anybody here collect starting lineups?

[Adam West]

I remember buying tons of soccer figures at KB Toys for $1 a piece. If you look at the first SLU price guide, the soccer figures were the highest priced figures of them all!

I made sure to keep a level head when I collected them. Some stores around the area were nice enough to place them on the shelf and it was first come, first served (employees were not allowed to buy them). I would buy a Drew Bledsoe rookie for example, take it to a show and trade it for an older Redskins figure that I wanted so I really never had a lot of money in the collection.

I remember going to a convention (I believe it was 1995 when they had the Montana convention figure). You were allowed to buy 10 figures at $10 a piece. I would buy 10, walk into the convention and a dealer would immediately offer me $50 per figure so I would sell them all but one and enjoy the rest of the convention knowing I had my entire trip paid for.

By contrast, my neighbor was a complete hoarder of SLU figures. He would have 10 to 20 of some figures and never ever would make fair trades (he would always want something better in exchange even if he had 20 of the same figure. He acted like a bit of a quasi-dealer.

We ended up moving before the whole SLU market crashed but based on what I saw was in his collection which was multiples of everything, he must have had $40-$50,000 tied up in the collection.

[toys2cool]

you know I still remember my first SLU ever,they only had Baseball during that time in Toys r us,I was 8 and for some reason i just picked up the 88 Red Sox Wade Boggs

[toys2cool]

the 12" jerry rice looks very much like him! i was fortunate enough to get mine autographed by rice when he came by my work place. he was shocked to see the doll of all places in a cell phone store. he was very cool about it and even asked if we had more of these stashed somewhere in the back.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/1/0/7/1/rice1.JPG

That's so cool bro

[ScottA]

any Marino's left bro?

I might. I'll have to look. I remember having 2-packs with him in it but I'll check for sure.

[bgrimm77]

mY WIFE COLLECTED THEM FOR YEARS. oops forgot to take the caps off....now she only has all the Red Sox from day one and every Cal Ripken Jr. there was. We sold the rest on evil-bay in one lot. 179 figs for a little over $1200 3 years ago

[starsky]

I got me a whole shelf of 49ers SLUs (Including an 89 Young, which is one of the only 89 Youngs I've ever seen), but I collect them loose. I'm still looking for a 12" Steve Young so I can put the gold pants on my 12" Jerry Rice, who came with the white uni, which I always hated.

the 12" jerry rice looks very much like him! i was fortunate enough to get mine autographed by rice when he came by my work place. he was shocked to see the doll of all places in a cell phone store. he was very cool about it and even asked if we had more of these stashed somewhere in the back.

[wvanightcrawler]

loved 'em. i have some of the early 90's and late 80's.some timeless legends and the Cooperstown ones.

[jimbutsu]

I got me a whole shelf of 49ers SLUs (Including an 89 Young, which is one of the only 89 Youngs I've ever seen), but I collect them loose. I'm still looking for a 12" Steve Young so I can put the gold pants on my 12" Jerry Rice, who came with the white uni, which I always hated.

[toys2cool]

I use to collect them back in the day. Mainly baseball with Marino or the Redskins thrown in. Sold most of them to a neighbors kid but have a box full left over I tried to sell at FX. If anyone is interested lmk and I'll get you a list.

any Marino's left bro?

[toys2cool]

I was a big time collector back in the early 90's. My next door neighbor at the time also used to collect them big time (this guy dropped thousands of $ on them and even had some prototype figures).

Finally, in the late 90's before Ebay really took off, I decided to part with most of my collection and only keep what I wanted (I placed an ad in Tuff Stuff and made a good amount of money).

I still have some figures and picked up my Holy Grail figure a year or so ago which was a 1989 Cal Ripken (one of the most valuable of the whole collection). I remember he was selling for $400+ at its height and the book value might have been higher. I bought a mint on blister for $80...unbelievable.

He's still one of the toughest to find,and one I'd like to get one day

[Adam West]

I was a big time collector back in the early 90's. My next door neighbor at the time also used to collect them big time (this guy dropped thousands of $ on them and even had some prototype figures).

Finally, in the late 90's before Ebay really took off, I decided to part with most of my collection and only keep what I wanted (I placed an ad in Tuff Stuff and made a good amount of money).

I still have some figures and picked up my Holy Grail figure a year or so ago which was a 1989 Cal Ripken (one of the most valuable of the whole collection). I remember he was selling for $400+ at its height and the book value might have been higher. I bought a mint on blister for $80...unbelievable.

[ScottA]

I use to collect them back in the day. Mainly baseball with Marino or the Redskins thrown in. Sold most of them to a neighbors kid but have a box full left over I tried to sell at FX. If anyone is interested lmk and I'll get you a list.

[toys2cool]

i worked at toys r us too and that's where i was able to grab some as well!! it felt good to beat those guys to the fresh case!!

lol! hell yeah,The best part was when they would stack up the left overs from me and my friends and then see their faces as they rushed in during the holidays in the mornings looking for them.

Man I remember this one guy,Where are the rookies.There should be 2 Ricky Willams and 1 Donovan in here!

I would be thinking to myself,yeah buddy I have them hidden in the back

[starsky]

Yeah i hated the SLU collectors,somehow they always got there first and took all the good stuff.The only time i was ever able to get good stuff was when i worked at Toys r us

i worked at toys r us too and that's where i was able to grab some as well!! it felt good to beat those guys to the fresh case!!

[starsky]

a couple of years into Ebay the market crashed on these.I remember almost paying $200 for the Rookie Marino and getting outbid in the last second,now you can get one for like $40-$60 and it still books for like $200+

But I don't care,My Marino collection is still one of my faves and I still have more

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q36/toys2cool/kodak009.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...l/kodak010.jpg

very cool collection d!!