Where will your vintage Mego collection be in 10 years?

[clemso]

10 years, its hard to say, family takes priority, so anything could happen where you might need to let go of something. Unfortunately, unless Mego hits the main stream with the kind of significant publicity akin to the recent sales of Action 1 and Detective 27, Mego and our collections will die with us. I agree with Tom that some of the rarer stuff will hold value and the recent sale of Kris boxed Zorro proves that there is still big $ for high ticket megos and I think in 10 years, mego will still be collectible, if it was 20 years... well we will see? I will definitely still have some megos for sure though.

[clemso]

Hmmm. Today I would say most of my collection will be gone ten years from now. There are days now where I "toy" with the idea of selling most of my collection.

Tom L.

Nobody could afford your collection Tom

[Meule]

Oh, I'll still have it, I'm a packrat, can't get rid of anything.
It will also be bigger with more customs, new Megos (Mattel, EMCE, CAW, BBP, ...) and more vintage Megos. I just hope that by then the real expensive Megos will have dropped in price a bit so I can actually buy them.

[Gorn Captain]

My wife and I intend to travel more, and I may end up selling the larger part of my collection, because you can't just take it all with you, you need travelling money, and storing it is just no fun at all. If we can, we'll move outside Belgium to a warmer climate, and I have about 18 display cabinets full of figures. Too much to take with me!

I've already made my "ultimate selection" of stuff that I will keep, and all Megos get to stay. Yay!!!

As for the state of collections in so many years.
My stuff has done well surviving 30 years of collection, so I'm hopeful.
But it's possible that many carded figures will lie in a big pile on the bottom of the cards, together will all those decayed elastic bands.
Years ago, I had a mint vintage SW original Han Solo on 12 back card.
Some time later, his legs got that white residue, creeping all over the black surfaces of the figure. Man, value dropped like a brick.

My advice: collect because you love it, not because it's $$$$$$....

And I still hope that in ten years, my collection of Megos will be with me, on Mars, where I work as an astronaut!!!!

[VintageMike]

If anything was going to make me sell my collection it would be what I've been through this year and I've held on. There's also the fact that I only buy part of the year.
The rest of the time I focus on other hobbies. So not only do I believe I will still have my collection in 10 years It will hopefully be bigger and I'll have more room to display it. There's really so much I never owned, that I'd like to.

[Sandman9580]

Personally, my vintage MEGO collection will only get larger. I don't own very many right now and my financial situation dictates that that will be the case for the foreseeable future. (That's why I'm probably more excited about the "re-MEGO" thing than others might be.) When I have greater disposable income, I'll collect more vintage.

But I'm very curious about the direction in which this all goes. Between new companies, more accessible customizing, 3D printers, and the repro stuff that's out there, I think monetary "value" will become less of an issue in the coming decade, and it will be more about pure affection. There will be less barrier to entry for new collectors, and that's a good thing (it turns a small niche into a larger niche). Take me for example: thanks to EMCE, I have a shelf full of brand-new Star Trek MEGOs. How does that affect the value of vintage ones? I don't know (but I can guess). I do know that without EMCE, it would have taken me years, and a lot more money, to have a shelf full of brand-new Star Trek MEGOs. There's probably a few purist collectors rolling their eyes at that statement, and that's OK. I bought them for my enjoyment, not theirs. (And anyway, if Doc Mego's right, those same purists will be replacing their broken "vintage" rubber bands with repro ones soon enough.)

[cjefferys]

I've had the core of my Mego collection for over 20 years now, so I'm sure I'll still have most of my stuff 10 years from now (barring unforseen financial situations where I would need to raise some cash). After that many years, I'm in for the long haul, this sure isn't some passing fancy for me! It really doesn't bother me if prices go down, especially if I don't plan on selling anything. I'm sure I'll sell pieces here and there (especially to raise money to buy other toys), but I'll probably always have some vintage toys to display, and my Megos are at the top of the list of stuff that I would want to keep.

[ScottA]

I had it 10 years ago and I'm sure I'll have it 10 years from now. But if I'm lucky it'll have a couple of Tom L. pieces in it.

[Nostalgiabuff]

Hopefully in 10 years, my kids will be grown enough that I can display some of my stuff again. It is has been hard for them to know what can be played with and what needs to be left for daddy, so I've stored away pretty much anything that I want to keep.

i went through the same thing and only put my collection back on display last year, after an 7-8 year hiatus. I have toyed with selling my collection off, in brief moments of temporary insanity. I expect, barring unforseen major expenses, my collection will stillbe with me and larger, in 10 years time.

[Bizarro Amy]

Will you still have a vintage Mego collection or will you have sold it off by then? If you still have it will it be bigger or smaller than it is now? Do you think quality vintage Megos will become more or less valuable/expensive as our generation moves into late middle age?

This kind of applies to my entire collection of comics and toys, not just Megos. In ten years, I'll only be in my 40s, so I won't be ready to give up my stuff just yet. My husband and I actually have a plan for when we're past retirement age and returning our things "to the wild" if our nieces and nephews don't want them. We have our own version of the retired couple spending their last days in the Winnebago - anything that isn't passed on will be sold as we travel to various conventions.
I figure my collection will be at least a little bigger, as there are two of the basic WGSH I still need, plus variations. And I'll still be customizing as long as my hands are able. I haven't decided how many other lines I'll expand into.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I guess if I really really had to, due to some major financial crisis, I would sell my Megos. But otherwise, I will definitely keep them. I made the mistake about 10 years ago when I sold off alot of my moc WGSH due to my divorce and other problems occuring. The sad amount of money I wound up getting for them really wound up not even being worth it in the long run, didn't really realise it at the time though.

[Surfsup]

Well, if circumstances do stay the same then I can safely say that my collection will still be around. It's a passion for me that will only get stronger in years to come.

[tllgn]

in ten years?.well i hope there still in my closets,i managed to hang on to the ones i had as a kid for 35+ years,will my luck hold out ?.only god knows,by then my emce figures will be classic .

[clemso]

10 years from now, a complete set of Mego Museum cards will be worth more than your vintage Megos Only kidding