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Lily_Wan wrote:The Target sale finally made its way to Oregon and the shelves are overflowing. Today I bought 1 TFU and 1 KOTOR. It was a bust. The only piece I liked getting was another WEW. If anyone wants an Uggernaught or Mission, please check my trades. I may have a go at more TFU as I am missing about 8 VRs from that set. Does anyone know if there is a way to cherry-pick/identify Luke's SS? Just try and feel the weight and think to yourself, is this a Golan Arms Battery? Because I was pretty sure and it turned out to be Luke SS lol. Annoying thing is, I gave the lighter one to my brother. He got Luke SS also and VAU. The reason mine was heavier was because it had bigger mediums and larges in it lol:(
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Got 2 TFU. Tried to cherry pich a felcore again. No Felcore, but I got VAU, and a Tie Crawler. The other had Leia and others not worth mentioning.
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Segastorm wrote:Got 2 TFU. Tried to cherry pich a felcore again. No Felcore, but I got VAU, and a Tie Crawler. The other had Leia and others not worth mentioning. 3 tips to help ypu cherry pick a felcore: a) the box barely (if anyyy) shakes. The felcores cardboard takes up he WHOLE box length, width, and height! B) the box is stiff (especially towards the top). The felcore i pulled was upsisde down with its base right at the top of the box, so try lightly pressing the top and sides arround the top of the box. If it feels stiff to you, it could be a felcore. c)check if its heavy. The felcore boxes pretty much stand out, so you most likely wont need the other two tips. But if you have two in hand that feel the same, use the first two tips to help you deduce which might be a felcore. Maybe both contains one!
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creme_brule wrote:Segastorm wrote:Got 2 TFU. Tried to cherry pich a felcore again. No Felcore, but I got VAU, and a Tie Crawler. The other had Leia and others not worth mentioning. 3 tips to help ypu cherry pick a felcore: a) the box barely (if anyyy) shakes. The felcores cardboard takes up he WHOLE box length, width, and height! B) the box is stiff (especially towards the top). The felcore i pulled was upsisde down with its base right at the top of the box, so try lightly pressing the top and sides arround the top of the box. If it feels stiff to you, it could be a felcore. c)check if its heavy. The felcore boxes pretty much stand out, so you most likely wont need the other two tips. But if you have two in hand that feel the same, use the first two tips to help you deduce which might be a felcore. Maybe both contains one! Thanks Creme!!!
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creme_brule wrote:But if you have two in hand that feel the same, use the first two tips to help you deduce which might be a felcore. Maybe both contains one! If you have two TFU boosters in your hand, and you can't tell if one's a Felcor and the other isn't, then neither is a Felcor, lol. I know it's hard to impart this to everyone else, but just trust us, you will *know* beyond a shadow of a doubt when you pick up a Felcor booster. You'll pick up the booster, and your arm will practically fall off. It's that obvious, lol. I've been to 5 Targets and only two of them had a Felcor booster, so if there isn't a really heavy one at your Target, then there just might not be any Felcors unfortunately and you might want to try another Target, if at all possible.
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Sega, I saw this post somewhere and it bears repeating, because its how I cherry picked mine a couple of days ago:
Boxes containing the Felcore weigh about as much as an 8 oz can of soda. If there's any question, go get an 8 oz soda out of one of the fridges next to a checkout stand and compare weights. If they are about the same, then you've got a Felcore. If a box is a Felcore, there is no question that it is a Felcore.
Its unmistakable. If you're not sure if its a Felcore or not, odds are its something else. Don't go by how well you can squeeze the box. This will fool you, because of the cardboard that WOTC puts in the box to hold the fig in place. Just go get an 8 oz can and weigh it.
For the record, the two Felcores that I have pulled have been in the box upside down, so the majority of the weight was at the bottom of the box and the Huge didn't slide around all that much, but the tell tale sign was the weight.
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pitcherstar wrote:Sega, I saw this post somewhere and it bears repeating, because its how I cherry picked mine a couple of days ago:
Boxes containing the Felcore weigh about as much as an 8 oz can of soda. If there's any question, go get an 8 oz soda out of one of the fridges next to a checkout stand and compare weights. If they are about the same, then you've got a Felcore. If a box is a Felcore, there is no question that it is a Felcore.
Its unmistakable. If you're not sure if its a Felcore or not, odds are its something else. Don't go by how well you can squeeze the box. This will fool you, because of the cardboard that WOTC puts in the box to hold the fig in place. Just go get an 8 oz can and weigh it.
