TM2 Dinobot Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 So here's a question. I've got the first 4 waves of BSG, MOSC. I got them for maybe $10 a set. With the price of minimates of all kinds going through the roof, and the TRU BSG mates getting more expensive, should I hang onto my first 4 waves in hopes that they increase in price sometime soon? Or saw 'screw it' and use them as custom/trade fodder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Firstly the TRU BSGs are some of the nicest 'mates around & IMO are far superior in most ways to the original waves & grace any collection . Secondly I don't really think that BSG 'mates lend themselves too well to customising but I'm hardly an expert ! Whether I,personally,think the first 4 BSG Minimate Waves will go up in value I would have to say that the answer would be no! A factor that may make BSG desirable to the new folks is the almost generic militia styled pilots ....give them some soldiers helmets & you're probably in business with a future-army. Then of course we have the Cylons which are an entirely different ball-game because they really do equate to 'bad guys' who look fantastic in almost any situation with any other Minimate line . Try posing Cylons with a few Avengers ,X-Men,Halo , damn-anything .......& they look menacing & somehow right. I can only think of 'Daleks' as being any sort of real rival for 'generic-menace' characters & we'll never have those So......Cylons are.....& always have been.... my tip for the future with the Suncoast 5 pack Cylon packs being 'Bhm's all-time Minimate sleeper set' . Love 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I agree with BHM about the 2 TRU waves of BSG, for mainly 'civilian-looking' 'mates, those are some of the best mates made yet. I am constantly using parts from those 2 waves for my customs. Oh, and don't believe the 'buy-it-now' prices for complete sets of these on eBay, I just found a complete set of TRU Series 2 at retail for $5 a pack. Series 1 is definitely more difficult to track down, but packs of these are still floating around out there. The original 4 waves on the other hand... Other than wave 1 being a little more difficult to track down as a complete set than the other 3 waves, I think any secondary market 'value' of these has peaked. In the instance of Wave 4, you can still get an entire wave with variant for $10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) In the instance of Wave 4, you can still get an entire wave with variant for $10. I just didn't have the heart to say 27 God cases of them left & IMO that's because there are no frakking Cylons in that wave The 'Baltar' can be the basis of a QC Tennant Who so the wave is worth getting just for that figure. Edited January 6, 2011 by buttheadsmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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