Monstertoys strikes again on ebay....

[Mike Scott]

I'd like to go pee, right now, but I just don't want to get up!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

[packy120353]

We could easily incorporate an "American Pickers" crossover here but probably should not.

[fmofmpls]

I'd like to go pee, right now, but I just don't want to get up!

The UMA is like that. Hard to walk away from. According to the forum stats, I've been logged in for exactly 50 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. How do you think I can continue to sit like that without ever going to bathroom?  I rely on Rely. 

[Mike Scott]

I've been logged in for exactly 50 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes.

Yoiks!! 86 days, 11 hours and 45 minutes!

[mike c]

The UMA is like that. Hard to walk away from. According to the forum stats, I've been logged in for exactly 50 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. How do you think I can continue to sit like that without ever going to bathroom?  I rely on Rely. 

Kinda gives the term 'logged in' a whole new meaning...

[Opera Ghost]

Kinda gives the term 'logged in' a whole new meaning...

ROTFL

[lblambert]

Yoiks!! 86 days, 11 hours and 45 minutes!

Nowhere near as long as you two but enough days to make me wonder if I still have a job left 

[Dr.Terror]

"11 years on ebay i know what it is"





i just dont say so in the auction....

[Toy Ranch]

The following comments are being made in my capacity as a member, NOT as a moderator.

I've done a fair amount of business with him, buying and selling.  Never had a problem, but I see that some folks do.  He does take some liberties with his descriptions, but most of his customers are satisfied.  99.1% of them are.  If I were in the market for a Bump in the Night shock monster mask, I would not hesitate to buy it from him.  Obviously it's not vintage, but I know that already.  Not sure why he feels like he needs to do that, but he does I guess.

As far as his spelling goes, whether that's from a lack of education or a learning difference, I don't know.  Either way, he's a pretty sharp guy who happens to have some spelling problems.  I understand the frustration and anger people feel about the deceptive nature of some of his descriptions, however I think criticizing his spelling is wrong.  Obviously he doesn't do that on purpose. 

Look at this listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MONSTER-DRACULA-TIN-WIND-UP-ROBOT-NORESERVE_W0QQitemZ110503833991QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19ba8ab187

He explains it:
"VINTAGE MONSTER IS A HEADER CATOGORY ON EBAY "

There are a LOT of people who do searches on "vintage monster".  There are beanie babies that people call "vintage". 

Here are (currently) 101 listings for "vintage" beanie babies
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=vintage+beanie+baby

Vintage is defined this way at Dictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/define/vintage
6.
the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.

9.
representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies.
10.
old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.


These items can fit the dictionary definition of "vintage".  I'm not saying that I think he is being forthright in his description of that mask.  If he were, he would mention it was made by Bump in the Night and is a mask from a couple of years ago.   eBay makes it hard to get search hits, and putting vintage monster in the title helps people who might be interested find the item. 

I'm not saying I agree with everything he does, because I don't.  I don't agree with the way this thread has gone either.  Disagree with the way he words some of his listings?  OK fine, but let's not use that as an excuse to wallow around in the mud.  UMA members take swipes at him on this site, he takes swipes back in his listings...  it leads to a lot of ugliness and unnecessary animosity. 

[Mike Scott]

Not sure why he feels like he needs to do that, but he does I guess.

To get people who aren't interested in what you have, to look at it anyway. Like the people who put the words "famous" and "monsters" in every auction description for monster mags, or every mask auction that says "not Don Post".

[ICEMANN333]

HELLO ...TOY RANCH .... DROP ME A EMAIL YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW THIS......ICE.......

[zombiehorror]

I was so worried I'd never find that Dracula Christmas ornament from last year but then I looked thru Monstertoys vintage stuff on Ebay!

[Scatter]

I was so worried I'd never find that Dracula Christmas ornament from last year but then I looked thru Monstertoys vintage stuff on Ebay!

That's where I found my vintage Barnabas Collins 12" action figure..........a special edition, complete with a Volturi Crest Necklace as seen in the movie "Twilight". Who knew?? What a rarity!!

[Elisabeth]

Hello.  I was intrigued by this thread, so I decided to check it out.  Holy MERDE!  That character has more negative feedback than a hound has fleas.  I looked over every single page, (all 77 of them), and couldn't believe all the "red alerts".

Thank you for performing a valuable public service for memorabilia buyers.  Now I know who to avoid.

Thank you again
Elisabeth

[Dr.Terror]

This is why he smells.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TOPSTONE-SHOCK-MONSTER-VAMPIRA-THE-GHOUL-TOPSTONE-MASK_W0QQitemZ110506302114QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19bab05aa2

He knows exactly what these are, He's been told by myself and others.  Yes refuses to list them as VXX masks.

I also wouldn't be surprised if the Female Vampire blank is the same crappy painted one he was trying to sell as vintage last year..only stripped of the tempura paint he used.