Customers flock to Target to nab coveted bird figurines
Loyal Target shoppers and devout fans of the store’s festive felt birds rise in the wee hours of the morning in an attempt to snag one of the $5 fabric figurines online before they sell out — again.
Frantz, along with her sister, Anna, 34, have joined such groups to be in-the-know about upcoming drops. The Portland, Oregan, pair also construct custom creatures and sell them, often made to mimic famous figures like Taylor Swift or Dwayne “The Flock” Johnson.Target released its own celebrity lookalike earlier this year, which fans claimed looked like Tippi Hedren despite the “birb” being billed as a “Movie Star Featherly Bird Friend.
“My rule now, especially now that I have one for every month of the year, unless it’s cuter than the ones I already have, I can’t buy more,” 33-year-old Alyssa Fine, a second-grade teacher and proud owner of 62 birds, told The Journal.The New Jersey resident uses the fabric figurines as educational tools in her classroom and often goes “bird watching” with fellow educators at Target to hunt down new birds, some of which have sparked contention among loyalists.
The lack of their hallmark beaks — dubbed “mouthgate” — has disappointed and upset many collectors, prompting some fans to perform seam ripper “surgery” to remove the uncharacteristic mouths.And yet, nearly all the models are sold out online.
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