JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Is that PotP Dinobot Swoop btw? I noted the product code on the bottom.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A bent card may put a slight dent in the grade and it's overall value, but not as much as a non-mint figure would. Of course, investing in Transformers toys won't yield major profits, that warning is worth repeating over and over. That goes double for newer toys.
Is that PotP Dinobot Swoop btw? I noted the product code on the bottom.
lakebot wrote:These figures aren't that old and I don't think they are as popular as other lines and the competition is still there.
Emerje wrote:lakebot wrote:These figures aren't that old and I don't think they are as popular as other lines and the competition is still there.
Just to put it in perspective: A kid that was 7 when Armada came out would be turning 23 this. That's the key time when they're out of college, have some spending money and nostalgia starts taking hold, even more so if they were 8 or 9 at the time. This was about the same time frame when G1 prices started to really climb as well (late '90s). At that time there was a bit of a perfect storm generated by a combination of adults that were kids in '84 now being in the workforce, rising interest generated by Beast Wars, wider access to the internet and something called eBay, and the rise of BotCon. Takara Tomy is currently trying to cash in on the nostalgia factor with Beast Wars and you can bet in a few more years they'll be looking towards the Unicron Trilogy as well (technically they and Hasbro have already started with remakes of Hotshot, Megatron, Starscream, and Tidalwave in recent years).
Emerje
Emerje wrote:Yeah, but that guy was being seriously low balled for reasons other than worth and that was on top of their already normally low offers as a reseller. If he had stuck them on eBay he would have made more for himself after fees by selling directly.
Something else to keep in mind is that eventually nostalgia starts going the other way. The chances someone in their 60s still holding onto their Transformers collections is fairly slim, let alone buying vintage figures online. Right now the antiques market is having a bit of a price crash because younger people don't value it as much as our parents or grandparents. The same fate will eventually fall on every Transformers line as fewer collectors exist that grew up with each one. Of course there'll always be people that will keep buying old things because they're old, but eventually the bubble will burst.
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