[thechris]

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Originally Posted by Artist77

So forget coming to this forum with finds to try and help people finish their collections at WHAT I BELIEVE to be reasonable prices, since hypocrites will just jump down my throat for my own self interest (which everyone has), going so far as to mock me (quintens thread, anyone?) and try to compare me to the guy who bought every villain from a toy line our town has seen, when I bought less than 25% of new items in a store that has gotten its first new MU product since March.

Hey, it's cool, man. Calm down. I can see how you'd be upset. I had a trade up earlier where I offered the 3.75" Mandarin MOC and 3.75" Ultimate Iron Man MOC (two highly rare, highly sought after figures that are now out of print and barely made it to the shelves even when they were in print) in exchange for a "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Bam Bam Bigelow figure. Both of which are still available in stores in good supply in the US, however not available here in Canada.

Ultimate Iron Man is available for pre-order from BBTS for $11.99 and Mandarin sells for at times $30 out of package, these are both sealed in original packaging. I won't name names, but I was called a scam artist and sent links to RSC and other rip-off sites who sell Macho Man for $19.99. I -know- that these two figures are still sold at TRUs and Targets all over the US for $14.99 to $15.99. If I was quicker, I could've bought them from Mattel's online shop, but I missed out. I was told that Mandarin was "only a $7 toy". That's just over half of what I would've paid at retail in Canada (and I didn't, btw, I had to get this online, just like most people, and it was just under $30 which I thought was a steal for MOC).

I didn't even want to trade these, by the way. They're from my own collection. I really wanted the two WWE figures though and I figured I could help out some Arkers with some hard to find figures at super low prices in the process but in the end, I got slapped in the face for it. Thankfully a super generous Arker who already had both Mandarin and Ultimate Iron Man offered to pick the WWE figures up for me at cost plus shipping. My point is, not everyone on here is a jerk and quinten182 is a cool guy, this is probably just a minor disagreement. It'd be a shame if you let this one bad experience keep you from trading on here.