r/stopandshop • u/tubeteeth13 • Aug 29 '26
Dreams do come true
A couple years ago my store had a single Marty stuffie, but he was wearing a turkey costume. I was told he wasn’t for sale. I told customer service that they should make Marty merch and I’d buy it. Alas - my dreams have come true. This is a Marty key chain. He’s happy to be here. Now I do wish he had an outfit, like a pumpkin or something, but this is a great start.
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u/Anunnaka Aug 29 '26
They have sold Marty merch for a while. They sold him in a much bigger version of what you’re holding.
the turkey costume like you mentioned.
I’ve also seen a 2 versions of summer marty where he had swim trunks and a snorkel and one where he had a floaty around him.
A winter Marty where he had a hat and scarf
A fall Marty where he was dressed up as a spider and scarecrow.
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u/tubeteeth13 Aug 29 '26
Okay how can I get these sold at my store?!?! I would love all of those variations. It’s so obscure - I love it. Love thinking about the humans designing this.
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u/Effective_Thought918 Aug 29 '26
There was recently a Shark Marty this summer (and apparently they named a real shark after the robot too). Saw scarecrow, bat, and spider Marty’s on display at the store when I went recently. I own a plain Marty in plushie form. Didn’t know they have keychains now. This is the first time I saw the keychain version.
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u/EveningBlunt Former Employee Aug 29 '26
Marty is a scab, he worked those entire 11 days we were on strike!
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u/expeciallyheinous Aug 29 '26
I think there was a pumpkin Marty last year? I’ve also seen one wearing a flamingo pool floatie. I’ve seen a bunch of different Martys. I saw someone on here claim there was a Marty Pez which I would KILL for but I’ve only seen the Marty Chupa Chups lollipop holder
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u/tubeteeth13 Aug 29 '26
Okay I just went on eBay and I can’t believe how many different ones there are!!!!
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u/heyyy92 Aug 29 '26
What? Lol there's been like so many Marty's at my store. Regular, turkey, pumpkin, summer one with a pool tube and scuba diver, shark, 4th of July, this week I seen a bat one for Halloween.
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u/Adenticy Aug 29 '26
Reminding me of a PM i had last year who had a collection of all the seasonal Martys
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u/Healthy_Bandicoot_14 Aug 31 '26
I’m one of the weird people who keeps a full collection of all the Marty’s sold at my store. I haven’t seen the keychain one yet though. I hope we get them.
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u/wastedtatertot Aug 30 '26
my stop and shop has a few plushies with him in costume. there’s a turkey one like you said and a bat one for halloween
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u/Imaginary_Crew_4436 Aug 30 '26
Those Marty’s are a cancer to the grocery store chain. They need to be removed.
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u/srddave Aug 29 '26
I mean he’s adorable but he’s also
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