YOU KNOW WHAT GRINDS MY GEARS? WHEN NINJA TURTLES ARE MISSING THEIR BELTS.
>>5621770
When I spend days searching for a good deal on manda only to find out I missed several good ones on fucking ebay.
>>5621770
When a Funko collector exists near me.
>>5621770
When they don't paint the hand and feet wraps on Nick Turtles.
>>5621801
My best friend is one. It hurts.
>>5621770
Spending a lot on a great figure with awful... engineering decisions.
This would be my favorite thing if not for the shitty joints / plugs? / whatever they're called.
>>5621770
The fact that there's no way to filter out China on ebay.
Fucking seriously; I hate having to check every single listing to see where shit's coming from because of the more recent trend of chinks trying to sell bootlegs at full retail or higher.
>>5621981
That pisses me off so much.
>searching for figure
>set search criteria to UK only
>items show up in actual £ instead of roughly converted prices
>click on item of interest
>says it's located in the UK
>click on seller profile (usually with 10,000+ feedback)
>chingchong has been a registered seller since 2007 blah blah etc.
>location: China
Seriously fuck off with this shit.
>>5621981
This, exactly
It's fucking awful
>>5622038
>>5622026
>>5621981
n-not all china sellers are bad
Sword wielding characters with side-to-side wrist articulation.
>>5622057
When you're looking for Figma though it's pretty obvious the £14.99 Links and Sword Art Online shit isn't legit.
>>5621770
When I can't get basic information from the distributor. They drag their assessment on photos, don't know case sizes (let alone assortments), guess at release dates, etc. It's awful that I basically have to hit BBTS and hope the distributor catches up in a couple weeks. And then, no matter how I order or schedule, stuff always arrives right after a convention.
>>5622057
All gooks are evil bootleggers!
>>5622073
Figma bootlegs are the worst. Only good bootlegs are Datong. But maybe bootlegs will get better in the future
>>5622084
Transformers has some great bootlegs.
And then you have the (unfortunately rare) cases where they completely shit on the original by improving it.
>>5621980
Is that the RIO:Bone Canti? If so then good, I was pining after it but if articulation sucks then I think I can get over it.
I live in the country, and I hate it when some stereotypical geeks I know come up to me and say 'wow guess what anon I bought a really cool action figure Link online it's called a figma and it's really detailed and amazing they even do a Samus from Metroid soo cool let me show it to you' and I'm just thinking of my own figma collection that I just downsized from 60 to 30.
I don't know how it happens multiple times with the same people. aside from toys I'm a total normie so I guess they want to 'educate' me.
>>5621770
"curling iron arms" on Transformers trigger me to no end. You know, stuff like Beast Hunters Bulkhead where bending the elbow makes it look like the figure is doing bicep curls because the hands are permanently sculpted that way.
>>5622219
It is but I'm not really sure what that anon is talking about.
Like most sentinel figures, articulation is great.
The only weird joints, i felt, were the ankles
>>5622307
>"curling iron arms"
what is this wheel of fortune before and after
theyre just curling arms nigga
>200 replies
>10 pictures
>Find multiple of the same figure
>Each of the figures has something fucked up about it
>bad paint app,modeling issue, fucked up face, ect
>Pick the less fucked up one which still has a small issue that you can't get over
When I ham hand stand pegs. Still, fuck claws.
>>5622289
My nephew and his friends do that. I've learned to keep the power level to a minimum and they wanna show off their weeb cred. It's pretty embarrassing. He'd be creaming over his overpriced Goku figuarts and I don't have the heart to tell him that it would have been $10-15 cheaper online.
Or I also have a little Chibiusa charm on my wallet (am grill so it's not so bad) and if a weeb is checking me out through the checkout line they're always, "OMG RIIIINIIIIII" I just kinda smile and nod and try to beeline for the door as soon as they're done.
>>5621770
Tray explosions when the figure has some teeny tiny accessories, even if you're doing it a little bit at a time.
>Lookin' at you SAS Hermes
>>5622868
>someone is excited to see someone likes the same thing as you
>disgusted
>am grill
typical
>>5622898
If you like screechy landwhales in your personal space, be my guest.
>When the joining point on the stand that holds up your figure doesn't fit properly into the figure's hole and keeps slipping making it hard to pose
>get into those two foot tall ball jointed dolls
>save forever, research all the thingd
>drop close to a grand on one and all the bells n whistles
>Friend is envious of my doll
>goes and gets a 200 Chinese peice of shit
>no clothes, no wig, nada
>parades the naked doll around once
>never gets it out again
Could have at least made an effort fuck sakes
>>5622310
It feels like a string puppet, articulation is great but its not ... tight?
