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[MMD]

OK, I've never seen one of these on eBay before, but if you have a lot of money to spare, check this out: http://www.ebay.com/...8f#ht_500wt_922

And no, it's not mine.

[Bazoon]

Only 500 GBP?? It's virtual for free then

Its the 4th pine Hydra I am aware of but there are more in collectors hands for sure.

[GormTransMonsters]

the piece has gone!!
But auction closed so impossible to understand how much is the price someone paid for it..
Anyway I'm happy to be a collector that still miss a Pine Green Hydra in his collection. What a crazy price

[DarrylWestley]

I assumed it went for the £500!
As yesterday I was able to see a best offer price of £415 that had expired?!

Unless it was accepted second time... Still huge price! Congratulations to
the collector who got it (I guess).

[wizard]

Hi, what was the pine green hydra released as? was it a cereal premium?

[RareBob]

Wow £500 thats huge!! I am very surprised at the trend though for the four or what i consider to be the four rarist premium mimps

Pine Green Hydra - I've only ever seen two of these including the latest one, however a member of here says he's seen 4 - so am surprised at the £500 price tag.

Pink Cyclops - Again ive only ever seen two of these. One i believe sold for around $550 & the other was offered to me for a full set of series 3 figures(i declined naturally)

Pink Jotun Troll - I only know of one of these mine, However, people have mentioned that Dark Clown potentially has one though no pictures or data related to anyone elses. Price £180

Orange T-Rex - Last but no means least. Ive seen about 5 or 6 of these in my time of collecting and the latest sale price was £130.

Hopefully collectors on the forum can add to this in what they have seen over the years. Though i am pleased even if the prices are large that these figures are beginning to come forward for us collectors to at least view.

[PimpNugget]

I assumed it went for the £500!
As yesterday I was able to see a best offer price of £415 that had expired?!

Unless it was accepted second time... Still huge price! Congratulations to
the collector who got it (I guess).

I'd assume less than 500. Prolly 425-450.
A buyer would have no interest in buying off ebay at the BIN price.
If I would be forced to pay the full asking amount I'd make sure he swallowed the fees.

[PimpNugget]

Wow £500 thats huge!! I am very surprised at the trend though for the four or what i consider to be the four rarist premium mimps

Pine Green Hydra - I've only ever seen two of these including the latest one, however a member of here says he's seen 4 - so am surprised at the £500 price tag.

Pink Cyclops - Again ive only ever seen two of these. One i believe sold for around $550 & the other was offered to me for a full set of series 3 figures(i declined naturally)

Pink Jotun Troll - I only know of one of these mine, However, people have mentioned that Dark Clown potentially has one though no pictures or data related to anyone elses. Price £180

Orange T-Rex - Last but no means least. Ive seen about 5 or 6 of these in my time of collecting and the latest sale price was £130.

Hopefully collectors on the forum can add to this in what they have seen over the years. Though i am pleased even if the prices are large that these figures are beginning to come forward for us collectors to at least view.

For that kind of money I don't need to have them.
None of my friends or family is ever going to know that I don't have them all.

[Leviathan]

I wonder if the Pine Hydra really was sold in the end? How many offers have been there? I`ve seen 9 offers which were all declined and/or expired, I then placed a 10th offer of 150 though the Seller told me days before highest offer was 250. My offer was declined and the Auction closed soon after this.

[DarrylWestley]

private listing -- buyers' identities protected £150.00 Declined 27-Nov-11 16:27:52 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £280.00 Expired 25-Nov-11 14:38:09 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £415.00 Expired 24-Nov-11 12:45:35 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £14.00 Expired 23-Nov-11 22:43:39 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £20.00 Declined 23-Nov-11 06:00:11 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £12.50 Declined 22-Nov-11 21:22:14 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £350.00 Expired 22-Nov-11 20:30:10 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £250.00 Expired 22-Nov-11 15:12:45 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £250.00 Expired 22-Nov-11 08:13:52 GMT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £100.00 Declined 22-Nov-11 05:35:10 GMT

"This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available."
Perhaps an offer was placed via personal message?

[Leviathan]

Wow, I wasn`t able to see how much the offers were before...really high offers! How is it possible to see them?

I consider to add the Cyan Blue Cyclops to the list of the Rarer Premiums - I´ve seen him rarely, maybe as often as the Orange T-Rex.

[RareBob]

Guess we may never know as know one has come forward to winning it yet. Nice work though Darryl i couldn't view the bids either.

Yep forgot all about the Cyan Cyclops. Ive seen about the same around 5 or so another rare one.

[PimpNugget]

The reason you can see the offers placed is because the seller ended the item with no winner.
Had there been a winner then the bids would still be hidden.

[RareBob]

The reason you can see the offers placed is because the seller ended the item with no winner.
Had there been a winner then the bids would still be hidden.

cheers matey

[rumby]

Hi, Just to let you guys know that the Pine Green Hydra sold at the final price of £415, the buyer wishes to remain anonymous so i will respect their privacy.

All the best with the collecting!

[Daxel101uk]

Well I hope I get that for christmas hopefully it was someone I knew that won it lol

[GormTransMonsters]

Well I hope I get that for christmas hopefully it was someone I knew that won it lol

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=213041512136666&set=a.125254000915418.25103.100002924571411&type=3&theater

[Strontium Dog]

Another Pine Green Hydra on eBay, seems the real deal!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190746824567

[Strontium Dog]

Another Pine Green Hydra on eBay, seems the real deal!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190746824567

Final price 452 euros. About £362 or $580. Remarkable.

Winner is arcanite_ruler1 from Mexico. Congrats

[1313]

The prices being fetched by rare or sought after figures are just getting effin' gross now. Really off putting tbh.

MIMP fanatic or not, there must be some extreme buyers regret when the novelty of owning that fig wears off after 10 seconds, lol.

[GormTransMonsters]

Wanted to share with the others great collectors in this forum..
I've finally got it!!
Almost 100% complete collection of Matchbox MIMPs
Enjoy the shots!

Also added a shot of a possible super cool Board Game colour scheme

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Edited by GormTransMonsters, 03 December 2012 - 02:27 PM.

[1313]

Awesome! Hopefully you won't need to ever bid on or trade for these figures again.

[dielaughing]

Well done for getting that and for one fewer needed, but was it worth the money? Just got to put that question out there as I know a few commented on the amount it sold fer

[GormTransMonsters]

Awesome! Hopefully you won't need to ever bid on or trade for these figures again.

Sure man! Now I'm happy and satisfied. I don't need them in multiple copies.. Don't worry!

But anyway I still miss one...

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Edited by GormTransMonsters, 04 December 2012 - 06:57 AM.

[GormTransMonsters]

Well done for getting that and for one fewer needed, but was it worth the money? Just got to put that question out there as I know a few commented on the amount it sold fer

Yes I'm happy with that purchase of Pine Green Hydra also because after the Mexican winner declined to buy the figure at the final price reached in the auction, I've received a proposal of purchase with a large discount on the price...
I paid 102 euros less than Ebay final price with the shipping included.
350 € total is not so bad for that figure.. at least in my opinion...

Edited by GormTransMonsters, 04 December 2012 - 06:42 AM.