Advice on collecting

"Wilycub, post: 116123, member: 25043" said:

Yeah that's pretty much all the figures. If you want more info on all the figures (variations, accessories etc.) and info on the vehicles and other accessories as well then check out this: http://thundercats-ho.wikia.com/wiki/LJN_Toys

As for advice on starting a collection, I'd pretty much iterate what others have said here. I'd suggest you start with buying a lot of figures and/or accessories. It's a good way to start as you get a bunch of figures in one go, often they have accessories and sometimes a vehicle as well. And also as a lot, the price of the individual items will always be less than if you were to buy a single item. Then you can start hunting for the ones that are missing. All the best and do post pics of your collection once you start it. :)

I will post pictures once I begin to get stuff in.

Ok everyone I just made my first action figure buy and I want your thoughts!!! Should be here in a couple weeks

I know there is missing pieces but I took the plunge.

It's strange seeing Jaga without his helmet. When I got my Jaga figure my Dad glued his helmet on so I wouldn't loose it. Same with Mumm-Ra and Jackalman.

I found a helmet for him and the wings for stinger. Just having a hard time finding the head piece for stinger.

It's a great start! Already you've got the two rarer figures. :) Stinger's wings are a lot harder (and expensive) than his helmet. Congrats on getting those! The helmet will pop-up on Ebay sooner or later.

Jaga looks good. You will probably have a hard time just finding the helmet for Stinger, especially since it connects into the body. any loose helmets are likely broken off and probably the case that happened with yours. Where did you find wings? Repros?

"ninja cat, post: 116140, member: 9843" said:

Jaga looks good. You will probably have a hard time just finding the helmet for Stinger, especially since it connects into the body. any loose helmets are likely broken off and probably the case that happened with yours. Where did you find wings? Repros?

Yeah I found repros for now on ebay. Im in communication with a guy that does them. Finding out if he can do the helmet as well. I will probably get original pieces in the future if they ever come available

Im happy with what I found. Considering what I paid for both figures together from overseas. I would have have only got jaga for the same price from a u.s. Seller. From the searching I did.

I often browse ebay.co.uk and look for any outlet really. I don't strictly look in the US. I found my Luna Lasher Mumm-Ra and Thunderwings Lion-O in the UK and other pieces from the Netherlands, Greece, Argentina....

"ninja cat, post: 116146, member: 9843" said:

I often browse ebay.co.uk and look for any outlet really. I don't strictly look in the US. I found my Luna Lasher Mumm-Ra and Thunderwings Lion-O in the UK and other pieces from the Netherlands, Greece, Argentina....

This was the first time I purchased anything overseas so I am trying to be optimistic about it

Got another question. What options do I have for displaying figures? I was thinking about single box cases or a wide case to hold multiple loose figures

"William Graves, post: 116154, member: 26072" said:

Got another question. What options do I have for displaying figures? I was thinking about single box cases or a wide case to hold multiple loose figures

Many people (including myself) love these
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10119206/ht

My current collection is housed in this. all though is a bit small to hold everything. Sorry, dont have a picture of it filled.
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Thats nice and I also like the one you linked as well. How sturdy is the one you linked?

"William Graves, post: 116160, member: 26072" said:

Thats nice and I also like the one you linked as well. How sturdy is the one you linked?

The Ikea detolf's are extremely sturdy. If you do some googling, you'll see a lot of collectors use them and customize them by adding lights, extra shelves, tiers, backgrounds. I have 4 of them myself.

Has anyone collected a sword of omens? I don't mean a toy replica.

I've been after an accurate replica sword for a while. Got close to getting one last year but the guys mold waant going to make a good cast so it fell through, as all the other leads have over the years. Probably going to end up making my own one day.

I've been looking for one for years but they've all been not all accurate. But I want one with the eye as well

All the metal ones are crap other than the one off that was made in a youtube video. It's been posted on the board but a quick Google and it should show up. Really nice but you know it would cost a bomb. I'd be happy with a resin version with a metal bar through it for strength and weight.

"ninja cat, post: 116155, member: 9843" said:

Many people (including myself) love these
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10119206/ht

My current collection is housed in this. all though is a bit small to hold everything. Sorry, dont have a picture of it filled.
[IMG]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj99/gobygoby/Thundercats/8faa4403.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:1px solid rgba(217,164,65,0.32);" />[/IMG]

Lol I guess I gotta find something different. I don't have an IKEA close enough and I went to order off site and they want over 400 dollars for shipping.

Any other ideas on displaying...as I'm just starting out I could go the single figure cases but not sure on the dimension I would need.