hbk89
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Post by hbk89 on Mar 24, 2016 12:21:30 GMT -5
Right now I'm 19 and in college and have around 25 figures in my collection so far (which i leave at home during the school year). I only add to the collection when I am home, which is only about 4 months out of the year. I dont collect MOC, I open the figures and occasionally pose them and play with them, but they are left in boxes when I am not home. My worry is what I'm going to do with the figures if/when I get out of collecting and watching WWE. They won't have much value ($ wise) because they aren't in the boxes and have been used a bit. And it's past the point where I only have a couple of figures for sentimental value. What do you all (collectors that open your figures) plan to do with them in the future? Try and sell them anyways? Just leave them in the house?
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xavion2004
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Post by xavion2004 on Mar 24, 2016 12:31:34 GMT -5
As long as they haven't been broken and there's no paint loss to speak of, there will always be a market for them on eBay. Some figures appreciate in value, and some depreciate, but overall, I've always managed to get most of my money back anytime I've ever decided to sell off figures be it WWE, Marvel Legends, MOTUC, DC Universe Classics, Figma, Figuarts, etc.
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Post by LostHawk05 on Mar 24, 2016 12:35:26 GMT -5
I plan to take the Egyptian burial chamber route and have all my figures and collectibles sealed in a tomb with me. Still working on the arrangements.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Mar 24, 2016 12:35:36 GMT -5
Ill burn that bridge when I get to it. I enjoy collecting not worrying about what to do with them later. Ive donated or trashed ones that were bad/old/didnt want.
Property, rolls royces, precious metals. Those are investments.
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iwishihadit
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Post by iwishihadit on Mar 24, 2016 12:41:40 GMT -5
I'm your age. I stopped collecting Jakks figs when I was in 5th grade, around that time the product was fine as I was a huge fan of Orton (still am) and I have so say, after WM 26 I wasn't too fond of wrestling, even NJPW, but 3 years later, I youtubed some Jakks reviews and a pop, goes ELITE 20 CM Punk which got me into collecting again. Idk man, I always feel bad after I buy a figure for the 1st day, then the next, I'm like "hell yeah".. I didnt think my figures were as important until my job required me to start travelling for them for weeks at a time, so I'd actually take a good 12 to 20 with me on the plane to have at the hotel while there. Since 2013, I reached up to 62 figs, then sold about 35 my senior year in high school. But as of now, I finally reached 100 on the money from last week's IRS and DM SCSA purchases. Even when figures have a bit of smudges or a jacked ankle, I still see a nice figure in each one of them. As you and I,we're pretty young as collectors, we would think in a couple years we wouldn't have these anymore but he'll, I have 2 rings, with a 3rd on its way. My room is crowded with elites and empty elite boxes. Good luck with your purchases, and if you need to sell them for any reason, I feel as if 6 figure lots sell the best on the Bay, especially if the price is less than 90 bucks.
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Post by cmiller79 on Mar 24, 2016 12:49:37 GMT -5
Depending on which figures they are they should still hold some value
Even if they are some of the less desirable figs at the right price they will sell
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Post by Mongo Bears on Mar 24, 2016 12:53:22 GMT -5
Just keep them. They don't take up much space. You will love them later. I kept all my old toys in my moms attic for 15+ years and now I've gone back to get them to show my son and let him play with (half the sh*t is ruined because of the attic temps). All my old video games survived and TONS of Lego sets neatly stored Star Wars and gijoe didn't fare as well It'll make you feel good if that day ever comes and forever because your son will know your favorite wrestler characters.
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Cyan
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Post by Cyan on Mar 24, 2016 13:49:12 GMT -5
More than anything, you have them because they make you happy. Since you're only 19 years old, you may look back on those figures when you're older and be happy that you kept them around because they remind you of that time in your life. If you ever want to sell them, there will always be collectors willing to buy.
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Post by PJ on Mar 24, 2016 14:43:34 GMT -5
I have never purchased a figure thinking what it's future value will be. Everything I buy is someone or something I have fond memories of. I look at someone on my CS and Legends shelves and can instantly remember a moment from my youth watching wrestling with my father. When I am dead my wife and daughter can do whatever they want to with my collection although I would hope they will keep them for my grandchildren. Especially my DC/Marvel collections.
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gawd6sic6™
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" I cross the lines you love to hate "
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Mar 24, 2016 14:55:48 GMT -5
I collect becuase I like what the product is attached to. And I love toys. If you have no reason to keep them, then you have no reason to buy them.
I have plenty if collections of things that got canceled. I kept them becuase I liked them, I wouldn't get rid of them becuase I can't get more.
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Tomorrow Brings Danger
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Post by Tomorrow Brings Danger on Mar 24, 2016 15:16:33 GMT -5
Just buy a Kevin Owens figure and have him put them all through tables. It's fun.
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Post by bestintheworld on Mar 25, 2016 0:02:55 GMT -5
I'll probably sell a bit of it and give all to my son who's 2.
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Post by kgchampion on Mar 25, 2016 0:21:43 GMT -5
Dude, I'd still play with my Jakks if I didn't leave them in my parents' attic when I moved cross country. The only reason I started with Mattel is because I missed playing with my Jakks and wanted a CM Punk (huge fan of his). Now I have figures of almost everyone (too much, really). I don't get to buy many anymore and don't have much time to play, but man it gets my creative juices flowing when I do.
Even if Mattel lost the license, I'd keep playing. I As long as I still have the imagination, I won't ever stop playing. At least until I become a WWE writer and don't need to make up stories for toys anymore.
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