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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: jokabofe on January 2, 2005, 06:33 PM
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OK, so it's a new year, and time for a new list. And it looks like I didn't waste any time taking the "lead", if you will. If you're wondering exactly what this is, take a look here (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=3353.msg40368#msg40368) for last year's thread, which explains the rules and regulations. The only different thing I was thinking about doing for this year was just making it Star Wars related. Anything and everything Star Wars. Of course, I don't really collect too much else, but if anybody wants to add other stuff as well, feel free.
JANUARY 2005
Most of this stuff is old, and could have been picked up last year, but I was so busy working all kinds of crazy hours for Christmas, I had to wait till today to stop by the comic shop and get it all.
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 :o
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
Grand total: $2338.933
After last year's major underestimate on the total I would spend, I'm not even going to make an attempt at guessing for this year, with Episode 3 launch and C3 coming up, I expect it to be more than last year :o
edit: okay, so I've decided to just keep track of everything I buy that can fit in the "collectibles" category, even though my spending is 95% Star Wars, I do buy other stuff on occasion. I won't be putting DVD's in there tho, even if I buy "Collector's sets" of DVD's.
And this month's total is somewhat of an anomaly, since I'm catching up on almost 3 months worth of stuff, and had some extra holiday cash to spend. I don't think I'll be spending this much each month of the new year (or at least I hope I don't :-\ )
I can't wait till this month ends already ::)
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I'll play Dave, I didn't get in on last year's since I didn't know about the thread until halfway through, but I'll give a go at it since I picked up a SW item today. Do we need to make estimates or anything or is that not part of the gig?
1/2/05:
POTF Warok Coin: $3
Total: $3
I got myself caught up on the 2005 Post-OTC figs last week, so just a bit short on that. I don't suspect my tally to increase until the ROTS Preview Wave comes out, but I shall return....
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You can make an estimate if you want, Jason - but I found out the hard way last year that it's not always the wise thing to do. I underestimated my spending by about $3000 last year. And it hurt me to actually see how much money I
wasted spent on this stuff last year. A real eye opener, to be sure. And this year promises to be more of the same, if not worse.
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based on ROTS and C3 spending, I don't think I could make a good estimate. just seeing how much i will have spent this time next year could be painful enough for me. you're off to a good start though :P
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My Offical 2005 Collectors Challenge Manifesto!
Prologue:So now on to year 2 of the Great Collectors Challenge. I anticipate this to be a very expensive year, so who knows, eh?
Of note, I will be including the cost of Celebration III at this point. That may change.
Created on January 2nd at 11:58 PM and finalized for posting at 12:13 AM on January 3rd 2005
Key:
*:Target
*&:Wal MART
*-:TRU
*/:K-Mart
*+:Specialty store
*@:Online
PoFR: Point of Future Refrence
January:
1.*@ AT-AT Walker (loose, POTF2) on January 3rd at 1:35 AM
Total: $93.00 (82.00 without shipping)
SW Total: $93.00
Febuary
1.*& General Grevious
2.*& Tion Medon
3.*& R4-G9
4.*& Wookie Warrior
5.*& Wookie Warrior
6.*& Wookie Warrior
7.Online Deal: 3 AT-ST Pilots, 1 SAGA Canadian Han Solo AT-ST, 1 Airspeeder, 1 STAP and 2 extras
8.*@ OTC TIE Fighter
9.*@ OTC TIE Fighter
10.*@ OTC TIE Fighter
11.*@ OTC TIE Fighter
12.*@ OTC TIE Fighter
13.*@ Soviet Aviation Colonel's uniform
Total: $165.92 (-$35.95 in shipping)
SW Total: $81.00 (-$15 in shipping)
March
Total:
SW Total:
April
*& ROTS #1 Obi-Wan Kenobi
*& ROTS #2 Anakin Skywalker
*& ROTS #4 Super Battle Droid
*& ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*& ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*& ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*& ROTS #8 Magna Droid
*& ROTS #8 Magna Droid
*& ROTS #8 Magna Droid
*& ROTS #10 Jedi Master Mace Windu
*& ROTS #12 Emperor Palpatine
*& ROTS #13 Count Dooku
*& ROTS #14 Chancellor Palpatine
*& ROTS #15 Senator Bail Organa
*& ROTS #16 Jedi Master Plo Koon
*& ROTS #17 Battle Droid
*& ROTS #18 C-3PO
*& ROTS #19 Senator Padme Amidala Skywalker
*& ROTS #20 Jedi Master Agen Kolar
*& ROTS #20 Jedi Master Agen Kolar
*& ROTS #20 Jedi Master Agen Kolar
*& ROTS #20 Jedi Master Agen Kolar
*& ROTS #21 Jedi Master Shaak Tii
*& ROTS #22 Jedi Master Kit Fisto
*& ROTS #23 Senate Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS #24 Senator Mon Mothma
*& ROTS #25 General Taruffel
*& ROTS #29 Ki-Adi-Mundi
*& ROTS #30 Seasse Tinn
*& ROTS #32 Aalya Secura
*& ROTS #23 Senate Guard
*& ROTS #23 Senate Guard
*& ROTS #23 Senate Guard
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*- ROTS #6 Clonetrooper
*& ROTS #33 Clone Commander
*& ROTS #33 Clone Commander
*& ROTS #34 Clone Pilot
*& ROTS #34 Clone Pilot
*& ROTS #35 Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine (blue saber)
*& ROTS #37 Chopper Droid
*& ROTS #38 AT-TE Gunner
*& ROTS #39 Polis Massan
*& ROTS #40 Mas Amedda
*& ROTS #33 Clone Commander
*& ROTS #34 Clone Pilot
*& ROTS #34 Clone Pilot
*& ROTS #23 Senate Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS #23 Royal Guard
*& ROTS Republic Gunship
*& ROTS AT-RT
*& ROTS AT-RT
*& ROTS AT-RT
*& ROTS AT-RT
*+ Chinese/Vietnamese Military Cap (Mao Cap)
*+ Replica 1812 Marine Tunic and Vest
*+ Digiridoo (Included as hobby, I suppose)
Total: $633.00 USD
SW Total: $507-$515 USD
Star Wars Celebration III
To much random stuff to cataloge
Total: Approx. $2000
Collecting: Approx. $200
May
1. *Clonetrooper with Jet Pack
2. *Clonetrooper with Jet Pack
3. *AT-TE Gunner
4. *Super Articulated Clonetrooper #41
5. *Target Clone
6. *Target Clone
7. *@ 10 #6 Clonetroopers
8. *& AT-TE Gunner
9. *& AT-TE Gunner
10.*& Nemodian Grenadier
11. *& Nemodian Grenadier
Total: $180
SW Total: See Above
June
1. *@ 9 #41 Clones/1 Target Clone
2.*#41
3.*#41
4.*#41
5.*@ Marine Jacket
Total: $123.58
SW Total: $113.58
July
1. *-500th Celebratory Vader
2.*@ Quaas Deal
3.*@ Travis Deal
4.* Commander Baccara X3
Total: $122.00
SW Total: $122.00
August
*& 21C Japanese Infantry (x11)
*& Anakin Evo set.
Total: $75
SW Total: $75
September
*& 21C Figs: 2 Ardenees open coats and dress Patton
*& Clonetrooper 3 pack
*& Clonetrooper 3 pack
*- Obi-Wan Pilot
*- Nemodian Warrior
*- Nemodian Warror
Total: $53
SW Total: $35
October
*Nemodian Commander
*AT-RT Driver
*AT-RT Driver
*Clone Commander (green)
*@ Soviet Bushlat Naval Overcoat
Total: $75.00
SW Total: $23.00
November
*-Commander Gree
*-Wookie with "Kshyyyk Battle Bashi"
Total: $10.53
SW Total: $10.53
December
1.*-Bib Fortuna
2.*-Barada
3.*-Barada
4.*-Boba Fett
Total:$23.52
SW Total:$23.52
Annual Total: $1754.55
Exluding Tax: N/A
Annual Total Exculding Shipping: $1714.60
Annual Star Wars: $1471.63
Annual Other: $282.92
Estimated price tag for year: $4000
Final out come: $1754.55 ($3754.55 including total cost of Celebration III stuff)
Departure from estimate: $2245.45
Departure from previous years: 600.44 (2004)... +$1154.11
Margine of error: Anywhere from $10-15
Last Wave found: VOTC ROTJ at Wal-Mar (Demeber 27, 2004)...Saga Collection Pit of Carcoon Wave at Wal-Mart (December 29, 2005)
Wave I'm Currently looking for: Remaining Pit of Carcoon figures
Most Anticipated Figure as of 1-2-06: Captain Maximillian Veers
Please note:All Money is USD
This Years Challenge was completed on January 2nd, 2006 at 3:21 AM EST.
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you're off to a good start though :P
Yeah, I know :-\
But most of that stuff was technically from last year, I just didn't have a chance to get out to pick it up until today. I was working so much from the day after Thanksgiving, on till this weekend, I couldn't get down to the shop.
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Am I the only one expecting a cheaper year? Yeah, it's C3 and a movie year, but really, the amount of figures should be about the same, if not actually less. 2004 had VOTC, OTC and some new stuff plus newly packaged ships and the Sandcrawler.
I'm done catchup on a bunch of stuff - busts, lego, vintage - for the most part anyway, so I think I'll be spending a fair bit less.
Put another way, I sure as damn well better spend less. >:(
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I shall spend a lot of money this year.... and keep track of it too!
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JANUARY
1/2/05
Star Wars Trilogy DVD
$52.46
(Target)
1/21/05
EE Exclusive Clone Trooper 4 Pack (White, Clean)
EE Exclusive Clone Trooper 4 Pack (Colored, Clean)
$79.43
(EntertainmentEarth.com)
1/21/05
VOTC Stormtrooper
VOTC Stormtrooper
$29.75
(OMGCNFO.com)
January Total: $159.18
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FEBRUARY
2/17/05
Family Guy Volume 1 DVD
$32.46
(Target)
February Total: $32.46
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MARCH
3/14/05
Super Soaker
$7.97
(Wal-Mart)
March Total: $7.97
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APRIL
4/2/05
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #9 General Grievous
ROTS #8 Grievous Bodyguard
ROTS #8 Grievous Bodyguard
ROTS #12 Emperor Palpatine
ROTS #13 Count Dooku
ROTS #14 Chancellor Palpatine
ROTS #18 C-3PO
ROTS #17 Battle Droid
ROTS #17 Battle Droid
ROTS #4 Super Battle Droid
ROTS #4 Super Battle Droid
$75.62
(Target)
4/11/05
Lego Jedi Starfighter/Vulture Droid w/ Free Mini Jedi Starfighter
$22.93
(Shop.Lego.com)
4/11/05
ROTS Sneak Preview R4-G9
ROTS #20 Agen Kolar
ROTS #32 Aayla Secura
ROTS #29 Ki-Adi Mundi
ROTS #22 Kit Fisto
$30.33
(Amazon.com)
4/15/05
Lego Tri-Droid Fighter
ROTS #25 Tarfful
$22.71
(Toys R Us)
4/17/05
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Xbox game
$54.12
(Best Buy)
4/22/05
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #17 Battle Droid
ROTS #19 Padme
ROTS #16 Plo Koon
$28.36
(Target)
April Total: $233.57
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MAY
5/4/05
ROTS #33 Clone Commander
ROTS #33 Clone Commander
$19.85
(OMGCNFO.com)
5/8/05
Family Guy Volume 2 DVD
$43.28
(Target)
5/22/05
ROTS Deluxe Darth Vader w/ Med. Table
$10.81
(Wal-Mart)
5/26/05
ROTS #41 Clone Trooper
$12.80
(OMGCNFO.com)
5/27/05
ROTS #40 Mas Amedda
ROTS #43 Wookiee Warrior (Light)
ROTS #43 Wookiee Warrior (Dark)
Bicycle Playing Cards
$19.20
(Target)
May Total: $73.94
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JUNE
6/7/05
Lego SW Weapons
~~ 1 Chewie Crossbow
~~ 3 Scout Trooper Pistols
~~ 10 Stormtrooper Blasters
~~ 1 Boba Fett Rifle
~~ 4 Han Solo Pistols
~~ 4 Leia Blasters
~~ 4 Regular Blasters
$11.45
(LittleArmory.com)
6/8/05
Target Exclusive Clone Trooper
$19.00
(Bought here from Jeff)
6/11/05
ROTS #41 Clone Trooper
ROTS #41 Clone Trooper
ROTS #41 Clone Trooper
ROTS #44 Destroyer Droid
$22.69
(Wal-Mart)
6/23/05
Nintendo DS
Super Mario 64 DS
$194.83
(Best Buy)
6/28/05
ROTS Red Clone 3-Pack
ROTS Crab Droid
Batman Animated Series Volume 3 DVD
$59.06
(Wal-Mart)
6/28/05
Batman Animated Series Volume 1 DVD
$38.96
(Best Buy)
June Total: $345.99
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JULY
7/13/05
NCAA Football 2006 Playstation 2 Game
$54.11
(Best Buy)
7/26/05
Anakin Evolution Set
Energizer Batteries
$28.12
(Target)
7/27/05
ROTS #6 Clone Trooper
ROTS #49 Commander Bacara
ROTS #50 Anakin Skywalker
$17.02
(Target)
7/28/05
Anakin Evolutions Set
ROTS #49 Commander Bacara
ROTS #50 Mustafar Anakin
$32.98
(Target)
7/31/05
ROTS #38 AT-TE Tank Gunner
ROTS #38 AT-TE Tank Gunner
$21.07
(Amazon.com)
July Total: $153.30
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AUGUST
8/6/05
ROTS #41 Clone Trooper
ROTS #55 Obi-Wan Kenobi
$12.73
(Wal-Mart)
8/9/05
500th Figure Darth Vader
$16.73
(Target)
August Total: $29.46
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SEPTEMBER
9/2/05
LEGO Mini ARC-170
$5.84
(Purchased here from Mikey D)
9/2/05
ROTS #33 Clone Commander (Green)
$8.00
(Purchased here from Sith Lord Chaos)
September Total: $13.84
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OCTOBER
10/1/05
Evolutions: Clone Trooper to Stormtrooper
Evolutions: Clone Trooper to Stormtrooper
$42.78
(Wal-Mart)
October Total: $42.78
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NOVEMBER
11/1/05
ROTS DVD
$15.14
(Best Buy)
11/4/05
Evolutions: The Sith
$21.64
(Target)
11/18/05
WWE Bret Hart DVD Set
$21.65
(Best Buy)
November Total: $58.42
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DECEMBER
12/3/05
Seperation of the Twins: Obi-Wan and Luke
Seperation of the Twins: Bail and Leia
$3.63
(Wal-Mart)
12/3/05
ROTS #23 Royal Guard (Red)
ROTS #47 Meena Tills
ROTS $65 Tactical Ops Trooper
Target Exclusive Utapau Shadow Trooper
$29.62
(Target)
12/14/05
ROTS #52 Zett Jukassa
ROTS #68 Wookie Heavy Gunner
$10.33
(Wal-Mart)
12/20/05
Internet Exclusive Wedge Antilles
$14.60
(Bought here from Jeff)
12/20/05
ROTS #57 Commander Bly
ROTS #59 Commander Gree
$14.00
(Bought here from Famine)
12/30/05
10 Blank CD's
Batman the Animated Series Volume 4 DVD
$20.31
(Best Buy)
December Total: $92.49
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SW YEARLY TOTAL: $769.58
YEARLY TOTAL: $1423.93
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Am I the only one expecting a cheaper year?
