If only I could get some more G1s...

KillTheKids · Post by **KillTheKids** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:57 pm

Unfortunately for me, I am not allowed to by from ebay. However, I just love the older toys I got. Scattershot is just such an awesome figure, despite a lackluster robot mode. And back then, the toys were just so much more...inspired. The designers were just so more creative, which I've noticed with MOTU as well. I am going to check out my local flea market, but I doubt I'll find anything. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll be seeing any G1s for a long time. Unless you count Remakes, of course. I am hoping to get a brave max with any birthday money I might get, and I am already saving up for a Soundwave.

Transfannabeel · Post by **Transfannabeel** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:16 am

I can't buy from ebay too. I lost about half of my g1 collection when we moved. I now have to get g1 toys from my cousins( which rarely happens), tru reissues and local comic book stores that overprice them.

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:31 am

I try my hardest to stay AWAY from eBay. Ten minutes there in you'll be in the hole $100 bucks. It's easy to get carried away at eBay.

Civ · Post by **Civ** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:49 am

I go on e-bay but I make sure that I stay within budget and not go overboard. Once I get all of the G1 Tfs I want, then I'll stop going there since all I would care to get are the Binaltech Alternators and I'll get them as they come out.

deej · Post by **deej** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:46 am

Seeing as the .au ebay doesn't have a lot of TF stuff, it's easier to resist... but having said that, there are moments of weakness, especially when I see some non-tf person auctioning off a "helicoptor pad thing" (metroplex) & setting a low price.. then I proceed to kick my own ass for forgetting to bid on it :/

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:26 am

Originally posted by KillTheKids
The designers were just so more creative, which I've noticed with MOTU as well.

Can't say I agree with you there... you have Mattel's original "cheap identikit pieces" approach versus the new Four Horsemen sculpts. I know which I'm giving shelf space to...

KillTheKids · Post by **KillTheKids** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:46 am

What I mean is more creative with concepts. Now we have 'Samurai' and 'Sound effect' figures. Back then there were freaking squirt gun elephants. Now thats fun.

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:59 am

TF lines back then were very gimmick-exclusive... they picked a gimmick or two for a year's toyline, and it either sold well or didn't. Hence we had the Pretenders (largely a failure), the MicroMasters (which didn't do too badly, but lost older fans) and ActionMasters (a love or hate proposition)...

Whereas now, figures have lots of gimmicks within the same line and within the same figure even: miniature partners (vehicles and accessories on offer), beasts and vehicles, lights and sounds, combining, motorised parts.

It feels less distinctive, but there's more play value on offer. And that's what really drives sales, not releasing five or six combiner teams as most of your year's output. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on whether you like 'em.

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:00 am

KTK - What if your parents allowed you to have a paypal account with a set amount of money in it and you could only pay using that? That way, they'd be able to approve just how much of your money you can sink into ebay at any time. Seems to be a reasonable compromise to me if it's an issue of they don't want you wasting too much cash.

KillTheKids · Post by **KillTheKids** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:09 am

The issue isn't wasting cash as much as it is fear of being ripped off.

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:31 am

Ah, well, it is still possible to be ripped off, but as long as you're not buying something really expensive from one person and pay for insurance, you should be fine.

KillTheKids · Post by **KillTheKids** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:27 pm

Still, I've tried explaining insurance and stuff, but my mom just isn't buying the whole deal. Just like she couldn't be convinced that I could trade in games for credit, which would explain the stack of PS2 games I have, despite having a PS2...

ESKiM0J03 · Post by **ESKiM0J03** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:57 pm

well some people on the board have thigns for sale or u could just go and do it anyway my parents tell me not to buy anymore because i have no more room and then i get a buncha packages in the mail they cant really do much but tell me to slow down and buy more shelves

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:06 pm

Start small. I mail-ordered lots of stuff using postal orders and cheques I paid my parents for before bothering to open a regular bank account shortly before university.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:46 am

Originally posted by Denyer
new Four Horsemen sculpts.

Ooh, I like the sound of that. Do you have any pics of these four horsemen?

Originally posted by KillTheKids
freaking squirt gun elephants.

Hey, don't knock Snout Spout.

Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:54 am

Originally posted by PaladinPrime
Ooh, I like the sound of that. Do you have any pics of these four horsemen?

Erm, are you being sarcastic?

http://www.fourhorsemen.biz/

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:58 am

Oh, I thought they were making a new set of four figures, named the four horsemen. My bad.

Jetfire426 · Post by **Jetfire426** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:07 pm

hey man i agree some times i go alittle apechit when i see stuff on ebay... but i stay within a budget of things..thats to bad though...lol