When I saw the Radiant Star Studios LE108 1:1 resin Charmander figure for sale on ebay from a hobby shop in Shanghai I had to make an offer. I had missed out on this in its initial release and it took a year but one came up for sale. At $600 they wanted a lot for it and it had over 20 watchers. After seeing it sit for a month with no buy-it-now option I wrote the shop and made an offer equivalent to list price with shipping as if I had not missed out on it last year and they took the offer! Shipping took three weeks but it arrived safe and charmander is in the house!

I have resisted spending more money on big figures but this one is just so well made and such a cool pose I had to get it. It is hand painted, made of solid resin with a 4lb glass light-up tail-flame and sitting on the included base they together weigh 35lbs. Here is where I missed it on release and if you are interested in the unboxing experience this video shows another collector unboxing his.