Lucky Bastard
Apparently the toy collecting world has had some sort of kerfuffle that I was not aware of. Julius Marx of the rather huge toy website Action Figure Insider managed to win the gigantic (and super rare) Anti-Monitor figure that was available at the ‘09 San Diego Comic Con. He posted his victory picture with the title “Lucky Bastard” on Action Figure Insider:
Now the fact that Marx won one of these things has caused some controversy. You see, AFI and Marx in particular has a close relationship to Mattel, well at least one that’s a lot closer than other blogs. There’s a segment of the toy collecting audience is upset or thinks there’s something fishy here. Look, if you feel that way you’re retarded. The guy won fair and square, as they say.
The only mistake is that he publicly displayed his winning to a group of people who can behave very irrationally and yes, I’m speaking about toy collectors. Collectors will believe any conspiracy, including ones where companies purposely make toy lines fail in order to “prove” something won’t sell. Collectors get extremely angry over meaningless pieces of plastic. Of course there’s going to be a segment of the community that will think negatively or that there’s something fishy about the win. The best course of action probably would have been to just lay low and enjoy the prize. Toy collectors can be total d-bags (not your if you’re reading this, I’m sure) and usually I just try to avoid the their ire.
Congrats on the win, Julius. I’d have no idea what I’d do with a huge Anti-Monitor myself.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I know what I’d do with a huge Anti-Monitor. I would have it oppose my monitors. Or rally it against any monitoring going on.
Seriously though, I’m not all up and up on lesser-known DC villains (he’s a villain, right?) and had never heard of Anti-Monitor before the SDCC figure was announced. I considered buying a small one just because, but I had dropped enough money already.
July 28th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I really need to loan you my Crisis on Infinite Earths copy to get you up to speed.
July 29th, 2009 at 12:15 am
It’s ridiculous that some people actually think something underhanded was going on here. If Mattel wanted to give him one, they could have just done it outside of the raffle; there was no reason to rig it. I wanted one of those Anti-Monitors very badly– the guy has been one of my favorite villains for over a decade, it took everyone in the multiverse to beat him, for God’s sake– and I’m happy for everybody who was lucky enough to get one. Particularly the guy on the Fwoosh that won three! That’s amazing!
July 29th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I would care a little more if the Infinite Heroes toy line wasn’t universally created out of the skum you find around a shower drain after a dozen people wash off a week of hiking.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I wonder if the title of his picture was a cry for help. Maybe he really is a bastard…maybe he’s looking for his dad.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Fuck that guy! I want my goddamn Tigra and Nova!
July 30th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Sorry, Paul. I… I have rage issues.
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Did you know that Julius Marx also buried Paul?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Buried me? How?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Hey Kids, I’m no longer a writer here and Toy Bender is essentially dead. So please click on my name for your daily dose of vitamin P. (P is for Paul).