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[Buzzetta]

On 9/28/2023 at 9:09 AM, comicwiz said:

Consider yourself fortunate to have not had your life threatened.

I assume this happened on his failure of a VV page, which he's blocked me from. If it's in any other group, feel free to PM me which one.

He's hitched his narrative onto the bandwagon of some of the worst people I've ever seen in any hobby, whose only intent is to perpetuate a diabolical hate/divisiveness. He has no interest in educating, it's all about flexing and showing newcomers he's some "expert", and most have fallen for it. This guy not only doesn't know his head from his @ss, but he's also a scamming liar who is quick to anger and threaten, and should not be trusted.

The enlightened few of us know better.

I’ll PM you more later 😂 

[MultiSig Mike]

Injustice: Gods Among Us 10" Bane

[oldmilwaukee6er]

Mail call from McFarlane toys... thought I was pre-ordering and they were delivered quick. More variants 

[Cat]

On 9/26/2023 at 4:04 AM, Buzzetta said:

All I did was mention in a thread that I did not believe in collecting this way as there were too many inconsistencies and a guy by the name, Wolff Lipinski (I assume from Variant Villains going by his FB profile) jumped in to let me know I am "wrong".  I don't think I will be getting any Christmas tidings this year from the Lipinski household.  

Is this the same Wolff that repainted a Boba Fett to make his own variant some years ago? 

[Buzzetta]

On 9/30/2023 at 9:59 AM, Cat said:

Is this the same Wolff that repainted a Boba Fett to make his own variant some years ago? 

No, idea to be honest. 

Please link me to some evidence that you have for that. Heh, if you do I will revisit that thread from a couple of weeks ago and ask him about it. 

"Heeeey was talking about this conversation, are you the same guy that... "

 

 

[Cat]

On 10/1/2023 at 2:01 AM, Buzzetta said:

No, idea to be honest. 

Please link me to some evidence that you have for that. Heh, if you do I will revisit that thread from a couple of weeks ago and ask him about it. 

"Heeeey was talking about this conversation, are you the same guy that... "

 

 

WBobaFett is his username? That Wolff? There was some dodginess with him some time ago, I'm sure of it. I'm getting so much noise in my search results it's impossible to find. Plus it's nearly 4am here and my sleeping tablets are bound to kick in any minute now. I'll keep searching tomorrow. 

Here's an interview. Note he works as an art restorer. http://vintagestarwarscollectors.com/collector-interview-4-wolff-aka-wbobafett/

[fantastic_four]

Last week I picked up the Mattel Hammond Collection brachiosaurus.  If you're unfamiliar with the Hammond Collection it's the first highly articulated dinosaur toy line that can truly tackle dinosaurs of all sizes.  Statues have long been the norm for people wanting to collect dinosaur models, but with this line Mattel is making them articulated for the first time in the 1:18 scale.  The brach has a tail with three articulation points, articulation at the hips, knees, and ankles, and it has a highly-articulated neck with multiple ball joints along the length of the neck.  Using those ball joints you can twist the neck to look right, left, down, or up.  The eyes are kind of like marbles, and the jaw is also articulated to open and close the mouth.  LOVE this guy.  MSRP is $84.99 and it's a Target exclusive for now.  They don't have her online, but you can find her right now in most stores.  Target is also running a sale right now to get $25 off of a $100 purchase.  I bought this before that sale, but I knew it was coming and I'm planning to buy a second one and return it under the receipt I bought the one in the pics on to get about $20 back.

Below is the Hammond Collection brach next to the Hasbro Haslab Sentinel for scale.  Note that the brach is a few inches below the feet of the Sentinel, so you can see she's much taller than that 28" Sentinel whether she's up on her hind legs or not.  In the first pic you can also see the Hammond Collection tyrannosaurus rex, parasaurolophus, and ceratosaurus.  In the second pic I have the brach balanced on two legs as we see in that first dinosaur shot in Jurassic Park.  In my pic she's sitting on her tail mostly because she sinks a bit on that plastic box, but her legs and ankles are strong enough to balance on those two feet even without using the tail as a kickstand.

