there some reason Topps/Excel/Whomever couldn't have a searchable site to find out what nearby stores carry precisely which items? Geez, it's 2010 for cryin' out loud!!
Getting frustrated on the Blister Packs. Don't understand why ShopTopps didn't have them so I could have included them with my order (which arrives tomorrow!). Any chance someone would buy me one of each and send 'em to me? Happy to pay shipping/tax/etc. Was annoyed that the only eBay listing I've seen so far for the three blister packs is $25 + $5 shipping, which translates to $10/blister -- ouch! Want to find them in a store if possible, but starting to lose hope... Maybe I just need to wait a few weeks. ;)
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2nd Target in Fort Collins had nothing but a single opened ANS2 Box today. Yes, ANS2. WT?!?
Toys r Us last week had zip. Manager never heard of Wacky Packages. I resisted telling her their history, instead opting to silently pity her ignorance.
One Wal-Mart had a single small (48 pack?) gravity feed last week which I took 16 packs from. Haven't been to the other two nearby Wal-Marts, but am planning to soon. Going on a road trip in a few weeks and hoping to do some more recon.
Is there some reason Topps/Excel/Whomever couldn't have a searchable site to find out what nearby stores carry precisely which items? Geez, it's 2010 for cryin' out loud!!
Getting frustrated on the Blister Packs. Don't understand why ShopTopps didn't have them so I could have included them with my order (which arrives tomorrow!). Any chance someone would buy me one of each and send 'em to me? Happy to pay shipping/tax/etc. Was annoyed that the only eBay listing I've seen so far for the three blister packs is $25 + $5 shipping, which translates to $10/blister -- ouch! Want to find them in a store if possible, but starting to lose hope... Maybe I just need to wait a few weeks. ;)
I'm sure Target will get the blisters eventually. Even if not, TRU will have them for $5 ea, so don't lose hope.
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Where did you find your bonus boxes? No bonus boxes or blisters have been found here at the Jersey shore yet.
Same for me...Target has NOTHING!! sux!
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Yes, I have the 2 pack blister packs from some of the ANS series in my collection. I found most of them at TRU and some of them at Kay-Bee Toy Store in my area. I may have some extra to trade possibly....
I also have those...I did find the "square packs" in blockbuster as well..I bought all they had..I think it was Series 5, also in TRU I bought FB1 "squares" - found those on a whim...
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I also have those...I did find the "square packs" in blockbuster as well..I bought all they had..I think it was Series 5, also in TRU I bought FB1 "squares" - found those on a whim...
I had two Blockbusters near me and they both went out of business within the same year. Too much On-Demand and Netflix I guess.
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I had two Blockbusters near me and they both went out of business within the same year. Too much On-Demand and Netflix I guess.
Nah, it was not enough Wacky square pack turnover.
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2nd Target in Fort Collins had nothing but a single opened ANS2 Box today. Yes, ANS2. WT?!?
Toys r Us last week had zip. Manager never heard of Wacky Packages. I resisted telling her their history, instead opting to silently pity her ignorance.
One Wal-Mart had a single small (48 pack?) gravity feed last week which I took 16 packs from. Haven't been to the other two nearby Wal-Marts, but am planning to soon. Going on a road trip in a few weeks and hoping to do some more recon.
Is there some reason Topps/Excel/Whomever couldn't have a searchable site to find out what nearby stores carry precisely which items? Geez, it's 2010 for cryin' out loud!!
Getting frustrated on the Blister Packs. Don't understand why ShopTopps didn't have them so I could have included them with my order (which arrives tomorrow!). Any chance someone would buy me one of each and send 'em to me? Happy to pay shipping/tax/etc. Was annoyed that the only eBay listing I've seen so far for the three blister packs is $25 + $5 shipping, which translates to $10/blister -- ouch! Want to find them in a store if possible, but starting to lose hope... Maybe I just need to wait a few weeks. ;)
I may go out tonight and check the TRU store, I'd like to call first, but do not feel like I'd get an appropriate awnser due to the fact that some never heard of Wacky's ! Also, do not even know what to look for, or you may get the idiot that tells you to hold on while they do nothing then after a minute they get back on the phone and tell you they did not see it. You cant even trust anyone to look for you, pitiful.
Why are these items so late and hard to find? The bonus boxes and the blisters? Shouldn't all of the stuff be released at least around the same date?
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I may go out tonight and check the TRU store, I'd like to call first, but do not feel like I'd get an appropriate awnser due to the fact that some never heard of Wacky's ! Also, do not even know what to look for, or you may get the idiot that tells you to hold on while they do nothing then after a minute they get back on the phone and tell you they did not see it. You cant even trust anyone to look for you, pitiful.
Why are these items so late and hard to find? The bonus boxes and the blisters? Shouldn't all of the stuff be released at least around the same date?
No blisters or bonus boxes in OKC. Wal-Mart has the cereal boxes (can't find them at Target). If I remember right, it took a few weeks with FB 1 and 2 for the blisters and bonus boxes to show up after the gravity feeds.
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i see topps is outa bonus boxes already?
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i see topps is outa bonus boxes already?
They quit selling them after a day or two. I wonder if maybe they were pulled because the retail stores that sell the bonus boxes complained about them being available at the Topps store. Personally, I would rather buy them online than have to search Walmarts, Targets and TRUs looking for them.
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i see topps is outa bonus boxes already?
they were sold out of bonus boxes last Monday, before they had even made their first shipment
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I ordered a box last Monday and it was available but they have not shipped it yet...now i'm worried
always with the b.s. these guys,, i'm sick of this crap
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They quit selling them after a day or two. I wonder if maybe they were pulled because the retail stores that sell the bonus boxes complained about them being available at the Topps store.
Never thought of that. That is probably the reason. We'll I hope they start showing up soon, us Wacky people don't like to wait too long.
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I just got an e-mail w/ shipping confirmation..i guess it got it in just under the wire ;D
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Been to two Wal-Marts thus far... they each had one of those small gravity feeds and several of the cereal boxes, but no bonus boxes.
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Been to two Wal-Marts thus far... they each had one of those small gravity feeds and several of the cereal boxes, but no bonus boxes.
so far the bonus boxes and the blister packs have been MIA
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Got my two bonus boxes and cereal boxes from shoptopps. Really like the bonus cards from both.
Unfortunately, the base set cards in both bonus boxes have "dents" on them (looks like it might be from the inside cardboard which matches the pattern). Ruined all of them imo. But the WOM's and foils seem ok (weird eh?).
BUT, the odds and randomization on these packs sucks! I bought two sets of the CB's (two of each) and out of all those cards (168) I couldn't put together a single base set! I have multiples of many cards (obviously -- sometimes five of a card) but then just one or two of a handful and zero of a couple. WT?!? I would have thought buying one set of the CB's (one of each) would give you at least one base set. Geez. And only pinks from the CB's (one each individual CB) -- no foils.
From the bonus boxes I pulled three foils, but am STILL missing one of the 10 (I have 30 foils!). And pulled one silver (luckily a new one).
So 4 CB's and 2 Bonus Boxes gave me one silver. Ouch.
Love the bonus cards though. :)
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I haven't opened my cereal boxes (yet) but will likely do that this weekend.
The good thing to do with dinged or bad corner base stickers is to use them for actual sticking. Decorate a notebook or use them to make homemade magnets. That's what I often do with the less desirable of my pulled stock.
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I've been noticing for a few months that the local Best Buy has a small card section stocked by Excel just outside of the line area for the registers.
So I stopped in today to see what they had... and they had Wackys!
It's just an ANS7 Gravity Feed (target style), but still cool to seem them at more than just target and wal*mart
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I've been noticing for a few months that the local Best Buy has a small card section stocked by Excel just outside of the line area for the registers.
So I stopped in today to see what they had... and they had Wackys!
It's just an ANS7 Gravity Feed (target style), but still cool to seem them at more than just target and wal*mart
Very cool! I'm heading out.
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Are the short gravity feeds available anywhere besides Walmart?
I'd still like to get an empty one for my collection.
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Very cool! I'm heading out.
I've been in the store twice in the last week and have wandered through the candy section and the 4.99 DVD section next to the counter, but I missed the trading cards!
With this type of news I'll be watching for Wacky Packages at Home Depot!
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I've been noticing for a few months that the local Best Buy has a small card section stocked by Excel just outside of the line area for the registers.
So I stopped in today to see what they had... and they had Wackys!
It's just an ANS7 Gravity Feed (target style), but still cool to seem them at more than just target and wal*mart
As if I needed another excuse to go to Best Buy. Terre Haute, the city we live closest to, is about 30,000 strong and just got a Best Buy in the past year. I almost broke down when Circuit City went bankrupt as it was about the only decent electronics store in the area so the Best Buy was much anticipated. Prior to its arrival, if you needed something like a wireless router, Indianapolis was the closest place at about an hour's drive from here. You east-coasters may take the proximity or such neccesities for granted. So the shopping center that Best Buy moved into is now officially one of my favorite spots around. Our family is involved in both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and geocaching is one of our family hobbies. The same shopping center also has a Gander Mountain (hunting and camping suppliews); a Buffalo Wild Wings, and the best local Pizza joint in town. My car just naturally wants to turn into the parking lot when I pass by on the way to and from work.
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My car just naturally wants to turn into the parking lot when I pass by on the way to and from work.
I enjoy your posts
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I've been in the store twice in the last week and have wandered through the candy section and the 4.99 DVD section next to the counter, but I missed the trading cards!
In my store, the trading cards were outside of the candy section near the checkout counters and were on a rack facing towards the inside of the store near the Returns horseshoe. But I think there a few different standard store layouts, so look around
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In my store, the trading cards were outside of the candy section near the checkout counters and were on a rack facing towards the inside of the store near the Returns horseshoe. But I think there a few different standard store layouts, so look around
No trading cards at my Best Buy! Boo.
