Rare Metalic-plated Fugitoid collectors item from 2009

[CyberCubed]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Playmates-Ninja-Turtles-Metallic-Plated-Fugitoid-in-box-2009-collector-item-/311308358290?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/QJYAAOSwrklU9fqQ/$_57.JPG

More description over at ebay. This is hard to find now so bid!

[Powder]

These aren't rare, or hard to find. Mirage sells them for 15$ shipped. I got one as an X-mas gift & the box was even signed/sketched by Laird.

http://miragelicensing.com/paypal/fugitoid-figure.html

[oldmanwinters]

These aren't rare, or hard to find. Mirage sells them for 15$ shipped. I got one as an X-mas gift & the box was even signed/sketched by Laird.

http://miragelicensing.com/paypal/fugitoid-figure.html

I was wondering about that. Kinda surprise to see they are still in stock!

[rickwj324]

Yeah, I picked up one from PL about a year ago for $15, signed w/ a sketch and also included a signed reprint issue of #1. I am also surprised to see they still have them available. I may pick up another one to store away for my kid.

[Redemption]

I also got one signed and a #1 comic reprint signed for $15. Not rare at all.

[OA]

Wow...some serious threadcrapping going on in here. Getting onto his phrasing, talking about better deals elsewhere, posting an outside link where people can also buy the item he's trying to sell... well, just seems kind of uncool.

[Powder]

Call me a goodie two-shoes but I think it's more uncool to use false statements to sell unsuspecting people items at greater than retail value. Guess I'm just not hip.

[Autbot_Benz]

Call me a goodie two-shoes but I think it's more uncool to use false statements to sell unsuspecting people items at greater than retail value. Guess I'm just not hip.

I agree with you I dislike when people sell stuff for more than they go at retail. IE Ebayer's and Amazon 3rd party sellers.

[Duke Nukem]

I also agree with what Powder said as a general principle, since potential buyers are worth protecting as much as sellers, and people using this forum to try to take advantage of fans should be called out for it. But I don't think any of that applies here.

I see nothing wrong with this sale, unless someone knows something that I don't. Rare and hard to find are just a matter of degree. There's only one other on eBay, for twice the amount, at the moment. This could be worth it to someone who doesn't want to wait over a month for it to be shipped from Mirage.

[CyberCubed]

Well there's already 1 watcher for it on ebay, I imagine its not from anyone here though.

Keep in mind most fans don't even know "miragelicensing" exists, much less are selling Fugitoid figures. I doubt most fans outside this forum even know about that website.

[Metalhead 2.0]

Well there's already 1 watcher for it on ebay, I imagine its not from anyone here though.

Keep in mind most fans don't even know "miragelicensing" exists, much less are selling Fugitoid figures. I doubt most fans outside this forum even know about that website.

I'm the 1 watcher, just to see what happens.
If you're gonna take advantage of some poor schmuck and I can't do anything about it then I might as well watch...:trolleye:

[Rat_King]

So...the point of these boards (at least to most of us) is community for turtles fans. If you had listed the item as what it is and said the price it would have been fine. I would have thought Powder rude for busting you out because all you would have done is list a price. Some people might be willing to pay more for whatever reason. But you didn't. You tried to advertise it as rare, admittedly knowing it isn't. I Understand most people are not aware of Mirage Licensing and you have a chance to make a return on it. That's totally cool. However, save that for ebay and the general public. Within the confines of this community, do not try to mislead or dupe the very people who are suppose to be part of the community. Think about if you had succeeded on here to a nubie and they realized they were mislead. They wouldn't just feel burned by you but by this group as a whole. Powder and everyone else was right for calling it as they saw it. And I digress...

[Jester]

This collectors item was never sold in stores and only 500 of them were ever produced by Playmates back in 2009. This might be your only chance to own the Metallic plated Fugitoid!

Yeah, THIS is pretty shady.

[OA]

If you're gonna take advantage of some poor schmuck and I can't do anything about it then I might as well watch...:trolleye:

I can't believe he's still getting flak for this auction...

You tried to advertise it as rare, admittedly knowing it isn't.

