Thank you all so much for the nice words! You know I couldn't believe when I saw the statue on Craigslist. The second I saw it, I called the guy and booked it to his place before someone beat me to it. I had to drive quite a bit to get to his place, but it was not that big a deal really; just the gas money that I had to spend put a hurting on my wallet.
It has a bunch of scuffs and scrapes that the guy never told me about, plus he didn't tell me that he smokes either. The statue smelled pretty bad because of that.
Taking all of that in to account, plus the fact that I had to drive far, I managed to talk him down on the price. I already cleaned it up and it doesn't even smell anymore, and the imperfections aren't that big a deal to me considering the price and uniqueness of the item.
And for those that asked, the statue was issued by Bethesda to promote the game. I've heard that they made between 100 and 200 of them, but I'm not sure exactly how many they made.
They were sent mainly to retailers, and they also sent some to journalists. I know there's one at the offices of Kotaku, Game Informer, and IGN for instance; and there's one at Bethesda's office as well.
It's just really cool and since I couldn't ever get my hands on the Brotherhood of Steel statue, this one will do just fine.
You can see some pictures from around the internet here
I think that might be Todd Howard signing:
