Today I went to the Columbus toy show with Geof, Calieb, and Scott. In a nutshell, I was there to pursue a hobby of mine: collecting comics, bootlegs, and action figures. Seen a lot of stuff I had when I was kid and alot of stuff I would have liked to have as a kid. But I also seen something that really didn't make any sense to me.
After about 2 hours, I had gathered some nice items for my collections. I headed back to this dealer's table that had 2 options laid out for me. Option one: A 12' Jack Slater from the movie Last Action Hero. Option Two: A "FX Maxx" changable Freddy Krueger action figure. Both of which where still in the package. First I asked how much the Freddy one was, the man told me he'd give it to me for 15 bucks. Couldn't pass up that deal considering the tag said 20 and the last time I'd seen this figure it was about 50.
Then I asked about the Jack Slater, he told me 50. Now, before I went to this table my brother suggested I huggle the man. Had full intention to but something in his voice told me he was not going to lower the price or bargin with me. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the Last Action Hero but was their anyone else who did ? Enjoyed it enough to get the merchandise ? Puzzled and slightly dissapointed I walked back to join the rest of the guys.
When I met back up with the fellas, a dealer from the next table walked up to me and asked me what I got. Of course I showed him and told him what happened. He was puzzled considering the movie didn't do all that well figuring the value of any merchandise would not be worth much and evidentally what I had was a extremely rare collector's item.
The dealer told me that Matchbox {yes the company that makes cars} was going to release a line based on Dracula, Alien {from the Ridley Scott Movie}, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Werewolf, The Caveman, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Jason, and Freddy Krueger. Each figure would include an figure that was supposed to be a "actor" that you dressed in one of those characters. Pretty much telling children that behind the monsters in the movies are actors in make-up and costume. A very smart and cool idea I think. Matchbox only relased the Freddy Krueger one and stopped production on the line due to the controversy surrounding another Freddy Krueger doll that was already out. Hence making this one a collector's item.
In any case I had a lot of fun. It was like taking a trip down memory lane but if you want to relive some of those fond memories of your childhood; be prepared to open your wallet.
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