I think so Brent, based on what everybody is feeling. With the new movie being released - and a good amount of figures to be released, based on it, not to mention other assorted marketing products - as well as Celebration 3 happening this summer, I would anticipate spending more money this year than I did last year, if that's at all possible. I don't think I'll be adding the expenditures from the actual trip to C3 to my total (i.e. room, food, transportation) but anything that I buy there will be added to the total.
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Am I the only one expecting a cheaper year? Yeah, it's C3 and a movie year, but really, the amount of figures should be about the same, if not actually less. 2004 had VOTC, OTC and some new stuff plus newly packaged ships and the Sandcrawler.
I think based on the Hasbro line we'll probably overall see more, we're expecting what 24 new figures just for the release of ROTS in late april early may? at $7 a pop that's a lot right there, add in the preview wave and vehicles, plus what will come later in the year and Hasbro will probably have a lot in store for us (though not all of it necessarily good :P).
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I'm just doing that as a comparison to Celebration II...and the fact that the trip up there does happen to have a good deal of collecting envolved. For me atleast.
2004 was fairly cheap for me, as I passed on most of the OTC and VOTC, and yet, it still came out to be a pretty penny.
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Yeah, I suppose, but the figures don't probably add up to that much. I guess it's the other items associated with the movie I'm not accounting for. The only things I can think of that come to mind are Master Replica items (I only want the F/X sabers at the moment, so that will be relatively cheap, so to speak) or Gentle Giant items.
I'm "hoping" to stay away from a lot of the more marginal stuff, but I'm sure I'll eat those words in due time ::)
I'm going to try and keep it below $4000 this year, roughly a 50% reduction. I've eliminated a lot of peripheral lines during the past year, so it should help a bit. Minimal McFarlane stuff will go a long way to helping. If I do Marvel Legens by the case it should help a bit too. And no more ******* boxes of Kubrick's >:(
Not planning on including the basic C3 expenses either.
I think based on the Hasbro line we'll probably overall see more, we're expecting what 24 new figures just for the release of ROTS in late april early may? at $7 a pop that's a lot right there, add in the preview wave and vehicles, plus what will come later in the year and Hasbro will probably have a lot in store for us (though not all of it necessarily good :P).
Still cheaper than retail in Canada. TRU sells them at $9.99 a pop already, Walmart at $8.92 which tallies over $10 after taxes. Granted, we may see similar increases that relate to US prices, but you guys still have it cheaper. We should get the first round of stuff, but the new material will peter out by mid-August for sure. :-\ At least up here.
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ahh ok, see i focus primarily on the Hasbro line so I tend to look at spending from that somewhat narrow pov. i'll probably be picking up some vintage kenner stuff throughout the year, including at C3, so that will add to the overall cost. but I guess I shouldn't be spending way too much, we'll see on 12/31/05.
Here's an interesting question to pose: C3 expenditures like hotel and food shouldn't count, but what about passes to the event? And since it's a movie year, do we dare add ROTS tickets? That would probably be insane, for some of us it may count towards half our costs ;D
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Well, apon reconsidering I've removed board as it is not collecting related.
Can we keep other things we collect as did last year?
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You can keep track of whatever you want to keep track of. There's no real set rules as far as that goes. But I would say for the "purists" it would consist of Star Wars collectibles, and only Star Wars. That's not to say you can't add other figures or items you buy, or whatever else you want to add. Up to you.
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Oh goodie, another year of collecting. :-X ;D
I'll be adding my other collectibles in again this year. I'm not adding the basic C3 ethier, hotel, airfare.
And no more ******* boxes of Kubrick's >:(
Yeah right! ::) :P :-*
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Hell yes! Just scored an AT-AT! I'm officaly on the board!
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I am hoping to stick to my $100 a month budget again this year, but I may have to end up selling some stuff to stick to that budget thanks to Celebration 3 and RotS pile-up of goods...
Maybe I'll have the will-power this year to wait for the Clearance sales at Target TRU... I couldn't wait during Ep1 or Ep2, but having seen both of those, maybe THIS year I'll do better and pick up some stuff cheaper? :-\
Jeff
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Maybe I'll have the will-power this year to wait for the Clearance sales at Target TRU... I couldn't wait during Ep1 or Ep2, but having seen both of those, maybe THIS year I'll do better and pick up some stuff cheaper? :-\
My plan as well, clearance or guys just selling off loose stuff, since I open 99% of my stuff anyway, why pay full retail? It's just army builders that are really tempting. Man, I wish I'd only spend $100 a month.
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Maybe I'll have the will-power this year to wait for the Clearance sales at Target TRU... I couldn't wait during Ep1 or Ep2, but having seen both of those, maybe THIS year I'll do better and pick up some stuff cheaper? :-\
My plan as well, clearance or guys just selling off loose stuff, since I open 99% of my stuff anyway, why pay full retail? It's just army builders that are really tempting. Man, I wish I'd only spend $100 a month.
After the glut that was Episode 1 I learned the lesson of waiting for clearance in a movie year. For Episode 2 I bought 3 figures (Nikto Jedi, Arena Padme, & Jango Fett) and waited until August when K-Mart had dropped the prices to $3 to pick up the rest of the line at that point in time. Worked out nicely cause K-Mart had their own special case of the first 16 or so figures so I just had to grab the box and go. I plan to do the same thing again with Episode 3, at this time I expect to be grabbing an Anakin, Vader, and Clonetrooper. Then wait to later to nab the rest. Should help to balance monthly costs a bit.
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Well, consider me in. Since I'm still finishing 2004's goodies, they'll end up in here too before I get to ROTS stuff. I know it's going to be a pricey year (but a hell of a lot of fun :)), so I'm not sure that I can even guess on how much I might spend. Too scared to...
Date Item Cost Taxes Shipping Duty Total
3-Jan-05 OTC Bib Fortuna $8.98 $1.26 $10.24
OTC General Madine $9.99 $1.40 $11.39
OTC Lando General $9.99 $1.40 $11.39
$33.02
I give you guys credit for even trying to wait for clearance sales. I know that I don't have the willpower for it, so I'll bite the bullet and buy things as soon as I see them. It seems like there's rarely enough figures around this barren province to even make it to clearance. :-[
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Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
I'm not gonna include postage costs
January
Cantina sets both - $80
Scanning trooper - $14.50
OTC han atst and gam guard - $29
Assaj and Arc trooper maquettes - $310
hmmm not a good start for the month is it!!
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Yay, yippee. Oooh, ooh, look at the self control ::)
January
01.
02.
03.
04. $113.00 (thanks Jeff) EE exclusive SW Clone Trooper Builder Set; $73.00 red phoenix, maskless wolvie, VOTC Boba, 2 Rangers Leetch (to be subtracted later) and shipping; ; $19.00 vinty Luke Farmboy and vinty sand people shipped
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10. $40.00 three vintage carded figs
11.
12.
13. $27 LOTR figs
14. $160.92 SSW.com :o
15. $95.02 ->7 carded vintage SW figs.
16.
17. $12 Military Antiques playset
18.
19.
20.
21. $34 shipping for trades
22.
23. S6 box set from Mikey (factoring out trade values cuz I didn't include what I picked up for him) $53 shipped
24. $107.94 ML IX case from AFX.com shipped; $90.21 Droids 3PO loose, shipped
25. $25 Doombot and Doc Ock ML VIII from Amazon - accursed shipping!
26.
27. $16 2 OTC Vaders trade bait?????
28.
29.
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31. $110 Sith Bust Ups case from EE :-X
January total: $$967.09
February
01. $89 SWS.com
02. $102 Gentle Giant busts; $98.16 12 ROTS preview figs for trade, keep
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New goal: below $10,000 US ::)
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See, I won't be adding my $300 for the Clone Troops until they actually charge my card :D
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See, I won't be adding my $300 for the Clone Troops until they actually charge my card :D
Yeah, I know, I just thought I'd begin the pain sooner rather than later. :'(
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I'm going to see if I can actually keep track pass April this time. No DVDs, comics, porn, CDs this time. Just Star Wars and other toys.
First purchase of 2005: GH Jawa/TR & Lando/Nikto $12.58
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P0rn? Hmm, didn't keep track of that last time. Any good deals? :P BTW, I need the new GH sets :-*
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Mostly just magazines and no good deals. That ****'s expensive.
I looked for more than the one set I found with you in mind.
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Free online - these kids don't realize how good they have it ;) We used to have to pay for it all the time :P
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True, but I don't have internet access in the bathroom ;)
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True, but I don't have internet access in the bathroom ;)
Go wireless man, then you'll be all set! :D
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Yeah, I know, I just thought I'd begin the pain sooner rather than later. :'(
And you know what, I'm gonna do it your way, because I'll probably forget to add it when they finally get around to shipping them out.
This whole thing is getting WAAAAY out of hand already. We're only 4 days into the new year and I've spent close to over $2000 already :o - $2065.59 (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=6073.msg95402#msg95402) :-\
That's almost half what I spent all last year, and we're only 4 days into the new year... ugh, I gotta go lie down for a minute. My head is spinning.
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This whole thing is getting WAAAAY out of hand already. We're only 4 days into the new year and I've spent close to $2000 already :o
Oh my. :o
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Aw, don't feel too bad for him, he's mostly taking advantage of his being too busy last month to pick up the stuff that should have had him finishing ahead of me. He'll be fine in a day or two. Off to SSW.com......
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I'm participating again this year as well. I also started a similar thread at RS to get those guys involved in this effort.
