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12-04-2007, 05:51 PM | #1 |
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So with the movie coming up and the popularity of all toys from the 1980's. Will all the vintage G.I.*JOE stuff go up in insane prices??? I seen many collector's buying up AFA graded stuff all over the place. Which I belive is stupid for the plain fact that AFA is worthless and degrading the collector's market. However, I know many others in the collector's/dealers market want to find a sucker to pay these prices. Let's hear your educated guess???:confused:
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12-04-2007, 05:54 PM | #2 |
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I still think it's too early to tell. I really hope the vintage stuff doesn't go too high up in price since I'm just starting to collect again and have to start over from scratch.
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12-04-2007, 05:58 PM | #3 |
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Course, I clicked on this because on the main page the title reads "So will GI Joe blow..."
As for the topic... maybe for a while, but honestly, just like Transformers it'll be trendy for a while but in the next few years another movie will take its place. I just hope that Transformers and GI Joe won't go the way of Pirates and the Matrix: Great first movie, second movie's alright at parts... What the hell is the third movie about anyway? |
12-04-2007, 06:01 PM | #4 |
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If we were to reference Transformers in regards to this situation since they would be similar (imo). I havent noticed a dramatic increase in vintage TF prices. I think there will be more of a demand for the new stuff (directly associated with the movie) more-so than the vintage stuff.
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12-04-2007, 06:12 PM | #5 |
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True... I agree and I think that much as we've already seen with the 25th Joes... the Scalper's market will be based on movie merchandise.
Truth is, those guys are really setting [and hurting] the after market mark-up. |
12-04-2007, 06:48 PM | #6 |
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I'd say it really depends on if the movie is good.
Transformers was well received, so obviously it's blown up. Bratz, not so much ;)
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12-04-2007, 06:52 PM | #7 |
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man its hard to say it . its all on how well the movie is made. if it sucks it could hurt sales. but i dont thinkit will have an effect on the old toys. it will have an effect on the new stuff like the TFs movie toys.
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12-04-2007, 07:02 PM | #8 |
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Originally Posted by Sy-Rein
If we were to reference Transformers in regards to this situation since they would be similar (imo). I havent noticed a dramatic increase in vintage TF prices. I think there will be more of a demand for the new stuff (directly associated with the movie) more-so than the vintage stuff.
I'd say look at the vintage Star Wars line, everytime there's a new movie the vintage figures start selling again. Mind you the prices don't go really high or anything, but they increase a bit We're probably already seeing an increase in vintage Joe prices due to the 25th line bringing interest back into the brand. I've seen all sorts of people posting about how they got back into Joe because of the 25th line, the movie will probably bring a few more in. So we'll probably see a bit of an increase but I don't think it'll blow up or anything |
12-19-2007, 08:44 AM | #9 |
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GIJOE is gonna blow up only if the movie is good.
Look what happend to transformers. The movie was so good it reached people who didnt even know what transformers where! On the seibertron.com forum, it was madness everywhere. You couldnt find any toys anywhere. The cool thing about it is that now transformers stuff is coming out in hordes. GI JOE was huge back in the day but its practically invisible now on toy shelves. Alot is riding on that movie. |
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12-19-2007, 11:44 AM | #10 |
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Look what happend to transformers. The movie was so good it reached people who didnt even know what transformers where!
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