The Great 2005 Collector's Challenge

[JesseVader08]

Impressive list Brent!  I've got a similar list here.  Here's a quick summary for the yearend:

20 Loose/Carded ROTS figures
Holo Emperor
2 Covert Ops Clones
3 Walmart DVD figure packs

Series 5 Kubricks Master Case
2 RAH Stormtroopers
Kotobukiya Darth Maul
400% Kubrick Luke Stormtrooper - Dec 2005
400% Kubrick Han Stormtrooper - Dec 2005
Sideshow Premium Format Darth Vader (excl edtn) - Dec 2005

Bloody hell, so much for cutting back for the end of the year. 

I've not kept track at all

I have been keeping track, but I've been too ashamed and/or amazed to post it here for the last few months.  I'll try and build up the courage by the end of December.   

[Morgbug]

No, I'm just counting what physically arrives here in my possession Jesse.  I try very hard not to think about what's supposed to be coming still   This is strictly arrivals in the last 30 days preceding Christmas. 

Updating the list now that I've got Colman's box opened:

Sandtrooper white bust
Sandtrooper orange bust
Yoda bust
Code 3 Revenge mini poster

Utapau Shadow Trooper x3
Covert Ops Trooper x2
Target Lava Obi x1
Target Lava Anakin x1
SDCC Holo Leia (plus a pile of other SDCC schwag)
Jedi Temple Assault 5 pack

Yoda/Mickey two pack

Crimson Empire TPB and bust ups
SDCC Boba bustup


Vintage droids figures:
Kea Moll loose complete
Kea Moll carded
Kez Iban carded
Jord Dusat carded
Jann Tosh loose

Kubrick Series 5 case
Walmart Early Bird Set

A lovely pink sweater with 'Alice' on the front

[JesseVader08]

A lovely pink sweater with 'Alice' on the front

I hear those are worth big bucks on eBay.  Is it the limited edition 'Pansy Ass' version?

[Morgbug]

It smells funny

[jokabofe]

JANUARY 2005

Star Wars items:
Luke X-Wing Gentle Giant Mini-Bust $45
Gamorrean Guard Gentle Giant Mini-Bust $45
Clone Wars Red Arc Trooper Maquette $80
Clone Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Maquette $80
Kotobukiya Boba Fett $100
Kotobukiya Anakin Skywalker $100
Kotobukiya Mace Windu/Yoda $95
Kotobukiya Han Solo $100
Kotobukiya Darth Maul $100
Master Replicas Mini Saber Darth Vader $40
Master Replicas Mini Saber Count Dooku $40
Master Replicas Mini Saber Darth Maul $40
Master Replicas Mini Saber Sith Collection Case $15
Star Wars Sandcrawler $60
Dark Horse SW:Obsession 1 & 2, SW:Empire 25, 26, 27, & 28. SW:Tales 21, SW:Republic 70, 71, & 72 $33
10 VOTC figures (R2, Chewie, Lando, Boba, Stormtroopers x6): $100
4 OTC figures (Lando General, General Madine, Han AT-ST x2): $20
SW Trilogy Gold Ingot poster: $17
Galactic Heroes and Post OTC Cantina Wave @ BBTS: $93.88
Entertainment Earth Exclusive Clone Troops sets: $335.99
12" AT-ST Driver/VOTC Chewie, R2, 3P0/POTC Pablo Jill @ TRU: $60.37
Star Wars Magnet set @ Action-HQ: $102.35
Kubricks series 3: $49
Yoda:Dark Rendezvous @ Barnes & Noble: $7.95
Post OTC Cantina figures (2x each): $52 including shipping
SWS.com exclusive Chrome Stormtrooper bust: $56.94
SWS.com exclusive 2004 Comic-con Hyperspace shirt: $21.94
Action Figure Express exclusive holo sith lords bust ups: $17.94
Loose figures from SiteC here @ JD.com: $31.85
Ep3 preview Grevious/Wookie/R4 & Season 3 Animated Anakin/Grevious @ Wal*Mart: $30.47
12" Luke/Wicket/Jawa & Saga Imperial Officer from RogueJEdiTJ here at JD.com: $36
Shipping for a trade with CorranHorn here @ JD.com: $3.85
Shipping on a few other trades from RS: $15.40