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Got my two bonus boxes and cereal boxes from shoptopps. Really like the bonus cards from both.
Unfortunately, the base set cards in both bonus boxes have "dents" on them (looks like it might be from the inside cardboard which matches the pattern). Ruined all of them imo. But the WOM's and foils seem ok (weird eh?).
BUT, the odds and randomization on these packs sucks! I bought two sets of the CB's (two of each) and out of all those cards (168) I couldn't put together a single base set! I have multiples of many cards (obviously -- sometimes five of a card) but then just one or two of a handful and zero of a couple. WT?!? I would have thought buying one set of the CB's (one of each) would give you at least one base set. Geez. And only pinks from the CB's (one each individual CB) -- no foils.
From the bonus boxes I pulled three foils, but am STILL missing one of the 10 (I have 30 foils!). And pulled one silver (luckily a new one).
So 4 CB's and 2 Bonus Boxes gave me one silver. Ouch.
Love the bonus cards though. :)
The cereal boxes seemed to have a lot of pink WOM's in them. What base cards are you looking for, check out my trades in Needs/wants under the trade heading. I have mine listed there. Maybe I (or someone) could help you get a base set or two together.
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Anyone looking for the Blister Packs - I have finally found them at TRU today. ;D
If you want them, PM me and I'll just charge you the same price that I paid for them plus shipping to your area from south Jersey. I have 3 that contain each bonus card B1, B2 and B3.
No bonus boxes at TRU, Walmart or Target today 9-10-10. :'(
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I am finding the following:
Target: Nothing
TRU: Blister Packs, Ceral Boxes
Walmart: Gravity Feed, Cereal Boxes
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For me, I am finding the following:
Target: Gravity Feeds
TRU: Blister Packs
Walmart: Gravity Feeds, Cereal Boxes
Best Buy: Gravity Feeds
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For me, I am finding the following:
TRU : Blister Packs and Cereal Boxes
Target : Gravity Feeds
Wal-Mart: Nada
Meijer's: Cereal Boxes
Best Buy: Computers and TV's
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For me, I am finding the following:
TRU : Blister Packs and Cereal Boxes
Target : Gravity Feeds
Wal-Mart: Nada
Meijer's: Cereal Boxes
Best Buy: Computers and TV's
LOL, computers and TVs....and appliances..
Blockbuster: Videos
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LOL, computers and TVs....and appliances..
Blockbuster: Videos
Blockbuster: BANKRUPT. and good riddance
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I still haven't found a blister pack or a bonus box in the wild. I was out today and nothing. If I didn't get the 2 bonus boxes from Topps and the blister stickers from ebay then I would have never had the bonus cards. There is one ToysRus but I haven't been to it to find blisters. Obviously, for me, the blister packs are a bitch!
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Blockbuster: BANKRUPT. and good riddance
obscure reference - - - Blockbuster, Bankrupt, Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica....
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I have found the following:
TRU : Blister Packs and Cereal Boxes ($4.99 and $19.99)
Target : Gravity Feed packs ($1.99)
Wal-Mart: Short gravity feed packs ($1.98)
Best Buy: hope to check today
The clerk at Walmart thought I was nuts when I bought the whole gravity feed the other day, but I wanted the box, and didn't feel right leaving all the packs laying loose. No golds or sketches, but I did get one of my last missing silvers, my last missing red, a full set of foils, 5 full base sets, and 2 full Wacko-mercial sets, plus extras for sticking and trading. And I wanted Walmart to know that Wackys will sell! I am planning for any future retail purchases to be just bonus boxes or blisters, if those ever do show up at Walmart or Target around here.
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obscure reference - - - Blockbuster, Bankrupt, Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica....
Question. What kind of bear is best?
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With all the extra ANS 7 cards I have, I'm going to make little bundles of 3 cards with a rubber band around them and a note "HAPPY HALLOWEEN-Get more Wacky Packages at Target and K-Mart and complete your set!" and drop them with candy into Kids bowls. Perhaps others on here could do the same and spark some new life into the hobby. Every kid I show the cards loves them
Choke_Wagon
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With all the extra ANS 7 cards I have, I'm going to make little bundles of 3 cards with a rubber band around them and a note "HAPPY HALLOWEEN-Get more Wacky Packages at Target and K-Mart and complete your set!" and drop them with candy into Kids bowls. Perhaps others on here could do the same and spark some new life into the hobby. Every kid I show the cards loves them
Choke_Wagon
That is a fantastic idea!
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With all the extra ANS 7 cards I have, I'm going to make little bundles of 3 cards with a rubber band around them and a note "HAPPY HALLOWEEN-Get more Wacky Packages at Target and K-Mart and complete your set!" and drop them with candy into Kids bowls. Perhaps others on here could do the same and spark some new life into the hobby. Every kid I show the cards loves them
Choke_Wagon
I've been giving Wackys out with candy at Halloween since ANS1 - the kids seem to like them! I've also gotten my hairdresser's son hooked, as well as a neighbor's granddaughter, and a co-worker's daughter. Just recently gave a stack of ANS7 to the woman in my mom's hospital room for her granddaughter, who had been there to visit a few days before - she thought they were great, and was sure her granddaughter would love them. I truly enjoy spreading the Wacky love!!
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The cereal boxes seemed to have a lot of pink WOM's in them. What base cards are you looking for, check out my trades in Needs/wants under the trade heading. I have mine listed there. Maybe I (or someone) could help you get a base set or two together.
Definitely appreciate it and am going to post my needs/wants for pinks/silvers/foils (I have lots of extras) as well. I'm still a bit stunned that after 32 foils I don't have a single set of 10! So will trade to get it.
I have lots of base sets from the half-case I bought from shoptopps -- what amazed me with the cereal boxes was that buying four of them (two of each type) wouldn't give me a single full base set out of 168 base set stickers (14 x 12). That seems ridiculous. To me buying one set of A and B should automatically give you a full base set plus some extra cards.
I'm glad to have the bonus stickers from the CB's (and HAD to get Cap'n Crud!), but since it appears you can only expect regular/pink WOM's and nothing else, I won't be buying any more of them. If they had better odds for the silvers/golds/etc, they'd probably sell like crazy.
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With all the extra ANS 7 cards I have, I'm going to make little bundles of 3 cards with a rubber band around them and a note "HAPPY HALLOWEEN-Get more Wacky Packages at Target and K-Mart and complete your set!" and drop them with candy into Kids bowls. Perhaps others on here could do the same and spark some new life into the hobby. Every kid I show the cards loves them
Choke_Wagon
Wacky forum post, year 2040 - "Boy, it sure seems like a lot of the old ANS Wackys that are for sale have rubber band marks on the sides. What's the deal with that?" :P
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I have lots of base sets from the half-case I bought from shoptopps -- what amazed me with the cereal boxes was that buying four of them (two of each type) wouldn't give me a single full base set out of 168 base set stickers (14 x 12). That seems ridiculous. To me buying one set of A and B should automatically give you a full base set plus some extra cards.
I'm glad to have the bonus stickers from the CB's (and HAD to get Cap'n Crud!), but since it appears you can only expect regular/pink WOM's and nothing else, I won't be buying any more of them. If they had better odds for the silvers/golds/etc, they'd probably sell like crazy.
Out of three sets of cereal trays, I got three base sets and an almost complete 4th set, but I didn't sort the trays individually, so maybe just two cereal sets would have been similar to your results.
I agree, if the cereal boxes had the potential for other inserts, I'd buy more of them, but as it stands, I got my cereal stickers, and I'm done with those. Can't bring myself to toss the cereal boxes, so it's probably just as well, or I'd be hip-deep in those as I love the special cereal stickers!
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Although I'll get my ANS 7 in a few days (arriving in the snail mail, from Brad's vault), I noticed my Target got ANS 7 in last week, and I ‘ve been snagging a few packs here and there, rationalizing that I buy a lotto ticket every once in a while. (I wonder how the sketch odds compare to the lotto) Yesterday my wife went to Target and I gave her $5 (I'm cheap) and asked her if she could use her good mojo to carefully select me a few packs with one that had a nice color sketch card. I didn’t get a sketch card but I did notice some QC issues that some other’s have brought up. This is how this sticker looked coming out of the pack – sorry for the blurry shot.
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I am concerned that the poor odds on getting a good chase card in this set will drastically reduce the amount of packs sold to the collector audience. I have purchased about 80 packs and am done. I purchased around 300 packs of FB1 and 2. If am in the majority and collectors make up for about half of typical wacky pack sales then this release will not do as well as the past few releases.
Just guessing on the percent of sales that go to collectors. Anyone have any good data on the mix between kids and collectors for WP sales?
DrDeal
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Wacky forum post, year 2040 - "Boy, it sure seems like a lot of the old ANS Wackys that are for sale have rubber band marks on the sides. What's the deal with that?" :P
LOL, it must have been the old fashioned machines they used to cut these!
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I have purchased about 80 packs and am done. I purchased around 300 packs of FB1 and 2.
I’ve been trying to figure out (in my head) how much money I’m comfortable spending (losing) cracking packs and not getting a sketch. Right now I’m at $100 but I could be convinced to spend $200, I just need a good excuse. The lower ANS7 odds are inhibiting my attempts to rationalize me spending more, and it doesn't even matter how much less lower is.
If am in the majority and collectors make up for about half of typical wacky pack sales then this release will not do as well as the past few releases.
I don’t understand. When you say “do as well”, what do you mean? The amount of time it takes to sell out of ANS7 versus other series?