I have to run home tonight and check out how much I spent last year, but I KNOW it was more than I estimated. I'm hoping to spend less than that this year, because I really should be saving my money for more important things (like getting married).
However....only time will tell.
My 2005 estimate: 3500.00
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Well, now that I know most of Master Replica's* items for 2005, I think it is safe to assume I will spend another five grand or so again this year. :-\
*(7 mini sabers, 4 lightsabers and a blaster... there goes half the budget right there!!).
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Guess it's time for me to get one going for this year. With Star Wars being the sole line I'll probably collect this year, I don't know that I'll eclipse last years total by much, if at all. So a conservative estimate will be $4000 for the year. Certainly no more than $5000, I hope. :-\
January
1. Darth Vader Unleashed and cheap Target Leia collector cup - $18.61
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You have to be the quietest spendy guy I know. Coulda knocked me over when you posted that amount :o
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You talking about last years total? Yeah, more than 1/3 of my total from last year came over the last 3 months. I'll have to be slowing down that pace or I'll be in real trouble. :-X
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This year I'm actually going to try to participate. I anticipate less spending as I have given up Prequel collecting and gone OT exclusively. Except for the odd fig here and there ;)
January:
3 Cantina figs from Nataku - $29 US shipped
Blue Snag from Ebay - $97 US shipped :o
Gretzky Legends fig Walmart - $11.50 CAN
Shipping for 2 trades - $26 CAN
2 R1-G4 figs Ebay - $21.50 US shipped
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I can see now that this is going to be a little scary. In my efforts to catch up on the OTC, I currently have no less than 26 figures coming in the mail, a mix of OTC and VOTC. Because they're coming from 4 different people and likely arriving on 4 different days, the cost won't seem so bad when it's split up between those 4 days. But when I start totalling it all on paper... :-X
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I can see now that this is going to be a little scary. In my efforts to catch up on the OTC, I currently have no less than 26 figures coming in the mail, a mix of OTC and VOTC. Because they're coming from 4 different people and likely arriving on 4 different days, the cost won't seem so bad when it's split up between those 4 days. But when I start totalling it all on paper... :-X
Don't get too worried, I usually get three boxes a week on average. But it will be scary, no doubt about it. ;)
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Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
I'm not gonna include postage costs
January
Cantina sets both - $80
Scanning trooper - $14.50
OTC han atst and gam guard - $29
Assaj and Arc trooper maquettes - $310
hmmm not a good start for the month is it!!
FELTIPERN TREVAGG - 2 of - $27
MYO - 2 of - $27
DANNIK JERRIKO - 2 of - $27
Definately not a good start.............
Naboo conflict pack - $50
OTC scaning trooper - $15
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Oi - I broke $560 for the month. I sure has been fun though!
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Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
I'm not gonna include postage costs
January
Cantina sets both - $80
Scanning trooper - $14.50
OTC han atst and gam guard - $29
Assaj and Arc trooper maquettes - $310
hmmm not a good start for the month is it!!
FELTIPERN TREVAGG - 2 of - $27
MYO - 2 of - $27
DANNIK JERRIKO - 2 of - $27
Definately not a good start.............
Naboo conflict pack - $50
OTC scaning trooper - $15
This month just keeps getting worse
Animated
Anakin
Grevious
Arc trooper x3
Clone trooper 3 colours
$117
So for January so far....
$696.50!!!!!!
Man the wife is gonna kill me.........................
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Okay - I'm in this year. I've got all my reciepts and will add them up periodically. Rough Estimate, off the top of my head, not including tax:
Animated Clone Wars figures $6.00 x 13 = $78.00
POTC Cantina Wave - $7.00 x 6 = $42.00
Clearance 12" VOTC - 2 x $7.24 = $14.48
Clearance Lego Millenium Falcon - 1 x $55.00 = $55.00
Clearance Lego Mini's - 2 x $1.73 = $3.46
Clearance Lego Mini's - 1 x $2.00 = $2.00
Clearance Lego Cantina Set - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Lego X-Wing - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Cloud Car Pilots - 6 x $2.00 = $12.00
Clearance Hoth Trooper - 1 x $1.18 = $1.18
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers - 6 x $7.00 = $42.00
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers (Walmart) - 4 x $5.00 = $20.00
Misc Clearance OTC - 15 x $2.00 = $30.00
Unleashed Aura Siing - 1 x $15.00 = $15.00
Sneak Preview Wave - 8 x $6.00 = $48.00
Darth Maul with Sith Speeder - 1 x $5.00 = $5.00
Darth Maul Deluxe (E1) - 1 x $0.50 = $0.50
Loose Action Fleet X-Wing - 1 x $1.00 = $1.00
Loose Action Fleet Misc - 3 x $3.00 = $9.00
Rough Total 3 weeks into the year: $398.62
Also, if I just spent 85 dollars on shelving - specifically for my star wars collection, with another 75$ or so to go, does that count?
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Hopefully I can stay on this this year.
Janary:
19th Preview Wave Set $25.46
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1/21
$79.43
EE Exclusive Clone Trooper 4 Packs (Clean White, and Clean Dirty)
$29.75
2 VOTC Stormtroopers from OMGCNFO.com
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So, in order to stick with my 3500 estimate, I have to spend less than 291 a month.
So far this month I've already blown about 280. Talk about getting in under the wire. ;D
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Since I don't think I'm buying anything today, here's my January total, both for Star Wars and Other:
Star Wars:
1/4/2005 GH Jawa/Tusken & Lando/Skiff Guard $12.58
1/4/2005 Calender $6.83
1/6/2005 Series 1 Kubrick $60.00
1/10/2005 Lando Calrissian Kubrick $14.91
1/13/2005 GH Jawa/Tusken, Lando/Skiff Guard, Luke / Gamorreon Guard (for trade) $18.87
1/13/2005 GH Luke / Gamorrean Guard $6.29
1/17/2005 Kubrick TRU 5 pack exclusive $62.00
1/19/2005 Target Leia and cup set / Cash (for trade) $7.60
1/25/2005 Lego X-wing (Dagabah) $26.25
1/25/2005 ROTS Lego Jedi Fighter & Vulture Droid $20.99
1/26/2005 Kubrick series 3 Han Solo chase $15.45
1/27/2005 "JL" Display cases x2 (for Kubrick) $12.58
1/27/2005 Kubrick speeder bike set $76.49
1/30/2005 Lego Cantina set $17.85
1/30/2005 "JL" Display cases x4 (for Kubrick) $25.16
Star Wars January Total $383.85
Other:
1/13/2005 ML Iceman and Black Widow $16.78
1/24/2005 Sinister six box set $53.36
1/24/2005 Cash (for trade) $19.00
1/25/2005 ML Apocalypse $12.95
1/27/2005 Superposeable Spider-man $7.34
Other January Total $109.43
Total for month: $493.28
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Last day of the month, time to ring everything up...
03-Jan-05 6x Kubrick Figures (Sesame Street S1/Animated Batman)
03-Jan-05 3x Kubrick Figures (Movie Batman)
05-Jan-05 3x Clone Wars Animated Figures (ARC, Ani, Grev)
18-Jan-05 3x Galactic Heroes 2-packs (Tatooine Wave)
21-Jan-05 1x Batman Kubrick (Azrael)
24-Jan-05 1x Post-OTC SW Basic Figures (2005-#9 Luke)
25-Jan-05 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
28-Jan-05 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
Star Wars: $104.83
Other: $86.68
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
Woo. Big month thanks to finding the Sneak Preview figures early, as well as catching up on some missing Kubricks that I "needed'. Hopefully with all the Preview wave under my belt, Feb and March will be slow. Just $20 for Ani's Starfighter and the occasional eBay Kubrick or two. ;)
Jeff
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I won't be picking anything else up today, so I guess I can total things up for the month as well. I ended up spending a lot more than I anticipated, with finding a few things at retail (and on Amazon) somewhat unexpectedly. Should be a light couple of months here now though:
1/6/05 - GH Jawa and Tusken
1/6/05 - GH Luke and Gamorrean
1/6/05 - GH Lando and Skiff Guard
1/14/05 - Feltipern Trevagg
1/14/05 - Myo
1/15/05 - Mace Windu (used gift card)
1/21/05 - CW Animated Grievous (used gift card)
1/21/05 - CW Animated Anakin
1/25/05 - Preview Figure - General Grievous
1/25/05 - Preview Figure - R4-G9
1/25/05 - Preview Figure - Tion Medon
1/25/05 - Preview Figure - Wookiee Warrior (x2)
McFarlane Super-articulated Spider-Man (Spider-Man Classics)
Sandman (Spider-Man Classics)
Captain America - Ultimate (Marvel Legends)
Iceman (Marvel Legends)
Juggernaut (Marvel Legends)
Doc Ock (Marvel Legends)
Samwise Gamgee - Gates of Mordor (Lord of the Rings)
Total Star Wars (minus gift cards):$56.34
Total "Other":$52.60
Total for Month:$108.94
First time I've ever come close to spending the same on "other" stuff as I did on Star Wars. That shouldn't happen again ;). Feb/Mar should be some lighter times, maybe picking up a few more Wookiee Warriors, Anakin's fighter if I see it, and the CW Animated ARC and Clones if I see them. Not much non-SW for a little bit at least, perhaps Fantastic Four boxset and/or a few individual Marvel figures if I see them at retail.
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Since I don't think I'm buying anything today, here's my January total, both for Star Wars and Other:
Gentle Giant Han Stormtrooper bust?
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Since I don't think I'm buying anything today, here's my January total, both for Star Wars and Other:
Gentle Giant Han Stormtrooper bust?
Nope. Like I need another line to collect.
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Holy crap, what a way to start :o
January total: $$967.09
Thanks goodness I didn't win that VC Jawa :-X
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Quick question, Brent - should the $17 and change I spent today to ship your package count? Most of your items were bought last year and anything I did buy this year I marked (for trade).
Any thing I bought from ebay or online includes the shipping cost in it and any associated fees required ($3.25 for an international MO is bull****) to obtain such items. But I figure trades all work out in the end, especially if it's one for one and didn't count shipping. Of course, I only mailed two packages (yours and Ben's) this year so the costs aren't extravagant (yet).
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Well I've been counting all my costs. In a trade I count the cost of the item (unless I had it from a previous year, though that seems fairly rare, no one wants old crap anymore) and the cost of the shipping. Realistically it is a cost of acquiring an item (s) so I think it should count.
Ebay - winning bid amount and shipping and insurance if taken.
Trades - item cost if picked up during current year and shipping costs
Online purchase - cost and any shipping.
For us it's worse (in CAnada that is) because we may still get dinged on the declared amount - $5 CAD fee plus 14% of the declared value >:( Stoopid communist country.
All that said, it's pretty ballpark. I probably should have reduced the amount last year because some of the items I picked up were just outright sold for cost and shipping, so not really fair to include them. At the same time I know I missed a bunch of shipping costs and probably a few items, but they probably evened out in the end.
My (and Dale's and other canuckleheads) total has an "unfair" advantage in this "competition" simply because our postal service sucks. Example: Nick and I just made a trade. I sent him a hockey variant, my shipping cost was $11.75 CAD. He sent me two VOTC stormies and his shipping cost was $4.40 USD. Again, stoopid communist country. And to make sure it's clear, I don't think that's anything that needs to be rectified in terms of value. Shipping in a trade is equal value regardless of the cost, it's not Nick's fault our system sucks and is expensive.
I'm only trying to keep track of what I spent to acquire toys, so taxes, shipping all count. If I could figure out gas, I'd put that in there too, but realistically I cannot.
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GG Han in Stromtrooper Disguese $54.
Since I didn't do this last year I have a question, if I'm selling stuff do I put that in as a credit (+) from the yearly total or not.
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For us it's worse (in CAnada that is) because we may still get dinged on the declared amount - $5 CAD fee plus 14% of the declared value >:( Stoopid communist country.
Ouch. I didn't know your fees were that much. Next time I'll put a lower value on the form. :-[
I'll keep track of shipping from now on.
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GG Han in Stromtrooper Disguese $54.
Since I didn't do this last year I have a question, if I'm selling stuff do I put that in as a credit (+) from the yearly total or not.
Another "depends" kind of question. Say you stumbled on a no mask wolverine from series III of Marvel Legends and you paid $8 for it, then turned around and sold it for $250. I'd claim the $8 in your spent but not the profit. It ends up rather confusing.
If you're selling stuff you bought in a previous year, well, it's fairly doubtful it would add up to much (unless you're sitting on 20 GG blue clone busts or something like that), so it probably will be negligible too.
