Michael Crawford

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REAL NAME: Michael Crawford
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DATE OF BIRTH: March 31, 1961
SEX: Male
LOCATION: Ann Arbor, Michigan
OCCUPATION: Manager, DBA
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WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?
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Almost everything - Batman, DC related, cartoon related, classic Trek, female figures, tons of action figures. Batmobiles, Marx, Mego - I also collect my share of vintage stuff. See my web page for some examples.....
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WHEN DID YOU START COLLECTING AND WHY?
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About 10 years ago or so. It started with kids meal toys, and in the early 90's switched to full blown action figures.
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HOW HARD IS IT TO FIND THE TOYS YOU WANT?
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Not too bad - our area is very heavily collected and scalped, but there is a tremendous number of toy retailers, so it evens out pretty well. Also, our action figure collectors club A.T.O.M. helps insure that all the collectors get the figures they are looking for, and beat the scalpers at their own game.
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WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON SCALPING?
WHAT IS "SCALPING" TO YOU?
HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT FROM A SCALPER?
WOULD YOU?
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Scalping is the sale of any currently shipping toy above the retail price paid by the buyer/seller. I do not buy from scalpers - as we say in A.T.O.M. "Don't feed the greed."
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WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER HOBBIES/INTERESTS?
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Martial arts, animation art, comic books, reading, goofing off.
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IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE?

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