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Question. What kind of bear is best?
You mean beer? :^) How bout bear naked? :]
ANYONE FIND BONUS BOXES IN THE WILD YET ?
WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THIS ?
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Although I'll get my ANS 7 in a few days (arriving in the snail mail, from Brad's vault), I noticed my Target got ANS 7 in last week, and I ‘ve been snagging a few packs here and there, rationalizing that I buy a lotto ticket every once in a while. (I wonder how the sketch odds compare to the lotto) Yesterday my wife went to Target and I gave her $5 (I'm cheap) and asked her if she could use her good mojo to carefully select me a few packs with one that had a nice color sketch card. I didn’t get a sketch card but I did notice some QC issues that some other’s have brought up. This is how this sticker looked coming out of the pack – sorry for the blurry shot.
Whoa, that's messed up ! Espcially that boot and foot that came out of that pack - :o
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Although I'll get my ANS 7 in a few days (arriving in the snail mail, from Brad's vault), I noticed my Target got ANS 7 in last week, and I ‘ve been snagging a few packs here and there, rationalizing that I buy a lotto ticket every once in a while. (I wonder how the sketch odds compare to the lotto) Yesterday my wife went to Target and I gave her $5 (I'm cheap) and asked her if she could use her good mojo to carefully select me a few packs with one that had a nice color sketch card. I didn’t get a sketch card but I did notice some QC issues that some other’s have brought up. This is how this sticker looked coming out of the pack – sorry for the blurry shot.
I think you got some sweat on it from your work out. You keep your wacky's in the gym :P :] :P
Also I made fun of the people who wait in line at 7-11 to buy lottery scratch off cards at a $1 a pop. Yet look at all of us spend $5 bucks here and $100 there, hoping for that elusive Golden ticket- A SKETCH CARD. The odds are equally stacked against us like the lottery.
Plus I found all Bonus Boxes (10) this weekend ONLY at K-mart of all places. Not Target, Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us
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I think you got some sweat on it from your work out. You keep your wacky's in the gym :P :] :P
Also I made fun of the people who wait in line at 7-11 to buy lottery scratch off cards at a $1 a pop. Yet look at all of us spend $5 bucks here and $100 there, hoping for that elusive Golden ticket- A SKETCH CARD. The odds are equally stacked against us like the lottery.
Plus I found all Bonus Boxes (10) this weekend ONLY at K-mart of all places. Not Target, Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us
Thanks for the info, K-mart is right around my corner unlike Target, Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us. ;D
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Plus I found all Bonus Boxes (10) this weekend ONLY at K-mart of all places. Not Target, Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us
Did Kmart have any blister packs? Has anyone found blister packs in the wild? I seem to recall only TRU had them, but they were $5 instead of $4.
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OH, on the Blister front- Only K-mart again and Toys R Us. They seem to be the only ones I've seen for the past two weeks and have a good bunch on hand.
I've seen them in 3 K-marts and 5 Toys R Us, I'm in sales so I can pop in and out of stores on a recon as cards are usually up front near registers :]
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although I haven't checked Wal*Mart yet, I did find cereal boxes and blister packs in the TRU here!
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I’ve been trying to figure out (in my head) how much money I’m comfortable spending (losing) cracking packs and not getting a sketch. Right now I’m at $100 but I could be convinced to spend $200, I just need a good excuse. The lower ANS7 odds are inhibiting my attempts to rationalize me spending more, and it doesn't even matter how much less lower is. I don’t understand. When you say “do as well”, what do you mean? The amount of time it takes to sell out of ANS7 versus other series?
If you are thinking about a sketch you would have to be incredibly lucky to get one spending only a few hundred dollars, so you most likely would be setting yourself up for dissapointment. I pulled a sketch with my 3-case batch ($970.00) and even that was very lucky. That bought me 576 packs and the odds for a sketch are 1:2,340 packs!
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Question. What kind of bear is best?
I like Budweiser
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Although I'll get my ANS 7 in a few days (arriving in the snail mail, from Brad's vault), I noticed my Target got ANS 7 in last week, and I ‘ve been snagging a few packs here and there, rationalizing that I buy a lotto ticket every once in a while. (I wonder how the sketch odds compare to the lotto) Yesterday my wife went to Target and I gave her $5 (I'm cheap) and asked her if she could use her good mojo to carefully select me a few packs with one that had a nice color sketch card. I didn’t get a sketch card but I did notice some QC issues that some other’s have brought up. This is how this sticker looked coming out of the pack – sorry for the blurry shot.
The only thing that I have noticed is that some of the stickers are die cut so deep that they are almost cut through the back of the card.
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Question. What kind of bear is best?
I like Budweiser
False. Black Bear.
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Quote from: Dr Sushi
Question. What kind of bear is best?
Quote from: Dr Popper
I like Budweiser
False. Black Bear.
Obviously, the Kodiak is the superior format of bear and.... oh, wait. This discussion belongs in another topic.
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Did Kmart have any blister packs? Has anyone found blister packs in the wild? I seem to recall only TRU had them, but they were $5 instead of $4.
They are 5 dollars (4.99) + tax. Seems a little steep compared to the price of previous blister packs, but you get 2 of the 1.99 packs (8 cards each) along with the Bonus card so it's a fair price.
Unlike some of the other forum members, I have only seen Blisters at TRU and Cereal Boxes at the same TRU. Our Walmart and Target only has the gravity feed packs - no bisters or bonus boxes. I checked our K-mart today 9-13-10 for Bonus boxes and there was nothing.
;D I did buy up an extra batch of 3 blister packs for anyone on the forum that wants to buy them. I'll only charge you what I paid plus the actual shipping to your location. Just shoot me a PM if you want them. I have one set, 3 blister packs each contains 2 packs and one bonus card B1, B2 and B3. They are 5 dollars each (what I paid 4.99 + tax).
WHERE ARE THE BONUS BOXES ???
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They are 5 dollars (4.99) + tax. Seems a little steep compared to the price of previous blister packs, but you get 2 of the 1.99 packs (8 cards each) along with the Bonus card so it's a fair price.
Unlike some of the other forum members, I have only seen Blisters at TRU and Cereal Boxes at the same TRU. Our Walmart and Target only has the gravity feed packs - no bisters or bonus boxes. I checked our K-mart today 9-13-10 for Bonus boxes and there was nothing.
;D I did buy up an extra batch of 3 blister packs for anyone on the forum that wants to buy them. I'll only charge you what I paid plus the actual shipping to your location. Just shoot me a PM if you want them. I have one set, 3 blister packs each contains 2 packs and one bonus card B1, B2 and B3. They are 5 dollars each (what I paid 4.99 + tax).
WHERE ARE THE BONUS BOXES ???
Thanks for the offer and information. I'm going to keep looking in the wild. It is a bit annoying this many weeks after the release to not be able to find them, but I have to believe they are going to turn up.
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They are 5 dollars (4.99) + tax. Seems a little steep compared to the price of previous blister packs, but you get 2 of the 1.99 packs (8 cards each) along with the Bonus card so it's a fair price.
no, not a fair price, those things are really only $3.99. TRU is overcharging to try and save their sinking ship.
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no, not a fair price, those things are really only $3.99. TRU is overcharging to try and save their sinking ship.
Have they been jacking up other prices lately? I've really cooled it with action figures and similar items, so I haven't been checking them out. I was very disappointed with what they were charging for ANS7 Wackys.
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Did Kmart have any blister packs? Has anyone found blister packs in the wild? I seem to recall only TRU had them, but they were $5 instead of $4.
I bought a stack of blister packs from K-Mart yesterday. I was hoping to complete the most basic of the chase card sets, but no such luck...
Um, blister packs of GPK Flashbacks, that is. Yeah, the ones that got released back in January. That's how up-to-date Kmart is these days. I bet if I looked hard enough there, I could find a loaf of Wonder Bread with the Wackies in the package...
:^) :]
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No, Now Dead- I did get lucky and found some new ANS7 Blisters in all 5 of my local K-Mart along with some Bonus Boxes in Miami. Perhaps some of the other K-Mart across the US are neglected and still have old Wonderbread Wackys :P
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Still haven't seen a bonus box or blister pack in the wild. The Kmart here still has GPK Flashback blisters, so who knows if they may get ANS7 Wacky blisters.
Strange that the bonus boxes are not being stocked at the same time as the rest of ANS7. I know for every other series, if a Target or Wal-Mart carried the packs, they also had the bonus boxes.
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Still haven't seen a bonus box or blister pack in the wild. The Kmart here still has GPK Flashback blisters, so who knows if they may get ANS7 Wacky blisters.
Strange that the bonus boxes are not being stocked at the same time as the rest of ANS7. I know for every other series, if a Target or Wal-Mart carried the packs, they also had the bonus boxes.
I'm in the same boat. Can't find either. Luckily I got a couple bonus boxes from Topps before they sold out. This is so bizarre.
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I'm in the same boat. Can't find either. Luckily I got a couple bonus boxes from Topps before they sold out. This is so bizarre.
I called Shop Topps this morning and the guy said they are not re-stocking bonus boxes. They are sold out and thats it. :(
I got an email from cardgarys who has them for $9.99 plus ship.
Amy
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I called Shop Topps this morning and the guy said they are not re-stocking bonus boxes. They are sold out and thats it. :(
I got an email from cardgarys who has them for $9.99 plus ship.
Amy
That is WEIRD ! O.K. So I ordered my bonus boxes from Card Gary's to make sure that I get them. Did he get all the stock of the bonus boxes and is he the soul distributor of these? That would be also Strange. Nothing against Cardgary's, he has always done a supurb job of business with me whenever I bought anything from him. I just find it really strange about the distibution of the Bonus Boxes with this series.
