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Originally Posted by
becca69
There have actually been some Grady Twins chase boxes on Ebay for outrageous prices $300+. I spoke with the Lead toy person at my Target. She said they have a street date of October but she doesn't have an exact day. Some of the stores already have them in their stock room. From what I've heard though, most of these pieces don't even make it to the floor because employees grab them up. I'm hoping this is not the case and they have implemented some sort of store policy.
Something similar happened at Hot Topic. I called to see if they had Pennywise and they said no and that they couldn't hold anything if they did, I drove over to the store and the employees told me there was one in the back on hold. I asked to see it and, of course, it was the Chase. I then noticed 2 regulars under the counter. They said they were on hold for another person. I asked again to state the policy on holding items. They said they couldn't hold anything. I pointed out that the 3 items were being held and they said they didn't do it so they had to honor it. A bunch of crap. I think they were holding so friends could come and buy them. I was pissed.
I was then at another Hot Topic and the manager said that no Chase or exclusive can be put on hold - first come first served. This is a company wide policy.
The lady at my HT told me employees were not allowed to buy any of the New Funkos at least two weeks after released. I asked her if they had any Chase variants of anything and she said they usually don't get any. As we were talking, my friend was rifling through the bottom shelf and found a Jack Torrance Chase variant for 12.95. She seemed surprised it was there but who knows? She also told me that she has been cursed out before by angry Pop collectors that accused her of holding back Pops to sale on Ebay.
The Target Grady Twins Chase variant is 1-in-36! That's going to be a tough one to get.
(off topic but it's a little weird referring to them as the "Grady Twins" because we learn that Delbert/Charles Grady had two daughters, 8 and 10. Those twins are only seen by Danny and there is no real evidence that they were the daughters killed by Grady. Just saying.....)