Found an old Toyfare from 1999 at home..

[theshape]

Very interesting looking at the price guide from December 1999.

Series 1, 2 and 3 seem to be about the same price today (Reissues must have really hurt the value)

Series 4 and 5 have gone up quite a lot, especially the headmasters

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/TheShape84/IMG_20120524_195529.jpg

Wish i was working then and not in high school ;)

[canofwhoopass_87]

Heh cool. I take it the left price column = loose complete? What's the right price column?

[GoktimusPrime]

Left column is MIB, right column is loose mint. I got G1 Chromedome in 2000 loose complete for AU$20-30. :)

[theshape]

Mib darkwing and dreadwind $55 each :eek:

[KalEl]

very interesting, thank you for sharing this with us :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Mib darkwing and dreadwind $55 each :eek:
...yeah, expensive, I know. Those toys would've originally sold for $20 - $30 tops in 1988 MISB. But such is the nature of inflated secondary market prices. :rolleyes: I'm sure the aftermarket prices must be even more expensive now. That's why I prefer to buy toys at current RRP rather than off the secondary market. I mean, I paid $20-something for a loose (but excellent condition) complete Chromedome w/ Stylor... but MISB Apeface and Snapdragon would've cost me maybe around $30 each in 1987.

[Sky Shadow]

The Toyfare price guides weren't even accurate at the time, let alone now.

[griffin]

...yeah, expensive, I know.

I'm sure he was commenting on how cheap they are, compared to what they go for now. ($55 then, $400 now)

I think you're the only person here who refuses to spend (much) more than original retail for toys, so for the rest of us, those are VERY VERY VERY cheap prices.

I bet many are wishing they could find a MIB Fort Max for $800... or even a complete loose one.
(I wish mine was that cheap at the time I bought one. :( )

[canofwhoopass_87]

Very surprised that a MIB Fort Max and Scorponok were averaging $800 and $220 respectively in 1999. There were a few around going at those prices when I first got into collecting 4 years ago. Still, everything on that list is so cheap compared to what it is today :eek:


...and in 2025 people are gona look back at the 2012 price guide and think we had it sweet with our G1 market prices :p

[theshape]

The funny part is that some prices have gone down since then.

They list Targetmaster hotrod for $300 MIB here and sunstreaker is about the same.

[canofwhoopass_87]

The funny part is that some prices have gone down since then.

They list Targetmaster hotrod for $300 MIB here and sunstreaker is about the same.

Haha! Yeh TM Hotrod was a real kick in the balls before the TFC reissue came out.

Anyway, thanks for sharing that scan!

[GoktimusPrime]

That's why I reckon reissues are win-win for collectors. It lets some people get a reissue at a far cheaper retail price, and for G1 purists, it can reduce the inflated after market prices for vintage toys. :)

[canofwhoopass_87]

Reissues are also a sure way of getting the real deal too, with so many cheap knock offs flooding the market these days. Bit sad really, how things have changed the past couple of years.

[5FDP]

Sunstreakers price has been affected greatly by the KO version that was released a couple of years back. The same can be said for Mirage and Wheeljack - the only 3 Autobot cars to not have been reissued and probably never will be due to their molds being lost.