I mention this now, so if it goes south, you can give me the business later.

I'm still not sure if this is indicative of a problem, a sign of the times, or maybe just good old-fashioned gouging; but here goes: after some clearance sales, I've got four parts out of six for the Totally Awesome Hulk Build-a-Figure. Usually, the next step would be to find the parts on eBay, or maybe Mercari. I've sold pieces myself, although it's been some time: since I bought multiple Nightcrawlers, for a while I was probably the #1 seller of Galactus crotch there. Anyway... 

Currently, I'm missing T-A Hulk's head and left leg, from Commander Rogers and Captain Marvel, respectively. As much as anyone can be said to 'need' an action figure; I didn't need either: I thought the last movie Captain Marvel was fine, and the old Commander Rogers was too tall and the new one is taller still? Plus, I don't love the design, and Cap is fine as Cap for me. In the past, parts like that might run six, seven bucks? Plus postage. Kind of like a rebate, if you know you aren't going to complete the BaF. But searching for these particular pieces, I keep seeing prices like $18, $20. Seriously? That's definitely buy-the-whole-figure territory; but there's a toy show this weekend, and I'm hoping I get lucky. Then, of course I found something else on Mercari: the tail piece, for 2006's Toy Biz Marvel Legends Mojo! The seller had a picture, and did not look anywhere near old enough to have a 18-year-old action figure piece in a drawer. Now, it took me a moment to bite on that sale: first, I had to do some image searching, to make sure it was the BaF piece and not part of the older, animated X-Men Mojo. But I did buy it, before I went digging in my garage.

Going out to my garage, for no particular reason? Super-fun! It's full of interesting crap. Going out to my garage for one specific thing? Well, if it isn't the consequences of my actions...I knew I had 5/6th of Mojo, just needed that tail; and he's big and fat and yellow, he shouldn't be that hard to find. Right? OK, it took me a couple tries, but got him. Although, I was dismayed to also find two pieces first--his robot-spider-legged butt sled or whatever you would call it. How the hell did I end up with seven pieces out of six, and I'm still not done? I must have found some of these at toy shows, since I know I never bought Baron Zemo, although I have his sceptre from a big parts buy a few years back...but I'm positive I have a First Appearance Iron Man in the garage, and he's the one the tail piece came with in the first damn place! How the--Wait, I have some records. Psylocke and Falcon I bought in 2006, although I think I was sweating building MODOK more than Mojo. Luke Cage was my first figure of 2007, a whopping five bucks! Longshot was picked up later 2007, and I feel like he would've been on the pegs for a stretch by then. And yeah, I eBay'ed First Appearance Iron Man early 2008. 

I did find a few other older Build-a-Figure, or Collect-n-Connect, pieces out there, too: three of Kalibak, maybe four of Imperiex, most of a Brood, a couple Apache Chief, few Arnim Zola parts. I think a Stel leg; although looking it up I might have more. Long time back, some of those! Out of the older ones, anything else I had parts for, I probably sold: I don't have any old Onslaught or Apocalypse pieces. (Have I ever built an Apocalypse? I may have gone out of my way not to!) But, now an unpleasant chore: dusting Mojo. So many...crevices...hurk.