Biggest 'collecting' regret.

[SublevelStudios]

I'm pretty sure we all have them, something you either missed buying or something you sold. I've got a few but I think my biggest was not pulling the trigger on a newly listed £225 buy it now about 2 years ago.

For a pre-oscar ROLLED one of these in MINT condition:

Whilst I fannied about for 30 minutes trying to decide whether I should buy it or not, someone beat me to it. Worth well over a grand now

 

[edd_jedi]

As mentioned in my podcast interview I passed on a partially resealed trilogo Jawa back in 2006, it was about £100 or so, can't remember exactly, but I've always been snobby about reseals (for my own collection, no problem with other people collecting them) so passed.

 

[maxf]

This is a cheery thread... I don't regret a lot really as generally I sold for a reason, but things I wish I still had:

10 x 12 back proof cards (from memory just missing Jawa and Sandpeople) - sold back in 2010 and I did a lot of travelling on the proceeds. It seemed crazy to have so much tied up in 'paper' at the time, but I guess they'd be worth going on for triple now.

DT Vader, sold for about £800 back in 2009/10 - again spent the money on holidays.

Revenge of the Jedi Radar Laser Cannon (with shelf wear, which was cool). Traded it for something - never seen one since.

Sealed VC jawa with POP missing - Gary has this now, and one day I'll buy it back from him . This was cool piece and a real score for me, with a nice story behind it too.

ESB 'Bespin Set' 3 Pack. Bought on 'layaway' for $500 in the US - couldnt stomach paying current prices for one, but such a cool piece.

Earlybird kit with sealed DT Luke (sold for £360 in Modelmart back in 2001/2) - not that bothered really aside from the chunk of change it would cost to buy it back.

Poch ESB Rebel Soldier (with the horizontal cardback) - never seen another for sale.

 

[edd_jedi]

I think Max wins

 

[tronprogram]

Selling my entire Kenner/Trilogo carded run. But I was unemployed at the time and had to make the sacrifice.

There was a small head Han on an ESB card in there which I've never seen since. Card was quite worn but I still got £350 on it from a £100 pay out to initially get it.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Wow, there's some stories here which I cannot compete with.

My only regret would be selling my original loose childhood collection. Not sure that counts as they were toys to me at the time rather than a collection. I would trade a compete early bird kit to get them back again. And throw in a VCJ for good measure

That or not taking a guy called Rich Roberts (any remember or heard of him? Used to send email lists around of MOCs about 10 yrs ago) up on the offer of an early bird kit with DT Luke and Chewie with his green crossbow for £220. This was as recently as 2007.

 

[SublevelStudios]

My only regret would be selling my original loose childhood collection. Not sure that counts as they were toys to me at the time rather than a collection. I would trade a compete early bird kit to get them back again. And throw in a VCJ for good measure

That counts!

 

[Daz B]

My biggest collecting regret was selling my set of the first 20 Palitoy moc without ever having on display.
Was always scared of the cards fading and the amount of money being on display.
Another regret was swapping my childhood collection which included a vinyl caped Jaws for a stupid video console.
The regret which involved not buying something was when I saw what I now believe was a Palitoy 30 back C3PO,this was at a local collectors fair back in 1999. The price was £165 pound but I was collecting 12 backs so wasn't interested in it, I still wonder who has this as I have never seen one since.

 

[Daz B]

I meant Jaws not jaws. Stupid me.

 

[Daz B]

I meant Jawas. Stupid me.

 

[_Lee_]

Easy ones for me.

1) This lot - http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=73009
2) My first SW moc which i sold to Gary back in 2003. C3PO with a small bubble lift, but id love it back.
3) My mothers decision to give all my frigging toys to a friends kid!!!

