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Author Topic: DO NOT got to G.I. Joes on Yonge street in Toronto.  (Read 9800 times)

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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2005, 03:33:37 PM »
Oops.  Skydiver, not skyjumper. My bad.

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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2005, 05:10:25 PM »
are you @#%@ing serious? They still have him for $5 at Retro Fun in Yorkville.

Un-$@%@#ing believable.

Pardon my language....
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2005, 05:34:32 PM »
This isn't the same crap hole at Yonge and Wellesley that is primarly used for PC gaming use?  If so, that place does suck and blow at the same time.
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« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2005, 04:14:18 PM »
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This isn't the same crap hole at Yonge and Wellesley that is primarly used for PC gaming use?  If so, that place does suck and blow at the same time.


That is indeed the place. And if you think that place sucks and blows, I's sure as hell stay away from the place across the street. ;-) '

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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2005, 04:15:23 PM »
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are you @#%@ing serious? They still have him for $5 at Retro Fun in Yorkville.

Un-$@%@#ing believable.

Pardon my language....


Where is Retro fun? What do they have there? Do they have a website?

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« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2005, 09:09:07 AM »
Retro Fun a.k.a. Toy Scalpers "R" Us is a novelty shop in Yorkville. (one of the chic neighbourhoods in Toronto - near Bay and Bloor) While they still have a lot of funskool Joes, they also will sell you Marvel Legends for about $40-$60 each, novelty action figures (Oscar Wilde, Mozart), X-Files dolls, Austin Powers etc. etc. Also at the store is imported candy and lots of gizmos and doodads. (dancing hamster dolls, mugs, refrigerator magnets - they still have Transformers keychains for about $10 each)

Occasionally they get something good in, but for the most part they're a nice place to take a date during the time period after dinner, but before the movie down the block.
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« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2005, 04:23:13 PM »
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Retro Fun a.k.a. Toy Scalpers "R" Us is a novelty shop in Yorkville.


Saw these guys at the Toronto Toy show this past weekend - found they wouldn't go $10.00 on a $12.00 item... odd.
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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2005, 09:18:57 AM »
Great story - thanks for posting it.  And I know the place you are referring too.

Grey Region sucks btw, they can't even have a computer that connects online (or works) right when you sit down at their internet lounge.

I recall trying to get online, and walking out with one of the workers calling me to come back.  So I did, gave them a Loonie, equal to the cost portion of my actual usuage and suggested they use it to buy a better server :P
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« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2005, 12:15:42 AM »
i used to go to Grey Region a loooong time ago, before 2000, before all these new fangled figures came out, and it was a blast!

I would trade all my old crap Joes for complete 1982 - 1990 figures.  I occasionally pop inside there to see how my previous collection is doing, and I am surprised to say that I can still see ALL my broken, loose, worn figures on display, in a nice glass case, starting at $14!!!!

The TF Tripwire with Broken crotch & thumbs..mine, the work Slip Stream with no thumbs...mine.  

The real kicker though was finding a 90% complete USS FLAGG for $100.
That same FLAGG is now 98% complete!

I think he still has MOC EP1 Star Wars figs for $19 as well.
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« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2005, 09:26:26 AM »
So it can be said without irony, that Vortex is one of the reasons that they suck?  :wink:

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« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2005, 10:25:46 AM »
yep all my fault!  I also got two complete sneak peeks for the mics there and then traded them back!

LOL
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« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2005, 11:00:23 PM »
http://www.joecustoms.com/board/viewtop ... 757#274757

Posted a pic of the sign at joecustoms. I think that I'm actually wisshing Hasbro luck on a C&D order for once.

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