Yo Adrian! I DID IT! I have officially raised the needed funds to get my Rocky back!!! I do not have a date as to when it will be coming back, but I officially crossed (well hit) the goal this weekend!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to the many supporters, well wishers and those that helped me get started! It looked like a mountain when I started, but I got there!

Thank you All!!

Love that scene.. "You think this smells like a man?"

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I think it is the sign of a great turn around!

Thank you Brad!

Thanks for the support Shovelhed! Lord knows I needed it!

I believe it will. The donations at the beginning really amped me up, knowing I had support out there, the negatives really got to me, until I started the ignore use. I could only see the positives that way, and in that mess there were a ton of positives. It took a lot to get here, but I did it, and I am so happy I made it.

I have not even sold a baseball card yet, so that will be next and put a nice dent in the medical bills!

Thank you everyone!

Yo! Thanks daddyxxx! I appreciate your support through this journey!

Pictures will be posted when it is back!

No, I have not sold a single card yet, I am waiting for them all to come back from PSA, then they all go off to an auction place.

Yeah, I expected one or two down votes by people I never talked to or ever had any interaction.. whatever! The champ is coming home!

Thanks for all the congratulations!

And again, thanks to all the supporters, you guys were the best through the whole process!

OH... do not worry PICTURES will be taken and posted!!! Lots of them!!

Thanks for the support guys!

Your coming to see it in PERSON!

Teddy!!!!!!!!!! Yo We did it!!!!!!

Did you watch the spin off Creed yet?

Yes sir it is, I just ordered the UHD version so I will have a Blu Ray to get rid of... Ted, you want it?

Rocky Balboa was an incredible movie, so glad he got to make that one and not have V as the final chapter!

Ok, I will just add it to my EBay movie list.. Your going to make a movie choice based on Boobz opinion?? I think you will be watching a lot of weird porn... Like barnyard animal type stuff... just saying..

Boob, ya know I love ya!

That is a tough one, honestly, they all have something special about them, 1 was a classic, great movie all around, 2 was the funniest of them all, great jokes in there if you pay close attention, 3 best villain of them all James "Clubber" Lang, 4 Best Fight and music, my personal favorite album/cd of all time, 5 the end credits with the Elton John song, and the scene with Rocky and Mick, 6 Just an all around fantastic movie from start to fantastic finish, it gets me every time when he turns back to the crowd and holds his arm up with the theme playing, Creed, well Stallone's performance was fantastic, I was not a fan of Creed's son, really just could not get into him, too much attitude, decent fight though. Ok to rank them... for me.

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Room is being prepped for the return!

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I bought that at a collectors show in a mall over 20 years ago, the guy had a bunch of different ones, I saw it, I grabbed it!

Actually, I am trying an experiment now, I bought unsigned 8x10's of Adrian, Creed, Lang, Drago, Paulie and I mailed them all out to the addresses I could find, trying to surround the 2 Rocky props I have from Rocky Balboa with autographed 8x10's... I have another Stallone that is going up there, Burt Young sent it back signed very quickly, just sent off H Hogan today too, I already have Stallone, Young, and Morrison for the wall, have to get a Tony Burton, Only one I cannot get is Mickey, unless I find one reasonably priced somewhere..

Someone here had mentioned they had Creed props, I cannot remember who, but I would love to see those!

I had a quadruple by-pass, I get injections in both eyes once a month, I have a thyroid condition, I need surgery on both arms, I have diabetes, I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet and legs, I am losing some vision in my right eye, I take literally 20 pills a day... I think I can survive a few people who have issues with the way I started this journey.. But I did the rest alone, donations were about 275 bucks, the other 3750 give or take a few bucks, I did all on my own... But some people just have hate in their heart, I never met any of them, I never did anything to them, but they have said a lot of nasty things about me... but you know what, it does not matter!!! Look at the support on this thread, look at the congratulations postings! Medical or not I pulled it off, and I am going to keep it going since I am waiting on all those baseball cards to come back, sell them off and knock out bills!

I could have died, but I did not die.. they found my heart issue only because I went for a stress test my dr. suggested, I was working a retail job with heaving lifting, long hours, all physical work and high stress... There were 2 times my chest went totally numb, I did not know why, now I do.. and on 8/16 I am excited to be getting back my baby, I celebrated my 8th anniversary with my wife, my son just turned 7, and he is the happiest kid in the world, just pure joy to be around.

Yep, took a pounding, but nothing compared to the pounding I am taking outside of a pinball forum!

Love you guys!

I also invite ANYONE in the area to come see it when she comes back! If your in MA, near MA or traveling though MA, just let me know!

Many are the same character in a different pose or version, like Rocky pre-fight, Rocky post-fight, Rocky in street clothes, Rocky from 1,2,3,4,5,6.. There are a few announcers in there, and some refs, Interesting one is the Meat, it is a plastic side of beef like Rocky hit in 1 and 6!

I need that 2 pack, but not at 800 bucks!

I just sent out 8x10's to the actors from the Rocky series for my downstairs wall, where I have 2 props from Rocky Balboa, I want to surround them with autographed pics. I have Rocky, Tommy Morrison already... The other day I got one back, Burt Young signed it and sent it right back quickly! Now hoping Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Mr T, Dolph Lundgren, and Hulk Hogan sign and send back. I should get a tony burton picture too.

The last unsigned one of those 2 packs went for 50 bucks, 750 for an autograph is a bit much!

Must have been an interesting day at Stern the day that stuff about Hogan came out... "Dam, we are not selling them as it is !"

Katy Perry? Margot Robbie? Brittney Spears? Kate Upton? I could go on and on and on....

Yeah, your probably right, but it is a nice thought!

It is HOME, I had posted in another thread the night it came home, posted pictures as well, just check out my other postings and you will see one saying the champ is home, probably should have just posted it here... But I was a little excited that night.

No, such a shame, I actually found one at a great low price, so I grabbed it, someday I will sent it out to PSA and find out if it is real, the only one who sent back the picture so far is Burt Young, and it was in less than a week, he by mistake signed the plastic holder AND he signed the picture, so I got another picture of him for the holder, figured why not?