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Originally Posted by DogFashionDisco

The hype of finding most of the newer figures has significantly died down, although I haven't seen the Taskmaster/Deadpool set in quite a while. This new wave with X-23 will be highly sought after for about a month once they start hitting most parts of the country, then that will fade out too. Thus is the world of MU as we know it. If you have about 60 Blade figures though, you could probably sell them for enough to buy a new car.

I passed on blade a couple of times. Just don't care for that fig. But you're right about the hype. If you want to sell for max profit you have to strike while the irons hot know whats popular and sell to the need to have it now crowd.

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Originally Posted by behindthemask

Just a follow up, toys themselves when released aren't anymore valuable then the sticker price you pay, but like anything overtime when they're no longer made and the majority of them being toys are broken, used, worn, having 1 moc can turn out to be a gold mine, tell that to the kids in the 60's who managed to keep their 6 million dollar man intact with all the pieces or the mego figures of old. Some of the old stuff is 1000's of dollars for just 1 figure, give it time and you will see your investment grow. But it's not going to happen over night and your MU stock may go up or down, but the longer you wait the sweeter the rewards maybe. I was reading an article about a guy who bought a rare video game on ebay for $14,000 turns out it was even more rare then the seller even knew and the guy who bought it tuned around and relisted it with more accurate historical information and got $210,000! If you truely want to see the future for MU watch ML.

I don't agree that in 30-40 years these things will be worth what the toys of the 60's and 70's are worth today. back then there was no such thing as collectors. No one kept anything in the box toys were meant to be played with so they were. That's why there worth so much in good condition. Starting with the 90's people started holding on to everything MOC. Take the SW POTF line. Big hype and prices out of the gate and now you can't give them away. There making too many MU figs and we are keeping them MOC so they will never be as rare as out parents toys.