Are old toys at decent prices showing up at your local comics shops?

[zeedox]

At Midtown Comics today I got a cool 9" Original Mego Dr. Zarkov for 20.00 bucks.
I frequently have been gettings ToyBiz 90's Marvel stuff at my local shop for 3.00-5.00 bucks
each.

[Toy Timelord]

I think we are at a point where the market is down. It's a buyer's market. It will rebound. There will always be a market for vintage plastic.

[jwyblejr]

My local comic book store doesn't get much in. If I want anything decent,I've got to go to Huntsville.

[Zemo]

Bought a t1 Supes complete, two weeks ago for $25 at a comic shop. Grade b-

[Mikey]

I think the Mego craze is steadily waning

It's all 80's toys now

For people that are in it just for the money you really need to be selling your stuff off now

[Toy Timelord]

It'll rebound.
80s toys are hot, but prices remain extremely reasonable.

[Mikey]

It'll rebound.
.

Still say's the 50's electric train generation

[Relic]

It depends on the size of city you live in. Where I am ( 120,000 people ) its not bad. Seeing more and more stuff from the 1980's now. Very little stuff from the 70's, and nothing from the 60's or older.

[MIB41]

Collecting tends to always cycle through peaks and valleys depending on demand. I think this massive influx of new Mego-scaled product has put a damper on chasing after the vintage stuff since so much of what is coming out are close replicas of those figures (with modern manufacturing and materials taken into consideration). One of our local comic shops are carrying the FTC heroes so that has definitely impacted not only pricing of the vintage lines, but what they even sell of those old series.

For myself, I haven't had so much as a tickle for vintage stuff in a long spell. Of course my circumstances come mostly from reaching a contentment with what I've gotten through decades of collecting it and now facing a "thinning of the herd" to make room for new stuff I thought I would never see. So my priorities have changed allot. My love for Megos has never been higher, but so much of that is now geared towards the new product. I'm getting to buy brand new product that I only dreamt about as a kid because it never existed or I never had access to it. That's contentment for me.

[Mikey]

Collecting tends to always cycle through peaks and valleys depending on demand. I think this massive influx of new Mego-scaled product has put a damper on chasing after the vintage stuff since so much of what is coming out are close replicas of those figures (with modern manufacturing and materials taken into consideration). ...........

I've waited 10 years but FINALLY somebody get's what Captain Bringdown was saying

[samurainoir]

"Mego" is so general... the thing is, those that collect purely the brand/format are likely a fairly small population all around. Even around these parts... I'd say many of specialize in Superheroes, or apes or treks or Kiss and whichever other lines speak to our inner child rather than anything and everything with a Mego label on it. Far less love for the Waltons or even Starsky and Hutch, than those that dig Spidey and co. or Spock.

However, Spider-Man and Superhero collectors will continue going strong for generations even as specifically Mego collectors die out. A new generation now has their own versions of Planet of the Apes, and Star Trek, which for a select few, will result in them discovering vintage versions and collecting Megos.

Plus the youngest of us who played with Mego up until the early nineteen eighties are only in their late thirties now, which still gives a window of a few decades for nostalgia and

[MIB41]

^^^ Very good points. I think certain licenses will always flourish in any format they're presented in. The Marvel and DC lines will certainly cater to that idea. But it's like anything, every generation has it's toys. And for each generation, you get that niche of collectors who want to go back and see where it all started. But through that process, values will always shuffle based on demand and perception of availability. Back in the late 80's and early 90's Captain Action was thought to be ultra rare and prices reflected that perspective. Today with the advent of internet and Ebay, he's much more common place. Who knows where the communication age will take us 50 to 100 years from now?

My generation was so defined by a lack of access to things around us. That's why commercials, comics, and hobby magazines were so relevant back then. Today everything is at your fingertips, so all of those ideas that were so critical to my generation are obsolete now. But it's because of that evolution in technology and business that those ideas were eliminated. Look at the companies that are supplying our products today? FTC, BBP, NECA, EMCE and so many more did not have a business platform to operate in 15 years ago. It's only through social media that we reached a plateau where new markets could be created for those who dared to venture in. So honestly what we have today is only here because of a handful of people who decided to take that risk. Without them, we would still be talking about the old days and why these figures never cycled through again.

And with me just turning 50, I'm not blinking at what I see. This is a special time that may never come again. The old stuff is there for new collectors or those somewhere in the middle of building their stash. But for me, I come from an era of missed opportunities or limited access to things I loved. Today, a small niche of people from that generation are making these again for me to enjoy as brand new specimens. Like anything, some are better than others, but that's the nature of the beast. The point is we have access to so much today and I'm going to enjoy this moment and lap it up for all it's worth. I no longer think in terms of whether it will cycle through again. I think more in terms of whether I will be here if it does. So I say let's enjoy this moment when the spotlight has magically found our favorite objects of affection once more. It's been a great ride. As Brian as stated so well, " We live in an embarrassment of riches." So very true.

[HardyGirl]

In a word, no. Dr. Comics and Mr. Games only deals w/ new stuff.

[Cornelius POTA]

I think the Mego craze is steadily waning

It's all 80's toys now

For people that are in it just for the money you really need to be selling your stuff off now

Totally disagree....MEGO will always be hot as long as the MOVIE producers are making movies of Spiderman, Planet of the Apes, Batman Dark Knight, Trek, DC, Marvel, Captain America, etc.


Kids today are collecting and MEGO is where it started. Plus the MEGO clothing puts a twist. Plastic electronic toys are too mass produced....ie Toy Story, etc.


They don't make original MEGO anymore. The value will always be there. Just my 2 cents.

[vintage spideyfan]

My local Comic Shop burned down 2 years ago and elected to not re-open. The next closest comic shop is 95 miles away, so I'm not there too often.