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Author Topic: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??  (Read 12129 times)

latinjoe22

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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2011, 12:30:49 PM »
Funny how for some reason, these Stalker troopers remind me a bit of the Bronze Bombers. Nice find SharkieBoy ! +1  :timbits:
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2011, 10:39:51 AM »
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Do you have anyone in the States who can help you out?  Buy it, have it shipped to your friend in the States, and them have him mail it to you?

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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2011, 11:54:10 AM »
I don't even know what I would do with those.

But on a side note, anyone want to split an order of Crimson Tomax figures?

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-5-1985-GI-JOE-T ... 2531wt_905
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2011, 12:52:27 PM »
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I don't even know what I would do with those.

But on a side note, anyone want to split an order of Crimson Tomax figures?

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-5-1985-GI-JOE-T ... 2531wt_905

I'm so bored I don't know what else to collect...Sure sign me up for a pair if you win this lot!
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2011, 11:38:48 AM »
The way that this sort of offer has emerged in the past, is by being "dumpster dive" specials.

The figures themselves were likely tossed for QC reasons and generally they are sprayed with paint or otherwise disfigured (heh) so that they can't be mistaken for figures that pass qc. You can, however, if you are willing to spend a lot of time with a screwdriver and know the right people, pull all the parts that don't have paint on them, and piece together a few completed figures free of disfiguring paints.

+ ebay = Profit.

-  :chicken:
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2011, 06:52:09 PM »
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Quote from: "morgardee"
I don't even know what I would do with those.

But on a side note, anyone want to split an order of Crimson Tomax figures?

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-5-1985-GI-JOE-T ... 2531wt_905

I'm so bored I don't know what else to collect...Sure sign me up for a pair if you win this lot!

They have many errors :
  • The red looks weird
  • No gold on belt
  • Both shoulder with gold while official fig only had one

The best part is when the seller says: "By HASBRO 1985!  very rare & limited!"  ::)

The Tomax/Xamot are better made than the Baroness who looks really bad...

Martin
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2011, 10:04:16 PM »
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Do you have anyone in the States who can help you out?  Buy it, have it shipped to your friend in the States, and them have him mail it to you?

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Not so, my friend.
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2011, 12:20:23 AM »
This has been a topic of discussion too on Declassified.  From close assessment, it seems like just parts cobbled together.

http://www.joedeclassified.com/forum/vi ... ?f=5&t=154
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2011, 12:52:29 AM »
I too have been having issues with the seller - it seems he is blocking Canadian bidders for some reason.
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2011, 08:47:12 PM »
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This has been a topic of discussion too on Declassified.  From close assessment, it seems like just parts cobbled together.

http://www.joedeclassified.com/forum/vi ... ?f=5&t=154

Good to know, thanks! Timbits +1
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2011, 08:57:20 PM »
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I too have been having issues with the seller - it seems he is blocking Canadian bidders for some reason.

Try what Bandonov said, it worked for me. I use Firefox with French and English on it and I blocked on eBay. Then I use IE with plain English on it and it works. So, Nothing to do with the country!
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Re: Crazy and bizarre new army builder on eBay??
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2011, 09:02:40 PM »
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I don't get it, I get this message almost everytime... "Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of said restrictions because of limitations of existing technology. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay.".

If you see it, I also should... >:(



Here is your fix, the issue is Firefox and too many languages installed on the browser...

This is because eBay stupidly assumes that if your browser claims you might speak German (or French, I believe), you must be in a country where viewing such items is illegal.

Specifically, the work-around is to remove any languages that you don't speak from the list of languages in the "Language" tab of the International pane of the System Preferences.



If you do speak German or French or whatever the blocked language du jour is, you'll have to remove it, too, to make the eBay nonsense work, but for most Camino users, simply removing other languages is sufficient.


Bump for those who missed the fix.
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