Vintage Collectibles Thread

[DPrime]

Oh yeah, I remember Bravestarr... Never really got into it, but it's cool.

Was anyone into the mini-figure stuff? Obviously everyone remembers M.U.S.C.L.E. but what about Guts and Army Ants? I loved those.

 

[The Craw]

i had some GUTS figures. don't think i had any army ants but i remember them.


i really liked Battle Beasts the best. i was working on putting a set together a few years ago but now the prices have gone up so much that i just don't wanna continue with it. i could get them for about $3 to $4 a piece just 2 years ago. now people want $15 to $20 a piece for them. i could get a MOTUC figure for that. i'm thinking of selling off my partial set.

 

[galactiboy]

I was never a fan of Bravestar as a kid... but the figures sure are cool looking

 

[Skiman]

FOUND IT!!!!! Anyone remember these!

https://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0832/

 

[galactiboy]

I remember the hatchlings... just not the name. They really look like ____ when they come out of the water

I once left a Godzilla grow toy in a large Mason jar just to see what would happen. It actuallly filled up the jar; probably 10x its original size. Eventually he' broke in half, but still was kind of recognizable 2 or so years later when I tossed him in the trash.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Crap, I didn't realize that was a figure... I saw the head and paint and assumed it was the statue from a few years back. That looks totally badass and everything I wanted the Armada figure to be

**Runs to eBay to see how much these cost

EDIT $200... So when/where were these sold?

They can still be found around $150, which is retail. He is sold out right now but he's still in production. I'll keep an eye out for you GB.

 

[Skiman]

They can still be found around $150, which is retail. He is sold out right now but he's still in production. I'll keep an eye out for you GB.

Same for me, money bags $$$$

 

[HollyW00d]

i had some GUTS figures. don't think i had any army ants but i remember them.


i really liked Battle Beasts the best. i was working on putting a set together a few years ago but now the prices have gone up so much that i just don't wanna continue with it. i could get them for about $3 to $4 a piece just 2 years ago. now people want $15 to $20 a piece for them. i could get a MOTUC figure for that. i'm thinking of selling off my partial set.

Don't know which ones you were looking at, but Battle Beasts have been expensive for a long time. I remember at least 5 or 6 years ago looking at building my collection back up and they were ridiculously expensive. You could got lots of them without weapons for a fair price but with the weapons forget it.

 

[galactiboy]

Thanks Deak... and Skiman, get your own helpful person

 

[Nintenjoe]

Oh yeah, I remember Bravestarr... Never really got into it, but it's cool.

me neither but i had those 2 figures when i was a kid. always thought they were cool. big figures too.

 

[DPrime]

i had some GUTS figures. don't think i had any army ants but i remember them.


i really liked Battle Beasts the best. i was working on putting a set together a few years ago but now the prices have gone up so much that i just don't wanna continue with it. i could get them for about $3 to $4 a piece just 2 years ago. now people want $15 to $20 a piece for them. i could get a MOTUC figure for that. i'm thinking of selling off my partial set.

Yeah, I always thought those were cool. Never had a one though, back in the day.

I think they're popular because they're somehow connected to TFs, if I recall correctly?

 

[FLOSI]

Stopped by a toy store close to my office Friday and scored a Hammerhead, X-Wing Luke and Vader. All are very mint with tight joints and perfect paint.

 

[galactiboy]

Yeah, not 100% on the BB connection to Transformers, but I think they were a spin-off series that got picked up and distributed in the US w/o any connection to their roots.

And like the M.U.S.C.L.E. series, figures kept being released in Japan and and can sell for $100s a piece. Pretty sure they are called Laser Beasts.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Same for me, money bags $$$$

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Thanks Deak... and Skiman, get your own helpful person

Dudes, there is plenty of Deak to go around. Oh, wait.

Stopped by a toy store close to my office Friday and scored a Hammerhead, X-Wing Luke and Vader. All are very mint with tight joints and perfect paint.

Pics or they didn't vintage!

Yeah, not 100% on the BB connection to Transformers, but I think they were a spin-off series that got picked up and distributed in the US w/o any connection to their roots.

And like the M.U.S.C.L.E. series, figures kept being released in Japan and and can sell for $100s a piece. Pretty sure they are called Laser Beasts.

Uh, if memory serves me right (and I could be talking out of my ass) I believe the BB were used in the Japanese line with Autobot/Decepticon rub symbols on them. I think. Too lazy to Wiki it.

 

[Nintenjoe]

 

[galactiboy]

Uh, if memory serves me right (and I could be talking out of my ass) I believe the BB were used in the Japanese line with Autobot/Decepticon rub symbols on them. I think. Too lazy to Wiki it.

That sounds right... but, also too lazy to look it up

 

[Darth Waller]

Just lost out on a snowspeeder auction by a dollar. The sniper got sniped!

Oh, well. I really shouldn't be buying stuff other than the figures right now or I'll never get to 100%.

 

[galactiboy]

Just made a deal for the R2 I need

100% here I come

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Just made a deal for the R2 I need

100% here I come

Looking for a Blue Snaggletooth?

 

[galactiboy]

Nah, already got one or I'm sure we could throw it on the pile