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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #645 on: July 21, 2009, 12:33 AM »
That is awesome Darb. It looks great.  :o,  I think it is the greatest acquisition in the history of your collection. Congrats

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #646 on: July 21, 2009, 01:02 AM »
Nice score Spuffy.  Congratulations!
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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #647 on: July 21, 2009, 04:27 AM »
This is absolutely the best, most giddy SW purchase I have ever made.  ...  I owned this set as a child.  I got it for Christmas in '84, and lost it piece by piece along the way.  It was always one of my favorite pieces, and it's a great treat to have it complete once more.

Nothing beats reliving these childhood toys.  Definitely a smart purchase.  ;)

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #648 on: July 21, 2009, 10:02 AM »
Today I received my General Lando and my Romba today, perfect and complete with original weapons. I got them $21.00 each.  ;D pics of my collection coming soon.

Very nice prices, looking forward to the pics. Save those pennies for the POTF figs, they command.

So I got my Dungeon set...

This is absolutely the best, most giddy SW purchase I have ever made.  The figures are in flawless condition - never out of their bags - and so is the rest.

Glad you jumped on it Darb, super awesome.  8)

Update: it came today, and the boil and pop worked perfectly. I boiled one for about 15 minutes and the arm slid right out and into the old one. I think boiling it for an extra long time helped out - if anyone ever tries this, go carefully, but it is possible. I have seen the promiseland.

Well, I'll be superamalgamated! Nicely done, now pics of it please.  :)

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #649 on: July 21, 2009, 12:18 PM »
More pics here.

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« Reply #650 on: July 21, 2009, 12:53 PM »
More pics here.

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #651 on: July 21, 2009, 11:12 PM »
Whoops.  








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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #652 on: July 21, 2009, 11:31 PM »
Very, very nice Darb. I still can't believe you took the figs out of the baggies!     :P

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #653 on: July 21, 2009, 11:38 PM »
I always meant to, for my loose collection.  But then when I got them I was sorely tempted to leave them in, given their condition.  But I was too excited to have them hang with my other dudes.   :)


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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #654 on: July 21, 2009, 11:53 PM »
I always meant to, for my loose collection.  But then when I got them I was sorely tempted to leave them in, given their condition.  But I was too excited to have them hang with my other dudes.   :)



That is a really nice piece.  I would have had a hard time ripping into these, but kudos on having some fresh out of the package rare figs to add to your collection!
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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #655 on: July 22, 2009, 10:57 AM »
Nice stuff - take care with those 9D9 arms!

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #656 on: July 23, 2009, 02:25 AM »
Gotta say I'm disappointed that you took them out of the baggies.  Opening baggie figures is sacrilege IMO.  AFA and this uncirculated grading garbage in particular drives me crazy.

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #657 on: July 23, 2009, 10:43 AM »
Well, they are for my loose collection (which is the only collection I got!), and as much as I'd like to, I can't afford to buy loose extras of each of them.  I will have to find some way to atone for offending the baggie gods...

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« Reply #658 on: July 23, 2009, 06:55 PM »
Yeah, I don't mean to sound all judgmental, but I know almost any baggie collector would buy them from you for more than enough money to buy really pristine loose ones - and sealed baggie figures are dwindling fast thanks to the real villain - AFA. 

Next time let me know - I'll trade you my loose figures and then I'll re-buy them later. :)

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Re: Latest vintage acquisition
« Reply #659 on: July 24, 2009, 12:41 AM »
If I only knew!   ;)

That would have been the smart thing, but I'm happy.