Old toys that sell for alot on Ebay

soolin

I love this thread..is it just me who keeps running up and down stairs looking in the old 'stored' toy boxes

I did sell an old transformer toy recently that i saved from a bag that my son was about to chuck out. It was an old cheetah thing, not boxed and it had been played with quite a bit. I think I only got £7 for it, which was less than it cost when new, but I really had been about to chuck it away.

Oh yes, and old cine films...the Americans love them!

ormus

we all have sad habits/hobbies when viewed from another peeps shoes.
i have a small collection of EFE buses and some cars/lorries. the wife thinks im crazy.
but then again i think train spotters are as nutty as a bag of coal, as are shoe collectors, shopaholics, dancers, fashion victims, sunbed users, vegans, etc. the list is endless.
ps my wife is guilty of nearly all the above.:)

dizzy_lizzie

ormus wrote: »

we all have sad habits/hobbies when viewed from another peeps shoes.
i have a small collection of EFE buses and some cars/lorries. the wife thinks im crazy.
but then again i think train spotters are as nutty as a bag of coal, as are shoe collectors, shopaholics, dancers, fashion victims, sunbed users, vegans, etc. the list is endless.
ps my wife is guilty of nearly all the above.:)

:eek: ormus...I'm a vegan and I can assure you I am not nutty (even in your opinion) honestly I'm not, no really truly, I'm not, no really...oh okay I am a bit...but not a lot...:D
Luvz Dizzy x

charlottevwa

soolin wrote: »

I love this thread..is it just me who keeps running up and down stairs looking in the old 'stored' toy boxes

I did sell an old transformer toy recently that i saved from a bag that my son was about to chuck out. It was an old cheetah thing, not boxed and it had been played with quite a bit. I think I only got £7 for it, which was less than it cost when new, but I really had been about to chuck it away.

Oh yes, and old cine films...the Americans love them!

we have lots of cine films of me an my family.. would the americans want them?? :rotfl:

judyjetson

Blythe dolls by Kenner - they were only out for around a year in 1972, although they've been revived recently. This one (sold today on ebay) was in its original box but unboxed they still fetch three figure sums.

Blythe Kenner

I had two, which I've still got - a red haired one in original dress (one recently sold on ebay.com for over £600 in its original box) and a dark haired one. Not tempted to sell them though, because I just like the look of them.

soolin

charlottevwa wrote: »

we have lots of cine films of me an my family.. would the americans want them?? :rotfl:

I know this is strange..but yes they might!

Look up cine films in the completed listings, some old stuff from the 1960s-1970s does sell. I have absolutely no idea why. I saw some being sold last year of a family holiday somewhere in Wales in the 1960s that went for around the £20 mark.

charlottevwa

soolin wrote: »

I know this is strange..but yes they might!

Look up cine films in the completed listings, some old stuff from the 1960s-1970s does sell. I have absolutely no idea why. I saw some being sold last year of a family holiday somewhere in Wales in the 1960s that went for around the £20 mark.

hhaa thats hilarious!! now would that fall into the same catagory as worn shoes and underwear? lol

I don't think i would want someone else having a cinefilm of me!! you never know who is going to get their hands on them! i'm only a baby on them anyways!

dollydoodah

judgejaq wrote: »

Blythe dolls by Kenner - they were only out for around a year in 1972, although they've been revived recently. This one (sold today on ebay) was in its original box but unboxed they still fetch three figure sums.

Blythe Kenner

I had two, which I've still got - a red haired one in original dress (one recently sold on ebay.com for over £600 in its original box) and a dark haired one. Not tempted to sell them though, because I just like the look of them.

I have one too

I was sooooo lucky though as I found mine at a car boot sale - or rather, my son did. We were selling (for once) and my son wandered off to have a look around on his own and came back with it as 'it looked weird and the sort of thing I would like'. I had coveted one for so long but could not bring myself to spend the sort of money that they cost, on one. The best bit was it cost my son just £2 :j:T

pulliptears

I have a few Blythe's! All modern though

Contains_Mild_Peril

lynnexxxo wrote: »

Who are these people who pay absurd amounts for old toys? What do they do with them? Are they for their children or just collectables, or do people buy them thinking they are going to be worth more later??

Never really got the whole collecting thing at all ??

I think it's a nostalgia thing for a lot of people whose parents disposed of their favourite toys before they'd completely outgrown them.