2018 Most Wanted

so i still haven't found anything new to add to my Star Wars collection...

first reason, is because Hasbro is mostly releasing less-articulated figures lately..
second, is because it's hard to look for local toy stores or sellers who have the interesting units..
third, because it's scary to import the items from other countries nowadays, due to the possibility of having to pay massive taxes... :(


i'm still eyeing on the 3 & 3/4 inch scale Darth Revan..
Hasbro has already released a very nice 6 inch version (it actually looks better), but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the price of the 3 & 3/4 inch scale..
so far there's a single source within my country, but i can never consider its price..
well, maybe if i acquire a lot of money out of luck, then i'd probably consider that rate...

plus, the recent addition to my targets is the more articulated version of the Scarif Stormtrooper..
this one is actually a Squad Leader, and it's from the Black Series..
it was love at first sight after i saw this Stormtrooper's helmet..
the helmet is actually the first thing that i consider when buying a trooper action figure...

all featured photos in this particular post belongs to Rebelscum.com ..
so the credit goes to them...

plus here's a link to my WishList ..
just in case you know a local seller or toy store who has any of my target item...

Gungan Warrior Sold!

and there goes another one..
my 6th successful transaction as a seller on eBay ..
it was August 8, 2017 when me and the buyer were finally able to personally close this deal..
it was my 2nd time to do a meetup..
and now i only have 1 item left to sell...

Gungan Warrior..
another item which unfortunately acquired some mold-like formation inside its packaging..
i wanted to sell it a price not lower than Php 500.00, but i had some changes in mind since the mold-like stuff started to show up, so i lowered it to just Php 400.00..
i was about to adjust its starting auction price to Php 450.00, since the condition is not that bad..
but someone has already placed a bid for it..
and eventually, this item has been won through the auction...

its logical value is also Php 542.00..
but the circumstances has lowered it to only Php 400.00..
so that's a Php 142.00 loss for me...


my last statistics was:
Number of Units: 119
Total Value (in Php): 59,760 +
Estimated Rate (in Php): 502.18

and after selling my Gungan Warrior, my Estimated Rate (Total Value / Number of Units) went up again:
Number of Units: 118
Total Value (in Php): 59,360 +
Estimated Rate (in Php): 503.05

Orrimaarko (Prune Face) Sold!

so here goes my latest transaction as a seller on eBay , that's my 5th by the way..
it was July 24, 2017 when i finally let go of this item..
now that's just about 3 months since my last deal..
and now i only have 2 mint items left..
with 1 just awaiting for the instruction of its current buyer...

Orrimaarko, a classic Star Wars character, who has also been bought from my store numerous times..
but none of those previous bidders really committed to buying it..
i originally intended to sell it at a price not lower than Php 500.00, since he is a popular classic character..
but unfortunately for me, some mold-like stuff formed inside its packaging..
i thought to myself that, yes it is in MINT condition and the card still looks excellent, but who would want to buy it with those silly, dirty-looking stuff inside...?

and so i decided to lower the starting auction price to just Php 400.00..
its value is actually Php 542.00 if i'm to strictly refer to the bundle to which it belongs..
but Php 400.00, i think, is good enough for something that is no longer at top condition...


my last statistics was:
Number of Units: 120
Total Value (in Php): 60,160 +
Estimated Rate (in Php): 501.33

and after selling Orrimaarko, my Estimated Rate (Total Value / Number of Units) went up again:
Number of Units: 119
Total Value (in Php): 59,760 +
Estimated Rate (in Php): 502.18

i'm almost running out of items to sell on eBay..
and i'm thinking of what else can i offer online...

The Sweating Jabba

Thank You! :)

first of all, i would like to thank everyone for helping this blog reach 20,000 Hits..
i know i haven't had a good update for a while..
but that's because it's hard to search for my target action figures within my country, plus the latest 3 & 3/4 releases of Hasbro are not fully articulated...

