wish i could afford two. id be happy with oneI have two Imperial Dignitaries. I've always liked the figure.![]()
wish i could afford two. id be happy with oneI have two Imperial Dignitaries. I've always liked the figure.![]()
Hey Jade, your inbox is full.wish i could afford two. id be happy with one![]()
I can relieve your aggravation - ship it my way, and I'll send you a watermelon instead. For a "lemon" of a figure, he is a pain to track down. I've only had one person on RS offer one in trade / sale, and the guy wanted more than what it costs on ebay...The Imperial Dignitary. I found it, bought it and now I'm aggravated.
Seriously, who decided to make this lemon?
I won my second one at a real toy auction... in a room... with other people.wish i could afford two. id be happy with one![]()
Name and shame. We’ll throw lemons and watermelons at him.I can relieve your aggravation - ship it my way, and I'll send you a watermelon instead. For a "lemon" of a figure, he is a pain to track down. I've only had one person on RS offer one in trade / sale, and the guy wanted more than what it costs on ebay...
crap i empty the damned thing all the time. ok ill go empty it.Hey Jade, your inbox is full.
anakin played nice the rest of the last 17 are the bane of my existence.I won my second one at a real toy auction... in a room... with other people.
Also managed to pick up a few other rare figures that day for reasonable prices, including pop-up lightsabre R2, Barada and Yak Face.
I would have bought that just for Amanaman - thats something I never remember seeing during the vintage days. I loved aliens as a kid, and they're still my favorite now. Not sure I would have been into the dignitary, but I did love the Emperor figure. I was only collecting during the ROTJ release, so I saw the animated Droids & Ewoks figures as well, but I dont recall the last 17 - perhaps stores werent even ordering those waves? The only last 17 I owned was Anakin, and that was from a mailaway.Back in the early 90s like 91 or so they had potf figs taped to threepio cases for 3 dollars.you got 3 or 4 figs and clearly remember luke stormtrooper han carbonite amanaman and imperial dignitary taped to one. All for the price of one carded GI Joe....
ugh i feel ogliged to make a tywin lannister reference here.I would have bought that just for Amanaman - thats something I never remember seeing during the vintage days. I loved aliens as a kid, and they're still my favorite now. Not sure I would have been into the dignitary, but I did love the Emperor figure. I was only collecting during the ROTJ release, so I saw the animated Droids & Ewoks figures as well, but I dont recall the last 17 - perhaps stores werent even ordering those waves? The only last 17 I owned was Anakin, and that was from a mailaway.
I went to a flea market today, and spotted a bunch of loose vintage, including the Imperial Dignitary - it had multiple paint rubs, including at least three on the face, and guy wanted $70...lol. That's part of the problem too, no matter the figures condition, many resellers think they have gold.
me no good with math. hulk hate math.People have no clue as to the actual value of star wars items. They ignore the value of the item is directly attributed to condition and completeness. It is a unique situation due to the fact that there are literally millions of these out there. And more specifically the fact that the value of the components individually, often outweigh the incomplete examples. For instance a luke stormtrooper is in itself more common than the value lets on. The helmet is easily say 30 percent rarer and the black blaster even more so. So the base value is determined by the highest value (a complete loose example) and the value degrades as the completeness and condition diminish. So people have a hard time assining a proper value. Example a black blaster is more valuable than a loose incomplete example.The people unfarmilliar with the actual formula then ignore condition and the value of the accessory. It sounds so scientific, but easier to say that an incomplete beater isn't your retirement fund. Your darth vader may have a saber, but it has no tip. Therefore not complete. The torn cape is not a complete item either. And those paint rubs hurt. Also add that the figure was available from 78 until 85. Therefore asking 10 dollars for it seems about fair. Instead this is in the local antique shop at 80 dollars. Any of us would pass it up. But I feel there is some uninformed person that might purchase it. That is unfortunate. Because the brand holds value, doesn't mean the item does. Ugh i went down the rabbit hole here. Bottom line is if its a turd, even a Star wars turd, it is a turd....lol
i love him too!I love the Dignitary! He can do Tai Chi moves without even needing a stand! (Seriously--he's one of my favorite POTF!)
Death Star Droid and R5D4 are the most difficult to find if you are picky about condition hands down. While neither is rare, ive had to upgrade them several times until I was satisfied. Same goes for the dignitary and Luke Jedi, i refuse to have poop nose examples in my collection. Its such a pet peeve.For me it was Death Star Droid. Very difficult to find it nice and shiny.
oh god i know it! i upgraded jedi luke a while back and ended up duped with a repro palace blasterDeath Star Droid and R5D4 are the most difficult to find if you are picky about condition hands down. While neither is rare, ive had to upgrade them several times until I was satisfied. Same goes for the dignitary and Luke Jedi, i refuse to have poop nose examples in my collection. Its such a pet peeve.
For me, personally, it was a case where I remember seeing every one of them on the pegs, in TRU & KB, but only being allowed to get some of them before my parents simply wouldn't let us by SW toys anymore, because it was "out of style." Luckily, I managed to get my two most wanted figures, Han in Carbonite (only saw this one once, the day I got it) & Amanaman before the end was forced on me. I was missing Stormy Luke until about 19 years ago, when I got him in a comics shop for close to $200. The final four I needed, Imp. Dignitary, Imp. Gunner, EV-9D9, & Romba, remained missing from my collection until last year, and it cost me close to $1,000 to get all four, in part because a complete, intact EV-9D9 doesn't come cheap on ebay. And Yak Face - I saw one in a comics shop in the late 90's for $300 LOOSE - can't find even one like that for a reasonable price on ebay these days, and I refuse to get one of those knockoffs. Since he was never available in the US anyway, I consider my collection complete, as I'd have never had a shot at him as a kid anyway.I think scarcity(not sure how to really determine that) compared to the first 79 figures and the fact a lot of us lost interest in collecting Star Wars figures after ROTJ came out has led to the demand for the Last 17. I can't pay the money these figures are bringing just to try and complete a complete set. I have been able to purchase a few that I really wanted by selling some of my original duplicates from the original run.
I actually believe the fact they warmed the pegs back in the day has led to the demand for them currently if that makes sense.
great bob!For me, personally, it was a case where I remember seeing every one of them on the pegs, in TRU & KB, but only being allowed to get some of them before my parents simply wouldn't let us by SW toys anymore, because it was "out of style." Luckily, I managed to get my two most wanted figures, Han in Carbonite (only saw this one once, the day I got it) & Amanaman before the end was forced on me. I was missing Stormy Luke until about 19 years ago, when I got him in a comics shop for close to $200. The final four I needed, Imp. Dignitary, Imp. Gunner, EV-9D9, & Romba, remained missing from my collection until last year, and it cost me close to $1,000 to get all four, in part because a complete, intact EV-9D9 doesn't come cheap on ebay. And Yak Face - I saw one in a comics shop in the late 90's for $300 LOOSE - can't find even one like that for a reasonable price on ebay these days, and I refuse to get one of those knockoffs. Since he was never available in the US anyway, I consider my collection complete, as I'd have never had a shot at him as a kid anyway.