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05-19-2022, 07:44 PM | #21 |
Packed with Fiber!
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I'm a definite opener myself. I have purchased several vintage Joes on card and opened them. I regret nothing. I am going to get several sixth scale Joes and will open them as well. They need to be opened and displayed, because I don't have much room for boxed/on-card stuff anyways. I just think it looks better and far more fun when me or anyone else can touch and interact with the product itself instead of the boring packaging.
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05-19-2022, 08:44 PM | #22 |
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If you have something MOC/MIB, and you prefer loose, you should try to find someone to trade with who prefers MOC/MIB. The amount of sealed contents is far lesser than loose/opened and they should be preserved as long as possible IMO.
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05-19-2022, 08:57 PM | #23 |
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Unless it's a Henry Golding Snake Eyes figure- those I'll get graded and put in a fire-proof lead-lined safe in case the nukes start to fly. Henry Golding and cock-a-roaches will be the only thing left!
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05-19-2022, 09:19 PM | #24 |
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I'm kind of with you on the preservation side, I want there to be several sealed examples out there in the world for reference of unopened things just so the community can get to experience them, I don't need to own them myself just know they exist-I still think it's cool there's several USS Flaggs out there MIB even if just for reference samples.
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05-20-2022, 05:30 AM | #25 |
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05-20-2022, 10:38 AM | #26 |
Dreadnok
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I haven't opened any of my Classified figures. It's probably related to my record collection. Some you play,others will stay sealed, because of the value attached to them. Some records come in multiple colours, or variant covers, some in very small batches,these things can determine values of each one. There are some I have anywhere from four to eight copies of. I'm not doing that with G.I. Joe, so my natural instincts are to keep them sealed. Also,I'm quite happy just looking at them in the boxes.
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05-20-2022, 11:04 AM | #27 |
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Open them and throw them in the bathtub or pool.
Play or GTFO |
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05-20-2022, 11:09 AM | #28 |
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05-20-2022, 11:11 AM | #29 |
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then in 2014ish, i joined facebook groups for o-ring gijoes and shit heads were paying 30 bucks for common figures just to brag about paying 30 bucks. i hope this is the case - because holy fuck, tunnel rat without any weapons is not a 30 dollar figure. none of these are worth more than 5 each in the figure piles im seeing on facebook. oh my god. 5 even seems like a lot for busted crotches and missing thumbs. fucking turds. |
05-20-2022, 02:17 PM | #30 |
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in 2002-06 i was getting gijoes from a toy store called 50million toys that had a stall at a flea -market in sanford and a corner of a comic shop (before and after it moved) 3 for 10 bucks each. that was a fucking steal. i pretty much built my entire 87-90 collection between every location of that store.
then in 2014ish, i joined facebook groups for o-ring gijoes and shit heads were paying 30 bucks for common figures just to brag about paying 30 bucks. i hope this is the case - because holy fuck, tunnel rat without any weapons is not a 30 dollar figure. none of these are worth more than 5 each in the figure piles im seeing on facebook. oh my god. 5 even seems like a lot for busted crotches and missing thumbs. fucking turds. Heck I let my four year old nephew play with my Conquest today and he had a blast. Did he have pieces fall off playing rough with it? Sure. It's surprising how sturdy it still was even after 35 years. Last edited by Goldchains; 05-20-2022 at 02:25 PM.. |
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