Hey checkout what I found on eBay, someone in Canada thinks this is some sort of collectors item and decided they'd try to sell it, bidding starts at US$75.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-Transfor...QQcmdZViewItem
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"Rare - Animated Megatron in Starscream's Box"
Hey checkout what I found on eBay, someone in Canada thinks this is some sort of collectors item and decided they'd try to sell it, bidding starts at US$75.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-Transfor...QQcmdZViewItem
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Love his feedback rating! (:
Seriously, this is a bad deal - mispackaged toys like this rarely fetch much over retail, MISB collectors generally avoid them and the resale value later on is rarely much above retail.
They're a nice piece if you come across one yourself - for novelty value. I have a MOSC Blades claiming to be First Aid which I stumbled across myself way back in the W4K days, but I don't pretend it's anything valuable.
Pulse, don't waste the sort of $$ this guy is asking!
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Wait, hold up, are you actually telling me that this IS a collector's item?Originally Posted by dirge
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Well, it's an item of value to some collectors. But it's not really a collectable, in that it most likely wont hold or increase its value.
If the idea appeals to you, great, but don't pay over retail, because you're being ripped off.
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Lol, nah, I only posted this thread because I thought it was ridiculous and might be worth a few laughs.
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An article/letter in ToyFare magazine also confirms that random mistakes are by no means valuable. They're just freak mistakes. Remember that in order for something to be valuable it must follow the basic laws of supply and demand - i.e. low supply with high demand.
Freak mistakes like this are incredibly low in supply, this is true, but the demand for mispackaged toys is so negligible that it doesn't effect the market value of such toys. As dirge said, it's an interesting novelty item to have but it's by no means a really valuable collectible.
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