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Post by shanieomaniac on Apr 11, 2020 21:04:22 GMT -5
So, I'm losing my mind.
My one very close friend, who hasn't watched Wrestling since the 1980s, told me something today.
And I quote:
"I have this old wrestling figure I've been meaning to give you. It's a huge figure, I'd say from the early 1980s. Still mint on card. It's of that one guy who wore facepaint and tassels on his biceps, whatever his name is. I have it in a box in my bedroom, I was going to give it to you for Christmas this year. You interested?"
Cue me losing my damn mind over the notion of my bestie possible giving me a MOC LJN Ultimate Warrior figure for Christmas.
I felt obligated to tell him "Um, buddy, I don't think you have any idea what you have there." But he is insistent on giving it to me.
I'm straight up foaming at the mouth here. I don't even collect LJN, but the money I could make off that figure alone will fuel my figure habit for years!
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Post by master_fuji on Apr 12, 2020 2:46:02 GMT -5
I felt obligated to tell him "Um, buddy, I don't think you have any idea what you have there." But he is insistent on giving it to me. So you told him what it was worth anyway?? |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Apr 12, 2020 2:53:58 GMT -5
I felt obligated to tell him "Um, buddy, I don't think you have any idea what you have there." But he is insistent on giving it to me. So you told him what it was worth anyway?? I did. And now he's determined to leave me in suspense. He said "Well, I know I have it, but I think I'll wait to get you pictures. It's sorta buried, and I'm not in the mood to dig tonight. Maybe sometime next week I can photograph it. And then, who knows, you might get it for your birthday in June..." Considering the story he told me, the fact that he doesn't have access to internet, and what I know about him, this isn't him pulling my leg. He doesn't know a dang thing about wrestling figures to be able to pick out the Black Card Warrior as a valuable one. The fact that his vague description of things like "It was oddly large" and "It came on a card, with a blister pack" and "It was that guy with the facepaint and tassels" and "I don't think it had any articulation"... There's no way he isn't describing something he's at least seen recently. He is of the personal opinion that Wrestling died when the WWF lost it's third W, and the reason he claims that he never opened it was it was a gift from his mom, and he had no interest in playing with it. So he just kept it all these years because it meant something to him as a gift. And like I said, he doesn't have access to the internet, so he didn't look it up. I really think he does have it, and is just teasing me now that he knows what it's worth. Meanwhile, I'm over here screaming into my phone. |
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Post by LK3 on Apr 12, 2020 3:05:10 GMT -5
Just show up at his house, what’s he gonna do turn you away as if there’s a global pandemic? You’ll have the figure in no time.
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Apr 12, 2020 3:50:41 GMT -5
I felt obligated to tell him "Um, buddy, I don't think you have any idea what you have there." But he is insistent on giving it to me. I'm straight up foaming at the mouth here. I don't even collect LJN, but the money I could make off that figure alone will fuel my figure habit for years!... and that makes you the worst friend ever! I can only hope your buddy reads this, sends you a picture saying: this could've been yours for FREE, however now I'm gonna sell it to provide for my family in these harsh times! |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Apr 12, 2020 4:25:27 GMT -5
I felt obligated to tell him "Um, buddy, I don't think you have any idea what you have there." But he is insistent on giving it to me. I'm straight up foaming at the mouth here. I don't even collect LJN, but the money I could make off that figure alone will fuel my figure habit for years!... and that makes you the worst friend ever! I can only hope your buddy reads this, sends you a picture saying: this could've been yours for FREE, however now I'm gonna sell it to provide for my family in these harsh times! Um, dude, I already offered to sell it for him. I offered to sell it for him and give him all the money I offered to sell it for him and give him half I begged him to let me sell it and give him some percentage of the profit. The guy is dead set on giving me this figure and having me keep every single penny of the profit. I'm not joking. His exact response is "Well, there's your stimulus check." I wish I were joking, but I'm not. He has no family whatsoever. I'm his only friend. He lives his life from the point of view of "Nothing in my life will matter when I'm dead." He's so far from materialist, I don't know how we co-exist. The only things he spends money on entertainment wise is fishing, pool, and dvds. And that last one is because he refuses to buy cable or internet. In his mind, my being the only person to still be there for him after his fiance' died, I deserve all that money for whatever I want it for. I know it makes me seem like a bad friend. And he has told me that I should take the money I earn and get something useful, like a new computer. But yeah, as far as giving him the profit? Dude, I tried. He wants no part of it. |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Apr 12, 2020 5:58:02 GMT -5
... and that makes you the worst friend ever! I can only hope your buddy reads this, sends you a picture saying: this could've been yours for FREE, however now I'm gonna sell it to provide for my family in these harsh times! Um, dude, I already offered to sell it for him. I offered to sell it for him and give him all the money I offered to sell it for him and give him half I begged him to let me sell it and give him some percentage of the profit. The guy is dead set on giving me this figure and having me keep every single penny of the profit. I'm not joking. His exact response is "Well, there's your stimulus check." I wish I were joking, but I'm not. He has no family whatsoever. I'm his only friend. He lives his life from the point of view of "Nothing in my life will matter when I'm dead." He's so far from materialist, I don't know how we co-exist. The only things he spends money on entertainment wise is fishing, pool, and dvds. And that last one is because he refuses to buy cable or internet. In his mind, my being the only person to still be there for him after his fiance' died, I deserve all that money for whatever I want it for. I know it makes me seem like a bad friend. And he has told me that I should take the money I earn and get something useful, like a new computer. But yeah, as far as giving him the profit? Dude, I tried. He wants no part of it. Well, this is totally different to your initial post. Guys like that don't cross your path twice... Cherish that friend! Bless him! (or at least buy him a DVD!) |
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 12, 2020 7:45:18 GMT -5
I hope to see pictures of it very soon. If it is what you think it is (not too many guys can be described like Warrior) he definitely should get a pretty nice gift card or gifts plural.