Are they trying to make the series less popular by making everything so hard to obtain? Is ANS 7 the swan song of the ANS Series?
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Are they trying to make the series less popular by making everything so hard to obtain? Is ANS 7 the swan song of the ANS Series?
lol!
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Are they trying to make the series less popular by making everything so hard to obtain? Is ANS 7 the swan song of the ANS Series?
For me personally, ANS7 may really be the Swan Song of Wackys. I have given up hope of getting any cool or rare cards from these series as I am not going to spend thousands of dollars on them. If there is an ANS8, I may just buy a base set for $5 and be done with it.
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For me personally, ANS7 may really be the Swan Song of Wackys. I have given up hope of getting any cool or rare cards from these series as I am not going to spend thousands of dollars on them. If there is an ANS8, I may just buy a base set for $5 and be done with it.
I hear ya loud and clear. I'm starting to get that same feeling.
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I called Shop Topps this morning and the guy said they are not re-stocking bonus boxes. They are sold out and thats it. :(
I got an email from cardgarys who has them for $9.99 plus ship.
Amy
So if Topps sold out of these, is Target is not going to be getting these now? I sure hope so. Not sure why Excel Mktg. is dragging their feet with these! I already paid $5 more for the cereal box sets than I wanted to at Toys R Us!
I think CardGary raised his price on this! He wants $11.97 for a bonus box on eBay now. Where can I get one for $9.99?
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Have they been jacking up other prices lately? I've really cooled it with action figures and similar items, so I haven't been checking them out. I was very disappointed with what they were charging for ANS7 Wackys.
Our TRU was charging $4.99 for a blister pack and $19.99 for the cereal boxes. I haven't seen the blisters anywhere else, but they're $14.99 at Target and on the Topps website. (By the way, I noticed that there are two different purple trays for those cereal boxes - one that's unpriced, and one that has $14.99 pre-printed on it. Target has the priced trays; Topps has the unpriced trays).
As for TRU, I've noticed that they overprice nearly everything in the store. My wife collects Barbie and Bratz dolls, and those are typically $2 or $3 over Target/Walmart. Same thing with Pixar Cars toys - always more expensive. If they have something you can't find anywhere else, it may be worth the upcharge. But I always look at Target or Walmart first.
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If there is an ANS8, I may just buy a base set for $5 and be done with it.
Brad charged me more than that, the shyster.
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Brad charged me more than that, the shyster.
Lies! It was $5....Cheap!
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Brad charged me more than that, the shyster.
If you got an ANS8 set for anything close to $5.00 you got a steal!!
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After many attempts to find them there, I finally found ANS7 (a gravity feed only), at Shopko. Shopko is a discount store based in Green Bay, WI that has stores in a number of Midwest states. The gravity feed was like the one at Target, which makes sense as Shopko always had the same bonus boxes as Target did. For those who keep track, the wrapper code is 41116 00763 and it's the "white", not foil wrapper (not sure if that's the same as Target or not). I was quite disappointed not to find cereal or bonus boxes or blister packs. There are 3 other Shopkos in town, so I'll probably check those at some point to see what they have. This is quite weird that it's become so hard to find this stuff in the wild. I am driving down to Chicago this weekend and know of at least one Kmart along the way, which I'm planning to stop at.
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After many attempts to find them there, I finally found ANS7 (a gravity feed only), at Shopko. Shopko is a discount store based in Green Bay, WI that has stores in a number of Midwest states. The gravity feed was like the one at Target, which makes sense as Shopko always had the same bonus boxes as Target did. For those who keep track, the wrapper code is 41116 00763 and it's the "white", not foil wrapper (not sure if that's the same as Target or not). I was quite disappointed not to find cereal or bonus boxes or blister packs. There are 3 other Shopkos in town, so I'll probably check those at some point to see what they have. This is quite weird that it's become so hard to find this stuff in the wild. I am driving down to Chicago this weekend and know of at least one Kmart along the way, which I'm planning to stop at.
D'oh! The wrapper code on these is the same as the one that's appeared at Target (0-763-54-01-0). I mistakenly posted the UPC code. Guess that shows you how much attention I pay to such things.
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Bustedfinger found a totally purple Gravity Feed box at a dollar store. This one is way cooler than the Target box which is the burgundy color with an ANS 7 type sticker on the front. I've since looked around my area and found none. I think she said it was found at a Dollar Tree. I visited 2 of those in my area and also a store called 5 Below and found nothing. Even been checking the local food store as there is a vending machine with some older series ANS, but no ANS 7 dollar packs yet.
Sales of the ANS 7 at my local Walmart seem to be very slow. It' been a week since I was there and it looks like the same amount of packs in that Gravity Feed since I was there last. They did relocte their cards to behind the cashier. I don't know if this is affecting sales or maybe the 1.99 price to much for some? They also have no blister packs, cereal boxes or bonus boxes.
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Bustedfinger found a totally purple Gravity Feed box at a dollar store. This one is way cooler than the Target box which is the burgundy color with an ANS 7 type sticker on the front.
That's cool. I'd like to pick up a gravity feed, but I don't plan to buy many more packs and I don't want to dump a nearly full one out. I'd like to find out the name of that dollar store as I'd look in my area.
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Bustedfinger found a totally purple Gravity Feed box at a dollar store. This one is way cooler than the Target box which is the burgundy color with an ANS 7 type sticker on the front.
What are you doing with your gravity feed boxes? Displaying them somehow – if so, how?
One might make a nice storage case for my granola bars at work.
When I go into Target these days I’m compelled to buy a few ANS7 packs for fun, just to test if my psychic abilities can score me a sketch card (no luck yet). My 7 year old son has never been too excited about Wacky Packages. He thinks the stickers are kind of neat, but I believe he humors me a bit because he knows I like and collect them. While in the checkout line in Target last weekend, he saw my ANS7 packs and said, “Dad, that says, MOUNTAIN DUDE! It’s supposed to say Mountain Dew!!” It was like something clicked and he got the gags, to a degree. He also liked Baby Battle Pop and was cracking up at it.
I walked out of the store with a huge smile on my face.
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What are you doing with your gravity feed boxes? Displaying them somehow – if so, how?
One might make a nice storage case for my granola bars at work.
When I go into Target these days I’m compelled to buy a few ANS7 packs for fun, just to test if my psychic abilities can score me a sketch card (no luck yet). My 7 year old son has never been too excited about Wacky Packages. He thinks the stickers are kind of neat, but I believe he humors me a bit because he knows I like and collect them. While in the checkout line in Target last weekend, he saw my ANS7 packs and said, “Dad, that says, MOUNTAIN DUDE! It’s supposed to say Mountain Dew!!” It was like something clicked and he got the gags, to a degree. He also liked Baby Battle Pop and was cracking up at it.
I walked out of the store with a huge smile on my face.
The passing of the torch :icon_salut:
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What are you doing with your gravity feed boxes? Displaying them somehow – if so, how?
One might make a nice storage case for my granola bars at work.
When I go into Target these days I’m compelled to buy a few ANS7 packs for fun, just to test if my psychic abilities can score me a sketch card (no luck yet). My 7 year old son has never been too excited about Wacky Packages. He thinks the stickers are kind of neat, but I believe he humors me a bit because he knows I like and collect them. While in the checkout line in Target last weekend, he saw my ANS7 packs and said, “Dad, that says, MOUNTAIN DUDE! It’s supposed to say Mountain Dew!!” It was like something clicked and he got the gags, to a degree. He also liked Baby Battle Pop and was cracking up at it.
I walked out of the store with a huge smile on my face.
Yeah, I have a display area above the stairway with a shelf. I have that area all Wackied out. It's got display boxes, On Sale Here Posters, Vending Machine Foil Stickers, Sketch Cards and Gold Boarders.
Cool story about your son Mountain Dude! 8)
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That's cool. I'd like to pick up a gravity feed, but I don't plan to buy many more packs and I don't want to dump a nearly full one out. I'd like to find out the name of that dollar store as I'd look in my area.
I'm pretty sure she said she found her's at the Dollar Tree. I didn't find any in 2 of them in my area. :'(
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I'm pretty sure she said she found her's at the Dollar Tree. I didn't find any in 2 of them in my area. :'(
She's a he, dude! And yes, they did come from the Dollar Tree!
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Yeah, I have a display area above the stairway with a shelf. I have that area all Wackied out. It's got display boxes, On Sale Here Posters, Vending Machine Foil Stickers, Sketch Cards and Gold Boarders.
Sounds cool! Got a picture?
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I finally found cereal boxes at Target, however, the Excell rep told me that they are not carrying blister packs or bonus boxes, so don't expect to see those at Target unless somehow he is wrong. He seems to know his stuff and also said that the 3 sticker .99 packs should be in dollar type stores like Dollar Tree.
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I finally found cereal boxes at Target, however, the Excell rep told me that they are not carrying blister packs or bonus boxes, so don't expect to see those at Target unless somehow he is wrong. He seems to know his stuff and also said that the 3 sticker .99 packs should be in dollar type stores like Dollar Tree.
This whole ANS7 bonus box and blister pack dry spell is quite irritating! I had no choice but to purchase a bonus box from CardGarys for $11.97 BIN. Inside the shipping box he included a special offers flier with bonus boxes for $9.97. WTF!!!!! I paid $2 more than I wanted plus the shipping costs. But I had no other choice!!!
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There are five Dollar Tree stores in Terre Haute. I stopped by 4 of them on the way home from work tonight. Only one of them, the last one, had any ANS7. There was
one gravity feed box with 7 packs. I asked if I could have or even purchase the box and they refused saying that had more packs to put in it. So why did they pull any out in the first place? Things that make you go Hmmmmmm?