If you pick up some preview ROTS figures for someone and then sell them at cost, well that's a net zero.
It's a shotgun approach, not a sniper. What you miss in terms of + side you'll probably forget in terms of buying stuff.
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GG Han in Stromtrooper Disguese $54.
Since I didn't do this last year I have a question, if I'm selling stuff do I put that in as a credit (+) from the yearly total or not.
Another "depends" kind of question. Say you stumbled on a no mask wolverine from series III of Marvel Legends and you paid $8 for it, then turned around and sold it for $250. I'd claim the $8 in your spent but not the profit. It ends up rather confusing.
If you're selling stuff you bought in a previous year, well, it's fairly doubtful it would add up to much (unless you're sitting on 20 GG blue clone busts or something like that), so it probably will be negligible too.
If you pick up some preview ROTS figures for someone and then sell them at cost, well that's a net zero.
It's a shotgun approach, not a sniper. What you miss in terms of + side you'll probably forget in terms of buying stuff.
Thanks Brent for explaining it that to me. I wasn't sure but now I won't but up that stuff.
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Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
I'm not gonna include postage costs
January
Cantina sets both - $80
Scanning trooper - $14.50
OTC han atst and gam guard - $29
Assaj and Arc trooper maquettes - $310
FELTIPERN TREVAGG - 2 of - $27
MYO - 2 of - $27
DANNIK JERRIKO - 2 of - $27
Naboo conflict pack - $50
OTC scaning trooper - $15
Animated
Anakin
Grevious
Arc trooper x3
Clone trooper 3 colours
$117
End total for January $696.50!!!!!!
February
Wookie warrior
Tion Medon
R4-g9
General Grevious
Rebel fleet trooper builder sets x2
Geonosian war chamber part1
Geonosian war chamber part2
Clone wars Red arct trooper x2
Clone wars Super articulated trooper x2
SIlver Clone trooper
Jabbas court denizens
Total....$189
Thats not a good start
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Well I actually made my 2nd Star Wars purchase of the year, feels weird to be buying so little in the SW market.
1/2/05: POTF Warok Coin: $3
2/2/05: VOTC Han Solo (thanks JJ!): $5.90
Total: $8.90
Heh just notice it was one month in between purchases. At this rate, I'll be paying less than $100 the whole year, woo hoo! As if.... hah! :P
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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 :o
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
Grand total: $2338.93
YIKES!!!!
Did I really spend all that money already :-\
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 :-X
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After a couple of hours of calculating and revising my lists, this is where I stand after the first month of 2005 (all amounts include taxes and shipping where necessary, and are in Canadian loonies):
3-Jan-05 OTC 31 Bib Fortuna - $10.24
OTC 36 General Madine - $11.39
OTC 37 Lando General - $11.39
6-Jan-05 Unleashed Mace Windu - $28.49
Unleashed Count Dooku - $28.49
10-Jan-05 VOTC Darth Vader - $17.17
VOTC Chewbacca - $17.17
VOTC Boba Fett - $17.17
VOTC Boba Fett - $17.17
VOTC R2-D2 - $17.17
VOTC R2-D2 - $17.17
12-Jan-05 VOTC Chewbacca - $19.04
VOTC Stormtrooper - $19.04
VOTC Stormtrooper - $19.04
VOTC Lando - $19.04
VOTC Lando - $19.04
OTC Holo Emperor - $19.04
OTC 29 Darth Vader - $12.49
OTC 34 Darth Vader - $12.49
OTC 10 Darth Vader - $12.49
OTC 11 Scout Trooper - $12.49
OTC 22 Greedo - $10.95
OTC 26 Luke Bespin - $10.95
OTC 30 Gamorrean Guard - $10.95
OTC 32 Lando Skiff - $10.95
OTC 33 Leia Slave - $10.95
OTC 35 Han AT-ST Driver - $12.95
POTC 05-01 Pablo Jill - $12.95
POTC 05-02 Yarua - $11.95
POTC 05-03 Sly Moore - $11.95
POTC 05-04 Queen Amidala - $11.95
POTC 05-05 Rabe - $11.95
14-Jan-05 OTC Holiday Jawas 2004 - $28.49
CW ARC Trooper (blue) - $17.79
Anim CW Clone Trooper - $17.79
Anim CW Yoda - $15.65
16-Jan-05 C-3PO Bust-Up - gift from mother-in-law
19-Jan-05 Kinder Surprise SW Hippos - $32.16 - VERY cool German line! :D
20-Jan-05 OTC 25 Snowtrooper - $13.38
OTC 23 Tusken Raider - $13.38
GH Obi-Wan & Darth Vader - $11.24
GH Anakin & Padme - $11.24
GH Jango & Obi-Wan - $11.24
GH Yoda & Clonetrooper - $12.31
GH Lando & Skiff Guard - $11.24
GH Luke Jedi & Gammorrean - $11.24
GH Tusken & Jawa - $11.24
25-Jan-05 GG Stormtrooper Bust-Ups 3x3 - $79.19 (may still be some duty due here... :-\)
26-Jan-05 VOTC C-3PO - $22.21
27-Jan-05 ROTS Sneak General Grievous - $8.15
ROTS Sneak R4-G9 - $8.15
ROTS Sneak Tion Medon - $8.15
ROTS Sneak Wookie Warrior - $8.15
Anim CW General Grievous - $7.69
Anim CW ARC Trooper - $7.69
Anim CW Anakin Battle Damaged - $7.69
POTC 05-06 Feltipern Trevagg - $0 - these are belated Xmas gifts :)
POTC 05-07 Myo - $0
POTC 05-08 Dannik Jerriko - $0
OTC 2 Yoda (Opener) - $0
SAGA Captain Antilles (Opener) - $0
28-Jan-05 ROTS Sneak General Grievous (Opener) - $9.57
31-Jan-05 Rebel Storm Starter Set - $27.64 - I just had to see what these looked like - pretty cool. :)
31-Jan-05 OTC Jedi High Council #3 - $30.54 - why did I pay this much? ::)
SAGA 03-40 Elan Sleazebaggano - $6.93
SAGA 04-10 Tanus Spijek - $6.93
Total = $943.11 CDN
= $759.78 US based on today's value. :o
It's been a very productive month! Lots of catching up with the OTC line, etc, etc, so I expected it to be ugly. Let's see how February goes! :)
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My January total is $79.71. Not bad 8).
There is absolutely nothing that I want and since my sabers won't ship until April, I'm good for two more months.
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Well, I kept it under the 291 I needed to stay under and came in at 279 for the month.
I was feeling pretty proud of myself, until I realized I've already spent over 140 bucks only 5 days into this month. And I still don't have the preview figures yet. I'm not sure if I'll be able to meet my yearly budget goal, but if I resist the urge to buy EVERYTHING I want (and just by the stuff that I think I won't be able to pick up cheaper next year when I have the money) I can probably do it.
BTW.....apologies to Chris for also posting this thread at RS.
I gave the credit to the topic originator when I did it, and I thought it would be cool to have more people participating in this idea. I know I really enjoyed it last year and wanted to "share the love".
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I don't think I applied for a patent on this and I'm pretty sure it's not all that original in thought. Lots have thought of it I'm sure, most were just a little brighter and never wanted to know the truth.
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I don't think I applied for a patent on this and I'm pretty sure it's not all that original in thought. Lots have thought of it I'm sure, most were just a little brighter and never wanted to know the truth.
Yeah, I know. I didn't think anyone would mind (with all the cross posting of topics between the two sites) but I saw that there was a little "patent" topic that popped up right after I did it, so I felt like I had broken some unwritten rule or something. ;D
Anyway, I know it may not seem like an original idea, but it did spur me on to keeping track of what I spend/changing HOW I spend and that's something cool I wanted to share with all the other folks who don't visit our fine little community here.
Once again, Kudos to you for the idea! ;D
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Why do I get one of these every year???
Car repairs: $1500 :'(
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I have a theory on that. Every year or so...your car will need 500 bucks. The older it gets, it becomes a bi-yearly event or more.
Whether it's new tires, an engine part, some minor collision, scheduled maintenance or whatever......at some point or another, your car just needs some money to keep it going.
So whenever I say "My car is in the shop" and someone asks "Why?" I just say:
"It needed 500 bucks".
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Damnit, Damnit, Damnit.
I know this is off topic, but I don't really care. Not ONE DAY after posting in this thread, the check engine light on my car came on and it had to go to the shop.
It's got an emissions problem (that is somehow not covered by the uber warranty I purchased) that costs:
Survey Says?
500 bucks
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Sorry for spreading bad karma :-X
Our truck ended up costing $1528 in total. That's bad enough but I know a couple of the things that were done on the truck need to be done on my car so I can probably look at that amount again :'(
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Got my hands on the ROTS Sneak Preview wave on Friday as well as a $1 OTC fig so time to work the tally...
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 *
Year End Total: $35.38
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Ok 2 days in a row I've found new stuff, it's almost scary. I've also been buying up a good chunk of Transformers stuff so I've gone ahead and decided to keep track of that here, I'm pretty sure I've bought more TF than SW in terms of money as of this year...
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
Year End Total: $57.08
Yep, thought so, I've spent more in Transformers than I have in Star Wars so far, and I only collect a few things in the TF universe. Well that will change come April, oh boy will that change.....
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Yellow Clone War Clone Trooper Toon: $6.42
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Almost the last day of the month, and since I'm not expecting to buy anything tomorrow I guess I can just total up Febuary now...
03-Jan-05 - 6x Kubrick Figures (Sesame Street S1/Animated Batman)
03-Jan-05 - 3x Kubrick Figures (Movie Batman)
05-Jan-05 - 3x Clone Wars Animated Figures (ARC, Ani, Grev)
18-Jan-05 - 3x Galactic Heroes 2-packs (Tatooine Wave)
21-Jan-05 - 1x Batman Kubrick (Azrael)
24-Jan-05 - 1x Post-OTC SW Basic Figures (2005-#9 Luke)
25-Jan-05 - 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
28-Jan-05 - 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
01-Feb-05 - 1x Batman Kubrick (Robin - Japan Version)
15-Feb-05 - 1x RotS Sneak Preview Starfighter
Star Wars: $126.12
Other: $95.67
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
February 2005 Total: $30.28 with tax/shipping
Total = $221.79
Just like I was hopng, February was a really slow month, only two purchases!?!
Hopefully March will be slow too and help me save for April 2nd and Celebration 3! ;)
Jeff
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Currently up to $174.00...this really is going to be an expensive year.
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I won't be picking up anything today either, and it should be pretty light until ROTS now (unless there are any leaks here :P). Otherwise, just looking for the Stormtrooper/IG-88 Unleashed.
Feb 1 - 1x Wookiee Warrior - $5.88
Feb 4 - 1x Wookiee Warrior - $5.88
Feb 5 - 1x Clone Wars (Animated) ARC Trooper - $5.99
Feb 18 - 1x Anakin's Jedi Starfighter - $19.99
Feb - 1x Spider-Man Classics Scorpion - $6.88
Star Wars: $37.74
Other: $6.88
Total for February: $44.62 (plus tax)
Total for Year (Star Wars)= $99.96
Total for Year (Other)= $59.48
Total Total for Year :)=$159.44
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February totals:
Star Wars:
2/1/2005 ROTS Sneak Preview wave $29.36
2/2/2005 Kabaya Star Wars Lego Minis $27.07
2/11/2005 Kubrick AT-AT Driver & C-3PO $38.98
2/18/2005 Animated blue clonetrooper (for trade for red) $6.29
2/19/2005 Anakin's Jedi starfighter $20.99
2/26/2005 Unleashed IG-88 and Aurra Sing $31.48
SW Total: $154.17
Other:
2/11/2005 ML Dr. Octopus and Man-Thing $30.50
2/28/2005 Extend-A-Shelf x3 (for Marvel Legends) $21.80
Other Total: $52.30
February Total: $206.47
Yearly Total:
SW: $538.02
Other: $161.73
Total: $699.75
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Stupid Soviet Militiaria...well thanks a lot shipping! You just brought my yearly to $258.92 ok, nothing more until April 2nd, 2005. Got it? Ok? Good! Nothing more at all!
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$5.88-Wookie Warrior (x3)
$5.88-General Greivous
$5.88 Tion Medon
$29.40
Plus 8% sales tax...
$31.75
Kevin
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Pretty easy on my pocket book this month, but I'm got a lot of stuff in the mail as we speak. (I don't consider it spent until the toys are in my hot little hands) ;)
VOTC Darth Vader (to choke Antilles :)) $24.62
Case of 12 GG Series 2 Bust-Ups $142.49
21 loose POTF2 figures $89.74 - edit - oops, how'd I forget these?
