I finally got my backpack clips after much work:
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Without flash:
There appears to definitely be differences between:
More so for Yoshi. Mine definitely looks more evil and he has white dots inside his eye. The clips were different too. I don’t really know how to describe the 2 different clips, but you can tell by the image. The ones pictured on their website definitely looks software and cuter. But I’m pretty satisfied with these plushies. They’re about 3″ tall, but once again, took a lot more work than what I would’ve expected to get them.
So here’s the story. I placed an order last night to pickup at the Bellevue Circuit City (about a mile away from work). I get a voice mail this morning telling me that their inventory apparently wasn’t up to date and was out of stock. He said I could either cancel the order or place a special order for this item. I call him and tell him that I’d like to place the special order. He checks a bit and apologizes and tells me that he wouldn’t be able to place the order since it doesn’t appear they’ll be getting any new stock any time soon. I ask if there’s another store around that carries it and he says he’s checked and none of them have it.
At which point, I placed a second order for the Lynnwood Circuit City. I get my email order confirmation and then gave them a call asking if my order was ready. Lynnwood Circuit City is the 2nd closest store at 11 miles away. I’ve been there a couple times because Bellevue Circuit City tends to always be out of stock on any good deals. They told me they were just about to call me and tell me that they spent 20 minutes searching and wasn’t able to find the item, at which point, my only option was to cancel the order.
I thought I was pretty much out of luck, but decided to try one more, the South Center Circuit City in Tukwila. This was about 20 miles away and basically next to the SEATAC airport. But I really wanted these darn Mario and Yoshi backpack clips. When I got my email order confirmation, I went ahead and called them asking them if the order was ready. She checks and goes, yep, it’s ready. I’m like w00h00! After work, I was planning to visit my new house, but decided to check it out on my way back after I got my plushies. I go to the customer service area and handed over my printed recept, my credit card, and my driver’s license. She said my order would be out shortly. When the guy in the warehouse brought it out, the cashier was like, “Oh! These are SO adorable. Were these what you ordered?” I go yep. The guy from the warehouse said something about people thought these were free and he didn’t even know these were listed online. I didn’t really follow what exactly he was saying, but I got my plushies! Yay!