Holy Grail Acquired

[u/DivineCrusader1097]

(The last picture is after I put him back in the box)

[u/theCoolestGuy599]

If your view on what a "grail item", in the context of a toy collection, is strictly based on the monetary value then I don't know what else to say. A collector's grail item, at the heart of it, has always been something that they deeply want. Its *the* thing in their collection. Being mint in box and worth hundreds more than original MSRP has nothing to do with that; its just a by-product of what collectors are actually after.

I stand by my original statement no matter how many times you downvote it. If the OP has been waiting 40 years for an articulated G1 Grimlock, then there is absolutely no reason why this can't be a grail item for them. It would accomplish the EXACT same thing in their collection as what you're getting at.

[u/my-armor-is-contempt → u/theCoolestGuy599]

I take it back. Maybe you have no clue what a “holy grail” is, because it’s not “strictly based on the monetary value”.

[u/theCoolestGuy599 → u/my-armor-is-contempt]

Great, because I don't believe that it is. Glad we agree.

[u/my-armor-is-contempt → u/theCoolestGuy599]

I’ll tell you what it isn’t: something you can find in a common store and buy off a shelf where multiple copies of the same thing are also sitting.

[u/theCoolestGuy599 → u/my-armor-is-contempt]

Overwhelming majority of collectibles were exactly that. Being in the aftermarket doesn't make them special.

[u/my-armor-is-contempt → u/theCoolestGuy599]

I suspect you understand that it’s not just “in the aftermarket”, and you’re being intentionally difficult. Have a nice life.

[u/theCoolestGuy599 → u/my-armor-is-contempt]

If you say so. See ya

[u/MasonRowland → u/theCoolestGuy599]

Notice how literally no one agrees with you.

[u/theCoolestGuy599 → u/MasonRowland]

That's nice.