Thieves in my area are taking things to the next level.

[Almighty Unicron]

How do you "swap" a carded figure, though?

[Onslaught Six]

How do you "swap" a carded figure, though?

Tape it back on. Most store employees don't care enough to notice.

Anyway, the real reason you do it and don't just return an empty package is because a store employee will give enough of a fuck to notice that there isn't a toy in the packaging, but might not know or care enough to check if the toy inside matches the packaging.