Would You Pay $3,000.00 to Meet Rambo

11 Responses to Would You Pay $3,000.00 to Meet Rambo

1. Don Perkins says:

   January 31, 2015 at 11:05 AM

   No. I’d rather have $3000.00 in vintage Marx playsets. The pleasure I would get would last longer than 20 minutes.

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   • admin says:

     January 31, 2015 at 9:48 PM

     Don
     I agree I would rather spend the $3000.00 on something else. This is the extreme of charging for an actor’s autographs. Another example is Wizard World with some of their VIP packages to meet certain stars can cost several hundred dollars.

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2. erwin says:

   January 31, 2015 at 3:34 PM

   wow!!,no way…

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3. Don Perkins says:

   February 1, 2015 at 12:49 PM

   Of course, on the other hand, anyone who has $3000 to throw away on 20 minutes of face time with a Hollywood celebrity probably also has another $3000 available to shell out for a vintage playset. And I’ve noticed on Rick Eber’s Playset Magazine advertisements that more and more select Marx playsets are creeping up past the $3000 threshold. I don’t know what Rick actually gets for his Captain Gallant and Wagon Train near mint boxed sets, but he always seems happy, cheerful, confident, and somewhat firm on his prices at the shows.

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   • admin says:

     February 1, 2015 at 2:56 PM

     Don
     Someone who has $3000.00 on one thing may not have another $3000.00 for something. From reading the article the majority of the people were average people, who decided to do this instead of say a vacation.
     The Marx playsets have been increasing in price due to less to be available. When you go to a show see how many rare playset are for sale other than Eber’s. The exception is OTSN, which is a magnet for playsets.

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     • Don Perkins says:

       February 1, 2015 at 4:46 PM

       Undoubtedly you’re right. At Indy, the only dealer other than Rick Eber that seems to specialize in boxed playsets that I can recall is Allan Ford, and, to a lesser extent, Larry Lovely and Rich Egan

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4. erwin says:

   February 1, 2015 at 1:20 PM

   There 3 world of collectors, those who love to collect and challenge themselves to get as much with less money/cost and effort , those who had so much that buy so much in short time but barely enjoy what they have in life because the power and money for them is all that matters and the few who can afford more of what they can and become obsess too. I once visit a rich(not millionaire) collector home that have toys soldiers all over the house(literally in the kitchen sink top, every window and bellow the furniture in cases and lose. Overall you can walk and trip, kick or step on them anywhere in the house.The was not order ,it was like a dump trash full of toy soldiers. I had to admit he had in incredible collection.(most plastic) from around the world as he travel a lot.He still collect but I had never be back to his home.
   Honesty I think this is a bit too much and bad. When a collection become an obsession that make your life depend on it.!!!You are sick. My opinion !!!

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   • Don Perkins says:

     February 1, 2015 at 1:33 PM

     I’ve probably gotton slightly obsessive myself about acquiring toy soldiers. However, I’ve spent a great deal of money, time, and effort in organizing my collection so that at any given point, much of it is on display for visitors, and the rest is accessible so that I know what I have, and know where to find it when I want to see it. When I go to shows, I remain open to things I hadn’t thought about, and wasn’t necessarily looking for. But at the same time I’m aware of holes in my collection and things I’m still missing, that I’d like to acquire from the various dealers.

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   • George Albany says:

     February 1, 2015 at 3:32 PM

     You know, storage and display has always been a problem for me, even though I live in fairly large house. In the last few years, I’ve severely curtailed my purchasing, partly because my current job takes a lot of time out of my day (1 hr. commute each way), partly because I’ve been looking after my father who is slipping away with dementia, and partly because of lack of display space. Rather than collect “desirable” things like classic pieces or play sets, I buy things that I can paint and display and do a lot of metal casting too, so I’ve got unfinished projects stashed here and there. I’m also a compulsive marching band collector (marched in high school and college) and they take up a lot of space to display. So, I’m always pleading with my wife, “Can’t I put some soldiers on that shelf or in the cabinet over there?” She’s pretty understanding and often gives in. OH, to have a room just for soldiers.

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5. Wayne W says:

   February 1, 2015 at 7:35 PM

   George, I’m in the same boat. Frustrating. We have a fairly large house but we also had five boys so every room was needed. The only place I could store my stuff was in what we call the “office.” It’s supposed to be a bedroom, but as it is barely larger than a walk-in closet that’s a misnomer. EVERYTHING goes in there that my wife doesn’t know where else to put it.

   I thought that maybe when all the boys grew up I could get one of the bedrooms for my hobby but, alas, it’s not to be. We have three who live away and when they come home for the holidays we have to have rooms for them – and as Jerry Clower said, “They’re coming back – and they’re bringing more with them!!!”

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6. Wayne W says:

   February 1, 2015 at 7:35 PM

   We speak of adding a room, but I figure if we built it there would be another use for it, too.

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