$3 Indy PF

https://www.gohastings.com/product/TRENDS/Sideshow-Collectibles-Indiana/sku/278266137.uts

Oh Damn ! It's out of stock ...

I'm stunned that Hasting's as a franchise is still around. Even their brick & mortar stores are disheveled disasters. I'm somehow not surprised by this listing.

They're basically what would happen if a Vintage Stock store ate a truck stop, and then took a huge dump.

Maybe so, but I've gotten a lot of good deals at Hastings. For example:

HT Iron Man mk.1: $90.00

They're hit or miss. If you don't mind buying a display piece, they're good.

Did anyone actually get one?

I originally bought an Indy ROTLA PF from them about 3 years ago for $200, but returned it because there was a spot on his pants. I tried to get one later and it was out of stock. I haven't noticed it being in stock there for well over a year, so I can't imagine they actually had one for sale at that price.

I just bought 18 used CDs and a pack of Minimates for $40 shipped last night with a free shipping promotion, though. If you find the right promotions, they do have some fantastic deals.

RJMacReady16 said:

I'm stunned that Hasting's as a franchise is still around. Even their brick & mortar stores are disheveled disasters. I'm somehow not surprised by this listing.

They're basically what would happen if a Vintage Stock store ate a truck stop, and then took a huge dump.

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Really? Ours is pretty busy, 'specially Friday and Sat. It's a good size store for what it is too and lots of variety in merchandise. I'm in there two or three times a month at least.

$3...I wonder how many people keep refreshing the page hoping that it comes back into stock

Knowing gohastings, it's probably a picture of the PF that is $3

If you watch their promotions, you can get Hot Toys for VERY cheap. I purchased multiple HT Spiderman for $120, HT Thor for 130ish or so, Alice, & Captain America. I haven't had any issues with the items coming in used, but many others have.

The HT deals are never that great for me because there is a brick and mortar store somewhere in my state (though I don't know where). So, tax gets charged, which jacks them up to near eBay/retail price after all is said and done despite their discounts. When you factor in the dinged up boxes and whatnot, it hardly seems like such a great deal to save $10-15 over what you could pay getting them elsewhere.

Cocoboloboy said:

Really? Ours is pretty busy, 'specially Friday and Sat. It's a good size store for what it is too and lots of variety in merchandise. I'm in there two or three times a month at least.

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I can definitely see the online deals. I was buying SS Indys for something like $55 a pop not too long after his release. But every single store I've been in is a chaotic disaster with insane mark-ups. Its like they had a really great idea, with the worst possible execution.

Used graphic novels/books is about the only reason I still step foot into one, and even then they probably cant compete with Amazon. Luckily for ____ty companies like Hastings...some of us are impulse buyers.

I've bought some SS Star Wars figures from them through Amazon and gotten amazing deals.

Cocoboloboy said:

Really? Ours is pretty busy, 'specially Friday and Sat. It's a good size store for what it is too and lots of variety in merchandise. I'm in there two or three times a month at least.

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Yeah, the store isn't bad... prices are a bit higher on figures as they tend to charge full retail, but w/o having to pay shipping that kind of balances back out. I don't buy much from them, but they do have some good used prices and occassionally I'll find a really good deal on some discounted figures.