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Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:10 pm
by Don't Damn Me
From Rhino records in Montclair California
It seems like Gen X has been a prime target for pop culture memorabilia for decades now. I think a lot of these are cool and the scope is just wild - from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Grateful Dead - but I dont see the point. It's not like they're replicas of vintage figures and I don't see much investment potential. Who buys these things?
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:05 am
by Danzig in the Dark
The same nerds, sorry, individuals who bought Star Wars dolls, I mean action figures. There was no investment potential back then but they still practically jumped off the shelves into people's hands.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:33 am
by GoodJudge
Years ago I stayed at a guy's house (friend of a friend) who was aged late 30s. One room had shelf after shelf of Simpsons dolls, all still in their packaging.
Funnily enough, the purchaser was single.
I bet he liked Transformers films too.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:57 am
by Wild Obsession
My cousin is literally a 40 year old virgin, still lives at home, wall to wall bookcases and shelves in his room filled with "pop culture memorabilia" (unopened action figures).........
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:59 am
by BDG135
There used to be an entire store devoted to rare Pops at my local mall. Collecting seems like OCD when you take it too far.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:19 am
by TravisBicklesMohawk
I'll take all of the Simpsons figures. Pure gold!
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:48 am
by Turner Coates
Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:57 am
My cousin is literally a 40 year old virgin, still lives at home, wall to wall bookcases and shelves in his room filled with "pop culture memorabilia" (unopened action figures).........
Maybe he thinks they'll ripen someday so he can have sex with them.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:47 pm
by Mojo
I have some Batman action figures on my bookshelf. I couldn’t care less about resale. They look cool and I like them, so I bought them. Why does there need to be any other reason?
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:32 pm
by BernieTaupson
A friend of mine is into the retro figures, pays big money for new versions of Thundercats and Transformers and He-Man shit. He will buy them and then look at them and then put them on a shelf.
I can sort of understand the nostalgia, it’s interesting seeing how the update the old characters we used to have 35 years ago or whatever, but I haven’t the heart to say to him that you can look at pictures of them on the internet for free.
And you don’t have to dust them.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:06 am
by GoodJudge
BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:32 pm
A friend of mine is into the retro figures, pays big money for new versions of Thundercats and Transformers and He-Man shit. He will buy them and then look at them and then put them on a shelf.
I can sort of understand the nostalgia, it’s interesting seeing how the update the old characters we used to have 35 years ago or whatever, but I haven’t the heart to say to him that you can look at pictures of them on the internet for free.
Also it's Thundercats FFS! A cartoon designed solely to sell toys to pre-high school boys. (See also: KI$$). Or rather, the toy companies created products them created cartoons around them.
Collecting Thundercats toys is fine when you're 10. But not when you're 40.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:29 pm
by BernieTaupson
That too.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:11 pm
by ParaDime77
Dig GI Joe figures and collectibles from the 80’s. Find me a deal on a Aircraft carrier.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:43 am
by exitflagger
Boy, I bet the elf on a shelf stops DDM dead in his tracks.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:35 pm
by Grendel
Having action figures displayed in your house or apartment...all you need is a ninja sword and a pet tarantula to complete the panty dropper trifecta.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:54 pm
by HueyRamone
Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:10 pm
Who buys these things?
Prolly single incels who were more into movies than KISS when they were 10.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:29 pm
by Don't Damn Me
Yeah I don't get these loser dorks with their unfocused barrage of new toys.
Everyone knows you have to have one space in your bedroom dedicated to a selection of action figures of a single genre.
When you're about to bring a lady into your bedroom you want to make sure the big guns are ready. Like this vintage GI Joe playset, it gets them all hot and lusty. Next thing you know they're using their Kung Fu grip in the best way possible and it's one new adventure and mission after the next.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:09 pm
by Charles Bukaki
Mojo wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:47 pm
I have some Batman action figures on my bookshelf. I couldn’t care less about resale. They look cool and I like them, so I bought them. Why does there need to be any other reason?
My sediments exactly. Action figures aren't my thing, but I do own 50+ watches, thousands of books and CDs and around 100 pool balls. I've noticed music stores carrying funko pops, action figures, tarot cards bongs, books, and anything else they need to keep the doors open and I think it's fucking great. I may not be into comics, but I still feel a kinship with a comic collector going through a box of old comics while I'm nearby going through a box looking for old pulps and crime novels.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:16 am
by Bono Nettencourt
Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:29 pm
Yeah I don't get these loser dorks with their unfocused barrage of new toys.
Everyone knows you have to have one space in your bedroom dedicated to a selection of action figures of a single genre.
When you're about to bring a lady into your bedroom you want to make sure the big guns are ready. Like this vintage GI Joe playset, it gets them all hot and lusty. Next thing you know they're using their Kung Fu grip in the best way possible and it's one new adventure and mission after the next.
I owned everything in that picture...
as a child.
Just making sure I point that out.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:51 am
by Grendel
Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:29 pm
Yeah I don't get these loser dorks with their unfocused barrage of new toys.
Everyone knows you have to have one space in your bedroom dedicated to a selection of action figures of a single genre.
When you're about to bring a lady into your bedroom you want to make sure the big guns are ready. Like this vintage GI Joe playset, it gets them all hot and lusty. Next thing you know they're using their Kung Fu grip in the best way possible and it's one new adventure and mission after the next.
How much did that cost you?
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:10 am
by Danzig in the Dark
Grendel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:51 am
Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:29 pm
Yeah I don't get these loser dorks with their unfocused barrage of new toys.
Everyone knows you have to have one space in your bedroom dedicated to a selection of action figures of a single genre.
When you're about to bring a lady into your bedroom you want to make sure the big guns are ready. Like this vintage GI Joe playset, it gets them all hot and lusty. Next thing you know they're using their Kung Fu grip in the best way possible and it's one new adventure and mission after the next.
How much did that cost you?
Other than his dignity and any chance of sex?
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:30 pm
by Wednesday 13 Fan
I would think they would stick like glue to the shelves. Like that Union picture disk album for the new generation.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:18 am
by Turner Coates
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:13 am
by Don't Damn Me
Grendel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:51 am
How much did that cost you?
Just a few months ago from Craigslist I got what you see here, two additional Joe's and one Joe knockoff. Plus a giant ass Jeep and like three dozen accessories. I listed the two Joe's on Craigslist and made my money back within days. GI Joe is just a little before my time and not something I collect but this was a steal.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:06 am
by Turner Coates
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:22 pm
by Grendel
Don't Damn Me wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:13 am
Grendel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:51 am
How much did that cost you?
Just a few months ago from Craigslist I got what you see here, two additional Joe's and one Joe knockoff. Plus a giant ass Jeep and like three dozen accessories. I listed the two Joe's on Craigslist and made my money back within days. GI Joe is just a little before my time and not something I collect but this was a steal.
Why didn’t you invest that cash?
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:34 pm
by BernieTaupson
Awesome Village People collection!
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:30 pm
by Turner Coates
BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:34 pm
Awesome Village People collection!
They can beat up and out dance most other action figures.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:07 am
by DemonFilth2001
Finishing Celsius #2. Decided to limit myself to just 3 per day.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:14 am
by eddie lee roth
DemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:07 am
Finishing Celsius #2. Decided to limit myself to just 3 per day.
You might want to limit it even more since this is the wrong thread.
Re: Action figures for sale at local record store
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:48 am
by GreatWhiteSnake
I think I had the little green plastic army men in a can when I was like 7...
