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GI Joe 25th will increase in value over the long haul. | 70 | 17.28% | |
GI Joe 25th will never be worth as much as vintage ARAH. | 142 | 35.06% | |
It is not about the cash value but the personal value. | 193 | 47.65% | |
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04-10-2009, 09:46 PM | #1 |
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I had a conversation yesterday with several other GI Joe collectors and we all seemed to agree on something that I wanted to share here. I hope this can open up some dialog because I would love to hear what you believe. This is just my opinion and like they say, we all have one. So read mine and share your own.
Do any of you remember the Star Wars Power of the force collection? You know the stuff from the 90’s that came out, which today can be picked up still on card for pennies on the dollar. I saw a few weeks back in a box on a guys table at a flee market being sold for $1.00 per figure still on the card. Well I see the current 25th Joe line going the same way. In 25 years there will still be a huge amount of 25th on cards and in boxes sitting around in storage. There will also be a huge amount of mint opened figures too. There are just so many of us who are getting AFA graded figures, sealing and storing them ourselves or army building them. The 25th stuff will not have a chance to become rare since so many of us are keeping them in pristine condition. I have several friends who bought up every Power of the Force figure they could find. They stored them in mint condition and have kept them safe, yet now they can barely get their money back on many of them. There are a few rare cases where they have made a profit but over all they are saddened by the glut of Star Wars Power or the Force items out there. The reason why the ARAH stuff is so highly priced is our parents threw them out, sold them in yard sells or we played with them ourselves so much they just fell apart. Now that we have grown and gotten jobs of our own, we are buying back pieces of the childhood we had. So I hope some of you are not banking on the future resale value of these guys. There is going to be way too much around for the value to increase in such a way that you will get rich off them. The value of the 25th line should be measured in how happy it makes you feel or how many wonderful childhood memories they remind you of. These are toys and are meant to bring joy and happiness. Any monetary value is just an added bonus Many of us need to take a lesson from the 90’s and remember the crash of the Comic book market, the crash of the Sports card market, the crash of the Collectable Gaming card market, the crash of the Beanie Baby market, or all the other crashes of value that came from the shear volume of products that people picked up like everyone else and stored away. The 25th line will be around for a long time even if Hasbro stops the line.
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04-10-2009, 09:51 PM | #2 |
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i concur
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04-10-2009, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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However, the GI Joe 25th line has great articulation and detail that the Kenner Star Wars figures never had. Regardless of how worthless my MOC GI Joe figures may be, I still like having a set of them MOC and a set to open/display simply because I am in this hobby for the nostalgic value, not for the cash. Those scalpers (and they know who they are) who got into this hobby to cash in on GI Joe fans will probably go the same way as the Kenner scalpers, but who knows. You could be right, tho, Samantha. |
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04-10-2009, 09:56 PM | #4 |
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I don't think the demand was met through out most of the run...til, say...Sept. 08
These were not nearly as mass produced as many of the "crashed" collectibles, especially POTF.
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04-10-2009, 09:57 PM | #5 |
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Maybe they will be worth something maybe not. but I just enjoy collecting them. I am a buy two collector open one save one. I plan on giving them to my son. maybe they will be worth something in the future, but I just think it is neat passing on some thing I grew up with on to my son. I like the story line and there isn't too much crazy story things like special powers or space rangers battling aliens.
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04-10-2009, 09:58 PM | #6 |
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I agree the early stuff was far and few, ie - (Difficult to find). Ironically this is what I have the most multiples of.
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04-10-2009, 09:59 PM | #7 |
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Yup, you are right.
However, the GI Joe 25th line has great articulation and detail that the Kenner Star Wars figures never had. Regardless of how worthless my MOC GI Joe figures may be, I still like having a set of them MOC and a set to open/display simply because I am in this hobby for the nostalgic value, not for the cash. Those scalpers (and they know who they are) who got into this hobby to cash in on GI Joe fans will probably go the same way as the Kenner scalpers, but who knows. You could be right, tho, Samantha.
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04-10-2009, 09:59 PM | #8 |
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i think it will gain in value.
#1 - these aren't as sturdy, give it a few years less with be around as originals. Maybe customs or part lots. #2 - even if the movie flops, it should gain us some new recruits. The 25th line is more up with the times then the old stuff. If the movie is successful, look for a lot of kids start snapping stuff up left and right. Starting with the movie figs, then when they have their fill of that, they'll want to move onto something else, the 25th line is the closest in resemblance to the movie figs. The old ARAH is too cartoony to what these new collectors will be use to. Though i think the rise in value will be incremental and not what everyone is betting on by getting their stuff MOC and graded. I think G.I. Joe as a whole will go up as well, but if the kids focus on movie figs and 25th, only the old vehicles will be in more demand.
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04-10-2009, 10:04 PM | #9 |
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It's already happeining. Gold PDD is dropping like a brick. He has been seen going for under $120 shipped. It seems the only ones holding value are yellow Stalker and RRP. They seem to be the only figures that there are never more than 3 - 5 at a time on evil bay. I'm sure this line will decrease in value for those that are looking for an investment over time but I am stoked just to have some of the figures that I do so I could care less about what they may be worth down the road. I always opened my toys anyway so that has not changed except for exclusives and embossed logo cards which I have doubles of the figures anyway. The stock may go up again when the movie comes out but that is no guarantee. If the movie figures are the only ones on the shelves than the secondary market may rise slightly for a little while. The only ones that may hold their original value, if any would most likely be the 25th logo cards since they were only produced so much.
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04-10-2009, 10:05 PM | #10 |
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I have a story for you. My nephews love my collection and enjoy playing with all my Joe's when they come over. Yet when I asked them what they thought of the toys out in the stores today, they said they broke to easily and where not made well. They would rather have a Hand held game or a phone to text their friends. This made me realize they are not like us, we had cartoons that also had toys made from them. Children today don't have the same likes we had and thus when they are older and ready to re-buy their childhood. They will not be looking at toy collections like we did, they will be looking for games and tech items. The future value will not hold if no one is their to buy it.
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