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Time for a new price guide?
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08-06-2013, 12:54 AM
CrimsonGuard
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With ME Joes going into a hiatus toward the end of this year, and the only real price guide out there published by Mark Bellomo as part of a larger TOY price guide...isn't it time for a Gi Joe price guide that covers 82-2013? The Beckett price guide comes out monthly for baseball cards and includes prices on cards dating back to the 1940's. It's structure is to price only the cards that are considered uncommon (or more valuable) which affords them to publish prices on cards up to date. Why don't we have something like that for Joes? Even if this was only an annual publication, it would give collectors more of a basis for purchasing figures other than ebay final sale prices.
Here is my thoughts on how the price guide could be published:
1) For each year identify the figures that are considered common and give them a base line price range ex: Cutter, Dusty ($7-9) and list the figures valued above the common price under the appropriate year. (same process for vehicles)
2) Have a scale like the old online guide that allows for three grades of excellent, mint and new in package with prices for each grade.
3) have up arrows in green showing that the figure/vehicle has increased in value or is increasing in value, rare, etc with red arrows going down for the opposite.
4) have short write up articles about new sets, specific vintage sets/figures/vehicles with specs, what makes them special, their rarity and include actual collector pics, write ups and hobby experts opinions.
5) advertise regional toy shows, shops, and "classifieds" for those collectors looking for Joes.
I'm not saying that this has to be a paper publication, and I am sure that there are many of you Tankers out there with the skills to create a site that could do everything I just mentioned.
The hard part is finding a starting point for prices, deciding who the "joe experts" are to set these prices, and getting enough interest from collectors to make this all worth while. The "tank" is a great site for information about everything Gi Joe, however I feel this is the one thing the site lacks. I for one, would pay $4.99/month for a monthly price guide with updated prices, articles about the Joes we love, and news about our hobby.
Maybe my thoughts are on too grand of scale, or maybe I'm the only one who wants something like this....what do all of you think?
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