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There are five Dollar Tree stores in Terre Haute. I stopped by 4 of them on the way home from work tonight. Only one of them, the last one, had any ANS7. There was
one gravity feed box with 7 packs. I asked if I could have or even purchase the box and they refused saying that had more packs to put in it. So why did they pull any out in the first place? Things that make you go Hmmmmmm?
Was it the the 4-sticker packs or the 3+gum packs?
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Was it the the 4-sticker packs or the 3+gum packs?
Forgot that bit... these are the 4 sticker packs with code 0-763-89-02-0. I don't know if there is such a thing as a Super Dollar Tree but this particular store
is about 3 times larger than the others in town and carries much more goods. Now that I think about it, it would have made sense to check this one out first
and I would have saved some time.
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This whole ANS7 bonus box and blister pack dry spell is quite irritating! I had no choice but to purchase a bonus box from CardGarys for $11.97 BIN. Inside the shipping box he included a special offers flier with bonus boxes for $9.97. WTF!!!!! I paid $2 more than I wanted plus the shipping costs. But I had no other choice!!!
This is really strange. Why would there be such poor distribution of the Bonus Boxes and Blister Packs for this series. Between the difficult odds of pulling certain inserts and now the difficult distibution. Sounds like this ANS 7 is the new age O.S. 16 to me. :sad: Anyone else see this ? Or am I just over thinking it? :^)
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The bonus boxes are no longer listed at the Topps online store either. WTF? Was going to get the binder until it said $12.75 for shipping...screw that. Haven't seen a bonus box in any of the 16 stores I've checked in my area. Up til now the bonus boxes have ALWAYS been a great seller at Target and other stores. Swiski should ask Cardgary for his $2.00 back.
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The bonus boxes are no longer listed at the Topps online store either. WTF? Was going to get the binder until it said $12.75 for shipping...screw that. Haven't seen a bonus box in any of the 16 stores I've checked in my area. Up til now the bonus boxes have ALWAYS been a great seller at Target and other stores. Swiski should ask Cardgary for his $2.00 back.
It initially was sumised that Topps pulled the Bonus Boxes from their online store BECAUSE they were going to be sold at stores like Target, Walmart and Toys R Us. Now they might as well put them back up there and make it an online exclusive. Even that would be strange after all this time the ANS series was always sold in the other 3 stores. :-\
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Really aggravating! At least I can pick up those blister packs I hid at TRU the other day.
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It initially was sumised that Topps pulled the Bonus Boxes from their online store BECAUSE they were going to be sold at stores like Target, Walmart and Toys R Us. Now they might as well put them back up there and make it an online exclusive. Even that would be strange after all this time the ANS series was always sold in the other 3 stores. :-\
What is everyone looking for with the bonus boxes? The bonus cards? I bought mine on ebay very cheap.
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The bonus boxes are no longer listed at the Topps online store either. WTF? Was going to get the binder until it said $12.75 for shipping...screw that. Haven't seen a bonus box in any of the 16 stores I've checked in my area. Up til now the bonus boxes have ALWAYS been a great seller at Target and other stores. Swiski should ask Cardgary for his $2.00 back.
Do you have the other binders? Average cost of shipping per item would go down if you needed more stuff.
I think Topps sold out of the bonus boxes. People can't find them in the wild so they went quick
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What is everyone looking for with the bonus boxes? The bonus cards? I bought mine on ebay very cheap.
I really liked finding the bonus boxes at Target and I could easily rationalize spending the 10 bucks when I did find one. Also, I pulled so many Gold FBI & FBII from only a handful of bonus boxes, I hoped to keep the lucky streak going.
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Do you have the other binders? Average cost of shipping per item would go down if you needed more stuff.
I think Topps sold out of the bonus boxes. People can't find them in the wild so they went quick
I mailed a binder out last week for less than 4 bucks. It was sent Media Mail but it actually only took 3-4 days to deliver.
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What is everyone looking for with the bonus boxes? The bonus cards? I bought mine on ebay very cheap.
I got my bonus cards in the mail today from 9046clint. I did not realize he is the GPK & Wacky Warehouse guy. Any-hoo, I got all four cards shipped for $12 shipped which is about what people are charging for a single bonus box.
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I saw that a few people posted that they were interested in getting some of the 4-sticker packs. I plan on going out this weekend to pick some up so if anyone is interested, please send me a PM and let me know how many you need.
I would also like to trade some of these packs for a 3+gum pack or two if anyone has any.
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It initially was sumised that Topps pulled the Bonus Boxes from their online store BECAUSE they were going to be sold at stores like Target, Walmart and Toys R Us. Now they might as well put them back up there and make it an online exclusive. Even that would be strange after all this time the ANS series was always sold in the other 3 stores. :-\
Found the blisters at Toys R Us here in OKC. I still have NOT seen a bonus box in the wild and I've been to Target and Wal-Mart numerous times looking for them and the blisters. Luckily for me, I was able to get a bonus box from Topps when they did have them. This exact same thing happened with Garbage Pail Kids Flashback. The blisters took awhile to find, but I NEVER could find a bonus box.
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Found the blisters at Toys R Us here in OKC. I still have NOT seen a bonus box in the wild and I've been to Target and Wal-Mart numerous times looking for them and the blisters. Luckily for me, I was able to get a bonus box from Topps when they did have them. This exact same thing happened with Garbage Pail Kids Flashback. The blisters took awhile to find, but I NEVER could find a bonus box.
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I, too, have not found any bonus boxes in the wild and from what I've been hearing I don't expect to. I did, however, find cereal boxes at one of the local Targets today(which was new for this area as far as I know) and also the $1.00 packs at a local Dollar Tree.
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I got my bonus cards in the mail today from 9046clint. I did not realize he is the GPK & Wacky Warehouse guy. Any-hoo, I got all four cards shipped for $12 shipped which is about what people are charging for a single bonus box.
I still don't understand why people buy bonus boxes if they can get the bonus cards so cheap.
Has anyone provided a rational rationale for buying bonus boxes?
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I still don't understand why people buy bonus boxes if they can get the bonus cards so cheap.
Has anyone provided a rational rationale for buying bonus boxes?
If I could find them in a retail store for $10, I'd buy them - you show the retailers that Wackys will sell, and you get an extra pack, plus the bonus card.
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I still don't understand why people buy bonus boxes if they can get the bonus cards so cheap.
Has anyone provided a rational rationale for buying bonus boxes?
Wanting the box for Completistism?
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DAMAGED STICKERS IN CEREAL BOXES!!!
I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this problem on the forum yet, but I bought a set of ANS7 cereal boxes at my local Target last night and when I opened them up, I noticed the top card in one of the cello-packs had a big dent on it running from top to bottom on the left hand side of the card. I'm a collector so I don't like damaged cards, but I figured that maybe it was only the top card that was damaged....
NO!!!!!
14 out of the 18 cards in the pack had the same dent in the same place...I also checked the top cards in the other packs without opening them and they also had dents... but the bonus cards and the cereal boxes themselves were in great condition...
has anyone else encountered this problem??? I dont know whether to alert Topps or return them to Target... :sad:
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DAMAGED STICKERS IN CEREAL BOXES!!!
I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this problem on the forum yet, but I bought a set of ANS7 cereal boxes at my local Target last night and when I opened them up, I noticed the top card in one of the cello-packs had a big dent on it running from top to bottom on the left hand side of the card. I'm a collector so I don't like damaged cards, but I figured that maybe it was only the top card that was damaged....
NO!!!!!
14 out of the 18 cards in the pack had the same dent in the same place...I also checked the top cards in the other packs without opening them and they also had dents... but the bonus cards and the cereal boxes themselves were in great condition...
has anyone else encountered this problem??? I dont know whether to alert Topps or return them to Target... :sad:
I've had that problem, but not with all of the cards just 1 or 2.
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If I could find them in a retail store for $10, I'd buy them - you show the retailers that Wackys will sell, and you get an extra pack, plus the bonus card.
I’ve never considered that. Support your local Wacky retailer! I’ve grown the think of Target as an evil giant like Wal-Mart, even though I shop there frequently.
Wanting the box for Completistism?
I was about to ask if the bonus box is significantly different in design or unique in some way, and then I realized if the only difference was an asterisk in the code, that fact would turn some people on, and I’m OK with not calling that extreme level of Completistism a type of neurosis :glasses3:
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DAMAGED STICKERS IN CEREAL BOXES!!!
I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this problem on the forum yet, but I bought a set of ANS7 cereal boxes at my local Target last night and when I opened them up, I noticed the top card in one of the cello-packs had a big dent on it running from top to bottom on the left hand side of the card. I'm a collector so I don't like damaged cards, but I figured that maybe it was only the top card that was damaged....
NO!!!!!
14 out of the 18 cards in the pack had the same dent in the same place...I also checked the top cards in the other packs without opening them and they also had dents... but the bonus cards and the cereal boxes themselves were in great condition...
has anyone else encountered this problem??? I dont know whether to alert Topps or return them to Target... :sad:
At least they were just the base cards that were damaged, which are virtually worthless. If the cereal set cards were damaged I'd be upset though!
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I still don't understand why people buy bonus boxes if they can get the bonus cards so cheap.
Has anyone provided a rational rationale for buying bonus boxes?
Yeah, the thrill of pack cracking. Some here have said they have pulled some very cool insert cards that they needed and also Golds, Sketches, Magnets, Foils, etc. Personally, I've had the most luck with grabbing packs from the 48 pack graviy feeds, but hey, everyone's luck is different.
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DAMAGED STICKERS IN CEREAL BOXES!!!
