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Offline Stiller

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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #15 on: October 5, 2005, 01:40 PM »
Typically I open the stuff up as soon as I get home from a toy run. I have little plastic action figure sized baggies. So i put one fig plus their accessories in a bag. Then when I get enough of them, I put 10-20 of those figs in a freezer bag. (Carefully so as not to have them bend over time.)
I find this saves a ton of space. There are those times though that I don't have time to open figs right away. In that case I usually reserve an hour or so on a weekend to open, bag, and catalog them. (Yeah, I catalog everything I get).

I'd love to set this stuff all up, but I've run out of room a few years ago in my apratment, hence the need to catalog stuff. I'm waiting on a house deal to go through, then look-out. That army is going to be let loose!

I've just edged over 1300 Clone/Stormtroopers and they are begging to be step up in grand dioramas! That's going to be euphoric for me. I'm getting tingly just thinking about it...(Ah sorry just a little too much info there, ha ha)
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #16 on: October 5, 2005, 07:54 PM »
I've just edged over 1300 Clone/Stormtroopers and they are begging to be step up in grand dioramas! That's going to be euphoric for me. I'm getting tingly just thinking about it...(Ah sorry just a little too much info there, ha ha)


Um call me a pessimist but how about a pic of them?  They dont have to be set up or anything.  1300 just sounds unbelievable.  Around 7K bucks :o.  Not calling you out on them.  Hell.  Yes I am ;D
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #17 on: October 5, 2005, 10:14 PM »
I gotta say, I would like a picture too.  It just sounds awesome :P
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #18 on: October 6, 2005, 09:28 AM »
I gotta say, I would like a picture too.  It just sounds awesome :P

i want to seee that too  ;)
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #19 on: October 6, 2005, 01:39 PM »
Agreed.  That's got to be one hell of an army.  I really want to see a pic too.

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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2005, 11:05 AM »


Sorry for the page width but it looks better bigger. :P

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I do actually have some (well, sadly, lots) loose of all of these, but they're packed away.  I should get around to opening these, hopefully before my wife gets home :-X
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2005, 11:37 AM »
I know a lot of people with boxed/carded stuff they haven't opened yet but intend to at some point. That seems to be a theme with some of us actually. :)

Guilty as charged. :P

I have intentions of opening my figures at one point. When i get a house and can display them all.
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #22 on: October 15, 2005, 01:33 PM »
I've never understood this either. If you are going to get 100 of them, you might as well open them up, because I think everyone would agree the army builders are generally a lot cooler loose and in formation.

Its sorta like they are keeping them all MOC because in the back of their mind they want to open them someday...
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2005, 12:39 PM »
Over the last two weeks, I've been opening up some of my boxed stuff, and it is pretty fun. I stiff have to find display space though. :P
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2005, 12:51 PM »
I stiff have to find display space though. :P

I stiff too, but toys don't usually do it for me.  Well, maybe some from Japan.
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2005, 01:09 PM »
I stiff have to find display space though. :P

I stiff too, but toys don't usually do it for me.  Well, maybe some from Japan.

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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2005, 09:13 PM »
I stiff have to find display space though. :P

Duhhhh, my name is Anton. :P

I don't know how that could have even happen with the "L" and "F" so far apart. :-[
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2005, 10:00 PM »
I have to admit that for opening my ROTS I am guilty of not opening. I have 12 SA not opened (14 opened and I plan to buy 10 more for some customs). I have 13 Tactical Ops with 2 opened. I have 10 Shock Troopers with 5 opened. etc. That is just clones. On the other figures I have opened the figures I really wanted, and am waiting now for the week between Christmas and New Years (when I am off from teaching) and having an opening day when we open up all the figures.
Now, I have to say, my 11 year old son perhaps is more true to the belief that we should open when we get them because he does. I really should open as I find stuff because it really does save space, even if all I do is put them in baggies and put them in a tub til I can display them.
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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #28 on: January 8, 2006, 05:06 AM »
As long as your going to open them eventually, I don't see anything wrong with it. But it does seem rather pointless if you buy troopers just to keep them in the box.

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Re: Who the Hell does this?
« Reply #29 on: January 8, 2006, 10:38 AM »
I've opened over half my army builders now. I'm saving what's left for a reward once I finish a project.
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