Found out today that my complete Akira set (unboxed) is worth quite a bit. What valuable figures do you guys have? What do you think the rare ones to look out for are?

>>11466431 (OP)
>yellowed packaging
And like that, all the value is gone

>>11466513

https://www.amazon.com/Angelus-Sole-Bright-4-Oz/dp/B00METXKD4

Here’s how to fix yellowing plastic it’s worked for my transformers figures

>>11466431 (OP)
Neat. I recently sold a bunch of old mcfarlane japanimation figs. Got £120 for that Akira, which is what, about $160. Not bad.

I think pretty much everyone here who owns toys that are older than 6 years old are worth double what they paid for. Toys can go up in price pretty fast if they were popular enough.

I have a couple of Epoch Zelda figures that are like 10x what i paid for. Same with various Mega Bloks stuff, where just the minifigures can net you like 2x what you originally paid for the entire set

I also have some McFarlane Five Nights at Freddys sets i bought for my nephews that jumped in price 5x. Never gave all of them out, because i found out how cool McFarlanes building sets are.

This particular set goes for $50. Opened.

>>11467175
I have some things I would have spent only £5-15 like over 20 years ago, probably reduced but its just quite mad to see how pricey its all getting and making me look at the things I managed to hold on to with a sense of value.

>>11467402
As someone who doesn't sell his stuff, I think it's weird to find out how much my stuff is worth. And even weirder, i feel bad when i see the value going down.

I bought a couple of GI Joes sets for cheap a few years ago. Like $30 for something that originally went for $22. The non-army builder figure from this set would go for $40, and since i bought two of these sets, well shit, now i have 3 of a unique character (already owned one before).
IF i sold my doubles off, i'd make a decent profit. But i don't like selling my shit and now the figure goes for $20. Fake sad.

GI Joes have lost a lot of their value over the years. Even the newer 1:12 figures that used to go for 2-3x now only go for retail price, but new shit is always speculator bubbles.
Anyway, since fads come and go, some of my shit actually has devalued quite a bit. So my Epoch Deku Link used to command $400-500 loose on eBay. Nowadays he only goes for ~$200. I have McFarlane Walking Dead building sets that used to go for a hundred bucks, but now they only go for $30.

In the future, who knows if anyone will even care about this junk. Like Elvis paintings, vintage china, and baseball cards, we might be holding onto literal trash that the next generation has little regard for. Sucks for resellers or people who think they have a retirement fund, but for collectors like me who genuinely enjoy and want to keep their collectino forever? The value of my collection is only an issue for whoever gets it after i die.

>>11466431 (OP)
I have what could go for almost 10k in Mythic Legions figures on my desk right now. Some of the army builders I bought for $18 ten years ago easily go for $80-100 now. I don't even wanna know what some of the OG named figures go for.

>>11467907
Yeah good point that the value can actually go down. People wanna sell this Spiderman I have for £104 which I must have picked up at a ToysRus sale for £5.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205482336124

Its a really good figure with all the points of articulation. Makes me wonder why more figures arnt designed this well. Really though I dont want to sell any of my collection its just nice to know if its valuable.

I started collecting maybe a year or two after FansToys released their G2 color blue Grinder and man I'm super fucking pissed you can't score one anymore for less than a thousand bucks. Worse, I have the other two in the set of 3 and love these fucking things BUT I DONT HAVE A BLUE GRIMLOCK MOTHERFUCK JUST WHAT THE FUCK

>mfw they only made 500 of these each