Total for February $166.91 $256.65 = approx $200US
Total for 2005 $1110.02 $1199.76CDN = approx. $935US
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Update:
Not separating by month... if it's a big deal I can
Animated Clone Wars figures $6.00 x 13 = $78.00
POTC Cantina Wave - $7.00 x 6 = $42.00
Clearance 12" VOTC - 2 x $7.24 = $14.48
Clearance Lego Millenium Falcon - 1 x $55.00 = $55.00
Clearance Lego Mini's - 2 x $1.73 = $3.46
Clearance Lego Mini's - 1 x $2.00 = $2.00
Clearance Lego Cantina Set - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Lego X-Wing - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Cloud Car Pilots - 6 x $2.00 = $12.00
Clearance Hoth Trooper - 1 x $1.18 = $1.18
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers - 6 x $7.00 = $42.00
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers (Walmart) - 4 x $5.00 = $20.00
Misc Clearance OTC - 15 x $2.00 = $30.00
Unleashed Aura Siing wave - 3 x $15.00 = $45.00
Sneak Preview Wave - 8 x $6.00 = $48.00
Darth Maul with Sith Speeder - 1 x $5.00 = $5.00
Darth Maul Deluxe (E1) - 1 x $0.50 = $0.50
Loose Action Fleet X-Wing - 1 x $1.00 = $1.00
Loose Action Fleet Misc - 3 x $3.00 = $9.00
Tons of Army Builders from PMundheim - tons x $0.00 = $0.00 THANKS!
6 ROTS figures from shoot - 6 x $0.00 = $0.00
Anakin's Starfighter - 1 x $20.00 = $20.00
2 more VOTC Stormies - 2 x $10.00 = $20.00
Urban Outfitters OTC clearance - $20.00
ROTS Medium Vehicles - 3 x $20.00 = $60.00
Rough Total: $548.62
But I think I'm going to drop about $700.00 on April 2nd...
Mental Note:
Add ALL 04/02 related spending
+3 Clone PIlots
+4 Clone Commanders
+2 Grevious #36
+3 Figures from Marsh (2 x 6.99 and 1 x 5.24)
+1 Clone #6
+anything I'm forgetting.
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$5.67(Red Guard) tacked onto the $31.75 from this month brings me up to
$37.42 total this month. Eeep!
Kevin
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With being caught up in what I collect in SW, it's a rare occurence nowadays for me to pickup something, but a clearance Wookiee Warrior does the trick.
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
Year End Total: $62.35
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Just passed the $200 mark. If all goes right, it could be around $400-$500 in April. :-X
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A real update now after finding some early ROTS stuff. Didn't get as much as I could have because some Wal-Mart employees actually DO their job, heh go figure....
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. ;D)
ROTS Droid Tri-Fighter: $21.74
* Total For Day: $29.90 *
Year End Total: $92.25
Hey my Star Wars total finally surpassed my Transformers total, whattya know!
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$5.88-Wookie Warrior (x3)
$5.88-General Greivous
$5.88 Tion Medon
$29.40
Plus 8% sales tax...
$31.75
$10.00-Star Wars Clone Wars 3 Pack
$3.00-SAGA Clone Pilot
$44.75
Plus $5.00 shipping...
$49.75 total this year...
Whee!
Kevin
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I won't post my who list here but Including a plane ticket to C3 and my C3 4 day pass, I'm up to $439 for the year. That number is going to double by the end of the month, and once I get another job this summer it'll grow pretty quickly. ;)
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New month, new totals:
Star Wars:
3/7/2005 Kubrick Band member (stand instrument) $11.50
3/10/2005 Sneak Peek Wookie Warrior $5.12
3/15/2005 ROTS Galactic Heroes $15.09
3/24/2005 Kubrick Early Bird set $130.00
3/30/2005 Shelving and brackets for Unleashed / mugs / glasses $72.22
Star Wars Total: $233.93
Other:
3/16/2005 Sportspick Mike Schmidt $10.49
Other Total: $10.49
Star Wars Year to Date: $771.95
Other Year to Date: $172.22
Total to Date: $944.17
I'm not going full boar right away on the ROTS stuff. I plan on spreading my purchases out over the summer, so April shouldn't be too bad.
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Looks like a good time to update...end of the month, and right before everything starts tonight/tomorrow. March was fairly light for me, but not as light as I thought it would be:
Unleashed Count Dooku - $5.00 (on clearance at Wal-Mart)
Galactic Heroes Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku - $4.79
Galactic Heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous - $4.79
Galactic Heroes Yoda and Sidious - $4.79
Unleashed IG-88 - $14.99
Batman Begins Batman - $6.72
Vintage Burger King ESB Glass Set - $17.45 (including shipping)
Total for Month=$58.53 (plus tax)
Total for Year (Star Wars)=$151.77
Total for Year (Combined)=$217.25
Didn't plan on spending even that much in March, but happened upon a low auction for the ESB glasses, which I've wanted for awhile, and happened upon a lone Unleashed IG-88 at TRU. The Batman Begins figure was an impulse buy, and the only one I'll get from the line most likely. April could be a doozy, but I'm (hopefully) going to try to spread things out a bit like Mikey.
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Well, March has come and gone...
03-Jan-05 - 6x Kubrick Figures (Sesame Street S1/Animated Batman)
03-Jan-05 - 3x Kubrick Figures (Movie Batman)
05-Jan-05 - 3x Clone Wars Animated Figures (ARC, Ani, Grev)
18-Jan-05 - 3x Galactic Heroes 2-packs (Tatooine Wave)
21-Jan-05 - 1x Batman Kubrick (Azrael)
24-Jan-05 - 1x Post-OTC SW Basic Figures (2005-#9 Luke)
25-Jan-05 - 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
28-Jan-05 - 4x RotS Sneak Preview Figures (1x each)
01-Feb-05 - 1x Batman Kubrick (Robin - Japan Version)
15-Feb-05 - 1x RotS Sneak Preview Starfighter
04-Mar-05 - 3x SW RotS Assault Vehicles
04-Mar-05 - 3x SW Galactic Heroes 2-packs (RotS Wave 1)
14-Mar-05 - 3x SW-RotS Basic Figures
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
February 2005 Total: $30.28 with tax/shipping
March 2005 Total: $96.29 with tax/shipping
Star Wars: $222.41
Other: $95.67
Total = $318.08
March was slow, but I still managed spend stick around my budgeted $100 thanks to the early RotS vehicle score...
Unfortunately, this weekend should pretty much blow away my April/May/June/July budgets in one swoop! If only I had known back in January that there could be 40 new figures in April... :-\
Jeff
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If only I had known back in January that there could be 40 new figures in April... :-\
Jeff
Not to steer this off topic, but I'm with you. If I had known in January how badass this line would be, with the amount of stuff we would be offered, I'd have saved more, but since my chunk of change is going to SW digs at C3, I can't say much about saving. :-X
Kevin
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$5.24 Clone Trooper
$5.24 Clone Trooper
$5.24 Clone Trooper
$5.24 Clone Trooper
$5.24 Blue Guard
$5.24 Blue Guard
$5.24 Blue Guard
$5.24 Greivous Guard
$5.24 Greivous Guard
Plus 8% sales tax:
$51.05
Plus my former $37.42 Total tacked on equals:
$88.47
Wonderful.
Kevin
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The April 2nd rush happened on March 21 for me, so it's likely going to be one of my best/worst months. ;)
Mar 4 - 250 Real Stands - $118.44
Mar 4 - SAGA Slave I and Lego Super Battle Droid - $49.74
Mar 7 - 39 loose POTF2 figures - $143.70
Mar 16 - SAGA Clone & Sandtrooper (shipping for trade) - $6.95
Mar 17 - 2 Bust-Ups, POTJ Clone, OTC 21 - $37.49
Mar 21 - 4 POTJ figures - $40.72
Mar 21 - 41 ROTS figures - $377.33
Mar 22 - 2 ROTS figures - $20.46
Mar 23 - 3 Kubricks - $24.70
Mar 23 - Unleashed Stormtrooper, IG-88, Aurra Sing - $87.00
Mar 24 - 5 ROTS figures - $51.13
Mar Total = $957.66 CDN = $789.37 US
Feb Total = $256.65 CDN = $211.55 US
Jan Total = $943.11 CDN = $759.78 US
Year to Date = $2157.42 CDN = $1760.70 US
edit... On a side note, my wife "gave" me her sewing room to expand my Star Wars room as a Valentine's Day gift. Very cool. So we decided to build a spare bedroom in the basement, which lead to new carpet, which lead to painting the basement, which lead to some art on the walls. ::) Now it looks like this "gift" is going to cost us at least $5000. That should help me to win this race. ;)
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$639.92 Already passed 2004's total :'(
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Much like everyone else, April 2nd saw a huge increase in my overall spending. But unlike most, it was unexpected. I hadn't planned on buying so many figures so soon, but I got swept up in the moment. ;D
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. ;D)
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 *
Year End Total: $201.66
Well that just doubled my spending so far, but there's still a lot left in the year.... ::)
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edit... On a side note, my wife "gave" me her sewing room to expand my Star Wars room as a Valentine's Day gift. Very cool. So we decided to build a spare bedroom in the basement, which lead to new carpet, which lead to painting the basement, which lead to some art on the walls. ::) Now it looks like this "gift" is going to cost us at least $5000. That should help me to win this race. ;)
Nuh-uh junior, renovating anything outside your basement room does not count. :P
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$88.47 total former,
Plus $31.26
for Clone Wars Volume 1 DVD
and Episode 1 DVD
=$119.73 so far this year.
Kevin
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My January total is $79.71. Not bad 8).
There is absolutely nothing that I want and since my sabers won't ship until April, I'm good for two more months.
My grand total now is $1,408.65. Holy crap!! I did some heavy duty shopping and my lightsabers are shipping. I can't even fathom what my cc bill will look like when April is done :o.
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Ok had to buy more figures the other day to increase my Clone army and get the wickedly cool Count Dooku...
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. ;D)
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
Year End Total: $207.35
Well that just doubled my spending so far, but there's still a lot left in the year.... ::)
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$119.73 the former...
Lord Tyranus E3: $5.24
Supreme Chancelot Palpetine E3: $5.24
Clone Trooper E3: $5.24
Clone Trooper E3: $5.24
Clone Trooper E3: $5.24
Darth Sidious E3: $5.24
Seperatist Battle Droid: $5.24
Plus 8% sales tax equals...
$39.61 plus the $119.73
equals....
$159.34
:-X
Kevin
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I'm at around $330 now, will probably increase by the end of the month.
One good thing about Hasbro releasing figs early is that we get the high prices out of the way now... :P
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Holy God...I've spent $891.92! Woah, I may have to consider keeping it on the DL from now on...
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After getting some price-matching at Kohl's, I've increased my ROTS Clone army to an even dozen...
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. ;D)
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
Year End Total: $239.90
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Update:
Animated Clone Wars figures $6.00 x 13 = $78.00
POTC Cantina Wave - $7.00 x 6 = $42.00
Clearance 12" VOTC - 2 x $7.24 = $14.48
Clearance Lego Millenium Falcon - 1 x $55.00 = $55.00
Clearance Lego Mini's - 2 x $1.73 = $3.46
Clearance Lego Mini's - 1 x $2.00 = $2.00
Clearance Lego Cantina Set - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Lego X-Wing - 1 x $10.00 = $10.00
Clearance Cloud Car Pilots - 6 x $2.00 = $12.00
Clearance Hoth Trooper - 1 x $1.18 = $1.18
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers - 6 x $7.00 = $42.00
Clearance VOTC Stormtroopers (Walmart) - 4 x $5.00 = $20.00
Misc Clearance OTC - 15 x $2.00 = $30.00
Unleashed Aura Siing wave - 3 x $15.00 = $45.00
Sneak Preview Wave - 8 x $6.00 = $48.00
Darth Maul with Sith Speeder - 1 x $5.00 = $5.00
Darth Maul Deluxe (E1) - 1 x $0.50 = $0.50
Loose Action Fleet X-Wing - 1 x $1.00 = $1.00
Loose Action Fleet Misc - 3 x $3.00 = $9.00
6 ROTS figures from shoot - 6 x $0.00 = $0.00
Anakin's Starfighter - 1 x $20.00 = $20.00
2 more VOTC Stormies - 2 x $10.00 = $20.00
Urban Outfitters OTC clearance - $20.00
ROTS Medium Vehicles - 3 x $20.00 = $60.00
April 2nd through April 13 = $672.23
Another Clone Trooper - 1 x $5.67 = $5.67
Rough Total: $1226.52 + $200 dollars on shelving
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Just wondering how you guys/gals want to handle the C3 expenses? I'd suggest that airfare/car expenses should not be included as they'll be really variable depending upon where you live. Registration should be included though? I dunno, lmk what you think.
