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Collectibles => Other Collectibles => Topic started by: JediMAC on April 7, 2003, 03:30 AM
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Updated for the C-3PO helmet that's now available over at KBtoys.com (http://www.kbtoys.com/w/l/snb.html/ls/outlet?ls=outlet&txt=star+wars&place=ajnv&searchDropDown=outlet&formInfo=T%7Ctxt%7C0%7C50+H%7Cplace%7C0&formMap=&_e=3ef94&_v=3EF944B4414La9286F93B6F1) (cruise to end of the thread)...
For anybody who's been contemplating collecting this line of Riddell authentic miniature helmets (only 5 in total), KBtoys.com currently has the Darth Vader helmet in stock, and on sale for $30. If you're interested in ordering or just checking it out, click on over: Riddell Vader helmet at KB (http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/62364/ctid/17/ls/collect)
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Did you happen to order one of these Matt? I'd like to hear what other people think of these, because I would like to get one for myself.
Thanks for the link & update!
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I picked up four out of the five of these helmets a few years back on eBay (this Vader, along w/ C-3PO, Boba Fett, and X-Wing Luke). These things are totally sweet! Highly detailed and very authenticly accurate. I'd definitely recommend this line to anyone, though there's only a total of 5 pieces to be had here. I scored all of mine for about $20-$30 on eBay a while back, so I don't know what they're currently selling for now - except for the damned Stormtrooper (who I still need) who is the rare one of the bunch and routinely goes for about $125 on eBay! >:(
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I say it every chance I get; I so wish Riddell could have held onto this liscense.
Im still thinking of getting an extra fett sometime, to make a Jango conversion. There was an incredible one on Ebay a few months back, it looked like the guys at Riddell did it!
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What JediMac said!
I got all my mini-helmets at clearance prices, and I love
them. They are really beautiful and a great addition to any Star Wars collection.
Auriette
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Um, anybody wanna help a Canuck out? Purty please.
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One down, four to go ;D
About the cheapest Vader helmet recently on ebay has been about $40+ This is a good deal for that helmet. Thanks for the tip Matt.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
KB cancelled my order. Get this: I used a US address for delivery. Because my card has a billing address that is Canadian (well duh) they will not process my order. Never mind the charges would have gone ahead just fine, but I cannot even order.
Oh, I am sorely tempted to be mr. POtty mouth right f****** now. Grrrrrrr.
Can somebody here give me a hand with this. Please.
Stoopid KB>
And, in the height of my own hypocrisy, I sent the following note to their customer service department:
Greetings,
just a note to say how remarkably dissappointed I am in KB. That your system is automated is a pathetic excuse and you are, as such, eliminating a potential market in Canada of 30 million consumers. That is indeed your choice to do so.
My greatest regret is that I filled out a remarkably positive survey that cannot be reversed. whereas you received eights and nines on the surveys, it appears that your actual level of service (at least to non-Americans) merits scores more along the lines of ones and twos.
I have never had this problem in the past with various online retailers in the US. Amazon happily takes my money (though like your organization, will not ship to Canada) as do numeorus other, smaller toy retailers. Most of the smaller retailers will even ship to Canada, realizing it is just the country next door, not somewhere on another planet.
You can rest assured that I shall not darken the proverbial doorstep of KBtoys again, be it your online service or when I am visiting the United States. You can also be comfortable in the knowledge that I shall relay this story to as many people as possible, both here and in the United States. Congratulations on your extremely effective automated system.
Please, in future, when you send emails like you have to me, don't sign them sincerely. If you were truly sincere, you would have made an effort to process the order. The credit card is fully functional and works just fine. The address given is valid and belongs to a friend in the US.
sincerely,
once a potential repeat customer, not so now
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US online retailers that take my money happily:
Amazon (TRU)
Yestertoys
Entertainment Earth
NewForce
spawntoys.com
mcfarlane.com
I'll think of others. I'm certain the sponsors of this site would too.
Stoopid KB >:( >:( :o >:(
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Want me to snag it for you Brent? Just say the word and I'm on it... LMK!
