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POST K. B. Toys Finds

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:21 pm
by STUKA
K. B. Toys Finds? Is this a fluke? The KB Toys in Douglasville Mall had two full pegs of BOB II figures and Marines in the darker fourth type of camo. The price was 3 for $9.98 - I just happened to be in the area getting my son a Peter Pan Sword at the Disney Store.
So I grabbed some marines and Germans.

So is this good news or bad news? 21st getting another store to buy their stuff or 21st dumping inventory?

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:37 pm
by Stug45
:shock: :shock: no WAY, looks like i'm hitting KB tonight.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:53 pm
by SolidSnakeEyes
That sounds like 21st dumping inventory, to me. KB is like the dollar stores, and has been selling those single carded GI Joes that come without accessories;because, Hasbro has all this extra inventory to dump now that 25th is making a killing.
I could be wrong, but, KB has always seemed to be the Toys R Us of dollar stores.

KB Toys

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:34 pm
by Rylau
Last Sunday my freind said he was going to Florida and his buddy had told him that " my soldiers " were on sale at 3/$10.00. We both took it for granted that he was talking about Walmart but now it makes sence that it's KB.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:48 pm
by tmanthegreat
KBs has been selling 21c products either online or in their stores since at least 2004. It is never a great selection and usually more expensive than not, but the fact that you are finding 21c products at KBs is not as abnormal as it might seem :wink:

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:15 pm
by STUKA
interesting - I remember KB was where I first saw the 12 inch figures and picked up quite a few of them at clearance when many KBs were going out of business but never remember seeing 1:18 -

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:26 pm
by FieroDude
Interesting, because I thought KB went out of business a couple years ago. They closed up all of their stores in this region between 4-8 years ago, and I figured they were in the process of doing the same nationwide. Nice to know that they are still around, although it doesn't really matter in this region--there are a handful of TRUs within 150 mile radius, and that's it. It would actually be nice to see another retailer, be it a chain or an independent.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:52 pm
by normandy
:shock: KB in my AO never had any 21st products in 1:18th or any other scale for that matter. There is only 1 location left around here, seems all the other stores closed up a few years ago.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:09 pm
by kduck
There's a KB outlet store a couple miles from my house. I'm in there at least once a weak and they've never had any 1/18 21C stuff. About the only 1/18 stuff they currently have are some SW figures and the IJ figures that are over priced at about $8 each.

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:11 pm
by Razor17019
Before last Christmas, I saw some 1/32 21stC planes at my local KB.
I asked about 1/18 and the clerk didn't know anything about it.

I will have to check out my local KB.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:43 am
by immeww2
When KB was around in my AO they never carried any 21st items.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:45 am
by kduck
Well I went by the local KB outlet and surprisingly they had about 6 full pegs of these figures. Nice to see them back on the shelves. I'm guessing eBay will be flooded with these guys soon. I'll probably list some myself ;)

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:06 pm
by Stug45
kduck wrote:Well I went by the local KB outlet and surprisingly they had about 6 full pegs of these figures. Nice to see them back on the shelves. I'm guessing eBay will be flooded with these guys soon. I'll probably list some myself ;)
Hi Kduck are these the figures you saw?

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... 5_61945331

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:24 pm
by Sky Ray
Stug45 wrote: Hi Kduck are these the figures you saw?

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... 5_61945331
All those figures in the picture were at my K.B. Toys store. Along with a lot of figures from the Operation Market Garden series.
I bought the guy next to the motorcycle and the German dude with the binocular and MP-40.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:26 pm
by Stug45
Any Fallschirmjager figs??

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:53 pm
by kduck
Stug45, those are the figures I saw plus OMG figures and some Marines and Japanese figures. No FJ's.

And the best part? Not a suntanned figure in the bunch!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:57 pm
by Sky Ray
Stug45 wrote:Any Fallschirmjager figs??
None. I'll be checking another K.B. this weekend.

Ahh, It's fun raiding K.B. again, haven't done this in a long while since the Gundam clearance days.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:55 pm
by AlloySkull
Oh man, I'm hitting KB this week. We have one in our mall. I could skate there if I wanted, but then again, that's a good hard skate and the high possibility of being dissapointed... So I'll get a ride. :D

Man, I really hope to find some new figs!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:42 pm
by kduck
AlloySkull wrote:...I could skate there if I wanted, but then again, that's a good hard skate and the high possibility of being dissapointed...
You know, you could always call first ;)

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:53 pm
by Stug45
Thats a good idea but most of the ppl that work there are college kids and they are not going to know what your talking about.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:12 pm
by kduck
Well KB stocks their stores in a certain way. If they have them they'll be in the aisle with the rest of the action figures. It shouldn't be too hard to describe the packaging. BTW a lot of these toy stores do have a comic book and Star Wars loving geek working in them ;). Just ask for that guy. He's probably the assistant manager :). Those guys will know what you're talking about even if they don't collect XD because they KNOW the action figure aisle like the back of their hand.

Sorry if I offended anyone but from what I've seen there really are a number of 30+ guys that live with mom working in toy stores. Not that I look down on these guys. Except for the lack of female companionship they seem to live an idyllic life :).

Man...

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:28 pm
by dandaman
Man...I've been to KB and they don't have jack!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:09 pm
by grunt1
One of ours had OMG and BOB II.

Image

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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:13 pm
by STUKA
I knew it wasnt a fluke!

Man!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:30 pm
by dandaman
Don't take this the wrong way...I'm just reacting to that image you posted...you #&@!

The jealousy!