I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this problem on the forum yet, but I bought a set of ANS7 cereal boxes at my local Target last night and when I opened them up, I noticed the top card in one of the cello-packs had a big dent on it running from top to bottom on the left hand side of the card. I'm a collector so I don't like damaged cards, but I figured that maybe it was only the top card that was damaged....
NO!!!!!
14 out of the 18 cards in the pack had the same dent in the same place...I also checked the top cards in the other packs without opening them and they also had dents... but the bonus cards and the cereal boxes themselves were in great condition...
has anyone else encountered this problem??? I dont know whether to alert Topps or return them to Target... :sad:
I'd alert Topps and see if they'll do anything. If not, then Target.
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I went on a little road trip this weekend and, as is often the case in such situations, I did a little Wacky hunting along the way. Stopped at 3 K-Marts and all had pretty decent card sections. Sadly, there was not an ANS7 item to be found. What was even stranger is that one of them had the Blockbuster/TRU packs from Flashback I. What has it been, at least two years since that series? Very odd.
I did manage to find some of the 4 sticker ANS7 packs at a Dollar Tree. Picked up 6 of them. If anyone has access to the 3 stickers plus gum pack and wants to swap 3 of yours for 3 of mine, please let me know.
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I went on a little road trip this weekend and, as is often the case in such situations, I did a little Wacky hunting along the way. Stopped at 3 K-Marts and all had pretty decent card sections. Sadly, there was not an ANS7 item to be found. What was even stranger is that one of them had the Blockbuster/TRU packs from Flashback I. What has it been, at least two years since that series? Very odd.
I did manage to find some of the 4 sticker ANS7 packs at a Dollar Tree. Picked up 6 of them. If anyone has access to the 3 stickers plus gum pack and wants to swap 3 of yours for 3 of mine, please let me know.
I haven't found any around here. As a matter of fact, last night I was at Target and they were out of the Gravity Feed box and the box was even gone! That Target now has ZERO ANS 7 - and they only had the Gravity Feed box for a pretty short time before it completely sold out. Gee, I wonder if they'll get more? At this distribution rate I guess not. But then again since the older ANS stuff and Flashback stuff keeps surfacing, maybe we can expect ANS 7 to resurface in about 6 to 8 years. :o
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I went on a little road trip this weekend and, as is often the case in such situations, I did a little Wacky hunting along the way. Stopped at 3 K-Marts and all had pretty decent card sections. Sadly, there was not an ANS7 item to be found. What was even stranger is that one of them had the Blockbuster/TRU packs from Flashback I. What has it been, at least two years since that series? Very odd.
I did manage to find some of the 4 sticker ANS7 packs at a Dollar Tree. Picked up 6 of them. If anyone has access to the 3 stickers plus gum pack and wants to swap 3 of yours for 3 of mine, please let me know.
It seems that the 3+gum packs may be the toughest to get for this series. I have not heard of anyone finding these packs in the wild. In fact, I've only heard the one guy who came on here and said he bought a box of these by mistake and I have not seen any more of the boxes being sold anywhere online.
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It seems that the 3+gum packs may be the toughest to get for this series. I have not heard of anyone finding these packs in the wild. In fact, I've only heard the one guy who came on here and said he bought a box of these by mistake and I have not seen any more of the boxes being sold anywhere online.
The Topps Store seems to have them for sale, at least they are claiming to:
http://www.toppsonlinestore.com/servlet/the-664/Wacky-Packages-All-dsh-New-Series/Detail
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The Topps Store seems to have them for sale, at least they are claiming to:
http://www.toppsonlinestore.com/servlet/the-664/Wacky-Packages-All-dsh-New-Series/Detail
Funny how I didn't even think about checking the Topps site!
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I found ANS 7 at 5 Below yesterday. Just a retail/hobby box w/ 24 packs in. No bonus boxes or blisters.
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I found ANS 7 at 5 Below yesterday. Just a retail/hobby box w/ 24 packs in. No bonus boxes or blisters.
Are they the 3+gum packs? Or 4 sticker packs?
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Hey guys,i'm in Canada so i don't have the chance to walk into a store and buy boxes of this stuff.
Now that Topps pulled the Bonus B4 box from online sales where are they all goin'??,,,where are all the ones on e-bay comin' from?,,and do you think this is goin' to be the more desirable bonus card :o
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Hey guys,i'm in Canada so i don't have the chance to walk into a store and buy boxes of this stuff.
Now that Topps pulled the Bonus B5 box from online sales where are they all goin'??,,,where are all the ones on e-bay comin' from?,,and do you think this is goin' to be the more desirable bonus card :o
I learned the hard way with the Coach Motel bonus sticker and this time I'm not taking any chances. I bought a handful of the ANS7 B4 bonus sticker just in case the value goes up in the future. Could there be a supply and demand issue down the road? I kinda doubt it.....but who knows?
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I bought an extra 1 as well,,one fer the binder and keep 1 in plasic i guess :-\
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I learned the hard way with the Coach Motel bonus sticker and this time I'm not taking any chances. I bought a handful of the ANS7 B4 bonus sticker just in case the value goes up in the future. Could there be a supply and demand issue down the road? I kinda doubt it.....but who knows?
Since no one can find the boxes I wonder why they aren't flying off the ebay shelves ;D
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Since no one can find the boxes I wonder why they aren't flying off the ebay shelves ;D
I have been watching ANS7 on ebay really close and I have wondered the same thing. It's kinda wierd, huh? I guess we will have to wait and see what happens to the prices.
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Since no one can find the boxes I wonder why they aren't flying off the ebay shelves ;D
ya i thought te same thing,but in a few months 100's of em will come outa the woodwork for .99 :-[
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ya i thought te same thing,but in a few months 100's of em will come outa the woodwork for .99 :-[
I got mine from Card Gary's for a reasonable price. Here's the price list that someone posted on "the other forum". (or is this "the other forum"?)
You can email him at the address on the list. He's very quick to respond. There isn't a price for just the 3 blister pack bonus cards - but he quoted me $5 which seemed good to me. Orders over $50 get free shipping.
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Since no one can find the boxes I wonder why they aren't flying off the ebay shelves ;D
Probably because folks are holding out to see if they are going to start appearing in stores.
I typically have that kind of patients, but in the world of Wacky's I couldn't wait no more and
got mines from the E-bay shelves.
Very very strange distribution of this series indeed. :^)
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I typically have that kind of patients, but in the world of Wacky's I couldn't wait no more and
got mines from the E-bay shelves.
What kind of a Wacky doctor are you?
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I got mine from Card Gary's for a reasonable price. Here's the price list that someone posted on "the other forum". (or is this "the other forum"?)
You can email him at the address on the list. He's very quick to respond. There isn't a price for just the 3 blister pack bonus cards - but he quoted me $5 which seemed good to me. Orders over $50 get free shipping.
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Seems highly unlikely this stuff was underproduced so bide your time and wait for dealers with over abundance of stock to drop prices or better yet, have the fun of hunting for stuff in the wild. Having everything just handed to us with easy internet ordering is sorta boring, no?
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Seems highly unlikely this stuff was underproduced so bide your time and wait for dealers with over abundance of stock to drop prices or better yet, have the fun of hunting for stuff in the wild. Having everything just handed to us with easy internet ordering is sorta boring, no?
I did find some stuff in the wild which is no doubt fun, but I get tired of going into the big "marts". I prefer shopping on-line for just about everything. Saves a lot of time (and often money) even if it is boring.
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Yeah, I went with "the wild" this time, but must admit in hindsight it's been a mixed bag for me.
I love Wackys. That's a given. And the artwork/gags in ANS7 have been extremely high caliber, which is fantastic.
But I've been very disappointed in the cost/return ratio for ANS7. I've sunk about $400 into it and have still had to eBay to get Bonus Boxes and Flash Foils (to complete just one set!).
Yesterday I went by Wal-Mart (which has had only one gravity feed to date), and the gravity feed was gone. 23 packs were rubber-banded in a stack in the back of the shelf. WTF? So I bought 'em all. Pulled a couple of flash foils, and filled in a couple of red WOM's, but nothing else. Realized afterward that I had dropped $46 for these, which now seems crazy. Was thinking: "dang, for that I could have bought a whole box of OS2 when it comes out!"
Last night I started wondering why the packs aren't $1.25 or so (what is the profit margin anyway? ANS1 was $1/pack for 6 cards in 2004), and why the heck the distribution is so whacked (pun intended), and why the odds are so bad. Seems to me that for $400 a gold set should have been "within reach" and I should have been able to build two or three silver sets. I mean seriously, how much do those flash foils cost Topps? And what kids would spent $400 to only pull 3/5ths of a silver set in the wild?
Basically for me if ANS8 is like this, I'm just going to buy the complete sets from eBay and pick up a couple of packs in the wild. At least with the OS series I would have had a sketch card with each box I bought and for $400 would have had nine of them to keep/trade/sell.
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No way that kids are spending $400 on ANS7. What kids have that kind of money and, if they do, would they be spending them on Wackys? I don't believe that to be the case.
I spent approximately about $100 on ANS7 (one retail box for $48, two cereal trays for about $30, one bonus box for just under $10, and another $12 on six packs from a gravity feed). I luckily got one autographed foil and needed to do trading to complete one foil set, one full set of WOM (I almost have two WOM sets), and about 2/3rds of the red border WOM. I think I got about three or four silver and that's it. That's about all I am willing to spend on a series at this juncture in time.
In contrast, I got three boxes of OLDS1 for a little more than that - and that gave me three sketches guaranteed.
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Yeah, I went with "the wild" this time, but must admit in hindsight it's been a mixed bag for me.
I love Wackys. That's a given. And the artwork/gags in ANS7 have been extremely high caliber, which is fantastic.