- M
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Very nice and eloquent letter there Mr. Potty Mouth :-*
I'd buy it for you too but I am going to have to pass, my wife is already going to go ballistic when she sees all of the stuff I am getting in the mail next week
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You should have seen all the stuff I wrote before I retyped it. Ouch. Still, I'm pretty annoyed by the process.
Matt, you have a PM and I guess entitlement to my second born (1st is too cute to give up).
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OK Brent and Jim - I placed an order for each of you. Even found a $5 off coupon for you guys! ;)
Jim, yours is being shipped directly to your house. Brent, yours is coming to me and I'll fire it off to you when it arrives. I can hang on for it to show and send it with the Holiday Droids if you'd like. Probably save you a couple bucks in shipping... LMK.
I'll PM you guys with the totals!
1 down and 4 to go for you both, sure. Just keep in mind that the damned Stormtrooper helmet will run you at least $125. It's been on my favorite eBay searches for a couple years, and it's been going nowhere but UP! >:( Plus, you two should both be gracious fellas and let me get my Stormtrooper first, to complete my set! 8) Then you guys can go get yours... Deal?! ;D
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Thanks very much Matt, mucho appreciato.
What's your max BIN for the stormie? If I see it before you, I'll let you have it. Not sure about all the others. Have yet to see the X-wing version. There's a C3PO for $22.99 BIN right now, but recent 3POs have sold for less than that so I'll wait that one out. Fett will be pricy though. Not that far off regular retail though, I suppose.
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Ah shucks, ain't you sweet Brent... :-*
I was just messin'. Feel free to snag that Stormie for yourself if you see it. A little healthy competition for it won't be anything new. Besides, you can probably afford to drop a little more on it than I'm willing to. When I first started watching it, it was around $75, but I refused to pay that much since I scored the other 4 helmets for between $20 - $30. Unfortunately, I guessed wrong on this one. It ain't comin' back down. Doing just the opposite.
I'd probably BIN one now for the $75 price that I wouldn't spend on it before, but I ain't spending any more than that for it, which most likely means I'll be waiting for quite a while longer. But my patience somehow always pays off in the end, and I'll get it somehow for a decent price, I'm sure...
Bummer to hear the Fett's gone up more lately. All 4 of the others were all really affordable for quite a while there... But the Fett helmet is definitely sweet!
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Thanks again Matt. I'm really looking forward to getting this bad boy. Now the hunt begins for the rest of them. ;)
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I must say that this is what collecting is all about. Helping each other out when the chips are down & having someone go that extra mile. 8)
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Bumping this back up just in case anyone's still looking for the Riddell C-3PO helmet (though they can be had for pretty cheap on eBay). KB's got one now for $25, but there's usually pretty easy to find $5 off coupons for KB.com, so you can get it for a mere $20, plus shipping. It's right here at KB.com (http://www.kbtoys.com/w/l/snb.html/ls/outlet?ls=outlet&txt=star+wars&place=ajnv&searchDropDown=outlet&formInfo=T%7Ctxt%7C0%7C50+H%7Cplace%7C0&formMap=&_e=3ef94&_v=3EF944B4414La9286F93B6F1) for anyone interested...
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Thanks for helping again with these Matt, but I would like to let anyone interested know that they aren't selling real well on ebay either. Jim (chuckles) and I each scored one for $14.99 shipped :o The $20 after coupon is a good price, and probably about what ebay asking/selling price normally is. Jim and I just got lucky.
Neat things these are. Now, if the X-wing, Stormie or Boba come up and you see them, you are under strict orders to snag one of each for me immediately. Understand? ;)
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Wouldn't it just suck to be the guy that lost this auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2182259943&category=37887) ;D
3 down, 2 to go.
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Great pick up, and by one penny to boot. 8) I have a feeling that will be the last time that other bidder only goes 17 cents above a round dollar amount. ;)
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Wouldn't it just suck to be the guy that lost this auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2182259943&category=37887) ;D
3 down, 2 to go.
elbuggo?! :P Ya' beat the poor fella by a penny Brent! Nice work, but damn that X-Wing Pilot helmet has shot through the roof (along with the Fett)... Ouch.
