Did I get lucky or did I get ripped?

papa_smurf73 · 12-02-2008, 08:56 AM

Hello fellow dromers!

This is my first post to the Toy community here... I'm excited to get to know you all...

Anyhow, on to my question...

So I'm all over the net looking at Vintage TMNT. I probably spend a good hour or two every day looking through everything in Ebay. Anyhow, I found that some folks will actually spell TMNT as TNMT. haha.

Well... I found an auction where, sure enough, someone had 49 TNMT MOC figures. haha... The auction gave their conditions, and listed them very articulately. So I bid on it. I had a 10% coupon with ebay so the total for everything came to 340 summin.

Here is the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320321686388

So here is the big question... Did I do well or get ripped. I honestly think if the collection were properly listed it would have sold for much more. What do you think? Be brutally honest here. I would like to know either way. I plan to hang them proudly on my wall.

Looking forward to your replies!
- papa_smurf73

~~TurtleManiac~~ · 12-02-2008, 10:40 AM

to me that seems like a hell of a deal. it's got all the original characters moc, the most popular characters. i would easily of spent the same for that collection, but i already have most of them moc. MOC vintage tmnt figures make for a great display piece!

papa_smurf73 · 12-02-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by tmntfan617

to me that seems like a hell of a deal. it's got all the original characters moc, the most popular characters. i would easily of spent the same for that collection, but i already have most of them moc. MOC vintage tmnt figures make for a great display piece!

Thanks for your response tmntfan617! Makes me feel better about the purchase for sure.

Archon_Turtle · 12-02-2008, 12:06 PM

I wouldnt see that as getting a deal nor getting ripped off. You hit what I would call a pretty standard range for that lot.

If you break it down by figure, you only paid like $7.65 per figure. Can't complain about that.

OA · 12-02-2008, 05:22 PM

For me, it looks like a pretty solid purchase, considering what you're getting. And if you don't have any of those, then you really made out as I can just about guarantee that if you tried to get all of those individually, you would have spent more. To get all of that at that price, you would have to have been REAL patient to find cheap deals.

CudleyCowlick · 12-03-2008, 12:44 AM

Yep, you did pretty good there. Especially since the cards and bubbles look to be in darn good shape. The most TMNT figs I've purchased in one lot was only about 15, and they were all case fresh and mostly unpunched, though it was almost all minor characters from 90-92, though there was a Genghis Frog, Slash & Usagi Yojimbo. It worked out to about $6 each and I was immensely glad to secure a good chunk of the 88-98 collection at that price (I'm slowly working on the whole enchilada MOC

). I've seen the same figs go individually for like $20+ each which is frankly ridiculous, but that's ebay for you.

Deals like this can still be had, but in my opinion they are getting rarer.

12-02-2008, 08:56 AM	#1
papa_smurf73 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 933	Did I get lucky or did I get ripped? Hello fellow dromers! This is my first post to the Toy community here... I'm excited to get to know you all... Anyhow, on to my question... So I'm all over the net looking at Vintage TMNT. I probably spend a good hour or two every day looking through everything in Ebay. Anyhow, I found that some folks will actually spell TMNT as TNMT. haha. Well... I found an auction where, sure enough, someone had 49 TNMT MOC figures. haha... The auction gave their conditions, and listed them very articulately. So I bid on it. I had a 10% coupon with ebay so the total for everything came to 340 summin. Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320321686388 So here is the big question... Did I do well or get ripped. I honestly think if the collection were properly listed it would have sold for much more. What do you think? Be brutally honest here. I would like to know either way. I plan to hang them proudly on my wall. Looking forward to your replies! - papa_smurf73

12-02-2008, 12:06 PM	#4
Archon_Turtle I'm SUPER into myself Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 4,667	I wouldnt see that as getting a deal nor getting ripped off. You hit what I would call a pretty standard range for that lot. If you break it down by figure, you only paid like $7.65 per figure. Can't complain about that. Last edited by Archon_Turtle; 12-02-2008 at 12:12 PM.

12-02-2008, 05:22 PM	#5
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	For me, it looks like a pretty solid purchase, considering what you're getting. And if you don't have any of those, then you really made out as I can just about guarantee that if you tried to get all of those individually, you would have spent more. To get all of that at that price, you would have to have been REAL patient to find cheap deals. __________________

12-03-2008, 12:44 AM	#6
CudleyCowlick Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vermont, USA Posts: 721	Yep, you did pretty good there. Especially since the cards and bubbles look to be in darn good shape. The most TMNT figs I've purchased in one lot was only about 15, and they were all case fresh and mostly unpunched, though it was almost all minor characters from 90-92, though there was a Genghis Frog, Slash & Usagi Yojimbo. It worked out to about $6 each and I was immensely glad to secure a good chunk of the 88-98 collection at that price (I'm slowly working on the whole enchilada MOC ). I've seen the same figs go individually for like $20+ each which is frankly ridiculous, but that's ebay for you. Deals like this can still be had, but in my opinion they are getting rarer. __________________ THE DARKNESS AGE IS RETURN!

12-02-2008, 10:40 AM	#2
~~TurtleManiac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KALI Posts: 1,008	to me that seems like a hell of a deal. it's got all the original characters moc, the most popular characters. i would easily of spent the same for that collection, but i already have most of them moc. MOC vintage tmnt figures make for a great display piece!