Toy Collecting Chit-Chat thread.

[FantasticDuck]

Originally Posted by yoyoflamingo

Went to the Disney Store today to reserve Up and get the set of pins....wound up picking up the Von Drake plush, and a series of PVCs based on....UP! I haven't seen them yet, but I have to say the sculpts are some of the best I have seen for Disney Store PVCs. Now I have my Up toys quota met, so thankfully something was made for them!

In the case: Carl, Russell, Dug, Kevin, and the 3 main "hench-dogs." Would have liked Charles Muntz as well, but better than nothing.

von Drake is at the Disney Stores?? Hmm...I may have to drive the hour to go get him instead of having him shipped...He will go great with my Scroooge that was realeased a year or so back!

[brand42]

If ever there was a case to be made for opening your toys versus keeping them in packaging, I dug out a Palisades Fozzie for the sole purpose of opening it up and the bubble came off very easily. I guess the glue had lost its bonding strength over the years.

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by brand42

If ever there was a case to be made for opening your toys versus keeping them in packaging, I dug out a Palisades Fozzie for the sole purpose of opening it up and the bubble came off very easily. I guess the glue had lost its bonding strength over the years.

or you've become STRONGER.

[brand42]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

or you've become STRONGER.

Yes! That's it. All those years of undoing twistie ties and breaking off clear rubber bands in toy packaging!

[BuzzedLightyear]

I never opened mine, but coheteboy won the battle a little and now I spend twice as much money buying one for shelf and one for package.

[Coheteboy]

Don't do that! I USED to buy 2 of everything between 1995-2003. I realized that I wasted my money and space and ultimately time when I had to sell all the carded stuff. Just buy to open.

[yoyoflamingo]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

Just buy to open.

QFT....didn't Toy Story and Toy Story 2 teach you anything?

[DisneyFan28]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

Don't do that! I USED to buy 2 of everything between 1995-2003. I realized that I wasted my money and space and ultimately time when I had to sell all the carded stuff. Just buy to open.

I agree with this now
I had to collect sets of Mcdonald toys as collectors items.
eventually it became a hassle,the collecting got too expensive and stopped..
so i might sell them on the site in case someone wants any of them.

so now anything i buy..i open them and display them

[brand42]

I'm not the best example for this as I'm only just now opening up the Palisades Fozzie and Kermit that I've had for years (they've been buried in storage). Unless you put the carded/packaged toys in some sort of protective case, the cardboard will start to degrade a bit or get really dusty.

Besides, it's a lot more fun to open them up!

[DisneyFan28]

just got the Yearly holiday book.. Toy story figs are on sale
The Buzz and woody andys room series is now 39.99 each instead of 49.99

and the 99.99 12-16" woody and buzz set us now 79.99

and with 30.00 or more of toy story toys..you can get a free backpack

[BuzzedLightyear]

Has anyone ever purchased a Sideshow premium format figure? They have a Rocketeer and Evil Queen that look amazing. What's the difference between these and the medicom 12" figures? Is it worth the purchase?
Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. - Disney / Rocketeer Premium Format Figure

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by BuzzedLightyear

Has anyone ever purchased a Sideshow premium format figure? They have a Rocketeer and Evil Queen that look amazing. What's the difference between these and the medicom 12" figures? Is it worth the purchase?
Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. - Disney / Rocketeer Premium Format Figure

The first major difference is SIZE. Premium Format figures are massive, take up a lot of space, and cost a lot of money.

Second, they're not action figures. Some won't have any points of articulation. Some might have one or two.

[brand42]

These may not actually be new but they're new to me. I saw Haunted Mansion figures at Disneyland today. Approximately 4" tall, they had the Caretaker, the Bride and 2 of the Hitchhiking Ghosts.

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by brand42

These may not actually be new but they're new to me. I saw Haunted Mansion figures at Disneyland today. Approximately 4" tall, they had the Caretaker, the Bride and 2 of the Hitchhiking Ghosts.

I think they're repaints of figures that were released a few years back. Really bad sculpts and cheap plastic. I'll have to pass.

[BuzzedLightyear]

They are, but in a different material. The old ones I have were textured blue/grey/white where the new ones are cast in a white glow in the dark plastic (the old ones also glowed). Teh new ones don't come with any of the same accessories or the old packaging which was much cooler.