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onibaba5
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Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am Posts: 2954 Location: Hudson, Ohio
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 Re: morphy auction ...you will want to read this
Crud! If i still lived in Ohio I'd def go! It's quite a haul from Kansas!
hmmm...maybe I should look into flights....
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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your a lot closer than oregon . i wonder how many people on this board are going ?
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onibaba5
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Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am Posts: 2954 Location: Hudson, Ohio
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vintagevinyl wrote: your a lot closer than oregon . i wonder how many people on this board are going ? I'm seriously considering it. If anything, to be able to see all this incredible stuff under one roof. How often will that opportunity arise? Maybe bid on something ...the adrenaline coursing thru the veins.... ...what a rush even if you lose a bid. Yeah, it would be interesting to see how many folks go.
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jetJagger
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Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:17 am Posts: 401
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onibaba5 wrote: Yeah, it would be interesting to see how many folks go. I think my sanity might be in question, but I'm seriously considering a trip back to the states for this. My schedule won't allow me to do the Tokyo trip again this year--a bit ironic since I'm actually closer to Japan this year--but the auction dates are doable. I need to see the catalog first, even though I've already seen three possible wants in the tease photos. Figure I should make absolutely sure there are things I'm after before I fly 9,000 miles.  Maybe I can work in a Steelers game. Let's see...they get Cinci at home that weekend. A revenge game...this could work... -- jJ
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liquidsky
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Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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poysntixels
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Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:33 pm Posts: 1587 Location: Spoon River
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Crap. I did *not* pick the best time to become a student again... what an Ali Baba cave of great toys!
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Greasebat
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Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:48 pm Posts: 2415 Location: NE OHIO
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Mark K wrote: 6hrs from Clevo...I mo be there Considering it too, just to eyeball all that stuff. Maybe buy a little. Gettysburg is close by, along with the Hershey factory. Thats always a fun trip.
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Lixx
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Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:01 am Posts: 7380 Location: Deep in the Jungle
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Some of the lot selections are bizarre. For example I saw two lots where they each contained one of the Sanda or Gaira figures from M1. I'd think they'd put those guys together since they are a set?
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Sanjeev
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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:46 am Posts: 2571 Location: Boston, MA
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My fault. Dude, I was pouring over literally thousands of toys over the course of 3 days. The four of us were utterly shell-shocked by the time it was all over. I'm just glad my fuck-ups I've caught thus far haven't been TOO life-threatening! 
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Lixx
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Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:01 am Posts: 7380 Location: Deep in the Jungle
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Damn Sanjeev you make pouring over thousands of awesome pieces sounds so chore-like!  I totally would have geeked out. Wish I could be there, looks like fun.
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mondocoyote
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Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:32 pm Posts: 1227 Location: Chigasaki, Japan
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I hope that for the sake of the toys you two mean 'poring over', or there are going to be some very disgruntled winners.
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toybotstudios
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Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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damn, the volume is staggering....
seeing all of this makes me want to reconsider making the trip.
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:29 pm |
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onibaba5
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Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am Posts: 2954 Location: Hudson, Ohio
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Barely halfway thru and my eyeballs are exhausted! Unreal...it just keeps going....
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:12 pm |
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sumatra71
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:31 pm Posts: 5512 Location: LV-426
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holy smokes, I cannot believe how many rad toys are being auctioned off at this event...!!!
would be super fun to check this for real...!!!
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Sanjeev
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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:46 am Posts: 2571 Location: Boston, MA
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mondocoyote wrote: I hope that for the sake of the toys you two mean 'poring over', or there are going to be some very disgruntled winners. Guys, I have semi-bad-ish news. Well...it's something. There's a bit of a massive fuck-up: see, a lot of the modern designer vinyl lots (Secret Base, RxH, and the like) were fucking GIMUNGOUS. At first, Morphy's photographed only a few pieces from each of these lots. These are the *same* pictures that are currently online for the auction, and the same images that will appear in the hardcover catalog. Now, they sent us these pics a while back so we could write the descriptions and put in price ranges...but they sorta neglected to tell us there were TONS more toys in the lots not pictured! As a result, the estimates we posted for many of these lots are way off. The estimates are for ONLY what's pictured. Granted, this isn't a huge deal: y'all know what these toys are worth. The real problem, obviously, is that you don't ACTUALLY know what else is in these lots. I'm told that approximately 60 lots have additional toys in them. I recall at least a few of the lots filling whole fucking shipping crates! So this is no joke. Anyway, they've told me that they will be taking additional photos of ALL the toys in each of these massive lots soon and sending them to us for evaluation. Again, the estimates we provide aren't super-critical (to US) because we all know what these things are worth...but it will FINALLY be our first opportunity to see *all* the toys really in these lots. The additional photos will be printed into an addendum to the catalog, and those who show up to the auction in person will receive not only the main hardcover catalog, but also a copy of the addendum. The images and adjusted price estimates/descriptions will be posted online as soon as they're ready. I hope. The reason I'm a bit nervous about this is because I've yet to see any mention of this little problem anywhere online. None of the auction pages seem to talk about the missing toys in each lot. I was told that the main hardcover catalog (which I believe is being printed as we speak) will have a major announcement in the front stating that the images of the large modern designer vinyl lots are missing items, and that customers should look online for the updated pics/descriptions/price estimates. If anyone has seen a note like this already online, please let us know. Also, please not that the vintage vinyl is completely unaffected by this. That shit is airtight.
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liquidsky
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Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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toybotstudios
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Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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ok, went back tonight and bookmarked the shit i'm bidding on.
all you guys focus on the vinyl and the vintage tin and we should be ok....
it's all about POPY for me.
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hillsy11
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:51 am Posts: 2981 Location: Seattle
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toybotstudios wrote: ok, went back tonight and bookmarked the shit i'm bidding on.
all you guys focus on the vinyl and the vintage tin and we should be ok....
it's all about POPY for me. In person, right? 
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mondocoyote
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Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:32 pm Posts: 1227 Location: Chigasaki, Japan
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 Ug!
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toybotstudios
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Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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Chris, you're gonna be the guy waving the paddle for me. hillsy11 wrote: toybotstudios wrote: ok, went back tonight and bookmarked the shit i'm bidding on.
all you guys focus on the vinyl and the vintage tin and we should be ok....
it's all about POPY for me. In person, right? 
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hillsy11
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:51 am Posts: 2981 Location: Seattle
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I got a arrested the last time I waved my paddle in public....
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akumaizer
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Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:33 pm Posts: 462 Location: SF Bay Area Vallejo
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Bizarre timing on this... Absolutely the WORST time to sell. But...... For all of us with cash the BEST time to buy.
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Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:50 am |
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redhanded
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Joined: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:16 pm Posts: 2135
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Looks like I am going! Anyone else?
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Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:27 pm |
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onibaba5
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Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:30 am Posts: 2954 Location: Hudson, Ohio
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Has anyone else received the hardbound catalog? I just got it in the mail yesterday.... Mind blowing to have so many genres of Japanese toy collecting in one book, fantastic reference!
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Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:47 pm |
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missy
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:07 pm Posts: 2725 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Skylar and I went out & checked out this collection today.
Holy shit.
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