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  1. Thanks for the replies guys! I have sent it off to be read, pretty much exactily what was written, though I did add that there was about $300 worth of merch coming out this month that I won't be buying from them. featofstrength - I worked at that same TRU that I am complaining about (I worked for a day and quit when I first moved here 7 years ago, didnt think it was worth mentioning) and I know about the insane about of cameras they have and that there is always someone watching. BTW, if I was stealing stuff in my bag, then I wouldn't have room for the stuff I purchased in the first place... just a little food for thought.
  2. It was one of those deals where I was just stewing on it, so I had to actually write something out to get it out of my system. I plan on still sending it, but I wanted to know what yall thought.
  3. Hey guys, I went to toy r us over this past weekend, and I was asked to leave my backpack behind the counter for security reasons. I was and am still pissed about it, kind of a crappy way to treat a loyal customer of almost 30 years. I was so unhappy about it, I wrote out an email, but have yet to send it. I wanted to ask what you guys thought before I sent it. Like maybe I am just making something out of nothing or maybe I am being out of line. Anyways, here is my email, let me know what you guys think: To Whom it may concern: I want to start by saying "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid!" I can still remember those commercials playing on Nickelodeon, and I remember the rush of excited I'd feel from seeing a Toys R Us bag. I guess what I am getting at is that I am a loyal customer, I have been for many years, pretty much as far back as I can remember, so for almost 30 years. I never outgrew going to your stores, since I am also an avid toy collector and video game player. I have spent thousands of dollars at your various stores and have been given too many Jeffery dollars to count, so I want to be clear I am very much a fan of how I have been treated at your store until recently. A few years back, I went to your store here in Gainesville, Florida, pretty much the only TRU around. I had been to this store many, many times and never had problems. I ride a motorcycle, so, if I want to buy anything from your store, I need a bag to carry it home in. I had been to that store many times with my backpack and never got hassled (usually because I stop by on my way home from work and I dress in a professional manner with shirt and tie) This time I was in normal jeans and t shirt and upon entering your store, was asking to leave my bag at the front desk. I was surprised since I always take my backpack with me to larger stores with pricier merchandise and had never been asked this (Walmarts, Targets, Best Buy, Grocery Stores) I gave it up, but was not happy about it. So a week or two later I went back, same regular attire and again was asked to leave my bag. This time I was very upset by the implication that I would be stealing and asked where it said I wasn't allowed to have my bag. The woman told me there was a sign out front for it, so I stepped out, confirmed there was no sign for this, and told her so. I said I had come there for years and never had that problem, and if I had to leave my bag at the front I doubt I would buy anything. She said she would have SOMEONE ESCORT ME in the store, like I was a criminal. I left, very angry that day and decided to buy mostly online and at other stores from that point on. Slowly over time I started to go back to that store, but didn't take my backpack for fear of practically being called a thief. Well I started to get comfortable enough again to bring my bag along, since like I said I need it in order to buy anything larger then a videogame. So for well over a year now I have been back regularlly, atleast twice a month if not more, to buy games and action figures, which can cost anywhere between $50 and $100 a visit with the high cost of plastics these days. This past Saturday, 9/10/11, I was at your Gainesville location (in my regular shirt and jeans and not the shirt and tie I normally wear) and was told immediately I could not have my bag in your store and I needed to leave it at the front. Honestly, with all the new Thundercats toys that have been hitting your shelves, I have been spent well over $200 in my past two visits alone, so I was pretty insulted with the implication that I would be stealing something. I can overlook the fact that EVERY employee would stare at me with my bag on in the isles, especially since I would take a little longer in some isles since, like I said, I collect, so I am making sure what I am buying is what I want and need for my collection. I can be cool with that, sure, since I will be walking up to the register with