Funskool GI Joes From Russia...With Love?

So me and Jay (he's my friend from work) decided to go halves on a case of 24 Funskool GI Joes MOC.  Starting bid for the auction was only $29.00 with a BIN of $39.00.  Sounds too good to be true, right?  What's the catch? 

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The catch is the high shipping cost of $99.99.  The seller lives in Russia (Stavropol to be exact). 

Jay and I had both looked at the seller's auctions before.  Same deal: 24 figures, high shipping costs.  I guess the guy has a crap load of Funskool GI Joes sitting around. 

Anyway, a hundred bucks is a lot to pay for shipping but the combined price of everything isn't too bad when you divide it by 24.  It comes out to $5.37 per figure.  And the seller has received positive feedback from other buyers who bought the previous Funskool auctions.  So it might be a great deal once everything is said and done.  We'll have to wait and see. 

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Assuming we're not swindled, Jay will get 12 and I'll get 12.  How will we figure out who gets what?  It'll be a fight to the death for the choice figures!  Nah, just kidding.  We'll do a draft setup where he'll take one and I'll take one.  It should be cool.  Stay tuned.  You know I'll keep you posted.