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03-01-2015, 02:04 PM
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#711
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,445
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Originally Posted by nexus
I've been figuring about $3500 - $4500/set. Arrgh! Hopefully it will be lower.
Yes shipping is a killer for us USers, but now we know how some of the internationals feel. I'd love to see XM get a US distribution license so I can save $.
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Yea, price is going to be killer! I'm really looking into rearranging my wants and refocusing my funds so that I can manage all of this. It's like playing chess right now ...how do I strategize my moves so I can win.
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03-01-2015, 02:37 PM
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#712
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The Tick
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 4,603
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Originally Posted by Hellsbells51
Might have to pass on this. As much as I want this, the price is pricing me out...it's quite a commitment. It comes at the same time I'm dropping dough on my comic grail, Amazing Fantasy #15...so not sure this will fit in the budget. We'll see though...
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I'm trying to reason my way out of this as well, HB. Trying! Price could be the kicker. I may just pick up the Sentinel to display with my Kotos and Bowens. 
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Originally Posted by AC_808
Yea, price is going to be killer! I'm really looking into rearranging my wants and refocusing my funds so that I can manage all of this. It's like playing chess right now ...how do I strategize my moves so I can win.
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A grueling chess match this is. Not only the price to own but also the price to display, unless you want these pieces out in the open!
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03-01-2015, 02:45 PM
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#713
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Backwoods of East Georgia, U.S.A.
Posts: 613
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Originally Posted by AC_808
I don't have a dedicated collection room, but I do have a library/lounge in my house. If I knew the rough measurement of this whole Dio, I think I can make it the centerpiece in that room. My plan is to encase it in either plexiglass or something similar and have it in the center of the room. I envision a foot deep shelf just a foot off the ground going completely around this transparent box. When people lounge in this room on the rug or on bean bags, they can put their drinks on that shelf.
That's my plan so far, but I'm still looking at feasibility and such. We'll see how it goes.
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That sounds very classy! 
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03-01-2015, 03:02 PM
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#714
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Crime Syndicate
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 7,539
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Originally Posted by Bobfrog
with you there 100% buddy. Think I'd add tweeterhead to that mix too. Their bats 1960s run looks awesome.
I'm really in two minds on this alliance piece. I think magneto as a standalone piece is widely considered a masterpiece and rightly so. This however should knock him out of the park for the pure scale alone, let alone the overall concept.
Its just whether you have the space to adequately display it and the space in your wallet. Sure that if you did get it that it would be more than worth it in the end.
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Well that's part of it too, Bob. I think once the realization set in that these dios will easily be in the $3,000 to $4,000 range each to get them to my door step, I came to the conclusion that I don't absolutely love the subject matter like I need to in order to invest that much money in them. We are talking easily several years of my collecting budget if not more invested in just these dios. That's a tall order and for me I realized I just don't have that kind of attachment to them. I agree, though, these dios will indeed be the definitive X-MEN collectible.
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03-01-2015, 10:12 PM
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#715
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,445
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Originally Posted by TethMau74
That sounds very classy! |
Thanks! But only if I can put it together and get the whole Dio.
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03-03-2015, 12:25 AM
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#716
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The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,377
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At what point in the year do you think we'll get more concrete info on this set or the other set? I'd kind of need to see both or at least know the art direction of the other before choosing.
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03-03-2015, 02:10 AM
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#717
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Phoenix
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 12,746
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Originally Posted by marker2037
At what point in the year do you think we'll get more concrete info on this set or the other set? I'd kind of need to see both or at least know the art direction of the other before choosing.
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Well they did say it would be 2016 before you could Pre-Order any of it, so I imagine were still several months away before we see anything like 3d prints..
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03-03-2015, 04:23 AM
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#718
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Death is hereditary.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 908
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Originally Posted by built2shred
Well they did say it would be 2016 before you could Pre-Order any of it, so I imagine were still several months away before we see anything like 3d prints..
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Pretty sure that's not the case, it's only March...
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03-07-2015, 10:36 AM
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#719
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Moderator
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,537
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Originally Posted by AC_808
I don't have a dedicated collection room, but I do have a library/lounge in my house. If I knew the rough measurement of this whole Dio, I think I can make it the centerpiece in that room. My plan is to encase it in either plexiglass or something similar and have it in the center of the room. I envision a foot deep shelf just a foot off the ground going completely around this transparent box. When people lounge in this room on the rug or on bean bags, they can put their drinks on that shelf.
That's my plan so far, but I'm still looking at feasibility and such. We'll see how it goes.
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Nice idea! I have a buddy that does amazing acrylic work (mostly for the aquarium industry). I'll see what he can do for me...
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03-07-2015, 02:06 PM
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#720
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,445
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Let me know what your friend says. I'm interested to know feasibility and cost. Thanks!
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