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[lazzy lizard]

i see that the prices have gone up for batle beasts on ebay, but i also notice that there are less lots including weapons on ebay. so the prices of weapons will also go up if not go over the price of a basic figure is averaging. laser beasts haven't jumped too much as they were always a bit pricey especially if they included the weapons and were in good condition.

i will probbaly hold off on buying for a while on ebay till i see something really worth bidding on (if the highest bid isn't outrageous!) but for now i'll just keep my eye on that VS. set and hope that i can get some good deals from my fellow members here.

i like the fact that there are more people joining the boards and inquiring on the line and posting collection pics and participating in the threads & polls, and i hope the community here gets bigger than when i first joined up and eventually be able to meet up for a convention like some of us are for WWC this summer on a annual basis.

=)

[dockingbay97]

eventually be able to meet up for a convention like some of us are for WWC this summer on a annual basis.

=)

That sounds cool. I am always there. Probably working a booth like Palisades or Art Asylum.

[ComradeCuttlefish]

I guess I want put my 2 cents in here.

This site while extremely valuable, I do not believe has caused a dramatic increase in BB collectors. I mean to find this site exists takes a little more effort than a glance by a casual toy collector. I think most people who have signed on here did so because they were BB collectors already in some fashion, searched for a place like this and were glad to have a common watering hole to discuss BB.

While I do collect BB, they are on the back burner for me compared to other toy lines. Do I like them any more or less because of this site? - no. I have been buying BB since they came out and have been on a steady pace of a couple here and couple there a year.

If there is a price increase in BB, I think it has more to do with the resurgence of all 1980's toy lines. Everyone seems to be on a nostaglia kick over the past few years. And in the end this will pass and prices will come down.

To make statements like

There are now too many people collecting Battle Beasts.

and so on with your first post is simply flame baiting IMO.

To be a part of a collecting community like this - to be a real member - is in part to suport one another in the common interest we all have. To sit above the rest and tell people they are not real BB collectors and to estentially go home is well, rather sad.

So why don't I contribute more on this board? Because Jacob you are a cancer. You use boards more for spreading your morality of the moment and judgements of others than using the board to be part of the community. You like to push people's buttons more than anything else.

I was deeply saddened to see that you registered here and not suprised in the least of posts like this.

But you are admitting prices have increased. I am not blaming this board, because I actually enjoy having this as a resource. I am not blaming the resurgence of 80s toys, either. The one thing--the only thing--I am blaming is the temporary collector that comes along with the resurgence of all of these toy lines. So far everyone, at least in a sense, has been willing to admit Battle Beasts have increased in price. I recognize this and do not have a huge problem with it. However, what no one has been willing to admit is that as these 80s toys have become more popular in the last few years it has attracted lots of temporary collectors. It is these temporary collectors that I have a problem with. You label me as "a cancer" on sites like this because I don't care about the community and I use it for my own advantage. That may be partially correct for me, but temporary collectors, on the other hand, do the exact same thing, but their negative effect is raising prices for everyone and then dumping the stuff a few months later. You seem to think that temporary collectors increasing prices because of their 'urge buys' are ok, while my post here and there about a serious topic is wrong. If this is your assessment of the situation, then I completely disagree. My life does not revolve around toys, and I do not wish to spend all of my free time with “collector communitiesâ€￾ discussing toys. However, I may wish to spend some of my free time trying to get those “collector communitiesâ€￾ to discuss serious topics. I am sorry you have a problem with this.

[ComradeCuttlefish]

To be a part of a collecting community like this - to be a real member - is in part to suport one another in the common interest we all have.  To sit above the rest and tell people they are not real BB collectors and to estentially go home is well, rather sad.

A relativly obscure line like BB/LB needs a community like this to help share whatever information about the line that exists.

I'm sure that nobody here expects for this line to suddenly explode to the popularity level that other lines such as Transformers, G.I. Joe or Stars Wars having enjoying for quite some time now. It would only be if there was a sudden explotion of popularity in the BB/LB line that prices would rise significantly.

Therefore, the argument that there are "Too many collectors" is fallacious.

Member support is important on any board, but here it's even more important due to the relativly small amount of collectors out there. Unfortunatly, not every person who's interested in this line will find this board, much less sign up and participate...

I do find it rather sad that you don't participate more dockingbay 97, and hope to see that change dispite the aformentioned reasons...

You need to look at things comparatively, though.

It won't take a huge explosion to the extent seen with GI Joes or Transformers for the same effect to be seen in Battle Beasts. Certainly none of us have access to production numbers for any of the three lines, but we do know GI Joes and Transformers were produced for a much, much longer period of time than Battle Beasts, and it is safe to assume that GI Joes and Transformers were also produced in much, much higher numbers than Battle Beasts. Because the time period of the Battle Beasts line was less, and because fewer figures were produced in the production period, it is safe to assume that only a minor "explosion" in number of collectors will produce the same result in demand that a several thousand Transformers and GI Joe collectors can produce. I hope everyone recognizes this. In the four years or so I have been collecting, I have seen a steady, albeit it often slight, increase in the prices of Battle Beasts.

[jkaris]

To be quick and to the point:

Although I haven't been watching BB/LB prices for more than 3-4 years, I have never seen series 1 and 2 beasts as high as they are now. I remember them at $5 max, mint complete. Series 3 has remained the same at $10-$15 mint complete. Lasers and premiums on the other hand have never been anywhere NEAR as low as they are now, that I can recall. Granted, I have only been around for 3-4 years, and actually collecting for a little less than that, so that should be taken into account.

[Mr. Crimson]

Hello,

Too many... Ha I think there are not enough.

Thank You,

Mr. Crimson