How much is your Gi Joe collection worth?

[DaveViper]

I know most of you will say priceless, but if you put your Gi Joe collection to a number, roughly how much do you think its worth?
If you care to share, how long have you been collecting?

I have been collecting for a year now and I would say my collection is worth roughly $2,500.

[DaveViper]

This one is just for fun, its not to call anyone out for being a hoarder or to say you don't have enough joes either, And no I do not work for the IRS.

[Troynos]

Have no clue.

[spiderpumpkin]

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[arc30]

I'm scared to find out!

[Magick]

From vintage to now, with rare, exclusive and prototype figures.. I have a pretty extensive collection. I know that I ensured them with my home insurance for $7500. Not sure if that is their value.. but considering how much their is.. I think that is a fair price.

[Smokebomb]

As much as someone would be willing to pay for it. I have everything from '82-'86 nothing MOC and not sure if complete...Then I jump to some JvC and VvV. Most of my ME is figures only. I would guess a couple thousand maybe more.

[fireflyguy]

I'd say probably 372.87.

Just kidding. I really don't know. I have a few vintage pieces that might garner some green, and I have a fairly large ME collection. I got back into Joes in '07 with the 25th. I have very few of the original Joes from my childhood.

[NAJA EMPIRE]

This is going to be painful... I have to say that I do alot of customs so glue, paint, dremel part etc add up and then the figures. In a very loose number, I would guess I spent $25,000 to $30,000. If I were to sell everything on "ebay", I am guessing I would get 10 grand. Yes this is painful.

[Cdt Weasel]

Probably less than I paid for it. I only have a few 'collector' type items and most of my stuff is opened. The increase in price of collector items won't make up for the depreciation of the rest.

[Jimjammer]

1 million dollars! Of course I know its not even a fraction of that but I can wish can't I.

[Steve T]

Let's see here, approximately 120 ME figures and vehicles, all loose, I'd say about 1k.

[mikect2000]

I just sold most of my collection. This was all the stuff from my youth and a lot of modern stuff. If you looked at the prices I paid when I was young, my parents paid, and considering the modern stuff I bought mostly on clearance.....I definetly profited. My killerwhale that had broken pieces....and I clearly stated that in the auction, went for $86 plus shipping. My childhood Joes sold for about a grand. I had the first 5 years and sold them in 3 chunks. I am not completly out of Joe collecting. I am just keeping the best version of each character and the modern are better than the vintage in the way I am looking for.

It did break my heart to sell the stuff, but I have a Star Wars room in my house and I had a Joe room in my basement. Something had to go. I did keep some troop builders....4 zombie vipers, 3 hazzard vipers, 6 of the latest cobra soldier. Still love the stuff just had to reduce.

I am not done selling everything, but almost. I gave my friend the joe headquarters to customize for a sw clone base.

I would have done better to sell in smaller chunks, but am happy with what I made.

[Talisman]

Very little.

[CrimsonGuard101]

Very Much

[Roxxstar]

More than 1 thousand and less than 10 thousand

[CG76]

Too much I'd say.

[Black Rose]

My collection is worth around $5,000 - $6,000 if I sold it today on E-Bay.

[Jinx723]

My collection is definitely not worth what I paid for originally.

[zweiman]

i would guess around $2-$3k...

[Nictus]

screw you daveviper...SCREW YOU! now when i look in my garage and basement i don't see happiness i see money!!!

[Cobra Terrorist]

Hmmm, I'm gonna say "not much".

The only things I have of note are:

100% Night Raven (restored)
100% (with mint box) Tactical Battle Platform
90% Moray Hydrofoil (restored, no lens)

Excluding my beat-up childhood stuff in a big ol' box in my closet, everything else is modern.


ANYWAY. A number?

I'd say $600 - MAX.

[Raw Dog]

I have no idea, but I still have all my Joes from 82 through today and I only ever stopped collecting between 95 and Joe vs Cobra, and I went back and filled in a lot of the gaps. I have like all of them. Well, not all of them because I don't have the original Grand Slam or MMS and such, but I still have like Breaker and Clutch and what not. I've got the Wolverine. That thing rocks. I have the Lynx too.

[hahoo3]

I started in 2009 and have spent over 20k. The collection isn't worth 20k, No one on here can get every penny back they've put into their collection. I collect Sideshow, which is a huge chunk of it, I have 98% of all the Joe 12" and statues from SS. I also have Ironman, Star Wars and others from SS.

My fiance thinks I should be on that show 'My crazy obsession', but I told her my Joe collection isn't the largest, so I can't go on the show! :)

[beef664422]

I actually keep an updated inventory of my collection for insurance purposes, so I have a pretty fair assesment (not best guess). The joe part of my collection is just under $12,200 while my overall action figure collection is at $21,850. I haven't inventoried any vehicles or bases though. The only thing I have inventoried and totaled are action figures.

[CobraCrimson]

No idea, I guess whatever someone is willing to pay for it all?

