This Week In Your Plastic Crack, Action Figures and Toy Collection 26 26

[followtheleader]

Looked at a sizeable GI Joe collection this weekend.   

Will post a few after I clean them of dust. 

Definitely will go back for more in the future.

1st is the Cobra Bunker.  I sold a partial a long time ago and haven't run across one since.

I love the playset.  It explodes when a Joe missile hits it.  Pretty dynamic for a cheap set.  

The figure is supposedly the Viper Pilot.  No sigil.  But no way I can prove it.

Patrick

[F For Fake]

On 11/21/2022 at 9:28 PM, followtheleader said:

Looked at a sizeable GI Joe collection this weekend.   

Will post a few after I clean them of dust. 

Definitely will go back for more in the future.

1st is the Cobra Bunker.  I sold a partial a long time ago and haven't run across one since.

I love the playset.  It explodes when a Joe missile hits it.  Pretty dynamic for a cheap set.  

The figure is supposedly the Viper Pilot.  No sigil.  But no way I can prove it.

Patrick

Great pick-up! I got a Cobra bunker at an estate sale four or five years ago, a cardboard box sitting on a bed marked $5. Ended up being several hundred dollars worth of stuff in that $5 box! Anyway, I mention it because the box had a complete Cobra bunker, but ALSO had a Viper Pilot who was missing their emblem! Or was he a swivel armed Cobra Infantry? We'll never know...however, my understanding is that the silver logo of the Viper Pilots tends to wipe away completely, whereas the red logo of the 1.5 Infantry doesn't come off so easily. So, if your logo is truly, completely missing, it's likely a Viper Pilot.

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by F For Fake

[srezvan]

Picked up a Battle Beast #53 Panzer Panda. Just 3 more to go to complete my set: #57 Black Panther, #63 Rowdy Rooster, and #72 Crooked Crow.

 

[OtherEric]

On 11/20/2022 at 7:54 AM, B2D327 said:

Reminded me of the Baron Karza and Andromeda figures from the Micronauts line I had as a kid and still have in my collection today

My local retro store knows I’m looking for micronauts.  They don’t show often.

[followtheleader]

On 11/22/2022 at 9:00 AM, F For Fake said:

Great pick-up! I got a Cobra bunker at an estate sale four or five years ago, a cardboard box sitting on a bed marked $5. Ended up being several hundred dollars worth of stuff in that $5 box! Anyway, I mention it because the box had a complete Cobra bunker, but ALSO had a Viper Pilot who was missing their emblem! Or was he a swivel armed Cobra Infantry? We'll never know...however, my understanding is that the silver logo of the Viper Pilots tends to wipe away completely, whereas the red logo of the 1.5 Infantry doesn't come off so easily. So, if your logo is truly, completely missing, it's likely a Viper Pilot.

 

 

 

What an odd coincidence. 

I think it may actually be the Viper Pilot.  The logo is completely gone.   I just don't trust people anymore, so it could be the Infantry and someone removed the red.   I didn't pay much for it, so I don't care too much. 

Patrick

[followtheleader]

On 11/22/2022 at 11:15 AM, srezvan said:

Picked up a Battle Beast #53 Panzer Panda. Just 3 more to go to complete my set: #57 Black Panther, #63 Rowdy Rooster, and #72 Crooked Crow.

 

Seriously, kudos.   It's a tough set. 

I picked up a lot recently, but need a bunch.   Probably one I'll never complete. 

Patrick

[followtheleader]

On 11/22/2022 at 7:14 PM, OtherEric said:

My local retro store knows I’m looking for micronauts.  They don’t show often.

Micronauts are so great. 

The Blue Pharaoh in the back is one of my favs. 

Patrick 

[OtherEric]

On 11/22/2022 at 5:15 PM, followtheleader said:

Micronauts are so great. 

The Blue Pharaoh in the back is one of my favs. 

