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Post by JokerFC on Dec 28, 2016 11:31:01 GMT -5
I have been on the fence about the Iron Skull Figure for a while......but I'm thinking now I might just nip it next year if I can find it for decent price loose with the BAF part. He's awesome. I love him with my Hydra group on the shelf. Not a fan of the Mandroid wave one at all. Highly recommend! Yup....I'm defo leaning this way.....Hes too much a of a big shot to be on my Hydra shelf though....he is on the main villainy shelf front row with Doom, Loki etc. My Hydra shelf is fronted by awl Von Strucker
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 28, 2016 11:34:10 GMT -5
Hey all, I've been teasing myself with the marvel legends line for a while. Whether it be scoping out Instagram accounts or watching YouTube videos and told myself I wasn't gonna pick up another hobby. But here I sit with the entire abomination wave on its way from Amazon. So they reeled me in! I just wanted to know from the experts how the value of these figs works. Because I was able to pick up the entire wave for under $100 which is pretty wild considering the retail $20. The most expensive being Scarlett Witch at $26 but I didn't mind splurging on her a little considering how I got two figures for $6 each as add on items. So are these figures so cheap because they've been out for a while? Because I've been researching the Rhino wave and saw some are going for $40. Any info would be appreciated whether it be tips or stuff to look out for while collecting Thanks everybody -2 Pack figure most if not all are worth quite a bit especially Black Widow, Winter Soldier and Warpath -Any SDCC Exclusives For example Archangel, Warpath, Fing Fang Foom are just a few examples you won't see a rereleased by Hasbro. Man, I'm hoping HARD for a Warpath KO. While I disagree in that we MAY see him/Archangel at some point -- it's HIGHLY doubtful, so -- I'll drop $40 on KO Warpath, gladly. And you can get the Raft SDCC set for about $25-$40/each, but all of them have had re-releases, except Purple Man and Dread Knight. I think they learned the secondary market lesson with the SDCC sets from years prior, because I heard that the Raft set had a considerably higher production rate than previous SDCC sets. (As in they made some intended for sale on HTS's website, rather than just throwing up the few they had left, etc) But yeah, other than 2016's SDCC set -- the SDCC figures are ridiculously priced. Oh, and Squared² -- recommend looking at certain Marvel Selects, too. Especially on Amazon. SOME scale very well with Legends. Ultron, and Thanos are PERFECT. Juggernaut and Colossus are nearly perfect. I also have Red Hulk and Unleashed Hulk who I'm happy with the scale of, but some think they're too big. You can get these Selects for almost as cheap, or sometimes even cheaper, than Legends of the same figure. And there's no better Thanos figure than the Select. (Plus you get Death with him) -- but these can get marked up considerably after the fact too. Watcher, and Mephisto both tend to run $75-$125 from what I've seen, for example.
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Post by Hem-Ridge on Dec 28, 2016 15:04:36 GMT -5
I was lucky to get Archangel for $84/£72ish fairly recently, so I thought that was the best offer. Archangel is going for a ridiculous price & that was the cheapest price I saw him for that wasn't a really poor knockoff with less articulation or the Toybiz version, the next cheapest is going for $100 plus.
The Marvel Select Colossus could definitely work with the Marvel Legends too IMO, especially if you want the classic look as Hasbro are making a more modern costume for his next figure.
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Post by Darkhawk on Dec 28, 2016 16:31:26 GMT -5
I was lucky to get Archangel for $84/£72ish fairly recently, so I thought that was the best offer. Archangel is going for a ridiculous price & that was the cheapest price I saw him for that wasn't a really poor knockoff with less articulation or the Toybiz version, the next cheapest is going for $100 plus. The Marvel Select Colossus could definitely work with the Marvel Legends too IMO, especially if you want the classic look as Hasbro are making a more modern costume for his next figure. I got mine for $50 bucks a month ago, ever since the X-Men wave hit all the older X-Men figures have gone up in price like Archangel who use to sell for $50 on a good day and same with Storm too.
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Post by kgchampion on Dec 28, 2016 17:40:42 GMT -5
I was lucky to get Archangel for $84/£72ish fairly recently, so I thought that was the best offer. Archangel is going for a ridiculous price & that was the cheapest price I saw him for that wasn't a really poor knockoff with less articulation or the Toybiz version, the next cheapest is going for $100 plus. The Marvel Select Colossus could definitely work with the Marvel Legends too IMO, especially if you want the classic look as Hasbro are making a more modern costume for his next figure. I got mine for $50 bucks a month ago, ever since the X-Men wave hit all the older X-Men figures have gone up in price like Archangel who use to sell for $50 on a good day and same with Storm too. I want Archangel bad. He's one of my favorite X-Men and the figure looks killer. But I can't justify (or afford) the markup. I just hope they'll at least release him in a new outfit in the next year or two.
