they told me to come here - a full collection up for sale

rootbier · 07-10-2007, 10:21 AM

I am a longtime semi-lurker over on the NTML and a very occasional lurker here.
Everyone there told me I should also come over here with this and I think they were right.

*PANIC MODE*
I have been accepted to go to school in Norway and I leave in four weeks *EEK* I thought I was going to be able to keep my toys in my mother's basement but it turns out she'd really REALLY rather I didn't (and I can understand that - it's just a surprise)...
I don't really want to sell them but it makes sense - I have my EU citizenship and don't know if I will ever live in the states again and I can't bring them overseas *CRY* and I can't afford to put them in storage and I don't actually have enough money to go away for the full six years (norway is expensive place and more money now would mean less work and more time to focus on studies) and maybe my mother is thinking about moving or wants to do something different with the basement space - I really don't know.

I have never sold on eBay and I feel like that would take forever to learn to do it right. I have talked to one dealer who basically said that nobody would want my stuff at this point in the economy. ???.

This is like maybe HALF to 2/3 of my boxed stuff and none of my 500+ carded figures - the rest is still boxed up in the basement. I'll post the figures inventory soon.

My mom and my friend helped my set up this display and take pictures.

Look it's me with my suitcase (un)ready to go to Norway.

This next picture didn't come out so hot. Kind of dark. More stuff.
See the Japanese mutant masters mike and Japanese saint turtle (toKKa's already claimed that one) on the top row.

Backpacks (the purple one with the semi-ghostly shredder in the back is sweet, the next one to the right is a sewer-sports themed one and the last one with the yellow trim is lenticular - flickery moving image of bebop getting kicked), animation cels (usagi on the right looking sad), giant troll leo in box (so rare that it was once rumored not actually even exist), the top of a pillow pal in the lower right, just to the left of the pillow pal you'll see
4 kinds of OOZE - two (once) edible ROYAL OOZE DESSERT (~15 years old? don't eat it) and two slimey style still sealed one green and one purple foot style.
Black belt boxer mike (rare because they stopped production cuz his ninja action kept breaking his foot) in box.

pillow pal leo flopped over in the middle with a carded mini-playset just next to him. a soccer ball just above him. super colorful neon-y surfer tubes and a construction mutation on the left. an unopened duelin' dudes punching game behind them. shred-head vs. mike (looks raph-y on the drawn image but clearly mike in the product shot on the box)

note the two large toy chests (15.5"x15.5"x16.5") - these things are awesome. a turtle image on each side and lots of room inside for loosies. sturdy too - i am sitting on one in the first picture. i dig these - nice big panels of art. i'll take better pictures.

all the way up at the top of the right hand pile are two bootleg figures. the blue one is pretty weird - the card just says TURTLES and the figure has blue "gem" eyes and comes with one of each weapon. one katana one sai one
nunchuck and one bo.
the thing that is just under that is a "KARATE TURTLES MASTER" so completely bootleg (the art has turtles in karate robes (i can't spell ghi/ki) of their own color -kind of awesome) but is basically the only giant splinter
ever made from the original figure design. he's basically the regular 1988 splinter figure but like 10" or so tall.
pretty well made and accurate too - cloth robe and belt and all and a nice box even if the bubble is starting the crack at the top bend. (actually you can see the bootlegs better in the backpack picture)

see the tiny shiny guys right below and to the left of giant splinter - a set of wicked cute chromed shiny marble shooters - my friend who helped who doesn't particularly care about turtles still got excited over these tiny cute
shiny things. like SD(super deformed) turtles with tiny little SD weapons. and shiny. set of four bike helmets (each box has all four color stick-ons - velcro maybe i can't remember) in the lower left.

rock and roll muta-bus. loose giant trolls. "greetings from the sewer" books of postcards. blimp. mega-mutants needlenose and killer bee. boxes of cereal still shrinkwrapped with bowls.

Same stuff different shot... ???

STUFF!!! please buy it - i'm feeling horrible about leaving this stuff with my mother - i just don't want to saddle her with it if she doesn't want it. GENERAL PANIC about leaving my life. I will bring some of my posters to put up in norway so I can still remember all of my shiny stuff. and maybe i will take a lot more pictures. When I know how to say ninja turtle in norwegian i will come back and let you know. NORWAY COWABUNGA!

a new chapter of my life....
YAH!!! and *SIGH* and YAH!!! and lucky for ya'll.

