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[Roback]

Ever since I started Megocentral, where I have the chance to speak with thousands of collectors, I've been more than a little concerned about the escalating prices that are required to collect in our hobby. Not everybody has hundreds of dollars to plunk down on a single toy and I've seen too many other collectibles where the prices went so high that the average collector decided not even to bother. That's one of the main reasons that I don't collect robots. Their just way too expensive. That's the last thing that I want to see happen with Mego and monster collecting, especially seeing all the enjoyment that this hobby provides. With all this being said, I always thought that a boxed Remco Wolfman would run me $300.00 plus, especially since the last few sold for even more on auction. You can imagine my surprise when I won this for $114.00! I guess I just wanted to post this to remind new collectors that there are good deals are out there if you're patient.

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[The Phantom Creep]

WHOA!! More photos of that room please!!

Congrats on the Wolf Man. The deals are still out there, just less frequent.

[Anton Phibes]

Roback 's collection is neat and tidy!!!!!!  Kudos!  looks like a museum!!!!

[poseablemonster]

Oh, yeah.  Rob's collection is amazing, and the way it's displayed really gives those rare pieces the props they deserve.  I've admired his display room for a long time.

[Toy Ranch]

I love Rob's collection and display. 

The great thing about Mego or monster stuff is that you can collect to your budget.  Mego you have to stick with loose if you want to be frugal, but nothing wrong with that.  Monster stuff even moreso.  $20 a month can bring you all kinds of cool stuff, as there's lots of inexpensive monster toys that rock!

[Roback]

Well, coming from you guys I consider that quite the compliment! Andy, Bobby, I consider both of your collections simply amazing but lets face it, that goes without saying. Even more important is the passion you have for the hobby itself. My dad always told me to " stick with the winners " which you'll now start to realize why I make it a point to stay in steady contact with you both. I find great joy in reaching out to new collectors who are contemplating  starting a collection. Let's face it, money is tight and there are many places to spend what little disposable income we may have for a collection. I simply wanted to make the point that you don't always have to spend big bucks to obtain the more rarer pieces. As a matter of fact, if you look closely you'll see two carded Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend Morlocks. Just a few weeks ago I ran in to a beautiful sealed card for just a little over $100.00. No way could I pass that up. Just another example that if you spend enough time looking the deals are out there.

[Anton Phibes]

Never wanted to pay full price, and didnt even wanna pay 1/2 price.  So I held out and look......


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270296970673

[The Phantom Creep]

New stuff...

I already had the Wolf Man and now the Drac






Gotta love anything with a Gorilla holding a girl


Godzilla wants to give you a hug


And I got me one of these little guys, although his hand got bitten off by a gator

[zombiehorror]

This won't be anything exciting or rare to anyone here but a couple of weeks ago I picked up the Luminators Phantom at St. Louis' Monstrous Weekend!!  After seeing Ebay pricing I was sure I wouldn't be completing my Luminator collection but a vendor had it there for $15, well below what I've seen them go for on Ebay and someone else had one for $20!

Also they had a bunch of the USPS monster stamp pencils on the entry table for free...awesome since I never got a complete set.

[Mike Scott]

And a poster of Robby the Robot copyright and dated  1978 BILL MALONE/FANTASY CLASSICS INC.
Not folded, size 20" x 26"
Anyone know the story on this, was it just a commercially available poster?

Bill Malone owns the original Robby. The photo appears to be his Robby against a FP-like painted background, as apposed to a still from the film. Don't know what the story on the poster is, but he must have had these printed up for sale?

[NekroDave]

It's been pretty quiet on the monster front for me lately (got about a dozen kaiju on the way though), but I couldn't leave NYCC empty handed, now could I? I managed to snag a pretty decent lunchbox. Also, completed my Monster Balls set on Ebay last week, too.

[Gasport]

Nice score, Dave! I have one of the lunch boxes, too. Had to be one of the last all metal jobs, as everything went plastic by the 80's. Wish i'd have been able to attend NYCC. [Joe Simon used to be a neighbor of mine while growing up during the 60's] Seeing all this great stuff makes me look forward to the Chiller Theatre dealer's room in a couple of months! That's where i finally completed my set of Monster Balls not long ago. Congrats!

[Mike Scott]

Also, completed my Monster Balls set on Ebay last week, too.

Couldn't they have at least tried to come up with a less suggestive name!? "Ball Monsters", or somethin'?

[michblk]

Nice score, Dave! I have one of the lunch boxes, too. Had to be one of the last all metal jobs, as everything went plastic by the 80's. Wish i'd have been able to attend NYCC. [Joe Simon used to be a neighbor of mine while growing up during the 60's] Seeing all this great stuff makes me look forward to the Chiller Theatre dealer's room in a couple of months! That's where i finally completed my set of Monster Balls not long ago. Congrats!

Joe Simon of Simon and Kirby?

BK

[toysoldierman2001]

You guys made some really great scores,but for me right now $100 or more is just out of the question no matter how bad I want something.