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Action Figure GAF |OT| Articulated figures murdered my wallet
- Thread starter George Oscar Bluth II
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davidwhangchoi
Member
yeah man, just buy macross and get 5x copies of each =P
jk, i'm about to get a few HT mechanical stuff like vehicles, (maybe armor) etc. not really into figures but love metal looking stuff.
jk, i'm about to get a few HT mechanical stuff like vehicles, (maybe armor) etc. not really into figures but love metal looking stuff.
cablenathan
Member
True, but it all starts with one. I remember there was a time before Hot Toys came in to my life...back then anything over £50 was too much for a toy. I thought people who bought statues were crazy. Id seen others buy Hot Toys...they showed me their purchases and even with them in my hand I thought that I'd never buy them.
Then I saw it, reduced online for £99...Battle Damaged Iron Man Mark III. I almost didn't buy it. My other half got it for me as a gift. I'd gone back and forth on buying it and couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I told myself it'd be just the one, a one off, I told myself spending that sort of money on a toy/collectible was crazy, and who in the right mind would need more than one let alone be able to afford more than one.
I now have too many to remember without actively checking/counting them...
This is another thing I never got, buying multiples of the same figure. Though I guess HT found a good way for people to rationalize by offering a past figure with a new
Also this. Like, if you can't display them what's the point of buying them? Hoarding just feels wrong. Let them be free ;-;
This is another thing I never got, buying multiples of the same figure. Though I guess HT found a good way for people to rationalize by offering a past figure with a newhathaircut
Also this. Like, if you can't display them what's the point of buying them? Hoarding just feels wrong. Let them be free ;-;
I swap my figures in and out of the boxes depending on what I want to display.
Freezasaurus
Member
davidwhangchoi
Member
This is another thing I never got, buying multiples of the same figure. Though I guess HT found a good way for people to rationalize by offering a past figure with a newhathaircut
so you can do this
Freezasaurus
Member
I kind of wish it wasn't true, but it is. I have so many anime waifu figures. So many.
cablenathan
Member
I am a big advocate of setting Hot Toys and any others free! I am personally not in to owning for the sake of owning them, or owning through some compulsion to buy them all and keep them hidden away for them never to see the light of day. Having said that some people are, some people dont want them to ever leave the shipper box or to have been touched by human hands and that's absolutely fine too, it's their choice, they spend their hard earned cash how they want to, they aren't hurting anyone, and it's not for me to judge. I worked in a comic shop for a long time and it confused me how people would not do what I thought they should with their collection...took a long time to realise that what people do with their collection is absolutely up to them. Everyones collection means something to them no matter where it is or how it's displayed, the same way my collection is mine and for me to do with as I please.
As for my personal collection a lot of mine are displayed, but they aren't all out because my home set up isnt perfect yet / doesn't lend itself to them being on display. I'm lucky to have even some space to display what I have, and even luckier to have a partner who is OK with the fact that I spend some of my disposable income as I do, I appreciate that others don't have that luxury.
Also much like art prints circulating / rotating what is on display can be part of the fun and can stop a collection from becoming stale.
This is funny because I recently put all my JoJo figures away so I could have a dedicated Star Wars shelf.
Freezasaurus
Member
Which ones? The articulated ones or the statue legend series?
It's what I do with my posters, and I would do the same with my figures if I had the space to display them. I'll need to grab some new display cabinets soon.
The articulated Super Action Series ones. The only statue I have is this http://myfigurecollection.net/item/1858 the statue legend stuff is cool but too expensive for my tastes.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
WAT
How could anyone keep those awesome SAS figures away? They're way too much fun to play with. I just got Crazy Diamond to celebrate Part 4 being animated and he's a dream. I get all mine preowned from AmiAmi and they're pretty much sealed.
davidwhangchoi
Member
though we're way past frontier, here's a shot of the VF-25S from my friend =)
more reasons to get multiples:
more reasons to get multiples:
Banjo Tango
Member
Awesome, thanks!
I appreciate Hot Toys, I just don't really see a place for them in my collection. They aren't my crack of choice. I'm a huge SH Figuarts Star Wars collector.
I had a dream my Scarlet Witch hot toy reservation converted. When I woke up it hadn't
You woke up in the wrong universe.
DeadRockstar
Member
So do I. So does anyone else with 200+ figures.
If there was an AA equivalent for figure collecting, the moment when you realise you can justify purchases beyond your means of display would be the common element in the introduction stories of the worst cases.
I dream that one day I own a nice studio apartment where I have enough space to put countless Detolf. Sadly it's just a dream. I haven't even finished paying off mortgage for this apartment I bought with my brother.
DeadRockstar
Member
I dream that one day I own a nice studio apartment where I have enough space to put countless Detolf. Sadly it's just a dream. I haven't even finished paying off mortgage for this apartment I bought with my brother.
