...I just recently sold a loose and mint CAH Shazam on eBay. I had 3 of them at one point and decided - why be a hog - sold one last year and then the other extra one last month. Like many of us, I really hated to part with it as petty as it sounds. I had been apart from some of these toys for a good 20 yrs. and now that I had them back - it felt unsettling to let them go again. Yep - even if I have multiples.
Well - hope this story inspires some of you - even if only to remember how it felt like the first time you got one back. The guy I ended up selling to was not a Megohead. Here's his reply back to me after he received the figure:
"Hi, I got the figure and it was great! I had the whole set of the "bent knee" Comic Action Heroes when I was little, & one day I had them all in my sandbox, and the dogs chewed up every last one of them! The Captain Marvel was one of my favorites, & I have actually never seen another one (besides the one I had) in person until I opened up the box from you. It was great to see one again! I showed it to my mom & dad, they liked it too, and remembered how upset I was when my other ones got ruined. I cried and cried! Thanks again, great item!"
Wow. That little toy which was sitting in my cabinet for years - had the ability to make someone happy again. Here I was hoarding it when all it asked was to be set free to spread some more joyous memories of years gone by.
Kinda sappy? Yes. Am I a sucker for it. Indeed.
Makes me wanna sell all my stuff. Well, not all.
Anyways - some food for thought. That sometimes you sell for money but this feels so much better.
PS> The guy called them "bent-knee" heeheehee.
Well - hope this story inspires some of you - even if only to remember how it felt like the first time you got one back. The guy I ended up selling to was not a Megohead. Here's his reply back to me after he received the figure:
"Hi, I got the figure and it was great! I had the whole set of the "bent knee" Comic Action Heroes when I was little, & one day I had them all in my sandbox, and the dogs chewed up every last one of them! The Captain Marvel was one of my favorites, & I have actually never seen another one (besides the one I had) in person until I opened up the box from you. It was great to see one again! I showed it to my mom & dad, they liked it too, and remembered how upset I was when my other ones got ruined. I cried and cried! Thanks again, great item!"
Wow. That little toy which was sitting in my cabinet for years - had the ability to make someone happy again. Here I was hoarding it when all it asked was to be set free to spread some more joyous memories of years gone by.
Kinda sappy? Yes. Am I a sucker for it. Indeed.
Makes me wanna sell all my stuff. Well, not all.
Anyways - some food for thought. That sometimes you sell for money but this feels so much better.
PS> The guy called them "bent-knee" heeheehee.
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