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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: JediMAC on April 27, 2003, 01:56 AM
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I'm a freak. I love to clean and organize stuff. I also love to collect SW figures. Add those 3 things together, and you get a total nutjob who enjoys "cleaning up" the Star Wars sections in the toy aisles at most of his favorite local stores! :P :-[
Since things are usually in such a state of disarray in the toy aisles, I like to get all the SW stuff organized and consolidated in a nice, neat, concise fashion. I'll put all the figures together, and even in such a way that the kids favorite characters are on the lower pegs, and collector favs are higher up. I also try to keep a different figure (and the most popular ones) at the front of each peg. If there's not too many figures at all, I'll get them all consolidated onto just a peg or two, so the toy manager can see all the extra room to put out new product! :)
Then I usually organize the rest of the stuff - Deluxe, 12", ships, lightsabers, etc. Of course, I'm not a total idiot - I only do this if no one else is around... :D I guess I figure if I can keep things easy to browse through, and nicely displayed, it might entice some folks to take a gander and purchase some of those nasty pegwarmers I so despise...
So... Anyone else do this? Anyone else a wacko like me? 8)
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Nope. Your the only wacko. :-* (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/jk.gif)
When I go to the toy section & rummage around for what I am looking for, I always leave the stuff in the same condition that I found them in if not better.
When I go through the pegs figure by figure, there is always the few that just fall off. I don't leave them there were they fell, I put them back onto the pegs. Even if I take a hole row or empty a shelve trying to find that Mint item, I always return them to there place.
Now I don't go to the extreme like you do Matt, but even if there is nothing that I need & there are figures laying on the shelve or floor, I put them back onto the pegs.
The stores that I go to usually peg the figures by character so it makes it more easy to hunt & put them away & yes when there is no one around. ;)
I get this feeling Matt that you & I should work part time as a shelf stocker. ;D
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Actually when I go to a store I have always found myself picking up the Star Wars, LOTR, TMNT, Simpson toys and placing them back on the pegs and whatnot. I also have the wak-e-ness to push all the figures on the pegs back. Usually the figures stay like this for many days to weeks, depending on the stock crews. Sometimes the next time I come in the pegs are restocked but with peg warmers.
I like things organized. I would never organize someone's home or anything but in a store, I do it all the time.
You are right, things are usually in such a state of disarray in the toy aisles that people look at it and do not even give it a second look.
So no JediMac, you are not the only wacko. I tend to do that same as you.
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I went to SuperTarget this past Wednesday and consolidated and organized the SW figure pegs, come back the next day, find 2 x Aayla Secura, 2 x Yoda + Chian, 1 x Ashla + Jempa, 1 x Blonde I.O, 1 x Red Battle Droid, and 1 x Lama Su w/ Clone Youth. NO joke!
Gotta say, helping out does pay off!
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Also a tidier-upper. I cannot abide the Walmart mentality, or so I call it. Plow through the store knocking everything down and leaving it where it falls. Also known as hot-wheels-itis.
Absolutely gotta rearrange stuff. Star Wars in particular, but whatever is surrounding it. Now that I am collecting Simpsons, SW, McFarlane, Marvel Legends and Spidey stuff, that covers a good chunk of the section. I like to pick up MOTU stuff for people on the boards, if I know what they are looking for.
I categorically will not touch Yu-Gi-Oh, Power Rangers or any of that other crap. It doesn't sell and I ain't going to make it look good. I want it out OUT OUT!!! It's taking up precious retail space. Aaargh.
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Matt, the whole reason I started the Pegwarmer of the Year (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=820) thread was because I had just finished reorganizing the Wal-Mart toy section so management could tell how ridiculously unbalanced their Star Wars selections were. I'm SO glad I'm not the only one.
Neater is better, but it's not a compulsion for me. It's just something I need to do or I'll die.
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Guilty as charged here, too. I think I might go even one step further by putting all the same figures on a single peg. I know other people who do it, too.
First, it makes it easier to know what's there. No need to go rifling through the pegs. Second, it's easier to notice when something new has come in. That stuff will be right up front.
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Quite amusing really, but I seem to be "battling" some local Target employees over their Star Wars toy sections! Whenever I visit my 4 local Targets, I continue to consolidate their small handful of figures onto the two bottom most pegs (about 4 or 5 deep). But the Target employees (I assume) continue to redistribute these same exact figures around all 8 or 12 of the Star Wars figure pegs! Kind of a fun back-and-forth game really, and hopefully an annoying one for them! ;D
I just keep hoping that they'll get the hint that they've got a ton of potential empty pegs that they could/should restock with some NEW figures. It's happened once or twice, but it's not quite becoming the norm just yet...
Of course I'm still cleaning up everything else in the SW sections (at all the different stores) as well! ;D
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Sorry guys, that's just odd.
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Hey I have tried this in my area as well. No such luck unfortunately :(
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I might consider it if there was a SINGLE figure on the pegs (at Target).
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I'll pick stuff up off the floor, but only if it's a line I collect. I also put figures that are sitting on top of vehicles back on the pegs as well. I'll try to put rarer figures on the front of the pegs or stash 'em for fellow collectors.
