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Toy Hunters Casting Call (Travel Channel)
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11-28-2012, 01:22 PM
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Crazy Jetty
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Agreed. I hate this show, and Collector Intervention isn't much better, if only because the woman doesn't know nearly as much as she thinks.
Remember a transformer collector they had on, and she proved to me she doesn't know shit. Telling him nothing beyond G1 is worth anything when the reality is G1 isn't worth nearly what it used to be while there are quite a few G2, Beast Era, UT, and Classics that are worth a small mint more than most G1. And convencing him to sell his G2 Breakdown that anyone with half a heart could tell was his most important piece on a personal level.
All of the collectors they had on that show... not a single one of them were in it for the value of their collection (Which is proven when they show it matters more to them their beloved toy goes to someone who'll love it as much as they had, over how much they make from it). Only to be told by her time and again that that's the only important part of collecting, then forcing them to sell off the expensive pieces, instead of selling off the fringe stuff that really doesn't have sentimental value. Basically, the kind of stuff that hoarders genuinely need help controlling their impulses with.
As for Toy Hunters, I really can't say anything that hasn't been said. The show is a joke.
But, if they switched the formula into sort of a "travelling" antiques roadshow format (An appraiser comes to the collector, instead of the collector taking a prized piece to them) I think would be a hit. That's a show I'd watch.
Toy Hunters and Collectors Intervention really are no more than an insult to the collecting community. Only non collectors really watch, and they completely give the wrong ideas to them about what our hobby really means to us.
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