And since when did you start collecting the MicroMachines B?
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Only a few micromachines and as I stumble across them. I grabbed a Vader version for Jim, but turned out he had one already, albeit loose. After some discussion he decided to pass. I stumbled across the Stormie version for what I thought was pretty cheap, so I grabbed it. Another of my minimum bid auctions.
The Fett is kind of steep, but it usually tops out around $60. There's one that went at $122.50 :o but I can only explain that by assuming all the bidders were drunk at the time. You can even find it online at some places for around $50.
The X-wing has been stinking ridiculous lately, which is why I snagged that one. The recent sale prices for that are as follows:
110.00
62.88
58.18
Prior to those sales, I've seen many more in the past months well above $75. It has been battling the Stormtrooper for top spot, though that usually wins out, averaging well over $100 now.
I happened to see it and thought I'd give it a shot. I didn't bid on the Fett that ended about 10 minutes earlier and thought I'd give it a shot. Was thinking $58.08 but added the extra dime at the last second. Good thing too.
He bid one second earlier and one cent less.
I think I got a pretty good deal :D
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The world has gone mad. Mad, I tell you (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3163852535&category=2474)
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The world has gone mad. Mad, I tell you (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3163852535&category=2474)
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Holy crap! :o
Stormtrooper helmet for $227.50?!? That's just sick... ::)
Unfortunately, that's the only Riddell helmet I never managed to pick up way back when. Been waiting for the past couple years for them to come down from the $125 range they were usually selling at. Bad move I guess... :-\
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Just keeps getting worse. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2221039342&category=154) :'(
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Just keeps getting worse. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2221039342&category=154) :'(
This is getting ridiculous... :-\ Dammit. I should've bought one of these for $75 several years ago when I picked up the other four for about $20 each! I just figured the price would come down a bit more, since the others were all so cheap. Dumbass. ::)
(http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/3d/7f/12_1_s.JPG)
I'm going to have to find one of these for around $100 somewhere with some dumb luck. I absolutely HATE having an incomplete set of something!!!
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I'm right there with you. I should have grabbed one at $130+ when I had the chance. The best I've seen in the last 6 months was a BIN for $80 :o :'(
This is probably my grail right now (with a GITDH Homer). I just keep watching and waiting, watching and waiting....
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Not ending until the 10th, currently sitting at $170 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2222909808&category=154) :'(
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Ooh, that last one ended at a bargain, $212 and change :'(
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Yup, just remembered 40% for Riddell so not quite 1/2, substantially larger...
Just browsed some of the eBay auctions on the Riddell helmets, and I've refreshed my memory on the scale - they're actually 45%, so just about 1/2.
BTW, if anyone's desperate enough and has big enough cojones, here's a Stormtrooper helmet auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2226259317&category=37887) with a BIN of "just" $175, which is about $50 below the current going rate...
Still too rich for my blood though! Anyone?
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Tempting, no customs fees as the auction is in Canada.
Hmmm.......
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Tempting, no customs fees as the auction is in Canada.
Hmmm.......
Do it! Do it! Do it!!!
Or are you chicken Brent...? ;D :-*
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Brent, where the hell are (were) our updates on the Stormtrooper?! How'd we (you) miss this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2223525863&category=37887)? "Only" $159, and the seller was here in L.A. so I could've just picked it up in person and saved on shipping costs. Damn. I might've actually gone for that one had I seen it... :-\
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Done. Finally, done.