everything in hand and have nothing to hide, but after being called out over this bag policy (which there is STILL no mention of on the front door, see attached image) I am done with shopping at this location. I don't ever complain to "corporate" or anything like that, never the squeeky wheel, always understanding of the rules, but this backpack thing is insulting. Are women asked to leave their purses at the front desk? Are mothers with children in strollers told that the stroller is not allowed? What about all those other times I come with a tie on and am never asked to leave my bag? How come I am getting called out if I dress in casual clothes versus business attire? I am very disappointed with this, and it will be inconvenient for me to have to shop at other stores and it will cost me more to buy things online with shipping (I wont buy from tru.com not either), but I will not feel like I am being looked at like a criminal. It's very shoddy to pick and choose when this so-called policy is going to be implemented, especially if it is dependant on my personal attire. I am very insulted by that stores practices and I do hope that something is done or said. I really feel let down by you guys, I know you are a corporation interested in making money and sound financial choices, but this one is a mistake. I have never stolen a dime in my life, I am a grown man, nearly 30 years old, I work hard at two jobs and support myself and a loving wife and god willing, children too. I don't plan on returning to your stores because of this selective policy and I hope your stores either post clearly that backpacks are to be left at the front (which I nevermind doing if it is a posted policy) or decide a better way to pick and choose who looks trust worthy and who doesn't. I can't think of any other store I have visited more
  4. Yeah, ask him what he's doing in your backyard, and how do I get him in my backyard
  5. I guess I remember how every Marvel Legend Wolverine had incredibly soft claws, never really thought about it till now.
  6. Don't want to be a pessimist, but I think the NECA turtles are the best we are going to get. Maybe Playmates will do something amazing for the fans (besides just reissue the same turtles that they did in the 80's) and come off with a nice TMNTC line with all the bells and whistles. Common modern articulation and size BeeBop and Rocksteady!
  7. Someone was trying to sell me on getting dead island, thanks for your input on it! Sounds like a bargain bin purchase...
  8. Yeah I don't understand the scale stuff either. They are their own company, doing their own thing in terms of scale, they don't need them to be the same as Marvel Legends of MOTUC, it's their own size.
  9. It's not Bandai's fault. It's the toy safety standards that they have to follow. Jeez really? I think if a kid shoves a hard piece of plastic in his eye he deserves to lose it!
  10. OK, last Arrested Development image... I swear
  11. It's George Oscar Buth Jr (GOB) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Oscar_%22Gob%22_Bluth_II#Gob_Bluth If you haven't seen Arrested Development, you should, ask Super Powers, it'll change your life! Ok maybe that was an oversell, but it's damn fine work!
  12. Yeah, it's a mean trick of the internet.... illusion, I mean ILLUSION! Sometimes you find that a hundred dollar bill.... is nothing more, then a hundred pennies!
  13. You want to go, where people know, troubles are all the same...

  14. Haha I was being sarcastic, I guess I should have said that. LOL, sarcasm is easily lost on the internet... I know this is all in good fun! @smilepunch@
  15. Still haven't been to a comic shop to buy it, I will probably just order it online...
  16. If that's true, then it would be the one thing that he cant "cure"-- since most post-crisis stories and media have him "curing/fixing" just about every problem.... I'm sure that most of the DC suits, along with Bruce Timm-- would gladly debate you on that.... See that's one of the problems with Batman, he's too good at everything. Expert fighter, expert scientist, expert detective, expert pilot, expert strategist. DC likes to tout Batman as a superhero without super powers, yet he's the best at everything? It's all in good fun, and nobody wants to read about a hero who fails at things, but, just like Superman's powers got out of control, so is Batman's expert status. And I am sure DC suits have better things to do then talk about which fictional character can beat which. Also, pretty sure they would be a little bias towards there own company, wouldn't you agree? BTW, Bruce Timm is too busy counting his money to care...
  17. Batman may be the world's greatest detective, but not the world's greatest scientist. If Bruce Banner and Reed Richards can't cure it, I doubt Mr Wayne could. Big ups BigBot! Big ups!
