Storage Wars on A&E has MEGOs

[Goblin19]

Yes, there's a lot of people who think Star Wars toy = gold.

[jwyblejr]

Sounds like the ones that think the $1 Pez they have should be worth $10. And I have run into them.

[AAAAA]

i saw it
I say it was a put on and Jarrod wanted to write off his Mego collection.

[Wyld Knights]

Sad whomever they belonged to.

[chalwa]

Glad to hear that most of you will not be watching the further adventures of these con artists.
I guess I shouldn't be as upset as I am but this just takes the cake!
The fact that they don't add a disclaimer is wrong and shouldn't be allowed.
Still not sure exactly why it has me so hopping mad but I know I'll be fumin' over this for a while.

[Goblin19]

Yeah, I agree. I know a lot of this stuff is set up or reenacted to get it right, but this is outright deception.

[AAAAA]

Glad to hear that most of you will not be watching the further adventures of these con artists.
I guess I shouldn't be as upset as I am but this just takes the cake!
The fact that they don't add a disclaimer is wrong and shouldn't be allowed.
Still not sure exactly why it has me so hopping mad but I know I'll be fumin' over this for a while.

its like "tool academy" show a put on, pure entertainment.

[Nitekatt]

I usually just lurk but I felt I needed to comment on this. I caught the rerun tonight.

I don't know what is worse - the 'fakeness' of the episode, or that fact that not only were valuable megos featured, but a fellow collector was involved in this "deception".

Gee, I hope whatever he was paid by the network for his involvement and silence,er "non-discloser" was worth it.

*faceplam*

[MicromanZone]

I almost understand the outrage here, but all “reality” shows are like this. Real actors & writers need to be paid. The “reality” part of this show is folks who are more than willing to sell themselves short and delude themselves into thinking they will have their “story told” are a dime a dozen. This stuff became popular during the 2007-2008 writer’s strike since TV excecs could care less about paying creators what they are worth. So they make this stuff to circumvent that little thing and they win. All reality shows are like this. The only show I trust for stuff like this is “Antiques Roadshow” since it’s the only show where real people come in and get their real stuff assessed by real experts. Past that show, it’s all staged drama and nonsense.

[TheBigToyAuction.com]

I almost understand the outrage here, but all “reality” shows are like this. Real actors & writers need to be paid. The “reality” part of this show is folks who are more than willing to sell themselves short and delude themselves into thinking they will have their “story told” are a dime a dozen. This stuff became popular during the 2007-2008 writer’s strike since TV excecs could care less about paying creators what they are worth. So they make this stuff to circumvent that little thing and they win. All reality shows are like this. The only show I trust for stuff like this is “Antiques Roadshow” since it’s the only show where real people come in and get their real stuff assessed by real experts. Past that show, it’s all staged drama and nonsense.

Hopefully, not to ruin another show for you, but I travel in the same circles as a lot of those Antiques Roadshow folks, and know quite a few of them socially. There's a bit of behind the scenes stuff that goes on there, too, to produce a good show, and a lot of times there's more to the story than what you see on TV.

That's, of course, not to say anything against any of those appraisers or auctioneers - most of whom are well-versed in their trade, and many of whom are legitimately nice guys. But if you watch earlier seasons before it became popular and more recent seasons, you'll see a big change between what happens at a real appraisal, and what gets played up for the cameras.

Still, I find myself yelling at the TV a lot less on that one than most of the others.

[dumbldor]

I just had a structural engineer in my house this morning to look at a crack, and he saw my display of carded WGSH. He said, "Hey, aren't those worth a lot of money? I saw them on TV. Storage Wars!"

[toys2cool]

I just had a structural engineer in my house this morning to look at a crack, and he saw my display of carded WGSH. He said, "Hey, aren't those worth a lot of money? I saw them on TV. Storage Wars!"

what did you say?

[dumbldor]

I told him that I knew the guy who provided his collection for the staged "find."

He was actually really disappointed to hear that the show was staged. I instantly regretted telling him.

[toys2cool]

I told him that I knew the guy who provided his collection for the staged "find."

He was actually really disappointed to hear that the show was staged. I instantly regretted telling him.

lol

[Goblin19]

How many people go into this business now due to their misrepresentation? I think this is what bugs me most. There needs to be a strong disclaimer.