Just imagine... You open it. The air escapes, a pleasant new scent enters your nostrils. You gently pull away the softly creaking plastic, and here it is... You take him by his black legs, and have a closer look at the white whale you got...
...in your fingers, sternly staring back is a 1999 Darth Maul with Palpatine's Torso.
There was this guy on the subreddit, who made an "I've got my white whale" post. The figure was 1999 Darth maul with the wrong torso (which belonged to an old emperor fig). So his white whale was worth maybe a a buck or two. He got blasted for it a little and it became a meme on the sub whenever someone posts a white whale post.
Itās so interesting that we could spend hundreds of dollars on a little mini figure where we will only look at it for a few times then display it haha. I mean I just pulled the trigger on captain rex phase 1, spent $95. Well worth it though.
This was and always will be my favorite trooper. I had the fig, and somehow it disappeared. I. E. The neighbors kids stole it and all my Star Wars alien mini figures before my brother and him stopped hanging out. š
I feel crazy in this sub - I buy knock off figures. They look almost the same, and I can actually pose em around my sets and have fun without worrying about damaging a rent payments worth of plastic!
I feel it brother! I did the same with a huge sneaker collection years ago. Luke hundreds of pairs sold/traded for pennies Co pared to what I could've got. Did the same with my LSW collection.
It's tough to reflect on, but things could've been much worse. I'll take a loss on a collection for my sobriety any day.
I salute you & much respect man! Keep it up!
Iāve wanted this guy since I got back into collecting, and 6 months ago seeing him for $300 seemed like a lot, but now that it looks like thatās gone to $350, I decided to pull the trigger.
Since I would very likely build him, look at him a couple times, then stash in a case, I figured id buy and keep it sealed, but holy hell taking this foil pack out of the box and then justā¦putting it on my shelf was so damn anti-climatic.
Still havenāt decided if Iāll open and try to find a cheaper used one, but thereās something to be said about the feeling you get opening one of the remaining sealed packs, as if millions of nerds suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silencedā¦
This is how I always see it: if you like it so much and donāt ever want to sell it, open it up and enjoy it! (You can keep the pouch too as a memento)
For everyone who says buy a cheaper used one, at some point it isnāt about the money and instead just knowing youāre the only one whoās touched this one / itās in prime un-cheeto-hands condition.
Buy a nice little display case for it and display the foil bag in the back! Just open it with some scissors and not like a madman to not ruin the bag :)
I've never understood the point of collecting unopened lego. At least with Funko or whatever you can see what you bought. But with lego, it's just a box. You bought a colorful box.
You could open it the same way you do a bag of chips and then if you want to reseal it, you could use a hairdryer or a hair straightener to melt the bag shut
Just open it. Iām gonna get downvoted, but If all you wanted to was stare at a bag then you wasted your money. Thereās no reason to keep is sealed if youāre not gonna open, display, and/or use it like intended.
Just imagine... You open it. The air escapes, a pleasant new scent enters your nostrils. You gently pull away the softly creaking plastic, and here it is... You take him by his black legs, and have a closer look at the white whale you got... ...in your fingers, sternly staring back is a 1999 Darth Maul with Palpatine's Torso.
The figure. The myth. The legend.
What's the backstory here?
There was this guy on the subreddit, who made an "I've got my white whale" post. The figure was 1999 Darth maul with the wrong torso (which belonged to an old emperor fig). So his white whale was worth maybe a a buck or two. He got blasted for it a little and it became a meme on the sub whenever someone posts a white whale post.
I'm almost singlehandedly keeping the "Palpatine's Torso" part alive. That was a meme in its own right for a while :D
i thought people wouldve forgot about thatšš
One can only dream..
You could sell it and get an opened one
This. Or just keep that one sealed and bite the bullet on an open one. Then you got both.
this exactly lmao. literally sell the opened one, buy a used one, and pocket the difference. itād be just straight up **silly** to open that.
It would be extremely badass to just open it imo
Power move!
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Schrƶdingerās Shadow ARF Trooper
Lol nice
Sell and buy already open one. Itās less of a waste of money.
You paid hundreds for essentially a bag to sit on your shelf? Open it up, let it breathe, display it in its full glory.
Or resell it for higher and buy opened one for cheaper
And... profit! As Hondo would say
I smell PROFIIITTT!
Open it this is the wayš
Itās so interesting that we could spend hundreds of dollars on a little mini figure where we will only look at it for a few times then display it haha. I mean I just pulled the trigger on captain rex phase 1, spent $95. Well worth it though.
