Minesweeper

[captainwatts]

hi everyone,

just wanted to share my excitment at finally getting my first minesweeper.its not moc(not that rich) but is fully complete with all accessories,just slight damage to one clasp on backpack but still holds fine.
bought it in a lot for £25,which included all other zforce figures fully complete including medic and mail in officer.
my zforce loose collection is now fully complete and just need Hyena to complete enemy.
will post some pics hopefully in next couple of days.

[The Baron]

Congratulations!!

I remember my first Minesweeper, I bid like a mofo on eBay and got him for close to £80 - OUCH!!

Less than a week later I won a second one for £15.

I'm special!

[paulitoy]

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As my dear mother does say - 'Goodness Me!'

Eighty biggies for a minesweeper!!

Was that just a rush of blood to the head and a freak bidding war or did these fellas actually go for that price once upon a long ago?

If so, then the price of our beloved AF has seriously plummeted over recent years....

I suppose that's a bit of mixed blessings really..... great to buy, crap to sell.

[The Baron]

It was about five years ago, when they were few and far between and I was an ebay noob - it was probably me paying such a stupid amount that triggered the market flood. Actually, I may be off in my memory, I don't think I would ever had bid that high... perhaps it was £60, nonetheless, it was far too much money! Thankfully it was softened by the subsequent bargain.

[paul463]

You're right about being an ebay newbee. I got caught up in that bidding frenzy on that APC a few months ago! Thank god I didn't win it. I bid better now though, thanks to the posts on here!

I thought that that was a nice wee lot of Z Force though. Well done on completing your loose collection.

Cheers

Paul463

[SteveD]

We all get a bit excited at times - I needed Ton Up and grey Dolphin to complete my collection, and saw a Ton Up in an auction on the 'Bay.

Wound up offering the guy £50 for the Ton Up to pull the Auction and sell me just that one figure. Needless to say he had my hand off, and I had egg on my face a few weeks later as a glut of them came on the market in a short space of time (he even charged me two quid postage!).

I frantically kept buying them for a few quid a time as in my mind I kept getting bargains. In reality I was a muppet who'd just got paid and paid well over the odds!

I guess that made me a Bullseye down for me Ton Up!! (bit of Cockney Rhyming slang for you there!)

"Because I'm worth it"

[pocoyo_joe]

We all get a bit excited at times - I needed Ton Up and grey Dolphin to complete my collection, and saw a Ton Up in an auction on the 'Bay.

Wound up offering the guy £50 for the Ton Up to pull the Auction and sell me just that one figure. Needless to say he had my hand off, and I had egg on my face a few weeks later as a glut of them came on the market in a short space of time (he even charged me two quid postage!).

I frantically kept buying them for a few quid a time as in my mind I kept getting bargains. In reality I was a muppet who'd just got paid and paid well over the odds!

I guess that made me a Bullseye down for me Ton Up!! (bit of Cockney Rhyming slang for you there!)

"Because I'm worth it"

Is there much difference between Ton Up and Rock N Roll? I never had Ton Up as a kid, I just assumed later he was the same as Rock N Roll mark 1. How different is Ton Up?

[SteveD]

The same I think. No discernible differences I can see. Quite a good beard though.

[scoobydie]

Had a similar dilema before, found what I thought was a Ton Up figure in a large lot.
http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/phpBB2/ ... f=5&t=1691

If you also check out ..................http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/rocknroll1p5.shtml

It says that he was released as Ton Up over here.
I found that the only difference I could spot was the bandolier on his chest was more gold in colour.