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08-05-2009, 04:44 AM | #51 |
FOXHOUNDER
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25th I only bought what I liked and sometimes a second to keep sealed
for ROC I have complete waves with some seconds sealed. |
08-05-2009, 05:05 AM | #52 |
Supreme Ruler of Cobra
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Cobra Island
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I just buy the figures/characters I like. The only ones I useually multiples of are troops or figures I know are hard to find.
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08-05-2009, 05:12 AM | #53 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Diego
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At first I was cherry picking but then I turned into a completist for 25th ARAH remakes. With ROC however, I only buy the figures I think look cool.
I open everything. I tried to make money off of MOC POTF figures.. and yeah, that didn't happen. So now I'd rather just open and enjoy. I set up battle poses with the figures I collect because its the only thing I have in life that offers instant gratification. Everything else; school, career, artistic hobbies etc, requires lots of hard work for every slight bit of gratification.
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Have to trade: -MIB Twin Cannon -MIB Desert Ram -MIB Glider Want: -POC Low Light -POC Destro (v27) -POC Shadow Tracker -POC Skydive -POC Snake Eyes (v54) -POC Shocktrooper -25th Red Ninjas -25th Ninja Vipers I don't care if the figures are loose or even incomplete :-) |
08-05-2009, 05:17 AM | #54 |
Crimson lady of the Guard
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Somewhere out there
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[QUOTE=vtt1jam;911517]I wait for waves to come out and when I see them I by as many as I can, to complete the wave. So the questions I pose to you are:
1. Do you buy complete waves when you find them, do you order cases on line, do you buy single figure ie. cherry pick, or are you a completists? No I am not a completist. 2. To open or not to open and why? I open everything. 3. Do you set them up or do they go into a baggy or tote bin. I do both. 4. Why do you collect? I collect because of the thrill it gives me as well as the enjoyment I find when I remember my childhood. I also enjoy sharing my thoughts on boards like this.
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08-05-2009, 05:57 AM | #55 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: The Netherlands, Europe
Posts: 108
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1. Do you buy complete waves when you find them, do you order cases on line, do you buy single figure ie. cherry pick, or are you a completists?
I buy complete waves online, as Dutchman I don't have any other option. It saves on shipping, and I am a completist. I only bought some extra troop builders to complete my squads (1 officer, 4 troopers). 2. To open or not to open and why? I opened them all. I don't have the space to keep them all MOC/MIB. Also, I am just a big kid, who wants to open his 'presents'. 3. Do you set them up or do they go into a baggy or tote bin. I prefer to set them up. No dio's, though. The space-issue again. But I do like to take them out and pose them. Call it playing. Unfortunately most of them will find a new home in storage bins soon . That way, I can continue collecting the things I like. I will have to 'rotate' the things on display. The most important question.... 4. Why do you collect? It's fun! Good clean fun! And sentiment... |
08-05-2009, 06:26 AM | #56 |
Banned
Join Date: May 2007
Location: blasdell, ny near buffalo
Posts: 8,433
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i am a moc/lose/ cutsomizer.
1. Do you buy complete waves when you find them, do you order cases on line, do you buy single figure ie. cherry pick, or are you a completists? A)i buy what i like. if i like a whole wave i will get it if not i pick and chose. with ROC i have not bought as much as i did. nor do i keep any of them moc yet. there is 3 for sure i want moc. i have only bought 6 figs and 2 i gave away. 2. To open or not to open and why? A)i buy 1 to keep moc to display the card art and to save for my kids when i have them.1 or more to open for fodder or to leave the fig as is witch rarely happens lol. 3. Do you set them up or do they go into a baggy or tote bin. A) i have all my lose ones set up. 95% of my collection that is displayed is customs in a kind of battle dio. i keep my moc ones in a tote. till i get a house with my own room so i can hang them on the walls. The most important question.... 4. Why do you collect? A) I love G i Joe since i was a kid. it is fun now even more since i got into customizing. its better then buying drugs or drinking. also to customize the ones i want as hasbro never gets 90% of them right. also to fit in my verse. something to pass on to my kids when i have them. to show them what real toys are. right now ROC has slowed all this down. When resolute comes out in 2010 ill be buying them like a mad man agin lol. |
08-05-2009, 02:21 PM | #57 |
Infantry
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,759
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1.) I was collecting all of the figures until about the time wave 12 and comics wave 7 came out and now I am just buying the ones I want and ignoring the others.
2.) I always open mine. The only figure I have un-opened is a Doc figure. 3.) They go into a tote bin. 4.) I just like the toys.
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08-05-2009, 03:02 PM | #58 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 297
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1: I buy what I like as I like, I order online, normally singles or by the case, I comprise a list of what I want. I like to army build, nothing is quite as awesome as seeing forty or fifty Vipers standing in ranks or my 40 plus RAH, VvV, and DTC Siegies flanking Cobra Commander.
2: I open it all, every single package, I scored an unopened Shockwave and Repeater last year at a yard sale (true story) tore them right open without blinking. Why? I love the figs, love posing them, playing around with them, and I have some nephews that really enjoy them. It's a toy to me even though I collect them, so under that mindset it's illogical to keep it sealed. 3: Every few months I rotate things around. I'll baggy certain figs, bin them, and then put up a new display. Certain things like my Bravo Team APC's or BBI Little Birds are there 24/7. I stopped expanding my collection for awhile and I've traded the ARAH Joe's manning most of them with 25th figs. I have bins full of loose weapons, assorted by type normally, other bins have bulk figs for my nephews to play with. 4: I never collected until I was around 24, to be honest it seemed kind of weird and pointless and then I ended up with a shoulder injury and some spare time on my hands. I randomly found some custom sites and started buying vintage Joes that I had once had "Well, if I ever have kids it would be cool if I could give these to them" and it took off from there. It started as a diversion; I couldn't weight lift for some time, couldn't go jogging, or do many things I normally did for some time and weird as it is the Joe collecting helped me out of what was becoming a rather depressed state of mind. So, I collect them for fun now but to a large extent I think they pulled me out of a really rough patch. Plus most people who first meet me are pretty shocked to hear that I collect toys and many of them actually think it's fairly cool. Last edited by Mdaggs; 08-05-2009 at 03:02 PM.. Reason: Typos |
08-22-2009, 06:19 AM | #59 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Indiana
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well... I forgot about this thread and I want to thank everyone for sharing.
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08-22-2009, 07:00 AM | #60 |
Diabolik-Viper
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: I'm a rocka! I'm a rolla! I'm the outta controlla!!!
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[QUOTE=samantha;921067]
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I wait for waves to come out and when I see them I by as many as I can, to complete the wave. So the questions I pose to you are:
1. Do you buy complete waves when you find them, do you order cases on line, do you buy single figure ie. cherry pick, or are you a completists? No I am not a completist. 2. To open or not to open and why? I open everything. 3. Do you set them up or do they go into a baggy or tote bin. I do both. 4. Why do you collect? I collect because of the thrill it gives me as well as the enjoyment I find when I remember my childhood. I also enjoy sharing my thoughts on boards like this. |
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