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Post by koreygunz on Mar 12, 2019 7:39:15 GMT -5
 Is this Billy Graham figure truly 1/500? I got one in a large lot and in doing my research on some of the figs, this seems to be a pretty rare figure if so. Anyone have any concrete info? |
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Post by czw4life on Mar 12, 2019 9:52:03 GMT -5
Yes his was actually 1 of 500, Billy Graham had 5 different exclusive/limited figures made by jakks. Here is a pic of this one MOC. Not really sure where this was for sale originally but Billy Graham did some toys r us figure signings, might of came from that?  |
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Post by koreygunz on Mar 12, 2019 10:48:21 GMT -5
Yes his was actually 1 of 500, Billy Graham had 5 different exclusive/limited figures made by jakks. Here is a pic of this one MOC. Not really sure where this was for sale originally but Billy Graham did some toys r us figure signings, might of came from that? Any idea what it's worth? |
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Post by czw4life on Mar 12, 2019 10:52:56 GMT -5
Yes his was actually 1 of 500, Billy Graham had 5 different exclusive/limited figures made by jakks. Here is a pic of this one MOC. Not really sure where this was for sale originally but Billy Graham did some toys r us figure signings, might of came from that? Any idea what it's worth? Last month one sold MOC for $89 shipped. |
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Post by sirpaul on Mar 17, 2019 7:53:31 GMT -5
I bought that 89$ one. Been my CS white whale. This is the forgotten CS figure and rarely comes up. It should be worth much more but not a lot of people looking for Billy Graham figures. When it came out it was going for a couple hundred
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Post by Great White on Mar 18, 2019 4:47:15 GMT -5
Got this and his black & white for $75 about 12-13 years ago. If I remember correctly, the red/orange was exclusive to a Illinois TRU.
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Post by lefreeman991 on Mar 21, 2019 2:35:36 GMT -5
I confirm. It was exclusive to an Illinois toys r us back in 2006. If my memory is good Wrestlemania took place in Chicago that year.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 23, 2019 17:39:38 GMT -5
I forgot about this one, too. I remember the black & white exclusive but forgot all about this super limited version. Gosh, what was the thought process behind the business decision to bulk release of all those Billy Graham figures?
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Mar 25, 2019 0:00:24 GMT -5
I forgot about this one, too. I remember the black & white exclusive but forgot all about this super limited version. Gosh, what was the thought process behind the business decision to bulk release of all those Billy Graham figures? It's back when he was in the good Grace's of WWE, and they put the DVD out at the exact same time. I believe that is also when he went into the HOF. |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 25, 2019 15:34:17 GMT -5
I forgot about this one, too. I remember the black & white exclusive but forgot all about this super limited version. Gosh, what was the thought process behind the business decision to bulk release of all those Billy Graham figures? It's back when he was in the good Grace's of WWE, and they put the DVD out at the exact same time. I believe that is also when he went into the HOF. Yeah, that's true, but I more so mean that outside of his initial CS figure, they dropped 3-4 of them all at once at TRU, with one being in jeans and one in a suit. There were tons of them! I'll never understand why they did that when the guy was way ahead of his time with his varied and colorful attires. I feel like they at least could've made those ones chasers or something so they wouldn't have been discounted so heavily to move them. |
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Post by koreygunz on Mar 25, 2019 19:39:30 GMT -5
It's back when he was in the good Grace's of WWE, and they put the DVD out at the exact same time. I believe that is also when he went into the HOF. Yeah, that's true, but I more so mean that outside of his initial CS figure, they dropped 3-4 of them all at once at TRU, with one being in jeans and one in a suit. There were tons of them! I'll never understand why they did that when the guy was way ahead of his time with his varied and colorful attires. I feel like they at least could've made those ones chasers or something so they wouldn't have been discounted so heavily to move them. I have the one in jeans and suited one too. I wonder, since this figure was only made available at one signing in illinois, if there's even 500 in circulation. I some what doubt 500 people showed up to the signing, so my guess would be there are actually even less than 500 of these to go around. Just guessing though. |
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Mar 25, 2019 19:46:16 GMT -5
Yeah, that's true, but I more so mean that outside of his initial CS figure, they dropped 3-4 of them all at once at TRU, with one being in jeans and one in a suit. There were tons of them! I'll never understand why they did that when the guy was way ahead of his time with his varied and colorful attires. I feel like they at least could've made those ones chasers or something so they wouldn't have been discounted so heavily to move them. I have the one in jeans and suited one too. I wonder, since this figure was only made available at one signing in illinois, if there's even 500 in circulation. I some what doubt 500 people showed up to the signing, so my guess would be there are actually even less than 500 of these to go around. Just guessing though. I think they may have gotten the 500 and whatever didn’t sell at the signing they just sold in the store. I could be wrong though |
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Post by Scott! on Apr 13, 2019 18:15:51 GMT -5
Just bought this Figure MOC tonight for £75. Never owned it and I never see it come up (especially in the UK) so I thought that was a decent price. I owned 2 of the Black and White one, the 1/3000, but I’m gonna try and get a full set of the Billy Graham’s. I know the 3 that were released, the 1/7000’s I believe, aren’t that expensive so they should be easier to get a hold of.
If anyone can shed any light on why he got 5 exclusives that would be much appreciated. I wasn’t collecting at the time so I don’t know if there’s a story to it or whatnot.
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Post by Old School Collector on Apr 14, 2019 6:58:36 GMT -5
Got this and his black & white for $75 about 12-13 years ago. If I remember correctly, the red/orange was exclusive to a Illinois TRU. Correct |
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Post by bigjohnnybadd on Apr 17, 2019 14:09:35 GMT -5
Too bad he can't shut his mouth and stop spewing his archaic ideology long enough to be signed by Mattel...
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Post by FUSamBaker on Apr 17, 2019 18:01:40 GMT -5
Got this and his black & white for $75 about 12-13 years ago. If I remember correctly, the red/orange was exclusive to a Illinois TRU. Wow that’s crazy! So he wasn’t sold anywhere else? That makes the new Target/WalMart exclusives look a bit more plentiful! |
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Post by theicwguy on Apr 17, 2019 18:04:50 GMT -5
Got this and his black & white for $75 about 12-13 years ago. If I remember correctly, the red/orange was exclusive to a Illinois TRU. Wow that’s crazy! So he wasn’t sold anywhere else? That makes the new Target/WalMart exclusives look a bit more plentiful! This makes everyones beloved Harley Race seem plentiful too. |
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Post by FUSamBaker on Apr 17, 2019 18:07:27 GMT -5
Wow that’s crazy! So he wasn’t sold anywhere else? That makes the new Target/WalMart exclusives look a bit more plentiful! This makes everyones beloved Harley Race seem plentiful too. Oh gosh! If I’d only have know when I saw them Races at Walmart 😂 Does anyone know why all these exclusives limited Graham’s were even made? Was this the year he went into the HOF or something? |
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Post by LA Times on Apr 17, 2019 22:42:52 GMT -5
This makes everyones beloved Harley Race seem plentiful too. Oh gosh! If I’d only have know when I saw them Races at Walmart 😂 Does anyone know why all these exclusives limited Graham’s were even made? Was this the year he went into the HOF or something? He probably had a special deal kind of like what Ultimate Warrior had and used Toys R Us autograph signings to sell them. |
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