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When I was a kid during the 70's and 80's I was in on the ground floor for all of the classic toys: G. I. Joe, Star Wars, Transformers, Voltron and Thundercats to name a few. I would tear open the packaging and immediately add the figure to my army. I always tried to keep all of the accessories, etc. and after a while I held on to the box or card as well. Eventually I started keeping things in their packaging for display. Which brings me to my point. A couple years ago I started buying and selling toys on line and have discovered that there are two basic kinds of toy collectors - those who buy loose items and those who only buy carded or unopened figures. Now I would never suggest that one side is right and the other wrong so I ask you - what do you prefer? Oh, I almost forgot about the third kind of collector. The Customizer! These people have some kind of imagination for starters and I suspect some type of obsessive / compulsive tendencies. Almost invariably I find one or two Frankensteined figures when I acquire a new collection.
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MoonKnight1 wrote:...
Which brings me to my point. A couple years ago I started buying and selling toys on line and have discovered that there are two basic kinds of toy collectors - those who buy loose items and those who only buy carded or unopened figures. Now I would never suggest that one side is right and the other wrong so I ask you - what do you prefer?... I prefer a complete figure at the best price. The overwhelming majority of my figures are displayed out of the package. I generally open all figs I buy within a couple days (usually as soon as I get them home or the delivery package is opened). When I'm searching online I don't look for loose or MISB/MOSC, just complete and "cheap". I do have a ton of earlier Manga Spawn figs that are still in their original packages though - I worked in retail and would scour the stock rooms and receiving area almost daily looking for chase variants... I've got a few other miscellaneous figs in the package too, most I'm looking to get rid of like the Spawn figs.
It doesn't matter if it's 50 Cents or 50 Dollars - if you list it as NM it better be NM.Xylob's Most Wanted:   G.I.Joe Special Missions TPB 2 Tales from the Transformers Beast Wars: Critical Mass Youngblood Bloodsport #2 maybe? can you help identify?Need help with a Change Request?Click here to contact an approver! Problems with CCL? Send an email right away (don't delay!) to helpdesk@comiccollectorlive.com615-264-4747 Offices are open M-F 8am-5pm Central Time. You can also e-mail the Chief Brand Officer directly to try to resolve questions/stuff at steve@golocomedia.com for help with password resets, general customer service questions, store order resolution, credit card store updating, questions about comic books and CCL, etc...
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I open most of mine for display. Keeping everything carded makes you run out of room quick. I do have a few which I kept carded but not many. Like last year I found at an estate sale a lot of vintage Star Wars vehicles loose with their original boxes at an excellent price. I have them in the box and displayed but it has to be something I remember as a child to make it special enough to take up prime real-estate in my office.
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er07 wrote:...Keeping everything carded makes you run out of room quick... No doubt there - our utility/laundry room would be a lot more spacious if it weren't for all my previously mentioned late 90s 'speculator' buys.
It doesn't matter if it's 50 Cents or 50 Dollars - if you list it as NM it better be NM.Xylob's Most Wanted:G.I.Joe Special Missions TPB 2 Tales from the Transformers Beast Wars: Critical Mass Youngblood Bloodsport #2 maybe? can you help identify?Need help with a Change Request?Click here to contact an approver! Problems with CCL? Send an email right away (don't delay!) to helpdesk@comiccollectorlive.com615-264-4747 Offices are open M-F 8am-5pm Central Time. You can also e-mail the Chief Brand Officer directly to try to resolve questions/stuff at steve@golocomedia.com for help with password resets, general customer service questions, store order resolution, credit card store updating, questions about comic books and CCL, etc...
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Most of mine are still in their packages. Unless I get it off Ebay already open my stuff tends to stay "mint".
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I tend to fall in the keep it sealed category. I'd say about 90-95% of my collection is MISB. I just love the way they look displayed on my wall. Of course I've run into the "real estate" problem and have to reconfigure everything so I can maximize the space. I was really into the McFarlane stuff in the 90's and early 00's and would sometimes buy 2 of the same fig so I could open one and keep the other sealed.
Funny little side story: My kids had a sleepover last weekend and when they showed their friends "my room" they asked: "Aren't you ever going to open any of them?" I quickly replied "nope." They just couldn't wrap their minds around a room semi-full of sealed toys.
