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01-16-2022, 06:01 PM
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Frackin!
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
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Worst Thing That Ever Happened to One of your SSC pieces
True story :
I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on a Dejah Thoris Premium Format. A true gem of a statue, as many of you know : centerpiece of my collection.
Decided to rearrange my Man Cave a couple weeks ago. While carrying two boxes (one on top of the other), one dropped on Dejah and broke her two feet clean off !!
5 stages of grief ensued :
1. Denial : no, no, no, no, no... Are those really her feet scattered across the room ??
2. Anger : how could I have been so stupid ?!? I mean, seriously, I couldn't be bothered to take her out of the way BEFORE moving things around ??
3. Bargaining : tried to find another one online but they were all sold out...
4. Depression : maybe I cried a little but I am too manly to admit it.
5. Acceptance : got the super glue out and glued her two feet back on.
Now, it's our little secret.
Nobody looking at that statue today could tell she was once a feetless wonder.
But I know. Heck, I know...
How about you guys and gals, any interesting anecdotes to tell ?
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01-16-2022, 06:48 PM
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Birdman
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 376
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My first collectible was the Alien Diroama (wall mount). As a brand new collector I didn't see the importance of keeping the packaging... until I had to move. I found a small box and stuffed it with styrofoam. Stupidly, I placed this small box next to the others, forming a pile that I intended on taking out to the truck. A friend that was helping me move lost his balance and slammed his foot right onto the Alien Diroama box. I heard the crack. Didn't bother opening it until after the move. The tail, fingers, arms, teeth, and neck were all damaged. Amazingly the dome only had a small chip, so I made an effort in putting it back together as best I could. A bit of glue, some sculpting, and touch up paint and he was acceptable. I still have him, partly because he wouldn't go for much being damaged, but mostly because I still like it. Recently I've been considering making it my first repaint project, it would also give me the chance to do a better job with some of the repairs I made.
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01-16-2022, 07:03 PM
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Hellfire Club
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: The South baby!
Posts: 4,122
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gorgo!
True story :
I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on a Dejah Thoris Premium Format. A true gem of a statue, as many of you know : centerpiece of my collection.
Decided to rearrange my Man Cave a couple weeks ago. While carrying two boxes (one on top of the other), one dropped on Dejah and broke her two feet clean off !!
5 stages of grief ensued :
1. Denial : no, no, no, no, no... Are those really her feet scattered across the room ??
2. Anger : how could I have been so stupid ?!? I mean, seriously, I couldn't be bothered to take her out of the way BEFORE moving things around ??
3. Bargaining : tried to find another one online but they were all sold out...
4. Depression : maybe I cried a little but I am too manly to admit it.
5. Acceptance : got the super glue out and glued her two feet back on.
Now, it's our little secret.
Nobody looking at that statue today could tell she was once a feetless wonder.
But I know. Heck, I know...
How about you guys and gals, any interesting anecdotes to tell ?
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I don?t even own Deja but upon reading your story, I felt pain.
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01-16-2022, 07:12 PM
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Kingpin
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 5,238
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Oh man. I hate that. I feel for you.
I had an incident last year. No damage to my statues, but the statues caused some damage.
I sold a few pieces and needed to dig them out of my box wall. The statues were close to the front, so I figured no problem, I got this.
Well, one of the boxes came lose and knocked my TV over. Thankfully the statue was fine, but my TV wasn't.
Had to replace the TV.
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01-16-2022, 07:30 PM
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Frozen Pooch
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gorgo!
5 stages of grief ensued
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Nice rundown of your 5 stages Sorry about the mishap.
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Originally Posted by GaryTonge
Well, one of the boxes came lose and knocked my TV over. Thankfully the statue was fine, but my TV wasn't.
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Well, on the plus side, you had an excuse to get a new (and possibly bigger/better) TV
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01-16-2022, 07:38 PM
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Moderator
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,410
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I'll just leave this here....
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01-16-2022, 08:06 PM
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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: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,433
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While not huge damage alone, I had three statues all damaged in one fell swoop from one random act of God's will.
A gust of wind somehow found it's way to my basement window, was strong enough to knock over a framed poster I had on the wall, which then fell down and damaged my SS Darth Talon by scraping the paint off her head, broke an end tip off my XM Jean Grey/Phoenix base, and completely broke off the sword holding hand from my Kotobukiya DRS Psylocke ... Three of my rarest statues (at the time), all damaged in one stroke =(
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01-16-2022, 09:11 PM
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Frackin!
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SDguy
I'll just leave this here....
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Oh, My !
A picture is worth a thousand pieces...
Thanks for sharing your stories, you guys.
Kinda had a feeling I wasn't alone in that particular boat.
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01-16-2022, 09:27 PM
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Moderator
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,410
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gorgo!
Oh, My !
A picture is worth a thousand pieces...
Thanks for sharing your stories, you guys.
Kinda had a feeling I wasn't alone in that particular boat.
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Funny, I never even found all the pieces, it shattered so thoroughly. I think I found a finger under the bath mat in the bathroom next door like a year later. Luckily, the one thing that didn't break was the stretched glove hand, and I happen to find someone selling her on Ebay for cheap because his had a broken stretched glove hand LOL. Win win.
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01-16-2022, 09:50 PM
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3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,550
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SDguy
I'll just leave this here....
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That is just very painful and it hurts
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