posted December 26, 2023 04:36 PM         

I'm so ****ing ****ed I missed this. Reading this a few months later has me really gutted. I traded a lot of 45's for Magic cards to Don. I still have the OG foil Life from the Loam I got from him. I'm finding as I get older in life the nostalgia is really hitting hard with Magic. I just miss the good old times and the good old cards. If anyone wants to hit me up and talk about the good old times mail me at cardboardcreationism@gmail.com. we really need a Discord or what ever you opld ****s are using to stay in touch.

 

posted January 01, 2024 11:42 AM         

I can't remember if the group is private, it may want you to join the Transformers Generation One G1 group to view it.

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posted March 15, 2024 10:12 PM        

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posted March 17, 2024 10:21 PM         

I was the one who gave you a Foil Life From the Loam ( as well as a Foil Ghost Quarter) for your 18 45rpm records. I've got our trade listed in my non MTG thread ( yes it's still on the boards, I'll up it). Shame about Rockondon though, I hadn't heard that either.

 

posted April 21, 2024 06:01 AM        

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posted April 22, 2024 06:28 AM         

Later this month, I saw his 3rd post where he listed them for sale asking $3,000 for them. He'd posted better photos and it seemed that trailbreaker's tape had broken (later found out from his kid that he'd accidently broken it since last time Brian looked) so that it would no longer be considered factory sealed and the wear on the Prime was enough that it wasn't clear whether the seal was factory or not (color break, etc).
He got some offers. I PM'd him and talked for a while. Good, chill dude to talk with. I sent him some information from various resources & made him an offer (after seeing some better pics but not enough good ones and we'll talk about why better pictures are so important later). My offer was contingent upon us meeting in person and (gasp) opening them together so we could inspect the contents (if not unused, rewind deal). He thought it over and decided he was up for a road trip instead of trying to sell online and deal with scammers and fees.
He came over and I checked them out. The good news was, the Prime looked better in person than what many of us feared. Sure, there were plenty of red flags like color break on the front corners and a tear to the flap both under the tape and elsewhere. It definitely wasn't worth getting graded. But a picture pointing up above the cab might've shown us what appeared to be the "push the styrofoam" slip that the factory taped up there. A peak around the tape might've shown the sticker sheet was hiding back there. It's hard on worn boxes to see the good without great lighting and many different angles of shots.
The bad news was the Trailbreaker looked worse than we'd guessed. It seems at some point it got in water without being dried off promptly and that resulted in a large amount of mold dots through the box even to the bubble.
:: Stop reading for a moment of silence for Trailbreaker ::
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We now return to the the Transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkCWGTBYrc
We talked for a while and decided to move forward and I opened the Optimus Prime. It was like:
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready ...
except I don't think I looked calm and ready. I never got a G1 Prime as a kid. I was born in late 82 so they were off shelves before dad started getting Transformers for me. My first Prime was Powermaster and first original style (sort of) was G2 or 2002 commemorative (still have both).
I got out my knife and cut Prime's box open. Thanks to Alan's fantastic video opening a bloated last year I knew what to expect. https://www.facebook.com/groups/604708720233166/posts/1237236230313742/ While I have many complete in box primes now, I don't have any with anything besides missiles left on spru just some used roller and fists sprus.
I opened it and guessed correctly it was a T4 variant based on the (R) on the front of the box rather than the TM older boxes have. I said it could be a #5 or #6 but figured that was less likely. I was surprised it had TM instructions (and 84 catalog) despite being in an (R) box but that led me to correctly guess it was a Takara only stamp one rather than the Hasbro stamped one. It was super exciting and I'd like you all to share in my joy through this terrible quality video:
https://youtu.be/fJvTNsQeLyo
We took a quick break then I recorded a second video of the Trailbreaker. You can see the extent of the mold damage. To be honest, I have no idea what to do with this, but it was still a once in a lifetime (or twice for those of you who had them as kids) experience. I brushed off some of the mold for Trailbreaker. The toy may be fine, maybe even the bubble could be cleaned, but the cardboard will always be sketchy unless someone knows a lot more about cleaning mold off cardboard. My wife says she wants me to throw away the box and the cardboard backer for the bubble at a minimum.
Here's the trailbreaker opening.
https://youtu.be/ZvBQ7DwBqVg
Opening a Prime wasn't even on my bucket list because I never expected to do it. Prime isn't one I expected to get sealed, much less open it if I did. But there were enough red flags that I didn't feel comfortable getting it and not opening it.
I hope you all enjoy this. If you have any thoughts on how to handle Trailbreaker, please let me know.
I'd like to thank Brian for the wonderful opportunity and the great chats. I wish that guy all the good Karma in the world, he deserves it.

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posted April 23, 2024 09:24 PM         

Added a non FB link

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posted April 28, 2024 02:07 PM         

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posted April 28, 2024 09:20 PM         

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