ExciKaiser wrote:I just would like to understand at which moment / how you went thinking that you could make money by reselling mass-manufactured toy that you purchased in a retail store?
Ok, yes it can happens that some toys became rare for one or other reason, that sometimes there's store exclusives that are popular etc.. but these are very specific cases, not even all gifsets/store exclusive get high demand, some just shelfwarm.
So picking a random transformer in the toy aisle? I don't get it.
I think we sometimes get lucky. I picked up the Universe Nemesis Prime (black mammoth) on clearance for like 10 bucks, because it was so cheap and I thought it might go in my Beast Wars display. But, I got lazy and never opened him. Currently he is going for between $89 and $265 on Ebay unopened.
I should really get around to selling that guy...
At any rate, I don't want to be the type to speculate on TF value on the secondary market. For every Velocitron box set I might sell for buku bucks, I could end up with 10 Energon Towlines that are going for like $12 right now...
Or worse, I can try to convince eBayers that my authentic Human Alliance Barricade is not really one of the myriad of knockoffs available on Ebay to get top dollar. Instead, I like playing with cool stuff... *pew* *pew* *KABOOM*