The Great 2005 Collector's Challenge

[DSJ™]

Oh goodie, another year of collecting.     

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!        

[Vator]

Hell yes! Just scored an AT-AT! I'm officaly on the board!

[Jeff]

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

[Morgbug]

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.

[CorranHorn]

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.

[JesseVader08]

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.

[Hemish]

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!!

[Morgbug]

Yay, yippee.  Oooh, ooh, look at the self control

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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
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14. $160.92 SSW.com
15. $95.02 ->7 carded vintage SW figs.
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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!
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January total:  $$967.09


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New goal: below $10,000 US

[jokabofe]

See, I won't be adding my $300 for the Clone Troops until they actually charge my card 

[Morgbug]

See, I won't be adding my $300 for the Clone Troops until they actually charge my card 

Yeah, I know, I just thought I'd begin the pain sooner rather than later.

[Mikey D]

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

[Morgbug]

P0rn?  Hmm, didn't keep track of that last time.  Any good deals?   BTW, I need the new GH sets 

[Mikey D]

Mostly just magazines and no good deals.  That ****'s expensive.

I looked for more than the one set I found with you in mind. 

[Morgbug]

Free online - these kids don't realize how good they have it   We used to have to pay for it all the time

[Mikey D]

True, but I don't have internet access in the bathroom