Anything you bought is obviously included.
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I was personally going to add everything I spent there over the course of the four days, to be honest: food, alchohol, room, alchohol, registration, alchohol, merchandise, alchohol, and of course alchohol. It's all included in my expense report, since I wouldn't have spent it if I wasn't there, and I was there for Star Wars :P
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I would suggest just Star Wars merchandise be included in the listings since that is what you collected at the show. And oh boy do I have a good chunk of stuff to add to my list as well as some new figures I got yesterday, letsee if I can do this right....
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 x 7: $39.80
Year End Total: $653.30
Just as I thought, one little weekend more than doubled my entire year's output up to this point. Funny thing is, even including all the money I spent on things like hotel and food, I still came home with some change, I don't know how the hell that happened....
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Ok mine will be in Aussie dollars
January
$696.50!!!!!!
February
Total....$189
March $0 -Woohoo
April
Obiwan Rots MR saber - $590
Total for year so far.
$1475.50
Deciding not to pick up any of the ROTS toys has made a giant cut into what i thought i would have spent
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Picked up some vintage miscellaneous stuff, so new update time.
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 x 7: $39.80
5/2/05: 20+ Vintage Vehicles/Playset Instructions & Catalogs, ROTJ INT-4 box, POTF Barada Coin - $28
Year End Total: $681.30
This has been a good experience posting what I'm spending, gives me a good idea of how far I can go before I hit the poverty line. :P
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April Totals:
Star Wars:
4/2/2005 Unleashed Anakin / Obi Wan, Tarfull, Clonetrooper $44.37
4/5/2005 Royal Guard, Agen Kolar, Griev Bodyguard, Chewie $22.01
4/5/2005 Unleashed Grievous, Saesee Tinn $20.99
4/5/2005 Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi Mundi, Kit Fisto $16.66
4/11/2005 Boga, Shaak-Ti, Luminara Unduli, Lego Tri-Droid Fighter $44.06
4/21/2005 Deluxe clonetrooper $10.49
Star Wars Total: $158.58
Other:
4/5/2005 Sportspick Johnny Damon $10.49
4/21/2005 ML Prof X, Nightcrawler, Doc Strange, Bullseye, WM $35.91
Other Total: $46.40
Star Wars Year to Date: $930.53
Other Year to Date: $218.62
Total to Date: $1,149.15
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April Update:
Amazon (2x RotS Holo Yoda Exclusives)
Celebration 3 Expenses
Celebration 3 (1x GG C3 Sandtrooper Mini-Bust)
Celebration 3 (2x C3 Darth Vader Figure w/Case)
EE (Clone Trooper 4-pack set of 4)
K-Mart (2x RotS Basic Figures)
Kohl's (8x RotS Basic Figures)
Target (1x RotS ARC-170)
Target (3x RotS Clone Trooper Exclusives)
Target (2x RotS Lava Vader Exclusives)
Target (74x RotS Basic Figures)
Target (3x RotS Figure with Cup Sets)
TRU (22x RotS Basic Figures)
TRU (2x vOTC Stormtroopers)
Wal-Mart (1x RotS Early Bird Exclusive)
Wal-Mart (3x RotS Battle Vehicles)
Wal-Mart (4x RotS Deluxe Figures)
Wal-Mart (11x RotS Basic Figures)
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
February 2005 Total: $30.28 with tax/shipping
March 2005 Total: $96.29 with tax/shipping
April 2005 Total: $1041.60 with tax/shipping
Star Wars: $1264.01
Other: $95.67
Total = $1359.68
Damn it. 117 Basic Figures?!? Holy ****. :o
I ended up with #1-44 in duplicate plus army builders in April, so wow. :-[
Between April 2nd and Celebration 3, my 2005 budget is a LOT out of whack... :-\
Jeff
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Whew....April....most I've ever spent on Star Wars, and I think I'm well on my way to outspending last year's total. Here's the rundown that I have:
Star Wars
27 Basic Figures (Wal-Mart/Target) @ $5.24
3 Target Figure/Cup Sets @ $9.99
Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter
BARC Speeder Bike
Boga w/Obi Wan
ARC 170 Starfighter
Unleashed Obi-Wan Kenobi
Unleashed Anakin Skywalker
Unleashed General Grievous
Galactic Heroes (3 sets - Chewie/Clone, Kit/Mace, R2/SBD)
Wal-Mart Exclusive Early Bird Set
5 Basic Figures (Kohls) @ $6.99
6 Basic Figures (Wal-Mart) @ $4.98
AT-RT Walker
Mustafar Playset (Pending - May Return)
Star Wars Total (April): $430.23
Other Stuff
Fantastic Four Box Set (Wal-Mart Clearance) - $9.00
Marvel Legends Nightcrawler - $6.88
Marvel Legends Professor X - $6.88
Total Other - $22.76
Total for April - $452.99
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My January total is $79.71. Not bad 8).
There is absolutely nothing that I want and since my sabers won't ship until April, I'm good for two more months.
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My grand total now is $1,408.65. Holy crap!! I did some heavy duty shopping and my lightsabers are shipping. I can't even fathom what my cc bill will look like when April is done :o.
I am now up to $2,086.65. The biggest chunk of that is for the two replica sabers and Han's blaster.
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Arbitrarily dump some stuff in here
$28 for brown snake, correct cane vintage Yoda
$162 to Jeff for EE clones, target clones 050509
$145 to Scott for a whackload of figures 050510
$11 for War Machine to get a stoopid Galactus part 050510
Owing Beth money :-[
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Man, I have a lot of catching up to do... I think I still have all my receipts :-\
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just looking at my Visa bill from april ::)
GenCon 29 March 110.00 USD (C3 fees)
Sears 2 figures, 2 vehicles $36.45
TRU 4 figures $36.45
INDY $$
Walmart (food, ML) $29.96
Smokey Bones (food, beer) $25.00
Gentle Giant $53.00 - sandtrooper bust
C2 ventures $ $25.00 - haven't a ******* clue ::)
TRU - $19.06 - 2 clone commanders, corrected Palpatine
Gen Con LLC - $144.00 - 8 C3 Vaders
NWA.com $375.84
Hotel: $138.44 a bargain at twice the price, except for sleeping in a chair and the fact Berry wouldn't let anyone sleep :P
I guess I'll leave the bulk of food and booze out of the equation. But that Walmart food item is pretty much the bulk of what I ate that first day. That and hot wings :-X
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Time to update after finding figures last week and winning an auction on ebay..
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
Year End Total: $759.47
This has been a good experience posting what I'm spending, gives me a good idea of how far I can go before I hit the poverty line. :P
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Ouch. I just got my MasterCard bill. :'(
I guess April has been very busy, between the ROTS release and Celebration 3.
Apr 1 - Case of Series 3 Bust-Ups - $110.70
Apr 4 - ROTS #25-32 x2 + deluxe & vehicles - $351.44
Apr 9 - ROTS Unleashed x3 + deluxe - $182.32
Apr 10 - Misc SW comics - $27.02
Apr 19 - Star Wars Price Guide - $25.25
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Misc POTF2 to CW figures - $471.60
Apr 21-25 - GH x3, Force Battlers x3, etc - $100.07
Apr 21-25 - C3 - 2 C3 Vaders, Kellerman Vintage Book - $70.68
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Tshirts, Posters, Ray Park Autograph - $246.02
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Tsuneo Sanda Prints - Yoda, Darth Vader 8) - $1133.75 :-[
Apr 27 - Loose POTF2 figs - $136.07
Apr Total = $3104.42 CDN = $2444.42 US
Mar Total = $957.66 CDN = $789.37 US
Feb Total = $256.65 CDN = $211.55 US
Jan Total = $943.11 CDN = $759.78 US
Year to Date = $5261.85 CDN = $4205.12 US
I think I need to sit down. :-X
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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
Total for year so far.
$1585.50
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$1032.92... :( Wow.
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Ouch. I just got my MasterCard bill. :'(
I guess April has been very busy, between the ROTS release and Celebration 3.
Apr 1 - Case of Series 3 Bust-Ups - $110.70
Apr 4 - ROTS #25-32 x2 + deluxe & vehicles - $351.44
Apr 9 - ROTS Unleashed x3 + deluxe - $182.32
Apr 10 - Misc SW comics - $27.02
Apr 19 - Star Wars Price Guide - $25.25
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Misc POTF2 to CW figures - $471.60
Apr 21-25 - GH x3, Force Battlers x3, etc - $100.07
Apr 21-25 - C3 - 2 C3 Vaders, Kellerman Vintage Book - $70.68
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Tshirts, Posters, Ray Park Autograph - $246.02
Apr 21-25 - C3 - Tsuneo Sanda Prints - Yoda, Darth Vader 8) - $1133.75 :-[
Apr 27 - Loose POTF2 figs - $136.07
Apr Total = $3104.42 CDN = $2444.42 US
Mar Total = $957.66 CDN = $789.37 US
Feb Total = $256.65 CDN = $211.55 US
Jan Total = $943.11 CDN = $759.78 US
Year to Date = $5261.85 CDN = $4205.12 US
I think I need to sit down. :-X
Whoo-hoo! There's a new Canadian on the block and he's kicking my ass. You go Jesse. :-*
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Another week of army building leads me right into Revenge of the Sith. Of course my hunt prior to going to the theater proved fruitless, but the hunt after seeing ROTS for the 2nd time was way good!
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 *
Year End Total: $932.87
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2 AT-TE gunners
2 #41 clones
Stass Allie
Vader Frankentable
Invisible Woman
$50
Mace Windu FX saber - $123 shipped
$55 to Beth for clones/lava vader
need to add ebay items...
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May Update:
Target - 3x RotS Battle Arenas (yes, I broke down and bought them :-[)
Target - 7x RotS Deluxe Figures (1x each wave 2 and 3/4 of wave 3)
Target - 3x RotS Basic Figures (2x Dark Wookiee and 1x #2 Anakin Variant)
Luckily most everything was price-adjusted during Target's sale the week of the movie saving me about $18. :)
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
February 2005 Total: $30.28 with tax/shipping
March 2005 Total: $96.29 with tax/shipping
April 2005 Total: $1041.60 with tax/shipping
May 2005 Total: $138.01 with tax/shipping
Star Wars: $1402.02
Other: $95.67
Total = $1497.69
Whew. :) Managed to keep things under control in May. Only grabbed the newest stuff and was able to cool off on Army Building to keep the month around $100 where it belongs.
edit: Of course, after I wrote this, I found 3/4 of Deluxe wave 3 - another $32 out the door in May.
Jeff
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Ok, update for May. Not as bad as April, but still added up to more than I thought I spent this past month. Here's the rundown for me:
Star Wars
11x Basic ROTS Figures - $65.64
3x Deluxe ROTS Figures - $35.97
1x Target Exclusive Clonetrooper - $12.99
Other
2x Spider-Man Classics Figures - $13.76
3x Fantastic Four Movie Figures - $20.64
Total Star Wars - $114.60
Total "Other" - $34.40
Total for May - $149.00
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New month, new total:
Star Wars
5/3/2005 Med table Vader / Dlx Clonetrooper (for trade - C3 Vader) $20.98
5/5/2005 Dlx Clonetrooper / Yoda & Cancell (for trade) $20.98
5/6/2005 Clone commander $6.29
5/9/2005 Lego Clone Walker & Mini Arc Fighter $15.73
5/9/2005 Mini Arc Fighter & Mini TIE Interceptor (for GH Survivor) $10.48
5/10/2005 Target clone x3, Wookie Warrior, blue Royal Guard $51.92
5/13/2005 ROTS Galatic Heroes wave 2, AT-TE Gunner $20.53
5/13/2005 AT-RT & clonetrooper (Kohl's) $18.89
5/17/2005 Lego ARC Starfighter $35.69
5/19/2005 Darth Tater $7.34
5/21/2005 Payment for Target clones x2 $(33.00)
5/24/2005 Clonetrooper (super-articulated) $5.50
5/24/2005 Pez Dispensers x4 $4.16
5/26/2005 EE clone packs $120.55
Star Wars May Total $306.04
Other
5/3/2005 ML Deathlok $7.23
5/10/2005 ML Hulk $7.23
Other May Total $14.47
Star Wars Total to Date: $1236.56
Other Total to Date: $233.09
Total Total: $1469.65
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Right Behind you Mikey!
