when you buy action figures do you open them or not?

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[QUOTE="Rekunta"]

Want to sell it? :) I'm on the waiting list.

Rekunta

One question about that piece: are the throwing daggers/swords actually made of metal or are they plastic?

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="WasntAvailable"]I mean who really cares if it's rare? So are STD's, doesn't mean you should try and collect them.

WasntAvailable

Wha? Bu...bu...but that's been my hobby for ten years now.

Collecting STD's? To be honest, there are worse hobby's.

Yup. Gotta catch them all!

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]Good to see someone else realize action figures are not just for kids.worlock77

Who said they were?

I think the last action figure I ever bought was G Gundam back when i was 11 or 12

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]Good to see someone else realize action figures are not just for kids.Rekunta

Who said they were?

Do they, or are you just reading that into them?

[QUOTE="Rekunta"][QUOTE="worlock77"]

Who said they were?

worlock77

Do they, or are you just reading that into them?

"I haven't bought an action figure since I was 12."

"I don't buy action figures, I am not 12 years old."

"uuuh im not in the 5th grade anymore so i wouldn't be buying them in the first pace"

"Buying action figurines past the age of 13 is a depressing thought."

Not really sure how else I'm supposed to read into those. :? Their implications are pretty clear...

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]Many of the replies here imply they are for children. Rekunta

Do they, or are you just reading that into them?

"I haven't bought an action figure since I was 12."

"I don't buy action figures, I am not 12 years old."

"uuuh im not in the 5th grade anymore so i wouldn't be buying them in the first pace"

"Buying action figurines past the age of 13 is a depressing thought."

Not really sure how else I'm supposed to read into those. :? Their implications are pretty clear...

That first one you quote was mine and it was an implication of nothing, but simply a statement of fact.

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Do they, or are you just reading that into them?

worlock77

"I haven't bought an action figure since I was 12."

"I don't buy action figures, I am not 12 years old."

"uuuh im not in the 5th grade anymore so i wouldn't be buying them in the first pace"

"Buying action figurines past the age of 13 is a depressing thought."

Not really sure how else I'm supposed to read into those. :? Their implications are pretty clear...

That first one you quote was mine and it was an implication of nothing, but simply a statement of fact.

Fair enough. The other three are though.

I bought an iron man mark vi and a spiderman power punch action figures at walmart. I think im just gonna keep them unopened.

Do what the hardcore Japanese otaku do. Buy 3.

One for playing with/displaying, one for value, and one as backup.

xionvalkyrie

You have just given the solution to all my problems.

Most of mine are opened and displayed around my room. I don't care about collecting them only to sell them. I just like collecting them and having them on display.

I pretty much only buy Batman action figures now, but it's rare at that. I bought the first wave of the Arkham Asylum figures from DC Direct a couple months ago. I bought one set to keep sealed and an extra Joker and Harley Quinn to open lol. Yes, I'm a nerd.

Like many have said, I haven't bought an action figure since I was like 10-12 and I didn't give a damn about the value of it back then.

[QUOTE="harashawn"]What's the point of buying an action figure if you're not going to play with it?slipknot0129

In almost every single case whatsoever, it's gonna lose almost all of it value in a few years regardless of whether or not you open it.

As if 5 years down the line, anyone's actually going to want to buy the action figures that you've been collecting.

[QUOTE="harashawn"]

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]It loses 70 percent of the value when you open it.

xaos

Exactly.

It's like the 90's comic book speculator market, with people spending dumbass amounts of money on "limited edition" comic books, and then not even bothering to read the damn things because they were afraid of damaging the pages and thus lowering the long-term value of the comic.

And in that case, congratulations on just throwing your money down the damn toilet.

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[QUOTE="harashawn"]What's the point of buying an action figure if you're not going to play with it?MrGeezer

In almost every single case whatsoever, it's gonna lose almost all of it value in a few years regardless of whether or not you open it.

As if 5 years down the line, anyone's actually going to want to buy the action figures that you've been collecting.

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

[QUOTE="harashawn"]What's the point of buying an action figure if you're not going to play with it?MrGeezer

In almost every single case whatsoever, it's gonna lose almost all of it value in a few years regardless of whether or not you open it.

As if 5 years down the line, anyone's actually going to want to buy the action figures that you've been collecting.

when my mom bought them for me, when i was a kid, I always opened them. I don't see why not.