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lemily33
Starship Captain
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Professor Zoidy did the right thing. Just because there's no mod here right now doesn't mean we should ignore formalities. You wouldn't blow through a red light even if you saw no cops present...
...because it could have a camera on it!
I'm still waiting for the cost of Zoidberg to go down but the price keeps going the wrong way. He's the only one I'm missing...
I tend to be pretty magical at finding amazing deals. If I can find him for under x amount, are you interested? In which x = ? So there are two questions. Interested y/n and x = ? Also, it's worth noting that as of now there are no plans for an encore Zoidy. That's why I bit the bullet.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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First answer is y, but x would have to be pretty low. I'm kicking myself right now that I didn't buy it when I saw it online years ago fo $30-35 because I thought it was too much for one figure. Now it's insane. My number would probably have to be $50 or less. If I have to wait it out for another ten years I will
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another head in a jar
Crustacean
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Another trick to find low priced Ebay items is to do a broad search. For example, search just "Bender" and you find: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Futurama-Toynami-Glorious-Golden-Bender-MIB-Limited-/180636985497?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0ecda899Glorious golden bender at under $100 with less than 12 hours to go. Instead of searching "Toynami Bender Series 1" do a broad search and you will be pleased at what you can find. I personally started collecting in October 2010 and managed to acquire all the figures at less than an average of $15 per figure. I really lucked out with a major score on Craigslist with someone selling all the exclusives plus the first few series for less than $300. Anyway, that is my advice.
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jabalong
Bending Unit
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« Reply #25 on: 03-14-2011 03:30 »
« Last Edit on: 03-14-2011 03:43 »
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Personally, I'm all for the convention exclusives and was really disappointed that Toynami didn't do a figure exclusive for SDCC 2010.
The way to look at these are as bonus figures that in many cases we wouldn't have got otherwise. Take the alternate universe guys, golden Bender would have been made as a retail figure, possibly blue Zoidberg but I don't see the alternate Fry and Leela's making it as retail figures.
It's not to say that they couldn't but with Toynami producing only a small amount of figures every year, there just wouldn't be room. Likewise, the only chance we'll see alternate versions of Amy, Hermes and Farnsworth will be as exclusives (SDCC 2011 please!!!).
As for the price, yes convention figures are more expensive, but such is the nature of the limited-production exclusive beast. If you keep up with the line though and buy these as they come out (so pre-order before the convention), then you can avoid the hugely inflated prices that happen on the secondary market for some of these.
My only objection to the exclusives from Toynami was releasing Robot Santa ahead of time as a convention exclusive, which I didn't think was fair to those people who bought all the figures to build the BAF. I also just think it was a lazy exclusive - would have rather the exclusive had just been Xmas Bender (with maybe some other Robot Santa accessories – robot reindeers, elves?), which would have made a lot of sense as something to encourage more people to buy the entire next series in order to get Robot Santa as a BAF.
Here’s hoping that Toynami completes the alternate universe figures with a set of Amy, Hermes and Farnsworth this year at SDCC. It ought to be a no-brainer, money maker for them as it’s just a question of doing some repaints on existing moulds. Fingers crossed.
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apexxx
Bending Unit
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i bought the original Fry, Bender, & Leela when they came out. you know, the ones with the plastic mini-scenes (suicide booth, cryogenic freezer, alien background), plus a small Planet Express ship with some wierd little aliens. anyways, that is why I skipped over the 1st & 2nd waves. I was like, I dont need these again. I think they were by another toy company too (Moore Action COllectibles or something), but the Toynami figures were exact copies. I think MAC Leela's hair is a lighter purple. Anywhoo, now I kick myself for not re-buying them and not having Zoidberg & the other half of Robot Devil. Doh... http://www.figurerealm.com/Galleries/futuramamoore/ExpressShip-Front.jpg
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