Everyone always talks about what DVDs they bought over the weekend. While I myself am a fan of talking about additions to the collection and purchased a Cradle of Filth DVD just yesterday, let's talk about OTHER stuff we buy for a change. What's some of the coolest, rarest, or strangest s**t you've ever dropped coin on? Real Dolls? Hookers? Signed underwear? Especially hookers, for some reason I really want to know if anyone here has ever purchased some lovin'.
Unfortunately I don't have much cool or rare stuff that someone else couldn't say they had too. A few ltd. Godzilla figures and some autographed Doctor Who stuff (Christ I'm a f**king dweeb), and a personalized guitar pick from Monty Colvin of the Galactic Cowboys (which I didn't buy, he just gave it to me, so it really doesn't count). So, let the confessions begin!
Brother R
My most outlandish purchase was when I paid $250.02 for an ultra-rare hockey puck on ebay...I was quite remorseful immediately afterwards but I now have absolutely no regrets...yes it is THAT rare.
I spent a lot of money on comic books over a 2 year period. My largest single purchase was Amazing Spider-Man #1. I paid around $1,100 for it.
I ended up with some great runs. I had every issue of Spider-Man from #1 through #201, plus many issues higher than #201.
I also had Avengers #1 - #170, plus miscellaneous higher issues; Iron Man #1 - #130, plus some higher issues; Daredevil #1 - #130, plus some higher issues; most of the Captain America issues from #100 - #200, plus some higher issues; quite a few issues of Tales of Suspense (including #39 - the 1st appearance of Iron Man!); plus hundreds of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Thor, Werewolf by Night, etc.
I've been selling my collection on Ebay. My biggest sale so far was Daredevil #1. I sold it just before the movie came out for a little over $500. I had purchased it for about $325 only a year before (a nice little profit).
I just sent some out to CGC to be graded. The ones I sent were Amazing Spider-Man #1, #3, #11 and #12, and Tales of Suspense #39 and #59.
Anyway . . . thst's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Where in the hell do you work!???!?!?
I wanna find a job where I make enough to spend that much on comic books and DVDs! It would be heaven! Much better than this tech support job....different story. :o)
I'm a CPA - I work in the financial consulting/forensic accounting/fraud investigation fields. I think I spend more money than I make.
I spent $88 on a mechanical singing dancing life-sized black santa from Kmart last Halloween! I was the BEST purchase I made in my life! I will never regret it! He's staying up all year round! He's just as tall as me and when I "turn him on".. hehe.. and he dances, if I stand in front of him, his hands go up and down my sides so its like hes dancing with me and feeling me up at the same time!! I know that's kind of sick and pathetic but it's really fun! and unlike a real boy he doesn't expect "more" later.. which doesn't mean he's not gonna get it! (God I'm sick I don't really mean that!. much) We decorated him a little more and now hes holding a pirate sword and wearing a freddy glove and a bling bling necklace! Oh but it's really funny when he falls down and you find his head laying next to him!
I have always wanted a real doll!!! I want to stick things in her butt and stuff! MAN! I really hope one day I'll have a real doll! i think its actually a goal in my life! Santa needs a mate! I want a real doll that looks just like me so I can try clothes on her to see how they look! and oh i would do the funnest things with a real doll!!! like wrap fishing string around her and have her descend on unsuspecting passers-by!! id prolly need more than one pole to do that.. but thats okay! OOH@ and id walk down the street with her and see which one of us gets hit on more!!.. probably her! but thats cos shell be wearing less! oh but now i also really want a real corpse! well not real real but fake real! i would do the same things with the corpse that i would do with the real doll though!
love colleen
I just bought a Night of the Living Dead lunchbox.....
At WalMart!?
This past weekend in a Tower Records in Detroit I picked up a DVD called Zombie Chronicles -- with a 2D and a 3D version, along with a Stiff Little Fingers double CD!
I have a NES POWERPAD, I thought that was great when I found it, and this cool cartridge that you put others on top of and it lets you save your game and crap. Man I'm a nerd. I haven't got too many other things and I have never really spent a large amount of money on cool things, just things like a cd player and un-interesting things like that.
