Circle_One
Well-Known Member
Ok, I know no one else will really care about this, nor does this affect anyone other than me, but I'm just so excited, I had to rave.
For the last (almost) two years, I've been collecting McFarlane's 6 Faces of Madness series. They're figures which include Vlad the Impaler, Billy the Kid, Rasputin, Jack the Ripper, Attila the Hun and Elizabeth Bathory.
I started collecting them when they first came out and was easily able to get Billy the Kid, Rasputin, Vlad the Impaler and Attila the Hun with no problem. I was soon presented with the problem of the rarity of Jack the Ripper and Elizabeth Bathory, both of whom, in stores, were only being sold with the entire set, and since I already had 4 of the 6, there was no need for me to buy the entire set.
Last Christmas, my brother took a trip to New York and found Jack the Ripper in some little hole in the wall toy store and was nice enough to buy him for me, though he was kind of expensive. I was so absolutely excited! Now, all I needed was Bathory. Though, she seemed to present a bigger problem to find. I searched stores everywhere, searched the internet, but every store was sold out and though she WAS being sold on Ebay, it was for something around 80$ American, a price which I had no desire to pay.
For the last six months, I gave up hope and began to live with the fact that I would have to live without her...until today!
My best friend called me at Midnight last night and told me that she randomly stopped into this tiny little movie store near my house (a store which neither of us knew even sold toys) and she spotted one, yes, only ONE, mint condition Bathory, still in the box for only 40$ Canadian. I LOST MY MIND!
Needless to say, I ran over there just now and bought her, thanking the guy endlessly for having her and telling him he had saved my collection, recollecting all I've been through to find her, with no luck. He laughed at me and said I was welcome and told me if there was ever any other figure that I couldn't find, to call him and he would see if he could order it for me!! AWESOME!
Now I know this may sound a little obsessive and a little insane to all who are not me, but I'm just ever so excited! She looks so pretty up on my shelf with the rest of the series. YAY!!!
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For the last (almost) two years, I've been collecting McFarlane's 6 Faces of Madness series. They're figures which include Vlad the Impaler, Billy the Kid, Rasputin, Jack the Ripper, Attila the Hun and Elizabeth Bathory.
I started collecting them when they first came out and was easily able to get Billy the Kid, Rasputin, Vlad the Impaler and Attila the Hun with no problem. I was soon presented with the problem of the rarity of Jack the Ripper and Elizabeth Bathory, both of whom, in stores, were only being sold with the entire set, and since I already had 4 of the 6, there was no need for me to buy the entire set.
Last Christmas, my brother took a trip to New York and found Jack the Ripper in some little hole in the wall toy store and was nice enough to buy him for me, though he was kind of expensive. I was so absolutely excited! Now, all I needed was Bathory. Though, she seemed to present a bigger problem to find. I searched stores everywhere, searched the internet, but every store was sold out and though she WAS being sold on Ebay, it was for something around 80$ American, a price which I had no desire to pay.
For the last six months, I gave up hope and began to live with the fact that I would have to live without her...until today!
My best friend called me at Midnight last night and told me that she randomly stopped into this tiny little movie store near my house (a store which neither of us knew even sold toys) and she spotted one, yes, only ONE, mint condition Bathory, still in the box for only 40$ Canadian. I LOST MY MIND!
Needless to say, I ran over there just now and bought her, thanking the guy endlessly for having her and telling him he had saved my collection, recollecting all I've been through to find her, with no luck. He laughed at me and said I was welcome and told me if there was ever any other figure that I couldn't find, to call him and he would see if he could order it for me!! AWESOME!
Now I know this may sound a little obsessive and a little insane to all who are not me, but I'm just ever so excited! She looks so pretty up on my shelf with the rest of the series. YAY!!!
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