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Hey action figure thread, I've got some stuff I need help with. Earlier this year, I went to an annual yard sale I always make sure to go to, and there were these three huge green tupperware bins sitting in a corner. I was like "are those for sale" and they said "yeah, 25 bucks each". For huge tupperware bins that's not bad at all and I needed bins, so I bought them, haggling down to 65 for the three. Except they also were full of stuff. When I walked over to them, one had a sticker saying "GIJOE", one said "HE-MAN", and one said "NERF". Each one was filled to the brim with what their label said. Rifling through the GIJOE bin, I found a couple Go-Bots and a crapload of G1 Transformer weapons, but otherwise it was mostly its namesake. The HE-MAN bin has Castle Grayskull, some red fortress thing almost as big as CGS, like 3 different Battlecats, a Stinkor, and that's about all I recognize. The Nerf bin has a ton of N-STRIKE stuff among other things. I'll get photos of the HE-MAN/NERF stuff later, gotta sort all of it out. I'm planning on selling the majority of it all, keeping some of the NERF guns, but I'd like some advice. Should I just sell them in big lots, or is there anything in these photos that is actually worth a good bit on its own? I was thinking of selling them in lots of "aircraft/seacraft", "land vehicles", "aircraft bits", "vehicle windshields/canopies", "vehicle bits", "guns", "missiles", and "GIJOE figures". I'm not really looking to nickle and dime my way to huge profit, but rather I'd like to get rid of them to make space, but also get some money as well.         Any help or suggestions would be appreciated! I'm more of an expert on Transformers stuff, not GIJOE/HE-MAN. I'll get photos up of the non-GIJOE stuff later.
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Red posted:For vehicles and parts: Yeah, I was more meaning like, if there was anything that was a diamond in the rough, so to speak. Like if you had a pile of random-rear end Transformers but in the midst of them was a Jet Vehicon or something, some super rare, but fairly innocuous thing that goes for much more than its associates. Thanks for the tips though, I think I'm planning on keeping it down to less than a dozen lots just to reduce hassle and make it easier to ship them. Might separate the three large planes from the air and sea lot though, and see what bits I can fish out from the other stuff that go to them. An ebay auction with all three with most parts went for 150, it'd be cool if I could get half that for the three of them. That'd pay for the entirety of it all and then some. Some of the vehicles are in nice shape, while others are pretty busted up, have weapon clips snapped off etc. I'm not really into giving them thorough look-overs to see what shape they're in, they're pretty clearly someone's old toys and were played with, some more than others. I'm mostly just wanting to get rid of them to make space, and maybe make some money for home repairs in the process, but I'm curious what the best way to sort them into lots would be. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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Dec 16, 2015 10:52
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So a bit ago I mentioned in addition to the GIJOE stuff I also got a bin full of HE-MAN and NERF stuff. I know Nerf isn't really action figures but I don't see a general toy thread so here it goes. One of the big green bins I got for $65 combined had this stuff in it. I think I'll store some away for a future kid and sell what I can't fit in a large box. But yeah, holy poo poo, my eyes bugged out when I saw all this stuff.  I doubt it, since I think N-Strike is a new thing(I remember seeing it in stores like a couple years ago) and that's what the majority of this is outside of one non-Nerf gun(the green one) but is there anything particularly valuable in there? Hopefully now that the holiday rush is over I'll have time to sit down and sort out the HE-MAN stuff too.
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Jan 2, 2016 12:04
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Fair enough, I figured as much. Seems like lots of similar sizes go for a couple to a few hundred dollars on Ebay, so I'll get rid of a handful of them and then put the rest in storage. Thanks!
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Jan 2, 2016 12:52
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this is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone in this thread happen to have this fella? I'm kinda tempted to get one because scorpions are one of my favorite creepy crawlies and this thing just looks great, but I'm not sure how it feels as a figure, was hoping someone here had first-hand experience. I've had Revoltech stuff before and it's generally of good quality, but that was like a decade ago so I dunno how they are nowadays besides...expensive.
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Apr 7, 2020 01:41
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Gripweed posted:There's a bunch of reviews of it on Youtube, if that's any help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9LPbPr064&hd=1 guess I'll pass on that then. a shame, the smaller legs having zero articulation or even movement from the body itself is kinda shocking for the price, and the non-stock photo look of it isn't flattering.