[Tankster]

A bag of magical beans

[drunknmunky]

Well I just sold nearly a grand worth of convention figures and it didn't even free up one shelf in my Deltof cabinet.
I've got 8 Sideshow figures which are easily worth a grand. Beyond that I have no clue. I have every figure from 07-now (minus a few of the variants and convention figures). I have about 350 vintage figures as well as about 50 international figures. I have a ton of figures and vehicles and really have no clue what everything is worth. Plus I buy and sell like crazy so my collection is constantly changing. So the answer is I have no damn clue.

[gijoe071681]

I honestly don't know. My collection is far from the biggest, yet also far from the smallest. I have been collecting for the better part of 22 years non stop. At the moment I have it insured for roughly $10,000 so I'm gonna go with that.

[CyberJerry]

I've been collecting for around 6-8 months and spent around $1000-$1500 and it is worth about that. I have a Renegades Storm Shadow so maybe $30 more

[Owner of a Lonely B.A.T.]

I honestly can't say, I mean I have ALOT of stuff, but mostly out of package.

[GILTYONE]

I myself collect many toy lines but gi joe has always been number one. I have every arah to modern era figures and vehicles to date. I have a ton of carded figures from arah, even have a very mint grade worthy 9.0 duke. I also have every carded figure from 1988 to modern! Uss flag complete, terror dome complete, and more. Every convention exclusive from 2004 to me in doubles. If i had to estimate my collection i say i spent well over 30,000 sad but so true :(

[DaveViper]

screw you daveviper...SCREW YOU! now when i look in my garage and basement i don't see happiness i see money!!!

Hey man sorry, lol

Guys no regrets its an awesome hobby to have, yes I haven't spent as much as some of you but I don't think I will ever look back and be bummed about what I have spent or will spend in the future. Everything I have has some kind of good memory. I look at my collection and think wow I went through alot to get so and so or dam I got that for a steal on ebay. The best ones are the trades I have done on the tank. I love seeing the customs tankers have done with the stuff I have traded to them and I really appreciate the stuff I get in return. I have seen some of your colletions in the showcase thread and you guys inspire me to collect more. Thanks for sharing.

[Xsoldier]

My joe collection is worth less than the cost to replace it. :) I'm affraid to think about it. over $6k at an average of $5 a figure. But I did just buy 8 25th Stingers and I'm about to go to over 60 Zombie vipers. All my other troop building craziness. so I really don't know.

[Das Tier]

I did the math and my Joe collection would be worth between 4-5,000. Most of it ME. I don't have too much of the vintage. Most of my collection starts from 97 on.

[ATCVenom]

My collection, if you can even call it that, certainly isn't worth all too much. $200 - 250 seems like a fair estimate.

[Joefan80]

Based on my calculations, and careful study I would have to say in the neighborhood of $35K - $40K. Before you guys scream pics or it didn't happen, I'll post pics up tomorrow. I have multiples of just about every vehicle from 82-94, including 2 complete Flaggs, 5 Rolling Thunders, 9 Skystrikers, 10 Whales including 2 NF variants, a complete Defiant, complete General, 2 MCC's, 6 morays, 6 mambas, 10 Maggots, and the list goes on. Plus I have most of everything from 97 on except convention exclusives. A lot of the newer stuff is still boxed, but I also have a lot of doubles of those as well. I've been meaning to put up more pics but have been a lazy bastard.

[Ruin]

This is going to be painful... I have to say that I do alot of customs so glue, paint, dremel part etc add up and then the figures. In a very loose number, I would guess I spent $25,000 to $30,000. If I were to sell everything on "ebay", I am guessing I would get 10 grand. Yes this is painful.

I'm in the same boat. I have mostly new stuff, being that my small collection of vintage mostly have broken thumbs and that I opened most of my new collection for display. I would say my collection is worth about half of what I paid for it (which is about $700).

And by "Worth", that's how much i would make if I sold and marketed it myself, over time. To someone who would take it all in pawn, I would probably not get a whole lot more than $150.

[ShockVal]

Damn hard thing to value. 10 box sets and exclusives (open and bagged) from the last 5 conventions (including SDCC) are my top dollar items. I guess what I could get for it and what I paid really varies. Shit this a hard question. Then figure in one of everything 25th open and an extra or two of hard to find stuff. Then the vintage stuff and GJCC Membership figures.

I figure I've got about $10 worth of plastic crap after my house burns down and it melts to oblivion. Maybe I could get some scrap metal dollars for the leg screws I recover.

[ResoluteBAT]

Only counting ME figures... (I have a ton of o-rings that I can't fathom the value of)

$35 about. :D

Just a loose Jungle BAT, Techno-Viper, and Renegades Cobra Trooper.

I'm so glad I have more arriving in the post.

[england joe]

I,ve got all the 25th single carded figures foil an comic logo all variants an sdcc figs all the 5/7 packs, poc line 3x over plus 30th an renegades something around 700 figs all vehicles from poc/30th all mint on card never opened and nowhere to display.
cost to buy all these dont care to think about it, selling price you tell me??????

[Python Viper]

All ARAH 1000 figures and 400 vehicles mostly loose and complete with customs plus filecards and vehicle boxes. If I parted it all out maybe $30-35K max. I like to think I spent a lot less on it than that.