The Great 2008 Collector's Challenge

[knashdx]

October so far...

8 - Ahsoka Tano
15 - Wolverine Marvel Legend
21 - Wolverine/Forge 2 Pack Marvel Legend
24 - Hasbrotoyshop.com for my 2 Sunfires
8 - Imperial Engineer
27 - Lego Star Wars Complete Saga for the WII & Marvel Legend Spiral
20 - 3 Star Tour Droids
47 - 3 TFU 3-packs from Wal-Mart (All Incinerator Troopers)
48 - 6 Impreial Engineers
33 - Wal-Mart A-Wing
95 - 5 Star Tour Droids & Lt. Lepria & R5-F7 (Y-wing Astromech).

[JangoTat]

Oct:

PS3 = $514
Sw comic/minibust= $20
NHL 09= $67


well Sept was cheap for me but not Oct and its not even done yet. The PS3 has greatly cut back my remaining SW purchases for the year though

[Diddly]

October:
Apple iPod Nano (4th Generation)
Great American Bash 2008 DVD
Metallica “Black Album” CD
Metallica “Death Magnetic” CD
Rise Against “Appeal to Reason” CD
Summerslam 2008 DVD
Unforgiven 2008 DVD
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull DVD
iPod Carrying Case
Tony Romo Jersey
October Total: $370.73

Yearly Total: $2008.13

[JangoTat]

Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $124.83
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70
Sept= $51.29
Oct= 601

Year so far=  $2082.76


O I know my numbers are alittle off but owell. The PS3 is really what sent my spending soarin but I dont regret it. NHL 09 is just way to fun. At least I have been able to hold back on my SW spending though only buying figures I really want now, no more sensless army building. The max of a figure I will buy now will be two and that is only if it is a cool/different enough figure.

[Morgbug]

2008 Total to date: $ 2601.81


November:
IJ German car $5.00
4 DC figures $45
Batman/Batgirl 2 pack figures $20 shipped
Cassandra Cain batgirl shipped $10
GG Luke pilot animated maquette $30 (includes shipping for this and Han)
GG Han solo animated maquette $40
GG Galactic Marine bust $65
GG/Scum Lt. Rentz bust $80
Darth Vader Character Key $38.00
GG Airborne Trooper $65
Colonel Vogel $10
Total: $393


October:
IJ Cairo Thugs/Elsa $20
3 SW figs $23
Hoth Recon pack $22
Adam Warlock ML figure $16
$30 two futurama figures locally
Total: $111

September:
DC Lobo $25
Hot Wheels large Batmobile $10
Young Indy/Henry Jones Sr./Sallah/Belloq $20
400% Indy $123 shipped
Total: 178

December:
November: $393
October: $111.00
September: $178.00
August total: $142.26
July total: $928.25   
June total: $30.50
May total: $205.00
April total: $142.02
March total: $346.09
February total: $269.73
January total: $248.96

Year to date total for 2008: $2994.81

[knashdx]

Totals so far
January - $180
February - $130
March - $495
April - $144
May - $264
June - $78
July - $361
August - $316
September - $565
October - $346

2008 YTD total - $2879

With the comics and toys that I have coming from my comic store I will hit $3000 this month and I haven't purchased any toys. I really need to cut back next year....

[knashdx]

November...

$70 - CW Wave 3 (Set) & Leia/Xizor Comic Pack at Target
$25 - B'ommar Monistary Battle Pack
$8 - Stass Allie (Legacy Wave 4)
$41 - Thrawn/Karrde, White Vader/Leia, & Vader/Trachta Comic Packs
$86 - Comic Subscription & Teal'c Stargate SG-1 Figure & Judland/Shan Comic Pack
$30 - White Vader/Leia, & Vader/Trachta Comic Packs
$75 - Legacy Wave 3, Wolverine Marvel Legend & Battlefront II Droids
$17 - Couple Droids & Padme's from Jeff
$15 - Jedi Starfighter w/ Hyperspace Ring
$28 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Delta Starcraft & CW Obi-Wan to fly it
$74 - Sarlacc Pit

Total - $469

[JangoTat]

Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $124.83
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70
Sept= $51.29
Oct= 601



November so far= 44.40

animated figures:
cody
ashoka x2
oddball
SBD

Legacy:
wave 3 egineer


from sept to now I didnt buy basic figures and now I bought 6 lol. But my excuse is that TRU was having a $5.97 deal and wave 2 clone wars was out, and well I love these new animated figures. Now I am just waiting for wave 3. I think I am done legacy for this year just because the only other figure I want (grevious) is coming as a repack for the ANH wave next year anyways.

[Morgbug]

2008 Total to date: $ 2999.81

Surprisingly busy November, but filled a lot of holes for decent prices and got absolutely hammered by Gentle Giant between the sale and exclusives.  Cannot really think of anything I'll be wanting for December, outside of vintage SW stuff, so could be cheap.


