The Most Valuable Action Figures

[papa-alpha-charlie]

Star Wars and GI JOE dominate the list-

https://games.yahoo.com/photos/most...valuable-action-figures-photo-1319569706.html

 

[TheReverend]

That Babe Ruth figure alone, is worth more than TMP now.

 

[karamazov80]

That Babe Ruth thing is stupid to me. I guess they just went into the factory, picked random figures off the assembly line, repainted them by hand, stuck them back on the line, and voila. Nothing special about them except they are minor repaints and exist in small numbers. They were explicitly made rare for the purpose of being a marketing gimmick. Usually I'll defend the value of just about anything, but it's just dumb to me that those are worth so much. Of course, all you need is one guy out there willing to pay so much to give it that "value."

 

[SAB]

Damn it, Yak Face was all over the shelves here in Australia for years afterwards because no one wanted such an obscure figure!

I could have had a Yak Face financed retirement

 

[karamazov80]

Looks like that was the same issue with the GI Joe nurse. Once a peg warmer, now a holy grail for some.

 

[Phil Sierra]

I have some old toys and video games that I never threw away in the hopes they may be worth something someday. Hopefully I get lucky and one of them hits the jackpot.

 

[ChrisM]

The prototype GI Joe shouldn't be on the list.

 

[Silas72]

Had two Darths with working light saber, stretch Batman and vinyl jawa along with a slew of other vintage toys... I was born in 72. Played with them and enjoyed them with my friends. Worth millions to me in memories.

 

[papa-alpha-charlie]

I could have had a Yak Face financed retirement

but if you stocked away a bunch you would have increased supply and therefore lowered it's price in the future. it's a time paradox.

 

[RyanSD]

The prototype GI Joe shouldn't be on the list.

Agreed. Prototypes and unreleased figures shouldn't count, as they weren't released for retail. Then again, I'm not expecting much from Yahoo in the first place.

 

[denger4000]

Damn it, Yak Face was all over the shelves here in Australia for years afterwards because no one wanted such an obscure figure!

I could have had a Yak Face financed retirement

if only we had a time machine. good memory for even remembering that far back though.

 

[xjamiex]

I definitely didn't expect to see a Mountie figure on that list

 

[Minimodel]

I remember back in the '90s the Ideal Captain Action Spiderman set from 1967 had a Mint-in-box value of $10,000 placed on it by "Action figure news and toy review".