eBay Victories & Friends...

So, here I am... Back on the 2nd of August, I won an auction on eBay for an MIB Go-Bot Bug Bite. I was relatively excited about this, because I used to have one of these guys  as a kid; & that I managed to get it for a whopping $4.99+shipping...

Kinda looks like a Wasp, or a hornet; doesn't it?

Now, for those of you who don't remember (or even *knew*), Bug Bite was a Renegade (ie: "Bad Guy") from the 80's cartoon "The Go-Bots!". Yup, that's him over there on the right hand side of this column... 

Bug Bite turned into a VW Bug, much like a certain little yellow Transformer... There were a few differences though... 

1) Transformers was the more popular cartoon
2) In general, Gobots were usually cheaper than their TF counterparts
3) Lots of people had Go-Bots mixed into their Transformers collections, since the Go-Bots were your "Poor man's Transformers"...  

Now, sadly to say; I never received said figure... The seller never shipped it out to me, nor even responded to my inquiries about the figure. I eventually opened a case against them, & earlier today I was able to escalate it. Happily, a few scant hours after I escalated the case; I was refunded my money & the seller now has a bit of negative feedback against them.  Justice has been served.

Definitely not the little Minibot!

But what does that mean for me? I didn't get my Bug Bite, so I ended up losing out; right?

Nope! For you see, on the day of the 4th; there was a small meet-up of a few of us Dairyland Transfan members... Prior to this meet-up, I had inquired to Fred about a few junker Bug Bite figures I'd happened to have seen in one of his previous eBay auctions. I'd asked, if they hadn't sold; if he'd bring them along to the meet-up for me... Well, he *was* kind enough to have brought me the junker Bug Bite figures, from which I was able to complete a working figure (well, sans his weapon; but that's not important!)...  So, I am happy with the figure on the shelf next to Terasa's Bumblebee collection....

I mean, he  *DWARFS* all of her Bumblebee figures! I can't help but snicker every time I look at the shelf & see him on there!  ;)

So, while I was unable to get the figure I originally wanted; I am more than happy to accept what I can get my hands on! In some cases, that's quite a bit better way to add a figure to one's collection... I'll never forget the story behind my 'new' Bug Bite figure! ;)

-Photos shamelessly stolen from Toyarchive.com