brianmcdoogle
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Went to Target about 15 minutes after it opened, and all they had were Dr Marios, which was fine by me since I ordered some of the others a while ago and last night on Walmart. As I pulled into the parking lot, there's was a guy, and I'm bad with ages but I thought initially he was around 20, carrying a bag and powerwalking across the lot to a Gamestop (which I don't think would have opened until a few hours later) with what I assume was his mom trailing behind and trying to catch up. The clerk as he rang me up said I missed the big show when they first opened. Apparently 20 or so people lined up, mostly male, and kind of made a mess as they picked through their stock. He said next time he's going to call in sick when they release these again. I think I've got a sympathetic ear because employees usually pour their hearts out to me on previous customers or their day's events.
Drove by a Toys R Us a minute or two before they opened, and there was a line of about 30 people (by my eye, 75% male, 25% female, all over the age of 25), so I decided to run a few errands and return half an hour later. They had a folding table set up in the video game section with two employees manning it and a bunch of signs, even at the checkouts, clearly saying 1 Amiibo type per customer. When I first got there, no other customers were buying any. They had 4 Ganondorfs, maybe 8 Zero Suit Samuses, and 2 Marios that they were not displayed. They probably had 50+ Bowser Jrs left. As I left, an older guy, probably 50s dressed kind of like a biker (he had fingerless leather gloves) QUICKLY snatched up all three types and then asked if they had Mario. He wasn't rude about it, but he seemed very urgent.
Thankfully, all went smoothly for the TRU, it seemed, and for myself. I'm glad I didn't have to wait in any line this time around because last time for Ness at Gamestop was annoying as several people in line were dressed up in costumes for some reason and smelled.
As another random observation of mine, as this goes on, the people in lines and buying seem to be getting older, as I didn't see any kids in the early morning.
Drove by a Toys R Us a minute or two before they opened, and there was a line of about 30 people (by my eye, 75% male, 25% female, all over the age of 25), so I decided to run a few errands and return half an hour later. They had a folding table set up in the video game section with two employees manning it and a bunch of signs, even at the checkouts, clearly saying 1 Amiibo type per customer. When I first got there, no other customers were buying any. They had 4 Ganondorfs, maybe 8 Zero Suit Samuses, and 2 Marios that they were not displayed. They probably had 50+ Bowser Jrs left. As I left, an older guy, probably 50s dressed kind of like a biker (he had fingerless leather gloves) QUICKLY snatched up all three types and then asked if they had Mario. He wasn't rude about it, but he seemed very urgent.
Thankfully, all went smoothly for the TRU, it seemed, and for myself. I'm glad I didn't have to wait in any line this time around because last time for Ness at Gamestop was annoying as several people in line were dressed up in costumes for some reason and smelled.
As another random observation of mine, as this goes on, the people in lines and buying seem to be getting older, as I didn't see any kids in the early morning.
