Kevin Gibes / Kathryn Gibes / TransSalamander / RageTreb / The Green Salamander - "Am hole:" The epitomized Twitter MtF you thought was just a myth! Donate to his Transformers toy fund today!

[Bob_]

Clearing some shit up: This wan't a recent charge if it's from pulse. The figure here is a one-time only "HasLab" preorder deal from last year or so that charged when you ordered one, so the money is long since spent. They're going another one of a different character this year at the same price that actually ends tonight, one that I cannot fucking afford to save my life but actually kinda wanted to get some extra money to spend on. I'm guessing Kevin already has an order in for that one too.

Honestly it' kind of pisses me off how expensive transformers are getting, and how every other thing these days is some kind of limited release. Victory saber is the main protagonist of the transformers series he's from, and a lot of people wanted a new figure of him for decades. His remake getting shafted to a one-time only over 100 dollar preorder pack with Leo and some other figures is kind of a slap in the face, but a lot of people that wanted it managed to get some money saved aside for it considering it's not a 500 dollar one like Unicron was. I am not one of those people so I'm never gonna even get that fucking thing and judging how Haslab releases are there's probably never gonna be another figure of the character for at least another decade or so.

Consume more jackass. Do you have bins of discarded toys like Kevin too?

 

[Fartificial Insmelligence]

Consume more jackass. Do you have bins of discarded toys like Kevin too?

Hey now, it's always helpful when spergs with nerdy interests can provide context and additional detail!

 

[Souji Tendou]

Clearing some shit up: This wan't a recent charge if it's from pulse. The figure here is a one-time only "HasLab" preorder deal from last year or so that charged when you ordered one, so the money is long since spent. They're going another one of a different character this year at the same price that actually ends tonight, one that I cannot fucking afford to save my life but actually kinda wanted to get some extra money to spend on. I'm guessing Kevin already has an order in for that one too.

Honestly it' kind of pisses me off how expensive transformers are getting, and how every other thing these days is some kind of limited release. Victory saber is the main protagonist of the transformers series he's from, and a lot of people wanted a new figure of him for decades. His remake getting shafted to a one-time only over 100 dollar preorder pack with Leo and some other figures is kind of a slap in the face, but a lot of people that wanted it managed to get some money saved aside for it considering it's not a 500 dollar one like Unicron was. I am not one of those people so I'm never gonna even get that fucking thing and judging how Haslab releases are there's probably never gonna be another figure of the character for at least another decade or so.

See, it not being recent would matter a lot more if there wasnt an ex-trancher who spoke up about this having been an ongoing problem for several years. It's the fact that this man will drop this amount of money every other week while the place has consistently been ebegging.

 

[The Lawgiver]

See, it not being recent would matter a lot more if there wasnt an ex-trancher who spoke up about this having been an ongoing problem for several years. It's the fact that this man will drop this amount of money every other week while the place has consistently been ebegging.

It matters for sure, even if it's not exactly a recent purchase. Fucker blows 200-500 on individual figures regularly and just throws them in bins or flimsy shelves. Genuinely despicable treatment of supposed high end collector items. There's a few examples of well-off hobbyists of various types blowing big bucks on shit regularly but this is clearly not the case for Kevin. Honestly it's kind of interesting how the guys successfully grifted and mooched his way into this level of high priced items, kind of reminds me of like the old e-begging reviewtechusa drama from forever ago but instead of using it to buy more expensive equipment stuff he could already afford it's just fucking expensive shit with no purpose other than looking kinda cool on a display shelf that ends up in a bin somewhere.

The current HasLab preorder thing just ended, so I'm absolutely not gonna be getting that Deathsaurus figure I was interested in. I haven't been keeping upon this thread the last few weeks so I'm just gonna assume salamander man has another 180 dollar figure that just charged to his account. If he didn't, then he's going to pay a scalper on ebay $500 or some shit and whinge about it. Deathsaurus and Victory saber are the main hero and villain of the same series, and knowing Kevin, he's got to have them all.

