Sooo, you guys got Battle Toads?
Any way, back before KBtoys had their first bankruptcy, I worked as an assistant manager in the store they had here. All in all it was a relatively pleasant experience, but I do recall a couple of "regulars" who would make you want to run away screaming.
Around 2001, 2002 "Battle Bots", a TV show where some geeky gear heads would create a radio controlled robot, and battle each other, came out. Personally I liked the show, it was a decent show, and it was always interesting to see what they would come up with next. For a while it did pretty good in the ratings, and even started to put out some merchandise, and collectibles.
Of course the store I worked at started carrying them, so I was like heck yeah, I want one of those keychains they make.
A while after we started carrying the toys, on a terribly busy weekend I had a customer come in.
Imagine a stumpy, somewhat retarded older woman, with as many chains as Mr. T, wearing a baseball cap with just as many decorative pins as well.
This woman, with an accent that was absolutely southern, came up to the counter, and asked "Got any Battle Bots?". I cant emphasize enough how annoying her voice was, but anyway, I came out from the counter and showed here where the toys where. She then asked "You like Battle Bots", I then replied sure do... big mistake. For the next 30 minutes, I was forced to talk about the toys, the show, any thing that had to do with Battle Bots.
The kicker for all this is that later on that week, and every week after that I would get a visit from her, always with the greeting "Got any Battle Bots?"...... God I hate Battle Bots now.