|
Post by Mr. Old School™ on Dec 25, 2009 9:28:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll admit it was way out there and uncalled for, but come on. Sell a friggin' car for a tiny action figure?? That's a pretty crazy move, you must admit.
|
|
Grapple Arcade
Main Eventer
WF 10 Year Member
Joined on: Dec 30, 2001 10:53:53 GMT -5
Posts: 2,680
|
Post by Grapple Arcade on Dec 25, 2009 10:11:30 GMT -5
No,
Its all relevent, its no different from someone collecting coins or stamps and shelling out a lot of money for the rarest version on earth.
Its worth that now, add 10 years, i assume you could sell the figure and buy 3 cars
|
|
|
Post by Mr. Old School™ on Dec 25, 2009 11:13:30 GMT -5
No, Its all relevent, its no different from someone collecting coins or stamps and shelling out a lot of money for the rarest version on earth. Its worth that now, add 10 years, i assume you could sell the figure and buy 3 cars Yeah right. Nobody's dumb enough to pay THAT much for a tiny action figure. You sound crazy too.
|
|
wrestlelord
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Jan 25, 2007 17:26:16 GMT -5
Posts: 149
|
Post by wrestlelord on Dec 25, 2009 12:20:21 GMT -5
Mr. Old School, obviously you have never felt the passion for collecting something. Sure, $4000 is a lot of money to pay for anything but remember that these action figures give people some self worth and honor for dwelling so deep into the world of wrestling collectibles. Only so many people will go as far as collecting the variants, prototypes, misprint, and so on. These people are TRUE collectors and have a TRUE passion for what they collect. In my opinion, these are great people who have found their place in the world and what keeps them sane. I'm going to take a guess and say Hasbromaniac and Hasbromaster aren't druggies because there is no way you can handle a WWF Hasbro addiction with any other one...I know this first hand.
|
|
ICHIBAN 一番
Main Eventer
✮SINCE 1977✮
Joined on: Feb 16, 2008 10:49:27 GMT -5
Posts: 4,001
|
Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Dec 25, 2009 12:21:20 GMT -5
No, Its all relevent, its no different from someone collecting coins or stamps and shelling out a lot of money for the rarest version on earth. Its worth that now, add 10 years, i assume you could sell the figure and buy 3 cars Yeah right. Nobody's dumb enough to pay THAT much for a tiny action figure. You sound crazy too. im dumb enough.
|
|
romafan87
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Dec 21, 2008 22:24:31 GMT -5
Posts: 450
|
Post by romafan87 on Dec 25, 2009 12:54:41 GMT -5
No, Its all relevent, its no different from someone collecting coins or stamps and shelling out a lot of money for the rarest version on earth. Its worth that now, add 10 years, i assume you could sell the figure and buy 3 cars Now might be a time to remind you about how the Star Wars, Starting Line-Up, among other toy lines bubbles have burst. Even take Beanie Babies, for example. There were Beanie Babies that for a few years sold for multiple thousands of dollars; now you can buy them for $50 or so. There were books out during the middle of the Beanie Baby hype that suggested in 10 years that those 4 figured ones would sell for 5 and 6 figures. Now, they sell for 2. Now, that was more of a fad, with huge amounts of collectors and huge demand. Collecting Hasbro's is a niche hobby and there is likely as many people collecting now as there will be in the future. It's highly unlikely that that Kamala will ever be worth more than you will pay for it. Think about this. Wayne Gretzky and a group got together to buy the Honus Wagner PSA 8 card years and years ago for 1.something million. Because they were the top bidder, the value literally could not go any higher and sold it for a six-digit loss. Items are only as valuable as what someone will pay for it. If you are willing to outbid your closest collector by $2000 for a $4000 item, then you WILL lose money on it because there was only one person to begin with who wanted to pay that much. Also, that reason right there is undoubtedly the reason these pieces haven't sold in the first place. The guy thinks he's got something more than he has and it isn't worth what he thinks it is to anyone, yet alone the more than a handful of people who actually would want it.
|
|
|
Post by humanitarianaryan on Dec 25, 2009 13:03:15 GMT -5
I liken collecting toys or baseball cards or cd's, lp's as an addiction. They all can be as addicting as someone with a drug, alcohol, or gambling problem. Collecting in excess can become just as serious as any addiction. When you HAVE to have something, and you get it at ANY cost, it's a problem. THE DIFFERENCE IS...... Collecting a material object for the most part IS A HEALTHY addiction. It has no PHYSICAL or MENTAL detriments. It cannot kill you or give you cancer, although it can kill your bank account, or second car, and HOPEFULLY no one has SOLD their HOUSE yet!! SO collect on. Its healthy and looks great on display in a room in your house! BK
|
|
|
Post by Guest on Dec 25, 2009 14:57:46 GMT -5
^ And you are nuts. Seriously dude, you sold your car for a toy action figure...You must be more crazy than Chris Benoit... Mate your a Mod - take a step back and think what you saying before you say it maybe?