 

[FinnSven]

It matters for sure, even if it's not exactly a recent purchase. Fucker blows 200-500 on individual figures regularly and just throws them in bins or flimsy shelves. Genuinely despicable treatment of supposed high end collector items. There's a few examples of well-off hobbyists of various types blowing big bucks on shit regularly but this is clearly not the case for Kevin. Honestly it's kind of interesting how the guys successfully grifted and mooched his way into this level of high priced items, kind of reminds me of like the old e-begging reviewtechusa drama from forever ago but instead of using it to buy more expensive equipment stuff he could already afford it's just fucking expensive shit with no purpose other than looking kinda cool on a display shelf that ends up in a bin somewhere.

The current HasLab preorder thing just ended, so I'm absolutely not gonna be getting that Deathsaurus figure I was interested in. I haven't been keeping upon this thread the last few weeks so I'm just gonna assume salamander man has another 180 dollar figure that just charged to his account. If he didn't, then he's going to pay a scalper on ebay $500 or some shit and whinge about it. Deathsaurus and Victory saber are the main hero and villain of the same series, and knowing Kevin, he's got to have them all.

In theory could he sell his haul?

I know collectors like stuff in their original packaging, but even opened stuff sells for something.

 

[The Lawgiver]

In theory could he sell his haul?

I know collectors like stuff in their original packaging, but even opened stuff sells for something.

I wouldn't call shit accumulated over the span of years a "haul", but probably? Scalpers are fucking fiendish lately on pretty much every front for hobbies and toys and despite the fucked economy situation people are sometimes paying for shit that looks like someone shoved it up their ass several times and dropped it down a gutter. lately it seems transformer stuff tends to go for a stupidly higher price higher price than msrp once discontinued, or in some cases where scalpers somehow get all the stock. A good example of that latter one is a bunch of the Amazon exclusives from the last few years, but the most recent one being the amazon exclusive terrorsaur from last year or so. It's a 20 dollar figure, but immediately sold out and was replaced by resellers charging at 80-100 by scalpers immediately when it went up for preorder. It hasn't gone down in price and only restocked once or twice for like a few seconds or minutes. Scalpers, value speculators, and botting are a fucking plague in post-rona world.

In short, yeah a sucker would probably eventually bite, whether it be someone desperate for a figure they want, or an automated algorithmic purchase or a manual one from a scalper trying to add to their level of shit they squat on to inflate the "value".

Anyone could easily break even or even make a small to medium profit off used transformers if the figures are complete. There's a few hobby shops in my area that basically make money from buying lots of used transformers off people for somewhat cheap and reselling them for slightly higher than what they bought the lot for. They've done it like that for over a decade or two even without matching to "online prices" like some stores do.

 

[Trigger Me Timbers]

In theory could he sell his haul?

I know collectors like stuff in their original packaging, but even opened stuff sells for something.

He buys unironic trash which holds no fucking value. He just buys from Hasbro or Amazon directly. He doesn’t get anything signed and even though they are “limited run“ those haven’t really been a thing since the late 2000’s in where they could realistically turn a profit.

At best Kevin‘s horde might of preserved 50% of its original value at best. Remember a lot of the shit he buys is just “wants” from Walmart, like a dinosaur figure or something. He may have some MTG cards that have appreciated with time, but again, MTG recently have been told off by investors that they are flooding the market with too many copies of the latest cards so who knows.

 

[Super Dilator Duel 3D]

See, it not being recent would matter a lot more if there wasnt an ex-trancher who spoke up about this having been an ongoing problem for several years. It's the fact that this man will drop this amount of money every other week while the place has consistently been ebegging.

