Sarah and I barely made it through the week, but somehow managed. My worst final was a story boarding project that I just could never seem to motivate myself to do. I finally just loaded up an caffeine and got most of it done last Sunday. I stayed up until 2 in the morning.
I did have one test on Tuesday that I did okay, but could have done better. At least I was doing very well in the class, so it shouldn’t affect me too bad. The other final I was dreading was the Basketball game on Thursday for my broadcasting class. We had to show up at noon to start getting set up and didn’t finish until the game was over around 10:30. The main thing about that final was that I was one of the floor cams which requires you to have a roughly 50 pound camera on your shoulder the whole game. I did it once before and was sore for almost a week afterwards. This time wasn’t as bad because I bought some knee pads, so I didn’t have to stand the whole time. I was still sore for a couple of days after.
I’m glad to have this semester over with and am happy to have a break finally. I’m sure it will go pretty quick though and I’ll be starting over again in January. Now just have to play the waiting game until grades get posted.
).Anyway Target didn’t have anything, but while we were leaving I saw a guy open up his trunk. He had some of the Target exclusive vehicles that were just released and a bunch of figures in there. Another person was with him that was pulling out some money. You would think a drug deal was going on or something. A 3rd person, who I have met before, with a scalper reputation also joined with them. I understand with our economy that we have the opportunity to buy something and resell it at a higher value, but I also feel these people are not true fans even though they say they are. I refuse to buy items from scalpers, so I do not fund there little side business of hoarding all the toys and reselling them. I also limit myself for the most part to just one figure although I do have a weakness for multiple stormtroopers and clones.Luckily in Utah we have a message board for collectors. When these figures first started hitting a local collector picked up some of them for me at cost and another time hid them for me at a nearby Wal-mart. I only have 2 more to go to finish the set and have never paid more than retail for them. I even have one of them coming direct from hasbrotoyshop.com that I was able to get with a 20% off coupon and free shipping. I could have easily purchased more than one and resold them, but I want to make sure my fellow collectors get a chance at figures they want. The funny thing is that after the year is over these figures will sell on ebay at very close if not sometimes less than retail value. Everyone moves on to the next thing.The only figures that seem to hold there value are the originals although I have never collected for value. It has always been the nostalgia factor because I have so many great memories playing with these things as a child. I want to keep a piece of those great times and it is a hobby that I still enjoy after almost 15 years in collecting.Here is a quick pic I snapped of the deal going down.
