How's the MOC Hasbro sellers market looking at the moment?

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Hello all  

I couldn't find an introduction thread so I thought I'd combine 2 into !


My name is Darren, I'm based in the UK and have been an avid collector of pretty much all wrestling related figures for a number of years but have found myself slowing down over the last few years ! my collection consists of Hasbro/LJN/Galoob/early Jakks/ToyBiz WCW range and a few random ECW/Cheapy branded figures on top.

As a child I started to stockpile my Hasbro figures (even if most of them lost fingers along the way) for a rainy day and for pure nostalgia reasons......until tragedy struck and my figures were mercilessly thrown away by mistake !   I had transferred them (as a teenager) into a black sack whilst trying to find a suitable replacement box....and bla bla bla bla the black sack went to the rubbish dump, never to be seen again !!

So, after years of therapy lol I started collecting again back in 1998 ? and am pretty happy with the collection of Hasbro (and Galoob) figures I have amassed again, including all of the green cards (sadly no mail-a-ways yet though) and buying a job lot of figures on the old Yahoo Auctions site for $19, which included a rather minty Dusty Rhodes figure ! Bargain of the century.....which leads me to my point/question !

I haven't bought or sold a loose/carded Hasbro figure in a number of years,so I have no idea the value of anything any more ! I know Ebay is the usual go to place for quick valuations but a brief search earlier showed the same MOC figure sell for £8 one week and then £31 the next, which just sums up how unpredictable Ebay can be at times !

I'm very happy with my storage tubs full to the brim of retro figures and accessories etc and would never sell them....but I do have 17 MOC Hasbro figures that just sit in a box,gathering dust and some value probably and I'm wondering what I should do with them ? Is today a good market to be selling figures? should I sit on them longer? shall I be extra morbid and wait for the next carded figure I own to die and profit like that ? or should they remain in a box forever more ?

If anyone is wondering,the MOC figures I possess are :

Adam Bomb
Razor Ramon #2 (Purple)
Macho Man #4 (white jacket)
Virgil
Fatu
Rick The Model Martel
Giant Gonzalas
Repo Man
El Matador
Big Boss #1
Hacksaw #1 
Hacksaw #1 (Spanish packaging)
Brutus Barber Beefcake #1 (Summerslam card)
Superfly (Summerslam card)
Rowdy Roddy Piper 
Doink

and a carded Rick Rude,who has never actually left the card but his packaging plastic bubble is split

Decisions decisions !

Cheers for your time guys








 

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The sellers market is not great right now. The prices look nice but people so rarely pay for what they buy that it makes the whole experience way more trouble than it's worth. People on here will message you and tell you they're interested and then never message you back. So I don't know what to tell you. Get some display cases, hang them on the wall and enjoy them?

[aaron34]

Feebay has definately hurt the sellers market! Pricing is too inconsistent!!! I would look at classifieds on here or facebook pages (hope I can say that) to sell your figures, lot's of good people on the pages looking to buy and sell (as with everything you do get the odd douche!). If you're ever looking to move some loose galoobs or figure belts and willing to post to Australia, drop me a line!

[The_Nature_Boy]

What's the facebook page that everybody shares on? I can't ever find any good ones.