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[Mkall]

Still no takers after nearly 4 weeks?

At the price they're asking, are you surprised?

[fenrir72]

Reminds me of the US$ 1,000,000.00 price tag of a collection sold by a widow a few years back. Too high the price indeed.

[alldarker]

This lot has been on eBay for what seems like ages (first offer was made back on December 5th 2011). The guy selling this is living in dreamland: I can't ever see this lot selling in one go. They are most probably real, but $1083 a piece is WAY too much: especially if you are selling them 'wholesale'. Getting $2000 for 4 of these would have been a pretty good deal for the seller, I'd say.

[RhA]

Someone tell that guy that those things are toys.

[Mykltron]

Shouldn't someone tell wraith2021? He recently bought a factory sealed Snapdragon for £600, he might be interested.

[Dead Metal]

Thanks to Stormrider we now know of a pretty cool bit of news, there is currently an auction for a full case of G1 Astrotrains and Blitzwings dead-stock on e-bay.
Just in case you don't know, a dead-stock is when a warehouse is cleared and emptied and a large amount, usually entire cases of toys are found. And you know what that means, these are genuine factory sealed Astrotrains and Blitzwings from the '80s!
The asking price USD 13,000, which at 12 figures makes about USD 1083 per figure. While the auction itself is way overpriced it is kinda cool knowing that there still is G1 dead-stock out there waiting to be found.

Here's what the auctioneer has to say about the item(s)

Hello All!

What I have today is one heck of a doozy for transformer collectors. In my travels, my business partners and myself came across an auction that had vintage toy deadstock from the 60's to the 80's. In that deadstock was this gem: A case of vintage Astrotrains(6)and Blitzwings(6). From what I can tell, the items appear to have never been removed from the case box although the box was opened for display. This means that these are probably uncirculated pieces that have stayed in storage for the past 25-30 years. Although I have not removed the items from the box myself, I believe that these items are the highest condition possible. On top of this, this may be the last known example of a case of these toys to exist in the world today.

Unlike with the majority of the auctions I run, I am opening this one to the world as a whole. On top of that, I am offering free express shipping with insurance anywhere in the world for the winner of the auction.

I don't think I have to tell anyone that this is a true once in a lifetime item for any collector of Transformers, Hasbro Toys, or Vintage 80's toys.

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!

Thanks

1/11/2012: Decided to take items out of case and took pictures of each one. These are examples of the front of the box. I have pictures of all 12 and of each side. If you would like to see all 72 pics, send me a message and I will forward you the link to photobucket. Thanks

[kirbenvost]

Wow, that's pretty amazing. I have never, ever seen G1s still in the case really cool. But yeah, pretty expensive...

BTW, typo in the news story: "The asking price USD 13,000, which makes at 72 figures makes USD 1,083 per figure."

[Dead Metal]

Wow, that's pretty amazing. I have never, ever seen G1s still in the case really cool. But yeah, pretty expensive...

BTW, typo in the news story: "The asking price USD 13,000, which makes at 72 figures makes USD 1,083 per figure."

Thanks.

[Lord Onixprime]

Why would they not split this up and sell them individually? Who is going to buy a case of 72 assorted Blitzwing and Astrotrain?

[Blackstreak]

Still no takers after nearly 4 weeks?

Are you surprised? I'd be surprised if someone buys it for what they are asking.