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Post by michaelmyers1978 on Mar 16, 2015 21:53:42 GMT -6
hi....im new here....new to any toy forum. i call myself michaelmyers1978 because im a horror fiend...you can just call me grant if you want. back in the 90's and early 2000's i had my ear to the ground on collectible figures....i was never making enough money to do anything about it but more often then not i could tell you what such and such figures were worth. life has a funny way of changing priorities and i've been out of the game for a very long time and just very recently got back into it. today i have no clue what ANYTHINGS worth....i just have to take ebays word for it. a few days ago i saw a return of the jedi luke skywalker in jedi outfit being offered for ten thousand dollars because they forgot to put weapons in. are ALL the price guide magazines out of business? is ebay the one who set the price? i understand the concept of supply and demand and that something is worth whatever someones willing to pay for it....but in the month i've been back in the game, in my mind the whole scene has become chaotic...with ebay setting the rules. in essence im a stranger in a strange land who no longer understands the rules....i see alot of star wars 12 back figures on reproduction cards.....i see reproduction boxes being sold for loose figures....in my day that was called fraud. now its all over ebay. it seems to me the only thing you can trust is AFA graded items...which are permantly encased in a high impact plastic shield....not that i think its a bad idea....could someone explain to me in a nutshell whats been happening the last 15 years? where are we as collectors? please explain it to me because im lost
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Post by underworldwarrior on Mar 16, 2015 23:19:32 GMT -6
Welcome friend, toy collecting has blown up a bit in recent years and there are definitely more collectors around now. However never trust eBay as a price guide people always want an arm and a leg for stuff not to say there aren't deals to find but just do your homework before you start bidding. Good luck
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Post by michaelmyers1978 on Mar 17, 2015 1:49:31 GMT -6
thank you....very well then...who do you trust? i've noticed that toyfare and lees price guide arent around anymore...is there another still in publication? whos setting the prices nowadays?
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Post by underworldwarrior on Mar 17, 2015 8:57:10 GMT -6
That's a good question man, there's no price guide that I'm aware of in publication that's worth the paper its printed on. You can find online guides but again not always valid. It really does come down to what your willing to pay for it cause if 10-20 for a loose figure (depending on what figure and toyline of course) seems high or outrageous there's somebody out there willing to pay 35 so my advice is just scope it out for a while before you pull the trigger you will get a good idea of what things are going for,and depending what lines you are planning on collecting things go in waves the prices may be high for a few months then out of nowhere they drop for a while. So be patient and pay what you are comfortable with. Of course I think everybody has overpaid for a figure now and again just because you want it badly enough and don't want to wait, I know I sure have. Hope that helps
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Post by underworldwarrior on Mar 17, 2015 8:59:59 GMT -6
Tomarts figure guide I know people have mentioned to me but I have never personally used it but maybe that might help you out
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Post by figurecollector on Mar 17, 2015 10:09:46 GMT -6
Welcome!
I am not sure any printed material on values is valid once it leaves the printer. I think that the majority of people will answer that sold (not listed) prices on Ebay are the likely source of pricing today. I tend to review sold items and average the sales (or remove the high and low value and average that) to see what number I come up with. On one of a kind or limited items, you obviously cannot do that and you are likely at the point of deciding yourself whether an item is worth the priced it is listed for on Ebay. There are other on line auction sites like Ebay, but most likely do not have enough sales of items to generate a viable value.
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Post by bowheadwhale on Mar 18, 2015 13:00:30 GMT -6
Welcome from French Canada!
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