My First Chase

Postby **rexflexall** » Mon May 07, 2018 12:08 pm

Very nice!

Postby **draemar** » Mon May 07, 2018 12:47 pm

Is it weird that i've been collecting for 4 years now, and I just only found my first wild chase a month ago? Lol! We don't have all the retailers you do, so the ones we have are usually well picked through and stalked regularly.

Postby **Nemesis989** » Mon May 07, 2018 12:50 pm

My first chase was the glow HIM from Powerpuff girls hidden way at the back of a display case at a Gamestop. Couldn't believe I found one. I believe the only reason is that it was clearly hidden by the staff

Postby **dboneo** » Mon May 07, 2018 12:55 pm

My first chase happened to be my 3rd pop overall and was Green Lantern at a B&N

Postby **KandJ** » Mon May 07, 2018 3:23 pm

First chase I found in the wild was Tiffany from Chucky. Found it at the hot topic at universal citywalk. It was a little beat up, but I was just happy to find a chase.

Postby **d3postman** » Mon May 07, 2018 4:21 pm

First chase, and first in the wild, was Spike from Buffy. I found it in Chinatown, SF

Postby **swind15** » Mon May 07, 2018 5:12 pm

Congrats! You never forget your first.

Postby **Lobstercrossing** » Mon May 07, 2018 5:15 pm

Congrats $\:D/$ I really need to get back in there and search for more horror series mystery minis :glasses2:

Postby **ricechen3** » Mon May 07, 2018 5:17 pm

porg chase

Postby **daOCHO** » Mon May 07, 2018 5:19 pm

Its quite difficult to find a chase in the wild in the bay area, but my first chase in the wild would have to be Eleven from Stranger Things. I got lucky from a preorder at my local GS

Postby **cptuff1969** » Mon May 07, 2018 7:25 pm

My first was the Flocked Porg at HT

Postby **TJLAUTERBACH** » Mon May 07, 2018 8:36 pm

My first chase that I will never forget was green goblin chase.

Postby **Crazykidrev** » Mon May 07, 2018 8:44 pm

draemar wrote:Is it weird that i've been collecting for 4 years now, and I just only found my first wild chase a month ago? Lol! We don't have all the retailers you do, so the ones we have are usually well picked through and stalked regularly.

Nope, not weird at all! I've been collecting for a little over 5 years and STILL haven't found a chase in the wild smh

Postby **Ruxus** » Mon May 07, 2018 9:02 pm

First Chase was the Batman 66' Riddler

Postby **Kungfutoys** » Mon May 07, 2018 9:07 pm

The metallic Uglydolls chase set at Fundays in 2012 & The original Zero GID from Nightmare Before Christmas found in the wild.

Postby **draemar** » Mon May 07, 2018 10:09 pm

Crazykidrev wrote:
draemar wrote:Is it weird that i've been collecting for 4 years now, and I just only found my first wild chase a month ago? Lol! We don't have all the retailers you do, so the ones we have are usually well picked through and stalked regularly.

Nope, not weird at all! I've been collecting for a little over 5 years and STILL haven't found a chase in the wild smh

I feel your pain... And now casually over the last month I've found 4. What a strange thing.

Postby **monktoast** » Mon May 07, 2018 10:28 pm

Chases are pretty difficult when you walk into a gamestop ask if they have a chase and sa7s the last guy who came in just purchased THEM ALL.

Postby **clutch09** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:23 am

I've found quite a few chases out hunting since I've been collecting... it's usually dumb luck and timing.... you can lurk and wait outside HT every day, but most people don't have the time to do that.

Postby **kappait** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:26 am

My one and only is a Spike chase found at a BN 3 years ago. It was dumb luck. Haven't found one since. I saw a bunch of Porgs at HT on force Friday but I was too far in line to snag one.

Postby **CoachJDDesigns** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:48 am

clutch09 wrote:I've found quite a few chases out hunting since I've been collecting... it's usually dumb luck and timing.... you can lurk and wait outside HT every day, but most people don't have the time to do that.

The employees at mine tell me its the same people every morning when theres a chase. I'm a teacher so I won't be getting any HT chase anytime soon unless I call in sick and get a sub for the day haha

Postby **franzsy0519** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:38 am

I remember my first chase in the wild, it was a Wonder Woman found in Hallmark of all places! No one else was in the area but I just had to run to get it lol

Postby **ETphonehome** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:42 am

I haven't found a chase yet but I am hopeful 1 day.

Postby **Clown** » Tue May 08, 2018 3:50 am

Congrats on your first chase, CJ! Hopefully the first of many! That’s such an awesome moment. The only chases I have ever been able to get in the wild are from HT opening; and only when they post the common on Instagram the night before. Definitely not as exciting as yours! :smt023

Postby **Queen V** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:44 pm

Found my first violet Chase the other day at my local hot topic. Yay me !

