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OK, here's the deal.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of people attending San Diego Comic-Con Saturday have run into the most peculiar collectible that has ever been seen. Tempting Toys, which is sitting in Booth 701 on the dealers floor has been displaying a collection of four rather antique-looking action figures they say is from a show called "Sargasso Planet."

The dealer at the booth told Airlock Alpha that he really didn't know what the television show was about or when it was on, but said he didn't own the pieces, but was actually displaying them for a "private collector."

OK, so what? Someone has some collectibles from a show people have never heard of at Comic-Con. So what else is new?

Well, that's not where the story ends. When people ask the guys at Tempting Toys how much they're selling the collectibles for, the price blows you away: $147,000.

Yes, four pieces of plastic in an old box, is somehow worth $147,000. I don't think if I had kept my Capt. Kirk action figure that my dad bought in the 1970s for me, it wouldn't even come close to being worth $147 let alone $147,000.

So I decided to check these toys out for myself. Tempting Toys were nice enough, and allowed me to take a few pictures. But before I could ask too many questions, a group of people showed up and demanded the dealer they get their toys back. I tried to ask who they were, and they told me they didn't want any press on this, and since they heard I was sniffing around, were taking the toys back.

I headed back up to the Comic-Con press room to post some stories, and decided, what the hell. I am going to find out more about this so-called show, and why anyone in their right mind would want to spend $147,000 on four cheap-looking toys, although I have to admit the aliens they portrayed looked pretty damn cool.

Imagine how surprised I was to find absolutely nothing on any show called "Sargasso Planet." And I checked everywhere. Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia, you name it.

In fact, all I could find was a Web site at SargassoPlanet.com. It's a hideous site, apparently designed by someone named Zack Adamski. He showcases these aliens, who he calls Insectillian, Rocky, Robo and Calcios.

Check them out ...

I don't know ... there is something really strange about this whole thing. First off, Zack Adamski's picture is either some stock photo of some geeky kid, or he's an actor. So I can't help to think that all of this is by some elaborate attempt to market a movie or television show ... and the more I think about it, the more it has to be.

But what show or movie is it? I haven't heard of anything called "Sargasso Planet." Although in the end, it could simply be some new animation or something. I mean, these aliens do look like cartoon characters and all, but it's real hard to tell.

I tried to catch up with the guys that took off with the collectibles, but I lost them around the escalators leading to the main ballroom in the San Diego convention center.

If you have any idea of what this might be, write me at mhinman@airlockalpha.com. I'll publish some of your speculation when I get back from Comic-Con in a few days.

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