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MR or Carded?

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:58 pm
by Ong
Thinking of expanding my collection..however not sure which to focus..
thinking of collecting exclsives carded..or MR...what you think in terms of value, display..etc

Re: MR or Carded?

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:16 am
by hbng
Ong wrote:Thinking of expanding my collection..however not sure which to focus..
thinking of collecting exclsives carded..or MR...what you think in terms of value, display..etc
Some exclusives may be a bit hard to get due to high costs, eg. SDCC Silver Darth Vader. And not to forget there's really a lot of exclusives.

Which line of MR are you looking at? The vehicles are very expensive, but really cool.

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:16 am
by Ong
Thanks..you are right..I am looking at those potf2 toy expo and showtime..potf2 expo is still okay to find...

MR aiming at the dual signature and anakin se only..

all also love them..but concern is the budget and display issues. like..whether is cool....easy to find place..the carded wise..most likely is to use...starcase..but only a few of them..may not look nice to me and

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:31 pm
by al13ns
so far for MR starwars line, the dual signature items are :

- Vader ANH saber
- Vader ROTS helmet

and it's really expensive :shock:

...

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:40 am
by icemann
value there is.. only in what you like ... you see....
collect whatever you desire.happy it makes you..value it has.
...rely not.. on what others perceive....

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:49 pm
by Ong
i have found the answer..I choose MR..after browsing to see at some nice displays and had 2 bad overseas tx on carded figs..thanks

Re: ...

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:50 pm
by Ong
icemann wrote:value there is.. only in what you like ... you see....
collect whatever you desire.happy it makes you..value it has.
...rely not.. on what others perceive....
agree...

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:53 pm
by Ong
al13ns wrote:so far for MR starwars line, the dual signature items are :

- Vader ANH saber
- Vader ROTS helmet

and it's really expensive :shock:
thats why i aim at 1/2 only

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:15 pm
by hbng
MR probably will last longer than carded figures. :)

have fun!

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:07 am
by icemann
yo buddy

:D
have fun collecting..sw galaxy is filled with scum and viliany of merchandisers who push out trolleys after trolleys thrash to the unsuspecting sw fan :cry:

i used to collect hasbro toys.. figures ..ships... creatures.. anythnig everything.. till one day i woke up and found myself surrounded by cartons of plastic crap.. why i say crap. cos they kept reissuing old stuff in "variant" paint jobs.. i got sick and stopped collecting altogether! :shock:

haha
now i stick to resin and statue stuff...and prop replicas... for the reasno that plastics and vinyls dont store well in our climate. unless u have a temperature controlled place.. ur pasticsmight turn color and become sticky with time..its a frustration...
so i just stick to the so called "high end" , get those i realy like.. and hey..
in the end.. less is more :D

have fun man!
share ur pics when you have reached a stage when u have a proud personal stash!! 8) :D

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:16 am
by Ong
btw..i saw the biker scout pf edition..in stores..anyone owns them?

Re: have fun!

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:18 am
by Ong
icemann wrote:yo buddy

:D
have fun collecting..sw galaxy is filled with scum and viliany of merchandisers who push out trolleys after trolleys thrash to the unsuspecting sw fan :cry:

i used to collect hasbro toys.. figures ..ships... creatures.. anythnig everything.. till one day i woke up and found myself surrounded by cartons of plastic crap.. why i say crap. cos they kept reissuing old stuff in "variant" paint jobs.. i got sick and stopped collecting altogether! :shock:

haha
now i stick to resin and statue stuff...and prop replicas... for the reasno that plastics and vinyls dont store well in our climate. unless u have a temperature controlled place.. ur pasticsmight turn color and become sticky with time..its a frustration...
so i just stick to the so called "high end" , get those i realy like.. and hey..
in the end.. less is more :D

have fun man!
share ur pics when you have reached a stage when u have a proud personal stash!! 8) :D

ya..carded a bit hard to maintain

high end stuffs looks more interesting and cooolll.. man!

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:18 am
by Ong
hbng wrote:MR probably will last longer than carded figures. :)
agree..tho we can't get them many due to the high prices

pf biker

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:16 pm
by icemann
yo
yap.. i got the one.. its still in the box!! hhahah
tooo big to display.. am concerned about dust collection
so will only take it out after i get the custom glass box up..

thats the other thnig to keep a watch out for..
these colectibles.. they collect serious dust! u got to store them inside some display case.. otherwise.. in time. some of these dust gets permanently atached to your stuff.. then can throw away liao.. haha :D

Re: pf biker

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:09 pm
by Ong
icemann wrote:yo
yap.. i got the one.. its still in the box!! hhahah
tooo big to display.. am concerned about dust collection
so will only take it out after i get the custom glass box up..

thats the other thnig to keep a watch out for..
these colectibles.. they collect serious dust! u got to store them inside some display case.. otherwise.. in time. some of these dust gets permanently atached to your stuff.. then can throw away liao.. haha :D
wow..where you get them..from simply toys?