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budspencer
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PostSubject: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeMon May 20, 2013 8:53 pm

Man,

Empire figures are just my buzz killer at this time. I am doing really well. i got some 73 figures from the over all collection. I ll have to get a few upgrades out of those 73. no big deal but my buzz killer is those empire figures. I just can't seem to find them in good condition. I had trouble finding a bespin Luke and still think i can get a better one. Struggled to find a decent Luke Hoth. Now i am down to the figure with the darn gold trims. Like the Bespin guards. Leia Bespin etc... I still have not found a decent Leia Bespin at all. Either she has nice gold trims and ugly hands or vice versa. A lot of people are claiming they have a high grade figure of her but when you start examining the figure it is like a big "one Grade" down form what they are actually advertising.

Same goes with Hoth Rebel. They probably made a gazillion of this dude, yet i cant find a decent one! and the worst of the worst is Han Bespin. I have yet to have seen a Han Bespin with no paint rubs or barely any paint rubs at all. Which amazes me.

I have had good luck with Rotj and ANH figures but man i am getting real depressed over ESB.

I think ESB is even worse to get than the POTF figures. IF you got the cash on POTF you got it made. There are plenty. But ESB getting a high grade figure for some of them is like trying to win the lottery.

ok

my rant of the day...

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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeMon May 20, 2013 8:58 pm

Buy some MOC figures and open them. Wink

Before I get nuked. I'm kidding I'm kidding. lol!
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeMon May 20, 2013 10:06 pm

kisstour03 wrote:
Buy some MOC figures and open them. Wink

Before I get nuked. I'm kidding I'm kidding. lol!

Sacrilege, lets lynch this guy! Redneck style!

lol!
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeMon May 20, 2013 10:21 pm

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age ...


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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeWed May 22, 2013 4:16 pm

Bespin Luke is an arse to find in good nik, combination of having paint in all the easy to rub places and also being a popular character, so probably played with a bit, not to mention the limbs are really bad for fading!
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeWed May 22, 2013 6:49 pm

most of the time I am lucky I generally find them in really good shape it also helps that for most of them we have a store here that sells lots of vintage figs so I can see them and really check them before buying and the price is as good or better then ebay.
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeThu May 23, 2013 2:22 am

Look for nocoo figs
Seems they are in a higher quality
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeThu May 23, 2013 3:04 am

There was even a moment I had to seriously check if the white bespin guard even had the golden trim because I had seen this trim with the black guard quite often (and in decent shape) but never for the white one. Have yet to find a decent one indeed.

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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeThu May 23, 2013 3:28 am

It's quite rare to find a bespinguard with golddetails even moc
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PostSubject: Re: Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality?   Do you find that the empire figure are hard to get in good quality? I_icon_minitimeThu May 23, 2013 9:46 pm

Yes, the gold trim figures are just a pain.

Leia and the bespin guards are super rare with their gold intact. Like i said earlier i have yet to find good copies of them. I almost caught a good looking black version of the bespin guard with very decent gold trim but someone snatched the auction at the last moment so...back to square one.

On the flip side i am almost done with ROTJ, i am just missing Lumat and Paploo and the Rebo band...
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