Toys R Us MLP/LPS Pet Swap event, sale

[Seachanger]

I went with my two kids and there were three to four other families there at the same time. My kids did some trading and got the free stuff but they wouldn't give me the dog. They said they can't give it to adults. I was a little bummed but at least my kids got theirs.

[aluke]

Based on the mediocre turnabout you all experienced, do you think there will be some leftovers? Would TRU even give them away after the day/event? I think the dog is cute and wouldn't mind picking one up, but of course, I'm not crossing the border until tomorrow (Canadian TRUs were just offering a Pokemon card and hosting some lego event as far as I'm aware). 

[Sugarberry]

There were a lot of leftovers, and I'm not sure what they do with them after.  I'd suggest a polite phone call before making the trip through customs though.  Customs (on the north side of Detroit at least) is not the friendliest of places in my experience. I didn't like them demanding to see my bank accounts and teaching license while trying to go trade a single transformer with a friend just over the border several years ago. 

[aluke]

There were a lot of leftovers, and I'm not sure what they do with them after.  I'd suggest a polite phone call before making the trip through customs though.  Customs (on the north side of Detroit at least) is not the friendliest of places in my experience. I didn't like them demanding to see my bank accounts and teaching license while trying to go trade a single transformer with a friend just over the border several years ago. 

I hear you about the border. I'm going for a couple weeks to visit my brother, and it was a trip planned for a couple months now so I have a better excuse to tell them than I want to get a toy dog. Calling them is a smart idea though. My brother doesn't live within 'reasonable' walking distance to a TRU.

It IS sad how strict the border has gotten though. Years back, after 9/11 even, we went to the States for the sole reason to get Krispy Kreme donuts, and that's exactly what my dad said was our reason to visit. The guy laughed, but let us through with no issues. Those were the days before I even had a passport and they had no issues accepting a birth certificate with no photo ID. Times have changed.

Also, didn't read through the entire thread until after I replied so I missed this at first, but it was SOOO sweet of you to give those MIB G3s to that little girl. I bet she was stoked to get so many new ponies. And who knows, that one TWilight may sway you towards EQG? 

[Dragonflitter]

Sugarberry, you are SO sweet! <3 I'm always glad when I see younger gens of kids get to play with G3's.

[Violet CLM]

Adults in general tend to look at monetary value as opposed to play value.  When I picked out items for the event, I picked out ponies with the assumption of 1 pony for 1 pony- boxed or loose, didn't matter.  If the little girl had brought a fakie, I'd still have traded at least one.  But it's easy to see how adults could take advantage of an event like that.

Yeah I can definitely see how that'd be a concern. I wouldn't want to find myself telling a little kid no to a proposed swap because mine was way more expensive than hers or something, so the safest thing would probably be to only bring really common duplicate stuff? And then I guess hope no one else brought anything rarer that you might want to try to get? Ehhh. It seems like a dangerous set of concerns to try to mix.

[Wardah]

I went to mine and they let me get the dog.I'm fairly regular at that TRU tho so the workers know me lol. I also got the posters. While it was slightly disappointing the lack of ponies on the MLP one I like that it can be a backdrop for my collection.

There was actually one girl there with her mom that had a bunch of blind bag ponies. They recognized me from the Shopkins swap. I think they must be aware of the adult toy youtubers like grav3yardgirl and Chad Alan because they didn't treat me like a weirdo for being an adult by myself.

[blonde2themax]

Wow, I didn't know they had a door prize! I'm jelly. I ended up glong after work got a doggie and the last coupon.