07-10-2007, 10:21 AM	#1
rootbier Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 15	they told me to come here - a full collection up for sale I am a longtime semi-lurker over on the NTML and a very occasional lurker here. Everyone there told me I should also come over here with this and I think they were right. PANIC MODE I have been accepted to go to school in Norway and I leave in four weeks EEK I thought I was going to be able to keep my toys in my mother's basement but it turns out she'd really REALLY rather I didn't (and I can understand that - it's just a surprise)... I don't really want to sell them but it makes sense - I have my EU citizenship and don't know if I will ever live in the states again and I can't bring them overseas CRY and I can't afford to put them in storage and I don't actually have enough money to go away for the full six years (norway is expensive place and more money now would mean less work and more time to focus on studies) and maybe my mother is thinking about moving or wants to do something different with the basement space - I really don't know. I have never sold on eBay and I feel like that would take forever to learn to do it right. I have talked to one dealer who basically said that nobody would want my stuff at this point in the economy. ???. This is like maybe HALF to 2/3 of my boxed stuff and none of my 500+ carded figures - the rest is still boxed up in the basement. I'll post the figures inventory soon. My mom and my friend helped my set up this display and take pictures. Look it's me with my suitcase (un)ready to go to Norway. This next picture didn't come out so hot. Kind of dark. More stuff. See the Japanese mutant masters mike and Japanese saint turtle (toKKa's already claimed that one) on the top row. Backpacks (the purple one with the semi-ghostly shredder in the back is sweet, the next one to the right is a sewer-sports themed one and the last one with the yellow trim is lenticular - flickery moving image of bebop getting kicked), animation cels (usagi on the right looking sad), giant troll leo in box (so rare that it was once rumored not actually even exist), the top of a pillow pal in the lower right, just to the left of the pillow pal you'll see 4 kinds of OOZE - two (once) edible ROYAL OOZE DESSERT (~15 years old? don't eat it) and two slimey style still sealed one green and one purple foot style. Black belt boxer mike (rare because they stopped production cuz his ninja action kept breaking his foot) in box. pillow pal leo flopped over in the middle with a carded mini-playset just next to him. a soccer ball just above him. super colorful neon-y surfer tubes and a construction mutation on the left. an unopened duelin' dudes punching game behind them. shred-head vs. mike (looks raph-y on the drawn image but clearly mike in the product shot on the box) note the two large toy chests (15.5"x15.5"x16.5") - these things are awesome. a turtle image on each side and lots of room inside for loosies. sturdy too - i am sitting on one in the first picture. i dig these - nice big panels of art. i'll take better pictures. all the way up at the top of the right hand pile are two bootleg figures. the blue one is pretty weird - the card just says TURTLES and the figure has blue "gem" eyes and comes with one of each weapon. one katana one sai one nunchuck and one bo. the thing that is just under that is a "KARATE TURTLES MASTER" so completely bootleg (the art has turtles in karate robes (i can't spell ghi/ki) of their own color -kind of awesome) but is basically the only giant splinter ever made from the original figure design. he's basically the regular 1988 splinter figure but like 10" or so tall. pretty well made and accurate too - cloth robe and belt and all and a nice box even if the bubble is starting the crack at the top bend. (actually you can see the bootlegs better in the backpack picture) see the tiny shiny guys right below and to the left of giant splinter - a set of wicked cute chromed shiny marble shooters - my friend who helped who doesn't particularly care about turtles still got excited over these tiny cute shiny things. like SD(super deformed) turtles with tiny little SD weapons. and shiny. set of four bike helmets (each box has all four color stick-ons - velcro maybe i can't remember) in the lower left. rock and roll muta-bus. loose giant trolls. "greetings from the sewer" books of postcards. blimp. mega-mutants needlenose and killer bee. boxes of cereal still shrinkwrapped with bowls. Same stuff different shot... ??? STUFF!!! please buy it - i'm feeling horrible about leaving this stuff with my mother - i just don't want to saddle her with it if she doesn't want it. GENERAL PANIC about leaving my life. I will bring some of my posters to put up in norway so I can still remember all of my shiny stuff. and maybe i will take a lot more pictures. When I know how to say ninja turtle in norwegian i will come back and let you know. NORWAY COWABUNGA! a new chapter of my life.... YAH!!! and SIGH and YAH!!! and lucky for ya'll.