Postby **KarateKid** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:02 pm

I have 2 "My First Chase" stories.

The first one I feel is less a true "Chase in the Wild" story as I learned that the local HTs were getting the Maleficent's in and one of the HT had not gotten their UPS delivery yet so I showed up there and was the 3rd or 4th person in line and about 1 1/2 hours later UPS shows up and they open the boxes and had about 7 Chase's so I got one! So I call this my planned staged "My First Chase."

The first "Chase in the Wild" was a Gru from Despicable Me from Big 5!! Yes Big 5 of all places! Was there to buy my kiddo a pair of soccer cleats and noticed they had a few Pops. Looked them over and there was a nice Mint Gru Chase! I was totally stoked! That's a grail for me even though it's not worth anything from a Chase standpoint! lol

!

Postby **bubblegumbones** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:26 pm

congrats! Mine was Dart!

Postby **OUTSIDER31** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:27 pm

Never found one ,

Postby **hailmary25** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:36 pm

CJEscandell wrote:I just found my first chase. It's Batman. At Hot Topic. I am excited. That is all.

congrats!! $\:D/$ $\:D/$

Postby **Jonny0boy** » Tue May 08, 2018 2:56 pm

My first chase was HT Maleficent

Postby **clutch09** » Tue May 08, 2018 6:22 pm

CoachJDDesigns wrote:
clutch09 wrote:I've found quite a few chases out hunting since I've been collecting... it's usually dumb luck and timing.... you can lurk and wait outside HT every day, but most people don't have the time to do that.

The employees at mine tell me its the same people every morning when theres a chase. I'm a teacher so I won't be getting any HT chase anytime soon unless I call in sick and get a sub for the day haha

The only day I'll attempt to get to HT early is on a Saturday

Postby **NCDS** » Tue May 08, 2018 6:32 pm

Mine was Freddy Kruger thanks to Libertyrox spotting it and me being lucky he already had it!

Postby **ejcurtis115** » Tue May 08, 2018 9:40 pm

First chase in the wild was Star Lord at The Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Escape preview party at Disneyland May 2017

Postby **Gonzo206** » Tue May 08, 2018 9:58 pm

My first chase was Wonder Woman back in 2016 at Hot Topic. I walked in, saw it on the shelf, bought it and then the power went out lol

Postby **Flyers179** » Tue May 08, 2018 10:06 pm

This is such a great feeling, congrats! It's always special finding one in the wild (versus the lucky Amazon order).

Postby **Djshivers** » Tue May 08, 2018 11:44 pm

Congrats, the best feeling ever to find a chase in the wild

Postby **Crazykidrev** » Wed May 09, 2018 1:16 am

draemar wrote:
Crazykidrev wrote:
draemar wrote:Is it weird that i've been collecting for 4 years now, and I just only found my first wild chase a month ago? Lol! We don't have all the retailers you do, so the ones we have are usually well picked through and stalked regularly.

Nope, not weird at all! I've been collecting for a little over 5 years and STILL haven't found a chase in the wild smh

I feel your pain... And now casually over the last month I've found 4. What a strange thing.

OH WOW! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Mind if i ask what stores? I feel like here in NYC the employees hoard all the chases and don't even put them out. Either that, or they know other people that collect them and just give that person a call/text and hold it for them.

Website · Postby **kiptrip** » Wed May 09, 2018 7:28 am

I've never found a chase in the wild! Congrats!

Postby **Lisakay1980** » Wed May 09, 2018 8:53 am

First chase was star Lord at gs then found another one at Wal-Mart

Postby **Kwik_One** » Wed May 09, 2018 9:00 am

WarioToad77 wrote:
WarioToad77 wrote:Congrats! I found my first TWO just a month or two ago, within a few days of each other. Sitting front and center on a Saturday night at FYE was the Mr. Bean Chase (mint condition), and a few days later at Hot Topic I got the Xander (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Chase (damaged in back bottom corner). Both of those are more than just a color variant so I was stoked.

Actually, I lied. I got the Old School Chase for The Rock, sent to me by Amazon, before those two I found in the wild.

I didn’t realize that the original Rock had a chase. I thought only the new one did.

Postby **Kwik_One** » Wed May 09, 2018 9:02 am

CoachJDDesigns wrote:
clutch09 wrote:I've found quite a few chases out hunting since I've been collecting... it's usually dumb luck and timing.... you can lurk and wait outside HT every day, but most people don't have the time to do that.

The employees at mine tell me its the same people every morning when theres a chase. I'm a teacher so I won't be getting any HT chase anytime soon unless I call in sick and get a sub for the day haha

There’s always summer vacation!

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