Patrick 

The Pharoid is from the SDCC set they did a few years ago.  The Time Traveler is the only real Mego figure in the lot, although I do have some alternate vintage chest plates I can rotate out on it.  (They're stored in the Pharoid time chamber.)

[srezvan]

On 11/22/2022 at 6:13 PM, followtheleader said:

Seriously, kudos.   It's a tough set. 

I picked up a lot recently, but need a bunch.   Probably one I'll never complete. 

Patrick

I started with a lot purchase that had 80% or so. Then it's just a matter of setting up saved searches and being patient. The figures can go for a lot. 

[Cat]

Mcfarlane's doing a classic Jay Garrick. I'm shocked. 

 

[Krismusic]

On 11/11/2022 at 10:58 AM, ak47po said:

Anyone picking this up?

Marvel Legends Galactus

$399.99

I want to but 399.99 damn that’s like a billion in CAD  but might pull trigger 

[srezvan]

If anyone needs action figure cases, CGA has 20% off Polybags and cases, including stacked discounts on clearance items. 

[fantastic_four]

On 11/23/2022 at 8:15 PM, Krismusic said:

On 11/11/2022 at 10:58 AM, ak47po said:

Marvel Legends Galactus

$399.99

I want to but 399.99 damn that’s like a billion in CAD  but might pull trigger 

I can't tell if you guys are confused or I am, but the Marvel Legends Galactus was a crowdfunding project that ran for 45 days in 2021 and is no longer available to purchase at $399.99.  That was the funding price last year, and to date Hasbro has never sold these "Haslab" (Hasbro Labs, presumably) items past their crowdfunding period so the only way to get them now is at higher prices from people who crowdfunded the item.

The aftermarket prices on eBay range from $500 to $900 with the center of that range being the most common market price.  I have one, and it's well worth it even at the aftermarket prices.  It's not the best action figure ever made for multiple objective reasons I could cite, but subjectively it's by far my favorite action figure ever made.

[Brandon Shepherd]

Every year in November my mom sends me a Hallmark ornament.

I still haven’t seen the last Batman movie! I hear it’s really good.

Happy Thanksgiving to all you plastic crack addicts. 

[Krismusic]

On 11/24/2022 at 10:51 AM, fantastic_four said:

I can't tell if you guys are confused or I am, but the Marvel Legends Galactus was a crowdfunding project that ran for 45 days in 2021 and is no longer available to purchase at $399.99.  That was the funding price last year, and to date Hasbro has never sold these "Haslab" (Hasbro Labs, presumably) items past their crowdfunding period so the only way to get them now is at higher prices from people who crowdfunded the item.

The aftermarket prices on eBay range from $500 to $900 with the center of that range being the most common market price.  I have one, and it's well worth it even at the aftermarket prices.  It's not the best action figure ever made for multiple objective reasons I could cite, but subjectively it's by far my favorite action figure ever made.

Ahh thanks I saw a LCS post their box opening of it so thought it was a item they have in stock to sell… might have to visit them and see if they had a few 

[SpineTic]

What a great personality she has.

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 11/24/2022 at 5:03 PM, ak47po said:

What a great personality she has.

 

 If that is the remote control one that lights/sounds/phrases, the 1st go around they had Jay and Silent Bob do the video  

[ADAMANTIUM]

she really IS enthusiastic.

I thought it was also a remote control to ride around and bring you stuff...... if not..... they should get on that  Still $700? say huh?

[SpineTic]

On 11/24/2022 at 6:07 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

she really IS enthusiastic.

I thought it was also a remote control to ride around and bring you stuff...... if not..... they should get on that  Still $700? say huh?

Yeah you have to be huge Transformers fan to spend $700 on a few beeps & boops.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 11/24/2022 at 5:15 PM, ak47po said:

Yeah you have to be huge Transformers fan to spend $700 on a few beeps & boops.

It's one of those, where you've already pulled out your wallet, then they finish saying the price and