[fantastic_four]

This is a pic Mattel provided showing the ball joints in the brachiosaurus's neck.  I took this pic from a Youtube video that Mattel has up discussing their design for the brachiosaurus.

[Buzzetta]

Anyone still need a Vintage Collection Speeder Bike with Scout Trooper? 

$23 on Amazon... I might need one more. 

https://www.amazon.com/STAR-WARS-Collection-Collectible-F6882/dp/B0B3BPVSFD

[fantastic_four]

They must be price matching another retailer... wonder which one.  

[Buzzetta]

On 10/3/2023 at 6:07 PM, fantastic_four said:

They must be price matching another retailer... wonder which one.  

 But I couldn't help myself.  I figure if I ever want I can have a speeder bike chase now that I have four of them.   I already owned two of this release and one from a former release. 

I am not even counting the white one that came with the Hoth BMF AT-AT

[Jesse-Lee]

Picked up a vintage He-Man and Battle Cat - the He-Man is a © 1981 Taiwan with a "2" axe and "9" sword, but with long tabs on the harness, so most likely from the second wave of 8-back figures (the first 2 waves of MOTU figures had 8 characters on the card backs, the subsequent early waves in 1982 and 1983 had 12 characters on the card backs). The Battle Cat is a © 1976 Taiwan with © 1981 Taiwan armor, and with white dots in the pupils, which most likely makes it a first wave Battle Cat - but not the rare variant with the striped tail. Both are 100% complete (although there is some damage to He-Man's shield) and they are awesome!

 

 

 

Also got a vintage Point Dread and Talon Fighter - almost 100% complete, just missing the cardboard insert that went into the base of Point Dread. But it has the radar dish and perch, which are the two most-often missing pieces. I think it looks great on top of my vintage Grayskull!

 

I've also been buying some Masterverse figures, and I'm in the process of opening them and photographing them in their various iterations. I'll share a couple of quick pics below (these figures are so cool), and I'll share the collection once I finally have them all opened and photographed. I will say this - if you're a MOTU fan and have $20 to spare, do yourself a favor and get the Masterverse Battle Cat on Amazon. I think it was originally like $40-50. But it is an amazingly impressive figure.

Here's a couple of quick pics of the Masterverse New Eternia Skeletor and Whiplash:

Edited October 5, 2023 by Jesse-Lee

[Jesse-Lee]

This guy showed up today, and I'm so excited I had to share even though I haven't taken him out yet. Once I get past senior photo season I plan to take pics of a bunch of recent figure pickups and share some impressions, but for now, here he is in-box with a couple of the promo photos:

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[Parabellum]

V1 “straight arm” Cobra Trooper and Officer

[Cat]

Well, I'm pissed. I'm a big mortal Kombat fan and before the recent McFarlane line there was a line by Mezco. I had the entire line except for one - Scorpion, whose kinda a key character to have (in talking 6 inch here, they also did a 12 inch line which I have and a smaller 4 inch line which I never got into). Finally found a seller with a decent looking Scorpion for a decent asking price. $166AU for an 8 year old figure, but with eBay discounts bought it down to about $140ish, for the sake of argument. 

Here's the auction page, check out the pictures. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195642271114

Here is what I received, and how I recevied it. (info blacked out is my own dox) 

They couldn't even give me the courtesy of using a bloody box. It was sent in a bag, marked 'FRAGILE' on the other side, and covered in layers of bubble tape. Now the layers of bubble tape, plus I'm assuming the general postage process, has cause deep spidervein cracks all over the card, along with bends and NCBs that were not in the ebay  picture. Also note something else, the whopping great big price sticker covering the upper left quadrant of the card. That's most definitely not on the one in the photos. What the hell?! I'm furious. I wasted around $144-something AU on trash, absolute trash. This was not going to be opened, my collection is a MOC collection. 

How and why do sellers do this? Not even giving me the courtesy of a box? And thinking "oh he'd love to have our massive price sticker on the front covering up some of the other damage we didn't show." 