Star Wars Total: $2053.93

Non-Star Wars items:
AVP Captured Alien Queen bust: $80
Army of Darkness mini figures: $75
various comic books: $160 (3 months worth)

Non Star Wars total: $315


FEBRUARY 2005
Han Stormtrooper busts from GG.com: $100.06 (yes, they got me twice, those bastards).
12 Series 2 Bust-ups (from Nicklab): $60
Luke X-Wing & C-3PO Riddell Mini Helmets (from BDW): $60

Star Wars Total: $220.06

JANUARY 2005 TOTAL: $2338.93

GRAND TOTAL FOR 2005 SO FAR: $2558.99

Maybe keeping track of this crap isn't such a good idea after all 

Man, I can't believe that I started losing track back in February, and had already spent $2500+!!! I'm going to try and dig up some stuff from the rest of the year, and come up with an approximate number spent.

Be afraid... be very afraid.

[Morgbug]

Didn't you win/lose last year?

[jokabofe]

I don't think I was that close to the top/bottom of the list... I know that BDW spent around $13K and Dale spent around $10K, so my near $7K wasn't that bad. Was it?

[DSJ™]

and Dale spent around $10K

      

I haven't got a clue as to what I have spent this year, I never kept track... thank god! 

[jokabofe]

After a quick scan through the thread to "cheat" and see what everyone else bought and try to remember what I bought, I've come up with this:

ROTS Basic/Preview figures - a total of 77 different figures from what I can tell, including Preview figures and repaints (i.e. #6 White and #6 Shocktrooper counts as 2) - I purchased somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 ROTS figures (at least 2 of each of the 77 or so different figures - 1 carded and 1 loose for my collection) and a ton of Clones for army building, a ton of extras for customizing. 300 is probably a pretty conservative number, actually. It's probably more. But since I don't have an exact count, I'll say 300 @ $6 each = $1800

Evolutions sets - 1 each of Anakin and Sith, and 5 each of Yellow Clones and Grey Clones = 12 @ $20 = $240

ROTS 12" figures (1 Grevious, 1 Palpatine, 1 Barris, 1 Luminaria, 5 Clones) = 9 @ $20 = $180

ROTS Exclusive figures - Holo Yoda, Holo Emperor, Target's Stupid Expensive Lava Figures and Clones, Jedi Temple Assault, Clone Attack on Coruscant, etc. $270

Target Cup Sets - 7 @ $15 each (don't ask me why, but that's what they cost here) = $105

Celebration 3 - C3 Vaders x4, GG Sandtrooper, Code3 ESB Mini, C3 Exclusive Posters and Prints, Yoda Key Cel, Exclusive Plush Yoda, Shirts, Sweatshirts, etc. etc. $1500 (I took $2000 in cash with me, came back with about $20, figure $500 or so was on food/drinks and the rest was on actual merch).

ROTS Deluxe figures - 7 @ $10 = $70

Code 3 ESB & ROTJ Sculpted Posters @ $80 each = $160

Unleashed figures - 9 @ $15 each = $135

GG Busts - Han, Leia Boushh, IG88, ROTS Yoda, ROTS Vader, Sandtrooper x2, C-3PO SWS.com exclusive - $400

ROTS Mini Sabers - 3 @ $45 each = $135

Books - 365 Days Creating the Worlds of Star Wars, Ultimate Visual Guide, Art of ROTS, Making of ROTS, etc. etc. etc. $250

Add that to my Jan/Feb total: $2558.99

And I've spent somewhere in the neighborhood of: $7800. 

I know that I am absolutely missing stuff from this list. I know it. As a matter of fact, I can see stuff here already that I didn't add to this list, just some odds and ends. A toy box, a toy organizer (that doesn't work so well, 'cause my **** is still a mess), some snowglobes, Kubricks, Bust-ups, comic books, Vintage Posters that I forgot to add.... so I'm gonna throw another few bucks on there, and just make it an even $10,000 for the year.

