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Originally Posted by Darth_CJJ
This is coming from someone who has hundreds of army builders. Seriously.
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Hundred of army builders? Hundreds is an over estimate. And to be honest, most came from flea market finds or ebay. I've purchased great steals of 16 MIP Movie Star Foot Soldiers for a total of $3.99 plus $15 shipping. I've gotten 2k3 Foot Soldiers as gifts as well.
Triceratons were peg warmers by me. No one was buying them. The Utroms? Those just happened to be finds for my new released TMNT hunts and not finding anything.
I don't get what army building has to do with this though. If you are accusing me of hording TMNT figures, it's because I love these figures and the factions they represent. I'm not selling them either. CJJ, I have no problem with you selling a Fast Forward basic turtle for $6. That's the general going price; within a dollar either way. But more than a couple bucks on a figure that isn't even a month old... that's wrong.
Care to explain how army building is bad for the fandom and the franchise? I got Triceraton ships on clearance for under $5 each. The Mutating Foot Soldiers as well. I bought the crap no one else wanted and I got in bulk.
I'm no different than the GI Joe fan buying Green Shirts or the Vipers, BATs, or the Transformer fan buying the Vehicons, or the Star Wars fan buying the Storm Troopers...
But buying something to deliberately sell for a $15 profit from a toy store is insane. Especially trying to see it to us, Dromers, MikeysTMNT goers, etc. We know where to find these figures and we know how hard and easy it is. Right now, we can't find Shredder as easily as we want but just like Karai, she will be all over the place.
It's not like we're talking about TMNT Volume 1, Issue #1, First Printing... We're talking about another Shredder figure. And not even a Transformer Movie Arcee figure (Deluxe edition, not that cruddy Target repaint.)