For the record, the two Felcores that I have pulled have been in the box upside down, so the majority of the weight was at the bottom of the box and the Huge didn't slide around all that much, but the tell tale sign was the weight. agreed. But for the record most people have not even FELT a felcore, so they dont really know how much they weigh. But i like your can weighing....emp. Dragon said it was like a 12 oz can of pop
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I realize people have not felt a Felcor before, hence my assurance that if there's any question in their mind, it's probably not a Felcor since the difference in weight is so vast. As long as you've got another TFU booster to compare the weight to, you should always be able to tell if it's a Felcor, no matter what.
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@ Creme- I was simply stating that the two instances I had had with pulling a felcore were the same as yours (Felcore upside down) so that if people were counting, that this was either the way they were packed OR a relatively common place thing to happen while packing and to expect it. A TFU booster being a little top heavy seems to be if anything, an indication that the booster does not contain the elusive felcore and instead probably either the dreaded Knobby White Spider, TIE Crawler, Junk Golem, or ATST. I think 12 oz is a little heavy. The 8 oz cans are the ones that are aluminum correct? Maybe they aren't sold individually at stores anymore. Go with one of those monster/red bull/venom energy drinks they keep refrigerated at the front of the store-whatever size they are.
To Demosthenes: That was the intended point of my post, but you managed to say it more concisely than me. On a side note....your post brings to mind a very attractive British Blonde peddling a very tasty brand of gum. Now my day has been brightened.
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Well I just can't seem to drive past a Target without stopping. Curiosity killed the cat right? Or is it curiosity burns a hole in my wallet. I forget which it is. Anywho, I bought 2 IE booster's today and got R2-D2 with extended sensor. Which I needed. The second had General Rieekan which is a duplicate. Got him a week or so ago. He'll go on my trades in case someone is looking for him. On a side note my collection just passed the 1600 mark.
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Does anyone else's Targets have SSB Starters also? I noticed those and CW Starters on my way out.
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Mine does
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Segastorm wrote:Mine does Mine did as well, until my fellow players and I cleared them out of all things SWM.
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Here's my results
I unloaded Target of their FU Boosters (6) and Legacy Boosters (5)
Results
Chewie of Hoth x2 =( Darth Vader-Unleashed Proxy =( Leia of Cloud City Kazdan Paratus Uggernaught x2
Darth Caedus Shado Vao Jagged Fel Luke-Legacy Deliah Blue
If I had 60.00 more I'd unload all of their clearanced Minis IE and JA. Note that all of these will be up for trade, and will travel to GenCon with me too.
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spryguy1981 wrote:Here's my results
I unloaded Target of their FU Boosters (6) and Legacy Boosters (5)
Results
Chewie of Hoth x2 =( Darth Vader-Unleashed Proxy =( Leia of Cloud City Kazdan Paratus Uggernaught x2
Darth Caedus Shado Vao Jagged Fel Luke-Legacy Deliah Blue
If I had 60.00 more I'd unload all of their clearanced Minis IE and JA. Note that all of these will be up for trade, and will travel to GenCon with me too. i could use your vader unleashed and caedus. BM me
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SquelchDog wrote:Well I just can't seem to drive past a Target without stopping. Curiosity killed the cat right? Or is it curiosity burns a hole in my wallet. I forget which it is. Anywho, I bought 2 IE booster's today and got R2-D2 with extended sensor. Which I needed. The second had General Rieekan which is a duplicate. Got him a week or so ago. He'll go on my trades in case someone is looking for him. On a side note my collection just passed the 1600 mark. Congrats on 1600; I thought I was going good with 300 lol! I'm interested in Rieekan as part of our trade. Let me know what else you want :)
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Thanks to this Thread, I now spend a good part of my day driving to different Targets in the hope of finding not only a great deal, But A TFU Booster pack WITH a Felcor... Thank you Guys.. My wife is ready to kill me. LOL
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qvos wrote:Thanks to this Thread, I now spend a good part of my day driving to different Targets in the hope of finding not only a great deal, But A TFU Booster pack WITH a Felcor... Thank you Guys.. My wife is ready to kill me. LOL lol did you ever find a booster with a felcore in it? if so, what was the other V/R in it?
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Went to Target with a friend of mine who recently got back from an extended stay in China, and we got some boosters. I got IE and TFU, he got TFU. I ended up with CLObot and no Mousies, and K-3PO/Golan Turret. Meh. He got K-3PO as well, and a Junk Golem. Not a very exciting booster-opening session, I assure you, lol.
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Demosthenes wrote:Went to Target with a friend of mine who recently got back from an extended stay in China, and we got some boosters. I got IE and TFU, he got TFU. I ended up with CLObot and no Mousies, and K-3PO/Golan Turret. Meh. He got K-3PO as well, and a Junk Golem. Not a very exciting booster-opening session, I assure you, lol. Ouch I feel your pain Now I'm too scared to buy boosters.....
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