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Post by jhudstone on Jun 23, 2009 22:49:08 GMT
I haven't seen a thread like this anywhere, but I wanted to start one so I could commiserate with others.
One of my biggest goofs was when I saw, probably ten years ago, the complete collection of Playvision prehistoric amphibians in not one, but two toy stores in the same town. I got six of the eight, but for some odd reason passed on two of them. They were about .50 cents a piece.
Two figures that I can never find now...
*sigh*
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Post by bokisaurus on Jun 23, 2009 22:53:31 GMT
I haven't seen a thread like this anywhere, but I wanted to start one so I could commiserate with others. One of my biggest goofs was when I saw, probably ten years ago, the complete collection of Playvision prehistoric amphibians in not one, but two toy stores in the same town. I got six of the eight, but for some odd reason passed on two of them. They were about .50 cents a piece. Two figures that I can never find now... *sigh* Regrets, ah, so many to count ;D I have not even had the pleasure of seeing the entire mini PV amphibian in person except for the one figure I have  For me, well it wouold be the Bullyland Deinotherium for sure. At that time, I thought it was expensive, so I postponed buying it until I got the entire set. Big mistake! When I was ready to buy, it was already unavailable and can't be found anywhere! Now, it's the only BL mammal I don't have  |
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Jun 23, 2009 23:22:35 GMT
When i was in Drumheller back in 97' or so the giftshop at the royal tyrell had every Battat figure. I bought a bunch but instead of buying one of each I bought multiple's of some figures. Now i'm not kicking myself for buying Battat's, I did buy the Diplo, but I could have bought the whole set. Now I am never going to get that Acro without selling my kidneys. Not a huge dissapointment but it's my only one.
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Post by Dan on Jun 23, 2009 23:24:23 GMT
Sounds like you were still pretty freakin' lucky, Mat. I probably wouldn't have had the foresight to purchase multiples.
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Post by bokisaurus on Jun 23, 2009 23:50:34 GMT
Sounds like you were still pretty freakin' lucky, Mat. I probably wouldn't have had the foresight to purchase multiples. The reason why I like my figures in pairs ;D I usually get a third "extra" as investment. Good to have spare figures for trades, that's how I ended up acquiring many hard to get figures ;D And if you like making diorama, it helps to have more than one ;D |
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Post by Tyrannax on Jun 24, 2009 0:00:06 GMT
I could have bought a Battat Diplodocus on ebay 6 months ago with a BIN price of 15 dollars, but it was the one day that I forgot my dad's password and could not get in contact with him.  I was terribly depressed after that. ;D |
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Post by bokisaurus on Jun 24, 2009 0:06:03 GMT
I could have bought a Battat Diplodocus on ebay 6 months ago with a BIN price of 15 dollars, but it was the one day that I forgot my dad's password and could not get in contact with him. I was terribly depressed after that. ;D Yah right, believe me, I check ebay on a regular basis and I have not seen one for that price, even as a start ;D |
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Post by Ajax on Jun 24, 2009 0:19:47 GMT
I was an idiot recently and messaged a lady to tell her she had a Battat T-rex in her son's bag of dinosaurs she was selling with a 'buy it now' price of $15. She would not post international so i couldn't buy it and didn't want anyone else to get it so i told her it was worth much more and she pulled the sale. I regret now not letting someone else see it and buy it. I was being mean.
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Post by Radman on Jun 24, 2009 0:30:50 GMT
Back in the 90's, when I was at LSU, for a while on campus they had a small animatronic dino display, with maybe 3 or 4 lifesize dinos that rolled their eyes and moved their heads. A little gift shop sold some dino models including a cool sauropod that I wanted to buy but never did 'cause I was in grad school and couldn't bear spending the 10 bucks or so it cost on something non-edible. I wish I had it now or at least knew what it was, I think they were unpainted but not as big as the Invictas. Anybody know?