But I've been very disappointed in the cost/return ratio for ANS7. I've sunk about $400 into it and have still had to eBay to get Bonus Boxes and Flash Foils (to complete just one set!).
Yesterday I went by Wal-Mart (which has had only one gravity feed to date), and the gravity feed was gone. 23 packs were rubber-banded in a stack in the back of the shelf. WTF? So I bought 'em all. Pulled a couple of flash foils, and filled in a couple of red WOM's, but nothing else. Realized afterward that I had dropped $46 for these, which now seems crazy. Was thinking: "dang, for that I could have bought a whole box of OS2 when it comes out!"
Last night I started wondering why the packs aren't $1.25 or so (what is the profit margin anyway? ANS1 was $1/pack for 6 cards in 2004), and why the heck the distribution is so whacked (pun intended), and why the odds are so bad. Seems to me that for $400 a gold set should have been "within reach" and I should have been able to build two or three silver sets. I mean seriously, how much do those flash foils cost Topps? And what kids would spent $400 to only pull 3/5ths of a silver set in the wild?
Basically for me if ANS8 is like this, I'm just going to buy the complete sets from eBay and pick up a couple of packs in the wild. At least with the OS series I would have had a sketch card with each box I bought and for $400 would have had nine of them to keep/trade/sell.
Almost the exact same story here, I speculate I spent about $450 and have no auto, no gold border, and no sketch to show for it. I did have enough silvers borders to trade for a complete set here on the forum and complete several WOM pinks. In the past, I have purchased "master sets" on ebay for around $75 to $125 (depending on the release) and then spent more to pick up items to complete my set. This was the first time I jumped in with both feet and purchased a case and also extra boxes, etc. directly from Topps. I was hoping to be the guy selling an extra master set or two this time around, but fat chance when it is so difficult to even put a silver set together. Thats my SOB story, and I'm stuck with it.
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What kind of a Wacky doctor are you?
You know I'd have to be Dr. Ono. Now please take a seat and I'll be right with you.
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The Topps Store seems to have them for sale, at least they are claiming to:
http://www.toppsonlinestore.com/servlet/the-664/Wacky-Packages-All-dsh-New-Series/Detail
it's interesting that Cereal Tray B is now sold out on Topps Online. That's the one with Capn Crud and Triks.
Interesting in that it always seemed like the walmarts, targets and tru's that I've gone to would usually have 5 sets of trays, 3 A and 2 B.
I doubt it was really short printed. Just seemed odd.
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Just got back from Hastings. I pick up one blister pack of ANS7 for 4 bucks. It contained two packs and the bonus card B3. See the scan of the package back below.
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it's interesting that Cereal Tray B is now sold out on Topps Online. That's the one with Capn Crud and Triks.
Interesting in that it always seemed like the walmarts, targets and tru's that I've gone to would usually have 5 sets of trays, 3 A and 2 B.
I doubt it was really short printed. Just seemed odd.
And the crazy distribution saga continues ... :^)
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I see there's ANOTHER ans7 blister pack on the market. This one has no bonus card and is wider then the other blister packs. Cardgary has an ebay listing for it.
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I see there's ANOTHER ans7 blister pack on the market. This one has no bonus card and is wider then the other blister packs. Cardgary has an ebay listing for it.
WT_?
Is it just me, or does this seem really weird? I hope these things (insane odds, poor distribution, flow packs, and non-bonus blister packs) are not a sign of things to come for ANS8+...
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WT_?
Is it just me, or does this seem really weird? I hope these things (insane odds, poor distribution, flow packs, and non-bonus blister packs) are not a sign of things to come for ANS8+...
Me too, I couldn't agree more.... or in RonSpeak.... Me two, I coul'dnt argee more. Have a wacky night.
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I see there's ANOTHER ans7 blister pack on the market. This one has no bonus card and is wider then the other blister packs. Cardgary has an ebay listing for it.
I just saw a blister bonus box gravity feed w/gum flow 8 sticker pack in a vending machine! :P HA ! Gotcha !!
At first I thought you were kidding, now I gotta check this out. :-\
Checked it out. Funny how these things are always found through a mysterious friend. :^)
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it's interesting that Cereal Tray B is now sold out on Topps Online. That's the one with Capn Crud and Triks.
Interesting in that it always seemed like the walmarts, targets and tru's that I've gone to would usually have 5 sets of trays, 3 A and 2 B.
I doubt it was really short printed. Just seemed odd.
I just went to ToppsOnline to order a box of the 3-sticker gum pack (which, I would have never known was available unless reading this thread (thanks to the person who posted)....I went to toppsonline to order ans7 stuff as soon as I found out about it, and these were not there. I learned about them through reading the threads. So what, Topps? Are you going to put the 4-sticker packs up for sale online later on?
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Funny how I didn't even think about checking the Topps site!
Ah yes, Elizabeth, thanks for posting! I STILL can't get used to this board where you can't reply to a post until you read everything in it....at least this time I did remember to write down the post numbers so I could go back to them...........erg.
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I saw that a few people posted that they were interested in getting some of the 4-sticker packs. I plan on going out this weekend to pick some up so if anyone is interested, please send me a PM and let me know how many you need.
I would also like to trade some of these packs for a 3+gum pack or two if anyone has any.
Loren,
I "marked" this post as a reply..........I would LOVE some 4-sticker packs and as a matter of fact, I just happen to have some 3-gum packs on the way. :-)
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Loren,
I "marked" this post as a reply..........I would LOVE some 4-sticker packs and as a matter of fact, I just happen to have some 3-gum packs on the way. :-)
Oh, and also thanks to Patrick who posted he found blister packs at TRU. I went to local Targays tonight for the first time since the begninning of Sep to maybe find blister packs. Of course, nada. Would have NEVER thought to visit TRU....will do that tomorrow!
Oh, and to the person who is flabbergasted that someone would buy a bonus box.....HELLO? The damn bonus box!! Hello? I have yet to find these things in the wild, and will probably wind up ordering from Card Garys.
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I just went to ToppsOnline to order a box of the 3-sticker gum pack (which, I would have never known was available unless reading this thread (thanks to the person who posted)....I went to toppsonline to order ans7 stuff as soon as I found out about it, and these were not there. I learned about them through reading the threads. So what, Topps? Are you going to put the 4-sticker packs up for sale online later on?
I found four sticker packs at dollar tree. They come in the only ans7 gravity feed known to have printing on the entire box.
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I STILL can't get used to this board where you can't reply to a post until you read everything in it....at least this time I did remember to write down the post numbers so I could go back to them...........erg.
I may be misunderstanding your point, but you can Reply to any post at any time, right?
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I may be misunderstanding your point, but you can Reply to any post at any time, right?
I think what Dave's referring to how a quote reply will dump you to the very end of a thread no matter what message you are responding to.
So if you have a multi-page thread that you haven't read yet, you start reading and feel compelled to reply to a post - at which point you are then dumped out at the very last post on the very last page at the end of the thread and have to backtrack and figure out where you left off.
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I live in Carrollton, Ga. and as far as I know, I am the only person in the area that is a Wacky collector.
I went to Target last night and they finally have gotten another gravity feed box to replace the one I bought on release day over a month ago. Someone had torn the tops of each pack in the box just enough to move the cards about and see if there was a sketch card. Each tear was maybe a 1/4 inch and the cards had been moved around and left that way. At first I thought that someone had opened the box with a blade and had cut a small slice into the pack (I find DVDs at Target this way all the time). Then I realised that every pack had this special feature. Obviously someone was looking for sketches. I don't know if it is another collector or if the Excell guy who restocks heard about the sketch craze and was checking out the box. Anyone buying packs probably wouldn't notice until they went to open the pack. If they did notice ahead of time, the tear is so small that they wouldn't care. It didn't impact the contents, as everything was still intact. There were only 41 packs in the box and I don't know how long it had been there, so I don't know if the culprit found a sketch or not.
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I found four sticker packs at dollar tree. They come in the only ans7 gravity feed known to have printing on the entire box.
there is the wal*mart box with full art. unless you don't consider that a gravity feed?
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I live in Carrollton, Ga. and as far as I know, I am the only person in the area that is a Wacky collector.
I went to Target last night and they finally have gotten another gravity feed box to replace the one I bought on release day over a month ago. Someone had torn the tops of each pack in the box just enough to move the cards about and see if there was a sketch card. Each tear was maybe a 1/4 inch and the cards had been moved around and left that way. At first I thought that someone had opened the box with a blade and had cut a small slice into the pack (I find DVDs at Target this way all the time). Then I realised that every pack had this special feature. Obviously someone was looking for sketches. I don't know if it is another collector or if the Excell guy who restocks heard about the sketch craze and was checking out the box. Anyone buying packs probably wouldn't notice until they went to open the pack. If they did notice ahead of time, the tear is so small that they wouldn't care. It didn't impact the contents, as everything was still intact. There were only 41 packs in the box and I don't know how long it had been there, so I don't know if the culprit found a sketch or not.
Wow, that's really lame.
Yet another reason why the insane odds are not a good thing imo.
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Topps is now Out of Stock on both cereal box sets.
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Topps is now Out of Stock on both cereal box sets.
Cool, now the prices will start to rise! Unless of course they replenish them.
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Cool, now the prices will start to rise! Unless of course they replenish them.
just shop at TRU, the prices have already risen...
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Loren,
I "marked" this post as a reply..........I would LOVE some 4-sticker packs and as a matter of fact, I just happen to have some 3-gum packs on the way. :-)
David - I just finally read this post. I still have about five 4-sticker packs left. I would love to trade for a couple of 3+gum packs when you get them.
