Action Figure Resource Magazine April 2016

PART II THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO COLLECTING ACTION FIGURE RESOURCE MAGAZINE The Best Places to Buy Your Figures This way I can generally get the best price possible from each and by using a regular retailer you can build a better relationship and get more “perks”. These days there are numerous places and options Now, let’s take a little more in-depth look at these. open to you when you want to buy any action figures, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. I usually have a short list of three places that I regularHigh Street Stores ly buy from, depending on what I’m looking for. Your local high street store is often the best and Why three? cheapest place to buy your action figures, however Simply because I use one for buying my “common” your choice is often very limited as they tend to o nly or standard figures. Generally you can use your local stock a few of the most popular lines and then they comic book shop or high street stores for these, but of generally will only stock them for a short period of course they don’t always stock every line so as a back- time. up I use These types of stores include Wal-mart, Woolworths, Entertainment Earth online who are excellent value, K-mart, Tesco’s, The Entertainer, Target and Gamestop 110% reliable and have great customer service de- etc. partment. There are many advantages of buying from your local I also use them for any bulk purchases, or cases I may high street store. require. Firstly because they AREN’T specialists and deal in The third retailer I use for the rarer or more limited volume rather than individual items they usually sell and specialized releases which the others are unlikely all the figures in a line for the same price no matter to stock, such as Hot Toys, Star Ace Toys, Damn Toys, how rare or popular it is. 3A and Phicern etc. For these figures I generally use This makes them the ideal place to pick up “chase” figSideshow Collectibles. ures at a low price when a new line is first released. But you’ll have to be quick as there are many collectors and traders who scour the shelves of these stores regularly for this reason. Specialist Stores Most towns and cities have a local comic book shop or collectors shop selling action figures, trading cards, collectible card games and other such items. If you’re not sure where yours is check out the local yellow pages or go to the comic shop locator on Diamond Distributors website to find the nearest to you (Sorry, 4

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