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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #75 on: July 28, 2008, 09:50 AM »

Totals so far
January - $180
February - $130
March - $495
April - $144 - Updates as I didn't have my comics for the month on there.
May - $264  - Updated as I didn't have my comics for the month on there.
June - $78


July so Far -

$65 - Droid Factory Build-A-Droid set of 6
$37 - Wal-Mart Comic Packs (Anakin/Dooku, Lando/Stormtrooper [Marvel], Wookie/Clone)
$35 - Comic Supplies & Brood/Skrull Marvel Legends
$60 - Mace Windu mini-Lightsaber
$129 - July 26th Toy relase (Spent $254, but used $125 in gift cards)
              Clone Wars Wave 1 Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda, R2-D2, Grievious, & Battle Droid (Got Holo Grievious Free)
              Legacy Wave 1 (All)
              Legacy Wave 2 (Tinn, Obi-Wan, IG Lancer, & Padme)
              3 Evo Sets (Padme & both Rebel Pilots)
              2 Commander Fox (Target Exclusive)
$35 - Comics for the month

$361 - Total for July
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #76 on: August 1, 2008, 12:09 PM »
Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $164.34
June= $198.27
July= $278.35
Year Total: $1301.19

I really gotta cut back on my spending.
But with wave 2 of legacy expected out soon along with the other two evo packs and animated wave 2 I think that will be hard. Not to mention DragonBall z season 6 coming out next month along with DragonBall GT and The Force unleashed.
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #77 on: August 1, 2008, 03:09 PM »
But with wave 2 of legacy expected out soon along with the other two evo packs and animated wave 2 I think that will be hard. Not to mention DragonBall z season 6 coming out next month along with DragonBall GT and The Force unleashed.



I won't tell you that Wave 2 Legacy, all 4 EVO's hit on 7/26 here in Minnesota, and reports are coming in of the Comic Packs and Battle packs arriving now too.
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #78 on: August 4, 2008, 12:54 PM »

Totals so far
January - $180
February - $130
March - $495
April - $144 - Updates as I didn't have my comics for the month on there.
May - $264  - Updated as I didn't have my comics for the month on there.
June - $78


July so Far -

$65 - Droid Factory Build-A-Droid set of 6
$37 - Wal-Mart Comic Packs (Anakin/Dooku, Lando/Stormtrooper [Marvel], Wookie/Clone)
$35 - Comic Supplies & Brood/Skrull Marvel Legends
$60 - Mace Windu mini-Lightsaber
$129 - July 26th Toy release (Spent $254, but used $125 in gift cards)
              Clone Wars Wave 1 Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda, R2-D2, Grievous, & Battle Droid (Got Holo Grievous Free)
              Legacy Wave 1 (All)
              Legacy Wave 2 (Tinn, Obi-Wan, IG Lancer, & Padme)
              3 Evo Sets (Padme & both Rebel Pilots)
              2 Commander Fox (Target Exclusive)
$35 - Comics for the month

$361 - Total for July

August

$4 - Stargate Continuum (Not a typo - I took my receipts from 7/26 back since Target dropped prices from $7.99 to $6.99. I took the adjusted cash and added $4 and picked up my Stargate movie.)
$84 - 4 Hoth Speeder Bike sets
$27 - Ventress/Skorr & Anakin/Durge Comic Packs
$127 - BMF Falcon (used a couple coupons from TRU to get it)
$13 - Fran Tarkington
$9 - Ventress/Skorr comic pack @ Science Museum of MN Star Wars Exhibit
$52 - Comics, Indy Grail Knight, & Hot Rod Jedi Starfighter Titanium
« Last Edit: August 28, 2008, 09:03 AM by knashdx »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #79 on: August 8, 2008, 02:10 AM »
July:
Judgment Day 2008 DVD
One Night Stand 2008 DVD
Backlash/Judgment Day 2003 DVD set
Backlash 2008 DVD (used gift card, not counting)
The Simpsons Season 10 DVD (used gift card, not counting)
The Godfather DVD Collection (used gift card, not counting)
Indiana Jones Elsa Schneider
Indiana Jones Young Indy
Family Guy Volume 3 DVD
Family Guy Volume 5 DVD
Batman: Gotham Knight DVD
Robot Chicken Season 1 DVD
Robot Chicken Season 2 DVD
NCAA Football 09 (Playstation 2)
Royal Rumble/No Way Out 2003 DVD set
Good Burger DVD
Star Wars: Robot Chicken DVD
Bad Blood 2003 DVD
Vengeance 2003 DVD
No Way Out 2004 DVD
Judgment Day 2004 DVD
Wrestlemania XIX DVD
Survivor Series 2003 DVD
TLC Scuba Clone Trooper
TLC Ewok 2-Pack
TLC IG Lancer Droid
TLC Han Solo
TLC Yarna
TLC Bane Malar
TLC Quarren Soldier
TLC Luke Skywalker
TLC Battle Damaged Vader
TLC Darth Vader
TLC Obi-Wan Kenobi
TLC Chewbacca
TLC Millennium Falcon
Padme Amidala Evolution Set
TLC Mon Calamari Soldier
TLC IG Lancer Droid
TLC Quarren Soldier
TLC Super Battle Droid
TLC Super Battle Droid
Night of Champions 2008 DVD
July Total: $612.37