Also, like you mention, the ankles keep popping out.
>>5622846
The only reason these broke for me is that the datong stands are too big to fit in legit holes, and I accidentally mixed those up, cracking them
>>5622063
Dude...Link is super cheap since it was re-released up the ass. You can even find that shit in Gamestop.
>>5622564
All Kamen Rider
>buy an unopened toy through a third party seller
>comes with two left feet or some other random qc issue
>can't get a refund or compensated in any way
>members of the same team/franchise
>one or more members are web exclusives
>searching for a certain hard to find ML in brick and mortar
>finally find it
>baf piece is swapped
>searching for a certain hard to find ML in brick and mortar
>finally find it
>eye paint or some other random qc issue makes it look terrible
>forced to buy it anyway because you might not see another one again
>order $100 toy and $15 toy in the same shipment
>the $15 toy is more fun
>organizing display
>one figure in the back falls
>domino effect
>prototype pictures look amazing
>actual release looks like shit
>getting out-sniped last second on ebay
>friend asks to play with toys
>you can visibly see them playing with it too rough
>>5623520
Not £14.99 cheap m8
>>5623520
He's fucking $50 at Gamestop.
>>5623666
Yeah, a toy shipped over the ocean, to a niche retailer, a year ago while you dragged your ass isn't free, abloobloobloo.
>>5624201
His comment was made in reference to the anon's claim that Link is 'super cheap' and can be found at Gamestop.
$50 for a bare bones figma like Link is not 'super cheap'.
>>5624201
shut the fuck up, Sergalicious.
You know what grinds my gear? When people at flea markets/swap meets charge retail/scalping prices for toys.
Hi
>>5624207
It is compared to before it was reissued twice and compared to what it'll cost two years from now when everyone's crying for another reissue because they'll buy it this time, honest.
>>5624292
The only people who'll be buying that Link in two years time are Smashfags who deserve to suffer and have their wallets bled dry.
>>5624254
>expects rare toys in mint condition for free
>>5621801
i knoe your pain. someone i work with is one. she is just trash.
>>5624254
especially when theyre opened and incomplete
Big figures that don't have ratchets in the shoulders so they can't hold their fucking weapon
looking at you cw devastator
I mean I love you but still.
>when people shitpost about posing/photos without their own contribution
>when people complain about your purchases
>when people just complaing about toys in general
Figures of flying characters that can't look up.
>>5624992
when people want /toy/ to be a hugbox
>>5625028
just because people aren't having kindergarten level shit flinging fights over "who can beat up who, superman or darth vader" doesn't mean it's a fucking hugbox.
you can be critical without being cruel if you're intelligent enough.
>>5625028
Your taste is shit. Kill yourself and never post photos again.
![start-with-why[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cvcweOg.jpg "start-with-why[1].jpg")
>Y-cut hip joints
>5 PoA
>One fist and one open hand
>Figure can't sit down
>No fucking ankle-rockers
>No ab crunch
>No thigh or bicep swivel
>No double jointed elbows or knees
>No ball jointed neck
>>5625031
>you can be critical
but that guy doesn't want anyone to be critical unless they meet random criteria.
>>5625040
Actually, I'm fine with people being "critical" it's people who say "kill yourself" "stop collecting toys" "Never post again" that are the kind of people I'm talking about.
>>5625048
one of the easiest things to ignore, as exampled by someone a few posts above.
>>5625028
how is it a hugbox for wanting actual discussion instead of shitting on everything like /v/? Isn't this supposed to be a "fun" hobby?
>>5625062
because that guy is squashing discussion if it doesn't follow his parameters of who's able to comment on toys.
>>5625062
>shitting on everything like /v/?
>anime reaction meme
sup /v/-kun`
>>5621801
>When a Funko collector exists near me.
Even more:
>in my shit town in Russia there is a Comicbook-related stuff opened
>it SWARMED with Funko pop faggy vinyls. i guess they want to make it look "hype" and "cool"
>>5625099
>everyone who disagrees with me is the worst ever samefag
sure is hugboxer
>>5625105
fuck off todd
>>5625109
>le funny /v/ meme head of bethesda
>>5621770
Why do they need belts? They don't even wear pants.
>>5622105
That figure's backside is giving me a rare gayboner.
But in all seriousness, it definitely is a great figure.
>>5622564
me when searching for quick food porn on /ck/ to make the afterwork dinner more delicious through optical foreplay
>>5625101
Sometimes it seems like Funko Pop is all that sells. The catalog is flooded with that shit. Everybody just waits for toys to hit the clearance bin. Then later they scream about scalping or Hasbro not listening to them.