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Apr 7, 2020 02:02
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I watched a review for the Truforce Collectibles Megaman X and decided to pick one up, made an offer on ebay for one and got it for a good bit less than retail, which I'm already happy with. Then I got it and it's basically brand new, everything except the figure/stuff in the plastic insert was still sealed and everything(certain accessories/instructions etc), the figure was even still in the plastic sheet it originally shipped in, dude who owned it before really kept everything in great shape. I cannot believe how much this figure weighs. He's a bit under 6 inches tall and weighs about eight ounces without accessories! He's packed full of diecast and the paintjob is excellent. Only thing is the arms are a little loose, but the arm cannon can still support at least the backblast + first half of the cannon shot(basically the "lemon" shot) unsupported, but needs a second support arm on the stand to hold the fully charged blast shot. The knees are really goddamn nice and the articulation allows for a full contact calf-to-thigh connection without showing super obvious joints, it's really really nicely done. Feet are absurdly stable and have significant joints allowing for a ridiculous amount of poseability, and the head's got double joints in the neck so he can basically position his head in any way a human normally can. really happy with this figure, if you like Megaman X and can find one, definitely pick it up especially if it's cheap. The_Doctor posted:I don’t get it, is McFarlane Toys short of money?
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Apr 10, 2020 16:12
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watched a handful of reviews and ultimately was sold on a few items. specifically, the above megaman figure, the planet x mors third party starscream, and the Toy Forge Astrobots. All three of these I found for cheaper than normal(mors was MUCH CHEAPER, though it seems they raised his price from 64% off to about half off) and the Astrobots showed up today. They're fantastic! the sturdiness, articulation, and stability of these figures is a dream. hell, I grabbed a pen and had one hold it out in their hand like holding out a sword or something and it held it no problem, and didn't fall over from the lopsided weight. they can hold almost any pose you can think of and the fingers even have sturdy joints at the hand connection, allowing for, well, open palm single handstands for example:   if you can find'em for sale, I highly recommend them, I've been sitting here fiddling with them for like 20 minutes now. think I'll break out the gunpla accessory bin and see what sort of ridiculous weaponry they can hold. edit: looks like they're back in stock at tfsource: https://tfsource.com/toy-notch/astrobots/a01-apollo/ https://tfsource.com/toy-notch/astrobots/a02-argus/ 70 bucks is not bad at all for these guys, they're super high quality and really fun to play with. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Apr 12, 2020 |
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Apr 12, 2020 17:39
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my BBTS order arrived(and was placed on the front step directly under a gutter drain, so the box got totally soaked through, great), got everything out of the boxes and assembled and put in a group real slapdashedly on a table for now. Gonna have to do some reorganizing in my display cases before I can get'em all properly set up so for now have this mess:   all told, was about ~$520 shipped for everything. I haven't bought any random bullshit for myself in a long time, like well over a year now, so I figured I'd splurge a little bit, and got a bunch of stuff I wanted for quite a bit less than the $850 the lot of it cost retail. edit: I am obviously poo poo at photos and my phone is ancient so the camera is poo poo too, but seriously, that dude in the center of the group is insane. Perfect Effect Xerxes, he is unfortunately sold out now, but good lord what a beefy figure for something so lithe. He weighs like, a solid pound at least, and is packed full of diecast and gorgeous paint apps. The joints are some of the tankiest I've ever handled and he can hold his gigantic, hefty sword straight-armed out horizontally without it drooping. poo poo's nuts. the redesign to be a more technological animal rather than technoorganic is great too, the lion looks like a zoid. this is serious quality and I can't believe I got it so cheap. the stock images show him off much better than I can:    Fuzz posted:They're actually made by Toy Notch and they are loving awesome. The jet/gun/spider bot pack is coming out soon, as well as Athena and Vulcan! Zebulon posted:Fun story, TruForce basically kickstarted paying Sentinel to design the actual figure for them and manufacture it. Sentinel has revived the line with a Megaman X in falcon Armor Riobot figure after TruForce did a few repaints of the original X figure then admitted they weren't going to get around to that Zero design in the same style. Unfortunately, that does mean paying Sentinel prices, but it's up for pre-order and looks pretty gorgeous. https://www.hlj.com/riobot-rockman-x-falcon-armor-ver-eiichi-simizu-set88042 davebo posted:I knew I had that album. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Apr 14, 2020 |
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Apr 14, 2020 19:25
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I cannot believe how massive the cloud + bike that comes in the FF7R super deluxe edition is. it's the size of a small dog. like, drat.
