Storage Wars on A&E has MEGOs

[j_scott_o]

it's probably as rigged as any "reality" show but it's produced by Thom Beers (who created deadliest catch) so while he may edit for drama he isn't know for fabricating stuff. I have seen a couple times when the buyers lost on a lot but obviously it's more dramtic to see home runs

Exactly. And, saying "rigged" is the wrong word. Like all of these types of shows, they are edited. Who in the world would want to watch a show where it showed all the "busts" on the buys? Or the typical day to day type of buys? It says up front that these are the best cases. I highly doubt these items are planted.

As for having doubts about graded items or acrylic cases Megos, etc being in storage...who knows why people put stuff in storage? I know about 15 years ago, I put a TON of collectables in a climate controlled storage b/c I moved. I did this two times, once for about 9 months and one for about 3 months. Why are they left in there? Well, maybe the owner died. Maybe they were in the military, got shipped out, forgot about the locker. Maybe they lost their job, couldn't pay, and the storage ppl aren't gonna open it up for them to get their stuff. Who knows what happens.

Bottom line...people store stuff for all sorts of reasons. But, regardless, it was cool to see Megos on a reality show.

[megocrazy]

A carded Lizard, in an acrylic case, in a storage shed?

I was thinking the same thing. If you have it in an acrylic case you know it shouldn't be in a storage shed and you sure as hell don't stop paying the bill. Anyone remember the post about the guy buying up all sorts of stuff recently? Wonder if there were any Mego figures like these in those auctions? Stuffs gotta come from somewhere if it's rigged.

[EMCE Hammer]

A carded Lizard, in an acrylic case, in a storage shed?

[jds1911a1]

Any chance the show is rigged?

it's probably as rigged as any "reality" show but it's produced by Thom Beers (who created deadliest catch) so while he may edit for drama he isn't know for fabricating stuff. I have seen a couple times when the buyers lost on a lot but obviously it's more dramtic to see home runs

[toys2cool]

maybe they were part of a stolen collection? does anyone know if this dude got his back already?

[jwyblejr]

Spike TV has a similar show as well. Won't be long and this will join the thousands of pawn shows,auction shows and picker shows.

[sauce]

Oh it's not a real game show???? Drag

[Sideshow Spock]

Any chance the show is rigged?

Yeah, it's completely staged. One of the storage shows even says as much in the beginning. Something to the effect of, 'over the years these people claim to have made some great discoveries, and these are re-enactments of some of those discoveries'.

Sometimes the lame "acting" that the regulars do when they're supposedly fighting over the storage units is downright hilarious.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Wow I wonder how much a boxed Diamond Circle suit Spidey would go for.

[JOEZETA]

Saw the episode tonight.....pretty nice stuff...


I wonder who the owner was, HAS to have been to the forums here at one time or another...

Looks like they were in some nice Lucite cases.....done in recent years im sure....


mostly likely thse will turn up on Ebay i would guess.....

Pretty sad seeing your collection sold off like that...

[jasonmego1277]

Wow that is insane. I have heard of auctioning off units that have gone unpaid for a long time but usually they filled with grand parents stuff after they passed on, never heard of finding toy collections. Very cool. ESPECIALLY THE MEGO FIND. I have tons of toys in storage and I always worry about it. I always pay the bill and check my stuff often. One day it'll be a bigger house with a toy room .....but until then I have to go this route.

[sauce]

Any chance the show is rigged?

[j_scott_o]

How does it work? Do they really keep the stuff??
Wild!!

I've never been to a storage auction, but, my wife has. The way it works on the show (which is the same way it was when my wife went to some when we lived in Austin) was they open the door to the storage unit. You can only look. You cannot enter the unit. You cannot touch anything. You cannot open any boxes. All you can do is look. Use a flashlight if you need. But, what the experts do is make good judgments on what they see, the packaging they see, etc. Really interesting, but, a big gamble obviously. But, this episode, this guy hit a home run.

[rche]

dayumm! diamond spidey, carded Liz, etc in a lost storage shed. That is just plain weird. One would think a collector type person would have some sense of value for their stuffs and not just leave it to lose in a bad payment situation. It's not like that sort of thing just sneaks up on you. There is usually a good downward spiral time where this stuff should have hit auction if'n the owner was unable to pay bills. crazy

[toys2cool]

dam!!!!!!!!!!!!