January Total: $115.44
February Total: $72.32
March Total: $229.52
April Total: $32.42
May Total: $219.04
June Total: $162.70
July Total: $612.37

Yearly Total: $1443.81
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #80 on: August 9, 2008, 12:05 AM »
Total for the year: $2170.55



July total: $928.25 - nice, almost half the year in one month and I didn't go in for SW in a big way.   ::)
June total: $30.50
May total: $205.00
April total: $142.02
March total: $346.09
February total: $269.73
January total: $248.96

August: hopes of a return to normalcy....
<35.84> - refund on July purchase thanks to TRU sale :D
$121.10 Gentle Giant exclusive Holo-Qui Gon and Gen Con Indy with Idol busts. 
« Last Edit: August 18, 2008, 01:19 PM by Morgbug »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #81 on: August 9, 2008, 12:20 AM »
Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $164.34
June= $198.27
July= $278.35(Price adjustment on a bunch of figures came out to $40.88 back in my pocket.)
New July total= $237.47


August
Tac
Holo Vader =12.42
bespin han= 12.42
Anime Clone= 6.75
Clone= 6.75
Rebel evo 2= 33.89
Gundam LaGOWE figure= 11.29
henry jones= 7.50
holo dooku=8.69
jodo kast=8.69
grey clone=8.69
padme=7.60
scubaclone=7.60
sasea tin=7.60
ig lancer=7.60
quaren=7.60
moncal=7.60
gen MCQ=10
concept snow=10
Ak med Beq=6
miny bustup=6
clone wars comic=5
zev=10


August so far= 209.70

Was finally able to pick up 2 of the TAC figures I needed at a local comic shop. While going to another I was able to find the all so rare (anywhere besides Japan that is) Gundam figures. I only bought the LaGOWE because it was A. Cheap and B. the only one from the Gundam Seed series. I wanted to buy the Destiny mobile suit but that one was $16.99. Its a great series but they are very hard to get and very expensive for the main characters mobile suits. I might pick up the Destiny the next time I go. Besides they have been at that shop for a year now. When I went last year they had 3 of these Gundam figures and since then I have picked up to of them. Only one left to go lol.


edit august22****picked up a ton of figures in Buffalo at a way cheaper price. heck I was surprised to find wave 3. only thing that sucks is now after I find the quad cannon clone it will be even longer till something new arrives up here :-\
next stop Fan Expo....it will be expensive for sure.

edit august 24*** Expo actually was not to expensive but it was a ton of fun.
« Last Edit: August 24, 2008, 11:02 AM by JangoTat »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #82 on: September 2, 2008, 09:53 AM »

Totals so far
January - $180
February - $130
March - $495
April - $144
May - $264
June - $78
July - $361
August - $316

September

$33 - Lucas Family, Jedi-Con Shadow Troopers, & Clone Wars 2 sided Poster (from Starwarsshop.com)
$21 - Hoth Speederbike Patrol
$32 - Both Wal-Mart TFU 3-packs
$16 - Target Exclusive Wolverine Marvel Legend
$20 - Ellsa & Vogle Indy figures
$20 - Transformers 1/4 scale dicast All Spark (BBTS)
$78 - TOD Wave 4 Indy figures (BBTS)
$140 - Leia/Tobbi Dala, Dengar/Fenn Shysa (2), Antares Draco/Ganner Krieg (2), Obi-Wan Kenobi/ARC Trooper, A'Sharad Hett/Dark Woman,
                        Luke Skywalker/Mara Jade, Koffi Arana/Bultar Swan, Baron Soontir Fel/Hobbie Klivian Comic Packs
$15 - Joker (Dark Knight Movie)
$22 - Hoth Recon Battle Pack
$40 - Comic sub for the month
$75 - The Force Unleashed for the WII and a Stratigy guide.
$36 - Cade/Tallon Comic Pack (2) and GI*Joe Scarlett Comic Pack
$17 - Jonas Quinn SG-1 Toy



« Last Edit: September 30, 2008, 04:52 PM by knashdx »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #83 on: September 2, 2008, 01:26 PM »
Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $164.34
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70

Year so far= $1470.01


Still no wave 2 up here in Canada. I'm guessing it will come in this month while all other waves will also be pushed back a month. So with my luck we will at least get wave 3 legacy by the end of the year and wave 2 clone wars :-\. Collection spending will be cut back a lot though as my first day of University is tomorrow and those monthly passes for the GO bus are going to cost me $150 a month :-X Now its time to buy only what I really need or in this case because toys are not a need..want :)