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Here's what I do -
Put all the spread out figures on the same pegs, so the pegs with 1 or 2 figures on them end up being together. 15 pegs get narrowed down to about 6... Then, to top it off, I put all the Darth Vaders in front. Yea, it's pretty sad of me, but they refuse to re-order new boxes, so I keep putting them back on the same pegs.
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So my little cleaning and organizing tendencies (of the SW toy section) seem to have evolved over the past year, mostly out of pure aggrivation. I still consolidate the few remaining figures onto the fewest possible pegs, and line up all the vehicles or other random sets nicely... But the oft-bare pegs have put me at a frustration level that is rather counterproductive as far as cleaning up the SW figure section.
Now, since the wall is usually completely bare, what I'll do - mostly to draw the store's attention to their otherwise empty wall and wasted retail space - is create a giant pyramid of random crap all the way up the wall. I'll pull all the empty pegs down and set them on the shelf (like 12 or so). Then I'll just start stacking crap up. Start with the lightsabers, ships, cup sets, etc. Then I'll grab some of the stuff lying around from the other toy lines and add it on into the madness. I guess the display varies from day to day, depending on my artistic abilities of any given day.
Sometimes it's a giant pyramid, and sometimes the project winds up as a giant symmetrical box stacking - ala SW Jenga if you will. Always fun, and I'm sure the end product is certainly an eyecatcher to shoppers and employees alike. I suppose it does pose a danger to any kid who might want to take a yank at a box at the bottom of the pile... But since we all know that kids don't go anywhere near the SW section in the toy aisles anyway, there's really nothing to worry about.
So... Who else does whacky $h!t like this? I can't really be the only one, right? Probably best not to answer that... :P
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So my little cleaning and organizing tendencies (of the SW toy section) seem to have evolved over the past year, mostly out of pure aggrivation. I still consolidate the few remaining figures onto the fewest possible pegs, and line up all the vehicles or other random sets nicely... But the oft-bare pegs have put me at a frustration level that is rather counterproductive as far as cleaning up the SW figure section.
Now, since the wall is usually completely bare, what I'll do - mostly to draw the store's attention to their otherwise empty wall and wasted retail space - is create a giant pyramid of random crap all the way up the wall. I'll pull all the empty pegs down and set them on the shelf (like 12 or so). Then I'll just start stacking crap up. Start with the lightsabers, ships, cup sets, etc. Then I'll grab some of the stuff lying around from the other toy lines and add it on into the madness. I guess the display varies from day to day, depending on my artistic abilities of any given day.
Sometimes it's a giant pyramid, and sometimes the project winds up as a giant symmetrical box stacking - ala SW Jenga if you will. Always fun, and I'm sure the end product is certainly an eyecatcher to shoppers and employees alike. I suppose it does pose a danger to any kid who might want to take a yank at a box at the bottom of the pile... But since we all know that kids don't go anywhere near the SW section in the toy aisles anyway, there's really nothing to worry about.
So... Who else does whacky $h!t like this? I can't really be the only one, right? Probably best not to answer that... :P
So basically, you’ve been messing with the employee’s heads? Stress them out, engage in psychological warfare to get the product you need onto the shelves? A little battle royale of the wills to see who can outwit, outplay and outlast the competition? Who will be the sole survivor!?!
You may have more serious problems than lack of Star Wars toys, Matt. There may be more at stake here, like your very soul. Have you noticed this little gem down the aisle from the toys at Target?
(http://www.clearthinker.net/imagestopost/voodoomatt.jpg)
Your burst appendix doesn’t look so innocent now, does it? Dude, you’ve got to either quit while you’re ahead or pick one of these kits up yourself so you can fight back! Don’t take this laying down! Take it to the next level!
And get some new Star Wars toys on those pegs so I can buy them next time I’m in LA.
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I do. I consolidate the pegs, so they see there is more room.
But do they 'listen'? NOOOO!
Kevin
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Quite so.
Maybe I should be posting in the pet peeves section, but I cannot get over how slovenly people are. I mean, man, the sections are always, always a mess. To the point where it would take someone an hour to clean up that mess. My mother, God rest her soul, would have kicked my ass if I made 1/10th of the mess these people do. But nobody gives a crap anymore. tragic.
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Yes, I do this on the odd occasion that I find myself at TRU (the only “retail” store we have here). I am sure that they greatly appreciate having their 20 Jango KEs on one peg, their 20 Yoda JMs on one peg, and their 20 Obi-Wan CCs, again, on one peg. Where I do my Star Wars shopping, i.e. online, it is impossible to say how neatly or otherwise the various store owners or guys selling from their basement keep their stock. At least they have stock.
To be honest I find the general mess of the Star Wars pegs indicative of the fact that retail places no longer give a rat’s ass about the line.
edit: it's great to be able to say ass ;D
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Man, with the ROTS release a couple days ago, there's been one helluva lot of cleanup to be doing in the aisles these days. Took me a good 10-15 minutes to polish up a couple of Targets that I stopped at tonight. Damned slobs you guys all are! Figures everywhere. Didn't your mommas teach you to clean up after yourselves...?! >:(
Anyone else carrying the burden of clean up duty these days? It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it, and it sure as **** ain't gonna be the workers at Target, lemme tell ya'...
