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21st January 2014, 12:47 AM
#5
Tonight's episode was Season 1 - Episode 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Hunter).
There were some small bits of interesting info, but I didn't like the way he was haggling for items he wasn't going to keep. He gave the impression to the people that he wanted them for himself, but then boasted about how much he could make from them. He would even tell people when they had a rare item, but then offers just a couple bucks.
To give him credit though, he did say on camera to one person that one item he wanted was purely for reselling, so couldn't go any higher than about half of what he could sell it for (a standard percentage for second-hand stores, dealers, pawnshops, etc).
One bit was amusing - he tried to sound well versed in TFs, but when he came across a Bumblejumper, he had no idea what it was.
Then he came across a Lucky Draw Energon Rodimus (gold), - it was loose and people were touching it with their bare hands. Eeek!
The owner of the gold Rodimus had to explain what it was, and how rare it was.... but before he did, the Toy Hunter just seemed to see the "gold" and assumed it was worth thousands.
And being out of packaging, it's value is debatable. Even though a sealed one could go for 2-4 thousand... I wouldn't spend a thousand on the loose one (which is what it sold for).
BTW, the Transformers collector at the end who bought it, was Pete Sinclair, who works on BotCon (the only Transformers Fan employed full-time by FunPub).
His toy room was nicely set up. It would be a collection that this Toy Hunter should feature, instead of rummaging around dusty boxes and buying just 5 or 6 toys in the episode, just to show off later how much he could make from them.
I hope we get to see more toy collections, and more info on obscure figures. That just makes it bearable to watch.
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