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 28, 2016 18:51:10 GMT -5
I got mine for $50 bucks a month ago, ever since the X-Men wave hit all the older X-Men figures have gone up in price like Archangel who use to sell for $50 on a good day and same with Storm too. I want Archangel bad. He's one of my favorite X-Men and the figure looks killer. But I can't justify (or afford) the markup. I just hope they'll at least release him in a new outfit in the next year or two. I got the XMC Archangel in September for quite cheap so he is currently in my display.....I just couldn't justify the price the ML one was going for on Ebay...its crazy
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 28, 2016 23:59:50 GMT -5
Got a new job, so I'm working on putting together my own "specialty" wave of purchases I wouldn't have otherwise made, as a present to myself. Going to post pics when the "wave" is all together.
That said, anyone have a DEAL on some Terrax BAF parts?
In need of both arms (Ghost Rider), both legs (Klaw and Iron man), and the lower torso part (Steve Rogers)...
Not trying to pay exorbitant prices by any means, but if anyone has the hook up, shoot me a PM.
As for Archangel, I love him as well but not enough to pay the prices people are wanting.
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Post by Squared² on Dec 29, 2016 8:37:37 GMT -5
How do you guys display your figs?
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Dec 29, 2016 13:06:27 GMT -5
Anyone think we'll get a rerelease or MoonStone? I really am hoping so, my Masters of Evil need a couple more females in there. lol. I haven't been posting much but I did recently buy Madame Masque, Batroc the Leaper and Grim Reaper who've all done stints in the MoE (Regardless of what universe/timeline)
Looking to buy/find Abomination's limbs. Gotta get the new Eel, Shocker, and that rumored Beetle.
Anyone having trouble putting Thundra in their setups? I've officially thrown her in there too. She's pretty much an antihero, and is associated with the Frightful Four. Lots of Members of the Frightful Four are in the MoE so I've made up my mind. :-p
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 29, 2016 13:21:41 GMT -5
Anyone think we'll get a rerelease or MoonStone? I really am hoping so, my Masters of Evil need a couple more females in there. lol. I haven't been posting much but I did recently buy Madame Masque, Batroc the Leaper and Grim Reaper who've all done stints in the MoE (Regardless of what universe/timeline) Looking to buy/find Abomination's limbs. Gotta get the new Eel, Shocker, and that rumored Beetle. Anyone having trouble putting Thundra in their setups? I've officially thrown her in there too. She's pretty much an antihero, and is associated with the Frightful Four. Lots of Members of the Frightful Four are in the MoE so I've made up my mind. :-p Thundra...yeah I just have her on my 3rd tier hero shelf with Moon Knight, Young Avengers, Hellcat, Scourge, Machine Man etc etc. Shes a puzzler for sure!!
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 29, 2016 15:18:07 GMT -5
Anyone think we'll get a rerelease or MoonStone? I really am hoping so, my Masters of Evil need a couple more females in there. lol. I haven't been posting much but I did recently buy Madame Masque, Batroc the Leaper and Grim Reaper who've all done stints in the MoE (Regardless of what universe/timeline) Looking to buy/find Abomination's limbs. Gotta get the new Eel, Shocker, and that rumored Beetle. Anyone having trouble putting Thundra in their setups? I've officially thrown her in there too. She's pretty much an antihero, and is associated with the Frightful Four. Lots of Members of the Frightful Four are in the MoE so I've made up my mind. :-p Thundra...yeah I just have her on my 3rd tier hero shelf with Moon Knight, Young Avengers, Hellcat, Scourge, Machine Man etc etc. Shes a puzzler for sure!! Kollector_Kombat -- Joey from the FB group ended up saying the same thing about her being MoE when I asked him, so that's who I will probably end up putting her with. Grim Reaper went with Hydra for me. She was damn sure the hardest to place, though. And Squared² -- google "IKEA DeTolf Case" best money I've spent related to figures, that weren't figures, to date. Looks awesome, but already need at least one more. The rest are just chilling on a couple shelves for now.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Dec 30, 2016 2:18:19 GMT -5
My most recent purchases. Got them over the last couple months. Great Amazon sales and retail sales. Also went to Gamestop today just to see what they had. Almost finished Onslaught. Just need the arm from Cottonmouth, an even though I see tons of him at Walmart and TRU, never less than $15-20 or more... Guess there was a sale on top of a sale because they were marked $10~ and I was ok with that, but there must have been a BoGo on clearance. Probably wouldve grabbed another random figure but that was all the ones they had. Hes a bit hard to stand because the feet dont have ankle pivots. Probably need a stand...Mark 44 is helping for now
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 30, 2016 3:41:43 GMT -5
I went to three Gamestops today, looking for this deal. Not a single one of the wave at any of them. ANY. Lame.
