Grail pieces

[Bezzerkerr]

Great Grail Fury.

my question for you is:

What's more fun, hunting down the grail?

or finally owning the grail?

 

[zerokill]

The hunt is always fun, and when you find it, savour it...till you start a new hunt

 

[furystorm]

Well, first of all, your sig scared the crap out of me. I can't take the clowns!

As for the question, I will go just barely with finally owning the grail. The hunt was fun, and I got to meet some interesting people along the way and hear some strange stories, but in the end now he is mine, and I think permanently. The only drawback to finally having him is that I don't have that search going on anymore. Major letdown really. I don't want to just create a new grail to search for, but seriously, what do you do once you have the grail?

 

[Bezzerkerr]

Well, first of all, your sig scared the crap out of me. I can't take the clowns!

As for the question, I will go just barely with finally owning the grail. The hunt was fun, and I got to meet some interesting people along the way and hear some strange stories, but in the end now he is mine, and I think permanently. The only drawback to finally having him is that I don't have that search going on anymore. Major letdown really. I don't want to just create a new grail to search for, but seriously, what do you do once you have the grail?

Haa, sorry about the Clowns, they're good guys, i mean aliens.

I LOVE the hunt. The hunt for the grail is where all the fun is. Going into different shops, getting quotes, checking websites, waiting for teh seller to reply...it's a ton of fun. When I finally have the grail in my hands, I always thought it was cooler in the pics. Kinda like when WAYNE from WAYNES WORLD looks at the FENDER STRAT in the case at the guitar shop. I know it sounds silly but when i see something I DON'T OWN, and WANT TO OWN, I go to crazy lengths to get it. When i finally get it, I'm excited for about a half a day and then the FEELING of ACCOMPLISHMENT wears off

Collecting is fun, but the hunt is what makes this hobby great.


To answer your question: Once I have the grail, I take pics, put it on the shelf or box it up so it stays in perfect condition...and then I set my sites on my next prize

 

[Webb]

Well Dr. Doom and Gray/Green Hulk means nothing to me,because I don't do Marvels stuff.

Even if I got them for free I would sell.

 

[matt85]

Well Dr. Doom and Gray/Green Hulk means nothing to me,because I don't do Marvels stuff.

Even if I got them for free I would sell.

Same its only a grail if YOU like it

 

[Eli26]

Same its only a grail if YOU like it

This is true. Grails are subjective.

 

[Chapter 2099]

This is true. Grails are subjective.

You know what my grail is Eli?....Do you know what the #1 Buffy Fan's grail is?.....



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YOU DON'T DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THE #1 BUFFY FAN'S GRAIL IS!!!!!

 

[SquiderM3]

A grail should be a piece you have to search long and hard for. Not just expensive, but almost unobtainable even if you have the money. I don't consider Doom PF a grail really, because if you have the cash, you can get him every day of the week off of eBay. It really needs to be something that is almost impossible to find or obtain. Some true Sideshow grails... Ardeth Bey SSE 1:1 bust limited to just 15 pieces... SSE Son of Frankenstein 12" figure limited to 10 pieces... Dracula SSE 1:1 bust limited to 35 pieces... Grey Hulk VS Spider-man limited to 50 pieces... you get the idea. Most of these don't turn up on eBay that often, but even out of these, the busts and the diorama turn up enough to be bought if you are patient; only the Son of Frankenstein figure doesn't turn up. Just my opinion, but a grail should be something you have to search for, for a long time.

My grail is the Bowen Boba Fett bronze. Finding one, let alone someone willing to part with it has been virtually impossible.

 

[mishu2nite]

For me gails are wanted, but are impossible to find, when they do show up and if I do get it it is out of pure luck. So the searching really isn't fun, it is finally getting it, as many grail purchases fall through.