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Apr 15, 2020 14:50
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sigher posted:Do you have a picture of it set up? This sounds dope as hell. I did not get one, unfortunately, but Maximilian Dood got...two, because square sent him one. He also got one of the bossest gifts I've ever seen someone get in a mailbag, a custom lenticular poster of aerith, tifa, and cloud, and his reaction is amazing, and the figuarts bit is right after the poster bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbox96S5aGc&hd=1&t=473s direct link to the figuarts bit if you don't want to watch him lose his mind over the insane poster that I want (Benny is his dog, and he classifies the bike + cloud as "one benny")
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Apr 15, 2020 21:03
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Fuzz posted:I couldn't watch more than 5 minutes of this, this guy made me want to punch him in the face. Why the hell do people subject themselves to that poo poo? sigher posted:gently caress me that's amazing, really god drat nice and not too bad on the price considering what you get. The poster is also sweet as hell too.
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Apr 16, 2020 11:09
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Gripweed posted:Oh hey, there's now a budget option for people who don't want to pay big bucks for the Play Arts figures I love it 
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Apr 26, 2020 23:25
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not sure if this'd be the thread for it, but I just went through my memory box to reorganize it, see if I could get rid of some extraneous stuff or compress it down a bit and put some new stuff in, and found this fella in there.  I've had this guy since I was too young to remember, always loved the amount of chrome gold all over it and obviously the GIANT GOLD SAWBLADE ON A VINE-ARM-THING appealed a lot to my young self's love of stupid awesome vehicle attachments, plus all the various guns and missiles you can put on the ports all over the vehicle. Had no idea what it was until a few years ago when someone happened to post a commercial for "Wheeled Warriors", and OBVIOUSLY this guy's name is SAWBOSS, because of course it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXl_wX9hJkc anyways, it's a cool little thing, definitely gonna keep it, maybe put it in my misc figures shelf, unfortunately the plastic on the vine thing is starting to deteriorate.
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May 10, 2020 13:20
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The_Doctor posted:Also, I absolutely love this figure of Michelangelo wearing Batman’s cowl.
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May 16, 2020 07:40
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he's from the pixar adaptation of my hero academia. just needs a big schnoz to complete the look.
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May 16, 2020 09:51
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I know nothing about She-Ra, is that axe supposed to double as a comb
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May 16, 2020 22:57
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CapnAndy posted:Literally the only thing I have heard of, yes. Is it really the only option? Part of the reason I was asking is that it seemed so odd I could only find the one choice. There's gotta be a market for this, right? Is everyone using Ikea? one technique I use for mine is using the boxes of figures as shelving. it works surprisingly well for a lot of small-to-medium sized boxes.  I don't have a recent shot of all the detolfs currently since I'm in the middle of major cleaning/reorganizing furniture/going through literally every box in my room so it's a goddamn mess, but here's some old posts showing detolfs in action and a post with some stepped display shelves that fit perfectly in each detolf space and are great for action figures and dirt cheap: Captain Invictus posted:Man these Detolfs are great. Can't wait for the stepped shelving to show up so I can more visibly display some of them though, and possible put even more in. Captain Invictus posted:Sure. Captain Invictus posted:Got the display shelves and they're pretty awesome. Definitely makes things more visible, for sure. Rearranged a few dudes as well. but also I went digging for this post just for you so BE GRATEFUL: catch22 posted:New display case! it cost him $600 in the end. Pretty good display case, but also, that's 10 Detolfs instead.
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May 18, 2020 21:16
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CapnAndy posted:Okay, gently caress it. Ikea does curbside pickup and driving half an hour to get there sounds like a nice time right now. Guess I'll get me some detolfs. there's also this method of just laying them on their side and stacking them(with optional strip lights), don't put the small shelves in obviously, and then you've got a nice long single glass rectangle display case. I'm definitely thinking of doing that, and buying some hardware to modify it so they're all connected along the side via metal scaffolding so that they're seriously sturdy and reinforced, plus wall mounts. 
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May 18, 2020 22:07
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If you can get a combiner wars devastator for a reasonable price, it's a phenomenal figure combined. Individually, the constructicons are....okay.
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May 19, 2020 02:45
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how are revoltechs nowadays? I've got a whole bunch of the ones from early on, the last one I ever bought was when the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann came out, which was like 20-30 bucks I think? that all might is triple the price, so are they aiming for figma quality now, or are they still subpar compared to figma? like, for 20-30 bucks this was a fantastic figure:  but as neat as the joints were, the sockets would very quickly become loose and the revoltech joint pegs wouldn't hold firm anymore(particularly wrists when holding large weapons directly outward, the revoltech joint would stay strong but the peg holes themselves would get loose), so have they dramatically increased the quality of pretty much everything in the figures now?