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It depends on the figure for me. If the packaging is really sharp looking and displays the figure better than I could opening and posing them, I will leave them in the box for display. Most of the time, I remove them from the box, pose them and store the empty box in a giant box in the back of my closet just in case I ever have to pack them away for a move or decide I want to display them in their box if the arrangement of thier current display area changes. Like Xylob, I usually purchase mine complete in box at the best price I can find. Even if it is in "used" condition, as long as it is complete and undamaged.
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I find it is easier to dust when they are left in the box..a quick swipe with a swiffer duster and bam!
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a can of air works quite well on the loose figs though
It doesn't matter if it's 50 Cents or 50 Dollars - if you list it as NM it better be NM.Xylob's Most Wanted:G.I.Joe Special Missions TPB 2 Tales from the Transformers Beast Wars: Critical Mass Youngblood Bloodsport #2 maybe? can you help identify?Need help with a Change Request?Click here to contact an approver! Problems with CCL? Send an email right away (don't delay!) to helpdesk@comiccollectorlive.com615-264-4747 Offices are open M-F 8am-5pm Central Time. You can also e-mail the Chief Brand Officer directly to try to resolve questions/stuff at steve@golocomedia.com for help with password resets, general customer service questions, store order resolution, credit card store updating, questions about comic books and CCL, etc...
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You wouldn't happen to be a Marvel fan, would you?
It doesn't matter if it's 50 Cents or 50 Dollars - if you list it as NM it better be NM.Xylob's Most Wanted:G.I.Joe Special Missions TPB 2 Tales from the Transformers Beast Wars: Critical Mass Youngblood Bloodsport #2 maybe? can you help identify?Need help with a Change Request?Click here to contact an approver! Problems with CCL? Send an email right away (don't delay!) to helpdesk@comiccollectorlive.com615-264-4747 Offices are open M-F 8am-5pm Central Time. You can also e-mail the Chief Brand Officer directly to try to resolve questions/stuff at steve@golocomedia.com for help with password resets, general customer service questions, store order resolution, credit card store updating, questions about comic books and CCL, etc...
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HOLY CRAP!    That's awesome!
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That. Is. Awesome! Wendy, you are my hero. Howie
I am proud to Announce that I now have 500+ Hero Ratings!!! Thanks to all of my Amazing Customers! Big things are in store for Hall of Heroes this year. It is my personal goal to add a long box a week to my Inventory starting in April, 2014.
Please frequent the VS Forum located here. Have you ever wondered if so-and-so could beat blankety-blank? Well, wonder no longer. Everything can be decided here. Watch Episode 3 of Turn on AMC this Sunday, April 20th!Hall Liquidations
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^^^ yeah, what he said, that is am amazing collection...
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That is freaking super sweet!
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I keep mine sealed. As a kid I used to rip open the packaging and toss them around, but once I realized theres value in them later on, I stopped destroying the packaging entirely.
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I sold most of my old figures most are G1 transformers,& a Iron man here and there,but ever since i was a kid i have wanted my own Deadpool figure, anyone know how i can buy one here, all i get when i look up deadpool at the shop here is deadpool comics
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deadpoolgun96 wrote:I sold most of my old figures most are G1 transformers,& a Iron man here and there,but ever since i was a kid i have wanted my own Deadpool figure, anyone know how i can buy one here, all i get when i look up deadpool at the shop here is deadpool comics There have been a few Deadpool figures over the years. The below are the ones that stick out in my mind though. I don't think any of them are available here on CCL now though: 3 3/4" X-Men Origins: WolverineMarvel Universe (3-Packs)6" Marvel Legends (Series 6)Marvel Legends (Epic Heroes)
Current Pull List Ongoing Series All-New Invaders, All-New Ultimates, All-New X-Men, Amazing X-Men, Angel & Faith, Astro City, Avengers, Avengers World, Batman, Batman Eternal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daredevil, Earth 2, East of West, Fantastic Four, Flash, Ghostbusters, Grimm, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harley Quinn, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Inhuman, Injustice, Iron Fist, Justice League, Lazarus, Mega Man, Moon Knight, New Avengers, New Warriors, Nova, Quantum & Woody, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Secret Origins, Sinestro, Star Wars, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, Teen Titans Go!, TMNT, TMNT Color Classics, TMNT New Animated Adventures, Tomb Raider, Ultimate Spider-Man, Uncanny Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Velvet, WWE Superstars, X-Men Mini Series Danger Girl: Mayday, Deadpool vs Carnage, Forever Evil, Origin II, Original Sin, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude, Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, Superman Unchained All Spider-Man and TMNT Appearances and Variants
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