Welcome Autobot Blu! I see that no-one here has told you the rules. We operate on a senior level, which means you have to give right of way to any senior members. Ha, I wish that was true! Like Orio, Lumpy, and everyone said we figure out value by sold eBay listings and by just being around so damn long. Hopefully you'll reach a point where your collection is kind of self sustaining where you can sell off figures you don't care about in favor of new stuff. Let us know if there's anything specific you're looking for and we may be able to help. I'm starting to clear out a bunch of G1 in favor of classics, generations, and 3rd party. Seekers. Should be all the same mold type I think. As far as MP goes, I will buy any seeker that uses the new mold. Between tbe legs and the nullrays, that mold is awesome. I wish they'd find a way to do the coneheads. I don't want to track down the igear ones. As far as new stuff with me, I paid off Hexatron and i'm just waiting to see if anything else enters my pile of loot before I pull the trigger. I'm not sure how I feel about getting Metroplex this early. I want it, but it should be around for a bit, right? If quad-u comes out first i'll wait on metro.
Anyone want Botcon Bitstream or Sunstorm? I think I'm gonna sell them, along with 2012 SG Soundwave and maybe more. Still can't decide if I wanna sell Overlord or not.
Thanks Autobit Jacer and Squallte! Ill keep the pricing in mind. I'm not sure about the metroplexes being around for a while. I mean TF NM fans seem rabid about transformers so something tells me that one is going to be hard to find. I could be wrong though. It's just like everytime a MP is released, I almost never see them anywhere.
Metroplex should be easier to find considering every store should have them, opposed to only TRU having MP's.
Plus isn't being labeled as the big ticket holiday item? I compare it to the Marvel Sentinels that were everywhere for a couple of months. Metro should kick around for a bit. I'd rather get Function-X Weirdwolf, but it depends if it's even ready to drop. If it's another month delay and my ebay stuff does well then I'll gladly take Metro. I think we've been kinda lucky that the 3rd party stuff has been pushed back a bit because this is all stuff that should have came out in April.
Hey do you guys keep boxes or not? I used to when I used to sell them to stores or collectors, but in newer stuff I really don't care. Is there a market for TF boxes? I'm sure some collectors out there might want them, right?
Same here. Anything that's basicly "collector's" aimed. I have seen people selling boxes on eBay, but it's mainly boxes of high dollar stuff.
Basically this. I've started saving generations cards cuz I like the tech specs. But I'm assuming I'll toss them all soon. I've got 8 or 9 Prime voyager boxes I need to trash. I used to save everything. I still have two huge boxes in my garage of AEC cards I need to unbury and throw away. Except the 4 horsemen cards, definitely keeping those.
How much for the Seeker pair? I get my paycheck from my new job on Thursday. And I only keep the boxes for the third-party stuff since I don't want to have to buy those again if something comes up.
Blegh. I'm feeling really underwhelmed with Ruination. He's the most flimsy Gestalt I've ever had, and Topspin keeps falling apart. Plus, the individual figures feel really hallow and flimsy. I guess it's ok for te collection, but kinda wishing I'd spend my money elsewhere. Sandstorm and bumblebee are awesome though.
I started customizing 6 or 7 years ago. I started because there were figures I liked, I just wanted them to do more. I mostly try to create a certain aesthetic now or fix figures if they have weak alt or robot modes or bad articulation. I don't even have a supply for non-articulated hands. Kotobukiya and Hobby Base make model hands for like Gundam, but the kits are like 5.oo for a small pair. Shapeways has a lot of good stuff, but those are way more expensive. What do you need them for? I'm really loving Twintwist, his Desert Eagle, how his drills sort of fit into the vehicle mode, his minimal future tank. Impactor is great too, but he's going to take a lot of fixing. Imagine how good these guys would have been if they didn't have to combine into a robot.
..ok, how'd you do that, I think that'll be one I'll do to my twin twist when I get one to be my other foot... anyway, got some cool dc figures from kaboom today, DCUC stel, star sapphire, and red lanterns dex starr and nitelik (though I am customizing nitelik for my tastes, also need to find a new name to call him, still, nicely alien looking.) I now only lack a white lantern out of the spectrum, I have a few greens, a yellow, a blue, the grim reaper nekron himself, a pink, an orange, two reds and an indigo
I was thinking, if you want to do the meet up sometime after the 20th, I'll be 21, if that influences anything, I just thought I'd put it out there in case it helps in any way.
So I heard a few of you meet Mrs. Squallte at TRU this morning. Hopefully we see more Soundwaves. Has there been any sightings at TRU west?