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Originally Posted by Comedian

Taking.....hell.....we done jumped of that bridge a decade ago. Mattycollector started it.

Remember when 1:6 scale lord of the rings and Star Wars were $50. I do. Now $300 and people can’t wait to spend it.

Totally agree with the 1/6 scale craziness. I remember buying a few of the RAH Marvel figures for $70 and thinking that was insanely expensive. The current $250 to $450+ for 1/6 scale today is nutters.

I disagree that Mattycollector started the crazy collector market. Definitely didn’t help, however. My earliest memory of a toyline that purposefully drew out adults rather than kids was the Playmates Next Generation toys of the late 80’s/early 90’s. I remember watching my father and other men in their 30’s and 40’s digging through shelves and trading with each other. I never saw that with other brands. As a kid, I didn’t know any other kids with Startrek toys... but all the kids had dads collecting them. Playmates even made limited colors to appeal to collectors. Blue Data. Silver Laforge visor... Troy wearing different colored headbands or jumpsuits. It was crazy.

Big difference was they were still a decent Msrp. The insane collectors biome didn’t exist until much, much later. Not sure what the first was. I know for me, some of the first “overpriced” collectibles were the Toybiz Marvel Icons and the first Masterpiece optimus prime. Even those I only spent $30-$60 on.
First $100+ official product I ever bought was the tru MP10 in 2012ish. That “normalized” adult collectibles being expensive for me.