 

[stratpack]

Yeah I can't compete with some of these either. Think my biggest regret is not sticking with collecting vintage over the past 20 years as an adult collector. There was a point where I collected everything that had a SW logo not just toys and it was silly. I did buy vintage but I didn't actively go looking for it, when I could have got some great stuff as it was long before ebay etc. I got pissed off with the modern line around 2003/4 as I couldn't keep track of the amount of stuff coming out and they started rehashing the same figs. If I had spent the same amount of cash through the years on vintage I'd have an awesome vintage collection. Oh well :roll:

20 years ago I remember thinking (about vintage carded figs) 'too expensive, I can't justify that. I'll just leave it' . The folly of youth!

I know most people aren't fans of the modern line on here but it had a positive in the early days. Being able to go into Woolies rummaging through figs looking for a new character was great and gave me the same feeling as a child in stores looking through the vintage line. I've still got a soft spot for the mid-90s line because of this. They were 3 quid or something at the time. It went hyper after that and the prequels well and truly killed it for me.

Rather than going for quantity and buying everything I should have focused my collecting, saved money for better pieces and went for quality. That thinking alone would have kept me on the vintage track. :idea:

What is it they say, hindsight's always 20:20?

 

[maxf]

I think Max wins

I'm trying to resist making the same mistakes this time around!

 

[edd_jedi]

1) This lot - http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=73009

I take it that Lando unused card originated from Toni?

 

[theforceuk]

No regrets from me really as have never had to sell anything. I brought a lot of episode 1 stuff which was pointless and wish I had spent the money on something vintage instead. :roll:

Some hard reading on this thread. :lol:

 

[Robstyley]

I've never sold nothing!!! I know.. double neg but I am from Essex

Do regret not buying a mint boxed Imp Shuttle a few years ago for 200 quid and a mint Blue Snag for about 150. People are after more than double that now :x

 

[_Lee_]

1) This lot - http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=73009

I take it that Lando unused card originated from Toni?

Pretty sure it did as i bought it from Andy Loney who i think may have got them from TT.

 

[lee gray]

Done a few things that at the time i didnt really regret but regret now but cant complain as was happy at the time.

I do regret one thing not vintage back in 1999 I had a life size anakin manaquin from j c penney that i paid a hefty sum for and had it freight shipped and had to collect from the airport in this massive container which we left on site and just took the manaquin , it was a great piece but my parents kept on moaning it was too big for the house and they (not me) eventually put it on ebay starting price of £250 , i moaned but they won, it only had the 1 bid so i lost tons of money and to add insult to injury my dad charged me £20 petrol money as they decided to deliver it to the guy instead of posting it.... I dont talk to my parents much these days

I had one recently where Tom derby was selling a really nice MOC kenner 48 back boba fett with a BIN and I offered about $200 less and ten minutes later someone used BIN, but luckily again i used the money for something else which I am happy with.

 

[Dannywhiteley]

I sold the first 79 figures on C8.5 (mostly clear bubble) ROTJ cards in 2005 for £2500. I reckon i could triple that now.

Also a mint VC Jawa in 2004 for £225.

AT AT driver Revenge proof for about £150 about the same time.

Some hardcopy Ewok Village parts, Luke DT sabre, Nien Nunb Return of Jedi proof. All cheap.

And Palitoy boxed LOTJ, DF, Landspeeder, X Wing and Cantina all for £250-300.

 

[stormcab]

Haven't been back in collecting long, but my plan was/is to sell all my low end stuff to fund a smaller collection of rarer figures. I did a little test sell on eBay of 3 figures I thought I might total £500-600 for. Did what I thought was enough research, AFA 85 Imp Dignitary, AFA 80 Palitoy ROTJ Luke Farmboy, AFA 80 Gam Guard POTF. I didn't know how to check previous eBay sales, so didn't see anything that would suggest a POTF Gam Guard was any rarer than a ROTJ card. It should have clicked when I got about 10 PMs asking for BIN prices, and within a couple of days it was already at £500. It eventually sold for £1255, which was a damn good price, but I would have preferred to keep it.

Just so you know, if you have a POTF Gamorrean Guard graded AFA 80 and want to sell it, I'll pay the same money for it back