Your regular reminder that Phil (Penny), Kevin's apparent dom/"wife" thing and "Mxstress" has to have a dedicated "chewing side" because he can't afford to get dental care to fix the excruciating pain in his mouth. But hey, Kevin needs those Transformers! Who are you to deny him what he wants NOW, bigot?

 

[Trigger Me Timbers]

Now I may need help from a kiwi who’s got better memeory, but I think I remember a “trans ally“ asked kevin if he could sell some of his collectibles during one of his GoFundMe/PayPal grifts and kevin exploded at him saying something along the lines of “how dare you ask me to get rid of these! these are for my mental health and I need them” so even if kevin‘s collectibles were all amazing purchases and gained value like gold he still wouldn’t sell I think.

 

[Souji Tendou]

He buys unironic trash which holds no fucking value. He just buys from Hasbro or Amazon directly. He doesn’t get anything signed and even though they are “limited run“ those haven’t really been a thing since the late 2000’s in where they could realistically turn a profit.

At best Kevin‘s horde might of preserved 50% of its original value at best. Remember a lot of the shit he buys is just “wants” from Walmart, like a dinosaur figure or something. He may have some MTG cards that have appreciated with time, but again, MTG recently have been told off by investors that they are flooding the market with too many copies of the latest cards so who knows.

After the recent magic 30th fiasco the market for that has been taking quite a bit. So it's not like magic will hold up too well either.

 

[FinnSven]

I wouldn't call shit accumulated over the span of years a "haul", but probably? Scalpers are fucking fiendish lately on pretty much every front for hobbies and toys and despite the fucked economy situation people are sometimes paying for shit that looks like someone shoved it up their ass several times and dropped it down a gutter. lately it seems transformer stuff tends to go for a stupidly higher price higher price than msrp once discontinued, or in some cases where scalpers somehow get all the stock. A good example of that latter one is a bunch of the Amazon exclusives from the last few years, but the most recent one being the amazon exclusive terrorsaur from last year or so. It's a 20 dollar figure, but immediately sold out and was replaced by resellers charging at 80-100 by scalpers immediately when it went up for preorder. It hasn't gone down in price and only restocked once or twice for like a few seconds or minutes. Scalpers, value speculators, and botting are a fucking plague in post-rona world.

In short, yeah a sucker would probably eventually bite, whether it be someone desperate for a figure they want, or an automated algorithmic purchase or a manual one from a scalper trying to add to their level of shit they squat on to inflate the "value".

Anyone could easily break even or even make a small to medium profit off used transformers if the figures are complete. There's a few hobby shops in my area that basically make money from buying lots of used transformers off people for somewhat cheap and reselling them for slightly higher than what they bought the lot for. They've done it like that for over a decade or two even without matching to "online prices" like some stores do.

Ok. But what is the appeal?

I get Tin soldiers, people use them to play games like warhammer or whatever.

MTG cards, same reason, even if it seems fucking ridiculous the amount that is expected for them.

Baseball cards or Football stickers, ok it is like building a personal database of players and things. Plus the trading element gives a social side.

Model trains, planes, cars, building themselves, constructing tracks, meeting other dweebs.
I can mentally sort Lego collectors in that area too, especially the more complex sets.

But kids toys? Kids toys which were at their biggest in the 80s and now just a kind of kitschy retro thing?

I just don’t get that.

Kevin, sure, he is a selfish fat hoarder who wants to remain a child.

But who else wants a load of kids toys cluttering up the place?

 

[Souji Tendou]

Ok. But what is the appeal?

I get Tin soldiers, people use them to play games like warhammer or whatever.

MTG cards, same reason, even if it seems fucking ridiculous the amount that is expected for them.

Baseball cards or Football stickers, ok it is like building a personal database of players and things. Plus the trading element gives a social side.

Model trains, planes, cars, building themselves, constructing tracks, meeting other dweebs.
I can mentally sort Lego collectors in that area too, especially the more complex sets.

But kids toys? Kids toys which were at their biggest in the 80s and now just a kind of kitschy retro thing?

