Chicago Show report (2 Viewers)

[jazzeum]

George,

This is not a nightmare, you are not at the bar: the Pats lost to the Bills yesterday. Could be worse though: the Jets also lost.

Forget the Sox though.

 

[GICOP]

hi martyn, i picked up a mamaluke ne14, british grenidiers ar14, mercers gun british artillery, a cuirassier trumpeter and a bunch of little legion at almost half price[ brunswick and french artillery, british hussars, mtd rha officer, and some zulu sets}. other than that i didn't see much trophy. a friend of mine walked away with a huge box of zulus and 24th of foot of trophy figures

Well done Gregg{bravo}}

Those mounted Mamelukes have been fetching big money on Ebay.

Whenever you get the chance pictures would be nice:salute:: The large box of Zulu/24th sounds like a winner for your friend and I'm pleased you found some LL

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Mitch]

George...

Rather a philisophical approach in the circumstances. I find it disgraceful and, would endeavour to hunt him down. I never can comprehend people's greed. The saying is true that its a small world I hope you run into him again!!!
Mitch

Heading back from the show now.....................sorry Al, John was not there, no news to report.

Conte was not there either, maybe the Lt can explain why.

Mitch; the guy actually got TWO of the FL figures, I noticed it later, the first one was obvious, thus the sign, the second took a bit of work to detect.......

Such is life.

Those Barszo buffalos left quite a mess behind after the stampede too..................{sm2}

A detailed report to follow tomorrow once I get back to home base and say hello to my girlfriend..............actually, maybe Wednesday regarding the report.........:tongue:

 

[eborris]

I was also a victim of a theft, someone pilched a powder blue set of Rin Tin Tin character figures from my room. Since I was next door to George I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same guy.

George at work........plus a sign from his table......kinda gutsy stealing from George!

 

[jac28]

Here's a link to my last batch of photos from OTSN... (these 35 photos have quite a few K&C and Figarti pix amongst them). All in all it was a great show as always!

http://www.playsetmagazine.com/OTSN2011-pages/pages/sat-sun/otsn_2011c.html

Jim

 

[Blowtorch]

I was also a victim of a theft, someone pilched a powder blue set of Rin Tin Tin character figures from my room. Since I was next door to George I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same guy.

Contact hotel security. The hallways are likely on camera

 

[MarkeytMaker]

George at work........plus a sign from his table......kinda gutsy stealing from George!

Now who was it...that laughed at for me having a hi-resolution camera & monitor in my trading room^&confuse Anyone interested in a high grade DVR video system for home or office please send me a PM.

Markey

 

[Warrior]

Now who was it...that laughed at for me having a hi-resolution camera & monitor in my trading room^&confuse Anyone interested in a high grade DVR video system for home or office please send me a PM.

Markey

Great idea, I'll drop 9 grand on a security camera so I can nail a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

 

[Warrior]

George...

Rather a philisophical approach in the circumstances. I find it disgraceful and, would endeavour to hunt him down. I never can comprehend people's greed. The saying is true that its a small world I hope you run into him again!!!
Mitch

Mitch,
Maybe next year I'll bring the two boxes he left behind so he can have them for the figures........

Bottom line is if somone wants to steal, there's not a thing you can do about it, all it takes is a split second and the item is gone............can't worry about things I can't control.

But that said, I did tell my Father that just ONCE I'd love to catch someone in the act.

First time.

Last time.

 

[Warrior]

George,

This is not a nightmare, you are not at the bar: the Pats lost to the Bills yesterday. Could be worse though: the Jets also lost.

Forget the Sox though.

The Patriots have not had a championship defense since 2004, that defense was incredible.

The 2006 defense melted down in the second half of the AFCCG, blowing a 21-6 halftime lead.

The 2007 defense allowed Eli Manning to march down the field for the winning score in the Super Bowl.

Back to back gag jobs to the Mannings.

Enough said.

