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Post by Bogatan on Jan 10, 2008 13:57:13 GMT
WAS: Fuck! I think I just spent £250 on LioKaiser
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 10, 2008 13:58:52 GMT
Ouch.....
Andy
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 10, 2008 14:04:49 GMT
Yup its mine.
Oh well I can afford it. Thats to say I sold lots of Transformers and got about that much money. I had planned to spend it on something useful, but oh well.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 10, 2008 14:12:53 GMT
Let's just hope you can stay away from TF buying for a wee while. And I do hope you don't suffer from buyer's remorse when it arrives.
Andy
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Post by Gav on Jan 10, 2008 15:10:45 GMT
Woo! Congrats!
And here's me, pining for a new Sky-Byte. Seems...trivial now.
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Post by Hero on Jan 10, 2008 15:10:56 GMT
A worthy investment bud. Liokaiser is great!
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 10, 2008 15:29:32 GMT
I'm currently trying to convince myself Ive bought 6 toys at £45 a piece which actually doesnt help, as I don't think Ive bought 6 toys for more than £45 in the last 20 years. Also I got the gift set which makes it harder to pretend its not one toy.
I got the KO last year and aside from breaking the first time i touched it I think is great fun. Plan to use the arms to make an autobot counterpart if I ever get the other two rescue force members.
Sky-Byte trivial! Never... in fact I dont own Sky-Byte. Hmmm?... No must not spend money I dont have. This happens everytime I clear my overdraft.
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 10, 2008 17:51:25 GMT
250 squid? I won't say what I got my loose set for 2-3 years ago but it was a mite less than that from some dude in China. There's a bit of staining on a couple of the stickers and a stress line or two but nothing significant. Still, the giftset is quite a catch and I've seen it go for more.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 10, 2008 18:23:28 GMT
It is quite possibly the best Transformer combiner
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 10, 2008 20:30:41 GMT
It is nice and I would like one but lack the cash. I have a couple of the Euro Rescue Force blokes though.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 10, 2008 20:38:15 GMT
That's a lot of cash for one toy, but it is a rather nice toy. One of the best of the combiner teams to come out of the original line, as Phil says. The combined form is quite impressive and the individual members aren't too shabby either.
Liokaiser is one of the few Transformers toys I still have a niggling wish I owned, but the budget doesn't allow for it.
(Don't worry, I've had the same kind of reaction once or twice myself. My first 1/48th scale "Valkyrie", along with the Super/Strike parts came to about £200 after shipping et al. I was a bit "heart in mouth" when I first bought it, but it was worth the investment, I'm sure you'll find Liokaiser much the same.)
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 11, 2008 10:49:13 GMT
Blimey, if I did that I would sooooo get divorced! I could spend LOADS on toys though!
EDIT: Can I just say, I LOVE the title to this thread!
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 11, 2008 14:59:30 GMT
Hey Bog, was that off Shopping Mall Japan? I was bidding on a Liokaiser box set that ended at 50 billion yen or something yesterday, was it you?
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 11, 2008 15:44:38 GMT
Yeah, thats the one. Its more than I wanted to pay but only buy about £30-50, but the contents looked in perfect condition. Where you bidding through SMJ or were you my rival bidder who went to 50,000?
The more time that passes the happier I am at the purchase. Worse case I can resell it for about the same as I paid.
Andy
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 11, 2008 15:51:55 GMT
I was bidding through SMJ, but I thought £60 was plenty for it, let alone £250!
You'll have to stick up a few pics on here man, it looked in great condition.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 11, 2008 16:01:30 GMT
I started hoping I might be able to pick them up fairly cheaply but Ive been looking at a couple of Liokaisers and the individual figures for a couple of months and Ive seen a couple of boxed single figures go for near enough £60 so I had to raise my estimates a little. It was this pic that convinced me to spend the money while I could afford it.  Andy |
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 11, 2008 16:12:20 GMT
It's such a tasty looking set, plus I'm a sucker for any kind of connecting things, such as the Breastforce. And the fact that they too combine into a great big robot is just awesome.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 11, 2008 16:17:30 GMT
ebay currently has a bizarre KO version which in place of one of the jets has a figure that looks like a mini version of Doubledealer.
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 11, 2008 18:05:48 GMT
That's the World's Smallest scale version, innit? Been meaning to get one of those for a while.
Got to love the layout of the old-style giftsets.
-Nick
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 11, 2008 18:16:14 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 11, 2008 19:08:44 GMT
*looks at picture*
After God** created Woman, he created LioKaiser.
-Ralph
**Or any other deity of your choice
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Post by KoshNaranek on Jan 11, 2008 19:42:46 GMT
It's unlikely that you'd get another one in that good condition for much less. I spent quite a bit on Metrotitan last year, and even more on Star Saber the year before, but don't regret it as they are both so funky.
- Tony
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 12, 2008 12:48:27 GMT
Man, I gotta show this thread to Mrs Shockprowl! She thinks 70 odd squid for MP Megs was too much to spend! If I show her this, she me ease off me! yeah, righ.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 12, 2008 12:52:49 GMT
I wish I'd gotten MP Megs for £70 by the time customs got added it ended up being about double that. Twas not best pleased.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 12, 2008 13:21:15 GMT
Hell no. Blasted customs.
Really please for you chap, sound like your thrilled with your purchase, regardless of expense. And that's what it's all about. Well done!
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Post by Hero on Jan 12, 2008 14:39:23 GMT
Metrotitan, Victory Leo and Star Saber are all worthy investments  |
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 12, 2008 19:33:36 GMT
Metrotitan, Victory Leo and Star Saber are all worthy investments I'm still looking, Tony! I've been busy lately! -Nick |
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Post by KoshNaranek on Jan 13, 2008 4:59:38 GMT
No worries, Nick. I can't really afford Victory Leo at the minute with saving for BotCon. I might find one there anyhow, but thank you for looking. I might look through the stuff I have and clear some out on eBay to see if I can rustle up a few more quid. The euro is pretty strong against the dollar at the moment so it would be better to get my dosh changed earlier rather than later.
- Tony
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Post by panderson on Jan 13, 2008 10:27:47 GMT
I had it - not bad but tends to break if you look at it hard
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2008 11:39:38 GMT
You might not have time, Tony. Look at what the Adbot says! '2008: God's Final Witness Unprecedented destruction will come in 2008, leading to America's fall. www.the-end.com' -Ralph |
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