Oh yeah forgot to mention I was also able to get a SPC discount card.So basically all the figures I buy from now on will be from  Zellers or the Bay because I get 10% off. Pretty good considering I will be saving about $1.15 a figure and since there are only 20 figures left for me to get (in which I know I wont be finding half of them anyways) I can save up to $25. There are also a bunch of other deals all in which will help make university cheaper for me. The card cost $7 and it has already saved me $4.
« Last Edit: September 2, 2008, 03:57 PM by JangoTat »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #84 on: September 3, 2008, 05:18 PM »
Hey, it's September :D

October:
IJ Cairo Thugs/Elsa $20
3 SW figs $23
Hoth Recon pack $22
Adam Warlock ML figure $16
$30 two futurama figures locally

September:
DC Lobo $25
Hot Wheels large Batmobile $10
Young Indy/Henry Jones Sr./Sallah/Belloq $20
400% Indy $123 shipped


August:
<35.84> - refund on July purchase thanks to TRU sale
$121.10 Gentle Giant exclusive Holo-Qui Gon and Gen Con Indy with Idol busts. 
$10 Henry Jones Sr. (thanks ruiner)
$47 Chewbacca animated maquette

Total: $$ 142.26
2008 Total to date: $ 1242.30

August total: $142.26
July total: $928.25   
June total: $30.50
May total: $205.00
April total: $142.02
March total: $346.09
February total: $269.73
January total: $248.96

If I were Jesse V I'd be about break even having sold some more stuff lately, about $300 worth in August. 
« Last Edit: October 29, 2008, 09:17 PM by Morgbug »
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #85 on: September 4, 2008, 12:52 AM »
If I were Jesse V

You only wish you could be like me.  :P


OK, time for an update from me:

Jan - $342.04
Feb - $204.30
Mar - $427.94 
Apr - $743.95 
May - $410.63
June - $353.37
July - $473.57
Aug - $633.11

TOTAL - $3903.09

Sheesh, it's been a pricey few months!
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #86 on: September 4, 2008, 03:41 PM »
Spending less than a third of what you have?  No, I'm ok being me thanks. 
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #87 on: September 4, 2008, 05:30 PM »
August:
Indiana Jones Troop Car
Indiana Jones German Soldier 2-Pack
Dallas Cowboys baseball cap
TAMU baseball cap
Rebel Pilots I Evolution set
Imperial Pilots Evolution set
Mario Kart Wii w/ Wii Wheel
South Park Season 11 DVD
Indiana Jones Elsa Schneider
Indiana Jones Henry Jones Sr.
TLC Saesee Tinn
TLC Quad Gunner
TLC Mon Calamari Warrior
TLC Scuba Clone Trooper
Indiana Jones Cairo Thugs 2-Pack
TLC Snow Bunny Padme
August Total: $242.96

Yearly Total: $1587.69
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #88 on: September 13, 2008, 12:53 PM »
Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $164.34
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70

Year so far= $1470.01 $1430.57




Sept.
Returns
Guitar hero guitar =   -$39.54


purchases
Clone Heavy Gunner= 11.29
DragonBall Z season 6= $40 (i used the left over change for the bus but mainpoint is that its gone lol)

September should be cheap for me though. I already got the last Legacy figure I needed and I doubt clone wars wave 2 will be out anytime soon in Canada anyways. Only other thing I need for this month in terms of Hobby spending is DragonBall Z season 6 which comes out on Tuesday
I have also spent about $25 in food and bus tickets at university and $500 in books but Ill leave that out for now.



The extra guitar I bought for my guitar hero broke down so after talking with the stores head office I was able to get a full refund for it because he stated that all the ones they sold were having the same problems. So i got $39.54 back. I then used the money toward buying RB but once I got to my car to give it a further inspection I realized that there were no drum sticks, and the drums were really banged up. heck some of the pads were already falling off, not to mention the fact that it had all been just thrown into the box. So i went back and got my money back. They tried to refuse giving my money back but I reminded them that I bought it 5 minutes before hand and they stated they had to call head office for a refund, once I said I would wait they caved in lol. I still support the store but I will only buy dvds from them for now on, all the accessory type things I have bought from them have always been crap.
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Re: The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge
« Reply #89 on: September 30, 2008, 04:00 PM »
Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $124.83
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70
Sept= $51.29

Year so far=  1481.76



Had to fix up my May spending. due to the fact that I had to return my GH guitar. I screwed up somewhere I know so my over all spending is going to be off a bit by the end of the year but what ever I just want an idea of how much I spent all year, I dont care about being exact.

On the side note I am very happy that I was able to keep Sept spending down. although then again if I didnt buy wave 2 in the states in august I would have for sure broken the $100 point this month lol. All I need now is about 15 basic figures between clone wars and Legacy. I can see Wave two of clone wars hitting canada and wave 3 of Legacy but I dont think we will get the last wave for each set up here. And if we do it will be next spring and each store will only get 1 box each and then hasbro will say they were here so we should just shut up and give them more money.
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