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 30, 2016 6:46:10 GMT -5
There's a stealth version variant of the Terrax BAF series Iron Man (Extremis) on Amazon - and of course it doesn't ship to Australia... That's the blue one?
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Post by jordanimal on Dec 30, 2016 7:15:15 GMT -5
My most recent purchases. Got them over the last couple months. Great Amazon sales and retail sales. Also went to Gamestop today just to see what they had. Almost finished Onslaught. Just need the arm from Cottonmouth, an even though I see tons of him at Walmart and TRU, never less than $15-20 or more... Guess there was a sale on top of a sale because they were marked $10~ and I was ok with that, but there must have been a BoGo on clearance. Probably wouldve grabbed another random figure but that was all the ones they had. Hes a bit hard to stand because the feet dont have ankle pivots. Probably need a stand...Mark 44 is helping for now
def great deals, especially cause this onslaught is one of my favorite recent BAFs, along with juggernaut
weird that yours has trouble standing, cause I found it to be easy to stand on its own. Guess it's the luck of the draw with how the joints come out. hope u still enjoy him! hes awesome
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 30, 2016 11:20:50 GMT -5
Thundra...yeah I just have her on my 3rd tier hero shelf with Moon Knight, Young Avengers, Hellcat, Scourge, Machine Man etc etc. Shes a puzzler for sure!! Kollector_Kombat -- Joey from the FB group ended up saying the same thing about her being MoE when I asked him, so that's who I will probably end up putting her with. Grim Reaper went with Hydra for me. She was damn sure the hardest to place, though. And Squared² -- google "IKEA DeTolf Case" best money I've spent related to figures, that weren't figures, to date. Looks awesome, but already need at least one more. The rest are just chilling on a couple shelves for now. Ya see I was reading that TPB lately Red HUlk vs X-Force and in that Thundra seemed a lot like Punisher, Deadpool, Domino etc etc in that she was a "grey area" type..... When my villian's shelf gets a bit fuller and space becomes an issue Reaper & Batroc will both be bound for my Hydra shelf.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Dec 31, 2016 0:11:33 GMT -5
So I think I got 19.99 beat.... Was mostly interested in the Disco armor (contrary to most people) but didnt want to spend $20. Ill happily upgrade my Hulkbuster wave Warmachine for this price though.
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Post by champofakind on Dec 31, 2016 0:47:32 GMT -5
Top 10 time: I haven't gotten any of the sandman wave yet this list may have been a tad different. So with that said here they are.
10. Walgreens Punisher 9. Cable 8. Rogue 7. Black Panther 6. Miles Morales 5. Hobgoblin 4. Spider Gwen 3. Wolverine 2. Deadpool 1. Silk
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 31, 2016 2:03:50 GMT -5
Top 10 time: I haven't gotten any of the sandman wave yet this list may have been a tad different. So with that said here they are. 10. Walgreens Punisher 9. Cable 8. Rogue 7. Black Panther 6. Miles Morales 5. Hobgoblin 4. Spider Gwen 3. Wolverine 2. Deadpool 1. Silk I wouldn't even count Sandman against the list, honestly. It's still being considered a 2017 wave, as it's not "officially" out, yet. Got so many great MLs this year. But if I had to go an honest Top 10 of my favorites? 10. Wolverine 9. Namor 8. Punisher 7. Spider-B*tch 6. Taskmaster 5. Jack O' Lantern 4. Dormammu (BAF) 3. Venom 2. Deadpool 1. Captain America (CapWolf) Honorable mention to: MCU Scarlet Witch, Black Panther and Dr. Strange. Falcon would have made the list too, had the wings been even somewhat posable. Also a LOT of great female figures this year. Rogue, Spider-Gwen, She-Beetle, Silk, Nico Minoru, Enchantress... And they're saying 2017 is going to be even better. I can't wait.
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 31, 2016 3:45:32 GMT -5
Yes it is. By the by - they have Klaw for $15.99 USD on there...you mentioned you needed him before eh? Righto then... Piledriver is $18.99 USD on Amazon if anyone's interested... Totally forgot to respond to ya. I just needed the Terrax BAF part that came with him. But I got Terrax complete for a great price. Thanks for lookin out!
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