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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Stranger Things - Netflix
« on: January 3, 2018, 01:57 AM »
Last Thursday I wanted to watch something so I thought I'd check out the first ep of Stranger Things. By Saturday night I was done with both seasons (and I worked Friday...).

I really enjoyed it. It's one of the better shows I've watched lately. I think part of it was the nostalgia for the 80's, the music, the references...very cool. Really looking forward to the next season.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: What do you drive?
« on: January 3, 2018, 01:55 AM »
I finally got rid of my 2006 Chevy Cobalt this year, at the end of July, and picked up a 2017 Hyundai Tucson on lease. It's a decent car with some nice bells and whistles. It has all wheel drive which has come in handy the last few days here in NY.

I'm not going to miss randomly spending hundreds of $$ on the Cobalt. That was a lemon of a car and the best thing I can say about it in the 9.5 years I drove it, it never stranded me on the side of the road. Couldn't make it out of the parking lot a couple times, but it didn't strand me.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: 2018: What Are You Collecting?
« on: January 3, 2018, 01:25 AM »
I picked up some items this year for my character and vehicle focus; AT-AT Driver and Republic Gunship. There were some chunks since my last post back in July when I didn't really buy much of anything from the current SW films. I grabbed a couple classic Space Lego sets from eBay, added a couple more Marauder figures and even some 12" GI Joe accessories. This Fall I did buy a few of the TLJ figures and the A-Wing which I thought was very well done. And I picked up a handful of Black Series figures that I thought turned out well, like the SDCC Thrawn, HASCON Rex, and the Luke and Rey exclusives.

Several of those purchases were paid for by selling off some stuff on eBay which made it easier to swallow both in cash spent and basically maintaining on the collection size.

For 2018 there are a handful of SW figures I want to pick up, mostly in the new Vintage Collection line, but I'll keep my eye on all of the 3.75" figures including the Solo stuff. And I'm definitely in on that Hovertank Hasbro has coming. I plan on buying for my focus collections, I want to add at least the Jaina BS figure that's starting to hit, and I'll probably pick up the Ahsoka Forces of Destiny figure and cross my fingers for a Hera Syndulla.

I passed on this newest wave of G.I. Joe Club Figure Subscription Service figures but there are a couple I'll grab individually if I can get to them in time. And the FSS6 is still shipping, I bought that whole sub. The Joe Club has a few final exclusives coming this year I'll get and I'm seriously thinking about going to the Joe Con this year since it's the last one.

I'd also like to pick off a couple more classic Space Lego sets and I'm looking forward to my Eagle Force and Marauder's Kickstarter figures.

While I didn't sell a lot of stuff in 2017, I found it to be kind of painless letting stuff go and funding new purchases from sales income definitely was friendlier to the bank account. So I think I'll do some more selling this year to fund those purchases I do want to make.

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Joe Defender / Re: Vintage 3.75" ARAH Figures
« on: October 21, 2017, 03:32 AM »
One of the biggest MIB ARAH collectors was a woman in Texas who has sold her stuff off for financial reasons. She had gobs of foreign items.

Airedevon.

I actually got to pick through that collection from the guy that bought the bulk of it. It was very, very impressive.

I haven't been looking for stuff on eBay lately but I hit up the NJCC show this summer and the Joe prices were pretty reasonable. I snagged a Ferret for a buddy and I think I only paid like $10 for it and he threw in a figure with it.

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Joe Defender / Re: ARAH Vehicles/Playsets
« on: October 21, 2017, 03:25 AM »
Since the last time I posted in this I've picked up a few pieces including an APC, Desert Fox, and Whirlwind at the 2013 Joe Con in Indianapolis. And a couple summers ago I hit up the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh and replaced that X-19 I sold with one in almost as good of shape, and for a great price.

I also added a Tomahawk and Bridge layer from a buddy. I had a shell of the Shuttle Launch Complex that I got from the same person, for free, with the intention of picking up parts and building it. But it was too big of a task so I ended up giving it back.

I've picked up a couple vintage figures since last posting also but I think that was it on the vehicles.

One reason I've hesitated on vehicles is because of what Scockery mentioned, too brittle on the plastic. Not sure I want to invest too much in toys that could easily break. SW stuff doesn't seem to be quite as bad but I've seen some discoloration on things like the B-Wing so that's also a factor.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Favorite Line(s) of All Time
« on: October 21, 2017, 03:12 AM »
Interesting topic. From when I was a kid until now I've been a fan of the same few lines and, luckily enough, a couple of them have been been in production nearly my whole life, with a couple breaks.

Star Wars: Vintage Kenner and modern Hasbro w/ my fav modern lines being Saga Collection 06, 30th anniversary and The Clone wars.

GI Joe: ARAH when I was a kid and then again with the 25th anniversary but Hasbro also did some fantastic figures and vehicles in the VvV and Spy Troops era.

Fisher Price Adventure people. I loved those toys when I was a kid and were my first action figures.

GI Joe 12": Not much of a collector when I was a kid, just a little young, but started collecting the modern stuff and have a new appreciation for the vintage, especially the Adventure Team.

