[HBCoffin]

Some of these "grails" don't seem too hard to come by or out of financial reach for most collectors. If you're confident you could land your "holy grail" in a year's time or less with minimal effort or struggle, that's not much of a grail IMO. There are collectors who spend years, maybe decades trying to track down elusive toys, and should they turn up at the wrong time (e.g. when you lack the necessary funds, or you're on vacation away from your computer), you might be out of luck in this lifetime.

My tokusatsu toy grail would have to be the Jumbo Machinder Lensari from Kamen Rider V3. Made by Popy in the '70s in extremely limited quantities, these are near impossible to come by. In the past 6 years I've habitually scanned related auctions and only seen one for sale, though another may have turned up under my radar at some point. Alas, I couldn't afford a toy like that then (not that I could on my current salary)... a boxed specimen in fair shape, complete with missiles, I believe the auction ended at ¥1,312,000 (approx. $12,242.00 USD at the current exchange rate).

Behold...