OT: Which toy collectibles have the biggest following ?

pmcollectour

Barbie, GI Joe, others ?

Please educate.

thanks

perkdog

Im sure Star Wars is right up there

Planemonkey

AFA Transformers

Aric

Depends on how you define following but Hot Wheels and toy trains come to mind in addition to those already mentioned.

Toro

I can speak for the boys toys as Barbie is Queen of the girls side. G.I Joe, Transformers and Star Wars are the largest due to two things. Little kids that want them to play with and adults that want them(the old stuff) to remind them of their childhood. After all of that you have the Marvel comic lines with the new movies. The aformentioned circle will never end due to the multi generational success of the cartoon series, the movies and the toys. I'd put G.I. Joe ahead of all of them because they go way back! Transformers will be great long term as long as you can hold onto the stuff for twenty years and sell with a marginal profit when the young kids that are now playing with them become working middle aged adults.

2dueces

Star Trek and old baseball games come to mind. Turn of the century cast iron banks and any 50's Japanese robots. Also someone just sold $1M of old Sega and Nintendo games, never opened. It was rumored to be the largest collection of its kind.

milbroco

I would love to buy a collection of Matchbox cars in the original boxes from the 1960's. Yes boxes and not the plastic bubble thing they come in now.
Bob

Bigjohn69

marbles,, hard core collectors

milbroco

Marbles. I had a bunch.........then I lost them.
Bob

perkdog

This topic got me thinking of one of my prized possesions as a kid and I did some searching around and there is alot of money in the Old Stretch Monster and Stretch Armstrong figures, I remember being devestated when my Stretch Monster ripped and it bled slime LOL

Any of you guys familiar with them?

mtcards

I think things like Star Wars/Star trek and other movie related items have a bigger following because you have both the movie buffs and toy collectors buying items

MrKnowthanx

I have a very large Unopened Star Wars Figure collection, most of it post 1990. I am a huge Star Wars nerd, but I think I got them all due to stopping collecting cards in my teens and then finding these in a store one day.It became a "Collecting Hunt". Now I have over 300+ Figs sitting in individual cases, in tubs and boxes, in closets and I spent way to much buying them in retail stores compared to what most of them go for on eBay. But I think it's the addiction to collecting that got me.

yankeeno7

<< <i>This topic got me thinking of one of my prized possesions as a kid and I did some searching around and there is alot of money in the Old Stretch Monster and Stretch Armstrong figures, I remember being devestated when my Stretch Monster ripped and it bled slime LOL

Any of you guys familiar with them? >>



You could still get probably 1500 or more on ebay just for the monster's plastic head. They are super rare. The regular stretch armstrongs are very common and not worth much.

Maurice

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hammered

Love the expression on that kid's face

One toy I played with as a kid that goes for big money now is Shogun Warrior from maybe 1979, mine shot missiles from it's fingers and I saw one just like it brand new on eBay awhile back for $500+

llafoe

PEZ... it's a candy and a toy!

kingnascar

I would have to say Hot Wheels. Over the last 20+ years, I have ran into many HW collectors during my searches for NASCAR diecast. The majority of those guys are some of the most cut throat and rabid collectors I have ever met.

Yankees001

Vintage Star Wars and Transformers

72skywalker

Vintage star wars is very big.

Bigjohn69

<< <i>marbles,, hard core collectors >>



Not the most recent results but this will give you an idea what im talking about being hard core,,, old people with money , what are ya gonna do, right,, lol

perkdog

<< <i>Love the expression on that kid's face

One toy I played with as a kid that goes for big money now is Shogun Warrior from maybe 1979, mine shot missiles from it's fingers and I saw one just like it brand new on eBay awhile back for $500+ >>



Thats another thing I forgot about! I loved my Shogun warrior!

How about micronauts? Early 1980's I had quite a collection

YogiBerraFan

<< <i>I would love to buy a collection of Matchbox cars in the original boxes from the 1960's. Yes boxes and not the plastic bubble thing they come in now.
Bob >>



I had the full run of those from the 50s, 60s, & 70s with all the boxes and variations. People even count the diff wheel treads as variations on the early models. When I was selling some people waited in line to get at them. Very popular collectable.

larryallen73

I would say you could some Ebay searches and quickly determine. I would think Star Wars and Hot Wheels would be far in the lead. I would not think Transformers since it's for younger people. I am 44 and we didn't have Transformers when I was a kid. GI Joe is big but I don't think it's anywhere near as big as the first two mentioned.

stevebay

So far, no love yet for Starting Lineups!

They were hot in the mid-late 1990's, then just cooled off. Not sure why it suddenly became cold, but possibly because McFarlange got into the business. I wonder if Starting Linups will ever make a "slight" comeback.

soundgard

Kiss

Dpeck100

There is a fairly active market in the WWF LJN figures. I have purchased a handful of them mint on the card to crack out just so I could have an unused figure to display. I have never gotten into these and have no plans too but some are very serious about them. Here is an example of one of the more rare figures that can go for big money. There are a few in particular like The Ultimate Warrior and The British Bulldogs on their own that bring strong prices.




WWF LJN Bret Hart

fur72

I am going to go out on a lim and say comics?

pmcollectour

That's a serious price for that WWF item.

A 1977 Star Wars Captain Solo just sold for around $1,600.00 on ebay also.

vettfanatic

I say the 1980's G.I. Joe Those things were awesome!!!

atobias

Vintage Fisher Price Little People sets sell very well on Ebay....

sayheykid54

Back in the day I used to play with Micronauts. A lot of the unopened figures and vehicles go for quite a bit of money now.

LodiBrewFan

Nascar diecasts! by far

Jakt

<< <i>Marbles. I had a bunch.........then I lost them. >>



I see what you did there...

MattyC

G1 Transformers in AFA condition sell for crazy money. Same for GI Joe. I've bought some great pieces from final frontier and other stores that specialize in those two lines.

A brand new Shogun Mazinga with fists that shoot was surprisingly cheap, as was the complete set of MUSCLE figures.

zep33

<< <i>I would love to buy a collection of Matchbox cars in the original boxes from the 1960's. Yes boxes and not the plastic bubble thing they come in now.
Bob >>



those were great and the store would have the acrylic case displaying them. I loved being able to pick out a couple when my mom would stop at the drug store

CrazyMind2017

Steve Carell and Catherine Keener just called.