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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:40:40 No.6048440 View View Reply Original Report

Does /toy/ ever buy figures of characters from franchises they know nothing about?

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:43:03 No.6048443 Report

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My first /toy/ related purchase as an adult consisted of three Gundam kits despite having never watched any of the shows. They were on clearance and I'd wanted to dabble in building models for a long time.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:45:00 No.6048447 Report

Quoted By: >>6050245

Yeah but then I learn about it
It's like being a kid all over again, but now I have the Internet to find out what a cool mystery toy is instead of just wondering about it

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:45:08 No.6048448 Report

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Yes, quite often. Some of my guys are gateways to get into the source material.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:49:08 No.6048452 Report

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>>6048440
All the time. About to do it again very soon

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 04:01:14 No.6048470 Report

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>>6048440
Yeah, with pretty mixed results. I bought some evangelion stuff before I had seen the show, and I ended up really liking it when I got around to it. Same with marvel, the legends line puts out some obscure ass characters that got me to read some great comics. On the other hand I got some of the DBZ figuarts and found the show to be impossible to get into.

So yeah, when I discover something new and fun off of a toy it's great. When the material doesn't grasp me though, it sort of makes me resent the toy, no matter how good it is. I try to avoid doing it nowadays unless it's something highly recommended.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 05:35:25 No.6048632 Report

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>>6048440
Very rarely, but when a design screams "cool factor" to me, I might take the plunge. It's resulted in me falling in love with shows like Fireball. However, there's the very, very rare instance where there's literally one thing I like about a design and the figure is dirt cheap enough for me to justify the purchase.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 05:41:02 No.6048647 Report

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>>6048440
Nope. I only buy toys from franchises I like the most, or the franchises I like that have them, at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 05:50:36 No.6048665 Report

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>>6048440
I bought the all the Ninninger mecha even though I haven't watched a single episode of it. Same goes for most of the other Sentai series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 05:52:15 No.6048671 Report

Quoted By: >>6056126

I've never read a Deadpool comic or seen the movie, but I bought 12 of the recent MLs off of amazon when they were $20 and have made about $300 in profit scalping them with no effort. Start to finish I clicked maybe 50 keys on my keyboard ordering them and putting up ebay listings, and spent 8 minutes total packing all of them for shipping. Amazon delivered them to my door, USPS delivered free flat rate boxes to my door, and USPS picked the outgoing packages up at my door.

Now, Deadpool is my favorite Marvel character, hahaha. I have 6 more on the way.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 06:26:13 No.6048739 Report

Quoted By: >>6053174

Yes.

Half my purchases are of unknowns things that i may or may not know or don't even care to know about.
Cool designs are cool.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 14:15:13 No.6049199 Report

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There ain't nothing wrong with buying something because you like the design.

Heres the thing though, If I buy because I like the design, I make sure it's not an impulse buy. That is almost gaurunteed buyers remorse and thats a feeling I'd rather avoid.

I sat on whether or not I'd buy drossel for months. and by the time I decided I actually wanted her, enough time had passed to the point where I know it wasn't just me throwing money away at an impulse personal flavor of the month.

I really don't wanna end up like the poor fucks in BST selling off heaps of toys because my feeling for them passed.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 15:24:04 No.6049266 Report

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>>6048440
Kamen Rider but I've been slowly watching the series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 15:34:23 No.6049281 Report

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>>6048440
I know very little of Kamen Rider, but I marvel at the "Kamen Rider Zangetsu from the Gaim S.I.C line" that's the current OP of the Toku General thread.

There are more than a few figures that I've come close to buying without knowing the source material, but I've yet to go through with any of them until I get a new job.

For now it's all just what I budgeted for characters and series that I already know. I have the spare cash to go outside that boundary, but figures can usually be found after release.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 15:37:10 No.6049286 Report

Quoted By: >>6049493

>>6048440
If I see a figure that looks cool, I'll always go check out the thing it's from before buying it. There's really no excuse not to, with the internet giving you immediate access to all media ever made.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 15:37:19 No.6049287 Report

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>>6049266
Just got my CJ last night. Really need to buy the wind effects, now. Look so good.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 16:11:27 No.6049338 Report

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Yes. I bought pic related because I thought she was cute and I missed the Figma. But usually it's just stuff I know like TransFormers or Batman.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 16:21:34 No.6049352 Report

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>>6048440
I watch anime based off of cute designs of figures

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 16:37:18 No.6049383 Report

Quoted By: >>6053463

>>6049266
I've always thought they look neat, but after watching the show it kinda turned me off from it. I mean, its not bad by any means, but it just wasn't my thing. Basically a less shitty power rangers. I don't really understand the appeal, lol.

Designs are still badass, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 16:40:25 No.6049385 Report

Quoted By: >>6050127

>>6048440
I'm not very into anime, so usually I'd buy the figure and then try watching the series. I bought a cu-poche and loved it and then decided to buy Kirino despite knowing nothing about the series she came from. Same thing happened with the Cardcaptor Sakura figuarts I got.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 17:30:31 No.6049448 Report

Quoted By: >>6050685

>>6048440
I want to buy pic related, but know nothing about Monster Hunter.

I just really fucking love how it looks. Still kind of waiting around for more reviews before pulling the trigger.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 18:00:55 No.6049493 Report

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>>6049286
>If I see a figure that looks cool, I'll always go check out the thing it's from before buying it.

This.

And then if I don't like the character I don't buy it.

I like buying toys of characters I care about, not just cool looking things.

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 18:03:58 No.6049499 Report

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Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 00:15:45 No.6050032 Report

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I bought the bloody variant of pic related LONG before I ever heard of Berserk the Anime or the Comic (also got green cape Hawk Guts as well, and didn't realize they were the same character until after I saw the show).

I bought some Queen's Blade Revoltechs before ever watching the series. I then watched the series, disliked it immensely and then bought more QB figures because some of the designs are really cool.

I bought this badass blue robot figure with tons of weapons from a series I still don't even know the name of. But the robot came with a giant spear/glaive thing, a straight sword, a boomerang sword, a small gun a MASSIVE rifle cannon thing. I don't know the first thing about this robot or the series it's from, but I do know it's absolutely badass.

I have both Neca Nova and Arthras despite never playing a Blizzard game for longer then an hour.

I could go on, but I have tons of figures from tons of series, shows, anime and games that I don't give a flying crap about. But as long as the toy looks cool and is fun to play with, I'll enjoy the hell out of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 01:19:08 No.6050127 Report

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>>6049352
>>6049385
I do this a lot. I watched Girls und Panzer after seeing the Nendoroid tanks and ended up enjoying it, will probably get the T-34 at some point.

The only exception I have is the 2014 Mirai racing Miku, I don't really know much about Vocaloid stuff but her design is nice and she was on offer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 01:22:10 No.6050134 Report

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>>6048440
I bought a Prison Lex Luthor for 5 bucks at walmart

and i've never seen the movie[spoiler:lit]luckily[/spoiler:lit]

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 01:27:27 No.6050139 Report

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>>6048440
Hibiki Tachibana. is the anime good? i STILL dont know!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 02:19:47 No.6050245 Report

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>>6048440
see
>>6048447
>>6048448

Honestly the majority of m toys are things I do care about beforehand, but whenever I buy something that I don't know about I make an effort to learn about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 02:26:46 No.6050256 Report

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>>6048440
I too buy Gundam figures, even though I barely know anything about the suits themselves or watch the anime.

Nothing wrong with it at all, as long as you don't try to act like a know it all about the subject and then get stuff wrong. I say that because I've seen a certain youtube channel do that in reviews and then play it off like they just forgot (even though they do it constantly).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 02:36:44 No.6050275 Report

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>>6048440
No. I have to have watched the movie/tv series or played the game that a figure is from before I will purchase it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 08:03:15 No.6050646 Report

Quoted By: >>6056649

>>6048440
>buy figures of characters from franchises they know nothing about

This is completely disgusting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 08:04:41 No.6050647 Report

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I thought I didn't but then I remembered my Gunpla

I have never watched a single gundam show

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 08:13:31 No.6050653 Report

Quoted By: >>6053470

The only reason you should ever do this is to get a BAF piece.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 08:42:17 No.6050685 Report

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>>6049448
Good news is that it's just a generic girl whose dress, weapons and gimmicks remind of one MH monster.

She's not an actual character in the game.

So go ahead and buy it, it's the perfect kind of figure you don't have to know shit about.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 09:23:37 No.6050713 Report

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Not exactly the same thing, but I bought this guy even though I'm pretty confident the movie's going to be mediocre at best. He's just a spiffy looking robot.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 21:10:51 No.6051608 Report

Quoted By: >>6051651

Thinking about getting pic related but I don't care for Vocaloid.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 21:31:20 No.6051626 Report

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I got pic related just because they were cool pseudo-Transformers and I was tired of Beast Wars.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 Dec 2016 21:51:56 No.6051651 Report

Quoted By: >>6056094

>>6051608
I always wanted this statue but could never afford it. I'm not a fan of the music, I just think this has a really cool design.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 08:21:57 No.6052456 Report

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I only buy stuff that I know. But that doesn't mean I don't visit all the threads here to find cool stuff. I'll watch whatever's being advertised before buying the merchandise.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 21:54:41 No.6053174 Report

Quoted By: >>6056094

Only time I did was with this guy (*wouldn't be entirely correct because I did watch the movie before purchasing, but I don't give much of a shit about Seiya as a whole. Couldn't get into it).

Seeing how shiny and handsome he is, I wanted this faggot on my desk.

>>6048739
Cool as fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 22:10:58 No.6053203 Report

Quoted By: >>6053998

>>6048452
Is that Titty Monster Guyver 2? I got the original Max Factory Guyver 1 and 3 figures, but missed out on Male 2.

