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#1 Bocce

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Posted 30 August 2014 - 11:26 PM

Does any one know the serial number guide for the Hasbro Episode 1 Phantom Menace line? I can't remeber I know .0000 is the more desired one but I can't find any thing on it. Thanks

 

 

 


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Posted 31 August 2014 - 03:51 PM

All Episode One figures are pretty much worthless. Even Holo Sidious which used to go for $40+ has been devalued.
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Posted 31 August 2014 - 04:40 PM

All 90s Star Wars have devalued like crazy, no one cares about them, cause all collectors have them (or HAD). I sold 80 figures on ebay for like $40 plus shipping. I still have a bunch that i havent been able to sell for years.


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Posted 01 September 2014 - 08:53 AM

so you guys don't know.


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Posted 01 September 2014 - 09:35 AM

All Episode One figures are pretty much worthless. Even Holo Sidious which used to go for $40+ has been devalued.


All 90s Star Wars have devalued like crazy, no one cares about them, cause all collectors have them (or HAD). I sold 80 figures on ebay for like $40 plus shipping. I still have a bunch that i havent been able to sell for years.


so you guys don't know.

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Posted 04 September 2014 - 04:20 PM

so you guys don't know.

Are you looking for a price guide or a variation guide?

 

POTF2.com is one of the best sites for tracking variations, and the differences are pretty minute - usually it has to do with the inclusion of the Innovision logo.  This is really neat historically because the NFC we saw (and despised) during this line is similar to the way Skylanders work today.  It was a technology that was ahead of its time and now is being executed in a more interesting way.

 

http://www.potf2.com...s.asp?sort=7111

 

This is the site I use when looking for super-picky variation information - it goes beyond what I feel would be worth tracking, making it quite a handy resource.  Tape/no tape? Who cares?  They do - and they do a great job.

 

If you were looking for pricing/rarity, the other guys are right - variations were hot in the 1990s when there were only a few figures to collect, but by the mid-2000s most variations are untracked and not cared for.   Most figures from 1995-2000 are worth $1-$4 (there are few exceptions).  With over 2,000 different 3 3/4-inch action figures in the modern line, collectors that haven't jumped ship are now focusing on getting one (and rarely two) of most new releases.   The perception is largely unchanged, but the reality is those old 1990s Star Trek, Toy Biz Marvel, and Star Wars figures are largely worthless.  It's an interesting phenomenon - usually old toys would creep back into vogue after about 15 years (after the kids got jobs, grew up, and wanted to go home again) but it looks like so much of the late 1990s toys were bought by adult collectors and kept in perfect condition that even the rarest variant is of little interest to people who have basements full of this stuff already.  


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Posted 04 September 2014 - 06:23 PM

You started the thread asking about desirability. We responded with derision because they're all equally worthless.

If you hadn't posted in such a way as to indicate that it was about money, you wouldn't have gotten snorts and laughter from the peanut gallery.

Edited by Krangala, 04 September 2014 - 06:24 PM.

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Posted 04 September 2014 - 06:26 PM

All 90s Star Wars have devalued like crazy, no one cares about them, cause all collectors have them (or HAD). I sold 80 figures on ebay for like $40 plus shipping. I still have a bunch that i havent been able to sell for years.


Only the limited run and vintage collectibles will ever maintain value. If you want a rare or valuable Star Wars toy, get yourself some carded Vintage.
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Posted 10 September 2014 - 12:50 PM

 

POTF2.com is one of the best sites for tracking variations, and the differences are pretty minute - usually it has to do with the inclusion of the Innovision logo.  This is really neat historically because the NFC we saw (and despised) during this line is similar to the way Skylanders work today.  It was a technology that was ahead of its time and now is being executed in a more interesting way.

 

http://www.potf2.com...s.asp?sort=7111

 

This is it Thanks


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