TMNT MOC and bugs :)

weepel99 · 09-01-2004, 10:34 PM

Is it just me or have other people had problems with buying carded vintage TMNT figures on ebay or any place really only to find dead bugs stuck inside of them.

I'm 2 for 3 so far that I've bought on ebay. I've got a small beetle stuck under some tape and a small roach stuck in a weapon compartment on 2 different carded figures. I guess the opening at the bottom of the bubble allows for little critters to freely crawl into the inner contents and get stuck and die. Now if I could just get them out somehow.

-Jeff

*Spitfire* · 09-01-2004, 10:46 PM

Must have bought them from a exterminator haha I dont know what u can do but shake the boxes until the bug falls out or gets lose enough to get it out. Dont leave it in there because it might decompose the stuff around it along with itself

*MrPliggins* · 09-02-2004, 08:27 AM

Hmm this has never happened to me with all the figures I have bought on ebay. I wonder though, I should check the figures in my closet becaue they've been sitting in there for a few years.

Jed · 09-02-2004, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Must have bought them from a exterminator haha I dont know what u can do but shake the boxes until the bug falls out or gets lose enough to get it out. Dont leave it in there because it might decompose the stuff around it along with itself

Em, if they bought them from an exterminator why would there be bugs in them? I woulda thought an exterminator's house would be relatively free of bugs

Midnight_Tanuki · 09-02-2004, 09:12 AM

It's a marketing ploy! Free with the purchase of TMNT, you get your choice of Rocky the Dead Roach Sidekick, Frances the fly, or Bob the unidentified clump of insectoid body parts! Collect them all!

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Em, if they bought them from an exterminator why would there be bugs in them? I woulda thought an exterminator's house would be relatively free of bugs

see the Scumbug toy

**Jester** · 09-02-2004, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnight_kitsune

It's a marketing ploy! Free with the purchase of TMNT, you get your choice of Rocky the Dead Roach Sidekick, Frances the fly, or Bob the unidentified clump of insectoid body parts! Collect them all!

ha!!!! very funny.....well played my friend well played....

Eidiot88 · 09-02-2004, 04:31 PM

Whoa, glad to see I'm the only one this has happend to. I bought a Mondo Gecko MOC from eBay, it has a little fly/nat or something stuck on Mondo's head. I tried to shake the package but I didn't wanna damage it so I just left it alone. This is the only figure out of like 15 from eBay that had a bug in it.

weepel99 · 09-02-2004, 06:46 PM

All 3 came forom the same seller. I'm sure it has something to do with where they were stored. I'm going to hook up the air compressor and try blowing em out

If anything the bugs decompossing is a good thing. They will break apart and then maybe I can get them out if the air compressor doesn't work.

-Jeff.

*cqb101* · 09-03-2004, 08:21 AM

Never happened to me.

OA · 09-03-2004, 03:54 PM

Wow, that sux..ive never actually looked for bugs before; just asumed there wouldnt be any...but what are the chances really.

weepel99 · 09-11-2004, 11:37 PM

Okay make that 3 carded figures with bugs in them now

I'm 3 for 8 now.

-Jeff

*tOkKa* · 09-12-2004, 06:57 AM

-->> ..oo tastey..

..i'd carefully examine the pack and see where the heck the buggy got in.. you maybe able to dislodge the bug.. outta there..

*cowabunga14* · 09-13-2004, 04:19 PM

Ewwwwww.The cockroach might give ya rabies.Next thing ya know there's gonna some arachnids in the packages.Talk about a scropion sting.How freaky.Good thing the figures can't get moldy.I don't mind having a loose collection cuz I don't want a diseased action figure.

09-01-2004, 10:34 PM	#1
weepel99 Mouser Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 9	TMNT MOC and bugs :) Is it just me or have other people had problems with buying carded vintage TMNT figures on ebay or any place really only to find dead bugs stuck inside of them. I'm 2 for 3 so far that I've bought on ebay. I've got a small beetle stuck under some tape and a small roach stuck in a weapon compartment on 2 different carded figures. I guess the opening at the bottom of the bubble allows for little critters to freely crawl into the inner contents and get stuck and die. Now if I could just get them out somehow. -Jeff

09-01-2004, 10:46 PM	#2
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	Must have bought them from a exterminator haha I dont know what u can do but shake the boxes until the bug falls out or gets lose enough to get it out. Dont leave it in there because it might decompose the stuff around it along with itself __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

09-02-2004, 04:31 PM	#7
Eidiot88 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 251	Whoa, glad to see I'm the only one this has happend to. I bought a Mondo Gecko MOC from eBay, it has a little fly/nat or something stuck on Mondo's head. I tried to shake the package but I didn't wanna damage it so I just left it alone. This is the only figure out of like 15 from eBay that had a bug in it. __________________ Shredder's Pub Returning Soon...

09-03-2004, 08:21 AM	#9
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	Never happened to me. __________________ Facebook

09-03-2004, 03:54 PM	#10
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	Wow, that sux..ive never actually looked for bugs before; just asumed there wouldnt be any...but what are the chances really. __________________

09-02-2004, 08:27 AM	#3
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	Hmm this has never happened to me with all the figures I have bought on ebay. I wonder though, I should check the figures in my closet becaue they've been sitting in there for a few years.

09-02-2004, 06:46 PM	#8
weepel99 Mouser Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 9	All 3 came forom the same seller. I'm sure it has something to do with where they were stored. I'm going to hook up the air compressor and try blowing em out If anything the bugs decompossing is a good thing. They will break apart and then maybe I can get them out if the air compressor doesn't work. -Jeff.

09-11-2004, 11:37 PM	#11
weepel99 Mouser Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 9	Okay make that 3 carded figures with bugs in them now I'm 3 for 8 now. -Jeff

09-12-2004, 06:57 AM	#12
tOkKa tOkKie-Pokie,puddin'n PIE Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pajamas out of the water on the elephant was sweating a lemon. Posts: 1,729	-->> ..oo tastey.. ..i'd carefully examine the pack and see where the heck the buggy got in.. you maybe able to dislodge the bug.. outta there.. __________________ 666 !!terrible2z /GGM!!/T.G.R.I./ ..モンスターのカメを解読しなさい。

09-13-2004, 04:19 PM	#13
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	Ewwwwww.The cockroach might give ya rabies.Next thing ya know there's gonna some arachnids in the packages.Talk about a scropion sting.How freaky.Good thing the figures can't get moldy.I don't mind having a loose collection cuz I don't want a diseased action figure. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?