Lego: I really love all of it but my favorite is the Classic Space stuff which is mainly what I had when I was a kid. I cut way back on the SW stuff (and sold off most of my early years sets) but I'll buy any polybag set still, current City Space sets and I bought most of the final wave of Harry Potter sets.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: 2017: What Are You Collecting?
« on: July 8, 2017, 01:34 AM »
It's been such a drought of good Star Wars figures that I've been picking up misc other stuff lately.

Grabbed some of Marauder's new Valkyries figures, picked up a couple GI Joe Club Figure Subscription figures from the most recent wave and pre-ordered the entire next series, pre-ordered (with more to come) a Hiya Toys Predator, and have been buying some Lego. That includes a handful of Star Wars sets and the new Creator Space Shuttle, but I've also been watching some classic Lego Space sets and recently picked up one of my most wanted sets, the 928 Galaxy Explorer.

There are a couple SW Forces of Destiny figs I'll grab and I'm sure there will be a TLJ figure or two I'll want. And I'm looking forward to the new Vintage Collection line but that's not until 2018. The most interesting SW figures I've seen over the last couple of months are the new Droid Factory figs from Disney. The WM BS line is so hard to find it's worthless to even look and the roll out of the 40th anniversary 6" line was so botched Hasbro should have just skipped it and paid it lip service like they did the GI Joe 50th.

At this point I'm seriously considering downsizing and keeping just a focused collection of the best of the hero versions and backgrounders, offload the multiple extras of fig versions and pass on the huge collection of vehicles I'll never possibly have room to display.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: 4" Predator Toys - by Hiya Toys
« on: July 8, 2017, 01:20 AM »
I ordered the Shadow Predator and I'll probably add a couple more later. I popped the P2 movie in and looked at that end scene to see if I could pick any of these out. The Elder Predator looks sort of like one from that final scene but the others don't really look like direct interpretations.

But even if they aren't screen accurate, it's still a butt load of great looking figures. I'm looking forward to adding them to the collection.

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Joe Defender / Re: 2017 SDCC Cobra Missle Command Set
« on: June 16, 2017, 01:20 PM »
I like where their head's at with this one. It's fun, it's a throwback, it's something different. And it's more affordable than the last few sets, even though the crossover stuff was fun in its own way. I'm really loving the Thrawn exclusive this year and if I have a shot at only one, I'll take that. But if there's time for a second pass at the HTS store for this set I'll probably pick it up also.

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Other Toy Lines / 4" Predator Toys - by Hiya Toys
« on: June 14, 2017, 09:53 PM »
Hiya Toys put out their two new Predator figures and BBTS has them for pre-order.http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?SearchText=hiya+toys

Pre-ordered the Shadow Predator. Looks like I snoozed and  missed out on the City Predator and Pvt Redding so I'll have to go to EE for them. I put those off because I invested some more cash in Maruader Valkyries figures first.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: ReAction Lines
« on: April 27, 2017, 01:28 AM »
Super 7 posted their blind boxed Alien figures on Wed: https://super7store.com/collections/alien

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S. - by Boss Fight Studios
« on: April 27, 2017, 01:25 AM »
I've only picked up a couple of the current figures but I like the looks of that first wave of Series 2. I may order it. It may depend on whether or not Marauder puts up the full selection of their Valkyries line next week. I've been waiting on that since they first posted the torsos a month or so ago. If that goes up I'll probably spend my cash there instead.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Aliens: Colonial Marines - by Hiya Toy
« on: February 24, 2017, 12:00 AM »
I think maybe if I wasn't saving for Celebration I might throw down on the APC. Maybe if I don't spend too much cash in April I'll use the leftover for the APC.

Hasbro didn't really show me anything at Toy Fair that I'm all that interested in and even with the new movie coming this year, the only things I'm probably going to be down for are some single carded figures, and at $8 ea, it's not going to be an expensive year. It's pretty easy to talk myself out of Gentle Giant (not that they're offering much these days), Sideshow/Hot Toys, and Lego so that frees up a lot of collecting budget.

Like you, Jesse, I'm spending that money elsewhere. I backed the Eagle Force Kickstarter, I picked up a couple of the Valkyries figures from Marauder (and plan a couple more), added some vintage and repro G.I. Joe figures, outfits, and equipment, and I've been buying Lego parts for some MOCs I've been working on. I've also been eyeing the new Voltron figures, specifically the Lion combiners, based on the new Netflix series (which I really dig).

And now I have these new Hiya Toys figures on my short list for this year.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Aliens: Colonial Marines - by Hiya Toy
« on: February 23, 2017, 07:51 PM »
Toy Ark has some good pics: http://news.toyark.com/2017/02/18/toy-fair-2017-hiya-toys-aliens-predator-figures-241644

I'm really digging the Predator figures and the female Colonial Marines.

I get why their APC is the price that it is but it's kind of outside my budget. As much as I'd like to pick it up, I think I'll be content with another couple aliens, the female CMs and the Predator figures. I'm glad Hiya took a chance on the APC though, that's going to be out there for those that want it.

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I swear that Sand Speeder had to be in the film in some capacity to get a MM and a full size vehicle haha.

There's a scene at the trading post on Jakku where that speeder passes across the screen way in the back of the shot and then I'm pretty sure we never see it again.

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