A little more figure talk

The last round of auctions ended, but another new round is going on right now through Friday. This one has several more figures; in fact, it is mostly figures this time around. You can get to the auctions and check them out here.

Anyway, since I have another round of figure auctions running, I thought I would give a little more information about them this week. I started out buying the 6-inch line of figures that DC Direct started putting out in the 1990s, buying almost every figure as it came out. There were a few others from other lines — especially once Mattel started up its DC Universe Classics line of 6-inch figures — but most of my figures were DC characters with an occasional favorite from another toy line or company.

They were everywhere in my home office, on shelves on the wall, on book cases, on comic storage boxes, etc., anywhere I could find a place to stand them up. Then I started running out of room to put them, and I decided to sell off the vast majority of my figure collection and specialize.

I kept a few random figures of villains or heroes I liked, but from that point forward, I decided to mostly only buy and display figures based on my three top favorite characters — Aquaman, Green Arrow and Dick Grayson, the former including his incarnations as Robin, Nightwing and beyond.

That decision was made several years ago and in the interim, I have bought all shapes and sizes of figures and toys based on these three characters. Many of them are 6-inch figure lines, but some have come in other sizes ranging from figures to statues, from 1-inch figurines to 13-inch and above, from the detailed and serious to the silly and cartoony.

And now I am once again running out of room, and I've once again decided to sell off some of that collection. I plan to keep a couple hundred statues and figures, Pops and smaller toys that I really love for one reason or another. But that leaves more than 100 figures going up for sale to help sustain us while my wife and I continue to look for work. There are, of course, exceptions, but the vast majority of what I am selling are representations of those same three characters as that has long been the bulk of my collection.

Pictured here are a few more of the figures that are currently listed for sale on eBay. Give them a look, if you're so inclined. I appreciate it. And next time, I'm going to try to have some talk about "The woman who just wouldn't quit."

Maybe we can help each other out

Kind of a different post today, focusing a little more on the real world than usual, but I promise there is a comics related tie-in coming.

My wife and I are both out of work right now. We each got a decent severance package, so we are not in dire straits at this point, but we are both looking for new jobs after more than 20 years working for the same industry. I'm hoping to use some of my new-found "free time" to get a few more regular posts up here, but I also need to focus a good portion of my time looking for a new job. So time will tell how that all shakes out, I guess.

One other area I'm focusing on right now is culling a portion of my action figure collection and listing them for sale. My efforts at getting portions of my comic collection listed are also ongoing; but today, I want to focus on the figures.

I have a current round of auctions running right now on eBay which includes the figures pictured here and a few more along with a few dozen comics sets. Those auctions will end Thursday, in just two days. I hope to get another round of auctions listed with more figures by the end of the week. You can find me on eBay, and thus find my auctions, here.

I also have regular listings on StorEnvy and my own Steve's Comics For Sale websites. Simply follow the links to see all the items currently listed, and I will have the figures added to those sites soon.

I try to list my items for sale at reasonable prices. I don't intend to simply give my stuff away, but I'm also not looking to gouge or cheat anyone who shares my enjoyment for the hobbies I love.

I will tell you that the best prices for the items tend to be on my own site because I don't have to give a portion of the sale price to another site host like eBay or StorEnvy on my own site. Listings through those sites cost me more, so the prices need to reflect that, but I'm happy to sell any of my items for sale through any of the various options. Links to all the sites are also listed to the left, and they all include ways to contact me if you have questions.

Take a look if you have an interest in comics or figures, maybe find something for your own collection and know that your purchase is helping keep our little family afloat during this time of transition.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by here and read this. Hopefully I'll see you back here next week with a more traditional comics post. Happy collecting!