One of the Holy Grails

[Lady Jaye]

People working at Funskool are either colourblind or on acid all the time, or maybe even both for that matter.

This item is only interesting if you are a pure completist. OK, this item might be rare, but to call it a holy grail is too much. Quality of Funskool is really inferior and the colour scheme is worse than Eco-Force! There are other official items that deserve that title more.

[Ross SC]

yeah, ive heard funschool stuff is kinda flimsy.......
i cant believe how much the argentinian stuff goes for!

[SteveD]

It's one of those bizarre things in the colelcting world - the quality is crap - worse than normal stuff, the colour schemes like something Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen would put together and generally they seem like a cheap market knock off of the genuine thing, but they are rare, and collectors go mental for them it seems! $35k as a buy it now! Madness. To quote Jaye - it's only a bit of plastic!!! But then again, some things are worth more than the sum of their component parts, and to a purist collector, it's worth what it's worth! Good luck to the lad - I hope he gets his $35k, but if he does, it'll not be from me!

And cheers Jon - I have a real hankering for marmite now, and I'm sat here at work with not a jar in sight!

[Lady Jaye]

For $35K you can buy the factory in India, staff included!

On a more serious note, for $35K you can buy every a very, very large Hasbro GI Joe collection!

As for collectors going mental: only the seller is mental, this item will not even break the $500 barrier.

[gung-hoeddie]

and why won't it...because it's rubbish.

[Monkfish]

From the item's accompanying blurb:

"PAYPAL users - by bidding on this item you are agreeing not to charge back through Paypal"

So, the seller wants the customer to pay an extortionate amount and give up a legitimate form of protection because others have misused it?

Bah.

Having now seen the colour scheme I can see why it's been kept locked in a safe for years.

[Lady Jaye]

Safe? He prolly bought it for 2 dollars back in the days.

[gung-hoeddie]

true, he then more than likely didn't open it or try to sell it because it's so sh*t.

[SteveD]

true, he then more than likely didn't open it or try to sell it because it's so sh*t.

I take it you'll not be bidding then Eddie? Now come on, I'm sure it would look lovely in the West Wing of AnnEdd Towers?

[Lady Jaye]

Neither Annie nor Eddie are on acid on a regular basis so I don't see why they would have the need for this item.