Raj wrote:
"This past weekend in a Tower Records in Detroit I picked up a DVD called Zombie Chronicles -- with a 2D and a 3D version"
I bought this as part of a 3-D three-pack, along with CAMP BLOOD and another movie (I can't remember the title right now). It came with the IMAX-style 3-D glasses and 3-D converter that connects to your television.
I thought that both CAMP BLOOD and ZOMBIE CHRONICLES were terrible (although, CAMP BLOOD had better 3-D effects). I haven't watched the 3rd movie yet, but it looks like an action/revenge movie. The main character is a woman with a crossbow.
I also bought a set of 3-D movies that has three short films that were originally shown in IMAX theaters.
They have also released NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and some other movies in 3-D versions that are compatible with the system & glasses I purchased.
Dang, mine didn't come with the glasses. I haven't watched it yet, Burgo, does it use a blue piece and a red piece of cellophane?
raj wrote:
> Dang, mine didn't come with the glasses. I haven't watched it
> yet, Burgo, does it use a blue piece and a red piece of
> cellophane?
No . . . this is the IMAX type 3-D, not the old red/green type. The picture looks blurry and shaky without the glasses. The glasses have some sort of gray, polarized lenses. You plug them into a converter box that attaches to your TV. The box is some sort of polarization/synchronization gizmo.
Most of the 3-D effects in CAMP BLOOD are pretty decent. ZOMBIE CHRONICLES tends to be a bit more blurry, which starts to induce headaches after about 30 minutes. Unfortunately, both movies are pretty bad.
There is a website that sells the converters, glasses and movies. That's where I bought mine. I can't remember the name website.
I have also seen the 3 DVD sets, including converter boxes and glasses for sale in Best Buy.
>What's some of the coolest, rarest, or strangest s**t you've ever dropped coin
Many years after it came out, I bought an Atari 7800 over the net for $22. I'd wanted one ever since I saw the previews of it in the old video game magazines. Not long after that, I also got an Atari 5200 system with about 10 games for $5.
>like wrap fishing string around her and have her descend on unsuspecting
>passers-by!!
Umm, according to what I've read/heard, Real Dolls weigh almost as much as a real person.
>i also really want a real corpse! well not real real but fake real!
That web site I told you about also offers a book on how to make your own corpses. Probably not cheap, but probably less than buying one of his finished products.
thats why i said id need more than one pole!!
love colleen
i've never spent on a hooker.me and my friend talk about it all the time though.
i'd really like too cause for the money you spend theyed let u do allsorts.
i wanna buttf**k a girl to be more specific.
my fiance wont let me.
Well I recently bought an Airsoft replica of a SIG 550 assault rifle from an online store.
Looks real as hell!
A person could rob a bank with it if they so desired.
To see what it looks like go to:
www.shortyusa.com
Click on where it says "spring guns" at the top.
Then when it goes to that page scroll all the way down....it's the one called "Alps Assault 550 spring Airsoft Rifle Black"
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Comics comics and more comics. I own Daredevil # 1, got it for free. I also bought this wierd statue that looks like a genie bottle with the words Robert written on it with scrabble letters. It looked awesome to me....
Hey Burgo, I will give you 50 bucks for Amazing Spiderman number 19. In all seriousness, if you are ever looking to sell, talk to me.
Ooooh I also collect Monopolies, I have about 8 different types.
Evan3 wrote:
> Hey Burgo, I will give you 50 bucks for Amazing Spiderman
> number 19. In all seriousness, if you are ever looking to sell,
> talk to me.
Sorry - I already sold #19! The next ones I will be listing will be #1, #11 & #12 when I get them back from CGC. I sold just about every issue up into the 30s (with a few exceptions). I'll probably CGC everything up to issue #99 (I already sold 100 and 101), and a few others (like the Death of Gwen Stacy, etc.) before I list them on Ebay.
I've spent a few hundred dollars on Radioactive Dreams stuff.
Almost all of that money was the $220 I spent on the soundtrack. Blah.
Someone else brought up airsoft.. I don't think it's that weird, but I own a Tokyo Marui spring shotgun and a gas blowback tacmaster.
Send me an e mail the next time you put stuff up and I will take a look (my ebay account is Spiderman2005, I know Im a dork).