Clinton Frankenstein bucket

[Palifan]

It does seem like shill biding to me, either that or the people bidding on it didn't know it was a repro. I honestly can't see people paying anywhere near this amount for a repro one that's not even in the right color (talking about the white one), it wouldn't make any sense and you may as well just add a bit more money to the pot and get an original.

I guess you never know if someone is desperate and has enough money to miss that kind of amount but I would have thought you'd be lucky to get a with of that amount.

It'll interesting to now see how many more of these get produced, maybe if there's a steady stream of them the price will drop down to what they should be going for.

Ian

[Monsters For Sale]

...Adam, I was looking at the 2 resin auctions as well and its the same 2 bidders.    Could it be they are in cahoots to drive up the auction to make it more desirable?  I mean these are molds and certainly the owners WILL MAKE MORE.... 

I wasn't wondering about that so much as I was wondering how high a new, 3rd bidder might push the last auction's
runner-up to try to get win this auction that has not yet ended.

None of this makes any sense.  Both sellers clearly state that these are COPIES and one even states that there will be more coming along in the future - even in different models.  Why knock yourself out over something that is still in production?  There will be more. 

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And why do bidders insist on telling the world what they are willing to pay a week before an auction ends?  All my bids are placed in the last few seconds of the auctions.  No one has the opportunity to re-think what they really are willing to spend and bid again.  Announcing your limit makes as much sense as showing your poker hand to the player across the table.

Bidding just once also prevents me from letting my own sense of competitiveness take over and cause me to place an unwise bid above what I wanted to pay for an item - just so the other guy doesn't beat me.

I will sometimes place a ridiculously small bid on an item to mark it in my watch list - or prevent the item from being sold early at what I think is an unreasonably high Buy-It-Now price.

I think some bidders get excited by watching the little numbers climb during the week.  They are like sharks taken over by some primal feeding frenzy.  I don't mind when it is something in which I have no interest.  Kinda bugs me when it is something I am quietly stalking.

I also hate it when well-meaning members announce live auctions I am following.  I try to extend the same courtesy to other collectors.  We only wind up pitting members against each other for the same items. 

The only exceptions are private e-mails to individual members about something I think they might have missed (but never more than one member for any one auction) or in cases where something is listed for millions of dollars, is of questionable authenticity, a dishonest listing or has already been exposed here by some other member and is being generally discussed .
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Sorry, I got carried away and thought I was venting to someone who cared what I thought.  I will now try to get back in my UMA member frame of mind and keep my posts a bit more succinct.  (Wish me luck.)

[Mike Scott]

None of this makes any sense. 

Remember, you're talking about eBay. 

Sorry, I got carried away and thought I was venting to someone who cared what I thought. 

We do, but it usually takes more than 5 min. to get a post noticed.

[Monsters For Sale]

...  We do, but it usually takes more than 5 min. to get a post noticed. 

I was just apologizing in advance.

I do tend to ramble.

[Mike Scott]

I was just apologizing in advance.

Ah! Never mind! 

[hugohernandez]

Adam, your picture of the REAL ebay bucket for 49 dollars, says 2016.    Did you win and find that auction?

That is an amazing find.    speaking of 49, I wouldnt pay 49 cents for the resins that are currently going thru the roof.     I can say at least the Orange resin has a decent paint job.   Possible airbrushed?

[hugohernandez]

At least this seems to be more down to earth.   I actually like it and don't find it unappealing.   
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ABG-PRODUCTS-FRANKENSTEIN-SHARPENER-REPRO-monster-vintage-universal/142552983668?hash=item2130d1e874:g:GmoAAOSwevdZ8qky

[hugohernandez]

Those Mexican ones?

Here it is Mike.    Its pretty cool and well worth the money in my opinion.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/CREATURE-FROM-THE-BLACK-LAGOON-BLOW-MOLDED-PLASTIC-FIGURE-MEXICO-/142540414257?hash=item2130121d31%3Ag%3ALnwAAOSwmkpZ4675&nma=true&si=OhwfK3A6U%252FRpllXlgK9L%252FrBRtBo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Monsters For Sale]

Adam, your picture of the REAL ebay bucket for 49 dollars, says 2016.    Did you win and find that auction?

That is an amazing find.    speaking of 49, I wouldn't pay 49 cents for the resins that are currently going thru the roof.     I can say at least the Orange resin has a decent paint job.   Possible airbrushed?

Yeah.  It was a Buy-It-Now listing.

I was sweating 'til it arrived. I was sure that there would be several buyers were trying to talk the seller into reneging on our deal.  Maybe he didn't get the requests until after he had mailed it.



It was my first of two great finds during the last year or so:



http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=31063.0

[Mike Scott]

Here it is Mike.    Its pretty cool and well worth the money in my opinion.

Doesn't seem that long ago you could get those for about 35 bocks!  I don't think I paid over that for mine?

[Mike Scott]

It was my first of two great finds during the last year or so:

I don't see anything on that page.

[Monsters For Sale]

I don't see anything on that page.

That's funny, the links works for me.

It was the 3rd post on that page.  I added the picture from it above.

[hugohernandez]

Yeah.  It was a Buy-It-Now listing.

I was sweating 'til it arrived. I was sure that there would be several buyers were trying to talk the seller into reneging on our deal.  Maybe he didn't get the requests until after he had mailed it.



Adam, were you sweating BUCKETS?    tee hee

[Mike Scott]

I added the picture from it above.

Damn! A binder for 23 bucks!! I can't believe they had It as a BIN!

Do you remember if they seemed to think it was anything special?

[Monsters For Sale]

Damn! A binder for 23 bucks!! I can't believe they had It as a BIN!

Do you remember if they seemed to think it was anything special?

They knew it was old - but evidently didn't think it was special.