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[arforbes]

Hey all,

Check this out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/...92&category=348

[ToyManiac]

Yeah, I just seen that too and was going to post it.

I don't think the seller is anyone from the board here.

What does everyone think it will go for??

[arforbes]

I think it will go for a shizznit load! But this is truly exciting! A non member who knows all about this figure and the Super Rares. I wonder if he is one of the people who are members, but never post. I curiously sent him this message based on what I read in his auction description:

Hello,

I am also the owner of a Spinning Head Ashuraman and was curious as to your figure and if you have known about the AKIA forums?  We (M.U.S.C.L.E. Collectors) like yourself are always searching for Super Rares.  Are you a member of the AKIA Forums?  If not, you should join.  We would surely love to talk about your collection.  If we are correct, this will be the fifth Spinning Head Ashuraman ever found.  I own one and the most rare of all, the Blackhole Sunshine, which there are only two of, known anyways.  You are familiar with Nathan's M.U.S.C.L.E. page; I'm sure you have seen the collection's page.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Alex
arforbes

So hopefully he can shed more light on this for us serious Super Rare freaks like me! I hope he joins!

[jkaris]

Wierd:

Seller:
erokx( 124)

High Bidder:
erock808( 62)

Regardless, I'm bidding on this one too.

[arforbes]

Wierd:

Seller:
erokx( 124)

High Bidder:
erock808( 62)

Regardless, I'm bidding on this one too.

Yeah I just saw that after I had bid for the first time on both his auctions, I was outbid right away but someone with an oddly familiar username. Could be just coincidence, I wonder. I hope this is not shill bidding!

Anyways,

I really hope someone from hear gets this one.

[gilgar]

Wierd:

Seller:
erokx( 124) 

High Bidder:
erock808( 62)

Regardless, I'm bidding on this one too.

Could be just coincidence, I wonder. I hope this is not shill bidding! 

My 2¢...I doubt it's a shill. The seller seems to know what he has and so would have to know it's value and that a shill wasn't necessary especially since it looks like the bid war has started.

He'd have to be pretty dumb to use a shill name so close to his own, eBay'd bust him for sure. Plus they're both plays on He Rocks..I'm sure there's a bunch of Herox, heroks, etc.

Edited by gilgar, 19 February 2004 - 09:36 PM.

[arforbes]

Would this be Spinning Head Ashuraman Sighting #5?

[arforbes]

If my calculations are correct...

Spinning Head Ashuraman #1.....JShurt
Spinning Head Ashuraman #2.....JShurt (Later sold to me arforbes)
Spinning Head Ashuraman #3.....?????? (That mysterious ebayer who disappeared)
Spinning Head Ashuraman #4.....Philly (That headless wonder)
Spinning Head Ashuraman #5.....Erokx (Seller of one on ebay right now)

So 5 Spinning Head Ashuraman Sightings!!!

[arforbes]

Hey,

Did you guys read the seller's auction description? It says some interesting information...

After years of scanning flea markets, garage sales, basements and attics; my days of buying, selling and trading M.U.S.C.L.E. figures will come to an end this week. I am forced to sell my prized personal collection. This week I am selling over 180 MUSCLE's and accessories and every G.I. Joe figure from 1982-1986. So PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER AUCTIONS TO SAVE ON SHIPPING. Now, enough about my sadness, let's get to the details of this auction: You get the rarest of the rare MUSCLE man from the US line (this is no eraser-like Japanese Kinnikuman). He is in DEAD MINT condition. It is certainly the original flesh tone and not one of the later crazy colors. This figure is not pictured on the mail-away poster. It has a feature that is different from all the Ashura Man figures in the American line; it has a rotatable and removable head. You can take off it's head, and rotate it to display the 3 different faces. The figure has the usual "Y/S*N*T" that all MUSCLE toys have. Some speculation is that this toy was pulled from the market after an extremely short run due to a potential choking hazzard. I obtained this toy about 5 years ago while selling 80's toys out of a Flea Market in Western New York near Buffalo. A guy came in and sold me his childhood G.I. Joe collection. He wasn't a collector, his mom had just saved his toys in the attic or something. I asked if he had any other 80's toys, and sure enough he came back next week with some wrestlers (which my partner bought) and a baggy full of MUSCLE men. I got the MUSCLE's home and tried to identify this guy for my collection on the mail-away poster. After I could not find it, I did a little research and realized I had something quite rare. I never saw the guy again to ask him where he may of got it, but I am sure it was purchased in the 80's when he was a kid. I enjoyed him in my collection for years, now he can join yours! I find it interesting that one of the few other of these Spinning Head Ashura also originated from the Buffalo area. If you check out the AWESOME site: http://www.newellsys.../collecting.asp and click on ~Super-rare MUSCLEs? you can read the account of the other Buffalo Spinning Head. Good luck adding this guy to your collection!! I'll pay for domestic shipping as long as you pay for the insurance. International buyers will pay the actual shipping cost plus (only) a $1 handling fee (insurance optional but highly recommended). I accept Paypal, money order or personal check (must clear before I ship). Please contact me with any questions or if you would like a clearer picture of any part of this auction. Bid with confidence, my feedback stands on its own.

Hmmmmm...