$1365.55
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I started breaking down my excel list, and so far Star Wars is looking like this, since January 1st:
Star Wars total: $604.11 ($37.31 is tax)
Episode III Star Wars: $210.01 ($12.67 is tax)
I'm proud - I really have resisted Ep. III! (relatively speaking)
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Update for May ($ in CDN, then updated to US $ at end)
May 2 - OTC Sandcrawler - $32.10
May 4 - SAGA Ephant Mon - $27.42
May 5 - 8 ROTS figs - $81.80
May 11 - 3 ROTS figs - $34.17
May 16 - 6 ROTS exclusives (3 x 2 each), loose POTF2 figs - $157.65
May 17 - 3 ROTS figs - $30.68
May 18 - 5 POTF2 + 2 SAGA figs + SAGA Battle of Hoth - $55.00
May 26 - Unleashed Darth Maul + POTF2 CS's + Deluxe - $154.94
May 30 - 4 Super Deformed + ROTS Clone #41 - $74.67
May 30 - 2 Holo Yodas + more to trade - $28.98
May 30 - Unleashed Anakin + Padme - $39.05
May 30 - POTF2 Rancor + Bantha 8) - $80.58
May 30 - 90 POTF2, E1, POTJ, SAGA figs - $313.30
May 30 - 18 POTF2 figs - $120.00
May Total = $1838.89 CDN = $1436.63 US
Apr Total = $3104.42 CDN = $2444.42 US
Mar Total = $957.66 CDN = $789.37 US
Feb Total = $256.65 CDN = $211.55 US
Jan Total = $943.11 CDN = $759.78 US
Year Total = $7100.74 CDN = $5641.75 US
And the spending spree continues! Our basement is nearly finished being renovated, so soon I'll actually be able to display my acquisitions...
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This place is awful, look what it does to perfectly normal people. Well, almost normal people.
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Amen! [twitch]
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My budget for this year has already gone absolutely out the window. I blame Episode 3, even though I should be blaming my lack of self control when it comes to Star Wars collecting. ;D
I'll have to post an update to this thread later....but I was going over some numbers last night, and I'm pretty close to my budget for the year already.
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5 McFarlane NBA legends figs $68
ARC-170 $36
Vader FX saber locally $120 :-X
modifying to include ebay stuff I may have missed:
May 06 - brown snake yoda $27
May 21 - Thall Joben/King Gorneesh $22.49
May 23 - Jord Dusat $$15
June 10 - Kubrick Droids Fett $53
June 20 - GG Boba bust $201
June 24 - MR special ops helmet $550
dumbass
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Hmmm, I have not been keeping tabs on what I have bought thus far. Guess I'll have to look around for all my paper work and such. :-\
Update for May ($ in CDN, then updated to US $ at end)
Year Total = $7100.74 CDN = $5641.75 US
Whoa, I don't think I'll even come close to that total! :o
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My budget for this year has already gone absolutely out the window.
Truer words were never spoken Josh.
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Must stop army building, it's killing my wallet as I've gone over the 1 grand mark. I coulda walked off with a dozen SA Clones today and had to restrain myself, oy!
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
Year End Total: $1,133.02
Another June update...
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Well, I've given up completely on tracking my spending.
I've got the reciepts and all, but I've bought a lot of stuff at conventions and have no way of knowing what it all is.
Suffice it to say that I've probably spent about $2000 to $2500 so far - which is absurd.
Hell, I've got over $500 just wrapped up in Army Builders.
Maybe I'll go through the reciepts and try to fill in the blanks and come up with a number this weekend...
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Just passed over $600 with around $615 spent...
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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
Total for year so far.
$1820.5
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Extremely slow month. I'm waiting for those clearance sales.
6/2/2005 Wookiee Warrior (brown)/Clonetrooper (super articulated) $11.00
6/3/2005 Clonetrooper (SA)/Operating Table Vader, Stass Allie, Crab Droid $37.76
June SW Total: $48.76
SW Total to date: $1,285.32
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June was pretty slow here as well, but it was ok to save a little bit of money this month.
June Star Wars
Target Cup with Figure - Han Solo - $12.99
Target Cup with Figure - Yoda - $12.99
R2-D2 #48 (with sounds) - $5.99
Total: $31.97
June Non-SW
Fantastic Four Movie - Invisible Woman - $6.88
Total for June: $38.85
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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
Total for year
$1970.5
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I had hoped only to spend about 3500 this year. That averages out to 290 a month.
I've already spent more than 2500 and it's only July 1st, which means I'm averaging about 60 bucks too much each month.
New Unleashed, a ton of mini-busts I haven't paid for yet, and so much product coming out this year pretty much guarantee I'll top the total. It's making me want to quit again, but I know I probably won't. ;D
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No kidding:
Unleased - two figures
Bust Ups - 1 SW, 1 Simpsons series
Busts - Yoda, Vader, Han
Statues - Sideshow Vader, Obi
MR - SWS.com helmet, shock trooper helmet, FX anakin & Luke
Kubrick's - 2 series plus chase plus missing chase plus Rebo band
Gee, that's only about $2000 right there.
VC Jawa
set of 12 backs ................... :P
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June Update:
Star Wars:
3x RotS Figure with Cup Sets (1x Han, Yoda, Fett)
7x RotS Basic Figures (1x #46, #47, #50; 2x #48, #49)
1x RotS Battle Vehicles (Wookiee Flyer)
1x RotS Deluxe Figures (1x RotS Clone Pack)
Other:
1x B:TAS Harley Quinn Kubrick Figure
January 2005 Total: $191.51 with tax/shipping
February 2005 Total: $30.28 with tax/shipping
March 2005 Total: $96.29 with tax/shipping
April 2005 Total: $1041.60 with tax/shipping
May 2005 Total: $138.01 with tax/shipping
June 2005 Total: $107.56 with tax/shipping
Star Wars: $1498.18
Other: $107.07
Total = $1605.25
Well, I've now passed my budget of $1500 for the year, and the year is only half over. I'd like to thank Hasbro for cramming 50 basic figures into a 4 month span causing me to seriously blow my budget.
I was looking at 56 RotS figures for 2005 and now we basically got them by July. :-\ On the bright side, if you remove the April blip (C3 and Midnight Madnesss expenses), I'm actually stickig to my budget pretty well, so it's not a total loss I guess!
Jeff
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Just passed the $4,000 mark with the Medicom Vader and Luke arriving this week. :o
Oh...it's a damn good thing Jay doesn't visit these forums.
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Just passed the $1000 mark. Good thing new figures haven't been found, otherwise I would have passed that months ago...
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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
Total for year
$2170.5
I just passed $2000 thats actually pretty good , considering i have about $1000 worth of starwars stuff on preorder as it is.
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After some good luck on the hunt last night, it's time to update the tally...
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
Year End Total: $1,325.36
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1500.58 :o
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$1093.68...
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Another month down...started off slowly, and I thought it would be one of my cheapest months in awhile, but I found a few things towards the end that pushed the total a little higher:
Star Wars
Basic Figures ($5.24 each) - Zett Jukassa, Captain Antilles, Utapaun Warrior
500th Figure - Darth Vader (14.99)
Wookiee Flyer (14.99)
Target Cup w/Figure - Boba Fett (9.63)
Mpire 2 Pack - Han Solo and Boba Fett (6.88)
Total for Month= $62.21
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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
Total for year
$2290.5
I just passed $2000 thats actually pretty good , considering i have about $1000 worth of starwars stuff on preorder as it is.
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I give up. Let's just call it $10 K and leave it at that ::)
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I give up. Let's just call it $10 K and leave it at that ::)
Yeah...
I'm giving up the monthly updates and we'll just see at the end of the year how bad I blew out my budget.
I know it's going to be bad because Kubrick Series 4 = $192 and I know I bought more stuff in July than that...
:P
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I know, I'm kind of starting to feel that way too. Although my budget isn't in the ballpark of many others here, I'm sure the spending relative to income is probably similar. I find myself looking to 2006 and thinking how I hope it will be cheaper. I really enjoy collecting, but I need to streamline things and keep the budget more in check I think. Keeping track of the totals these last two years has really put in perspective what else could be bought with all this money ;). Oh well, moving into a non-movie year(s) and back to themed waves should help a lot...plus if we're seeing more repacks like the OTC, those should be some figures I can pass on as well. Anyways, the "challenge" has definitely been an eye opener...for all of us I think ;).
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I'm just the opposite of you guys, I'm interested to see what I spend and will continue my updates. Of course, I dropped out last year, so maybe that's my motivation. :P
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My mistake was not setting a budget for the year, so I haven't exercised any sort of control this year. :-[ But it's been one hell of a fun ride. :)
As proof, here's my update for June and July ($$ is Canadian funny money):
June 2 - 2 POTF2 figures - $31.36
June 3 - 8 ROTS figures & Gunship - $153.99
June 5 - Shelving for new room - $136.89
Jun 15 - ARC-170, AT-RT, GH Stormtroopers, etc - $98.88
June 15 - Animated Clones & Canadian Pin Set - $125.73
June 18 - LEGO Mos Eisley Cantina - $22.79
June 21 - 5 ROTS Deluxe + AT-TE Gunner - $95.67
June 23 - 3 ROTS figures, 4 Deluxe, 500th Vader - $133.63
June 23 - 29 loose POTF2, E1, POTJ, SAGA figures - $139.00
June 23 - SAGA Genosian War Rooms - $40.00
July 6 - 6 ROTS figures - $71.94 (damn e-tailer shipping)
July 7 - POTJ TIE Interceptor - $53.79
July 7 - E1 TC-14, R2-B1, POTF2 Death Star Escape, loose figs - $85.76
July 12 - CW Clone 3-Pack, loose POTJ Zutton - $25.21
July 15 - 4 EE Clone Trooper 4-Packs - $170.15
July 17 - 13 loose E1, POTJ, SAGA, OTC figures - $52.80
July 18 - 5 Star Wars Posters (Episodes 2 to 6) - $121.29
July 18 - 4 carded & 38 loose figures - $264.00
July 22 - 2 White Clone 3-Packs - $42.50
July 22 - 4 mPire 2-Packs, SA Clone #41 - $65.10
July 25 - ROTS Destroyer Droid, Kubrick Wicket - $20.00
July 27 - Kubricks Series 4 box, 23 loose figures - $278.41
July Total = $1250.94 CDN = $996.97 US
June Total = $1076.81 CDN = $841.26 US
May Total = $1838.89 CDN = $1436.63 US
Apr Total = $3104.42 CDN = $2444.42 US
Mar Total = $957.66 CDN = $789.37 US
Feb Total = $256.65 CDN = $211.55 US
Jan Total = $943.11 CDN = $759.78 US
Grand Total = $9580.43 CDN = $7603.52 US
Good lord.
I feel nauseous. :-X
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Don't let your ass get sick on me yet, I got stuff to unload dude.
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Don't let your ass get sick on my yet, I got stuff to unload dude.
Ditto!
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Don't let your ass get sick on my yet, I got stuff to unload dude.
Ditto!
Ummm... Ditto!
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Since January 1st, I have bought:
POTF2 Clone Emperor
POTF2 Dark Trooper
POTF2 Dark Princess Leia
POTF2 Mara Jade
POTF2 Admiral Motti
EPI TC-14
EPI R2-B1
EPI Falumpaset with Gungan Warrior
CW Animated Anakin
CW Animated Grievous
CW Animated ARC Trooper
CW Animated Blue Clone Trooper
CW Animated Red Clone Trooper
CW Animated Green Clone Trooper
POTJ Chewbacca- Dejarrikk Champion
POTJ Lando Calrissian
POTJ Boss Nass
Toys R' Us Exclusive Silver Vader
Celebration III Exclusive Darth Vader
Toys R' Us Exclusive Holographic Yoda
Target Exclusive Clone Trooper
ROTS Preview Wave: 4 figures
ROTS Figures 1-52 (including both variants of the Royal Guard and Wookiee Warrior): 54 figures
AT-RT
Crab Droid
Boga with Obi-Wan
Darth Vader on Medical Table
BARC Trooper with BARC Speeder
Staas Allie with BARC Speeder
Wookie Copter
Clone Trooper with Jet Pack
3 packs of WOTC Star Wars miniatures
EPI Sio Bibble
25 Star Cases
500 Loose Figure Cases
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GRAND TOTAL
Approximately
$1,234.57
And I'm not even done collecting for the year.
