Well, 2012 has certainly been extra hard on our Texan readers this year. All these reports at Five Below, TARGET, FYE, Toys R Us and even Walmart in the East and rest of the country has left them green with envy and feeling very cold in general about the hobby. (You think we had it bad? Ha!) Well, Texas strikes back somewhat and some of the new TVC figures are now showing up. One of our most favorite commenters, flamingtoilet (yes, that's his handle) writes in eagerly with a very exciting find at the Texas exclusive H-E-B stores, oh, and they were on sale too!. Click through for his report!

I guess the world really must be ending, because I actually found new(ish) (to me at least) action figures! On a whim, I headed into a small-town HEB (I think it's a south Texas only grocery chain) (Editor's Note: It is exclusive to TX.), and at first was very disappointed by the usual TPM remnants. But after digging DEEP into the pegs, I found Sandstorm Lando, Kithaba (brown headband), and Dr. Evazan (flesh scar)! There was also a random Cloud Car Pilot, somehow. I have a feeling I stumbled into someone else's stash, actually, but finders keepers! The best part is, they were only $7.98 each!

So the moral of the story is, don't forget to check your local grocery stores! You never know what might show up!

Love and Kisses,
Flamingtoilet