marklud
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Post by marklud on Feb 19, 2018 14:49:58 GMT -5
So I had a miracle find this morning. Quick backstory -- was obsessed with Hasbros as a kid. Hunted down a set of green cards to open and play with back in the day (fun story I've mentioned before about a Hills employee cracking a case out of the back for us but only letting my friend and I take a couple apiece when I wanted to take all the 1-2-3 kids, lol) ... We knew how rare they were at the time and my dad bought a couple more one day when he found them at a TRU or Hills (along with a Shawn). Now these figures were absolutely LOST in my parents' house for 20+ years. I searched everywhere, couldn't find anything. Then this morning, got a text from my dad that my mom found these in their closet ... and it looks like they're in perfect condition! The one on the right is autographed ... I had that picture in my signature for a long time, you can see him actually signing it 25 years ago, lol. I guess miracles do exist!
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Post by LostHawk05 on Feb 19, 2018 14:52:36 GMT -5
Damn, I get excited when I find a dollar in my pocket while doing laundry. I would have lost my $h!t if I had found these haha
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Feb 19, 2018 15:48:54 GMT -5
Holy figures, Batman!
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undertaker131
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Post by undertaker131 on Feb 19, 2018 15:52:02 GMT -5
wow nice i would buy a 123 kid if you plan on selling one
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Post by kev85hasbro on Feb 19, 2018 15:56:59 GMT -5
Great story. Thanks for sharing. I always dream of stuff like that.
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marklud
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Post by marklud on Feb 19, 2018 16:20:59 GMT -5
Great story. Thanks for sharing. I always dream of stuff like that. As happy as I am I still wish I actually found the box in the closet instead of my parents, lol. For the same reason you mentioned!
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Post by RedDevil on Feb 19, 2018 17:20:27 GMT -5
THAT explains why the 1-2-3 Kid is the rarest of the green cards - you were hoarding them Great find; it drives me crazy when I can’t find something which I’m sure should be somewhere, never mind if it were a treasure trove like that
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Post by ozz on Feb 19, 2018 17:39:28 GMT -5
That's crazy. I have a huge collection of MOTU and Thundercats figures that are still "somewhere". Maybe they'll up like this!
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habrofan83
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Post by habrofan83 on Feb 19, 2018 18:23:51 GMT -5
Wow, amazing find
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marklud
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Post by marklud on Feb 19, 2018 18:55:26 GMT -5
THAT explains why the 1-2-3 Kid is the rarest of the green cards - you were hoarding them Great find; it drives me crazy when I can’t find something which I’m sure should be somewhere, never mind if it were a treasure trove like that I hear ya. Not being able to find the autographed one really bugged me because there's no way in hell I would ever sell that, and I've gotten some other Hasbros signed in recent years. I legitimately thought it was gone, thrown out by accident or something. I'm just shocked.
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Post by Nivro™ on Feb 19, 2018 21:24:57 GMT -5
Nice....now if my dad could just find his old Comic books from the 50s
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Post by humanitarianaryan on Feb 20, 2018 7:08:11 GMT -5
AMAZING! Kid and Razor are laughing because Razor probably said, “hey is that your figure where you don’t have any eyebrows in the picture!?!?”
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 20, 2018 9:20:00 GMT -5
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marklud
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Post by marklud on Feb 20, 2018 13:21:14 GMT -5
AMAZING! Kid and Razor are laughing because Razor probably said, “hey is that your figure where you don’t have any eyebrows in the picture!?!?” Dude, you're totally right. I remember as a kid Razor making fun of Kid and saying something about his eyebrows in the picture but at the time I didn't get it, lol. Years later I heard the story and it all made sense! Haha.
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Post by fdamage: Elite Trader on Feb 20, 2018 14:14:59 GMT -5
That’s amazing
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Post by fzmadness on Feb 20, 2018 20:57:27 GMT -5
Damn, I get excited when I find a dollar in my pocket while doing laundry. I would have lost my $h!t if I had found these haha Hahaha this made me LOL
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Post by paulromafan on Feb 20, 2018 21:24:42 GMT -5
Thats amazing. Still having that photo of the signing makes it even better!
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Post by whossideareyouon on Feb 21, 2018 5:44:44 GMT -5
WOW!!! Amazing. Luckiest man alive!
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Feb 21, 2018 10:47:12 GMT -5
Wow those are awesome finds! The picture of him signing it is pretty awesome too.
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Post by pauloso on Feb 21, 2018 14:08:13 GMT -5
Great stuff, the joy at them being found must have finally outweighed the frustration of them being lost for years. Cool that your parents were, and are, so supportive of your collecting as well.
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