As the
Target and
NECA Haulathon 2025 draws to a close (
We think? Who's keeping track anymore?), it's time for our annual post-event debrief. What have we learned from this year's event? What went smoothly? What didn't?
ToyFarce investigated...
Every year,
NECA and
Target promise an exciting
weekly rollout of
exclusive collectibles both in-store and online. The idea is simple: each Friday, new items become available for eager collectors to grab. Unfortunately, the reality is that the real
Haulathon was the friends we made along the way, and by "
friends" we mean the confused store employees who were just as in the dark as we were.
Many stores put everything out before the event officially began, while others never received anything. Online drops were...
technically posted, but mostly moot, since many items had already been scalped in-store days (
or weeks?) earlier.
Key Takeaways:
- "
Weekly Drops" was apparently code for "
good luck finding anything after week one".
-
Target staff now reflexively flinch when someone says the word "
Haulathon".
- We’ve all become better at interpreting shelf tags and box shapes
from 30 feet away.
- At this point, it’s a tradition, like watching the same bad movie every year because it’s comforting in its dysfunction.
In conclusion, the
Target and
NECA Haulathon remains one of
the most predictably unpredictable collector events of the year. It’s a scavenger hunt wrapped in a mystery, dipped in confusion, and served cold with a side of eBay scalper fees. And we’ll all be right back at it next year or at the next
GeekOut event, because... well, we’re
collectors.
That is what we do!
How was your experience with the
Target and
NECA Haulathon? Did you manage to grab everything you wanted?
Let us know in the comments!
More news at 11:00...
Until next time, happy hunting, or at least, happy complaining about hunting!
*ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!
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