View Full Version : Darth Tater - $3.99 at K-Mart TUESDAY ONLY
Roufuss
11-06-2005, 03:04 PM
I know there was alot of interest in Darth Tater recently... for those that don't know, it's a Mr. Potato Head with Darth Vader parts, it is really very cool.
For ONE DAY ONLY, 11/8/05 on TUESDAY, K-Mart will be selling Darth Tater for 50% off, which makes him $3.99. You are insane if you don't pick him up for that price... I would link to a pic but I need to get back to work =X
corrosivefrost
11-06-2005, 03:07 PM
Thanks for the heads up.
I think my desk needs some influence from the darkside of the deep fryer.
CoffeeEdge
11-06-2005, 03:10 PM
Cool, I'll try to get one. Thanks, OP. :D
Pic:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00061I4U6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
is this just Darth or the Spudtrooper too?
munch
11-06-2005, 05:01 PM
is this just Darth or the Spudtrooper too?
probably just darth tater. i've been looking everywhere for a spudtrooper and can't find it.
alonzomourning23
11-06-2005, 06:06 PM
Just out of curiosity, is mr potato head still made with real potatos? The picture looks more like an egg than a potato, which is why I'm asking.
edit: I think my memory is screwed up. Looking on google none of them are real potatoes. I doubt they were real in the 80's, even though I remember using real potatos.
suko_32
11-06-2005, 06:09 PM
I want one kinda but don't have a car and don't know where K-Mart is located in Gainesville. Oh well, it's not that important to me I guess.
RAMSTORIA
11-06-2005, 06:25 PM
Just out of curiosity, is mr potato head still made with real potatos? The picture looks more like an egg than a potato, which is why I'm asking.
edit: I think my memory is screwed up. Looking on google none of them are real potatoes. I doubt they were real in the 80's, even though I remember using real potatos.
i think thats how mr potato head started, so some of the much older kids, orkids with parents that carried it over, used real potatos, but by the 80s it was the plastic toy
Graff^
11-06-2005, 06:40 PM
Yeah, originally Mr. Potato Head was actually a collection of limbs and accessories with prongs so you could stick them into a potato. This presumably got too smelly and so the plastic toy was born.
corrosivefrost
11-06-2005, 06:46 PM
Just out of curiosity, is mr potato head still made with real potatos? The picture looks more like an egg than a potato, which is why I'm asking.
So Darth's got a little junk in the trunk. You would too if you sat on your ass with nothing to do for 15 years using the force to feed yourself twinkies and dingdongs. :-P
eurenix
11-06-2005, 07:09 PM
Yeah, originally Mr. Potato Head was actually a collection of limbs and accessories with prongs so you could stick them into a potato. This presumably got too smelly and so the plastic toy was born.
I always thought it was the same reason lawn darts are no longer made, i.e. sharp things and kids that would later in life be eligible for a darwin award.
*edit*
My desire for this thing is incontrovertable proof that I'm a geek, isn't it?
corrosivefrost
11-06-2005, 07:12 PM
I always thought it was the same reason lawn darts are no longer made, i.e. sharp things and kids that would later in life be eligible for a darwin award.
mmmmm. lawn darts. found some of these in my grandparents shed at one point. believe they were called jarts. darwin awards is right -- i'm lucky to still be in one piece. XD
I saw the Spud Trooper at the local Ralphs grocery store last night. You may want to check there if you have one locally.
Slimeyface
11-06-2005, 07:24 PM
i dont understand,
wats so amazing about this toy??
Roufuss
11-06-2005, 07:28 PM
i dont understand,
wats so amazing about this toy??
It is just pretty awesome... what's not to love about a Mr Potato Head who is also Darth Vader?!?
Spudtrooper is NOT part of the sale, by the way... the ad clearly shows and states Darth Tater, with a limit of 2 per person. We haven't received Spudtrooper at my store, and I don't think we ever will.
coolsteel
11-06-2005, 07:30 PM
Haha for that price I might buy it for the hell of it
eurenix
11-06-2005, 07:32 PM
i dont understand,
wats so amazing about this toy??
And you sir, are much less of a geek than I. I saw these in my local Ralph's market, and I hung on to it for most of the shopping trip, until I was able to convince myself it was a stupid thing to buy. But this thread awoke my desire, and I don't know if I can hold out a second time.
P.S. I also saw a bunch of Spudtroopers there, so check your local supermarkets if you have trouble finding one.
corrosivefrost
11-06-2005, 07:35 PM
Haha for that price I might buy it for the hell of it
I'm thinking one for me, to satisfy the uber geek that rages in side, and one for an xmas gift to someone. 4 bucks for a perfect gift for a fellow nerd? hell yes. my xmas list is getting smaller already!
