OT: Buying 80s toys for son to possibly resell later?
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My apologies for the OT thread, but while out Christmas shopping for my son my jaw dropped at the going prices for action figures (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, et cetera). $13 to $25 for basic, tiny toys surrounded by cardboard and plastic.
This got me thinking about my old toys. As a little kid in the 80s I was a huge fan of the Action Powers DC figures and still have great memories playing with them. I hid Batman behind the microwave and to this day never found him
Anyways, I checked them out on eBay and used ones have pretty good resell value. My son is a tad too young for these now, but I'm thinking it may be wise to buy him some nice used 80s toys to play with, and when he grows out of them the money can somewhat be recouped if he or I choose to sell them. Here's a current eBay listing: Action Powers Lot
Anyone here do this? What do you all think?
This got me thinking about my old toys. As a little kid in the 80s I was a huge fan of the Action Powers DC figures and still have great memories playing with them. I hid Batman behind the microwave and to this day never found him
Anyways, I checked them out on eBay and used ones have pretty good resell value. My son is a tad too young for these now, but I'm thinking it may be wise to buy him some nice used 80s toys to play with, and when he grows out of them the money can somewhat be recouped if he or I choose to sell them. Here's a current eBay listing: Action Powers Lot
Anyone here do this? What do you all think?
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but as far as recouping your money, considering this auction would probably repay for a few of his toys.
optimus prime
and thank you for posting this...I just found and bought this. just listed and was gonna use this as my example and bam! I think it was a steal
aircraft carrier
last few have sold for $2500ish
There are lots of people out there that collect these. They're fun and it's fun to watch the cartoon too. My oldest just started getting into super hero's and we watched an 80's Super Friends tonight. He loved it. Best of luck with these and I hope you both have fun.
<< <i>have contemplated something similar to this, we aren't into the toy stage yet...not sure if he will find the gi joes and transformers that I played with as "cool", but I have told myself once he gets to age 8 or so I will buy him a duplicate of the toys he's really into. will just leave these ones in the box for him and hidden, then give them to him for his birthday at age "x" or so.
but as far as recouping your money, considering this auction would probably repay for a few of his toys.
optimus prime
and thank you for posting this...I just found and bought this. was gonna use this as my example and bam! I think it was a steal
aircraft carrier
last few have sold for $2500ish >>
I still have my aircraft carrier. Don't have the box, but everything is still there.
<< <i>yep. not everyone collected cards. everyone played with toys!!! 80's toys are on fire. >>
Yes! 80's everything is coming back. People our age can finally pay for the things they wanted, but couldn't have when they were kids or things that were discarded/lost, i.e. Mom selling everything in a yard sale when you go away for college. I'm fortunate my parents to do that. My kids play a lot with my gi joes, transformers, hot wheels, etc. My grandmother recently found the GI Joe Tomahawk helicopter fully intact in her garage and she also was throwing an old plant that finally died out and a bunch of gi joes that I buried were in there too. She cleaned them all and set them aside for my kids.
I was a big fan of Go-Bots when I was a kid too. Along with those, Real Ghostbusters, He-Man, MASK, Micro-Machines, COPS, GUTS, etc.
It is an area I have also been thinking of picking up a few items. I think the "cool" factor, at least for me is very high, but would run into storage issues if I got to deep.
<< <i>Guru, What do you think of the AFA Graded figurines ?
It is an area I have also been thinking of picking up a few items. I think the "cool" factor, at least for me is very high, but would run into storage issues if I got to deep. >>
They are cool, but I don't buy them or send stuff in for grading. There's something about being able to hold the figure or package myself.
Kinda like what Guru said, these items were meant to be handled, unlike most of the sports cards we collect, where condition and preservation are super important.
The AFA graded examples can go for really good money and they look pretty cool in the graded cases.
I have looked into the Super Powers but even loose are pricey for me. Also thought about He-Man but I don't have my own storage.
<< <i>I picked up this pair in the past six months. They are pack fresh. There are many of us who couldn't afford these toys when we were growing up so it is fun to buy them once you can.
My friend had a lot of those wrestlers. It was pretty funny throwing them off the ropes like a slingshot. Volkov, Iron Sheik, Junkyard Dog, Hulk, Macho Man, Bret Hart...
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<< <i>I picked up this pair in the past six months. They are pack fresh. There are many of us who couldn't afford these toys when we were growing up so it is fun to buy them once you can.
My friend had a lot of those wrestlers. It was pretty funny throwing them off the ropes like a slingshot. Volkov, Iron Sheik, Junkyard Dog, Hulk, Macho Man, Bret Hart... >>
I have seen a Bret Hart mint on the card sell for over $5,000. Feedback was left for the item. I don't think it generally goes for that but it is one of the most valuable from the series.
There are some variants that bring big money. The Miss Elizabeth I posted is the standard version and there is a very rare figure with a purple dress. I have read it goes for north of $1,000.
Here is a close-up of the cert........
Shane
<< <i>I have been looking for an ORIGINAL Nerf Hoop from back in my childhood days. I'm talking about the one with the metal door hanger. I have had it on my eBay search list for a while and nothing has come up. >>
I slammed many a paper wad through those hoops. Good Times.
<< <i>I have been looking for an ORIGINAL Nerf Hoop from back in my childhood days. I'm talking about the one with the metal door hanger. I have had it on my eBay search list for a while and nothing has come up. >>
Here is one, I don't know if it is like the original ones we played on back in the 70's, but it looks close...........
Nerf Hoop