HOOTHOOT & NOCTOWL ✦ Figures
This page includes not only figures, but figure stamps and keychains as well.
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JOHTO STAMPER (SHINY) Source: GA on Pkmncollectors It's here. It's beautiful. It's perfect. I seriously can't stop looking at it! This stamp is ricidulously rare, released around what I believe early 2000's. I made this stamp my grail right after I started to collect the owls. In 2012 I saw two for sale on eBay but for incredibly high prices. I decided to pass on them and take the risk of never finding one again. One day my luck got turned upside down. Only few months after I had gotten my very first grail item (shiny Noctowl pin) two users on Pkmncollectors arranged a group auction for a Johto stamper lot and I seriously fell out of my chair when I saw the images. There it was, shiny Noctowl. I went right in and put high bid, I decided to not let this one slide from me. I had a great bidwar over the Noctowl and fortunately, the auction ended on my bid of $105. But because the GA ended up getting a LOT of bids, we got crazy discounts and I ended up paying only around $30 for this beauty and the normal owl stampers. After waiting for couple weeks, I got the package. I was trembling, carefully opened it and my three owl stamps were there, in perfect minty condition. I screamed internally. They all were so beautiful, but the GEM of my whole collection is this shiny Noctowl stamper. Rarity: Veeeeery rare |
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TFG GROUNDBREAKERS FIGURE Source: Pkmncollectors This is one of those figures I never thought about owning. It's from the cancelled TFG series "Groundbreakers". I think some of the figures got in stores but most of them were never officially released, like this beauty. It's a little beat up and there's one of the featers on the base missing. But I don't really care as it's rare figure so I'm just glad to actually own it! Rarity: Very rare |
TOMY FIGURES
Source: eBay & Pkmncollectors TOMY figures are quite high quality and very nice to look at. The Noctowl figure is pretty hard to find but lately it has been popping up for sale a lot. Also it drives me crazy that Hoothoot has bit troubles standing on its own. Rarity: Rare (Noctowl), common (Hoothoot) |
METAL COLLECTION FIGURES
Source: eBay Small but quite heavy solid metal figures. I have one of the five colors, brass. Still missing gold, silver, copper and pewter. These are pretty hard to find for some reason, especially the 2nd generation ones. I wonder if there's any Noctowl metal figures. Rarity: Very rare |
METAL BELL KEYCHAIN
Source: Yahoo!Japan I had seen this many times on Y!J but never really snagged it up until like a year or two later. And to be honest, I don't really know why, it was very cheap too. Anyway one day I just decided to snag it and it's a beautiful keychain! I didn't know it was made out of metal actually. The chime is so nice with the metal Masterball bell (why is it that Hoothoot stands on a Masterball in quite a lot of merch?). Rarity: Rare |
TOMY ACTION STRAP
Source: Pkmncollectors This strap took FOREVER to find and I even managed to get it MIP, but I really want one out of package so... The search continues. I don't know what the official name for these things are, but I remember seeing them called "action straps". If you pull the bead strap, Hoothoot moves its wings up and down, it looks really cute! Rarity: Rare |
V-TRAINER FIGURE
Source: Pkmncollectors After a looooooong time, like 3 years, I was able to get this figure. I've seen it on eBay for tons of times but I didn't really want to grab it as it was the same listing all the time and it has over $50 import charges. And I don't think the figure is worth like over $80 total. Abbeymew on Pkmncollectors was kind enough to sell their figure to me so yay! Rarity: Rare |