Hopefully it is the Warrior LJN. I remember in the late 90s/early 2000s and even a rare occasion today hearing from yard sale people or dealers that they had the old wrestlers and sometimes describing them as rubber or big or with no action only for them to be Toymakers or even Jakks.
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Post by Scott! on Apr 12, 2020 8:39:54 GMT -5
Am I the only one that read that and immediately thought it might be a Startoys Warrior rather than an LJN? Did your friend say how big the box is?
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Apr 12, 2020 9:03:28 GMT -5
Am I the only one that read that and immediately thought it might be a Startoys Warrior rather than an LJN? Did your friend say how big the box is? Nope; he said: mint on card. |
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Post by Boon on Apr 12, 2020 10:29:52 GMT -5
whole things sounds like BS, he's had all this time and doesn't know it's called Ultimate Warrior.
Everyone who's ever watched Wrestling knows the Warrior and if he didn't know the figures name why not simply look inside the box before "the one with face paint ans tassels"
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Post by Scott! on Apr 12, 2020 10:46:22 GMT -5
Am I the only one that read that and immediately thought it might be a Startoys Warrior rather than an LJN? Did your friend say how big the box is? Nope; he said: mint on card. Fair enough mate, I didn't know you couldn't class a Star Toys as MOC, although saying that I guess it's in a box rather than on a card. I'll take the loss on that one, haha. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 13:43:34 GMT -5
So...we still use the classic WF line "no pics no proof", right?
Because if we don't still use it, I'm bringing it back now.
No pics, no proof.
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Post by Old School Collector on Apr 12, 2020 13:44:12 GMT -5
whole things sounds like BS, he's had all this time and doesn't know it's called Ultimate Warrior. Everyone who's ever watched Wrestling knows the Warrior and if he didn't know the figures name why not simply look inside the box before "the one with face paint ans tassels" First thing that I thought, too. Absolutely no way anyone that’s ever watched WWF doesn’t know who Ultimate Warrior is. Either way, I won’t call this a story just yet ... unless of course the obvious signs of excuses start. I’m looking forward to seeing this, if it’s indeed true 👍🏻 |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 12, 2020 13:47:42 GMT -5
Watch it be the Jakks BCA Ultimate Warrior instead! Ha ha ha
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Post by shanieomaniac on Apr 12, 2020 15:10:36 GMT -5
So...we still use the classic WF line "no pics no proof", right? Because if we don't still use it, I'm bringing it back now. No pics, no proof. This is actually a big reason I want pictures so bad. I'm super excited, don't get me wrong. But I'm trying not to let my enthusiasm get unhinged until I have confirmation in hand. I mean, there's so many variables here that I can't even begin to list. All signs point to Black Card Warrior, but there's so much to go wrong here. So for now, I will just say I'm excited. Optimistic even. But trying to stay grounded. It isn't that I don't trust my friend over this. I don't trust the universe. |
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Post by ozz on Apr 12, 2020 15:30:12 GMT -5
If you get it, and sell it, you should at least take him out for a killer fishing trip when able! Or buy him a custom pool cue with Ultimate Warrior theming - lol
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 12, 2020 17:20:10 GMT -5
I bought a loose Warrior LJN, although most of the non skin paint has worn off, from a dealer's shop in 1996 for $5 so I guess you just never know.
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Post by casey on Apr 12, 2020 17:37:31 GMT -5
He used the term, "mint on card"?
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Post by The Real Chillary on Apr 12, 2020 18:58:26 GMT -5
This isn't 1985, it takes seconds to take a picture and send it online lol. I call BS to this story.
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