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  • captact
    King of Super Queens!
    • Aug 19, 2007
    • 1997

    #16
    400.00 for a boxed M2G6,..and the less i paid was for a set of MIB Mego Kiss dolls at 5.00 each.

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    • starsky
      veteran member
      • Aug 26, 2007
      • 6207

      #17
      i bought john bonavita's alter ego clark kent for $2k back in the day. dont think i can spend that kind of money anymore after starting a family.

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      • B-Lister
        Eccentric Weirdo
        • Mar 19, 2010
        • 3071

        #18
        just dropped $150 on Go Hero's Buck Rogers.

        I have no regret.
        Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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        • AcroRay
          Persistent Member
          • Apr 17, 2005
          • 1010

          #19
          I paid $200 for 3 big Microman toys out of Hawaii, but the were worth at least $600. Apart from that, I paid $110 (after postage) for a Japanese robot last year. Had to sell other stuff to do all that, though.

          I've dropped more overall for prototypes, but wiped out some entire other collections I had to fund them. It evens out, though, because I've gotten some incredibly valuable stuff for nothing.
          Micronauts Collector, Historian, Consultant
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          • VintageMike
            Permanent Member
            • Dec 16, 2004
            • 3384

            #20
            I'm a total lightweight. I have a few items I paid around $200 for but that's about it.

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            • RG
              Removed.
              • Oct 1, 2004
              • 235

              #21
              $130 ... but I sold a couple moc vintage star wars figures for $35 that I only paid $2 each for and put that $70 toward that figure. so really when I do that kind of math ... I only paid $64 lol lol

              other than that I think I've kept it down to around $100.

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              • NewForce
                Persistent Member
                • Apr 5, 2008
                • 1592

                #22
                Originally posted by megoapesnut
                I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that my answer might tend to incriminate me.

                But I will say that the most I ever spent on a single item was for my solid boxed Aquaman and the most in one payment was for a set of CIPSA POTA figures, boxed and loose.
                feel free to sell me your solid box AM

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                • NewForce
                  Persistent Member
                  • Apr 5, 2008
                  • 1592

                  #23
                  it is funny, I have been emailing with Dan C. about spending a "lot" on toys...
                  now comics, I have dropped 6 figures multiple times on a single comic, but when it comes to toys, I have a tougher time justifying large $'s...
                  but I have spent mid 4 figures on many carded megos, and even a few boxed ones... just can't bring myself to spend into the 5 figure mark ...

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                  • Meule
                    Verbose Member
                    • Nov 14, 2004
                    • 28720

                    #24
                    I've paid $750 for a repro Batman 1966 costume and a partial Robin costume. I've never paid more than that for anything else collectionwise. Don't know what the highest amount was I paid for a Mego, but it's considerably less than that.
                    "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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                    • Gorn Captain
                      Invincible Ironing Man
                      • Feb 28, 2008
                      • 10549

                      #25
                      My wife has cost me a fortune so far....
                      Oh sorry, I must have misread the thread....

                      I paid $300 for the last figure I needed in the Saint Seiya line (Kraken), a Japan exclusive. My hands were shaking when assembling him!

                      Five years later, the market crashed when the new Myth Cloth line arrived, and the vintage figures dropped seriously in value....

                      I lost my job after that, so my monthly budget is now like $60. No more high end figures for me....
                      Most I paid for a Mego?
                      My Iron Man last year, $60.
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                      "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                      • david_b
                        Never had enough toys..
                        • May 9, 2008
                        • 2305

                        #26
                        Hmmmm. I typically don't tell my wife ANYTHING about the cost of the 'major end items'.., but for a toy..? A few years before I got married, I paid $700 for a MIMB vintage Captain Action Phantom.., ended up selling it 2 yrs later for only $500.

                        Paid just over $300 for complete C/A loose and minty Aquaman and Captain America sets, and the same for a minty Spiderman suit alone (no mask or boots..).

                        Other than that, typically under $150 for loose, minty Megos (including the Titans)..

                        david_b
                        Last edited by david_b; Apr 7, '10, 6:06 AM.
                        Peace.. Through Superior Firepower.

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                        • Donkey Hoatie
                          Supporter of Silliness
                          • Jun 20, 2007
                          • 783

                          #27
                          For a Mego, I think the most I ever spent was about $75 for an RC Batman back in the late 90s.

                          In the late 90s, I also bought a Charlee Flatt Black Panther which was definitely more expensive than the Batman figure.

                          Since then, I got married and had a kid, so I've always felt guilty spending more than like $25 or $30 on a toy that's not for my daughter. I guess that's why my Mego collection has been pretty stagnant for the better part of a decade now.

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                          • Brue
                            User without title
                            • Sep 29, 2005
                            • 4246

                            #28
                            I can't remember what I paid for what anymore. Losing my mind. I know I have paid $100 before - but haven't exceeded that for a single figure. (if we count lots I have shelled out $450 before)

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                            • Fuzzysnail
                              Persistent Member
                              • Feb 18, 2007
                              • 1048

                              #29
                              Zorro with box. What I paid is between me and Bryan. Waaaaaaaay more than I ever paid for any toy in my life....including my mustang.

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                              • LincoMego
                                New Member
                                • May 27, 2009
                                • 28

                                #30
                                I'm sure there's gotta' be other cheapos around here![/QUOTE]

                                Cheapo here too. Actually the wife and kids get me a Mego or two a year for Birthday or Christmas presents. Those are the only ones I've gotten in the last few years. I think most of them come from ebay and I know she isn't paying much for them. She recently got me a couple of Pirates that are mixed original and repro parts and I love them. I have several like that. Its fun trying to piece a figure back together and I'm not too concerned if my Mego Thor has a repro helmet. He still looks cool. The only things i have that aren't loose is a carded Klingon and some boxed WOOz figures. No big ticket items there. I'm not sure the most I've paid for a figure, but I'd be surprized if it was over $100.

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