The Red Sox have become a punch line here in Boston, it's not even something to get mad over, it's beyond comical.

This is by far the greatest collapse in MLB history, second to none.

It is funny IMO.

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Great idea, I'll drop 9 grand on a security camera so I can nail a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

$9K is an exaggerate number...for a trading room it can be easily achieved at less than $800 with DVR and $400 with 24hr time lapse recorder. For me the stuff is already on hand...catching a criminal is priceless! I'm not trying to be mean here but imagine what else the guy/s got away with...makes you wish somebody had caught them whether on video or in person!

 

[Warrior]

$9K is an exaggerate number...for a trading room it can be easily achieved at less than $800 with DVR and $400 with 24hr time lapse recorder. For me the stuff is already on hand...catching a criminal is priceless!

Iv'e got two rooms, so that's 2400.00 to catch a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

Not worth it.

Not to mention what am I going to do, shut down the rooms and roam the halls looking for the guy once I see him clipping the figure in the video.

I do WAY too much sales volume to worry about 50.00.

Thanks anyway.

I'm living well, which is the best revenge, the clip artist has to live with himself.

That's punishment enough.

 

[jazzeum]

Now who was it...that laughed at for me having a hi-resolution camera & monitor in my trading room^&confuse Anyone interested in a high grade DVR video system for home or office please send me a PM.

Markey

Mark,

Is there nothing you won't hondle?

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Iv'e got two rooms, so that's 2400.00 to catch a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

Not worth it.

Not to mention what am I going to do, shut down the rooms and roam the halls looking for the guy once I see him clipping the figure in the video.

I do WAY too much sales volume to worry about 50.00.

Thanks anyway.

I'm living well, which is the best revenge, the clip artist has to live with himself.

That's punishment enough.

If you add anything like your sales volume then I'm worried for you...^&grin I feel you George and I understand...it just sucks to think the guy stole from you, your neighbor and likely many others. For me, I wish you had something to go back on!

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Mark,

Is there nothing you won't hondle?

Your absolutely right you alter cocker!

 

[damian]

Iv'e got two rooms, so that's 2400.00 to catch a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

Not worth it.

Not to mention what am I going to do, shut down the rooms and roam the halls looking for the guy once I see him clipping the figure in the video.

I do WAY too much sales volume to worry about 50.00.

Thanks anyway.

I'm living well, which is the best revenge, the clip artist has to live with himself.

That's punishment enough.

Sorry to hear all this.
If you had got the guy on CCTV you could have dealt with it like that scene in Casino with those two hustlers who got caught.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Iv'e got two rooms, so that's 2400.00 to catch a guy stealing a 50.00 figure.

Not worth it.

Not to mention what am I going to do, shut down the rooms and roam the halls looking for the guy once I see him clipping the figure in the video.

I do WAY too much sales volume to worry about 50.00.

Thanks anyway.

I'm living well, which is the best revenge, the clip artist has to live with himself.

That's punishment enough.

You've got friends, George. If you ever could identify the thief, believe me, you wouldn't be hunting the halls alone, or we would hunt them for you.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

This thread has given me a great idea, "The Toy Soldier Cam". I am going to hollow out a figure and install a micro cam in side of it. Like the Nanny Cam in a teddy bear. Maybe I can use a Goering figure and out the cam inside his stomach.

 

[ucla1967]

Martyn,

Someone told me that the seller is actually the widow of a huge Trophy collector. By the way, Schaumberg is where the Show is held.

Brad

Brad,

I have recently bought several sets from that eBayer and I am currently bidding on several others. The return address label says his first name is "Tom." So either the widow story is not true or she is still using her late husband's name on the hand printed return address for whatever reason.

 

[Fubar]

You've got friends, George. If you ever could identify the thief, believe me, you wouldn't be hunting the halls alone, or we would hunt them for you.

Gee < maybe Rick from Michtoy is out of jail already.