>>5625203
He looks naked from behind, doesn't he?
>>5625305
I hate when Bandai of America only paints the front of a figure and not the back like 2010 Lord Zedd.
Also when BoA neuters something with their version. See: digivice, zords, etc.
>>5625305
Would/10
So my dad has the entire marvel legends guardians line, the whole build-a-groot, and because he's from the 80s and he's a retarded he thinks toys are better if you keep them misb.
Even though they are articulated figures, with one giant figure to put together, that he NEVER plans on opening. He doesn't collect other figures either, and has never read a guardians comic. Just liked the movie. Fuck that guy.
>>5625405
God I'm glad I have a healthy relationship with my dad. "FUCK MY DAD" faggots are the worst. Barely men.
>>5625407
Seconded. My dad is awesome.
>>5621770
being poor
>>5621770
When the toy I waited to come out on toy stores were shipped in VERY limited quantities that almost nationwide can't find one only to discover being bought by scalps and scalp stores selling it 5 times the price.
Thank God for a friend of mine got me one today and is priced in retail.
Damn you Hasblow for not knowing what we want.
>>5621770
When I buy an old figure and I find out that it's been destroyed by being in the packaging for years.
![Porgo01460748670[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/Cf9XtJS.png "Porgo01460748670[1].png")
>>5623650
huh, took him long enough.
not as long as the first miku, but still long considering it's link
>>5622026
Chinks are making those jews at ebay a shitload of yuan.
>>5625407
>"Fuckmydad faggots"
They probably did.
>>5625407
>"FUCK MY DAD" faggots are the worst. Barely men.
I bet you also wonder why homeless people don't just get a job. Grow up and realize that not everyone lives the same pampered life you do.
>>5621770
All Play Arts Kai figures. Over priced garbage.
>>5626647
This
>>5626647
>I bet you also wonder why homeless people don't just get a job.
Is it because of poor life choices? Like the poor choices you made in your life anon? It's ok to be mad.
>>5625407
>it's impossible for someone to be a bad father
I mean the guy you're responding to is probably just an autist, but you dumb nigga.
>>5621770
>figures that wear high heels
>figures with curved soles
>figures with tiny feet
>>5628140
she comes with a stand you bozo
>>5624300
No he expects opened an played with but still in good condition toys at a fair price. I doubt he'd have a problem finding a mint in box for store prices
>I don't put my toys on a stand and anyone who does is a neanderthal
>>5624998
The first iron man movie toys
>>5628140
Still perfect
>>5622868
>btw am grill
please be in London
Ebay in general, desu.
>Figures with no ankle pivot
when sweatshop workers be slacking on my expensive weeb shit
>>5632418
Yikes, that looks like a bootleg
>>5628235
>figures need stands to stand
>>5632423
>thinks every figure should be able to stand on it's own
Jehuty must trigger you pretty fierce.
>>5621981
I assume youre not american?
I just mark "North America" or "US Only" for item location, instantly rules out all the Chinese bullshit.
>>5625101
Send me some Квac and Ягyap, пoжaлyйcтa и cпacибo
>>5632538
>not american
I am, though.
>US only
That doesn't really help me when looking for foreign figures; which is the main reason I run into chinese sellers in the first place.
>rules out all chinese bullshit
Yeah, chinese sellers use fake locations that causes them to still show up in the search results.
Not to mention I see plenty of US sellers who are blatantly selling bootlegs and try to pass them off as authentic all the damn time.
>>5632834
Dude it's ebay and you're a buyer, if they fuck you over you can fuck them right back and probably get a free bootleg out of it.
>>5621770
open a toy and something is always broken or fucked up.
>>5621770
When my stormtroopers can't hold their guns with both hands
When my figures can't stand
>>5632856
Get the Bandai Model Kit
>>5632421
It's not, AGP figures just have really terrible QC.
Check out this review https://youtu.be/qdmV-OEnWtE
When the same listing is watched, over and over, by half a dozen people and never purchased. Come on.
>>5621770
When toylines don't have the MC in the first wave.
>>5632897
looks ugly to me
has a weird shine
>>5633432
Maybe it's overpriced they're waiting for a price drop.
When someone lists something that goes unsold for three consecutive 10 day listings, you know there's a problem with the pricing.
>selling eBay thing for 50
>buyer offers 30
>counter with 40
>offer expires with no response from buyer
at least decline the offer you cunt
>a few months ago
>new Black Series 6 inch wave is released
>desperately trying to find Jango Fett
>none of my local shops seem to be getting the new wave in
>one store in particular (Forbidden Planet) is known for allowing scalpers to buy entire cases of one character
>worried I'll never find Jango and he'll go the way of Darth Maul and rebel pilot Luke
>cave and buy him for £25 on eBay
>a few months pass
>walking around my local Asda today
>see the entire wave for £17 each
God fucking damn it.