Next year, I'm going to itemize every single thing. I'm going to keep every receipt, and record every ebay transaction. I did it last year, this year I had some personal stuff that kept me in a bad mood for a bit, so I didn't spend as much money as I could have (if you can believe that). But next year, I'm hoping to scale back quite a bit. Almost $7K last year and another $10K this year... ugh.

[Hemish]

Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
January
$696.50!!!!!!

February
Total....$189

March $0 -Woohoo

April
Obiwan Rots MR saber - $590

May
Stormtrooper minibust - $110


June
Luke Xwing minibust - $55
Gam Gaurd minibust - $55
C3po mini bust - $55
Darth Vader and Boba Fett Theatre Wides - $70

July
Series 3 bust ups - $80
2 x Sacul - $70
Bikerscout minibust,Greedo minibust,Gamorrean Minibust - $200


August
Series 4 Kubricks $120
Holo Leia x4 - $60
Mace windu fx saber - $250
Vintage carded Klaatu - $35
Leia Mini bust $90
500th Vader x2 - $70


September
Clone trooper evolutions x2 - $100
3 vintage figures - $100

October
Han mini bust - $89
Yoda mini bust - $89

November
Sandtrooper bust - $89
Sandtrooper bust - $89

Total for year

$3351.50


Here we go again
December is gonna kill it i think, I'll be amazed if it comes in under $4000 for the year, still thats lots than it would have been had I not stopped with ROTS toys

[jadesfire]

I should be done for the year unless my MR saber ships:

Figures:  $1469.20
Props:    $3233.90
Books:    $225.57
Other:    $559.79

Grant total: $5488.46

Not too bad for a movie year.   

[Hemish]

Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
January
$696.50!!!!!!

February
Total....$189

March $0 -Woohoo

April
Obiwan Rots MR saber - $590

May
Stormtrooper minibust - $110


June
Luke Xwing minibust - $55
Gam Gaurd minibust - $55
C3po mini bust - $55
Darth Vader and Boba Fett Theatre Wides - $70

July
Series 3 bust ups - $80
2 x Sacul - $70
Bikerscout minibust,Greedo minibust,Gamorrean Minibust - $200


August
Series 4 Kubricks $120
Holo Leia x4 - $60
Mace windu fx saber - $250
Vintage carded Klaatu - $35
Leia Mini bust $90
500th Vader x2 - $70


September
Clone trooper evolutions x2 - $100
3 vintage figures - $100

October
Han mini bust - $89
Yoda mini bust - $89

November
Sandtrooper bust - $89
Sandtrooper bust - $89

December
Grevious  maquette - $ 159
Series 4 bust ups - $60
Darth vader mini busty - $89
Anakin Maquette - $159
Bossk mini bust - $50
Scouttrooper  mini bust - $70
Wedge antilles pilot figure x 2 - $29
R4917 - $13.50
Evolutions Clones greys - $100

Total for year

$4081

Only just went over what I thought I would spend.

[Diddly]

$1403.62... could go up next week though, depending on clearances and TSC figures hitting.

[CorranHorn]

Barring any huge clearance finds next week, my latest vintage pickups should put an end to the 2005 campaign. A lot of money spent this movie year, hopefully to decrease considerably next year or at least focus more on vintage. The tallying was a good thing, it gave me a clear idea if I was spending outside of my means and thankfully I didn't. Not sure I could say that about past years, but then again, I didn't tally before...


Transformers:
1/2/05: 6x Takara SCF figures: $18
1/23/05: HOC Perceptor (via eBay): $4.24
               Takara SCF Act-5 Case (via eBay): $11.00
                * Total For Day: $15.24 *
2/10/05: HOC Full Wave 5 (via eBay): $29.99
2/19/05: Alternators Grimlock: $21.70