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Post by bucketfoot on Jun 24, 2009 0:33:45 GMT
I was an idiot recently and messaged a lady to tell her she had a Battat T-rex in her son's bag of dinosaurs she was selling with a 'buy it now' price of $15. She would not post international so i couldn't buy it and didn't want anyone else to get it so i told her it was worth much more and she pulled the sale. I regret now not letting someone else see it and buy it. I was being mean. You should have had one of your pals in the US (or wherever) buy it and send it to you... ;D Ah that hindsight - 20/20 isn't it.....  |
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Post by bucketfoot on Jun 24, 2009 0:36:06 GMT
I could have bought a Battat Diplodocus on ebay 6 months ago with a BIN price of 15 dollars, but it was the one day that I forgot my dad's password and could not get in contact with him. I was terribly depressed after that. ;D Yah right, believe me, I check ebay on a regular basis and I have not seen one for that price, even as a start ;D Well, that's why the best bargains are those that you see a couple minutes after its listed, you buy-it-now, and nobody ever finds out about it. I've struck gold that way more than a few times, back when I was manically logging in all hours of the day as I was looking for a particular rare piece .... |
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Post by bucketfoot on Jun 24, 2009 0:37:32 GMT
My biggest regrets dino-wise: Selling my complete 10-piece little Battat collection 5 years ago, as well as my complete Bullyland collection with, yes, the Deinotherium that I had bought from Link and Pin for $19.99.
DAM* that still irks me!!!
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Post by bokisaurus on Jun 24, 2009 1:55:12 GMT
My biggest regrets dino-wise: Selling my complete 10-piece little Battat collection 5 years ago, as well as my complete Bullyland collection with, yes, the Deinotherium that I had bought from Link and Pin for $19.99. DAM* that still irks me!!! I bit it does! ;D Wow, a Deinotherium...... |
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Post by bokisaurus on Jun 24, 2009 1:55:41 GMT
I was an idiot recently and messaged a lady to tell her she had a Battat T-rex in her son's bag of dinosaurs she was selling with a 'buy it now' price of $15. She would not post international so i couldn't buy it and didn't want anyone else to get it so i told her it was worth much more and she pulled the sale. I regret now not letting someone else see it and buy it. I was being mean. Bad Karma, Ajax!  That is being mean! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Ajax on Jun 24, 2009 2:52:38 GMT
I was an idiot recently and messaged a lady to tell her she had a Battat T-rex in her son's bag of dinosaurs she was selling with a 'buy it now' price of $15. She would not post international so i couldn't buy it and didn't want anyone else to get it so i told her it was worth much more and she pulled the sale. I regret now not letting someone else see it and buy it. I was being mean. Bad Karma, Ajax! That is being mean! ;D ;D ;D I know but im sick of looking at everyone's collection who have many Battat dinosaurs, all i have is one litte Styraco. |
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Post by Tyrannax on Jun 24, 2009 3:17:46 GMT
I could have bought a Battat Diplodocus on ebay 6 months ago with a BIN price of 15 dollars, but it was the one day that I forgot my dad's password and could not get in contact with him. I was terribly depressed after that. ;D Yah right, believe me, I check ebay on a regular basis and I have not seen one for that price, even as a start ;D It was listed 2 minutes before I saw it and was purchases in less than 5. I was sick after that. |
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Post by timlee3005 on Jun 24, 2009 8:57:27 GMT
There have been a few that I've missed along the way,like many Saurian Studios resin models I could have ordered about 10 years ago now,like the Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops models by Mike Jones,which went out of production before I could get to them along with the rest of the line.Dissapointing as it may have been for me to miss those,I still think more of what I do have (Lunar Models' Ceratosaurus,and Saurian Studios' Pteranodon were some of those that won out over the others in the end).
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Post by Libraraptor on Jun 24, 2009 9:45:19 GMT
The old Schleich Ceratosaurus. It was quite abundant in toy stores ten or so years ago, but except from Invictas I didn't collect dinosaurs in those days and found it very ugly, too.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jun 24, 2009 14:28:12 GMT
Libra, I have a schleich ceratosaurus that you would like  I regret not getting more JP things back in 2001. I remember seeing them on the shelves and touching their wounds. I just didn't like dinosaurs back then. I also regret not getting all the lego DINOSAURS back in the same target I still go to today. Grr. And I regret not getting the schleich baryonyx when it was still available at link and pin. I also remember the carnegie psittacosaurus in a local toy store that could have been mine, but I didn't like plant eaters then.... |
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Post by giganotoigauana on Jun 24, 2009 16:11:55 GMT
i kick myself for not buying the ornithocheirus figure because there were a lot on ebay back then |
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