Yeah I feel you. Every now and then I think "If I had one housemate instead of two there would be a whole room free...." before I realise I'm thinking of swapping a human for figure space.
so you can do this
OK, that's a compelling argument.
You make me sick
Madness!
Though speaking of JoJo, I considered getting a few stands but I had no idea where to put them. Closest thing to a stand in my collection in D-Arts Vile.
What o you mean by AA equivalent?
I get what you mean. Sometimes I feel this is a carry on from how some collectors keep sealed copies of comics.
Freezasaurus
Member
But she's only $120.
It's getting harder to justify now that the exchange rate is back to being trash.
I love JoJo but because we don't have our own place yet sacrifices had to be made lol
Freaking sucks.=( Already planned to trim down my wishlist some more, but this just pushes it.
The Omega Man
Member
what is all this Jojo SAS Figures talk here without pictures?
preposterous, preposterous I tell ya!
preposterous, preposterous I tell ya!
Freezasaurus
Member
And I have that Max Factory Sorceress pre-ordered from GSC. That's gonna be close to two-hundo now.
At least she'll probably be delayed because Max Factory lololol
davidwhangchoi
Member
AOU 1/6th scale Mark XLV
GUNPLA Figure-rise Bust Church of Yamato and Athrun
GUNPLA Figure-rise Bust Church of Yamato and Athrun
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I found a Marvel Legends Taskmaster for <$16. No-brainer.
And I found the last Combiner Wars Combaticon I was missing for $15. It took me several weeks to find all of them for non-scalper prices. Then a day after finding the last one the nearest Walmart got the entire set in stock at once, lol.
And I found the last Combiner Wars Combaticon I was missing for $15. It took me several weeks to find all of them for non-scalper prices. Then a day after finding the last one the nearest Walmart got the entire set in stock at once, lol.
KoruptData
Member
Yesssssss!
EroticSushi
Member
Welp. Looks like they moved onto ESB. Won't be long before they get to ROTJ.
That said I need a good Yoda in my collection. Hope they do a dagobah Luke next.
That said I need a good Yoda in my collection. Hope they do a dagobah Luke next.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Hot Toys just did a RotJ figure. (RotJ Boba Fett)
EroticSushi
Member
Nothing stops this train..
Must. not. be. tempted.
I just realised that I have quite a bit of Hot Toys now:
Captain America: Winter Soldier ver
Star Lord
Captain America: AoU ver
Iron Man Mk III Die Cast
Naked Snake from MGS3
Han Solo - A New Hope ver
Wolverine - Days of Future Past ver
Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark ver
Indiana Jones - Temple of Doom ver
Ant-Man
Still coming:
Captain America: Civil War ver
Iron Man Mk 46 (Civil War) ver
Someone stop me please.
KoruptData
Member
You need to own every Harrison Ford Hot Toy. It is your destiny. I am, actually going to skip old Han and Chewie. I have the ANH 2 pack versions preordered and I'm happy with collecting just the new characters from TFA.
davidwhangchoi
Member
didn't you cancel your pre-orders due to credit cards going high? crazy man =D
EroticSushi
Member
They just won't stop! 1/4 Kylo Ren coming soon. Will probably have a head sculpt this time.
KoruptData
Member
I canceled just Wonder Woman.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
ESB Han, Luke and Leia are best Han, Luke and Leia. Also, y'all might be getting Lando if they do a proper ESB line.
Captain America - Age of Ultron version
I'm gonna sell it and I'm not buying any more Hot Toys. I broke free on my first try!
...
I say that but I know I'm probably gonna break and buy ESB stuff.
...
Nah, fuck it. If I buy any more figures, it'll just be Figuarts. No more Hot Toys. (/Wanda)
I have one:
Captain America - Age of Ultron version
I'm gonna sell it and I'm not buying any more Hot Toys. I broke free on my first try!
...
I say that but I know I'm probably gonna break and buy ESB stuff.
...
Nah, fuck it. If I buy any more figures, it'll just be Figuarts. No more Hot Toys. (/Wanda)
Futurevoid
Member
They just won't stop! 1/4 Kylo Ren coming soon. Will probably have a head sculpt this time.
Booo! I would have dug that Vader diorama on the 1/6th scale figure. Same for a head sculpt of Driver.
Freezasaurus
Member
Korupt starting to get straight-up sickened at the amount of money he's spending.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Is there a 1/4th or 1/6th scale figure of Ripley from Aliens?
Haloid1177
Banned
HT has been teasing a 1/6 Ripley forever now but still never been put up for preorder.
EroticSushi
Member
Nope. They did one around the time they first started but haven't released a new version yet. They been showing her off for like the past 2 years and still nothing.
They just had an event for Alien Day and they showed her off again. Recently they announced a new Alien Warrior figure so fingers crossed they get around to announcing Ripley soon. They've also showed a new Power Loader.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Damn, hopefully it comes soon, especially if they are still displaying her
davidwhangchoi
Member
powerloader look good