Also my Guyver 1's elbow joint crumbled one day. Still waiting for it to regenerate.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 22:17:16 No.6053217 Report

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Sometimes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 22:25:14 No.6053229 Report

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I'm tempted to buy some SoC from shows I have never seen before, just because some of the designs look great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 22:27:00 No.6053233 Report

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>>6048440
I really want Destiny Megabloks but I don't know if it's worth getting into the Lego craze

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 23:40:57 No.6053326 Report

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>>6048440
I bought the robot damashii knights of sidonia mech just because it looked nice. Watched a bit of the anime after owning the figure and it sucks but still nice figure. Also got a gundam but know nothing about that series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:09:19 No.6053463 Report

Quoted By: >>6053467

>>6049383
Kamen Rider started leaning more towards selling toys than making good shows as of late. If you want a good show, watch some early Heisei ones like Kuuga or Agito.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:10:37 No.6053467 Report

Quoted By: >>6053490

>>6053463
>Drive
>not the best of any of the periods

Kuuga's good and all but it's very dry

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:11:38 No.6053470 Report

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>>6050653
>not just ebaying the BAF piece
>enjoys being a literal clusterfuck hoarder collector
I will never understand this mental disorder.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:22:36 No.6053490 Report

Quoted By: >>6053520

>>6053467
Never seen Drive. I know later Heisei had its good ones, notably Gaim. But overall, the whole franchise has gotten a lot more kiddish. I just prefer the earlier ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:35:49 No.6053520 Report

Quoted By: >>6053571

>>6053490
There's also Amazons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 01:57:00 No.6053571 Report

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>>6053520
Yea, that too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 02:38:01 No.6053633 Report

Quoted By: >>6053646

>>6048440
I thought all Figma / S.H. Figuarts collectors did this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 02:45:11 No.6053646 Report

Quoted By: >>6053950

>>6053633

I own 80 figmas and 22 figuarts and not a single one of them is from a franchise I haven't watched/played/read beforehand, so no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 02:52:36 No.6053652 Report

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A big chunk of my collection is shinkis and frame arms girls.

Shinkis didnt have a source worth mentioning until the toyline was already dead, and frame arms girls dont have one either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 05:49:00 No.6053950 Report

Quoted By: >>6054531 >>6054538

>>6053646
>80 Figmas

consisting of?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 06:30:10 No.6053998 Report

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>>6053203
Yeah the new figma. Purple is exclusive though, but imo it looks much better than the pink.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 09:05:02 No.6054132 Report

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Never played the Lost Planet games, but i decided to put down $200 for this the other week.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 10:58:31 No.6054224 Report

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>>6048440
I usually have at least anxillary awareness. Closest to "nothing" is probably the MGS2 Figmas since I haven't played a Metal Gear game since the NES one.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 15:46:48 No.6054531 Report

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>>6053950

Pic related. I actually own 76 different ones plus two spares right now.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 15:51:02 No.6054538 Report

Quoted By: >>6054570

>>6053950

Pic related. I actually own 77 different ones plus two spares right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 16:05:16 No.6054570 Report

Quoted By: >>6054602

>>6054538
>all this FotM moe crap
Jesus. Never doubt the buying power of weebs with short attention spans.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 16:27:44 No.6054602 Report

Quoted By: >>6054616

>>6054570

Most anime is flavor of the month since forever, that doesn't mean people can't keep enjoying them over the years.

Nonetheless a good chunk of that list are releases from the Fate and Nanoha series, ten year old franchises that still produce new installments. That's not what I would call "flavor of the month".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 16:40:22 No.6054616 Report

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>>6054602
>implying FotM doesn't just mean "thing I dislike"

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Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 00:36:12 No.6055249 Report

Quoted By: >>6056382

Yeah bought this the other day just because it was cheap and I thought it might be worth something

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Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 06:49:47 No.6056094 Report

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>>6051651
Yeah, I'm pretty sick of looking at Miku everything, but admit I really like Calne Ca's design.

I'm also guilty of getting the Nendo Sakura Miku as a gift for a friend and being a douchebag and keeping it because it's really cute.

>>6053174
I like the Saint Seiya designs too, but have never watched any of it.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 07:05:26 No.6056112 Report

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>>6048440
If it's cool/pretty, reasonably priced and I like it, yeah.

Pic very much related.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 07:16:25 No.6056126 Report

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>>6048671
You son of a bitch... it's because of assholes such as yourself that I can't find a single ML Deadpool anywhere for the regular price.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 10:09:51 No.6056289 Report

Quoted By: >>6056364

Drossel, cause hips and robots. While I waited for her I watched the show.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 12:31:07 No.6056364 Report

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>>6056289
>While I waited for her I watched the show.
A fine strategy that I've employed often enough. It really helps you to wait out the shipping, unlike fans who've already seen it all and are suffering during the wait.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 13:06:39 No.6056382 Report

Quoted By: >>6056603

>>6055249
There's this version of Prophet as well:
http://post.smzdm.com/p/497337/

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 17:04:23 No.6056603 Report

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>>6056382
One I grabbed is a 1/18 Neca

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 17:34:59 No.6056641 Report

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>>6048440
I love freaky spooky monsters so i have a bunch of old jap vnyls of kaiju i don't know a lot about.
I could argue that about my vintage hemans too because i never really saw the cartoons or comics, but the toys were released first.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 17:37:48 No.6056649 Report

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>>6050646
>caring more about "earning" fan/disciple status of IP religion than the toys themselves

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