I just don’t get that.

Kevin, sure, he is a selfish fat hoarder who wants to remain a child.

But who else wants a load of kids toys cluttering up the place?

Most of these aside from maybe the baseball/football stuff also have one very important aspect that the collecting of Kids toys lacks. Some aspect of personalization.

Warhammer? Painting your own dudes and having them be in a list that likely has variation to that of others.
MTG? Again, decks are likely differing from others.
Model trains? Shit man the amount of effort into that is massive.
Hell, even the baseball stickers have a coherent list of "hey I have these, I want to collect more, want to trade."

But what's there with this consoombait transformers shit? Nothin, nada.

 

[The Lawgiver]

But kids toys? Kids toys which were at their biggest in the 80s and now just a kind of kitschy retro thing?

This is a blatant lie that ignores the fact Transformers are something that makes BANK for the companies that make them that's had multiple iterations the last several decades and for a little over this last decade now has had several big budget films of extreme financial and technical success but middling quality.

But what's there with this consoombait transformers shit? Nothin, nada.

The appeal for Transformers for a lot of people that own or collect them is mainly the aesthetics or sculpt of the figures, people that are enthusiasts in "puzzles" or whatever, nostalgia shit, or hobbyist stuff where they mod them or create their own customs that has overlap with Gunpla and model kit enthusiasts. There's a good number of hobbyists and third party companies that make not only small add ons to enhance a figure's appearance, but also entirely custom unofficial figures of the characters. I brought this up months ago either in this thread or another one, but one of Kevin's associates was using an expensive fucking third party figure as a fucking cheapo jewelry hanger. IIRC it was one that was like 300 dollars or something and it was caked in dust and scratches due to how it was being treated.

Once again, usually people pick and choose what figures they own. Sometimes people mainly only get all iterations of a specific character they like, one particularly infamous example of that shit being the armada hot shot hoarding guy, walky I think his name was? that I think had a thread here cause of his fucking pretentious webcomic. I'll check later when I get some free time if someone else doesn't before I get back. Kevin though? fuck he's just got to have them all.
EDIT: Actually managed to get the search in sooner than expected, Yeah I remembered the hotshot fucker right. https://kiwifarms.net/threads/david-walky-willis-shortpacked.13483/

 

[FinnSven]

This is a blatant lie that ignores the fact Transformers are something that makes BANK for the companies that make them that's had multiple iterations the last several decades and for a little over this last decade now has had several big budget films of extreme financial and technical success but middling quality.



The appeal for Transformers for a lot of people that own or collect them is mainly the aesthetics or sculpt of the figures, people that are enthusiasts in "puzzles" or whatever, nostalgia shit, or hobbyist stuff where they mod them or create their own customs that has overlap with Gunpla and model kit enthusiasts. There's a good number of hobbyists and third party companies that make not only small add ons to enhance a figure's appearance, but also entirely custom unofficial figures of the characters. I brought this up months ago either in this thread or another one, but one of Kevin's associates was using an expensive fucking third party figure as a fucking cheapo jewelry hanger. IIRC it was one that was like 300 dollars or something and it was caked in dust and scratches due to how it was being treated.

Once again, usually people pick and choose what figures they own. Sometimes people mainly only get all iterations of a specific character they like, one particularly infamous example of that shit being the armada hot shot hoarding guy, walky I think his name was? that I think had a thread here cause of his fucking pretentious webcomic. I'll check later when I get some free time if someone else doesn't before I get back. Kevin though? fuck he's just got to have them all.

So you will move from your mothers basement then?

Or do you call it a self contained bachelor apartment?

 

[Souji Tendou]

This is a blatant lie that ignores the fact Transformers are something that makes BANK for the companies that make them that's had multiple iterations the last several decades and for a little over this last decade now has had several big budget films of extreme financial and technical success but middling quality.



