Holy grail

[GoktimusPrime]

Weee! Got 3 more grails today! (see Sept acquisitions thread!)

[theheretic]

Add me to the list. Got a few I want. G1 Dinobots, G1 Menasor, G1 Bruticus, G1 Devastator, G1 Superion and SkyLynx. Reissue would be fine by me :-)

[KalEl]

Weee! Got 3 more grails today! (see Sept acquisitions thread!)

new list plz

[5FDP]

Weee! Got 3 more grails today! (see Sept acquisitions thread!)

No disrespect Goki but I think you're missing the point of a 'Holy Grail' item... or maybe it's me In my opinion it should be an item that you've found extremely hard to acquire either due to it's price and/or rarity, reasonably vintage, and your ULTIMATE collecting goal.

[theheretic]

Hehe. He has a new grail every week :-D

[GoktimusPrime]

No disrespect Goki but I think you're missing the point of a 'Holy Grail' item... or maybe it's me In my opinion it should be an item that you've found extremely hard to acquire either due to it's price and/or rarity, reasonably vintage, and your ULTIMATE collecting goal.

I don't actively collect vintage, so my wants are current/future stuff. MP Sunstorm is expensive ($150) and rare, but not vintage... can he count? And there have been some regular retail stuff which aren't limited per se or expensive (and definitely not vintage), but I've just personally found them impossible to find in local stores -- i.e. TFPRiD Knock Out, FoC Jazz, FoC Shockwave. They may flood store shelves later, but thus far I haven't been able to find them anywhere. I still can't find TFPRiD Vehicon anywhere, so he feels like a grail to me. It's kinda like the Ultra Transmetal 2s in 1999... they weren't really limited exclusives and weren't vintage, but I could never find them anywhere! The search for those buggers was just downright angst-ridden aggravation... so when I finally did get them (directly from Hasbro RI) it really felt like I'd obtained some kind of 'holy grails'.

My future expensive and rare/limited wants are:
+ United Artfire
+ Amazon exclusive MP Soundwave
+ Amazon exclusive MP Lambor
...I've pre-ordered them all, but yeah... they feel like grails to me.

But if you guys would prefer to limit the definition of 'grail' to something that is vintage, rare and expensive, then that's fine... I'll withdraw from this thread until ya know... I get Time Warrior for cheap (har!!).

[5FDP]

But if you guys would prefer to limit the definition of 'grail' to something that is vintage, rare and expensive, then that's fine... I'll withdraw from this thread until ya know... I get Time Warrior for cheap (har!!).

That's just my thoughts on what I believe constitutes a 'Grail'; if your ultimate collecting goal was to acquire MP Sunstorm then who am I to tell you that you're wrong, but since I've known you - which has been a number of years now, you've made it quite clear that you would love to own Time Warrior. Which do you rate higher - Time Warrior or MP Sunstorm? Whichever the answer, that's your Holy Grail

[GoktimusPrime]

Best of both worlds... MP Time Warrior.

[Paulbot]

This is an Australian-exclusive reprinting of the original Marvel limited series (with a few pages removed from issues 3 and 4 including the cliffhanger). I bought this at the Noble Park newsagent something like 25 years ago and, as you can see it's been well loved.

It's a pretty rare item, but it would be great to get another copy in very nice condition (if such a thing exists!).