We are turning back into kids who get stuff on big occasions but for the rest of the year have to be content with the one we have at home.
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Tell you what, I really miss is doing my regular supermarket shopping, spotting a current Transformers figure I didn't intend to buy, but am impressed by, then putting it in the trolley, without having a second thought about the cost of it.
(Yes, a lot of that is due to the big supermarkets in the UK no longer stocking Transformers in their toy aisles after Titans Return ended, but still.)
(Yes, a lot of that is due to the big supermarkets in the UK no longer stocking Transformers in their toy aisles after Titans Return ended, but still.)
(I know what you mean, but toy departments in our supermarkets dwindled away to nothing maybe 25 years ago, so my version involves a supermarket and separate toy store/s in the same mall.)
Doing my regular supermarket shopping is actually what establishes in my mind that all the other shopping I'd get to do is window shopping. Especially over the last few years. One time I got so frustrated at what a little pack of three carrots cost, it felt wrong buying anything after the grocery run. It was hard to muster up any enjoyment because of how powerless I felt over my own purchasing ability.
Doing my regular supermarket shopping is actually what establishes in my mind that all the other shopping I'd get to do is window shopping. Especially over the last few years. One time I got so frustrated at what a little pack of three carrots cost, it felt wrong buying anything after the grocery run. It was hard to muster up any enjoyment because of how powerless I felt over my own purchasing ability.
I think the last figure I bought in a supermarket was DotM Powerglide at Lablaws. Supermarket distribution for toys kinda dried up after that, at least in my neck of the woods.
We have Super Walmarts here in the US, and some Super Targets, that have Groceries and everything else. So here, you can still get your groceries and toy shop at Walmart. The other grocery stores around here don't carry toys anymore, other than some junky cheap toys or small ones like Hotwheels. Publix has some toys around Christmas time, but nothing name brand.
Publix sometimes has toys in their Easter baskets. Otherwise, nothing.
Publix used to carry the Beast Battle Masters from Rise of the Beasts and/or the Voyager-sized Authentics figures. But the ROTB line ended and Authentics just wasn't selling well.