  18. Yeah I think 4 people total watched Brothers Keeper, that would be myself and my two brothers and some other a$hole somewhere lol. How about Teen Angel? Again, I liked it, I think it was cancelled after lik 6 episodes Yeah perfect strangers is that show with the two cousins living together and one if foreign. Fun fact though, Family Matters is a spin off of Perfect Strangers, the mom from FM was the elevator operator on PS and would talk about her cop husband.
  19. Yeah it was, lets see how many TGIF shows I can remember off the top of my head (yup, its that kinda work day) Family Matters Perfect Strangers Step by Step Brother's Keeper Sabrina the Teenage Witch Boy Meets World Hangin' with Mr Cooper (maybe?) Sinbad (maybe?) I guess that is all I can think of right now... if anyone else can think of some, please post! And don't go looking them up, anyone could do that, this is just a fun little game to see what we can remember.
  20. As lame as it sounds, TGIF!!! Seriously, I want to watch TGIF... gimmie some Urkle!
  21. LIES LIES LIES!!! HULK FOR THE WIN! SuperPowers, I don't think you know very much about Superman.... have you ever even read a Superman comic before? Featofstrength, you neither, stick to Ghostbusters and Dr. Who Pal! Only Hulk can win!
  22. OK then, go ahead and say the samething-- to the many stroke victims that have been victims of intense rage and stress.... Anger does have a limit from person to person, because if it didn't, people would not die from heart attacks caused by intense anger or rage... A stroke or heart-attacked caused by rage, is the body's way of saying "OK tough guy, you've hit the limit...and I cant take no more".... Except the Hulk gets more durable the more angry he gets, so he would never reach the point that his body would fail due to rage. Understandable. RTP said "Some of the worst atrocities to ever befall mankind have been at the hands of angry or hate filled men. " So he was also talking about the real world with that line...and that's my answer to him, about real world anger... Also the "more durable" argument is always used for the Hulk's power. Like someone said before, the character is only as powerful as the person writing the Hulk story, makes him.That goes for Superman as well... But it would be boring if we just go by that... We have to pretend as if these characters were, so that we could have a winner haha. Sure I would say some people have suffered strokes and the like, possibly related to angry issues, however there are PLENTY of mean, hateful, spiteful people that have been that way their whole lives who live to a ripe old age. What you are talking about, strokes, heart disease, all that has too many variables to be able to say "anger did him in", you have genetics, diet, living condition, environment, all of these can help contribute to what you are saying. I have never heard of someone dieing SOLEY based on a fit of rage or anger. A heart attack can take place, but odds are if you are going to suffer a heart attack from anger, you were probably at high risk to have one anyway, anger was just a catalist (plenty of people in poor health have even died from sex, so I don't think we are even talking about extreme emotional or physical activites, just a predisposition for stroke or heart attack) You can't be so angry that you go into a coma, or die, or suffer a stroke, that's just not possible. The conditions surrounding these circumstance are the cause. Sorry, I just don't buy there being a limit to how hateful and angry a soul can be, that is like saying there is a limit on how much you can love something, and I will bet you can most couples who have been together for 50 years if they love each other more everyday and see what they say. Love, hate, anger, they are all related and know no limits. Also, one last thing, we have no way of measuring a feeling, no way to say "I am 10 levels mad" or anything, so since there is no clear way to map emotion on this level, I fear that nobody can say for sure what how much we can feel. It's just my personal belief that it is limitless.
  23. I wouldn't rule it out just yet. They've already got the molds and scuplt and tooling, it would not cost nearly as much to make more then it would during the initial run. Now I highly doubt it would come with the backdrop, which would be fine with me, maybe charge 50 or 60 a pop? This will be reissued, I am sure of it.
  24. Here I am at my old jobsite, but it's been really busy for the past week or so and I haven't had time to post much. Damn work! Making me EARN my money!
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