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I don't normally chime in on arguments over the internet but this one is rich. You can't honestly say that if you wanted this figure and you lived in a foreign country that you wouldn't try and get one if you really wanted one. Even if it was an exclusive (at the time) to the US. SS is a business and more than likely they already had a set amount for the US that they wanted to sell and minimal amount international because of the fees and maybe they didn't get the same deal on this figure from Hot Toys as they did others so maybe they aren't making as much profit if they sell international compared to local. We'll never know. But it's a silly argument to say only Americans should have the right to this figure, when someone overseas really wants the figure to and has a way to get one or more. How's that worse than an American who buys 3 with only the intention to scalp it? Wouldn't you rather have a fellow collector overseas get one than some greedy scalper robbing 3 people out of getting one at retail? And if you truly are that strict on the "rules" laid down by a company who only cares about selling the product, not really who gets it, then you have a problem man.

I would try to get one under those circumstances, and if I did, I would be breaking the rules. Yes sir! I would not apologize for it.

I would have broken the rules and admitted that I broke them. I would not break the rules and then claim I didn't.

As far as only an American having one, it was my speculation that that is why Sideshow made the restriction.. That was their rule.
I wouldn't deny an international collector from having any figure.
I would however deny all scalpers from having anything...
 
I would try to get one under those circumstances, and if I did, I would be breaking the rules. Yes sir! I would not apologize for it.

I would have broken the rules and admitted that I broke them. I would not break the rules and then claim I didn't.

As far as only an American having one, it was my speculation that that is why Sideshow made the restriction.. That was their rule.
I wouldn't deny an international collector from having any figure.
I would however deny all scalpers from having anything...

You're talking about rules like someone cut ahead of you in the lunch line in grade school or some ****. Sideshow didn't make the rule, Hot Toys tells them where they can distribute a figure, thats not up to Sideshow. Calm down with this hall monitor ****, nobody is going to give you a gold star for tattling, nobody cares.
 
According to the rules, wrong was done. Sideshow's rules. They were at least circumvented. An objective person examining the facts would see that.
My following of Sideshow's rules in this matter was perfect.
I ordered one, to my only house in the U.S. when it was first available on P.O. Absolutely perfect.

Thats not what I asked. AGAIN,

do you come here to simply point out everything YOU think others are doing wrong? And are you so perfect that you should be pointing out others mistakes.

AND ACTUALLY ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THIS TIME.
 
Thats not what I asked. AGAIN,

do you come here to simply point out everything YOU think others are doing wrong? And are you so perfect that you should be pointing out others mistakes.

AND ACTUALLY ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THIS TIME.

I did answer your question. In summary, username said he didn't break any rules by buying 2 figures, when the rule was 1 per customer, and by buying outside the U.S. when it was still against the rules. I remember him mentioning this before. I remember when the rules changed, too.

I was merely pointing out to him that he did in fact break 2 rules even though he believed he did not.
Those were Sideshow's rules, that he said he did not break, NOT my rules.
Since I followed Sideshow's rules perfectly in this regard, I was perfect in this regard. I made a perfect order.
Other people interpreted that what I was saying was that I personally thought that only U.S. people should have one ever, which is simply not the case.

I am guessing that you are also referring to my anti scalping arguments that I made earlier. As far as that goes, I don't like exploitation of others, which is what scalping is, and it is an injustice.

Injustice isn't a word like holocaust or massacre or mile. It has a relative meaning. The words epic and awesome have far narrower meanings than injustice, and yet people have no problem watering those words down to the point at which they have lost their original meaning in terms of people using them.
It has been officially said by the Administrator of the Forum, Darklord Dave, that "Scalping is discouraged on this forum". He has also said "Scalpers are Evil." Clearly I am not the only one who objects to scalping, for WHATEVER reason, even to help pay for your collection, because scalping is scalping. Other people have objected to it many times.

When I see something that doesn't make sense, I will bring it up sometimes.
 
You're talking about rules like someone cut ahead of you in the lunch line in grade school or some ****. Sideshow didn't make the rule, Hot Toys tells them where they can distribute a figure, thats not up to Sideshow. Calm down with this hall monitor ****, nobody is going to give you a gold star for tattling, nobody cares.

Fine, it was Hot Toy's rules that Sideshow was enforcing.
Someone who broke the rules said he didn't, and I was explaining that he did. Now, as to whether that was morally wrong of him is another matter.
 
I just got mine. One of the best figures HT has ever made. The paint apps are amazing, the sculpt, amazing, the base, HUGE and amazing. And VERY different from the regular Mark VII.
 
I just got mine. One of the best figures HT has ever made. The paint apps are amazing, the sculpt, amazing, the base, HUGE and amazing. And VERY different from the regular Mark VII.

The paint is amazing on the face. I don't know how you could mess up a battle damaged paint job very much. The base is really impressive.
I'm not sure it is very different from the regular mark VII in terms of the basic figure. The accessories are very different.
 
Let's stay on topic, please.

This thread is about the Avengers: Battle Damaged Mark VII, not "scalping" or "flippers".

If you want to discuss those things then create a thread in the Other Topics forum or take it to PMs.
 
I'll be honest and say that as I have the regular MVII, there was no real surprises with this. Especially when you add on the BD armor bits.
But you get in there and start looking at the BD figure and it really starts to pop. The face is the the best RDJ head I think and looks like he walked off the screen.
 
I bought mine from a peddler who had it in a shopping cart behind the building I work at. It was cheap so I didn't ask too many questions. Only after mysterious happenings, I tracked him down again with a police officer to make sure it was acquired via the rules of Sideshow/Hot Toys.
 
I'll be honest and say that as I have the regular MVII, there was no real surprises with this. Especially when you add on the BD armor bits.
But you get in there and start looking at the BD figure and it really starts to pop. The face is the the best RDJ head I think and looks like he walked off the screen.

Can you use this BD HS on the regular mark VII?


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Barry is my collecting idol....

Lol.
Thanks.
I still have one with your name on it for a Tumbler...

It's a grand figure.
I managed to dig out the old Sideshow promo image.

BDMKVII.jpg
 
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