Please tell what toy during entirety of the TMNT toyline has, from the 80's to today, has LOWER print run this guy, that was not even available in stores? And if you can tell me one (or even a few figures or even ten figures), considering the thousands of mass produced Turtle toys out there can we still not consider him rare? And for crying out loud, its listed at a whopping $5 higher than what its available for on Mirage's website that 99% of the general public (and I'd wager a solid 90% of the Drome public) does not know its still available. And that's not even getting into how long it might take to recieve such item from Mirage due to staffing, etc. Is $5 such a ripoff?

Whatever issues people may have with him outside of this sales thread I can appreciate. But to continue bashing him about "duping the community"...? I don't know. Obviously I see things WAY differently than everyone else in this thread so I'll just back away slowly. Cyber, you're on your own!

[Rat_King]

I'm not saying he did the most heinous thing ever or should be banned or anything stupid like that. I re-read my post and should have made my wording a little lighter hearted. Is it rare compared to buying a Michaelangelo in the store...sure. But it's just not a rare figure in the circles of these forums. Mirage had so many of them Laird decorated a tree with them one Christmas. When a person like Cyber who has a wealth of turtles knowledge comes to the rest of us who have pretty much the same knowledge you have to expect a certain amount of flack when it doesn't add up. I don't want my wording to come across as a "How dare you!" but more of a "Come on, man. Really?". Again, it isn't the auction that's upsetting, it's how it was being represented here.

[Redemption]

How many of these fugitoids were produced?

[CyberCubed]

I thought it was produced in a 500 production run, I think I remembered reading that somewhere when it was first announced?

I mean its obvious Playmates didn't make too many of these given this was back in 2009 during TMNT's 25th anniversary. And they were only ever sold online too on an obscure Mirage website most people have no idea even exists.

[The Fifth Turtle]

Not siding with anyone but... let's us not forget the ebay fees. To break even on an item you gotta sell higher than what you paid for it.

[Metalhead 2.0]

I can't believe he's still getting flak for this auction...

I honestly don't care what he does...
Ultimately it's on the collector to do the research on the items they're interested in.

[CyberCubed]

Interesting now there are two bids on it so its up to $20.49 now, there are also 7 watchers. This might wind up selling for a lot more than I expected it too.

If there's a bidding war on my item and it sells for a high price I can't be held accountable, it just shows the people on ebay don't know about miragelicensing.com. So its a rare figure to them that they probably never saw before.

[papa_smurf73]

You're so missing the point my dude. Tried to warn you via pm this would happen, but I digress.

[Metalhead 2.0]

Bid up to $35.00 on 13 bids from 3 bidders with 4 hours left...
It appears you're going to make a little bit of money off this deal.
Congratulations, I guess...

[CyberCubed]

Its obviously because ebay folk have no idea miragelicensing.com exists. They're obviously not hardcore TMNT fans like those of us here.

The funny thing is I don't even have a Peter Laird signature on my Fugitoid box like they do in the sale now, I wonder how much a PL signed one would go for.

[CyberCubed]

Interesting, the winner of the auction is from Germany. Perhaps that's why it sold for so high, international fans don't know this stuff.

[james]

Interesting, the winner of the auction is from Germany. Perhaps that's why it sold for so high, international fans don't know this stuff.

I'm international, I know this stuff.

[The Fifth Turtle]

Does Mirage ship international?

Perhaps they don't and the buyer was willing to pay extra for someone who does?

[CyberCubed]

Does Mirage ship international?

Perhaps they don't and the buyer was willing to pay extra for someone who does?

Yes:

http://www.miragelicensing.com/paypal/fugitoid-figure.html

Interesting the Fugitoid costs $30 for international buyers. I guess now its easy to see why the auction sold for $35...its probably cheaper for them to buy it on ebay than from Mirage.

[james]

Yes:

http://www.miragelicensing.com/paypal/fugitoid-figure.html

Interesting the Fugitoid costs $30 for international buyers. I guess now its easy to see why the auction sold for $35...its probably cheaper for them to buy it on ebay than from Mirage.

What do you mean? That link you just provided shows it costs $15 for US - postage included and $30 for International - postage included haha