[erokx]

Hello All, I am the seller of this Spinning Head you are discussing. As per the urging of arforbes (Alex), I decided to check out your forum. To shed a little light on who I am: I have always been more of a casual MUSCLE collector. I had MUSCLE's as a kid and started picking up original flesh colored guys in the late 90's. My real collecting passion is for vintage Star Wars and Robotech. In the mid-90's I began aquiring collections of 80's toys from college kids, friends and basically anyone I could find! As my personal collection grew, the doubles and extras started piling up. In the late 90's I opened a shop at a Flea Market here in Buffalo. Partially to fund my passion for toys and partly just to get rid of all the extras. Over the years I aquired literally 100's of collections of 80's toys. I became "THE GI Joe Guy" here in town. The best items found their way to my collection and the rest got sold, MUSCLE's included. A couple years ago I got a better job and a wife and had to give up the toy business. I no longer had the time to devote my weekends to toys. Recently, the wife wants a house because there is a baby on the way. Priorities change and I am forced to sell parts of my collection to fund a downpayment. So that's my story... not really all that exciting. I think MUSCLE's are cool and I got very lucky in finding the spinning head. ALSO-I can assure you there is NO shilling going on here. As someone pointed out, why would I have two eBay names so similiar? and why would I even have to pump up the value of this guy just hours into the auction? You can see I have perfect feedback and buy as much on eBay as I sell, so the integrity of the online auction community is very important to me. I have been burned by both scam sellers and non-paying bidders and would not wish that on anyone. Good luck to all of you in bidding. You guys have a very interesting forum here! Please feel free to pose any questions and I will answer them to the best of my ability.

[arforbes]

You may be right Veers! As a matter of fact, that seems to make perfect logical sense. If they did originate in Canada, then they could have easily passed down to the U.S., explaining why there are so few. Possible Canada has all the Super Rares!!!

Blame Canada! Haha!

Anyways, it is a good theory with more and more evidence popping up to support it as time passes.

[arforbes]

ALSO-I can assure you there is NO shilling going on here. As someone pointed out, why would I have two eBay names so similiar? and why would I even have to pump up the value of this guy just hours into the auction? You can see I have perfect feedback and buy as much on eBay as I sell, so the integrity of the online auction community is very important to me. I have been burned by both scam sellers and non-paying bidders and would not wish that on anyone. Good luck to all of you in bidding. You guys have a very interesting forum here! Please feel free to pose any questions and I will answer them to the best of my ability.

Yeah, I was just taken by the similarity of the two names at first. Your seller name was surprisingly similar to the guy who outbid me as soon as I placed my bid. I am sure there is no wrong-doing here, I just had to post a heads-up in reply to Johnny's (JKaris's) post before that.

Sorry to sound like I was accusing, your feedback is perfect and I was just speaking a thought in the back of my mind. As an ebayer, I too have seen the scamming and I am always cautious.

By the way, good luck on the auction, I'm sure the bidding war has just begun!

Damn, I hope someone from the boards wins this!

[arforbes]

A day has passed and the Spinning Head Ashuraman is already at $67.58 with 9 days to go!

Johnny holds the high bid!

[bizman316]

Well as you see I have been trying to bid on this item and Johnny has outbid me every time since I bid, and I bid a bunch of times. It is now up to 100.51. I think that I am done because now it is out of my league money wise. But eventually I will get it now just isn't my time. Thanks guys and good luck to anyone else that wants to bid.

[ToyManiac]

But eventually I will get it now just isn't my time.

I don't think many chances, for a shot at owning this figure, come along very often.

But yeah, damn, one day and already up to $100!!

[arforbes]

Now since you're out of the bidding Bizman, you should cancel all your bids so Johnny doesn't have to pay that much if he wins.

I'm kidding of course.

Damn already at $100!!!

[Soupie]

Well as you see I have been trying to bid on this item and Johnny has outbid me every time since I bid, and I bid a bunch of times.

Wow, valient effort bizman316!

I get the feeling kingstylus (jkaris) ain't f*cking around with this one.



Anybody care to guess what the winning bid amount will be? Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to see it break $200 when all is said and done.

I mean, how often does one of these come around? What's 200 hundred smackers when there is a super duper rare on the line?



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Bidding History :: M.U.S.C.L.E. Spinning Head Ashura Man

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gilgar( 308)
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erock808( 63)
arforbes( 217)

[doc_moore_j]

I would bet anywhere over $150.

If this had shown up a year ago, I would be all over it. I am in kind of a limbo (bored) stage in my kinnikuman collecting and I have not bought shizznit recently, so forking out a couple hundred for this seems unreasonable at this time. Good luck on holding the top spot Johnny, I think you deserve him more than most.

[gilgar]

What's 200 hundred smackers when there is a super duper rare on the line?

That'd still be cheaper than round trip tickets to Buffalo on a Southwest Fun Fare to search the thrift shops, flea markets and yard sales (but probably not as fun).

[erokx]

[That'd still be cheaper than round trip tickets to Buffalo on a Southwest Fun Fare to search the thrift shops, flea markets and yard sales (but probably not as fun). ]
Hey bro, I can assure you Buffalo is a ton of fun, Infact I'll buy anyone who bids on my auction a drink in any of our fine drinking establishments! However, good luck beating me to any of the spinning heads floating around this town!

[ToyManiac]

I think it'll end up selling for $500+!!!


No, actually I have no idea. I'm guessing it'll reach $300 though.

Edited by ToyManiac, 22 February 2004 - 09:46 PM.

[jkaris]

This ends today guys!

[arforbes]

This ends today guys!

Yeah, I saw that you were outbid by a couple of bidders so I threw in another bid to see what would happen. I became the high bidder, but dudes, feel free to outbid me. I HAVE ONE already, and I wasn't going to bid again unless Johnny got outbid. Damn I want one of you guys to get that SHA. It better be you Johnny, Nathan, Ridureyu, Doc Moore J, Marty, Veers, etc...!!! Seriously, I am going to be pissed if one of you vets does not get this!

Go get that Super Rare guys!

Edited by arforbes, 29 February 2004 - 03:22 PM.

[arforbes]

Damn, I was just thinking. I wonder how many snipes this auction is going to get.

Needless to say...

A shizznit load!!!