My Most Short-lived Toy Line Collection Of The Year Award 2009

My Most Short-lived Toy Line Collection Of The Year Award 2009 goes to:

My Ex-Collection of 3.75-inch Marvel Universe action figures!

Comments: Looking at my Toy Accounts, my active collection period of this toyline lasted only from April to September 2009.  It started out as a very attractive toyline to collect.  But as the intermittent waves came and went, certain figures were extremely short packed. 

During the early months, not all the departmental stores and collector’s toys shops here sell them.  Hence the frustration of collecting these little rather seemingly obscure figures increased, and fruitless shopping trips became the norm.

What eventually ‘killed’ my collection of this toyline was the monetary price to pay for them.  These little toys each had a hefty price tag of SGD 18.90, which is way more than the USD 7.99 (or approx SGD 11.00) they are selling for in the US.  

I keep records of all my daily expenses and compile them each month.  My toy expenditure greatly exceeded my monthly budget that I set aside, causing me to sacrifice buying other non-toy stuff. 

Plus I was also busy going crazy collecting the in-trend Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) movie toys during the same period (which went on to win “My Fastest Expanding Toy Line Collection Of 2009 Award” ).

Hence it was with a heavy heart that I finally decided to let go of my Marvel Universe collection.  Usually, the average toyline that I collect lasts for at least more than a year.  As of today, the following list shows what I have left of my short-lived 3.75-inch Marvel Universe action figures collection:

Wave 1
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[ ] 001. Iron Man (Red & gold armor)
[ ] 002. Spider-Man
[ ] 002. Spider-Man* (Variant: darker blue and red costume) SOLD!!
[ ] 003. Silver Surfer SOLD!!
[ ] 004. The Punisher (Version 1) SOLD!!
[ ] 005. Black Panther SOLD!!
[ ] 006. Wolverine (X-Force) SOLD!!
[ ] 007. Human Torch (Flame on) SOLD!!
[ ] 008. Daredevil SOLD!!
[ ] 009. Iron Man (Stealth Ops)
[ ] 010. Bullseye
[ ] 011. Human Torch (FF costume)
[ ] 011. Human Torch* (Variant: dark blue costume w/white gloves/boots/collar)

Wave 2
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[ ] 012. Captain America (Ultimates) SOLD!!
[ ] 013. Hulk (Green) SOLD!!
[ ] 014. Hulk (Grey) SOLD!!
[ ] 015. Green Goblin
[ ] 016. Ronin
[ ] 017. Iron Fist SOLD!!

Wave 3
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[ ] 018. Spider-Man (Black costume) SOLD!!
[ ] 019. The Thing SOLD!!
[ ] 019. The Thing (Variant: dark blue pants)
[ ] 020. Punisher (Version 2) SOLD!!
[ ] 021. Iron Man (Classic armor) SOLD!!
[ ] 022. Ms. Marvel (Black costume)
[ ] 023. Ms. Marvel (Red costume) SOLD!!
[ ] 024. Hand Ninja SOLD!!

Wave 4
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[ ] 026. Union Jack SOLD!!
[ ] 027. Moon Knight SOLD!!
[ ] 028. Red Hulk (Glossy finish)
[ ] 028. Red Hulk (Matt finish)
[ ] 029. Blade
[ ] 030. Hobgloblin SOLD!!

Wave 5
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[ ] 025. Electro SOLD!!
[ ] 031. Guardian
[ ] 032. Spiderman (upside down, red & blue costume)
[ ] 032. Spiderman (upside down, red & black costume)
[ ] 033. Silver Centurion Iron Man 
[ ] 034. Sub-Mariner SOLD!!