Buoy Don’t Float

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! Ok, sorry for sounding like a 12-year old girl but today was much more than a good day. Today, happiness was bought for only $9 (bargained down from $12) and came in the form of a toy.  

Was at chinatown today celebrating the lunar new year and I came across this gem.  I’ve passively been on the lookout for some time and I found it.  The box is a bit faded, as it’s from an outdated TV show, so I imagine the poor thing has been sitting on the shelf for 8 or 9 years.

And here it is in all its glory:

Some background:

Epyon is a fighting robot, aka “gundam”, piloted by Zechs Merquise in the popular anime Gundam Wing. I believe I was in high school when it was on Cartoon Network.  The anime is still popular today but in different variants with different characters and gundams. (Think power rangers before and after green ranger.)

Personal value = $100s, Market value = apparently $18 on Ebay

epylinkn = epyon + linkin park

dinosaur robot = rex + epyon

(I imagine some of this might be hard to follow…)