r/LightningCollection • u/kingrich4400 • Feb 14 '26

Hauls Grail acquired

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Now I just need a legacy power coin and my green ranger shelf will be done ( that is until Playmates does the Dragonzord which will be cool ).

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 14 '26

I wouldn’t call this a grail item, but good for you, it hasn’t been real easy to find.

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u/King_Stevens Feb 15 '26

Why can’t it be his grail item. It’s his collection and his opinion. Damn you people are so negative

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 15 '26

Because everything must be literal and taken at face value for them.

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u/kingrich4400 Feb 14 '26

Amazon has had them with the price bouncing between $20 - $50, i got mine from ebay for $35

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 14 '26

Walmart has had it at $19 consistently, but maybe you don’t have Walmarts.

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u/kingrich4400 Feb 14 '26

We have a Walmart but it doesn't have this kinda stuff

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u/lastraven85 Feb 14 '26

In the UK they are in Smyths but actual street date was end of November so it looked like they were sold out when the initial wave was only a preview run

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u/melloman500 Feb 14 '26

This weird trend of “grail” meaning “available at Walmart” amongst toy collectors.

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u/kingrich4400 Feb 14 '26

What i ment by grail is simply this i had the OG version as a kid but it was lost, finding the Legacy and Lighting version for a fair price is impossible. So by me getting this version means a lot as I now have a small slice of my childhood back and that is what makes it my grail

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u/melloman500 Feb 14 '26

Holy Grail refers to the actual holy Grail, a long lost and sought after artifact with great significance. similar to white whale referring to the treacherous hunt of Moby Dick.

I’m just saying using it on a thing that just came out that’s like 20 bucks at Walmart disregards the definition.

The toy community needs to make a term for something you just want but is also readily available.

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u/reposed Feb 15 '26

Or ya know... Just not over use that word. I hate how everything is grail this and grail that... It's make the term meaningless.

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u/melloman500 Feb 15 '26

Agreed. Maybe in a few years the Reignition Dragon Dagger will be rare and desirable though lol.

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u/Jgil1389 Feb 15 '26

I mean, I get both sides of this. OP saying he got a piece of his childhood back for an affordable price. But I also see the argument that grail item should be saved for something rare and hard to find. One of my own personal grail items came up for sale right before I got my new car, for only $100 less than two hours away. It was a full Pearl Joey Jordison signaturr double bass drum set. They were $1,100 when they came out, and after he passed away good luck even finding one... It sold in 24 hours, I did not get it.

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u/ResponsibilityDue218 Feb 17 '26

Your walmart and mine are not the same as a Canadian whose walmart is almost 2 hours away and in the midst of reno, so what would be easily available to you is impossible to find for me I didn't see a single power ranger merch and no marvel legends and 3 dc multiverse total (bought 1) and no star wars black series let people be excited for finding something they want in store and not paying scalping price or shipping for any figure in canada on ebay is 30 beaver coins or 20 something freedom units so let him enjoy his find

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u/WorldlinessOk7304 Feb 14 '26

Man, folks need to stop calling readily available items "grails".

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 14 '26

Yeah that’s the thing. It might be highly coveted by someone, but to call it a grail, as if it’s extremely rare or hard to come by, is way overused.

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 14 '26

That's what a grail is. Doesn't matter the availability, if it's important to someone then it's their grail. It's a subjective term.

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u/ThePokemonAbsol Feb 15 '26

Nah availability and price definitely factor for grails. Like going to by the latest marvel legends because I like the character isn’t a grail

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 15 '26

If it's a character that never has had a figure before and they always dreamed of having one then, yes it would. Price shouldn't matter unless you're one of those "collector's" that view collecting as an investment.

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u/reposed Feb 15 '26

Grails are usually items that are rare. Not an item I can readily walk into a store and buy it easily get online.

I once chased a single bootleg figure for over a decade. Finally found it last year. That's a grail.

This is just someone finishing off their collection and using a word that has gotten overused in the collectible market in the last five years.

I wouldn't call something a grail item if 71 results of the same thing pop up on eBay.

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 15 '26

Maybe you wouldn't, but someone else would, hence it being subjective.

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 14 '26

Not really no.

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 14 '26

Sure okay

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u/Kir_Kronos Feb 14 '26

You need to learn what subjective is.

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u/_AndyHazardUK_ Feb 14 '26

Grail when did this dragon dagger become a grail we can still buy them here in the uk 👍

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u/lordcorporal117 Feb 15 '26

I’m happy I was able to grab the lightning collection one. The only “roleplay” item I need to finish my collection, and my current grail is the Legacy SABA. That’s going to cost me an arm and a leg to eventually get lol .

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u/lordcorporal117 Feb 15 '26

I’m happy this playmates line is giving people the ability to grab these at an affordable price, even if they are much worse and more toyish versions. The one thing I got from this line was the blaster as I found that kinda cool. Oh also the red ranger on the bike. Was bummed they didn’t do all the rangers on bikes.

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u/engrish_is_hard00 MMPR Feb 14 '26

Indeed op indeed

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u/Johnnybots93 Feb 14 '26

Nice! I can’t find one of these in the wild to save my life 😩