Nostalgic Richie
Padawan
Prices currently seem through the roof and apprar to rise daily. I do fear that we are at the stage where people of my age that are now all nostalgic for their childhood toys, and perhaps with a bit of disposable income, are just driving the market to an artificial peak.
What happens when all us 50ish guys and girls stop collecting? Will the younger generations continue to value these great old toys as we seem to now or will the prices collapse. Yes these items are only getting more and more scarce and Star Wars is huge, but will the classic sets and figures make way for the Hasbro sets as the new generations prize their era toys? And the repro market is doing nothing to preserve the integrity of these items. It can only devalue as buyers become less confident in what they are paying for is genuine and worth the outlay.
What happens when all us 50ish guys and girls stop collecting? Will the younger generations continue to value these great old toys as we seem to now or will the prices collapse. Yes these items are only getting more and more scarce and Star Wars is huge, but will the classic sets and figures make way for the Hasbro sets as the new generations prize their era toys? And the repro market is doing nothing to preserve the integrity of these items. It can only devalue as buyers become less confident in what they are paying for is genuine and worth the outlay.