A while back, /toy/ led me to a webcomic about a guy who started buying up Episode I toys and ended up becoming a toy dealer at conventions. Can't remember the name for the life of me - you guys remember? Thanks!
>>5360189
The only toy-related webcomic I can think of is shortpackwd
>>5360756
Dammit phone
"Shortpacked".
>>5360189
What is going on between the girl and guy in the back with their arms crossed???
>>5361012
staring contest, if he wins she has to lower her standards to date him. if she wins.. well it ends up in some form of humiliation that he's probably used to.
Kind of like a lottery ticket that you can get a refund on if you don't win.
I miss the 00's
>>5361967
Rusty Brown?
>>5360189
I know exactly what comic you're talking about OP. Here it is:
http://www.thewebcomicfactory.com/comic/dealers-1-1998-was-the-year/
>>5362125
Anybody reading this blind, be advised this comic hits you right in the toy feels. Not as hard as Rusty Brown, but a bit more authentic.
>>5362125
>http://www.thewebcomicfactory.com/comic/dealers-1-1998-was-the-year/
That's the one. Thanks buddy!
>>5362168
...jesus.
My wife isn't a cunt like this but I always feel like I'm right on the edge.
>>5362168
I just feel glad that this comic talks me out of "toys=investment". I'm happy just buying what i want, and later knowing theyre worth something.
speaking of Rusty brown, i wish i could find more of that. they storytimed it on /aco/ for a while, but it was mostly the rest of ANL
This cut me deeper than it should have.
KEK
>>5363151
Own it, dude. We like what we like. If you really need to feel like a man, hit the gym. Feeling strong is one of the best feelings in the world.
>>5362125
Actually not a bad read. Thanks, anon.
Where can we read rusty brown?
>>5363221
Check the /co/ archive, they do storytime for the artist on occasion.
>>5363155
>This incident was actually based on a comic book store owner I had known. After the bust of the comics, he sold off his store and moved to Israel. Rumor was, he had left a lot of unpaid bills behind.
This is hilarious; basically a Jew was responsible for destroying a bunch of people's livelihoods by intentionally flooding the market. A microcosm of real life.
>>5363155
Doom was a shrewd motherfucker.
I just binge read the whole thing. There were times that I got mad at the main character, specifically when their wives showed a genuine enthusiasm to join them in the hobby and they made sure to make it the most miserable experience of their life. Ffff.
Good grief are you supposed to sympathize with the main character? Is he supposed to be relatable? the whole thing feels pretty pathetic
If the story was set in 2015 what would these MISBniggers be dealing? Hot Toys? PAKs? Turd party?
>>5365283
Amiibos.
>>5364041
Why is it always the Jews?
Reading Dealers now, do people actually do this? I've heard of people flipping toys but this is pretty intense and competitive.
>>5365287
Always.
>>5365296
at the time, yes; there was no solid collector's alternative, internet was sparse and not as regulated and standardized. You could go for weeks or months without seeing a specific figure in toy shelves. There really wasn't a centralized standard for collector figures, either(like how in the story, Marvel shifters, which would now be regarded as a lame gimmick, is shown as a big deal), no one was sure what the next big thing would be. There were no Hot Toys, no Black Series, No SHF.The internet has changed that market considerably, although to an extent you still see some retail toys being flipped for considerable money.
>>5365287
>Why is it always the Jews?
Because when it's not, it doesn't get discussed and remembered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
>>5365296
still happens, but in a slightly different way and scale.
>>5366199
good luck getting the shitheads here to believe in that
>>5362125
Thanks, anon. I enjoyed that. Is there anything else like it? A novel maybe?
Also, did TPM really crash the toy market in the early 2000s? Is there anywhere where toy shows are still a thing besides comic con?
>>5365880
>The internet has changed that market considerably
Maybe in the 90s, but since 1999-2001, it really hasn't changed much.
>>5367101
> did TPM really crash the toy market in the early 2000s?
No. It only fucked over speculators and who gives a shit about them.
The toy industry was really ramping up during this time. McFarlane was increasing articulation, adding more detail, and buying up licenses left and right. Companies like Palisades, Mezco, NECA, Kaiyodo, ArtFX and many others were stepping up with their own lines.
Dolls were entering premium territory. High quality clothes, replicas and other amazing shit we never saw before.
Diecast replicas companies were upping their game as well.
Tons of stores started to sell collectibles and we started seeing hipstershit toys popping up during this time.
So the early 00s was a very hype time.
Mid-late 00s was when we saw a crash, and that was thanks to Chinese workers getting rights and companies like KB and Sam Goodys going bust.
>>5367145
I remember walking into Media Play as a teen.
Like a whole corner of the store that was just floor-to-ceiling Kaiyodo Trigun and Eva toys, ARTFX Guardian Force figures, Front Mission, Armored Core, Berserk, Gundam, shit I hadn't even seen before, and for cheap prices. I got a Wolfwood figure for like $12 and was hooked on Japanese toys forever.
