First Bought - First Sold - First Regret

[Wizard]

So, as the title suggests, what was your first purchased statue, the first you sold, and your first regret?

Mine:

First Purchased Statue - Sideshow Batman PF
First Sold Statue - Sideshow Batman PF
First Regret Over a Statue - Had opportunity to secure the XM Magneto when it was first offered, but passed on it. I would later repeat my mistake with XM Storm.

[Bottled_Water]

First purchased: Sideshow Alien Diorama

First Sold: I haven't sold a statue yet but I haven't been collecting them that long. First collectible sold was Hot Toys RotJ Boba Fett

First Regret: Tweeterhead Superpowers Batman (blue). I was put off by the paint apps of their Harley Quinn 1/6 statue and assumed that was the quality of Tweeterhead. I saw good reviews of the SP Batman but waited too long.

[SDguy]

First purchased: SS Lord of Darkness LSB - red version
First sold: Not quite sure, I sold a bunch last year. I think SS classic (Balent) Catwoman PF
First regret: not buying SS Lord of Darkness life size bust

[chronos1919]

Interesting topic!

First purchased - Sideshow Superman PF
First sold - Sideshow Batman PF (way over-sized)
First regret - Missing out on Thanos on Throne Maquette, though honestly that was probably more from the quick release and sell out status paired with FOMO. I don't really regret it now

[JanuaryStorm]

First bought: Kotobukiya bishoujo wonder woman

First Sold: DC Direct Black Canary

First Regret: Not having chosen a better career so that I can afford this sh*t.

[ivory7777]

First statue i bought was Power Girl PF.

i did regretted buying it not because i hated the statue, but it arrive damage which i saw later and i also bought it around $680. few months later ebay was flooded with those statue and price dropped significantly. i bought another brand new for $360. now i have two of the same statue. was thinking of finding some one who can redo the older statue of her with different outfit and hair style.

one i regret buying was one of the one piece statue, only because it was a nightmare to assemble.

First sold was Mai Shiranui HMO one which was few months ago.

[pdenham]

First Purchased Statue - Elektra Comiquette (Sideshow)
First Sold Statue - Vampirella Premium Format (Sideshow)
First Regret - Not buying Man-Thing (Sideshow) from SS while it was still available. It was about 33% more than a typical PF at the time, and shipping would have been much higher as well.
Both of those costs now look quaint compared to today's prices.

[jedi_don]

First Purchase - Original switchblade statue (Japanese edition) from Moore

First Sold - Not sure. I think it was one of the three Bowen Captain America statues when I decided I wasn’t going to collect Bowen scale.

First Regret - not sure on this one. It was either receiving the first Sideshow PF Rogue (because it look like dog $#!+). Or it was carrying my Sideshow Rogue comiquette, as I was installing lighting in my display case, and she flipped over and broke. I repaired it and it almost looks original but that metallic green was hard to match. If this was a regret in not purchasing, it would have been the Elvira Premium Format.

[gra007]

First bought - DC Direct Dark Knight Returns Batman & Robin (bought first hand when it came out, not off the secondary market)

First sold - DC Direct Women of the DCU Adam Hughes Wonder Woman bust

First regret - going all in on the DC Direct Batman Family multipart statue. It was too large for me to display at the time thanks to their initial solicitation not having the correct dimensions, and I felt the sculpt style and paint looked really bad in person.

[goatchumby]

Bought - PCS MM Zangief
Sold - SS Mystique PF (black outfit)
Regret - SS Avengers 1 Hulk (those eyebrows!)