Who's been a member here long enough to remember 'why you deserve?' What are some fun

[greygoose]

TDK and Predator brought me to this forum in 2009, although I didn't sign up until 2010. Hot Toys Bank Robber Joker and Wolf Predator were my first 1/6 purchases. At the time I was still posting on the Spawn forum.

Looking back through this thread and my friends list is bittersweet. So many people who signed out years ago never to return.

Honourable mentions to past and present members:

Blade3327 (used to love the review videos)
GeneralZodLives (extremely generous during Spooktacular)
Veil1
Devil_666

 

[The Tuggernaut]

Damn... going through this thread made me want to post after who knows how many years. I browse the forum every now and then, but I'm not inclined to post anymore.

Some damn good times on here, especially the old Spooktaculars. Not to mention some of the old characters.

 

[Bardoon]

Ahhh...the good ol' days.

-I left the hobby and then returned. I sold my entire Hot Toys/Medicom/Sideshow collection (Mostly Aliens, Predators, Marvel, DC, and some randoms like the Godfather, etc. Also collected G.I. Joe) around early 2010's. I sporadically bought some Hot Toys here-and-there but didn't post much. I'm back collecting but I'm very selection and usually it's narrowed to Hot Toys Marvel and Batman (Batffleck). I collect some Figuarts as well.

-My first Hot Toys was the original AVP Scar Predator. Remember when you had to put your Hot Toys figures together!?!?! The original AVP figures, USCM Marines..etc. It was around the time of their original Superman Returns/Batman Begins figures that Hot Toys really started getting more attention. Geez the prices back then too...about $120-$130 for the Predators, $70-$80ish for the Marines.

-I also remember when Sideshow figures "mattered" and they were pretty good for a while. The horror stuff and then they nabbed the Star Wars license. But once Hot Toys sharpened their game, they left them in the dust.

-I wasn't screwed by Figuremaster Les either. I got my painted Hicks head. I felt bad for the guy as I know he was in a tough financial spot and also responsible for his ailing parents. That doesn't justify his actions though, I kind of remember the "fallout" thread from all that and he ultimately left.

-I remember Shai and his "schtick". Pretty funny guy who painted himself as a ladies' man. He was obsessed with that Sideshow HULK statue that was the hot-seller at the time...

-P!tu is still around, I think he mostly does YouTube videos and posts here VERY INFREQUENTLY. He's had some kids with his wife so I think that keeps him busy. He also started to venture away from Sideshow/Hot Toys and collect mostly Hasbro stuff and other toys you'll find at brick & mortar stores. His antics were hilarious.

 

[jstep13]

I miss Bodie and all the Pantheon of the Worthy feedback drama

 

[devilof76]

The monkey gods have forsaken thee.

 

[kinqcuonq]

What if I was to say I have Shai's photos saved somewhere.

 

[Shai]

What if I was to say I have Shai's photos saved somewhere.

haha Send them back to me I lost all of this over the years....

 

[The Entity]

Damn, this thread brings back memories. I've been around since 2009. Posted quite a bit, but I think all in all I kept a fairly low profile. Loved talking with my buddies Darth Snoopy, -jay-, Chaserfan and Bamboota.

Been absent from this forum for a number of years. I kept checking in now and then, but didn't post. I've been coming back now fairly regularly these last couple of years, but the forum has changed, like many have said before.
It all seems more muted, more pessimistic (although that's the state of the world in a whole, I guess). There was a feeling of wonder and amazement, that seems to be gone.

Still, I enjoy coming here, talk a bit about figures and trying to make new friends.

 

[Shai]

If you think about it, P!tu was one of the very first youtuber doing toy shows live from big cons and toy reviews back in around 2008. All that started here on the freak board. He was charismatic and could have made a fortune. P!tu! you fool!!!!

 

[The Entity]

If you think about it, P!tu was one of the very first youtuber doing toy shows live from big cons and toy reviews back in around 2008. All that started here on the freak board. He was charismatic and could have made a fortune. P!tu! you fool!!!!

True! And P!tu's videos were awesome. I still remember the one with the HT Predator 1 figure in some random palmtree on a lawn. And P!tu also having the Dutch figure doing quotes in an Ahnuld voice.

 

[Shai]

Stil has his channel

https://youtube.com/@Pituvision?si=7-WdksGXOWOaJVBj

I checked his first video is from 17 years ago... Crazy

 

[karamazov80]

I guess he was ahead of his time since you mention it. Some people make serious scratch unboxing toys and being YouTube personalities nowadays. I recall Pitu being a polarizing guy because of his personality but I can't fault a guy for being excited and passionate about his hobby.

 

[The Entity]

Stil has his channel

https://youtube.com/@Pituvision?si=7-WdksGXOWOaJVBj

I checked his first video is from 17 years ago... Crazy

Damn... this post made me realise it already has been 15 years since I created this account. That means I've been a 1/6th scale collector for about the same time. I made this account after getting the Hot Toys TDK Bank Robber Joker. Not my first 1/6th figure, but my first Hot Toys and the one that changed it all, because my collecting pretty much has been exclusively 1/6th ever since.

 

[Mr.E]

One of my early memories of the board was the initial tease of Sideshow's original Indy figure. The lead up to that was pretty exciting. Pre-crystal skull...

 

[Solidus]

I guess he was ahead of his time since you mention it. Some people make serious scratch unboxing toys and being YouTube personalities nowadays. I recall Pitu being a polarizing guy because of his personality but I can't fault a guy for being excited and passionate about his hobby.

I remember that it was Pitu's unboxing videos that got me into collecting and signing up for this board. Friendly dude, and his humor was off the wall.

"What's crackalackin', bitchezz?!"

 

[GrueSam]

I remember loving the "new" emoticons and everyone over using this one:




lol

 

[Solidus]

Just realized that my once overused dancing chewie emote didn't survive the board upgrade

 

[Wor-Gar]

Wow, blast from the past reading this thread. I remember it all.

Funny to see some of the lost names mentioned. At least one of those guys still walks among us under a different name now.

Surprised no one's mentioned Tomandshell. He posed his figures on a swing bench. He left us long ago -- may have been the first to go.

 

[xipotec]

Mostly left the hobby

I'd have to disagree on this. Several SW collectors went to other forums. I'm not as old as folks like TheEntity, (or myself in age at least).

But some of the older ones from that era post under different names now.

 

[Solidus]

Forums in general have been on a decline since Facebook Groups and Reddit have become more popular, and I'm sure that’s where many of our former members have transitioned to. I was never interested in social media, though.

I’m also a regular member at a band forum that’s more mature and reflective of actual human interaction than this place. But, I always keep a tab opened here, to help out and to get myself in the zone.