Mystery Question Of Valiant Collecting #7

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:33 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
$8,000

WOW 8K

I'm not a rich man but damn.....thats crazy!

maybe I could trade my goat in-action figure for it

-Brian

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:35 pm

betterthanezra wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
$8,000
WOW 8K

I'm not a rich man but damn.....thats crazy!

maybe I could trade my goat in-action figure for it

-Brian

That's ridiculous, they can keep it for that amount.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:11 pm

Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine

Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:22 pm

jedimarley wrote:Does this prototype of VH2 XO still exist?

thanks sonicdan

BTW, Thanks for posting this thread. It made me think about the topic again. I've always concentrated my efforts at finding one in the past towards ex Acclaim employees. This time I concentrated on the Skybolt end of things. For those that don't know:

Lightning Comics & Skybolt Toys were pretty much the same company. Bothers Steve & Joe Zyskowski owned them. Steve ran Skybolt & Joe ran Lightning. I looked for them & found almost nothing on Steve, but found this on Joe:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/ ... 17675.html

http://www.e-mailadvantage.com/terms_of_use.htm

Joe went from making comics & action figures to selling real estate & making plaster casts of pregnant womens' stomachs in Vegas. It's a crazy world... ~Erskine

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:28 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

It will cost you $500 just to look at them.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:36 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

I e-mailed for some pics. I will let you know as soon as I hear something. ~Erskine

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:40 pm

Erskine71 wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

I e-mailed for some pics. I will let you know as soon as I hear something. ~Erskine

Great! If you get them post them please.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:25 pm

jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:Let's just say there were only 2 total prototypes made (just for the sake of argument). What would a fair price be to offer for one? ~Erskine
This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

I e-mailed for some pics. I will let you know as soon as I hear something. ~Erskine
Great! If you get them post them please.

Joe got back to me again. He doesn't have any info to go along with the figure; no memos from Acclaim, no blueprints, no packaging (or even designs for packaging), but he is willing to print off a certified COA from the makers of Skybolt Toyz...

He sent me 10 pics which I in turn forwarded to Greg. ~Erskine

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:51 pm

Erskine71 wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
Erskine71 wrote:
xoken wrote: This is one of the few valiant items that is more desirable to non valiant collectors (toy collectors) than valiant fans.

If the figure was coming from an ex employee he/she would probably be delighted to get rid of it for $50 or so, but taking into consideration that there are collectors out there willing to pay $700-1000 makes a fair price difficult.

Well...I found one, but it ain't cheap folks. I confirmed there were only two actually made & both were the chrome version. One went to the Acclaim offices & one stayed at Skybolt. The one I found is currently priced at $8,000! He advised me he's had offers at $4,000 previously that he's turned down. I thought it was gonna be up there if I found one, but never that far up there... ~Erskine
Can you talk the guy into posting some pics of it?

I e-mailed for some pics. I will let you know as soon as I hear something. ~Erskine
Great! If you get them post them please.

Joe got back to me again. He doesn't have any info to go along with the figure; no memos from Acclaim, no blueprints, no packaging (or even designs for packaging), but he is willing to print off a certified COA from the makers of Skybolt Toyz...

He sent me 10 pics which I in turn forwarded to Greg. ~Erskine

Can't wait to see them.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:00 pm

I'd post pics myself, but I don't know how a person could do that to these boards?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:20 pm

Use a free host site like photobucket. Upload your picture to your account. Copy the url of the picture you uploaded to the site and paste it into a regular post on this site. Highlight it, and then click the Img button located in the rectangular boxes in the row on top of the post you're trying to make.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:37 pm

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:39 pm

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:40 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Use a free host site like photobucket. Upload your picture to your account. Copy the url of the picture you uploaded to the site and paste it into a regular post on this site. Highlight it, and then click the Img button located in the rectangular boxes in the row on top of the post you're trying to make.

Thank you much kind sir! I've always wondered how that was best done... ~Erskine

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:45 pm

Wow! That metallic armor looks so sweet..! But the ol' noggin has some issues...

I know one of you guys must have an extra 8 grand lying around --- go get it!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:18 pm

Erskine71 wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Use a free host site like photobucket. Upload your picture to your account. Copy the url of the picture you uploaded to the site and paste it into a regular post on this site. Highlight it, and then click the Img button located in the rectangular boxes in the row on top of the post you're trying to make.

Thank you much kind sir! I've always wondered how that was best done... ~Erskine

You're very welcome. And I thank you for posting the cool pics.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:40 am

Erskine71 wrote:

The gold visor?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:43 pm

hulk181man wrote:Wow! That metallic armor looks so sweet..! But the ol' noggin has some issues...

I know one of you guys must have an extra 8 grand lying around --- go get it!

I'm sure Dino is probably busy on the phone with guy right now.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:08 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
hulk181man wrote:Wow! That metallic armor looks so sweet..! But the ol' noggin has some issues...

I know one of you guys must have an extra 8 grand lying around --- go get it!
I'm sure Dino is probably busy on the phone with guy right now.

Our very own VVI hard at work.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:50 am

jedimarley wrote:So. There could be a Solar prototype.

-slym

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