 

[Ktjn]

A grail should be a piece you have to search long and hard for. Not just expensive, but almost unobtainable even if you have the money. I don't consider Doom PF a grail really, because if you have the cash, you can get him every day of the week off of eBay. It really needs to be something that is almost impossible to find or obtain. Some true Sideshow grails... Ardeth Bey SSE 1:1 bust limited to just 15 pieces... SSE Son of Frankenstein 12" figure limited to 10 pieces... Dracula SSE 1:1 bust limited to 35 pieces... Grey Hulk VS Spider-man limited to 50 pieces... you get the idea. Most of these don't turn up on eBay that often, but even out of these, the busts and the diorama turn up enough to be bought if you are patient; only the Son of Frankenstein figure doesn't turn up. Just my opinion, but a grail should be something you have to search for, for a long time.

Going by that, the recent Fauxs with ES of 35 are grails?

 

[Darth Madden]

Going by that, the recent Fauxs with ES of 35 are grails?

To the people that want them they could be.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

A grail should be something that is rare and very difficult, if not almost impossible to obtain, but the term has become so watered down at this point it simply means something that someone wants, with the only real obstacle being price or the fact that it just hasn't been made yet.

 

[lcummins]

Going by that, the recent Fauxs with ES of 35 are grails?

To the people that want them they could be.

Yes, exactly as DM said... for the people that missed them, they could easily spend months, if not years, tracking one down, once most of them end up in collections.

 

[preeny101]

IDK, my grail was always a definitive 1/6 Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. Not particularly hard to come by or expensive, just something that has been elusive all these years. Now I have them thanks to SS.

 

[Captain EO]

A grail should be a piece you have to search long and hard for. Not just expensive, but almost unobtainable even if you have the money. I don't consider Doom PF a grail really, because if you have the cash, you can get him every day of the week off of eBay. It really needs to be something that is almost impossible to find or obtain. Some true Sideshow grails... Ardeth Bey SSE 1:1 bust limited to just 15 pieces... SSE Son of Frankenstein 12" figure limited to 10 pieces... Dracula SSE 1:1 bust limited to 35 pieces... Grey Hulk VS Spider-man limited to 50 pieces... you get the idea. Most of these don't turn up on eBay that often, but even out of these, the busts and the diorama turn up enough to be bought if you are patient; only the Son of Frankenstein figure doesn't turn up. Just my opinion, but a grail should be something you have to search for, for a long time.

By that definition, my grail piece was the Pinocchio big fig:

Been looking consistently for a few years, and only ever saw one on eBay. And I bought it!

 

[El Skutto]

Finally managed to get my hands on the 1:4 scale Terminator endoskeleton statue. Does that count as a grail?

 

[Lee in MI]

What about HT ED-209...I've tried for years to obtain one. I keep missing em in the for sale section and ebay mostly have the battle damaged one.

I guess there is a price I'm not willing to pay so maybe its not a grail piece

 

[CelticWarrior]

I guess a grail means something different to everyone to me a grail is simply a piece that is amazing in execution and somthing that makes you smile everytime you see it when it finally lands in your colletion, the piece that does this for me is my my diablo overthrown and my thor premium format, to each his own

 

[Hydeous]

I came in a little late in the game so I'm not sure about the Hulk PF or Doom. I think the main thing for a piece to become a grail would be a low es. The latest "grail" I can think of is Patient Zero ex. I also think people should keep an eye on the TMNT line. That's my opinion anyways.

I guess, to me, a grail would be something that lots have it and don't want to get rid of...Many people buy and sell things here n the forum, right?But some of them, Like Doom or IM comiquette don't show as often....

If a piece sells for a lot of Ebay, then sometimes it means that the ES is small or people just like to keep it... SIM had a ES of 1250 and it sells on the secondary market for at least $400. Is that considered a grail?

I believe that all that went up in price like Hulk, Doom, IM, Wolverine comiquette, Predator Maquette, Saber Diorama, Captain America PF, they are all considered grails. Would that make the price of an item a direct relation to a grail status? Have we had a piece gone up in price and be not considered a grail by most collectors??

I do not collect because i think something might become a grail one day, but I truly think that some pieces collectors are not going to get rid of because they love it so much, such as the new pieces like Sabertooth PF, Iron Man and maybe Rocketeer

I think the more rare they get, the more the price go up and the more "grail status" it becomes...

Does that make sense?

ok, Im a noob in statues, so which doom is everybody talkin bout?