>>5367216
Yep, it was great back then.
They actually gave a shit about what the west liked and pandered to us. Only line that does that today is the SHF DBZ stuff. Almost everything else is for eastern tastes only.
>>5366740
>good luck getting the shitheads here to believe in that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#Persistence_of_discredited_beliefs
That's also covered. When confronted with factual evidence that runs counter to your held beliefs, your brain goes into lockdown mode and your incorrect belief is actually strengthened. The tests with people's political beliefs being challenged while in an MRI are pretty interesting.
Evolutionary adaptation is a hell of a drug.
>>5367145
wtf mall still had a suncoast when man of steel was out?
That was one hell of a read. The best part was when the guys go to the premiere of Phantom, although that got me thinking. Was it THAT poorly received back in the day? Or is it just a case of the writers being hyperbolic to help the narrative? It's pretty clear the strip is no documentary, in an early page they mention Mace Windu figures before he even existed as a character
>>5369941
I remember really liking Phantom when I first saw it. I was 13 though. I will give TPM credit though for giving us Episode 1 Pod Racer on N64.
>>5369638
/pol/-smokers are as bad as SJWs in many ways, including never letting go of their narrative, or pushing a clearly fake narrative.
"big titties on fictional characters is RAPE!"
"Gamergate is totally about gaming journalism ethics, duh what is a jifgirstmin?"
>>5369941
Mace Windu was one of the first Phantom Menace toys. He was a mail-Away exlusive preview figure.
>>5369999
>jifgirstmin
I don't know anything about GG, so what does this mean
>Late 90s/early 2000s
>Walk in, first stop was Software Etc. Before the Jews at Gamestop bought them and turned them to shit.
>Hit up the Arcade, usually run into some friends there, spend like $10 playing MK, SF, SHUMPs, and making sure my high score is still there at the sit-down Ms. PAC-MAN machine.
>Next stop was Music land and Sam Goody, to browse CDs and DVDs, and collectible toys for an hour.
>Hit up Waldenbooks to buy a couple volumes of Manga
>Last Stop is KB Toys, slightly overpriced, but awesome selection, much like TRU of the 90's.
>Now, almost all those stores are closed.
>Malls lie half abandoned, with many stores as abandoned lots.
>Stores come and go when they set up shop in a mall. Some last a couple months, maybe a year at most.
>Malls are always totally empty.
I love the internet, but I also hate it. Going to shop at a physical store just feels like a quaint Novelty.
>>5360189
> Biting the card ruining the value
RRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!
>>5370040
Jeff Gerstmann- the former Gamespot reviewer who was fired because he gave a bad review to a game that the publisher paid Gamespot big bucks to hype up. The average GGer barely knows who he is, because the movement started over some unimportant woman who made a forgettable indie game dumping her whiny boyfriend.
Seriously, if GG had started the day he was fired AND told the white supremacists to piss off, the movement may have had merit. They did neither, so real gamers hate GG.
>>5370087
>everyone i dont like is a white supremacist
>>5370087
>real gamers
Go to /co/ you goddamn cocksuckers
>>5370087
>who was fired because he gave a bad review to a game that the publisher paid Gamespot big bucks to hype up
I did know about this part. Thanks anon.
>>5362125
Here's a TLDR of this comic
>500 fucking pages long
>Reads like a sonichu comic
>Piece of shit scalper that has a perfect life before his autism magically kicks in at age 30
>Talks shit about his customers and friends
>Bought beanie babies to resell because he was such a fucking autist
>Acquired many shekels
>>5370224
It's only 124 pages and I don't think other scalpers a.k.a the competence can be considered as friends.
>>5370051
I used to love going to outlets. all they had was a KB toys, but those were the really good ones with their rare items and clearance stuff the regular ones didnt have
>>5370051
I still prefer going to stores before I order offline, just because I hate waiting for shipping. But half the time stores have such shit stock they don't carry the damn thing I'm looking for and I'm forced to order online anyway.
>>5363221
just look for the Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, shouldn't be too hard to find
>>5370434
try to just read the Rusty Browns. all the others are too....picturey
>>5369638
> When confronted with factual evidence that runs counter to your held beliefs, your brain goes into lockdown mode and your incorrect belief is actually strengthened.
/toy/ has that in spades
>>5366199
'sup reddit
>>5369911
The mall in White Marsh, MD still has a Suncoast now.
>>5371269
shit really? They have anything worth heading over there for?
>>5371278
I don't really ever pick up anything when I go because of the prices but I know they've got some Marvel stuff and a bunch of NECA. Pretty huge anime selection (well, by today's standards) but it's all like $20 more than you'd pay on Amazon, so I never get anything. There's also anime t-shirts and plushes if you're into that sort of thing.
>>5369454
>>5370701
It's cute how many grudges you hold, Subji-kun.
>>5371282
pffff, forget that then
