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Years ago, with the help of eBay, I built a "dream" small collection of Matchbox cars that I would've liked in childhood, and that would've practically been imp
by neilv 2y ago
Years ago, with the help of eBay, I built a "dream" small collection of Matchbox cars that I would've liked in childhood, and that would've practically been impossible to find amongst brick&mortar stores then.
Sorry, I'll admit I unboxed the ones still boxed, since I think toys are meant to be out and played with, not pumped collectible investments.
(I no longer have them, though. I was selling my Concept 2 erg, in preparation for moving house, and the buyer noticed my Matchbox dream collection in a tray on the table, and remarked that her nephew/grandson would love those. She'd just given me several hundred dollars for the rowing machine, and I was moving, so I threw in the Matchbox cars.)
- whamlastxmas 2y agoThat’s a cute anecdote, thanks for sharing :)
- opwieurposiu 2y agoA theme in the Toy Story movies was collectors vs. kids, and the toys always seemed to prefer being with the kids. I think you made the right decision.
- YeGoblynQueenne 2y ago>> A theme in the Toy Story movies was collectors vs. kids, and the toys always seemed to prefer being with the kids. I suspect my Barbies would have preferred to be with a collector and keep all their limbs and eyes and hair. #Barbicide
- Interloper2099 2y agoIsn’t barbicide the blue liquid that I look at while getting my haircut?
- YeGoblynQueenne 2y agoIt is, yes. But it sounds like "Barbiecide" :P
- p3rls 2y agoCounterpoint: the kid probably won't appreciate it and will be back on fortnite within hours
- readyplayernull 2y agoNice try, that's what a boxed collector would tell everyone to increase the unopened collection's value.
- yial 2y agoLove that you threw them in. I’ve found this funny as an adult in my life— you may spend time collecting xyz, but suddenly letting it go can be easy in certain situations.
- ghaff 2y agoI have various things that I don’t really want but I’d hate to just toss in the trash. Would love to find someone who would value them for at least a while. I’m going to give moving a couple of them a shot in November.
- neilv 2y agoIf they're practically ship-able, eBay excels at this. Or, some niche items can be sold on Web forums (e.g., for particular retrocomputing platforms). I also give away stuff locally, on CraigsList and a nearby university list, and on the curb. (But I never put an item in the "free stuff" category of CraigsList. Always list in the topical category, and don't label it as free in the metadata, even if it is. Too many aggressive flippers and mentally ill people monitoring specifically for anything free, and IME it'll tend to be a big time-waste and a questionable new home.)
- phkahler 2y agoI sold the last of my vector arcade games to a friend when I was moving (Tempest and Space Duel). I threw in a PCB from Major Havoc too just to give it a good home. A few days later I decided to price check that board and some collector had recently paid $1200 for one. I was happy it went to a decent home instead of sitting on my shelf.
- AceyMan 2y agoI would give a limb to own a real Tempest arcade console. I cannot fathom how many quarters of mine the local box ate when I was a kid. To me, it was the best gameplay and graphics of the era. The vibrancy of the color vector graphics made Space Invaders and Defender look lame by comparison.
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- randomcarbloke 2y agoHow odd, I have a collection of Hot Wheels though for my entire life I've preferred the feel of Matchbox, and I have an erg at which I suffer for hours a week. I don't intend to sell my erg but I'm currently in the process of selling my Hot Wheels collection...I wonder if the buyer will notice my erg and remark how much they too love torturing themselves and would I perhaps sell it to them.
- lproven 2y ago"erg"? That is an obsolete unit of energy to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg
- tanjtanjtanj 2y agoErg in this case refers to a kind of rowing machine used for exercise.
- lproven 2y agoGood heavens. How were we meant to know that? I googled it. I got the unit, European Research Group, Employee Resource Groups, and the Eastern Research Group Inc... whoever they are. [Update] I kept digging. Second entry under here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/erg https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/erg Never knew that and never heard of them before.
- andreareina 2y agoI'm not surprised when someone doesn't know about them, but I'm also not surprised when they do. It's a staple of CrossFit and the like. There's also the bike erg and the ski erg.
- lproven 2y agoThanks for the info!
- cafard 2y agoGood for you!