Yay! Finally. FB's

[demon_llama]

hay, i finally got my FB's in the mail today. totally shiney. and it only cost me some phone time, retail price and $6 in shipping. the boxes are soooo much smaller then what i am used to seeing in HS pacakaging. they're sooo cute, just want to prop them up on a shelf somewhere.

anyway, those of you out there still hunting, have faith (and a little creativity). i was able to avoid the E'Bay Rogues. you can too...

[markwars]

Congrats on the score.

[chief]

nice wish i could get somemore

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Originally Posted by demon_llama

the boxes are soooo much smaller then what i am used to seeing in HS pacakaging. they're sooo cute, just want to prop them up on a shelf somewhere.

This sounds an awful lot like the responses in the women Heroscape thread started back when the FBs first arrived on the scene.
So small! So cute!
Hrrmpf.
Field Alcolarh a few times and see how 'cute' attempting 3 symbols out of 10 dice is.



Congratulations on finally scoring some Crest.

[King's Knight]

Originally Posted by demon_llama

i was able to avoid the E'Bay Rogues. you can too...

Some tips would be nice. I'm currently contemplating forking over the $50 for Taro... (something I'm not too thrilled about...)

[demon_llama]

i commented how i pulled it off over on the yahoo group, but here it is in a nutshell::::

i'm down in SW oklahoma. the nearest TRU is north texas (hour
south). so i called "hunting" without success. but was able to find
out that if i could find them "within" their distribution area (the
area serviced by one warehouse), that i could get a store to store
transfer done. it takes cooperation between the managers of both
stores (read: gotta be kind and polite) and a lot of time.

well, i searched that area. NOT!

so, since i'm a "displaced" buckeye, i tried a different approach and
started searching stores up in my home town area. i foudn a store on
the outter edge of their area with all 5 and checked about a transfer
to a store up north. then i contacted the store near an old friend
(16 years?) in my home town (5 miles away). the manager there that i
talked to used to be a 91 bravo here at the base i live near (i used
to be a 13 bravo/76 yank back in the day). so after some casual chit-
chat, a few laughs about this (ugh) town, she agreed to contact the
other store and arrange the transfer.

while that was going on, i sent cover money to my friend dianna (sent
her $100), along with a PDF of what was due to come in. a month
later, the manager called me and said they were in. di ran over and
picked them up and shipped them out the same day ($5.96 bulk mail)
and 4 days later, here they are. she even came out $20 to the good.
told her to keep it. so i was able to get them shipped 1300 miles
for only $80. quite a bargin in my book.

now i want a second Einar one, he's just too awsome looking.

so, a little luck, a little phone time, a little effort. never know
what you can find. good hunting everyone.

i talked with the TRU Manager in Everett, WA then too. she had tons of them. so if you know anyone Seattle area that could get over there and pick them up for you...

[King's Knight]

Sorry if I missed this, but how search the system to find them in the first place? Just calling the various Toys-R-us's?

[Dennys]

Call any TRU and ask the service desk for floor stock of item #554070. Thats the TRU stock code for FB's. Ask if they have any backstock (unopened cases of 12 (3 utgar/Jandar, 2 of the rest).

Ask them also to query the stock of stores in the genral area too, they can do that.

[Jandars_Hope]

Originally Posted by Hex_Enduction_Hour

Field Alcolarh a few times and see how 'cute' attempting 3 symbols out of 10 dice is.

Yeah! What's with that? Why couldn't it just be the whole 12 dice?

[Marduk]

Originally Posted by Jandars_Hope

Yeah! What's with that? Why couldn't it just be the whole 12 dice?

I suspect because they wanted to keep the chance at 25% or less. If you go to 11 dice, the chance of getting three or more symbols goes over 25%.