HONESTLY? (Silly future/past hypothetical)

[The Bat]

Kids have no concept of Value, only levels of FUN.

Rip those bad boys open I would.

You took the words right out of my mouth...children have no concept of money. I'd rip Em' open!!

[VintageMike]

I'd open them. but armed with the info I'd use my allowance to buy a few extras. But not enough to retire on. While my dad would appreciate the thought, I doubt I'd have been allowed to accumulate more than a single box full. Plus, being a kid I'd have also gotten impatient and want to to use my limited funds for normal stuff (meals with friends. new comics, etc). Also realistically they would have never stayed in my possession long enough to hit their height value wise. I full remember my cash starved early 20's and if I had say 10 or 20 carded megos that I could get even $100 a pop for, they'd have been history.

[HardyGirl]

OPEN THEM!! Heck, even now I'd open them, (but very carefully...as a kid, I'd just rip into them!). Ask any toy...they'd rather be played w/ a appreciated, than sit in some plastic tomb forever w/ them limbs falling off from lack of use.

[Drzsmith]

id open them,but for certain take better care of them.Id still have my Green Arrow car.

[enyawd72]

This Christmas question made me think immediately about a very wise snowman who knows the true value of a treasure...

Silver and Gold
Silver and Gold
Everyone wishes for Silver and Gold
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth
Silver and Gold
Silver and Gold means so much more when I see
Silver and Gold decorations on every Christmas tree
Silver and Gold
Silver and Gold
Everyone wishes for Silver and Gold
Silver and Gold
Silver and Gold means so much more when I see
Silver and Gold decorations on every Christmas tree

Open those toys!

[EMCE Hammer]

I would by DOZENS and DOZENS of carded Megos and just open up 1 of each different kind. I would be retired now.

Bingo - that's me

[Gorn Captain]

I would have a meeting with my parents, explaining the investment potential with graphs and charts. There would be snacks and light refreshments.
Then we would go to the store and buy every Mego in sight, ordering more.
As an adult, wealthy beyond words, i would build a time traveling device, and wearing a silver jumpsuit I'd visit my younger self.

The circle is now complete...

[Toy Timelord]

If the time traveller is you from the future, why couldn't future you just pop down to 1970s Toys R Us and buy you some vintage Megos, and let kid you have his fun?

[Wee67]

Also realistically they would have never stayed in my possession long enough to hit their height value wise. I full remember my cash starved early 20's and if I had say 10 or 20 carded megos that I could get even $100 a pop for, they'd have been history.

So true, Mike. In fact, I still had all my boxed heroes neatly kept, well... in their boxes. I thought I was a business genius selling that at TRIPLE what I paid for them. That's right. Thor, Iron Man, Bats, Supergirl all getting 10 whole dollars a piece.

[k2]

I always loved packaging as much as the toys, if I knew I could keep them carded and not be a weirdo I most likely would have done that

[johnpauljones]

I would have opened them and played with them anyway, but this time would make certain that none of them ever got tossed out. Keeping in mind that one day they could be worth thousands, I would later, in my early twenties, have picked up some as investment for whatever the market had them for in the early 90s.

The problem with going back and scooping up dozens is this: Iron Man MOC is worth what? $15k? A lot of this is because there are only 4 known to exist. If there were 15 known to exist, how much does that drop the price? When going back in time to snag new Megos, the most you should get is maybe 3 of each so as not to affect the value too much. This is assuming that one of the ones you get is for the purpose of keeping and never reaching the marketplace.

[johnpauljones]

Here's another interesting dilemma:
Suppose you are the time traveller. Assuming whoever you talk to will take your advice, do you:
1. Go back and tell yourself of future Mego value and scarcity or
2. Go back and make sure Mego doesn't miss out on the Star Wars license?

[EmergencyIan]

I would have torn into the packages.


- Ian

[k2]

Mego star wars would be the greatest toys ever made!