Lucky acquisitions!

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Originally Posted by Pulse

Heroic_decepticon, compared to us mere mortals - you're in a completely different league :p
(talk about being in the right place at the right time... :D)

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Hehe yeh...if I had heard about heroic's lucky finds first, I wouldn't have listed my puny finds on this thread lol.

Btw recently read about a transfan opening up some old boxes in the attic...only to find a mint set of sealed g2 orange constructicons...apparently his mum bought them for him when he was younger and he totally forgot about them. Talk about finding a big chunk of rarenesssneessneess in your own home...

The best tf thing I've "found" in my house was an old g2 decepticon stalker missile :cool:

Best thing found here in my house was a g1 wideload card back. :)

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Originally Posted by canofwhoopass_87

Btw recently read about a transfan opening up some old boxes in the attic...only to find a mint set of sealed g2 orange constructicons...apparently his mum bought them for him when he was younger and he totally forgot about them. Talk about finding a big chunk of rarenesssneessneess in your own home...

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Seeing this comment makes my heart glad I spend a few measly pesos on getting my Orange G2 Constructicons. Although Griffin has told me its rare ( and quite expensive), I never really appreciated it much before that coz these were everywhere in Philippines stores when G2 came out. They were even put on sale after a few weeks later on (which is when I got to complete it heheheh). Only reason I picked it up was the yellow ones didnt have the combiner parts to make Devastator (but are priced just the same- hmm go figure) and that I knew HasTak will never reissue the green ones again so I might as well get this ones.

my lucky acquisition is these:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=130263107989

bought them cheap, then was reading later, seeing people were spending like $50USD on one of them. im just sad i know theyre not going to fit me :(
still i will get them on and scream out MASTERFORCE :P

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Originally Posted by Pulse

Heroic_decepticon, compared to us mere mortals - you're in a completely different league :p
(talk about being in the right place at the right time... :D)

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on the flip side, I've my fair share of flops like:

* buying an MIB Godbomber for $400, only to see it reissued as part of the the God Ginrai gitfset a few months after;
* buying MISB Road Caesar (individual boxes) for $450 but having to sell them at $400 rightaway cos I had no money to fund them at the time;
* having a 3 cartons of Brave Maximus (6 in total) and literally begging people to buy them from me at $200 a pop, plus giving them free door to door delivery (should have kept them yes i know :mad:);
* passing on a C7 Dinoking giftset for $500 cos I thought the condition not up to my (silly) high expectations;
* seeing a stack of first release Sunstorms for $60 each but passing on them in favour of buying 2 pieces of overpriced Armada Unicrons for $140 each (wtf?!?);

and... this is stupid

* buying Greatshots complete and C9.5 from HK and selling it for $300 thinking I could find another one for a fraction of that price... but noooooo, I've not seen another since or anywhere near that price range... :(

$140 is a decent price for Unicron. That thing sold for about $145 RRP.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

$140 is a decent price for Unicron. That thing sold for about $145 RRP.

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Well with that in mind I should consider my purchase of Unicron a real bargain. I bought it off Fatbot for 2 beers :D

Or you could try and fake yourself a bargain by tearing the packaging on the shelf.
"How much now it's ripped?" :p

http://www.geocities.com/transfandom...c_unicrons.jpg

Disclaimer: Stores don't really give discounts for damaged packaging, so don't try this at home kids!

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Originally Posted by liegeprime

..these were everywhere in Philippines stores when G2 came out. They were even put on sale after a few weeks later on (which is when I got to complete it heheheh)..

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Good on you, Liege. I started collecting that set when I was a 4th grader, and wasn't able to form Devastator until I was in 5th grade.:p Though, my set was a combination of yellow and orange - funny.:D

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Originally Posted by Wheel-J

Good on you, Liege. I started collecting that set when I was a 4th grader, and wasn't able to form Devastator until I was in 5th grade.:p Though, my set was a combination of yellow and orange - funny.:D

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Oh my goodness, makes me realize how old I am when you say your at elementary at that time :p.

Add some green constructicons to the mix as well and you've got a rainbow Devastator there! hehehe:D