Naturally I've put in a complaint to eBay about it, well see where that goes. If no bueno on the results, I've got PayPal, and if I'm still not satisfied I'll go to my card provider. I had to take a step back after my initial entry into the" Can you tell us where we wrong with the transaction? " question elicited a response from me of" Seller is too stupid to use a box."

What a waste of a perfectly good figure. The seller by the way, is starboard-games, so I'd recommend adding them to your lists. 

Now I'm stuck waiting for a response. Returning is  a hassle. I did tell them I'd keep it at half the price paid, as frankly, that all I think it's worth, and even that's being kind. I don't know if that was the wisest decision, but it's a starting point. They reject that offer, and it'll be a total refund, with all costs paid for by them. 

I'm bloody outraged! 

 

[Turnando]

On 10/9/2023 at 3:44 PM, Cat said:

They couldn't even give me the courtesy of using a bloody box. It was sent in a bag, marked 'FRAGILE' on the other side, and covered in layers of bubble tape.

That is reckless.  I would be sending it back for a refund. I'd go for a refund for my return shipping charges... and I'd ship it back in a plastic bag.

And definitely leave negative feedback. The only comment you need for that is "Shipped MOC figure in a plastic bag. Ruined"

[Cat]

On 10/10/2023 at 12:26 PM, Turnando said:

That is reckless.  I would be sending it back for a refund. I'd go for a refund for my return shipping charges... and I'd ship it back in a plastic bag.

And definitely leave negative feedback. The only comment you need for that is "Shipped MOC figure in a plastic bag. Ruined"

I talked to eBay this morning. They've approved the refund, and they've approved me sending it back the same way it was sent to me. It is tempting to just use a plastic bag with "FrAgIlE" marked on it in Sharpie,  That'd be an upgrade to what I got. 

Plus they're damn liars. The one in the photos had no price stickers. Especially not a big one over the most heavily-damaged area. 

I don't trust them one bit and I've already left them negative feedback. A reverse of this picture, showing the 'FRAGILE' side of the packaging, so they can't get it taken down for doxing, and here's what I wrote:'Seller didn't even send out expensive item in a box, instead opting for a mailing bag. You can imagine what thst did to the condition of the figure's card. I inserted a photo but all the CBC's and torn bits of cardboard are difficult to see in the light. They also used false auction images, as the item pictured was clean of any price stickers, but the one I received had a massive price sticker conveniently covering up the worst area of damage on the figure's packaging. AVOID THIS SELLER! MISERY!'

'Misery' seemed to be the best word that came to mind with my 6 remaining letters. It also accurately summed up the transaction. 

 

[Buzzetta]

This is possibly the best Luke figure to come out.  Hasbro keeps outdoing itself with Luke’s at this scale from ROTJ Jedi Knight to Mandalorian Jedi and now the Jedi Academy figure.  The ONLY flaw is that I would have liked a peg hole to clip the lightsaber hilt onto AND the $27.99 price tag.  Ouch 🤕 

I'm writing this from the subway and thought I had other pics on my phone so I will take close up pics later. 
 

 

[followtheleader]

Went to the Great Ohio Toy Show last weekend (small town called Xenia outside of Dayton on the west side of the state). 

If you ever get the opportunity, I highly recommend you go.  

It was amazing.   I actually grew tired of looking at toys for the day!  That's a 1st. 

Pretty much something for everybody.  High end, entry level, 60s toys, 80s toys, moderns, Funkos, and on and on.  

I'll take some pics of things I bought later and post.

Other than Kane, what other shows are large and have nice quality? 

Patrick

[Turnando]

On 10/9/2023 at 9:11 PM, Cat said:

It is tempting to just use a plastic bag with "FrAgIlE" marked on it in Sharpie,  That'd be an upgrade to what I got. 

I think your seller was in line in front of me at the Post Office today.

Dude was mailing something in one of those ridiculous white plastic mailing bags. 

Post Office guy asks, "Anything hazardous, fragile, or perishable in the package?".... and the guy answers, "Yes.  Fragile.  Cheapest method please."