Toy Hunter TV Show

[Megatran]

TOY HUNTER is premiering on Monday 8:00pm on channel GO!.

[Paul Agnew]

TOY HUNTER is premiering on Monday 8:00pm on channel GO!.

Joy. Can't wait to watch the crew discover that ultra-rare Bumblebee prototype figure.

[Megatran]

Watched the first episode of Toy Hunter tonight. Transformers featured in several segments. I won't spoil it for those who are holding off & don't want to know which TF toys are featured, but there are several rare items.

Jordan (dealer/picker/host of show) is not as polished as the 2 guys on American Pickers IMO. Comes across as wishy washy & goes out of his way to be very polite. Format of the show mirrors American Pickers in that it lists what he paid, what he reckons he can re-sell for and the how much profit he can make.

I'll be watching more episodes in the remote chance I might see an appearance by Griffin & his collection (photos just don't do it justice).

[Bidoofdude]

Watched the first episode of Toy Hunter tonight. Transformers featured in several segments. I won't spoil it for those who are holding off & don't want to know which TF toys are featured, but there are several rare items.

Jordan (dealer/picker/host of show) is not as polished as the 2 guys on American Pickers IMO. Comes across as wishy washy & goes out of his way to be very polite. Format of the show mirrors American Pickers in that it lists what he paid, what he reckons he can re-sell for and the how much profit he can make.

I'll be watching more episodes in the remote chance I might see an appearance by Griffin & his collection (photos just don't do it justice).

This is season 2, I presume. Watched Season 1, I thought it was pretty good, so much eye candy. Started Season 2, good so far.

[griffin]

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.

[Autocon]

I missed it

[griffin]

Looks like someone has just updated the wiki page with episode descriptions, plus noting that there is a third season underway in America.

The episodes screening here are all over the place.
20/1 - S1 ep2 (Rise From Ashland)
27/1 - S1 ep1 (Jersey Shore) (I think)
03/2 - S1 ep7 (It's Chiller Time)
10/2 - S1 ep6 (Mississippi Menace).

[DELTAprime]

The episodes screening here are all over the place.
20/1 - S1 ep2 (Rise From Ashland)
27/1 - S1 ep1 (Jersey Shore) (I think)
03/2 - S1 ep7 (It's Chiller Time)
10/2 - S1 ep6 (Mississippi Menace).

Good work 9 Network.

[Oztron]

Joy. Can't wait to watch the crew discover that ultra-rare Bumblebee prototype figure.

Or not lol

[autobreadticon]

the latest episode on the travel channel ,$10,000 market price on goodbye Takara Optimus & Megatron VSX giftset, I have to know is this for realz?