TurkeyOnRye
11-08-2005, 11:23 PM
I'll admit it. Made a special trip to K-Mart just t o get it. I wanted one when they came out and told myself to wait... and now I have one half off! A HA HA!
And I bought for a friend. Super sweet!
corrosivefrost
11-08-2005, 11:26 PM
There were 3 left in store -- I took my limit of 2.
Then I thought about picking up some of the PC games mentioned in Roufuss's other thread... then I said, "Screw you guys, I'm getting the games at BB with PM for the RZ pts." :mrgreen:
Roufuss
11-08-2005, 11:27 PM
My store sold out of all 25 in about two hours 0_0
Z-Saber
11-08-2005, 11:30 PM
*Kicks himself for not knowing about this*
picked up 2 ( $ 4.19 each + tax ) @ my local KMart in Los Angeles.
a great deal. for the SW nerds... the BK toys are back as well with 17 new collectable figures. Phase I launched this MON.
Thanks for the tip on the Darth Tater, Roufuss ;)
Prepster
11-09-2005, 12:54 AM
Dam, I forgot to go, I was supposed to pick one up for my friend for xmas. Oh well, thanks anyways Roufuss.
Pure Apathy
11-09-2005, 01:02 AM
I picked up two of these at my Wal-Mart with a PM.
hiccupleftovers
11-09-2005, 02:22 AM
I had nearly missed this until I spotted it late last night on CAG. Wouldn't have been able to make it out there anyway since I had a bunch of stuff to do early today and through out the day. Only made it out there late at night, but both the Jade Empre and the Tater were sold out. Got a rain check for the Jade Empire, but the lady said she wouldn't give me the rain check on the Tater. No biggie, I'll try PMing it at Walmart tomorrow if I get a chance. But she did say that due to it being a one day sale, a ton of people arrived there early at 5 A.M. and the thing sold out within minutes. Damn, I would never get up that early for a tater. I guess the holidays really are upon us now.
Stry-ker
11-09-2005, 02:35 AM
picked up 2 ( $ 4.19 each + tax ) @ my local KMart in Los Angeles.
a great deal. for the SW nerds... the BK toys are back as well with 17 new collectable figures. Phase I launched this MON.
Thanks for the tip on the Darth Tater, Roufuss ;)
I REFUSE to eat all that burger king again!!:puke: Man i got sick of burger king back in May.
Requiem
11-09-2005, 10:20 PM
Amazon has this for $8.99 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00061I4U6/qid=1131589280/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6826000-9681464?v=glance&s=toys&n=507846)
And you can buy some accessories there too, but they're asking for too much money for that
TurkeyOnRye
11-10-2005, 02:50 AM
I forgot about going out to K-Mart yesterday until after Jen got home from work so we didn't make it out there until around 7 P.M. or so... and I totally expected them to be totally sold out or not on sale or something.
Sure enough, not a one of them had been bought. I think it was because they were in the small children's toys and not near the other Star Wars toys. I was giddy :)
Oh, yeah... big thanks to the OP on this one!
I saw this too late, but that's okay because I already have one and it's sitting right in fron of me on my computer desk!
Z-Saber
11-10-2005, 06:51 AM
I forgot about going out to K-Mart yesterday until after Jen got home from work so we didn't make it out there until around 7 P.M. or so... and I totally expected them to be totally sold out or not on sale or something.
Sure enough, not a one of them had been bought. I think it was because they were in the small children's toys and not near the other Star Wars toys. I was giddy :)
Oh, yeah... big thanks to the OP on this one!
Wait, I thought the sale was one day only? You mean if I go to Kmart and they still have these, they will still be $3.99?
TurkeyOnRye
11-10-2005, 11:40 AM
Wait, I thought the sale was one day only? You mean if I go to Kmart and they still have these, they will still be $3.99?
No... I meant this happened on Tuesday (that's why I said yesterday). I totally meant to get out there earlier that day to make sure I got one.
The sign on the shelf was very clear that this was a one day sale... no way around it :(
munch
11-10-2005, 01:06 PM
No... I meant this happened on Tuesday (that's why I said yesterday). I totally meant to get out there earlier that day to make sure I got one.
:rofl: i don't know why i find that funny.
Z-Saber
11-10-2005, 04:18 PM
I saw that the time said "Today" but I didn't see that it was from 1:50 AM. My bad.