Yes, it is too much for a loose one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7916186824&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT) but they seem to have become less common in the last few months. I'll likely regret not having the box and have some minor concerns about the condition of this one. But I sold off a vintage lot, regaining $100, so if I subtract that (as my mind must to justify this one), then it's only around $68 new. But it is done. :)
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Yikes! :o
But I guess CONGRATULATIONS are in order for finally finishing off your Riddell set there Brent, even if it came at a kinda steep price... Good feeling, eh? 8)
Haven't been pursuing that elusive and expensive Stormie myself in quite a while now, but it's still on my eventual hit list sometime down the road. I'm gonna need the box though... ;)
Someday... But at least there's one complete set in the JD house now! Nice job. Hopefully it looks nice and spiffy when it arrives! Take a picture of it with the rest and show it off! Don't forget to put yourself in the picture too, eh! :-*
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Got a wild request for anyone wanting to help a guy out ;)
Years past, I was moving my Riddel mini helmet collection, and my bro spilt motor oil all over my five boxes. I was able to get the helmets and papers out no problem, but the boxes were destroyed. If anyone doesnt care about keeping their boxes, and wants to sell me theirs, I'll gladly take them off your hands! :)
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i still need to finish off my collection of these as well... all i need is the x-wing and c-3po, but i just don't really care all that much. i got the ones i really wanted - fett, vader and the stormtrooper. i'd love to get another fett and re-paint it to a jango, but they are just too damn expensive.
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August 16 - September 28. Can you say sucky mail system. Good seller though. Extremely well packed item in excellent condition. He mailed it quickly and then emailed me twice asking if I'd received it yet.
It is done. I'll get some pics off to someone on here when I get it home.
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Congrats B! 8)
Still short that thing myself. Annoying. Though I haven't bothered pursuing one in quite some time. Maybe if/when I ever get the collection room organized, and get the other 4 out on display, the glaring hole of the missing Stormie will spurn me to action finally...
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These are just such fine pieces. The detail as we all know is incredible, but man, that stormy is pretty. Just brings a huge smile to my face and it is going to be nice being done that part of the collection. I'm sure with patience I could have done better, but it's nice not having to watch every single auction now. Here's what I paid for them, minus the shipping:
C-3PO $9.99
Vader $24.99
X-wing $58.00 (something like that, I don't remember exactly)
Boba $65
Stormtrooper $175
All pretty good prices relative to the time they were bought. I've seen each go for considerably more. :)
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Anyone not need their boxes? :)
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Sorry, I need mine and have only 4 of 5 anyway. Stormtrooper ended today at only $154 >:( ::) :-\
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If anyone's looking, my mini helms are for sale in the classifieds
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Bumping if only to irritate Colman and mention I have a set complete with stormtrooper :-*
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Bumping if only to irritate Colman and mention I have a set complete with stormtrooper :-*
(http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/c040.gif)
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Bumping if only to irritate Colman and mention I have a set complete with stormtrooper :-*
>:(
Stupid Stormtrooper... :'(
What are they running these days? Haven't looked at 'em in ages.
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Mine doesn't run... it just sits there looking expensive :P
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Ba-dum. Tssssh.
Dave's here all week folks :D
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Not if I ban him, he won't be!
You two Stormtrooper owning turds should shut up and go tease someone else now... >:(
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I just got my hands on the Darth Vader Riddell helmet - very cool. I love the detailing on it and it's a lot bigger than I expected. A very well spent $35. 8)
(http://www.jedidefender.com/jwall/pics/collection/103-IMG_2852-RiddellVader.jpg)
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Heh, a very dark path you have just set foot upon.
Yo, Colman, any news on the stormtrooper front? :P
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Hey, I found this thing at a garage sale 2 weeks ago for $5. Does anyone know what it is?
(sorry pic's kinda blurry)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/Arv123/100_1732.jpg
and it's displayed on this:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b93/Arv123/100_1736.jpg
It's probably nothing, and if it's not, I'll just turn it into fodder ;D
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Darth Vader Riddell helmet.
(http://www.alohasbest.com/images/SW527RIDDELLDARTHVADERHELMET2.jpg)
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K, thanks man ;D
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You found that for $5?!?!?! Kudos to you. That's a fantastic piece and definitely worth more than five bucks!! I was lucky enough to snag it from KBToys.com for $30 several years ago.
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Yeah, but it was loose, and I think there is a part of the lower helmet that's broken.
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Hey Colman, you get a Stormtrooper yet? :-*
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Shut your face, Brent. >:(
Nice score on the $5 Vader there! Got it for $15 less than I did... ;)