Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post

And I think that Transformers as a long term investment is a terrible idea. The current high prices that certain items (mainly G1) can all be attributed to people that grew up with them as kids and now have the disposable income to pursue the hobby for nostalgic reasons. In 20-30 years, when those people are no longer in the market and/or trying to offload their collections, there will be no one with that nostalgic attachment to these toys and prices will decrease, perhaps dramatically. And anyone stuck with them as primarily an investment, will lose.
Can i asked what you are basing this statement on? When i think to past brands that are older than transformers many seem to have held or gained increased in value.

Look at vintage comics (lets say marvel comics from the 60s). They are getting to 50 years old now. Their "peak" would have been the 80s-90s. Why are Amazing fantasy 15/X-men 1/Hulk 1 etc worth significantly more then ever before now? A big player in this has been the films injecting new fans and igniting old fans to keep collecting.

If the TF brand stays strong i think the vintage toys can maintain their value (I dont think its the same for any other TF line as they are simply not as scarce nor sort after).

Its a guessing game and only time will tell.