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Wow! I thought I had spent way too much cash over the years. I actually have been keeping track of all my purchases since I restarted collecting in 1995. To date I have only spent around 15K total in the last 10 years. Its afforded my the balance of my vintage collection. About 600 carded figs. 500-600 army builders around 60 or so ships and pretty much of everything else, MR, Galactic Heroes, Posters, Comics, etc. Looks like I can sleep easy tonight. ;D
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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
Total for year
$2635.5
August aint looking good :(
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1614.58
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Well, August is over, time for another update...
Star Wars
Evolutions: Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader - $19.99
Unleashed Darth Vader - $14.99
Unleashed Yoda vs. Sidious - $14.99
Millennium Falcon LEGO MINI - $3.49
Jedi Force Han Solo - $7.97
Total - $61.43
Other Purchases
DC Direct - 1st Apperance Superman - $12.99
DC Direct - Superman/Batman Public Enemies: Superman - $14.99
Total - $27.98
Total for Month:$89.41
About $90 (plus tax) for the month, which was a bit higher than I expected. I've crossed over the $1000.00 total for the year (total, combined), which is the first time I've done that. I hope that doesn't happen again, way too much spending for me this year.
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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
Total for year
$2995.5
Here we go again
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Just a quick question along this same topic. Do any of you have a general "collecting budget" in mind from month to month. Obviously, it averages out, but is there a target amount you attempt to stick to on a monthly basis? It always depends on what is available, sometimes a lot of stuff hits at once...and sometimes its a dry spell like you've never seen...and then there are years like this where there is all kinds of stuff hitting in a 2-3 month span. Anyways, when I first started collecting Star Wars, I pretty much kept to a $30/month budget or so, and that worked pretty well. Then more and more Star Wars stuff came out, and my interests also branched off into other lines (Marvel, LOTR, DC), so I unfortunately waved bye-bye to that budget awhile ago. This year has been especially bad (basically 3 to 4 times that), and I'm hoping to return to a more $30-$50 range from here on out. My wife would rather me go to $10-$15/month, but I told her I thought that was too low ;). Anyways, does anyone else here set a rough budget for themselves...or thinking about it?
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I was finally lucky enough to get some Clone Evolution sets along with some of the #57+ range figures...
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
Year End Total: $1,427.25
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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
Total for year
$3173.50
Here we go again
October is gonna be a bad month
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$1731.03
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Alright, just broke the grand milestone. $1,009.74 ($54.54 tax) on Star Wars this year.
Interestingly, only $540.76 ($27.94 tax) is for Ep.III stuff. (I keep track of tax just for the heck of it. This is how Star Wars supports local government spending.) So that's about $500 more than I planned to spend on Ep.III ::) .
$1530.81 ($76.62 tax) is the total amount spent of toys this year thus far.
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Finishing up the ROTS line, along with finding the Grey Clone Evolution sets and adding one more piece to the vintage puzzle added a good chunk for the month of November...
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
Year End Total: $1,571.95
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11/20/05: Vintage Imperial Gunner complete (after stupid Canadian double tax and CAD->USD conversion): $73.61
Welcome to my world. :P
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11/20/05: Vintage Imperial Gunner complete (after stupid Canadian double tax and CAD->USD conversion): $73.61
Welcome to my world. :P
How do you people live this way? ??? Seriously, I talked the guy down $10 CAD on the price of the figure and then I lost it right back due to taxes, I felt so hosed! But then again, I'm one step closer to a complete set.
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11/20/05: Vintage Imperial Gunner complete (after stupid Canadian double tax and CAD->USD conversion): $73.61
Welcome to my world. :P
How do you people live this way? ???
Alcohol.
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Jason, did you get a receipt with the gunner? Or can you? I think I can find you a form to submit to get the tax back. It might not work unless you've physically visited Canada but it's worth a shot. LMK if you're interested.
I've not kept track at all but just for fun I'll list what's going to arrive in the days preceding Christmas as they get here. I'm expecting a fair number of boxes so once they arrive I'll add them to the list:
Sandtrooper white bust
Sandtrooper orange bust
Yoda bust
Code 3 Revenge mini poster
Utapau Shadow Trooper x3
Covert Ops Trooper x2
Crimson Empire TPB and bust ups
Vintage droids figures:
Kea Moll loose complete
Kea Moll carded
Kez Iban carded
Jord Dusat carded
Jann Tosh loose
Kubrick Series 5 case
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Impressive list Brent! I've got a similar list here (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5430.msg180753#msg180753). 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. ;)
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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 8)
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 8)
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A lovely pink sweater with 'Alice' on the front 8)
I hear those are worth big bucks on eBay. Is it the limited edition 'Pansy Ass' version?
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It smells funny :-X
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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 :o
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 :-X
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.
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Didn't you win/lose last year? ;)
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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?
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and Dale spent around $10K
:-X :-X ;D
I haven't got a clue as to what I have spent this year, I never kept track... thank god! (http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/konfus/n065.gif)
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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. :o
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.
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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
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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. :)
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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.
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$1403.62... could go up next week though, depending on clearances and TSC figures hitting.
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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... :P
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Dammit spent another $60 today !!
Took my total to $4141
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OK, here we go. It's been a wild year - I've always been a carded collector and had about 75% of the basic figures up to OTC. Then we decided to renovate the basement and I expanded my Star Wars display area and suddenly wanted a loose collection as well.
Here's what happens when you lose control. ;) :-[ :D :'(
$12,160.16 or $15,106.89CDN.
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:o I thought I spent a lot!!! I think you win/lose Jesse :-*
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I am hoping to stick to my $100 a month budget again this year, but I may have to end up selling some stuff to stick to that budget thanks to Celebration 3 and RotS pile-up of goods...
Well, well, well... My target Budget for 2005 was $1200 out-of-pocket. What that meant was that I could spend more than $1200 if I needed, but only if I sold some stuff and used that cash to go over the budget.
How did I do? Not so good... :-[
Actual "Out-of-Pocket" Expenses for 2005 = $2354.81 :(
OK, so I actually spent a bit more than that, but I sold off some stuff I bought so that lowered the total back down a bit.
I think that if I had skipped the trip to C3 and skipped the Kubricks for 2005, I would have been fine... of course the Kubricks and C3 were probably my two favorite things from this year, so I'm glad I blew my budget for them! ;)
Once again, I am extremely happy that I manage to skip a lot of the "other" lines. If I were collecting GG busts, bust-ups, MR stuff, Sideshow, etc etc I'm sure I'd rank right up there with the rest of the high-rollers. :P
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I just out and out gave up keeping track. I think I was probably lower than the preceding year, but still pretty high. Not Jesse high, but perhaps the 5-7K range this year.
I was saved by a lot of items not arriving in 2005 so I was never charged on them:
MR Shock Trooper Helmet
Sideshow Vader
Sideshow Ben (though I think this was always 2006)
Other items I paid for and I nervously await:
MR Special Ops helmet.
Being mostly done vintage saved a lot of cash, as did not chasing McFarlane stuff nearly so hard. C3 was a bit pricey, but worth every penny to get to meet so many of the good people that I've met at this site. And to get my picture with Phil ;D
I'm opting/hoping to scale back a fair bit for 2006 now that ROTS is pretty much done. We'll see what Hasbro pumps out for the year. But I think I'll continue on with the vintage stuff as well, moving into boxed vehicles and the like. Time will tell.
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:o I thought I spent a lot!!! I think you win/lose Jesse :-*
yeah I think Jesse has taken the cake, ouch!
even in this movie year I hadn't expected to have spent so much, but over 1/3 of my spending went to vintage and C3 so I guess I'm a bit skewed. thankfully it looks like there will be a lot of rehashing for 06 so I can save there and work on buying more vintage.
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had a last minute incoice that came in on the 28th so it took my final total for the year too $4438
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Well my year end total came out to $1423.93. Not bad I'd say, although it was the first year I started buying a majority of the figures put out, as well as the first year I tried to keep track of what I spent.
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Epilouge: Wow, what a crazy year 2005 was! Great in terms of collecting, not so great in terms of personal events. I know that if certain things hadn't happened during the course of this year, that the totals would have been higher. Nevertheless, here are the results...
Created on January 2nd at 11:58 PM and finalized for posting at 12:13 AM on January 3rd 2005
Annual Total: $1754.55
Exluding Tax: N/A
Annual Total Exculding Shipping: $1714.60
Annual Star Wars: $1471.63
Annual Other: $282.92
Estimated price tag for year: $4000
Final out come: $1754.55 ($3754.55 including total cost of Celebration III stuff)
Departure from estimate: $2245.45
Departure from previous years: 600.44 (2004)... +$1154.11
Margine of error: Anywhere from $10-15
Last Wave found: VOTC ROTJ at Wal-Mar (Demeber 27, 2004)...Saga Collection Pit of Carcoon Wave at Wal-Mart (December 29, 2005)
Wave I'm Currently looking for: Remaining Pit of Carcoon figures
Most Anticipated Figure as of 1-2-06: Captain Maximillian Veers
Please note:All Money is USD
This Years Challenge was completed on January 2nd, 2006 at 3:21 AM EST.
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I actually kept tracked, but stop posting monthly totals around the middle of the year.
Without listing everything I bought, here's my totals:
Star Wars - $1,914.45
Other (Marvel Legends, Sportspicks, etc.) - $515.53
Grand Total - $2,429.98
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I kept fairly close track of things, but stopped posting monthly as well after I was getting shocked/depressed with what I was spending. Although considerably less than some, it was definitely more than it should be for our budget, and I cut back considerably the last 1/4 of the year. I'm shooting for about half of this total for next year, or lower, if I can. Time to condense.
Star Wars - Approx. $1100
Other (Marvel/DC) Approx. $280
Approx. Total for 2005 - $1380.00
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Time for a summary:
Ranat - $1,234.57
Brian - $1380.00
Diddly - $1423.93
Xander - $1530.81
CorranHorn - $1,636.89
*Rotav Vator* - $1754.55
Jeff - $2354.81
Mikey D - $2,429.98
Hemish - $4438.00
jadesfire - $5488.46
jokabofe - $10,000
JesseVader08 - $12,160.16
Is there anyone that I missed or wants to update their totals?
Please tell me someone else spent more than me. Please. :'(
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Nope, sorry, you win/lose Jesse, hands down. Unless Adam is around still and doing even wackier things than last year. I'm sure Dale is up close as well, but probably below Dave. I'd guess I came in behind Dave as well and possibly lower than Dale as well. I like the number that Mikey/Jeff have, that's a nice goal. Sadly for us it's not too likely, even if we bought the exact same stuff it would cost us considerably more. :-\
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No idea as I never kept track this year but if I was to take a guess it would not be as high as it was last year.
Last year was $11839.78 CDN or approx $9,858 as Matt calculated it for me. :P
Anywhere around the $6000.-$8000. US mark but unsure. :-\
Definitely not has high as Jesse's. ;D
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Oh well, to hell with it. It was damn fun. 8)
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Anywhere around the $6000.-$8000. US mark but unsure. :-\
That's about what I was thinking too, fair bit of Kubricks, vintage and some higher end stuff, so the total was higher. But I'd guess I was lower than the previous year, so that's an improvement. I'll try and get it below $5K this year :P
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I'll try and get it below $5K this year :P
Ah yup, me too. ;)
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Yeah, I'm assuming that the totals for 2006 will be lower this year, especially for people like me who mainly buy Hasbro figures, thanks to all the repacks/repaints we'll be getting.
BTW, where's this years new thread? ;)
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Oh well, to hell with it. It was damn fun. 8)
You can't take it with you (the money... when you die)... I'd love to be able to drop 12,000 on stuff I want... you truly are a lucky man!
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Mine's well...interesting
My total cost was 5600.00
I paid 3000.00, my bro paid 2600.00 (combined brothers collection)
then, 750 went back as trades
So all in all approx.4850.00 on SW :P.. Damned movie years..about 2000.00 minimum more than we usually spend :(
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I'll add a few updates:
Ranat - $1,234.57
Brian - $1380.00
Diddly - $1423.93
Xander - $1530.81
CorranHorn - $1,636.89
*Rotav Vator* - $1754.55
Jeff - $2354.81
Mikey D - $2,429.98
Hemish - $4438.00
Darth Slothus & zachmoe - $4850.00
jadesfire - $5488.46
DSJ - $6000 to $8000
Morgbug - $6000 to $8000
jokabofe - $10,000
JesseVader08 - $12,160.16 - I still win/lose. ::)