The appeal for Transformers for a lot of people that own or collect them is mainly the aesthetics or sculpt of the figures, people that are enthusiasts in "puzzles" or whatever, nostalgia shit, or hobbyist stuff where they mod them or create their own customs that has overlap with Gunpla and model kit enthusiasts. There's a good number of hobbyists and third party companies that make not only small add ons to enhance a figure's appearance, but also entirely custom unofficial figures of the characters. I brought this up months ago either in this thread or another one, but one of Kevin's associates was using an expensive fucking third party figure as a fucking cheapo jewelry hanger. IIRC it was one that was like 300 dollars or something and it was caked in dust and scratches due to how it was being treated.

Once again, usually people pick and choose what figures they own. Sometimes people mainly only get all iterations of a specific character they like, one particularly infamous example of that shit being the armada hot shot hoarding guy, walky I think his name was? that I think had a thread here cause of his fucking pretentious webcomic. I'll check later when I get some free time if someone else doesn't before I get back. Kevin though? fuck he's just got to have them all.
EDIT: Actually managed to get the search in sooner than expected, Yeah I remembered the hotshot fucker right. https://kiwifarms.net/threads/david-walky-willis-shortpacked.13483/

I never said that it's not fun to collect ones you like, but when you do the kevin thing of "ALL OF THEM NOW" there's an issue.

 

[Cotton]

Ok. But what is the appeal?

I believe it's in the same vein as his incessant stupid tweeting: anything for pleasure/distraction no matter how self destructive or fleeting. It's also a part of Kevin's autistic nature (the desire to "complete the set"), quest for prestige via consoomerism, fetishization of childhood (which includes him being a little), and uwu dainty yet eccentric anime girl LARP.

I base my speculation on his scrambled mind which has managed to abstract sex to such a degree that Mr Kathryn Gibes gets turned on by taffy machines and pool toys. The connections his brain makes are baffling and often divorced from reality. Look at all the completely impossible sex stuff he's obsessed with: furry shit, getting pregnant, being pregnant with puppies, futa she-wolves who run sex dungeons, having sex with lesbians etc etc.

Kevvie doesn't want to interact with the real world, so doing retarded things is fine as long as it makes him feel good.

 

[AMHOLIO]

That's a good point. Kevin's use draining resources from the Tranch might be his most positive contribution.

The Earl is within him the whole time...

This is why I genuinely hate you Kevin, get a paying job you crooked cunt.

lol calm down, it's mostly money fed through the troon grift economy anyway. It's best not to get mad at him or other cows, stay lighthearted. Also, you need to change that to *no cunt.

$179? I spend more on books every few months. But of course, that's money I've earned.

He could pay for 2 doctors appointments. Buy a premade feeder (even though the tranch thread showed how easy they are to make). Use it for Costco runs. You presumably are allocating money you not only earned, but have left over or budgeted out from previous expenses. You're not a bottomless well of need, on a sinking ship, plugging a small hole that you don't need to fix with all your resources while you're leaking water on the whole thing.

and it feels arrogant to claim it is. But it totally is.

It is a bit arrogant, but also, it is better.

Tweeting for toys is pathetic.

Tweets for toys, toys for tards!

Does that not clearly tell you that these people just hate the police because it's the "cool" thing to do? What fucking change do you want, dude? Even in a hypothetical world with a perfect police force these people will never be satisfied.

They say it's deeper. But really, if you gave a group of troons women guns and had them patrol and settle disputes, they would make their soyjack faces and cheer. I mean, that's just tbe tranch now. Notice how I didn't save diverse nor men, as they might shit themselves if they see men darker than a paper bag or """men""" who "still carry toxic masculinity around", when the women trying to be classic men are shunned for trying to do what the male troons fathers did and hate.

You could call a normal police force with several women and diverse races a "community group patrol" with different uniforms but the exact same policies and they would probably not notice.