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David - I just finally read this post. I still have about five 4-sticker packs left. I would love to trade for a couple of 3+gum packs when you get them.
Why not just PM each other? I have read where people are having issues not being able to know if someone answered their post. You can flag any thread to give you notification of a reply. It doesn't mean it's a reply to your post though. If someone really wants an answer from someone they can just PM them to get the answer they are looking for.
If you start a thread you might be looking for an answer. Just setup an email notification to yourself for the thread you started.
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I saw 3 cereal box sets at Target last night (in the toy department) Didn't grab them though, I've think I've spent enough on ANS7. I moved them so they were by the blister packs.
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I saw 3 cereal box sets at Target last night (in the toy department) Didn't grab them though, I've think I've spent enough on ANS7. I moved them so they were by the blister packs.
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What does it say on the price tag on the shelf?
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there is the wal*mart box with full art. unless you don't consider that a gravity feed?
I forgot about the short gravity feed because I usually see it sitting on a shelf rather than defying gravity. So the dollar packs may be the only TALL gravity feed to come with full box art.
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What does it say on the price tag on the shelf?
The price tag is for the Pokemon tin behind the cereal boxes. I found the WP boxes strewn among some random toys on an aisle nearby.
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I picked up another Dollar Tree gravity feed today. This is the tall one with full artwork all around. I bought all the remaining packs and asked the cashier if I could take the box.
If anybody is looking for one, I would sell it for $15 shipped. $16 if you are paying with PayPal (to cover the PayPal fees).
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I picked up another Dollar Tree gravity feed today. This is the tall one with full artwork all around. I bought all the remaining packs and asked the cashier if I could take the box.
If anybody is looking for one, I would sell it for $15 shipped. $16 if you are paying with PayPal (to cover the PayPal fees).
The Dollar Tree gravity feed has been sold!
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I see there's ANOTHER ans7 blister pack on the market. This one has no bonus card and is wider then the other blister packs. Cardgary has an ebay listing for it.
Has anyone spotted this "wide" blister pack in the wild yet? I don't want to pay $8+ for one on ebay...
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I happened to be in a K-Mart today and they had ANS7 blister packs for $3.99 each.
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I happened to be in a K-Mart today and they had ANS7 blister packs for $3.99 each.
Wide packs or regular ones?
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Wide packs or regular ones?
I assume they are the regular ones. What are "wide pack" blisters?
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I assume they are the regular ones. What are "wide pack" blisters?
they're the ones Cardgarys got up on ebay. Blisters w/o bonus cards, and the blister part is wider than the packs.
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they're the ones Cardgarys got up on ebay. Blisters w/o bonus cards, and the blister part is wider than the packs.
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The ones I found at K-Mart were the regular ones with bonus cards. I didn't pick any of them up because they were pretty beat up.
I also went by the first Dollar Tree where the checkout girl gave me the Gravity Feed and they actually had another one out! I thought about trying to snag it but it looked like it was almost full and I didn't want to buy all those packs. I may go back in a week or so and see if the packs are getting sold down.
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The ones I found at K-Mart were the regular ones with bonus cards. I didn't pick any of them up because they were pretty beat up.
I also went by the first Dollar Tree where the checkout girl gave me the Gravity Feed and they actually had another one out! I thought about trying to snag it but it looked like it was almost full and I didn't want to buy all those packs. I may go back in a week or so and see if the packs are getting sold down.
Seems like they sent the whole supply to that Dollar Tree.
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I found bonus boxes and bonus blisters at Sports Authority today - $10 and $4, respectively. So cool to find them in the wild I bought some - I've found cool Wackys there before, so I figure let's encourage them to carry Wackys.
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I found bonus boxes and bonus blisters at Sports Authority today - $10 and $4, respectively. So cool to find them in the wild I bought some - I've found cool Wackys there before, so I figure let's encourage them to carry Wackys.
thanks for that info! that's the first I've heard of them in the wild.
I've been meaning to stop by the local Authority, as they've carried sports cards and GPK in the past. I've never seen wacky's though, so I hope this time is different. I still need a bonus box, so if not the Authority, then I'm off to CardGary's
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thanks for that info! that's the first I've heard of them in the wild.
I've been meaning to stop by the local Authority, as they've carried sports cards and GPK in the past. I've never seen wacky's though, so I hope this time is different. I still need a bonus box, so if not the Authority, then I'm off to CardGary's
Much more satisfying to find them on a store shelf! I left a lot behind, will check back in a couple of days to see if they're gone.
One thing I like about these packaging formats is that they shouldn't be searchable. After seeing all the 'hot pack' auctions lately, I no longer want to buy gravity feed packs.
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Much more satisfying to find them on a store shelf! I left a lot behind, will check back in a couple of days to see if they're gone.
One thing I like about these packaging formats is that they shouldn't be searchable. After seeing all the 'hot pack' auctions lately, I no longer want to buy gravity feed packs.
no luck for me at sports authority. they had actually dismantled the trading card display just a couple of days ago, so they wheeled out the remnants in a shopping cart! some baseball and a non-sport thing, but no wackys. They've had little or no card sales for a long, long time so they are giving up at this store.
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I found bonus boxes and bonus blisters at Sports Authority today - $10 and $4, respectively. So cool to find them in the wild I bought some - I've found cool Wackys there before, so I figure let's encourage them to carry Wackys.
Wow ! At Sports Authority? That's incredible and cool.
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Much more satisfying to find them on a store shelf! I left a lot behind, will check back in a couple of days to see if they're gone.
One thing I like about these packaging formats is that they shouldn't be searchable. After seeing all the 'hot pack' auctions lately, I no longer want to buy gravity feed packs.
Yeah, I too am leery about the gravity feeds now. Seems like the look extra "picked over" whenever I see them. I bought some bonus boxes from CardGary's and liked the fact that the packs were untouched. Blister packs are kind of pissing me off though because the bonus stickers are almost ALWAYS BENT on the corners, because they aren't in cellophane so they bang around. Annoying.
Last of the ANS7 I bought from a Wal-Mart here and they had 6 packs. One was taped to the front of the gravity feed (which I carefully peeled off). It was at this point I could see that the gravity feed box wasn't even a Wacky one anymore. It was some other fantasy/penguin/glittery-unicorn-whatever box. Seems like Wackys were really abused this time 'round. The last of 'em at the other Wal-Mart were rubber-banded (aiieee!) and laying unceremoniously on the back of the shelf on their sides.
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Yeah, I too am leery about the gravity feeds now. Seems like the look extra "picked over" whenever I see them. I bought some bonus boxes from CardGary's and liked the fact that the packs were untouched. Blister packs are kind of pissing me off though because the bonus stickers are almost ALWAYS BENT on the corners, because they aren't in cellophane so they bang around. Annoying.
Last of the ANS7 I bought from a Wal-Mart here and they had 6 packs. One was taped to the front of the gravity feed (which I carefully peeled off). It was at this point I could see that the gravity feed box wasn't even a Wacky one anymore. It was some other fantasy/penguin/glittery-unicorn-whatever box. Seems like Wackys were really abused this time 'round. The last of 'em at the other Wal-Mart were rubber-banded (aiieee!) and laying unceremoniously on the back of the shelf on their sides.
When you say the feeds have been "picked over", are you referring to people searching for the "hot packs" like the one seller on eBay has been listing? I still don't get how that guy is doing that. I was at a Target yesterday and I tried to see if I could "see" the chase card through the back of the pack and I just couldn't do it. I guess if you had a lot of practice you could do it but I can't imagine standing there in the store and searching through 48 packs. It seems like that would take forever.
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When you say the feeds have been "picked over", are you referring to people searching for the "hot packs" like the one seller on eBay has been listing? I still don't get how that guy is doing that. I was at a Target yesterday and I tried to see if I could "see" the chase card through the back of the pack and I just couldn't do it. I guess if you had a lot of practice you could do it but I can't imagine standing there in the store and searching through 48 packs. It seems like that would take forever.
It seems more than likely that he/she figured out the pattern, colliation, knights move kinda mathmatical equation where as they have somehow concluded for example, that there would be a special insert card in pack say #23 to 26 of the pile into the gravity feed. But wouldn't the packs get mixed up during transportation and handling of that gravity feed. I suppose you could tell once the box is opened if the packs have been disrupted.
Also, someone else here has stated if the person figured out this, then why dozn't he/she just open up the pack and sell the special card themselves?
Also, they would of have spent quite a few ducketts to find out this pattern within the boxes.
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11/01/2010 Topps store offering bonus boxes, gravity feeds and blister packs!!
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11/01/2010 Topps store offering bonus boxes, gravity feeds and blister packs!!
wow! and the cereal boxes too.
a great way to get everything - although postage is a killer
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.........are now available on http://www.toppsonlinestore.com/servlet/the-Wacky-Packages/Categories
Regards, Chickenfat2010
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I noticed that yesterday as well. It says the gravity feeds have 96 packs per. I thought it was 48. Topps should correct that or may be getting some angry customers.
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Cereal Boxes and Gravity feeds are all gone now from the Topps site. Does anyone have an extra empty Target Gravity Feed Box they want to trade with me for the other type. I piced up an extra one from the dollar store that has the graphics going all around the box - it looks way cooler than the Target one, but I need the Target one with the maroon sides for my collection.
I have an extra one: Gravity Feed Type I (Tall) Code: 2-763-03-03-0 to trade - the one with the graphics around the whole box.
PM me and LMK, thanks Jeff
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Thanks for the replies to my trade request in the last post - Billf, Rawgoo & Fanatical. Looks good for a trade with Rawgoo on this Gravity Feed Box. Thanks for checking on that for me anyway Fanatical :great: Looking forward to the Olds 2!