How did you stumble upon SSF?

Collector Freaks Forum

Help Support Collector Freaks Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

AIR

Super Freak
***
Joined
Feb 7, 2010
Messages
3,172
Reaction score
25
Location
Waiting on Jakku
I don't know if this has ever been discussed before, but I thought it would be interesting to talk about. How did you happen to come across Sideshow Freaks?

I remember years ago before I even knew there were communities of people that collect, I would just randomly search online for pictures of figures I was interested in. Eventually I came across some pictures from Michael Crawford's review site, and so I started frequenting his reviews. And then, if I remember correctly, I was reading his comparison of True-type bodies and he mentioned the new(at the time) muscle body they were using on the HT XMO Wolverine figure. And so he put a link to the Wolverine thread over here. And the rest is history.

So how did you get roped in?:lol
 
Figure info search! and at one point was using the forum to gauge reliability of online retailers.
 
I stumbled upon Sideshow Freaks when I was trying to find more info on a Mystique statue. I had been a big fan of Sideshow's work since 2008, so it was really nice to find a forum seemingly dedicated to the people that loved it. Before this site I was on a very small forum, popculturenetwork, because I loved watching their podcast about toy news etc. That site maybe had 150 members at the time, and it was awesome to find a much larger forum.
 
I took a turn into a dark alley, and woke up in a hotel suite the next morning smelling like sex and money. The night was a blur. But, as devil would say, ”the rest is history”.
 
I don't remember for sure. I think I was looking for more information on Hot Toys figures and found it through Google.
 
Were you searching for "Sideshow Freak" porn? :monkey3

I was. I used the keyword 'toys' to narrow my search and this was the first site that came up. Thought it looked interesting so I minimised the window for later reference. Then, some 7 hours later.....
 
Last edited:
I think I just typed in "website to sell statues"

I had a couple of things I wanted to get rid of, and this had popped up. I started looking a bit more into the threads, and then a buddy told me about the Ivy PF. I tried to find him one, and I managed. Then I left until May, when I ordered Harley and from then on stayed.
 
I was looking for reviews on the Vampirella comiquette and found this interesting place.
Lurked for a while before getting my shiz together.

The rest is history.
 
I believe I was looking for information on a certain Hot Toys figure. Possibly a mod to one or QC issues with one and stumbled upon it. I then lurked for awhile until I finally joined.
 
I had just discovered and bought some stuff on SSC and was trying to figure out what the purchase points were worth. This site popped up and I figured yeah I'm probably gonna need a support group. :lol
 
I found the Sideshow Freaks forum through many of my YouTube subscribers on my old channel but I was searching for some Planet of the Ape items and I found the threads here. Made an account and bam. "Hence my name." I ended up here but only used it for a couple of weeks. I didn't return until a couple of years ago and started to go into high end collecting. Rest is history. Took me a while to start buying things and making a decision on what to collect. My Sideshow account can prove how many cancelations I have made. :lol
 
Back
Top