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Nice set of Turtles. I kinda want that new Mirage Neca set but the price is ridiculous to the point where I just can’t support it. My son saw it and said he wanted it and his bday is coming up though. This birthday, he’s already getting a bunch of high end figures for the first time. SHF and other imported stuff where up until this, he’s only been getting Hasbro ~$20 level figure.

Lol yeah… I’m all about f rules that are not directly related to general safety. I don’t doubt they are fair about grading. I just don’t care about their grades. More power to people who do though. It’s all good.

I get what you are saying and don’t want to sway you and others who believe in grading. I just personally think it’s a scam and don’t care about having any of my items graded at all. I have thousands of comic books and toys in “perfect” condition and I don’t need to pay someone to tell me that. If some professional grader looks at my stuff and says one of my “perfect” item has a tiny blemish and so and so has a better copy of it, I don’t care. But again, that’s just me so no knock on people who do value grading. As for leaders of box art, I agree with GI Joe and Transformers with their file cards, power grids and unique art. But I gotta say my first memory where someone collecting misb made a big impression on me was with MOTU. Some kid brought a sealed Beast Man in to school and I was wondering why he didn’t open it but at the same time, the colors of the figure in that clear bubble and that background splash are still vivid in my mind today. So yeah, I’m not making fun of box collectors…I am a box collector. Most my collection is still in original packaging either because that how I want it or I haven’t had time or space to open them. Even if I open, I keep the box for everything. If there was another unique shipping box that it came in, I keep that. I keep boxes for boxes that hold boxes so that I can keep more boxes, lol. I think blowing up some of my stuff when I was a kid pushed me to wanting to keep things pristine now and also having multiples.

I don’t think it’s they can’t, they just don’t care enough. All probably goes back to economics as things always do when they don’t make other sense. If Macross made more money for them, they might care more.

Yeah, see I didn’t know about that Kawamori one but that’s an example of why grading doesn’t matter to me. I know what condition my toys are in because I take care of them. I’d take that Kawamori one over your graded one any day, lol! Obviously no offense.

That is the ultimate of all ultimates. Congrats. I mean it, even though I don’t care about the grade, that right there is the epitome of any collection, imo. The best version of the best toy ever made in the best condition possible. Outstanding!

Dude, did we live by and play with each other, lol! Perfect descriptions haha! It was good times back then when kids could easily buy M80s, Bottle Rockets and other ordinance with ease! And yes, you are absolutely right that it took M80s or stronger to actually destroy toys like that. There were some more powerful small firecrackers that could do some damage but when you wanted to be sure the job was done, M80+. That’s what I used to take out the MF. Not to mention the model space shuttle I launched into the air and exploded with a bottle rocket after seeing the Challenger on TV. And those poor ants…I waged war on them. Usually they would keep coming but after a bunch of firecrackers in the anthills and they were done. At least not coming back that way again. Flamethrower them with cans of WD-40…some sick stuff when thinking back to it. My way of redeeming the MF was getting a few bigger and better MFs over the years and most are still in original shipping boxes. So some of those things I did as a kid definitely led to me thinking I need extras of stuff I really like “just in case”.

Nice! I got the one Ferrari I needed from TT:

Good points! Lots of considerations... Other than some waterslides (thanks!), I don't worry about customs. I'm glad there are people putting so much thought into making our collections better.

Lol, you know yourself and the collector’s mind well. I have two main regrets in my collecting. One is blowing up my original Millennium Falcon toy with firecrackers when I was in elementary school and the other was passing up on the Unifive Gatchaman God Phoenix set when it first came out and I had it in my fingertips. I don’t care too much about graded toys or comics and kinda think those services are silly but if you do have that piece, that’s pretty impressive and you would think it would be good enough for any collector but as you said, it never is. Luckily for me, there is some stuff I really just don’t care enough about to collect and I have been budgeting better since you mentioned that part of it. Right now (and since I saw the first Chunky as a kid), Macross, Marvel and Star Wars are my main weaknesses and those are plenty enough to break my budget without other distractions.

I remember pics of some of the Yeti adapters where he was holding the Valks upside down with no fear of them falling off. Quality!

If you’re really interested and just want to collect one special one, I’d say go for it. To put it into perspective that we can all relate to, I like to price things in Valk. That one I was looking at is only one or two Valks worth, which is nothing in the Macross collection world since I can and often do easily get two or three of the exact same Valks for no reason other than just “because” without blinking.

Again, that attention to detail is much appreciated! My only regret is not buying more when I had the chance. Nice, you need to put those to use! Like I said, my only regret is not buying more back when we could. Glad @BroTaku79 has stepped up to fill the need.

That laser etching is an interesting difference I didn't think of. The washer thing and thickness are the first things I noticed though. So far, it seems ok but you definitely have to tighten a lot more for them to feel secure.

That attention to detail is what sets the great apart. Thanks for everything you did for this community! Of course, we all hope you can figure something out that works for you regarding those adapters.

Maybe you can just do the adapters? Or help us get the ones we need in some way? I know you did a lot of work to perfect so many different types of adapters so it would be a shame to have to redo some of that. I’m pretty sure there would at least be demand for the various Yamato 1/48 and Sentinel Mospeada adapters. It is great to have any of these better stand options though.

Oh cool! Great to have you back and as you noticed, it’s been desperate times without you. 😉

Lol! Please say you are back in the game!

Lol, tell me about it. I was just looking at some original decks earlier today just to see and no way I’m going down that road, lol! This was another of my favorites and it’s not even a “real” original but I think it was a “FU” run made right after the original got C&D orders for obvious reasons. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166176835482?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=B7QGLl3XQM-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bxjG5I2cRPu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Plus, I was talking to a friend of mine who said he didn’t want to be that guy with a bunch of skateboards that he doesn’t skate and my wife assuming I bought those last two to actually skate and that brought me back to my senses a bit. I really never collected skateboards and don’t really have much desire to. I’d much rather skate them and collect the remains of the used decks I have, which is already plenty.

I did not notice this version but if I'm reading the fine print correctly, the versions with the tuna do not come with additional face or hand parts (plus "high quality decoration and accessories"). So unless it was an oversight and it does come with everything the standalone version, you would have to buy each one separately to get everything and that would be annoying as hell.

Cool, maybe you can post here as a heads up when you list because some of us never go to the market section unless something is pointed out.

Everyone here needs this! https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=104

If you are not in a hurry, you can sell individually to people who really want what you have. I always feel like people buying in bulk are trying get deals to flip even if that might not be the case. I'm saying this because I hope you let people in this community including myself have a shot at what you may have😆. Even though I really should be doing something similar to you and be selling instead of buying but that another issue.

Always the goto resource that I should have just checked first. Thanks!