>>5633440
If it was overpriced, it wouldn't have sold on Amazon for 20% more. Or at comic cons for the same price. eBayers are just poor, when the search engine isn't playing games.
>>5633466
If it wasn't overpriced, it would sell.
A toy is only worth what somebody is willing to pay, it doesn't matter what the MSRP is or how much it's selling for elsewhere.
If you're having trouble selling on eBay, your pricing is the problem.
>>5633480
desu ebayers are pretty entitled when it comes to price stuff
>>5633482
There's always low ballers and whiners though, it doesn't matter if you're selling on ebay, Amazon or at cons.
I was selling a Nendoroid a few months back, I had it listed for $100 or best offer, some chucklefuck offered me $40, I declined and ignored all further contact from them.
It sold for $100 a week later.
It's that easy, if your pricing is realistic.
Don't try to sell pegwarmers for MSRP or higher.
Actually today I feel pretty good
>>5633480
No, it did sell. Twenty times, actually. Just not to poorfags on eBay.
eBay is also known to engage in rolling blackouts and traffic shaping. I wouldn't expect a drive-by best offer lowballer to be aware of that though.
I don't even order cases with shelf warmers anymore. Everybody wants the short packed figure for a discount and the rest for practically free. Won't last long selling $100 of toys for $25.
>>5625038
This is why I love /toy/
>>5633529
Then why do you use ebay?
>>5633537
Because Amazon fees are twice as high and there aren't enough cons, let alone good cons, instate. Actually I use a few other sites too but none of them have the traffic or basic features to compete with A/E. 2016 and they can't figure out calculated shipping or per item shipping. I can't afford to eat shipping and buyers are too poor to pay flat rate.
>>5634225
I hate that dude with the pile of MP Soundwaves as much as anyone but scalping is pretty much the only viable business model on a 3rd party marketplace.
>Figure you want at the store
>Unsure if you want to buy it because it feels like they're common and waiting for a price drop
>Decide fuck it, let's get it!
>It's gone the day you want it
>Never find it again at the store, now it's scalper prices online
>Find figure at out of town store
>Buy it because your local stores never stocked it
>Go to local store a few days later, it's stocked
>>5634233
It's pretty much a match made in hell, a fee structure that inflates prices delivering a poorer and poorer class of customer. eBay wasn't like this back in the 90s. I don't know about Amazon but I sure don't see much worth buying from them.
That and knockoffs. So many knockoffs out there. Half the stuff listed is even advertised as such. People will walk up all excited and then go "oh, it's a real Takara/Figma/etc" and walk off. It's crazy.
>People who pay 40+ for a highly articulated figure and can't pose it for shit
>>5634311
As long as they're enjoying the figure, who gives a shit if they can't pose for a damn.
>>5623524
I wish
>>5621770
This shit happening
>>5634453
How does that even happen? The tabs are smaller than the openings in the box, so they should slide right in no problem.
Fuck.
>buy something on ebay
>pay immediately (on a Monday)
>my order is shipped three days later
Come on now. I don't expect sellers to run to the post office with my package as soon as the 'paid' notification comes through, but three whole days?
>>5635918
Please tell me you're not this big of a spoiled brat.
>>5635928
I don't like it when buyers take 3 days to pay me, I don't like it when sellers take 3 days to ship my item.
I paid Monday, there was no excuse for them not to go to the post office until today.
>>5635928
If you can't ship things within 48 hours during the business week, you don't need to sell things on the internet
>what grinds your gears
Shit like pic related.
In a fb group dedicated to helping each other identify parts and strange toys, we get fucks like this that know nothing about the hobby who just use our knowledge to flip toys on ebay.
Last week I tried to buy a couple parts from some bro dude and he asked me to send money "paypal friends and family"
I told him I'd gladly send it the regular way + a couple bucks and it would save him from ebay fees etc.
>what's the regular way???
>oh, i'll just list them on ebay then
Fucking idiot. Now he has them listed at 5X what I'm willing to pay and they're obscure weapons to a shit toy line that aren't even highly sought after. Good luck buddy.
>>5634247
>I remember being a kid and loving Bionicle.
