Toy Hunter Debacle Today on Facebook

[RickD]

The show is about toys and the show delivers every time.

Good on Jordan for bringing a show to television that we all can relate to.

[torgospizza]

Jordan seems okay to me and I think Orlock's approaching it with honesty, but still displaying some magnanimity. I can see how Jordan's got to be under some type of pressure, especially since there is no such thing as an honest reality show, except possibly Hoarders. That's pretty sad, but seems to be the case. To me, however, the more honest the better--I'm just watching for the toys, frankly. And the bald dude with glasses jumping up and down giggling at the beginning of every episode--that guy cracks me up every time, and I wish I would have seen that episode to know what made him so excited.

[Hector]

I think it was a very rare Bobba Fett prototype figure valued at $20K.

Some other guy bought it for $17K or so, something like that.

[torgospizza]

I think it was a very rare Bobba Fett prototype figure valued at $20K.

Some other guy bought it for $17K or so, something like that.

Hector, thanks a million for explaining that. Seriously. I've never seen anyone get that worked up over an action figure and I get a kick out of it, and I'm not even knocking the guy at all. I wish I could get that excited over anything, really.

[Splitty]

People online can be such a-wholes.

You take the nicest coolest people in the world, let's use Carol Burnette or Tim Conway for example. They're awesome, who could say anything bad about them, right? I guarantee somewhere on the net are people saying they wish they could punch them in the face. I disliked even typing that out.


I can't imagine how hard it must be to be in the public eye and see people say such mean things about you, calling you names. No matter how much you tell yourself 'ah it's just the internet and people will be people', it's got to sting.

Jordan never seems to be anything but nice, and seeing people's testaments to their dealings with him make me think he's pretty damn neat. As for the show itself, I've watched every episode and will continue. When it first aired, I was with the group that worried it would drive toy prices up, but not now. Anyone I run across locally with high prices are just doing that because it's old, or because of far older more proliferant shows. I could watch him enthusiastically go through toys forever on Toy Hunter, I even wish it was an hour long (1/2 hour goes by too quickly!). I don't care so much about the prices and such, just love seeing toys excitedly being talked about.

I'm embarassed that some in the toy community are such grumpy b*thces, but I guess you get that with every genre of people.
I just hope he doesn't get discouraged and want to discontinue the show ever. That would be a shame and great loss to us.

[raycastile]

I watch Toy Hunter. It's entertaining. I'm just happy there's a TV show about toy collecting. I'm surprised it took this long to get one. I think there's room for one or two more shows about toy collecting, as long as they take a different approach. Or maybe Mark could get a spinoff show. Anyway, I think Toy Hunter is an entertaining way to spend 30-60 minutes once a week, a few weeks a year. What else is it supposed to be? (I like American Pickers and Antiques Roadshow a lot more, but those are not focused on toy collecting.) Is Jordan the perfect host? No, but he's the one who got the gig, and he's carried it two seasons. If someone else thinks they would make a better host, I guess they can get some financing, shoot a pilot, shop it around, get it on the air, and show us all how it's done. Good luck.

[Iron Mego]

The rarest item in the collector community sometimes is emotional maturity.

^This.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The rarest item in the collector community sometimes is emotional maturity.

That is the most profound statement I have ever read on this, or any toy-related board. You have reached Zen, Brian.

Truer words were never spoken.

Chris

[mego maniac mark]

Further proof that Facebook is pure evil

[MegoSteve]

I just skimmed that thread and it's so disheartening that a lot of people still don't seem to grasp how a dealer needs to turn a profit when they buy something.