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I always seem to hear of people that happened to have a mint condition toy in their loft that they dig out one day to find it's worth loads... anyone know anything about this kinda thing? I mean, I'm about to bung a load of toys on ebay that are mint, complete with original tags and I'm worried that one day they'll be worth loads and I'll be gutted I sold them now...

 

Includes a genuine ITV digital monkey, south park charactors that kinda thing.

 

Thoughts?

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Hmmmm i wouldnt count on the South Park stuff selling for much Rosie lol :p folk will probably expect YOU to pay THEM to take it away hehe :D

 

I used to have the entire collection of ORIGINAL star wars figures, darth vader carry case, millenium falcon, x-wing, and a few other bits...........sold them years and years ago..........now they are worth THOUSANDS for a set in mint condition. GUTTED :cry:

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Mask was my favourite cartoon when I was younger, sadly my pocket money didn't stretch to Rhino though :(

 

I had these ones:

 

Condor

http://www.jeebs.dsl.pipex.com/condor.jpg

 

Hurricane:

http://www.jeebs.dsl.pipex.com/hurricane.jpg

 

Raven:

http://www.jeebs.dsl.pipex.com/raven.jpg

 

Firefly:

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/mask/maskfirefly1c.jpg

 

I had a couple of the Adventure packs too - gave the lot away to a young lad next door - bah!

 

Interesting site:

 

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/mask/mask.html

 

I still have a massive laundry basket full of cars though, I can't part with them.

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Right, then the SP ones can go. Although if they're worth loads in a few years I'll hunt you down!!! :D

 

Theres some I can't quite part with. They look all sad.

 

The toys that will be worth the most in the future will be the rarer limited edition ones that are boxed and in perfect condition.

 

Most toys these days are sold in such HUGE quantities that very few will be worth much in years to come. There are also so many more people who are collecting things these days and trading on Ebay etc. that there will be even less and less rare toys in the future.

 

For example when the first of the recent Star Wars episodes was released stores bought massive amounts of stock (100's K pcs) Most of the stores ended up getting stuck with HUGE quantities of stock that they couldn't shift and a lot of it ended up getting used as land fill as they couldn't give the stuff away.

 

Same thing happened with Furby, rumour was that Tiger had a warehouse full of half a million pieces that they couldn't sell after the crazy faded.

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You wouldn`t have any Care Bears of 1983 vintage there would you Supragal? Just my missus collects them and you never know what someone else might have in their loft!

 

Cor blimey I dont even know if I ever had care bears! I like my little ponies and transformers and stuff. I am thinking about digging through my mums loft at some point as she's got all my really old toys stashed away. Mind you, I doubt they'll be in good condition :S

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