Their dream is just general street justice. No one gets a trial unless they're a trans class, and the trials are monkey shows because they're black and white thinkers who can't deal with people they like or think are inherently good ever do a bad thing.

Your regular reminder that Phil (Penny), Kevin's apparent dom/"wife" thing and "Mxstress" has to have a dedicated "chewing side" because he can't afford to get dental care to fix the excruciating pain in his mouth. But hey, Kevin needs those Transformers! Who are you to deny him what he wants NOW, bigot?

I think Phil is just scared and is using Kevin's toy fund as a bonus excuse not to go. "Oh, I can't go, I uh, I have to pay for my slave's toys! I'm a great mxtress and provider after all."

Now I may need help from a kiwi who’s got better memeory, but I think I remember a “trans ally“ asked kevin if he could sell some of his collectibles during one of his GoFundMe/PayPal grifts and kevin exploded at him saying something along the lines of “how dare you ask me to get rid of these! these are for my mental health and I need them” so even if kevin‘s collectibles were all amazing purchases and gained value like gold he still wouldn’t sell I think.

He's the world's most perfect whale. He likes big numbers and seeing the number goes up makes him happy. He will pay to have this happen. Make plastic crap and you will please him as he collects it all. If only he could do a DSP and do it all digitally, companies would adore him.


Edit: also, I laughed seeing this.


I'm glad people came up with that to nickname Kevin himself, better than just some jerk's username IMO.

 

[Souji Tendou]

The Earl is within him the whole time...


lol calm down, it's mostly money fed through the troon grift economy anyway. It's best not to get mad at him or other cows, stay lighthearted. Also, you need to change that to *no cunt.


He could pay for 2 doctors appointments. Buy a premade feeder (even though the tranch thread showed how easy they are to make). Use it for Costco runs. You presumably are allocating money you not only earned, but have left over or budgeted out from previous expenses. You're not a bottomless well of need, on a sinking ship, plugging a small hole that you don't need to fix with all your resources while you're leaking water on the whole thing.


It is a bit arrogant, but also, it is better.


Tweets for toys, toys for tards!


They say it's deeper. But really, if you gave a group of troons women guns and had them patrol and settle disputes, they would make their soyjack faces and cheer. I mean, that's just tbe tranch now. Notice how I didn't save diverse nor men, as they might shit themselves if they see men darker than a paper bag or """men""" who "still carry toxic masculinity around", when the women trying to be classic men are shunned for trying to do what the male troons fathers did and hate.

You could call a normal police force with several women and diverse races a "community group patrol" with different uniforms but the exact same policies and they would probably not notice.

Their dream is just general street justice. No one gets a trial unless they're a trans class, and the trials are monkey shows because they're black and white thinkers who can't deal with people they like or think are inherently good ever do a bad thing.


I think Phil is just scared and is using Kevin's toy fund as a bonus excuse not to go. "Oh, I can't go, I uh, I have to pay for my slave's toys! I'm a great mxtress and provider after all."


He's the world's most perfect whale. He likes big numbers and seeing the number goes up makes him happy. He will pay to have this happen. Make plastic crap and you will please him as he collects it all. If only he could do a DSP and do it all digitally, companies would adore him.


Edit: also, I laughed seeing this.

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I'm glad people came up with that to nickname Kevin himself, better than just some jerk's username IMO.

Who is this "Amholio" Fella?!

 

[Lou's Sentient Backfat]

Who is this "Amholio" Fella?!

He's Earl, just like everyone else is Earl. Personally I think we're all just alters of Earl. And thus Kevvie getting mad at us is extremely ableist.

 

[no ledge]

Model trains? Shit man the amount of effort into that is massive.

One funny thing I learned is that outside of the autist/old man train communities, there are a bunch of graffiti/mechanic types that get them to sketch future murals or do minis of other pieces, so there are LA model train shows that are half old white guy and half former g's turned mechanics/tattoo artists that have also spent a lot of time around trains.