November:
IJ German car $5.00
4 DC figures $45
Batman/Batgirl 2 pack figures $20 shipped
Cassandra Cain batgirl shipped $10
GG Luke pilot animated maquette $30 (includes shipping for this and Han)
GG Han solo animated maquette $40
GG Galactic Marine bust $65
GG/Scum Lt. Rentz bust $80
Darth Vader Character Key $38.00
GG Airborne Trooper $65
Colonel Vogel $10
Total: $398


December:
November: $398
October: $111.00
September: $178.00
August total: $142.26
July total: $928.25   
June total: $30.50
May total: $205.00
April total: $142.02
March total: $346.09
February total: $269.73
January total: $248.96

[JangoTat]

Jan= $148.40
Feb= $158.91
March= $214.94
April= $137.98
May= $124.83
June= $198.27
July total= $237.47
August= $209.70
Sept= $51.29
Oct= 601
Nov= 44.40
Dec= 131
2008 = $2258.19
-well after all the money I used this year I think its safe to say I need to seriously cut back. Im  making a limit of $20 a month on action figures and only if I dont already have the character..exception being Old Ben. I have more than enough figures and have no more need for much more. Though I am happy with what I do have.






I was able to keep November at my lowest all Year which is a major plus for me. Im going to be cutting back on SW collecting now, most likely just stick with basic figures, no comic pack has been able to interest me lately and battle packs are not worth $33 up here, and I have no room for vehicles. December should be down in costs too what with christmas coming up, though what ever I dont spend on myself will just be spent on other people lol. As long as I can keep from hitting $2500 I will be happy though all I plan on buying this month is maybe a PS3 game and that is only because I have a $20 giftcard for blockbusters that I got from trading in some old crappy PS2 games.




December=
Indy toy= $4
GTA 4 = $47
TFU= $40
Ipod screen protector and case= $40

[knashdx]

Totals so far
January - $180
February - $130
March - $495
April - $144
May - $264
June - $78
July - $361
August - $316
September - $565
October - $346
November $469

2008 YTD total - $3348

Luckily I don't have a lot of comics or toys this month so I should be able to keep it under $3500 for the year. Goal for 2009 - Keep it under $2500

[knashdx]

December Sales -

$4 - Got $94 worth of stuff from Matt (2 Sets of TFU 3 Packs & 4 Legacy Wave 4 figures), $9 worth of stuff from Jeff (2 Padme's) --- Spent $4 on a raffle and won $80, and sold some Kubricks to Dan to cover my costs on what I purchased.

$30 - 3 C-3PO's & 1 IG-86 from CW Wave 3 for Customizing.
$130 - Comics for Nov/Dec & 2 Clone Emperor/Luke Comic Packs, 2 Vos/Faie Comic Packs, 1 Anakin/Assasin Droid Comic Pack & 1 Teal'c/Daniel Jackson Stargate SG-1 2 Pack

[DSJ™]

I am done for the year, a litte lower this time around. Slowed down as I was saving $$$ for buying a house. 

OK, time for my tally:

2004 = $9858.00 US. Approx.
2005 = $6000.00 to $8000.00 US.
2006 = $7343.60 US.

End of the year tally... $12903.96 US. 

Sure can't wait till the new year. 

Tally for year end 2008... $7319.56 US. That is the lowest I have been in awhile, I even beat out the 2006 tally by $24.04. 

Pats self on back.

[Morgbug]

Well, I went on a silly December vintage tear and obviously didn't manage to stay under the $3K mark   I'm disappointed I spent this much this year but at the same time, there was a solid chunk of high end stuff in there and a lot of it vintage in nature.  $3494.81 is the total for the year and a fair bit higher than I wanted.  I'm going to aim for $2K for 2009 I think and I'll be clearing out a bunch of modern stuff to help offset that amount as well. 

December: $500.00
November: $393
October: $111.00
September: $178.00
August total: $142.26
July total: $928.25   
June total: $30.50
May total: $205.00
April total: $142.02
March total: $346.09
February total: $269.73
January total: $248.96

Year to date total for 2008: $3494.81

[Diddly]

December:
Batman Begins DVD
300 DVD
The Dark Knight DVD
Cyber Sunday 2008 DVD
TLC Prince Xizor/Princess Leia Comic Pack
TLC Grand Admiral Thrawn/Talon Karrde Comic Pack
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 3 DVD
Houston Texans baseball cap
Wii Classic Controller
Rebel Pilots I Evolution Set
TLC Bail Organa
TLC Breha Organa
Indiana Jones Elsa Schneider
Indiana Jones Dovchenko
Indiana Jones Indiana Jones (Cairo)
Indiana Jones Ugha Warrior
Indiana Jones Henry Jones
The Simpsons Season 11 DVD
December Total: $200.72

January Total: $115.44
February Total: $72.32
March Total: $229.52
April Total: $32.42
May Total: $219.04
June Total: $162.70
July Total: $612.37
August Total: $234.31
September Total: $49.71
October Total: $370.73
November Total: $445.42
December Total: $200.72

Yearly Total: $2744.70

And for comparisons sake:

- 2004: Lost track but who cares I was 15 and probably only spent $300 on video games and DVDs
- 2005: $1423.93
- 2006: Lost Track  (roughly $1200)
- 2007: Lost Track  (roughly $1000)

So yeah, this has definitely been my biggest year to date, mainly due to my ever expanding DVD collection. July was BRUTAL because not only all the SW crap I bought on 7/26 but Best Buy and Target seemed to have different DVD sets on sale every week. Yeah, you're buying TV show seasons for under $20 but it adds up when you buy 4 at a time. Thank goodness I bought them on sale, I can't imagine what I would have paid had I bought every set at full price.

Honestly I don't know how I could afford all this stuff in addition to paying for groceries, gas and the like during the semester and a few major car repairs over the summer. Thank goodness for high paying summer jobs I guess.