|
|
ICHIBAN 一番
Main Eventer
✮SINCE 1977✮
Joined on: Feb 16, 2008 10:49:27 GMT -5
Posts: 4,001
|
Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Dec 25, 2009 16:13:13 GMT -5
^ And you are nuts. Seriously dude, you sold your car for a toy action figure...You must be more crazy than Chris Benoit... Youve ruined christmas
|
|
|
Post by Guest on Dec 25, 2009 17:07:26 GMT -5
^ And you are nuts. Seriously dude, you sold your car for a toy action figure...You must be more crazy than Chris Benoit... Youve ruined christmas No one can ruin my Christmas
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 26, 2009 8:10:56 GMT -5
The reason I said that it should be legit is this guy publishes a Toy magazine. You'd hope that he wouldn't try and screw someone. I do think it highly strange that he won't tell a potential buyer the background of how he has not one, but two Kamalas. The orange card thing baffles me still. If he has info on them, why wouldn't he publish the exclusive news in his mag. ? Well, the Lee's Hasbro guide isn't exactly correct AND he used pics from Stomwijf's old site WITHOUT Stom's permission... That's when he lost all his credibility in my eyes.
|
|
ICHIBAN 一番
Main Eventer
✮SINCE 1977✮
Joined on: Feb 16, 2008 10:49:27 GMT -5
Posts: 4,001
|
Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Dec 26, 2009 8:17:51 GMT -5
The reason I said that it should be legit is this guy publishes a Toy magazine. You'd hope that he wouldn't try and screw someone. I do think it highly strange that he won't tell a potential buyer the background of how he has not one, but two Kamalas. The orange card thing baffles me still. If he has info on them, why wouldn't he publish the exclusive news in his mag. ? Well, the Lee's Hasbro guide isn't exactly correct AND he used pics from Stomwijf's old site WITHOUT Stom's permission... That's when he lost all his credibility in my eyes. agreed
|
|
|
Post by Guest on Dec 26, 2009 8:34:12 GMT -5
Well, the Lee's Hasbro guide isn't exactly correct AND he used pics from Stomwijf's old site WITHOUT Stom's permission... That's when he lost all his credibility in my eyes. agreed really? what happened with the pictures?
|
|
Deleted
Joined on: Sept 27, 2024 14:10:58 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2009 10:50:16 GMT -5
thats very interesting. so why lees use stoms pics? why lees dont use his owen kamalas? maybe stom can say something to this? P.S. Mr. OLD SCHOOL: as i m sold my 2 car i dont plan to buy this kamala. i only sold the car cause we have a new flat which is only 10 minutes by bike from my work. so only 1 car its ok for us. also the german money its very strong at the moment. so it was a good time for me to invest the money from my car into this kamala. also from year to year the car lost money. that grail will be worth always a lot cause its the rarest wrestlingfig ever. each collector knows the kaamla moon but maybe a handful ever saw or hold one in his hands. at last mr. old school - i m not nuts. i m only a hasbro collector with a lifetime chance to buy a legit kamala moon. i had the money - i had the honest seller - and i had the collectors HART.
|
|
elrey82
Main Eventer
L.I. IN THE HOUSE!!!
Joined on: Oct 3, 2009 14:01:39 GMT -5
Posts: 1,736
|
Post by elrey82 on Dec 26, 2009 11:12:19 GMT -5
I say if you work for your money then you can spend it on what ever the hell you want !!! If i had the money i would probably consider the Kamala w/moon MOC!!! Of course if you dont have the money you are going to say is very expensive!!!! I love hasbro's and is not about how much they gonna be worth but it's how much you love the figure and it's rarity!!!! I don't plan to sell my hasbro collection in a long long time !!!!
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 26, 2009 11:22:16 GMT -5
thats very interesting. so why lees use stoms pics? why lees dont use his owen kamalas? maybe stom can say something to this? Don't know about the Kamalas, just that the Lee's Hasbro guide has pictures of Stom's figures (don't know which figures as my guide is currently tucked away somewhere...)
|
|
|
Post by Guest on Dec 26, 2009 13:04:06 GMT -5
at last mr. old school - i m not nuts. i m only a hasbro collector with a lifetime chance to buy a legit kamala moon. i had the money - i had the honest seller - and i had the collectors HART. ;D
|
|
romafan87
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Dec 21, 2008 22:24:31 GMT -5
Posts: 450
|
Post by romafan87 on Dec 27, 2009 22:34:08 GMT -5
I never meant that your Kamala moon isn't legit, I meant that I'm not convinced either of the Lee Kamalas are, especially with the reluctancy of him sharing the background and his other exploits (stealing photos, questionable information).
|
|
|
Post by humanitarianaryan on Dec 27, 2009 22:52:36 GMT -5
With all due respect, i think we should hear it straight from the horses mouth. I have emailed Lenny and gave him links to this post and the forum. I told him he is losing a lot of credibility and needs to address this issue. I told him i am already a top rated seller and a Power Seller from selling Hasbro's exclusively. I told him in all likelyhood, anyone who is buying Hasbro's from you is either a member of this board or someone who visits this board. So I informed him of the severity of the members of this board raising question marks about his stuff and or bashing him. He told me he'd check it out. I told him to join and address the members and let us all know what the story is on his stuff and answer any and all questions we have. I guess we should all wait and see what happens. BK
|
|
pariah
Jobber
Joined on: Feb 12, 2009 19:37:32 GMT -5
Posts: 17
|
Post by pariah on Jan 25, 2010 16:58:17 GMT -5
Wow! I missed a lot in my month away. Has anyone heard back from him about this. I am curious as to what the background of these are if they are legit. If I were selling them i sure as hell would make sure the story behind them was out there, because it would only help raise the price.
|
|