Johnigoe73 appreciation society

[Squad Leader]

Do we have a new Shadow Bandit as it seems Johnigoe73 either didn't bid or was outbid by the winner bambambambamboomeranka

[SteveD]

Do we have a new Shadow Bandit as it seems Johnigoe73 either didn't bid or was outbid by the winner bambambambamboomeranka

Catchy user name! How much did it go for?

Seems loose without acessories is dipping back to around £10 mark. With full accessories seems to be almost double that.


There's an idea actually - I may just build a virtual Shadow army using Muticons!

[Squad Leader]

all 3 auctions sold for £26 each so thats 9 incomplete figures just shy of £80

[gung-hoeddie]

all 3 auctions sold for £26 each so thats 9 incomplete figures just shy of £80

it's pants really, especially for the genuine collector who can't get a sniff for love nor money.

[The Kraken Wakes]

But whos to say hes not a genuine collector? He may be lurking on here and just not want to get involved, happy in his own collecting... If I had the money I would pay that much for them just to rip the heads off to customise them but I can only afford what I can afford so I buy different things and increase my shadow army in other ways such as trading etc... At one point I may have been responsible for driving the price of krakens up as I bought quite a few complete figures in the space of a few months...

At the end of the day several people at the very least are willing to pay a lot of money for these, its not only johnigoe or whoever driving up the price, someone else has to bid #25 for it to get to #26 etc... I think there are positives, the main one being that there are a lot more shadows out there to buy because people see they can get a good price...

[Thundershot]

all 3 auctions sold for £26 each so thats 9 incomplete figures just shy of £80

That works out @ about £8.67 each (+ postage?).. much more than I'd be willing to pay, but not way over the top I guess..I mean how much would it cost to buy that many modern action figures @ Toys-r-us today?

With so many loose & incomplete 's kicking about, will we see a run on weapons packs & loose bazoka's any time soon as well?

[Red Laser]

Why buy bazookas and ammo boxes when you can equip them with other guns from marauderinc etc?

[Thundershot]

Depends on the buyers I suppose,& on how authentic you want your collection to be..I know personally that I'm one of them people who just has to have 100 % correct weapons (where possible) & accessories..even if I think that an army of Bazooka weilding 's looks very unrealistic.
Whereas most people are just as happy to go for down the Marauderinc line & have modern & realistic looking weapons & armies..but then I'm one them sad types, who have to have the "correct" coloured weapon that was issued for each Star Wars figure

[SteveD]

But whos to say hes not a genuine collector? He may be lurking on here and just not want to get involved, happy in his own collecting... If I had the money I would pay that much for them just to rip the heads off to customise them but I can only afford what I can afford so I buy different things and increase my shadow army in other ways such as trading etc... At one point I may have been responsible for driving the price of krakens up as I bought quite a few complete figures in the space of a few months...

At the end of the day several people at the very least are willing to pay a lot of money for these, its not only johnigoe or whoever driving up the price, someone else has to bid #25 for it to get to #26 etc... I think there are positives, the main one being that there are a lot more shadows out there to buy because people see they can get a good price...

I wholeheartedly agree tkw. I've only been a member here for a year or so, but I put my collection together for five years or so. For years I couldn't join here due to no pc at home and restricted access at work.
And then I joined up, and the tone went downhill steadily from there.

[The Baron]

I'd hardly describe the fall of BFTB as going "downhill steadily". More of a plummet, really.

Wow! I just checked and bambambambamboomeranka sniped all three at ONE SECOND REMAINING!!!