---o0o---

(you may not notice it due to the low quality photo, but those shiny things on his belly are the 'sweat')

and for the actual update..
i have some more bad news for myself, aside from the occasional molds.. :(
it was only this July 2017 that i was able to check on my Jabba action figure again, i believe 2016 was the last time that i did..
and i was surprised to see that its lower body was very wet, with water (sweat) droplet-like particles..
i'm not sure what it was, but it's only during this year that i experienced such thing..
what i noticed is that it's extremely hot now in our country during the Summer season..
probably the result of climate change and the continuous industrialization and commercialization in our city..
and for the past months, i unintentionally placed my storage cabinet near the window, and so it was exposed to sunlight..
the lower body of Jabba is made of rubber material, unlike its upper body and most of the Star Wars action figures..
in addition, the paint material also seems different..
so i'm assuming that the 'sweating' has something to do with the rubber or the paint, because it's the only part of Jabba that became wet..
i wiped it off my action figure, and the liquid substance kinda felt sticky, and it was also erasing some of the paint...

after that, i checked on all my other Star Wars action figures, and everything looked good (well, except for the occasional molds on some of them)..
as a temporary solution, i was forced to move my storage cabinet inside my room where it can no longer get caught by the sunlight..
i just hope that it will do the trick...

Luminara Unduli Sold!

it's already my 4th successful transaction as a seller on eBay..
that's only 4 months since i last sold one..
and i'm happy that all my LOOSE figures for sale are already sold out..
but i still have 3 more to go...

again, this is another action figure that has been bought from my store, like 3 times already..
the second to the last buyer who bought it was hard to communicate with..
he was almost not replying to my online and text messages when he did a BUY IT NOW..
but suddenly, a week later or more, he was rushing me to do a meetup because he happened to be in my area..
but too bad for that buyer, i was not able to read all his messages as soon as he sent them to me...

and regarding this latest deal..
it's the first time that i did a meetup, with me being the seller..
but it turned out okay, coz we did it in a bank, so i was less worried that anything bad might happen during the transaction..
i was able to sell this particular unit for Php 250.00, while it logically costs Php 223.00...


my last statistics was:
Number of Units: 121
Total Value (in Php): 60,410 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  499.26

and after selling this Luminara Unduli, my Estimated Rate (Total Value / Number of Units) still went up:
Number of Units: 120
Total Value (in Php): 60,160 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  501.33

now i'm already above my preferred average rate of only Php 500.00 per action figure, regardless of their size...

Sun Fac Sold! :D

after more than a year, i managed to sell another item on eBay..
it's only my third transaction there as a seller..
and only the second time that i sold a Star Wars unit...

actually, this particular action figure has been bought (or won through bidding) for 3 to 4 times already if i'm not mistaken..
but this is the only time that a buyer really ended up buying it..
i'm not sure about the others, they probably thought that my payment option was complicated (actually it's not)..
and the second to the last buyer (who was using a new account) seemed suspicious, like he was only waiting for me to provide him with all my (very complete) GCash account details, but he never contact me after that...

and regarding my latest transactions..
i've been selling my sellable Star Wars units at a cheaper price..
like my Mint Nien Nunb action figure, which logically costs Php 542.00 based on the bundle price, but i only sold it for Php 450.00..
and for this Sun Fac action figure, which logically costs Php 429.00 based on the bundle price, i decided to just sell it for only Php 250.00 since it is already Loose...


my last statistics was:
Number of Units: 122
Total Value (in Php): 60,660 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  497.21

and after selling this item, my Estimated Rate (Total Value / Number of Units) went up again:
Number of Units: 121
Total Value (in Php): 60,410 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  499.26

---o0o---

and i have some bad news (especially for myself :( )..
after the 3rd year of being stored, i noticed that my mint condition items (i still have 3 for sale) already have some mold-like stuff in their plastic (the bubble packaging)..
i'm not yet an expert action figure collector, so i don't know what caused it, how to clean it, and how to avoid it in the future..
the mold-like stuff are situated inside the bubble packaging (at the plastic itself), at the lower half of each bubble (around the leg area of each action figure)..
i suspect that it was caused by the changes in the weather condition, and also because these particular
items have a packaging design that has an opening (not glued to the card) at the bottom... :(

Studying 3D Arts

sorry for the lack of update.. :(
honestly, i haven't been updating my Star Wars collection for a long time now..
there are new targets from The Force Awakens' line, but sources of 3 and 3/4 inch scale figures in my country is very limited (unlike those in the 6 inch scale)..
i've had a lot of extra expenditures during the past year, and that's the reason why...

(image is property of DAZ Studio)

and right now, i'm busy studying 3D manipulation using DAZ Studio 4.9 Pro (and the bundle is still FREE)..
you can check it out at DAZ's official website..
i still have a lot to learn..
and i'm hoping to make good use of that knowledge in the future... :)