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Especially with this volume of figures - now its an even greater game of concentration to try and put matching figures on the same peg. I examined about 10 Luminaras to get the best paint job, and then gave them a dedicated peg. I'll be back for the 3rd shift to get going with other figures, I promise. :-*
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I think it's part of the reason I haven't gone out lately. Too much work and I'll never get out of the store. During my one visit to TRU I think I put about 25-30 figures back on the pegs. It was way too daunting to put them in any kind of order, so I just hung them up. Looked like a bunch of hot wheels guys had gone through looking for treasure hunts. Blech.
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I still breeze through the aisles on the chance that Target will get a Marvel Legends Blade, and I always pick up after everyone else.
It's just old school, common courtesy.
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Anyone else carrying the burden of clean up duty these days? It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it, and it sure as **** ain't gonna be the workers at Target, lemme tell ya'...
I admit it- I have a problem. I did this at the larger of the two Wal-Marts in our area last Sunday. I put all the action figures and deluxe packages back up, and while I was doing so my son grabbed one of the badly stacked electronic lightsabers and sent two packed rows of them sliding off the shelves. There was a guy there restocking the SW games and all, and he told me not to worry about it, but I didn't listen...
I've got issues...
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If I drop something, I'll pick it up, put it back and straighten out a little bit. I sometimes find myself doing it - probably a latent habit dating back to my highschool and college days as a stock-clerk. You should see my pantry...
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I admit it- I have a problem. I did this at the larger of the two Wal-Marts in our area last Sunday. I put all the action figures and deluxe packages back up, and while I was doing so my son grabbed one of the badly stacked electronic lightsabers and sent two packed rows of them sliding off the shelves. There was a guy there restocking the SW games and all, and he told me not to worry about it, but I didn't listen...
I've got issues...
How old is your boy?
I did the same thing with the Episode 2 lightsabers when they came out. I was on a quest to find an orange one, and down went magilicutty.
Kevin
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I just want to thank you Matt for bumping this thread. Now I don't feel like quite the tool I usually do when I realize I'm cleaning up the toy department at my local Zellers. :P
I have to do it, because the staff there sure won't. >:(
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I was cleaning up K-Mart tonight on a brief jaunt there looking for army builders.
Place was a mess, but I have to say they had maybe 8 - 10 figures TOTAL on pegs. When a toy line's figures are selling, even at a $2+ mark-up (though they are on sale this week), you have to think the line's doing well.
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How old is your boy?
I did the same thing with the Episode 2 lightsabers when they came out. I was on a quest to find an orange one, and down went magilicutty.
Kevin
He's four and three months...
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Jeez. You guys aren't kidding when you talk about your OCD. ;)
If I take apart a shelf or pegful looking for a particular figure, I'll put them back where I found them. And if there's toys on the floor or shelf where they don't belong, I put them in their spot. Otherwise I just leave the stuff be.
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If there's some figures laying on the shelf below the pegs, I'll put them back on the pegs.
Just so store employees don't get some crazy idea that Star Wars collectors are untidy.
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God forbid they read the, "Please shower before you go to the show" posts pertaining to C3 then. Wouldn't want anyone getting a wrong impression. ;D
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I often find myself cleaning up the Star Wars sections as well, at the very least putting figures back on the pegs that have fallen on the shelf below, or even on the floor. I can't believe how some people will knock stuff on the floor (toys, clothes, food, etc.), and just leave it and keep on walking. I'll usually pick up anything that has been knocked on the floor, and just put it back on the shelf/peg, instead of watching everyone else kick it all over, step on it, or run it over with their cart.
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Amazingly I found myself picking up figures off the floor and putting them on the pegs tonight. I've "cleaned up" the areas a few times before, but usually I don't even think to do it.
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I was at Target today (got a Clone Commander! Wooo!) and found about five figures just laying around on the vehicles, so I put them all on the pegs. Saw a bunch of kids going nuts for the figures too, mostly Vader and the #6 Clone.
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I don't help clean the aisles. In fact, I contribute to the mess. ;D
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During Midnight Madness, I was chatting with a TRU manager, and I asked he if she thought customers who cleaned up a toy aisle were nuts. She said "No. In fact, I usually ask them what they are looking for, and if I have it in back, I'll get it!"
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I don't help clean the aisles. In fact, I contribute to the mess. ;D
Not cool, your doing us collectors dirty. It won't kill you to bend over and pick up a few figures, now and again. :)
Kevin
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That was always the way my son could tell I had already been in the SW section. All of the figures were separated onto their own pegs.
Our wallys, post-MM, has three shelves of figures, along with the pegs. I went out there the other night and separated all of the shelf figures so they were "all-Mace-in a row", "all-Palpy-in a row". Made it easier to see which figures were short packed and already gone through in our area.
No Royal Guards to be found.