Star Wars figures stolen from storage unit found on shelves of a Springfield Vintage Stock

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — A Springfield man and his son made a surprising discovery while shopping. They say some of the items in an entertainment store looked like theirs, and they later found that their own collectibles had been stolen.

What started as a routine store visit to a Springfield Vintage Stock location led Joshua Haslett and his family to discover that his storage unit had been broken into and nearly $8,000 worth of collectibles were missing.

”All the funkos in there looked like ours,” said his son Griffin Haslett.

Last Saturday, the two walked into Vintage Stock on Kansas Expressway to pick up some new goods. On this trip, something caught their eye. “I said to my dad, ‘It looks stolen,’” said 7-year-old Gryffin.

What grabbed their attention were Star Wars action figures and Funko Pops, which appeared to be from their collection.

”Gryffin starts saying how it looks like my collection. And I was like, ‘No, ours is in storage. It’s not ours.’ But the more I looked at it, the more I was like, ‘Maybe he’s right.’ And that’s when we drove to our storage unit,” said the father.

Haslett went to his storage unit in Greene County, where he found the lock on his unit broken. Inside, he found much of the collection he shared with his son Gryffin was gone.

One of the missing items held deep sentimental value to the 7-year-old. It was a piece that had been a special part of their shared memories.

”(It was) a Pikachu that was signed by the person that played Piachu, and it was in our storage unit too,” Gryffin told KY3.

Along with the discovery, Haslett says he was told multiple units had also been broken into.

When he returned to the store, he was told the figures couldn’t be recovered until authorities confirmed they had been stolen.

“They said that the lady had been coming in over the past couple of weeks selling batches of stuff,” said Haslett. “Like, every couple days she’d bring in a bunch of stuff, and then sell it, and then a couple more days sell some more.”

Haslett filed a police report with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office and says deputies are working to recover all the stolen items. He’s only gotten a few. We did Vintage Stock, but they weren’t available for an interview.

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