Pawn stars - Transformers Collection

[griffin]

So many multiples...
He said he had about a thousand, so with so many multiples, the collection would only be Gen1, and very selective (there are just over 300 toys in Gen1).

[Golden Phoenix]

So many multiples...
He said he had about a thousand, so with so many multiples, the collection would only be Gen1, and very selective (there are just over 300 toys in Gen1).

Works out. Averages as 3 of most and 4 of the others

[SharkyMcShark]

The only thing I really learned from that is work really really hard so one day I don't have to sell my collection to fund a house/baby. It'd break my heart to have to part with that.

[liegeprime]

With the condition his collection is in, I think those pawnstars guys are really selling him short. Even the expert was rather reserved in his pricing, If the owner was to look around ongoing prices for his items ( sure a lot of effort) he'd see he can make MORE than $20,000 that he is aiming for. The thing is if he 's got multiples jeez why not store a whole complete set, sell the multiples, so they can use still the room for the upcoming baby and have the money as well too. Had he spend time on Glass cabinets or some form of cabinets he'd see he has still a room they can put the baby in and a complete G1 doesnt take up much room - just a wallspace.....baby's dont need a wall space now wont they? they need a crib and the whole floor space. If them Tfs were on wall mounted shelves (1 complete set) those couple will get best of both world? Someone should really advice that owner better. Besides he can have his baby inherit these TFs ( the set he retains- doubles gets sold) further down the track seeing as how good the condition of the toys are.

[5FDP]

Valid point liege... he can have his baby cake and eat it too

[Jetfire]

5K was a pretty low ball offer - but these are pawn stars!

[kup]

Yeah they are selling him short. A boxed Fort Max alone is like $1200 and he had multiples.

He had an army of Scorponoks whch complete go for like $300-$400 and boxed (which he had) can be like $800-$1000

A complete Mirage is like $100 loose and he had an army of them.

His collection should be worth at least $50,000 but the hassle as mentioned in the video is that he would need to categorize them all and sell them individually which is time consuming and with costs involved as no one is going to drop him $50,000 in one go.

[heroic_decepticon]

5K was a pretty low ball offer - but these are pawn stars!

Agree man. I'd spit in the guy's face if I were the owner. 5K is just bullshit.

[Sky Shadow]

Even the expert was rather reserved in his pricing, If the owner was to look around ongoing prices for his items ( sure a lot of effort) he'd see he can make MORE than $20,000 that he is aiming for.

The 'expert' wasn't going to say more than the $20,000 the dude wanted though, because said expert was a friend of the Pawn Stars and wouldn't want to come in there and raise the 'reserve' price. That collection is definitely worth more than $20,000, but they're right that it would require work and effort to sell it that the Pawn Stars (like the babydaddy) weren't necessarily willing to put in.

[GoktimusPrime]

"My Transformers take up the entire room, and both the Transformers and my baby can't be in it."

Okay... this guy has been building this massive collection for 25+ years since he was a kid sacrificing his lunch money. So when entering into a relationship, purchasing a house and planning a family - as the owner of a large collection, surely you'd factor that in somewhere!!

Cos that's pretty much what I did. When my wife and I bought our home, I made sure that there we had a spare room for my Transformers. We have a room for ourselves, a spare room that we use for guests and will become our daughter's room in the near future, and of course, another room for my TF toys. There's no way I would've bought a smaller house if it meant I had to even put my toys in storage in boxes in the garage! Selling my collection just wouldn't be an option for me.

Sure, when you have a baby sacrifices must be made. It's why I don't have MP Grimlock and I'm a lot more discerning with getting toys now. I've also decided to sell off a lot of my non-TF toys too (as some of you have noticed ).

Now judging from this video, this dude's collection seems to be predominantly G1 and G2 (I did see a Machine Wars Starscream though, heh) - which as griffin said, isn't that many figures if you take away the multiples. So if I were him... I'd consider selling all the multiples and keeping the best of each toy and do what most other collectors do and own ONE of each toy! He could keep them in storage until he can afford to upgrade to a bigger house.

But even if he's adamant on selling his entire collection... he'd be better off putting into evaluating each toy individually, and selling them individually instead of as a lot. Cos people WILL buy his toys individually (I saw a few toys I'd buy off him) but who would want to buy the entire collection? He'd make more money out of it too. Like they said, those boxed Fortress Maximuses would sell for a pretty penny each.