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May 20, 2020 20:57
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Rhyno posted:Fuckin armored 90's Daredevil even when he doesn't have it, he still does, like it's tattooed on his bald fuckin head AND there's an optional original head like this figure  Nanigans posted:Surprised no one has mentioned these:
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May 22, 2020 16:32
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Rhyno posted:Oh yeah that would be an easy buy. transform all your bots and pack'em nice and neatly into a couple of boxes. I did that with all my combiner wars stuff and it reduced their overall size by like 50%. I know that's not really possible with your gargantuan collection, but then again, how often do you transform everything, anyways?
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May 22, 2020 21:17
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nws or at least thumbnail that poo poo https://twitter.com/ziskaschuler/status/1263813677209325568 this sounds extremely like they've made just the one donation and all the sales are now profit for funko pop, not charity which, basically, https://twitter.com/MidisMikey/status/1263814038921805824
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May 22, 2020 22:49
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Rhyno posted:Thanks man, we've already started and found quite a few options that fit our needs. Just gotta get this place cleaned up and on the market. so, definitely consider like, where water will flow during hurricanes and torrential downpours in the surrounding location when getting a house. I'm sure you have especially now, but still, the geography of the location where water naturally flows is definitely something to keep an eye on.
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May 23, 2020 20:15
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https://twitter.com/FranJoestar/status/1265119926756560904
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May 27, 2020 11:34
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Gripweed posted:So that's why they hadn't shown them off yet, it's the new Necron Warriors design and Assault Primaris Marines coming with the new Edition that was just announced! interesting to see actual official warhammer 40k action figures after SO LONG of refusing to make them when they would obviously be a huge cash cow, because they feared it would harm the miniature business.
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May 28, 2020 21:34
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Davros1 posted:The Lego thing was "Don't advertise the police sets on Tuesday." Now the Tues is over, they can go back to promoting them.
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Jun 4, 2020 04:38
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Endless Mike posted:They also donated money, so they actually did something.
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Jun 4, 2020 16:12
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Gripweed posted:Are they gonna do the Predators from Justice League vs Predator where the Predators got Justice League powers? I have a single issue of some aliens dc crossover where apokalips bred Xenomorphs and unleashed them on the good guy god planet, whatever it was, smuggling facehuggers in via ships full of parasitized slaves iirc Crossovers can be pretty wild sometimes
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Jun 11, 2020 01:57
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in conclusion, NEEEERRRRRRRDDD
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Jun 15, 2020 01:15
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The_Doctor posted:God yes. Have a blue helmet with red parts maybe? But it just looks like he's grabbed the wrong helmet in a hurry out the door. (I believe this is our very own goon SRM's work and not a different one!)     I loving love the goofy, colorful style of 2nd edition 40k minis. also apparently at some point games workshop just said gently caress it and started making truescale space marines instead of the relatively dumpily-proportioned ones they've always made? 
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Jun 15, 2020 02:02
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Could they not be cringeworthy for five goddamn seconds
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Jun 15, 2020 02:48
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Gripweed posted:Oh dude. The true scale marines aren't truescale marines. They're a new thing, Primaris Space Marines. It turns out, before Guilliman was mortally wounded by Fulgrim he secretly ordered the Archmagos Dominus Belisaurius Cawl to come up with improvements to Space Marines. Thousands of years later, Cawl and the servants of the new Eldar god of the dead Ynnead were able to heal Guilliman's fatal wound. At which point Cawl was like, "oh yeah I finished that thing you asked me to do. Awhile ago, actually. I got like thousands of new better Space Marines in stasis. You want them?" For about half your post I thought this was gonna turn into an age of sigmar-esque thing but eh, that sounds fine enough, I will accept that
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Djarum posted:I was completely sold until I read it needs 4 C batteries.... in 2020. Like could they not put a rechargeable battery in this loving thing? For a premium collectible it seems like a very weird and odd choice to make.
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Jun 17, 2020 15:14
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The_Doctor posted:I’m sorry, I don’t know what that is?
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Jun 24, 2020 14:01
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Aphrodite posted:Yeah so it's kind of like this site but with less domestic abuse.
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Jun 24, 2020 14:15
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The_Doctor posted:gently caress I have to get this. The goddamn boxart is gorgeous.
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Jun 28, 2020 10:12
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While not action figures per se, here's an interesting thing lego is doing that might interest some folks here ixnay posted:There’s a new line just announced, “LEGO Art”: It's interesting. I'm tempted by the Warhol and iron man ones, and I know a few people who would probably love the Beatles one as a gift. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Jul 2, 2020 |
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I really wish I had had the money at the time to back unicron, I want that sucker badly.
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