>Go to my KB Toys with $15 allowance
>There every 2 weeks to get new Toa or villain
>Have all the Toa Nuva except Tahu
>Buy this shit one weekend
>NEVER see Tahu Nuva again
I also felt this pain with Nuju Hordika
>buy a brand new part from a seller
>it arrives riddled with teeth marks
>leave negative feedback
>seller messages me whining about how a $3.00 item doesn't warrant negative feedback and we could have settled it via message
>refunds me before I even bother filing a complaint
>buy a figure from another seller
>item is used, but great for the price listed, usually isn't ever this cheap
>no tracking number
>item doesn't arrive when scheduled
>wait an extra week
>still nothing
>message seller, asking about the item
>they don't respond but immediately give me a refund with no explanation
>leave negative feedback because not only are all other listing more than what his was but simply the fact that I expected what I fucking paid for
>seller messages me trying to act like my negative feedback wasn't justified
Like, what the fuck is with sellers acting like they have the right to be so goddamn slimey? If you feel like a toy riddled in fucking teeth marks is acceptable to sell to someone, or you just don't ever ship their item they paid you for, you have no fucking right to try and play hush-hush with me, you kike.
Especially with the second seller, I bet he would've just held onto my money if I didn't message him about where my figure was.
>>5636167
>>5636169
>>5635918
Holy LOL at these entitled manbabies!
Most people selling things on ebay have real jobs and ebay sales are a little side project for them. And if they're selling large volumes it's simply a waste of time to go to the post office every day. Plus there's the actual act of packing things and finding perfect boxes for oddly shaped items. Damn, you online seat-glued plebians are clueless about the outside world.
>>5638942
>I'm the only mature adult on this toy section of an anime website!
Kill yourself.
>People who buy really expensive kits or go out of their way to find rare model kits
>And then badly snap/assemble them and put no effort into them past that.
>People who buy third party kits or resin kits
>Then complain about them not being color accurate and needing paint.
>>5638960
I have a friend who spends literally hundreds of dollars a month on 1/24 scale car model kits.
He posts photos of them on Facebook, brags about how rare they are, but never builds them.
I don't get MISB fags in general, but MISB model kits? What the fuck is the point?
>>5639044
The hunt.
Also I stopped caring about the amount I spend every since I started attending scale model meets. The older guys that build military tanks/plane? Better than most I've seen. The scale model train guys? By far the biggest spenders period. It's not uncommon to see a guy with $3k+ train and box car set and they're nonchalant about it.
>>5639058
It just seems sad to never build them and see their purpose realized.
He does have quite a collection, lots of rare Tamiya stuff from the 70's and 80's, they'd look great in a display if they were built and painted. Instead he's got a bunch of cardboard boxes with pictures on them.
>>5639058
>The scale model train guys? By far the biggest spenders period. It's not uncommon to see a guy with $3k+ train and box car set and they're nonchalant about it.
Pfffft
Warhammer guys spend more but they bitch and scream about how much they've spent over the years and that games workshop is subjectanon
>undercut lowest price on ebay for a figure
>no buyers
>put it in the BST on here for even cheaper
>no buyers
if it was weird stuff that there was no demand for, I'd understand.
>>5638960
>Rare Leo Kit
>The only official plastic kit of the design and they only ever did like one production run of it.
>All the pictures of it people post online of theirs are either nubby messes or gummy looking testors paintjobs.
>It never sells for less than $70 when it pops up online and that's way too much to justify paying for it considering its quality.
>>5623666
No he's not. There's one at my local for $35.
>>5638942
Since you're so responsible to have a "real job", you should be responsible and ship shit in a reasonable time window. Three days is too much.
You can't do that? Then stop selling.
Also nice argument about packaging, you shoud have everything packaged (just not closed) before even putting your shit online.
>>5625196
To store their weapons in grabbing range.
>>5634453
use a scissor or a ruler from the side to raise it without this happening
>>5639419
>>5621770
Realizing I needed a Lego minifig months to years after it's release.
>>5638942
>Plus there's the actual act of packing things and finding perfect boxes for oddly shaped items.
I do this before stuff even sells because I'm not a lazy piece of shit like you
Bonus hands. I love bonus faces since it's a neat little optional thing but unless there's something for the figure to hold with said bonus hand it's fucking USELESS.
I have an entire junk drawer full of them and I don't know if I want to throw them out or let them rot in there.
>>5640127
Hands are pretty expressive. I don't understand why you're fine with faces but not hands as well.
I hate it when the figure's hand options are only default fists, open hands, and grabbing hands (if they have weaponry), but still command a pricetag of a figure that would typically have more accessories.
Figuarts Ghost comes to mind.
>>5621770
When companies make a line and the figures have different stands.
These flipping Sailor Moon figures I own have a hole in the back for most of the girls, but the ones with long hair have a claw that you just place the figures in. Why the hell would you even? They fall over if you look at them funny. I don't understand why you wouldn't just put a hole in the back of their hair?
