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Title: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Luke_Skywalker77 on October 16, 2005, 01:30 PM
Hello everybody! Im new here, but I hope to stay! :)

For weeks I have been wanting to get a loose Admiral Motti. Then this weekend, I score a carded one in pretty good condition for 5.00.  Should I open it? I really want to display him in my loose collection (Im a mostly loose collector) but Motti and Hooded Leia seem to be the single rarest figures in the POTF2 line. Anyway, now Im starting to get a little tired with collecting in general, so if I happen to want to sell him loose in a couple of years, he won't be worth ANYTHING near his carded price! Should I open this baby now, or should I wait to get one loose on eBay!?   ???
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: JesseVader08 on October 16, 2005, 01:50 PM
Open it!  You only paid $5 anyway, so you've got nothing to lose.  And besides, who cares what it's "worth", open it since that's the reason you collect, right?   :)
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Reid on October 16, 2005, 03:39 PM
I say open it. I think all Imperials, rare or not, are definite openers.

BTW, Welcome to JD Luke_Skywalker77! The names Reid, don't wear it out.  :)
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: blaster_e11 on October 17, 2005, 07:58 AM
yeah

open it, motti deserves to lead some imperial troops, not to saty in a blister for ever

Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Morgbug on October 17, 2005, 03:31 PM
$5 is retail.  You could probably sell a loose Motti for $5 with little to no problem, so you're not losing any money on the deal.  Open it.
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Victor_Von_Doom on October 26, 2005, 04:28 PM
It's not worth what it used to be, both loose and carded. Free him from his plastic prison.  :)
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Darth_Anton on November 26, 2005, 02:10 PM
I say open it if you want to display it. You have nothing to loose.
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Jesse James on November 28, 2005, 06:37 AM
Hmmm, new here, one post, and not back for his own thread?  Man...  :(  Guess maybe he didn't wanna stay? :)

Yeah I say open it.  Motti's not COMMON but "rare" is tough to apply to any figure that isn't fetching tons on Ebay.  Good figure, one of the better IO's they've made, and I think the "smooth" sculpt of the uniform is more realistic than the more heavily textured Ozzel/ROTS Tarkin figures (Tarkin's not bad at all).

I have 2 loose Motti's, one's for future possible customizing needs.  Good figure, just needs more articulation to sit down at his seat he gets choked at. ;)
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Darth Slothus on December 2, 2005, 11:36 AM
I feel I need to disagree here to keep the thread from becoming boring(everyone agrees=boringggg)

so, No- don't open it, EVER
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: Alpha_17 on January 9, 2006, 01:57 AM
If you're a loose collector I think you should open it. I'm sure he'd look pretty cool standing next to Vader and some Stormtroopers.
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: TeenJedi on January 11, 2006, 08:27 PM
I had a situation like this too. I bought Tarkin for $5.00 about 3 weeks ago and so far I've kept him in the package.
Title: Re: Should I open Motti!?
Post by: roguestormtrooper on February 9, 2006, 03:35 AM
Open it! ;D