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  • Jade88
    New Member
    • Aug 10, 2018
    • 37

    Price of vintage Megos going down?

    I've recently put a NIB Deadstock Wizard of Oz Emerald City playset, and over 5 days it has 13 views and no watchers. I was shocked considering the box and content condition.

    Is it just Wizard of Oz stuff, or is the vintage line's value trending downward.
  • Blue Meanie
    Talkative Member
    • Jun 23, 2001
    • 8706

    #2
    Although the line is a nice set to have...it never had anywhere near the interest of the WGSH or Monsters/POTA/Trek. It's kind of sad because it really is a great line of figures. Which made the choice of re-issue a little odd for the New Mego re-issues. You could find original boxed ones for about $10 - $15 more than they were going for at Target. But yeah...WOZ figures were always kind of inexpensive to obtain since as far back as I can remember. The only ones that ever had high $$$ was the Witches Castle and the Munchkins...oh and a boxes Wizard if you could ever find him boxed.
    "When not too many people can see we're all the same
    And because of all their tears,
    Their eyes can't hope to see
    The beauty that surrounds them
    Isn't it a pity".

    - "Isn't It A Pity"
    By George Harrison


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    • cjefferys
      Duke of Gloat
      • Apr 23, 2006
      • 10180

      #3
      Yep, there's never been a huge demand for that playset. As Berto mentioned, only the Munchkins, Witches Castle and a boxed Wizard bring decent prices and demand in this line.

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59794

        #4
        Originally posted by Blue Meanie
        Although the line is a nice set to have...it never had anywhere near the interest of the WGSH or Monsters/POTA/Trek. It's kind of sad because it really is a great line of figures. Which made the choice of re-issue a little odd for the New Mego re-issues. You could find original boxed ones for about $10 - $15 more than they were going for at Target. But yeah...WOZ figures were always kind of inexpensive to obtain since as far back as I can remember. The only ones that ever had high $$$ was the Witches Castle and the Munchkins...oh and a boxes Wizard if you could ever find him boxed.
        Yeah i think the big mitigating factor with Oz were the adult collectors in the mid 1970s. While action figure collecting was somewhat fringe, doll collecting was huge and i believe that many people tucked away those Oz figures and kept them MIB. They aren't hard to find MIB, supply has always slightly outweighed demand.
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        • PNGwynne
          Master of Fowl Play
          • Jun 5, 2008
          • 19950

          #5
          I'm a huge fan of the Mego Oz line, but they're amongst the inexpensive of vintage items and frankly I"m glad of it. I'm not fond of the Munchkins, but I also love their playset and the Witch's Castle.

          Most boxed Oz will run about $40, the Witch $50-60, and the Wizard about $100. There are box & figure variations, and I like the second-issue boxes, but probably only someone like me cares about these minutiae.
          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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          • Mikey
            Verbose Member
            • Aug 9, 2001
            • 47258

            #6
            I think it's almost impossible to compare the value and demand of a figure with a playset or even vehicle

            There's so many more people that just want figures and nothing else

            It's like the Star Trek bridge, with or without a remake it's still worth about the same thing it always was.

            Rare stuff is the exception because of the supply and demand thing being upside down

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