Can you buy action figures, save them in the box and sell for lots of money in the future?

Question

If so, what would you suggest collecting and how long do you have to wait to sell?

Answer 1

It won't work for anything new. In the past almost nobody saved toys in mint condition, they opened them up and played with them so mint condition toys from older times are rare and valuable today. Everyone is saving current toys these days thinking they will make big bucks in the future, but because of this they won't be rare and you won't break even on inflation, if you even get your original investment back. Put your money in a good stock index fund, you'll do far better.

Answer 2

This only a suggestion why dont you look for actions figures from the past and save them cause its going to take a while till the ones that you are getting today to be valuable. and if you want ot do that try going into some antique stores and places like that. But make sure the boxes and the action figure are in very good mint condition

Answer 3

No. It's a supply and demand issue. They are mass produced during periods of high demand. Things that are mad popular today will be the stuff you make fun of tomorrow. As the action figures age they become less desirable (thus lowering the saturation point of the market). Think about it this way... Aside from a fringe group of people who are 40 years old and still living in their mom's basement, who is buying all those StarWars action figures on eBay that you couldn't live without in 1978?

Answer 4

The longer you wait, the better. Some of the toys my dad saved sold for quite a bit on eBay. Try going for something that is popular now, but not many people would save.

Most recently, I sold a couple of "Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty" action figures that I bought when I was 12. The one of the main character sold for over $100, and I only spent $6.50 for it.

Answer 5

A dutch woman collected barbie dolls (started for her daughter, but her daughter didn't want them as a child), and recently sold the entire collection of 4000+ for well over a million dollars.

Which ones to collect--that's the tough question. GI Joes from 30 years ago aren't worth as much as Barbies, but much more than the weird hair color trolls. Your guess is as goo as anyone's.

Make sure you don't have a brother like my sister's who would put the barbies out in the cold for a few hours then shoot them with BB guns and burn them at the stake.

Answer 6

there's a contented medium in existence. Spend some and dodge dropping. not all and sundry make investments in junk at Christmas. some anybody is amazingly savy clientele and get tremendous deals because of the Christmas sales.by technique of saving this money we are waiting to save and make investments extra for our destiny. i ought to like to purchase issues that are made interior the country yet they are very expensive and difficult to discover. agencies want a income so that they discover the most inexpensive producer.

Answer 7

i would collect whats the "hot" thing is right now. then when it goes out you should probably wait 4-10 yrs. chances are there will be people who really want the stuff you have because they didn't get it. like, i have a Princess Diana Bear, and its worth about 8,000-1,0000. but i will never sell it, 'cause i got it at a very special moment.

Answer 8

depends on whether anyone is willing to pay for the action figures in the future.

someone at Kebco can probably help you determine what's collectible and what isn't.

Hmm... looks like their old sight now redirects to an ebay page. maybe you can contact them through it still.

They have a bricks and morter in SW ATL.

Answer 9

Sure...id say maybe 20 years? Well, it depends on how long the fad goes on. Once the fad w/ them dies out, wait about 10 years.