Toy thoughts

DON'T BE A SHEEP TO THE HYPE.
Someone put this on a shirt, that's gold.
Put heaps of sheep on it, and then have one all blinged up with ten different fads on it carrying a slinky. Sell them only in Japan and Argentina in dollar stores.

 

I had to laugh hysterically with the Star Wars is lame! I recently told that to one of my wife's friends who is a major SW fan while he was eating dinner with us. I thought he would first choke on his burger, then I was not sure if the vein in his head would not burst, and finally, I think I will never hear the end of it now. Star Wars and lame do not belong in the same sentence with him...
Still makes me smile!
But seriously, to each their own, I have no interest in collecting 'insert here' but you have to respect the extent to which each of us, and most collectors, go in the effort to expand the collection.

 

last time I checked swag was shitty weed, kids these days

 

I'm glad to say I don't like Nags, Bemons, Ollies, Boss Carrions, Rebel Captains, Miborahs or Cadaver Kids. Makes my life a lot easier. Also makes it a lot harder to sell anything.

Digression: I remember a letter in the Wire (the music magazine, not the TV show) where someone was complaining that they were selling out because they were having major musicians like John Cage on their cover. The editors answered by saying they found hilarious that anyone would think that having John Cage on the cover would help sell anything. In Kaiju? Hype means moving 50-100 pieces instead of 20.

 

Ha, the only reason why I bough The Wire for many years is because there were people like John Cage on the cover!!

 

There's a very fine line between the feverish "gotta have it" mentality, and being over it.

 

Don't be a sheep to not beeing a sheep to the hype

 

Bounty hunter got it wrong. Toys suck.

 

Especially his

 

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I think you are getting swag mixed up with shwag.

 

i've seen it spelled either way, also swag can be shitty cheap promo merch

either way it's nothing to be proud about

 

Really?

 

I was trying to buy another toy but it's not worth the hassle so I kept it

 

were you buying that one on speculation too or was it something you actually collect =P

 

C'mon, dude. You got called out for trying to sell it here for $550. $200 and maybe you'd have sold it, $550 is just greedy.

 

Why buy it in the first place? You started this thread. Read it again. Be consequential.

 

I bought it because I have never owned an HxS toy before, and I genuinely like the sculpt and paint.

I tried selling because a Cococroc was offered to me, which I have been after for some time now. I currently have a no toy buying rule, so I was desperately trying to find some way to afford the Cococroc without hurting my bank account balance. Sorry if it seemed greedy, but I have not seen a Tyranno Ju for sale yet besides the super high-priced one on yja and put a price to cover the Cococroc and one that is lower than I have seen Gorilla Ju and Mecha Gorilla Ju sold for. Interestingly, the original battle set with paint damage sold on here for $800-900 recently (retail 21,000 yen) and no one blinked. What would the reaction had been if I had just went straight to ebay and not offer the toy here first, like people constantly ask sellers to do?

Anyway, I acted too rashly and changed my mind and canceled the sale (even though a couple people were ready to pay) and am keeping him. I decided to just be patient wait for another Cococroc and save money in the meantime...

 

Oh the irony!

 

I'd pay close attention to 3,5,6 in your case....especially 6 'always have money saved'. I'm having a hard fathoming that you yourself wrote this then didn't heed your own advice. Then again I'm never surprised here anymore...

 

Yep, I'm a perfect example of why you should follow the advice. Hilarious really

 

That is why I better keep my mouth shut, and learn from everybody else mistakes. Things happens so it is always better to be on the safe side.

 

Nobody said a word when Joe sold his battle set that retailed for 240, for 860. Joe is a nice guy, but I'm sure Russ is as well.

That sounds about right.