WOW!! I remember when these were $450 MIB

[highquality]

Yikes Mike. That sucks.

1974 MEGO Jean Lafitte SUPER PIRATE all original, MIB - eBay (item 130205457968 end time Mar-21-08 18:48:14 PDT)

If these had never been reproduced, would interest still be so low?

Curious.

Well, at least your AEs are getting decent dollar.

[megozilla13]

don't remind me, thats exactly how much I paid for it.
How many repro Lafittes can I buy for $94.

mikej

[WRM]

don't remind me, thats exactly how much I paid for it.
How many repro Lafittes can I buy for $94.

mikej

Ah yes, lets keep those reproductions coming boy & girls...no matter what it does to the originals, right?

[The Bat]

Ah yes, lets keep those reproductions coming boy & girls...no matter what it does to the originals, right?

Sounds good to Me!!

[palitoy]

I actually noticed a sharp decrease in boxed Legends long before CTVT, I'd say around 2001-2002. I picked up every pirate save for Black Beard for under $200, Knights too. Megomania fell hard from the late ninties peak, it wasn't noticeable in the licensed stuff because it gains new fans but stuff like the Legends, Tex Willer etc got pretty darn affordable long before anybody got into Chinese factories.

[toys2cool]

wow that has gone down

[Megospidey]

It's simple supply and demand to me -

Little supply + great demand = higher prices

Little supply + little demand = low prices (no matter how scarce it is)

[dumbldor]

A boxed Jean Lafitte in that condition would not have sold for under $400 before the reproductions came out. No way. I saw some that sold for $600. This wasn't 2001 or 2002. This was 2004 or 2005. Ask Greg Mason how the prices for Pirates have changed due to CTVT.

[luey]

A boxed Jean Lafitte in that condition would not have sold for under $400 before the reproductions came out. No way. I saw some that sold for $600. This wasn't 2001 or 2002. This was 2004 or 2005. Ask Greg Mason how the prices for Pirates have changed due to CTVT.

Oh yes, know all too well.... Once sold a C10 set for $2800 and last set, not C10 mind you, sold for $600... and I bet the CTVT guy that's now selling the remnants of the boxes and figures, bought 75% of those from me... Everytime I put up a Pirate, Knight, Western or Merrymen, he snatched them up, I guess to get as many as possible for the molds... Wished I would have known, might have cut him off

[dumbldor]

It could have been worse:

Mego Super Pirates Jean Lafitte Figure MOC MIB 1974 New - eBay (item 250226692105 end time Mar-24-08 07:44:47 PDT)