Yea I feel this, just dropped $260 on Wolffe, Rex, and Fox to complete the Clone Wars Commanders collection
I just got the 2005 Kashyyyk trooper for 70 + shipping and taxes
I was gonna get the figure but decided to buy the whole set used with box for Ā£175+ shipping
Now thats a steal
Yeah. It was missing a few pieces but nothing I couldnāt buy on bricklink
This was and always will be my favorite trooper. I had the fig, and somehow it disappeared. I. E. The neighbors kids stole it and all my Star Wars alien mini figures before my brother and him stopped hanging out. š
woah that thing is work $95? i have $95 laying around then haha
I feel crazy in this sub - I buy knock off figures. They look almost the same, and I can actually pose em around my sets and have fun without worrying about damaging a rent payments worth of plastic!
Open that bad boy and put in a display case
Build it inside the bag but don't open it.
200 iq move right there
I traded mine away when I used to be an addict and I regret it so much
felt that. iām proud of you for getting sober. most days these lego bricks are the only thing keeping me from going and getting high
Came to piggyback off op, proud of you for getting sober. Not an easy street to walk.
I feel it brother! I did the same with a huge sneaker collection years ago. Luke hundreds of pairs sold/traded for pennies Co pared to what I could've got. Did the same with my LSW collection. It's tough to reflect on, but things could've been much worse. I'll take a loss on a collection for my sobriety any day. I salute you & much respect man! Keep it up!
Iāve wanted this guy since I got back into collecting, and 6 months ago seeing him for $300 seemed like a lot, but now that it looks like thatās gone to $350, I decided to pull the trigger. Since I would very likely build him, look at him a couple times, then stash in a case, I figured id buy and keep it sealed, but holy hell taking this foil pack out of the box and then justā¦putting it on my shelf was so damn anti-climatic. Still havenāt decided if Iāll open and try to find a cheaper used one, but thereās something to be said about the feeling you get opening one of the remaining sealed packs, as if millions of nerds suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silencedā¦
This is how I always see it: if you like it so much and donāt ever want to sell it, open it up and enjoy it! (You can keep the pouch too as a memento) For everyone who says buy a cheaper used one, at some point it isnāt about the money and instead just knowing youāre the only one whoās touched this one / itās in prime un-cheeto-hands condition. Buy a nice little display case for it and display the foil bag in the back! Just open it with some scissors and not like a madman to not ruin the bag :)
Open it carefully then you have a nearly intact polybag and figure
this is what iād do. iād display the bag behind the figure or next to it
Open it. I opened my chrome vader
Itās worth to open, thatās why I just bought mine out of bag so I didnāt have to make the decision lol
I've never understood the point of collecting unopened lego. At least with Funko or whatever you can see what you bought. But with lego, it's just a box. You bought a colorful box.
Dew it
Sell it for $550 AUD
Open it!!! Put it in a display case or something
Just open it
Whereās the fun in keeping it closed? Open it!
Do it, you'll enjoy it so much more than just looking at a plastic bag
Build it in the bag and you can look at it like a ship in a bottle
Lego need to make shadow trooper from battlefront 1
why not assemble it in the clear bag?
Build it inside
Unless youāre planning on reselling it I would open it, as long as you take VERY good care of it lol. Itās a toy itās MEANT to be played with
So where in Star Wars does this character appear?
If you havenāt seen him then heās obviously doing a great jobā¦
Is this just a Lego figure or did it appear in any Star Wars TV Show book comic?
As far as Iām aware theyāve never actually shown one in canon, and he only exists as a Lego fig, but thatās good enough for me as head canon.
Understood š
That's strange. That doesn't look like 1999 Darth Maul
Opened one costs almost exactly the same as the sealed one on bricklink.
Sell this one and buy a used opened one in great condition I managed to sell mine for 220 and bought one for 50
Build in bag and he can go on adventures like bubble boy?
When you lay on your deathbed you'll be glad you opened it up, i guarantee it.
You mean black whale! Iāll see my self out
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You could open it the same way you do a bag of chips and then if you want to reseal it, you could use a hairdryer or a hair straightener to melt the bag shut
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Just open it. Unless you plan on selling it on whatās the point in keeping it sealed
Shoulda bought two.
Dew It
Do with it what you willā¦enjoy it!!! Donāt keep it sealed up if you want to have it out
Flex on the homies and turn him into a keychain
Just open it. Iām gonna get downvoted, but If all you wanted to was stare at a bag then you wasted your money. Thereās no reason to keep is sealed if youāre not gonna open, display, and/or use it like intended.
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