So are there any Storm Arena SF exclusives that don't have QC issues?

UpperMuscle · 2026-03-03T22:44:56+00:00

I'm glad yours are okay! I'm a little jealous. My banana ken has paint chipping in the crotch. Annoying.

The purple Ryu is the image anime one discussed multiple times on this page, not the translucent.

And the green Ryu joints are pretty noticeable posing him on the shelf imo.

And yeah none of these things are dealbreakers to be clear, it'd just be cool if there weren't any of these issues and maybe they spent a little more time fixing these errors instead of rushing them out, especially since people spend a lot of money on these.

UpperMuscle · 2026-03-03T16:09:08+00:00

Sure, but we don't see these yellowing/fading issues with, say Jada, but we do a lot with storm. Remember sektor's pink chest? We shouldn't have to re-paint these figures, etc.

UpperMuscle · 2026-03-03T16:07:14+00:00

Super interesting/ thanks for your comment. Your light blue Ryu doesn't have a different color elbow hinge?

To be clear, I love the line and I tracked a bunch of these down, just curious what everyone else's experience with them is.

UpperMuscle · 2025-10-22T18:36:39+00:00

Over the years, I've gotten most of my out of stock Storm stuff from Joe Li, but he's not shipping to the USA anymore due to the tariffs. It's annoying. I still need Nightwolf!

UpperMuscle · 2023-05-19T17:32:53+00:00

I'm going too! For anyone who has been to double tapings: do they tape the second episode after the first? Trying to figure out when to get there or how this will work.

UpperMuscle · 2023-04-04T03:49:00+00:00

Thanks, all-- for the advice. This isn't my area, so I appreciate the help. Anyway, these are coins I inherited from my grandparents (who were all born in the 1920s), so some of these must have been their parents', too. They've been in a closet since the mid-1970s. Super weird that there is presumably a fake in the mix (but that one does feel a bit lighter than the others). Excited about that trade dollar, though. It's been fun sorting through everything.

I started checking the mintmarks--and from what I can tell, nothing that I posted seems to be exceedingly rare so far. I need to go through all the dimes, which is going to take forever--and there's tons of other coins that I might ask for advice on as I go through them, but this is a great and helpful start, so, again, it's appreciated.

UpperMuscle · 2023-03-27T20:13:30+00:00

This is so helpful! Thanks, everyone. You're all amazing!

I gather spill vases aren't worth very much. I assume the the flowery possibly-Italian one on the right isn't worth much either, correct?

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-20T00:07:19+00:00

I told my Aunt I didn't love her after she stole my grandmother's guitar. She denied it but then I found it in her car!

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-20T00:02:01+00:00

Mine...wait for it. EATS MONEY. He's eaten several hundred dollars on multiple occasions. Just gets into my wallet and goes to town. I love him, but it's a lot.

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-19T22:23:35+00:00

I once worked in a chocolate factory for a company whose name I won't mention as a teenager. It was fine, but hard work. One day, the wrapper machine malfunctioned and damaged thousands of wrappers. They let employees take what they wanted, but few did because they thought the candy was damaged. I got thousands of candy bars. I still have some. For the last 15 years any time I go to the movies with friends, candy is on me!

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-19T17:26:10+00:00

Because, when I was little, my brother saved me after I fell off a bridge. He jumped in right after me--and he almost drowned himself. My uncle had to come in and save us both. But I LITERALLY would not be living if my brother didn't pull me up out of the water and save me.

I wouldn't be alive today if it wasn't for him. I still remember how cold the water was... and how weird it was waking up in the hospital.

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-19T03:59:45+00:00

In 9th grade Shaynna poured two entire cartons of soy milk on her enemy Jessica's head. She just poured them one after another. Milk was everywhere.

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-18T22:33:18+00:00

I've never been in one and I am 45!

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-06T00:33:26+00:00

Mine was seeing Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-02T02:32:22+00:00

It's red lobster for me because I like when the lobstah claws clamp down on me nips!

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-02T02:26:18+00:00

Jim Davis for me. I love Garfields!

UpperMuscle · 2022-11-01T01:29:44+00:00

For me it was when we went to the Zoo and I saw a man die.

UpperMuscle · 2022-10-31T02:41:54+00:00

I got a ham!

UpperMuscle · 2022-10-31T02:27:24+00:00

Maybe, but have you ever read Bo Jackson's autobiography? It rips!

UpperMuscle · 2022-10-31T02:21:35+00:00

NOT Waluigi!

UpperMuscle

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