Year End Total: $84.93

Star Wars:
1/2/05: POTF Warok Coin: $3
2/2/05: VOTC Han Solo (thanks JJ!): $5.90
2/18/05: ROTS Sneak Preview Wave: $25.40
               OTC Gamorrean Guard: $1.08
               * Total For Day: $26.48 *
2/19/05: ROTS Sneak Preview Anakin Starfighter: $21.70
3/13/05: ROTS SP Wookiee Warrior: $5.27
3/19/05: ROTS Figures x2: $8.16 (thanks to a Wal-Mart employee who didn't care that she wasn't supposed to sell these and didn't care about the price.  )
               ROTS Droid Tri-Fighter: $21.74
               * Total For Day: $29.90 *
4/2/05:   ROTS ARC-170 Fighter: $31.45 (after $1 off coupon at Target register)
               ROTS Figures x6: $32.48 (after each got $1 off at Target register)
               ROTS Figures x8: $45.48 (at Walmart)
               * Total For Day: $109.41 *
4/6/05:   ROTS Figures x4: $5.69
4/12/05: ROTS Figures x6: $32.55
4/21/05-4/24/05: Celebration 3
              Got FFURG t-shirt x2 - $30
              Vintage ESB Millenium Falcon MIB - $200
              John Kellerman's Vintage Action Figure book (autographed) - $25
              Dark Horse Comics ROTJ Infinities book - $13
              8 Modern Figures for Custom Fodder - $20
              4 Vintage Figures for Custom Fodder - $4
              Vintage RL C-3PO in baggie - $5
              Repro Vintage R2 decal - $2
              C3 Darth Vader figure w/ case - $18
              C3 Royal Guard magnet - $5
              C3 Program - $5
              Reprint ROTJ Style A poster - $15
              MOC Grand Admiral Thrawn & star case (to be autographed by Timothy Zahn) - $16.60
              Chicago Force t-shirt - $15
              * Total For Celebration 3 Weekend: $373.60 *
4/26/05: ROTS Figures x7: $39.80
5/2/05: 20+ Vintage Vehicles/Playset Instructions & Catalogs, ROTJ INT-4 box, POTF Barada Coin: $28
5/7/05: ROTS Figures x5 + Deluxe Vader w/ Table: $33.58
5/9/05: Vintage Amanaman (via eBay): $44.59
5/15/05: ROTS Figures x4: $21.71
5/17/05: ROTS Figures x5: $28.43
5/18/05: ROTS Figures x6 + AT-RT: $48.28
5/21/05: ROTS Figures x6: $32.48
5/29/05: ROTS Figures x7: $39.80
               R2-D2 Beneath The Dome DVD: $2.70
               * Total For Day: $42.50 *
6/6/05: Vintage Light Brown Hair Luke Skywalker (via eBay): $40.48
6/10/05: ROTS Figures x6: $32.48
               ROTS Deluxe Figures (Crab Droid & Stass Allie) x2: $21.68
               * Total For Day: $54.16 *
6/14/05: Vintage Complete Han Carbonite w/ coin (via eBay): $64.01
6/17/05: ROTS Figures x4: $22.74
6/24/05: Vintage POTF General Lando w/ cape (via eBay): $18.76
7/1/05: Vintage Jedi Luke Skywalker Complete (via eBay): $21.35
7/25/05: ROTS Figure x1: $6.50
7/27/05: ROTS Figures x4: $26.00
               ROTS Figures x3: $19.14
7/30/05: ROTS Wookiee Flyer: $16.30
8/16/05: ROTS Figures x4 + Anakin Evolutions: $46.90
8/20/05: ROTS Figures x2: $12.76
8/26/05: Target TIE Fighter: $43.39
9/15/05: ROTS Figures x4: $25.06
9/27/05: ROTS Figures x4: $20.70
9/28/05: Clone Evolutions x2 (via Walmart.com): $43.52
10/1/05: ROTS Figures x2: $12.61
11/8/05: Clone Evolutions x2 (cashier rang up wrong price): $34.86
11/20/05: Vintage Imperial Gunner complete (after stupid Canadian double tax and CAD->USD conversion): $73.61
11/23/05: ROTS Figures x7: $36.23
12/18/05: Vintage A-Wing Pilot & Lando Calrissian (both loose & complete): $47.52
12/24/05: Vintage Bespin Han Solo (loose & complete) + 2 vintage custom fodder figures: $12.00
12/29/05: ROTS Deluxe Stass Allie (via Target clearance): $5.42

Year End Total: $1,636.89

Well, I guess two more pickups won't hurt...

[Hemish]

Dammit spent another $60 today !!
Took my total to $4141