I'm sure I'm breaking some cardinal SB rule by posting pics of just one toy (well two) and there is even a pic of me but I'm so happy after chasing this grail for well over a year that I can't help it! I was awoken early this morning by the mailman ringing my buzzer to drop this off:




Happy me prior to cutting this badboy open (just woke up):


The story that went into how I acquired this is almost as amazing as this woo itself.......

C.

Fuck any cardinal rules, that GID Woo kicks ass.
Congrats on the score too.

Congrats! That's one tasty Woo.

Let me be the first to say: Woo-hoo!

be-woo-tiful! (Sorry, couldn't resist). Congrats on scoring something you've been after. So you're going to tease SBrs with this, "The story that went into how I acquired this is almost as amazing as this woo itself......." and then leave us hangin'?

Wouldn't we all appreciate a good toy chase story?

it would be sin to clutter this GID woo with other toys.

I'm glad you found one! now I can track one down!

OK. So I had all but given up hope of finding this guy. Despite reading that there were 100 of these made, I figured no one would ever dare part with such a beautiful piece. Which for the most part is true. I've never seen one come up for sale. Anyhow....

evilrabbitry had pm'd me asking if I happen to see any Shikaruna Kobe Hobikon Bagun's for sale let him know. No problem, always happy to help a fellow skullbrainer. He had mentioned he saw a few. I began to wonder where he had seen a 'few' because I had only seen two. I began hitting all the various sites and then I remembered a certain shop. Sure enough there was a beautiful HP Bagun in purple. That was cool but what was below it REALLY interested me. There it was the Marmit Blue Painted GID Woo! I was speechless!

There was three problems though. One I was completely broke. Two there was no way to order from the japan only site. Three NOTHING stays on this site for more than a few hours, day at most as most celga website buyers will attest too. First things first. I had to raise some cash, I just decided I had to sell the Biskup Calli's. Putting them on the bay would take too long, so I decided to put them up on that other 'board'. Only on this night the other board was completely down for repair. Just before bedtime I was able to get on it (after hours of trying) and posted them cheaply.

Next I had to contact the shop in japan. I used a web translator to decipher the contact email info for them and asked very nicely if they would sell it to me, do they take paypal etc? I went to bed thinking if I never see this Woo again I did everything I possibly could to try to obtain it the one time it came up.

Next morning I awoke to two emails. One from shop thanking me for my order and paypal instructions. I had till Nov 3rd to make payment. I almost fainted! The other was just an 'inquiry from the other board'. No sales. Determined to move them to the bay with my new sense of purpose of making payment (I'm not kidding when I say I literally have 0 cash) I got a break and sold one of the 3. I waited about another hour an then put them on the bay cheap and they sold before I went to work that day. Made payment to the shop in japan.

Basically the perfect storm of events for scoring a grail....

What a story!!!

Congrats!

You gotta love it when everything falls into place like that...great score dude!

damn, crazy story and awesome figure

So...if you decide you're not feeling that Woo set...








Congrats...an awesome set!

I'm sleeping with these woo's right next to my bed tonight.....sure my g/f wil not be amused when she sees me "charging them up" before bed!

Nice work C-Money! You worked yourself some nice karma. (P.S., another little something went out to you this morning!)

Ha! Awesome week for toys... the Caveman is doing the farewell tour into a box tonight. Kinda said he was sick of the other two guys and all the little woodland plant-life creatures moving into his shelf apt. Really had it out with a giant Beralgon this morning so it's time to move...

pristine beauties - looking great on wood. congrats!

the title of the thread alone made me say "WOWW..." awesome awesome pick up. now lets see that sucka glow.

WOOt, nice pickups.

spiritualized!

That guy is wild looking! (the toy, that is )

Nice score man, and great happy-ending story!

i wish i had your luck!
congrats on your score!!!

funny about wives watching husbands charge up toys.
everytime i, or she, buys a glow toy, i charge them up in the car,
and then lower them down to the darkness under the steering wheel.
you gotta see the face my wife makes

very nice, I've been looking for it for almost 3 years

Congrats, Lixx!
You've paid it forward countless of times I'm sure.
Its destined to be yours.
I was eyeing the excact same thing. Must have been something like 8 mths of nothing? But got distracted by SK when I saw it. After running through the threads, thought its most likely you that got it, true enough!
Cheers!

Well I hope I have good toy karma. I try to help whenever I can....I don't know about destiny but when I hit "send"on that paypal payment it made all the hours spent everyday on the marmit YJA search, all the leads that went nowhere, and the minutes spent ogling everyone's flickr page that had one seem worth it.

PS Everyone that is looking, there are 100 of these out there. Double the red eyed white one, double the clear painted, know that for some reason these things tend to pop in bunches.

C.

Awesome story Lixx! It's great to hear a happy ending like that one. I saw those Callis go up for sale and thought, somebody has a line on something good.
Congrats again.

great story, now lets see them Woo glow!

firstly, congrats on finding a long-time want.

i can feel your excitement through the posts. i hope too i can get these feelings again, have been a LONG time...

on a sidenote, somehow, i thought i have seen the marmit gid more often than the m1 version in physical shops here. although they mostly come loose.