Ever since I first started collecting, I've kept a 
list of what I call the Seven Deadly Cels.  *grin* 
 These are the unchanging fever-dreams of my cel 
obsession -- the ones I hope and pray for every 
time a dealer site updates or I go browsing on the 
auction pages.  ^_^  And I knew going into it that 
some would be faaaar more difficult to find than 
others.  (Kopii Rezo with both bicolored eyes 
open?  Fairly common.  REAL Rezo with his eyes 
open?  Less than a dozen cels in existance, 
possibly as few as two.)

So far, out of the seven, I've found an 
improbable, delectable total of five.  ^_^  
Beautiful Kopii was the first to arrive, as part 
of a multi-cel trade.  To my absolute shock, 
though, his early-season counterpart was quick to 
follow.  I'd been ogling Thalia's gallery 
and sighing for months over the only eyes-open 
Rezo cel I've ever seen, and one day I worked up 
the nerve to make an offer.  She said yes, which 
is to me the best argument in the world for making 
offers.  *grin*  That cel is still the most 
expensive I own, and well, WELL worth it.

The next one was a case of sheer, unadultered 
luck.  I happened to hit Yahoo Japan just as a 
seller uploaded several Outlaw Star batches with 
Buy Now prices, and landed the perfect 
cyber-Harry.  If I'd been five minutes later, I'm 
sure he'd have been long, long gone.

The next two dream cels were acquired at auction, 
only just recently.  And just a warning -- here's 
the part of this post where I get sappy.

The most important thing in any dream cel search, 
and I mean THE MOST, is having good friends.  When 
Carrot in Zaha's cloak appeared on eBay, and 
Hellmaster vs. Zangulus on Yahoo Japan, I was 
practically inundated with emails from friends, 
pointing out the auction URL and offering 
good-luck wishes and hopes.

Thanks to speedy email from a certain forum 
regular, I was lucky enough to be first in line on 
the Hellmaster cel.

And another forum regular, who I know wanted the 
Carrot cel for herself, declined to bid against me 
on it because she knew how high it was on my 
wishlist, thus probably saving me a bundle.

No cel collector is an island, and few dream cels 
are merely an individual triumph.  ^_^  Thanks to 
everyone here who has helped make mine a reality!

**BIG HUGS**