Is there a Price Guide for the Classic line out there?

[Stratos75]

I almost sold my collection the other day lol, and stopped because I saw a Teela being husselled for $100.00. And was shocked!

Any one know of a price guide?

[WDWFreak53]

I almost sold my collection the other day lol, and stopped because I saw a Teela being husselled for $100.00. And was shocked!

Any one know of a price guide?

The only price guide is what people are willing to pay. Just keep an eye on ebay prices and you'll see that some of the figures are really up there in value.

[misterzaku]

It's not a bad idea to start a price guide though... Nothing official but something to refer to if people are unsure

[Stratos75]

It's not a bad idea to start a price guide though... Nothing official but something to refer to if people are unsure

Im totally lost as to which figures are valuable and which ones are not. so yeah I second the motion lol

[Vikor]

Shadow Weaver
Scareglow
Fisto
Teela
Bronze King Grayskull
Whiplash
Wundar
Castle Grayskull Man
Bow

and soon to be...

Fangman

are all valuable and have inflated prices.

[WDWFreak53]

Shadow Weaver
Scareglow
Fisto
Teela
Bronze King Grayskull
Whiplash
Wundar
Castle Grayskull Man
Bow

and soon to be...

Fangman

are all valuable and have inflated prices.

I'd add Ram Man to that list. He sold out so fast.
What about Preternia Disguise He-Man?

[hadley]

I had no idea Bow and Whiplash had inflated values. Are there stories behind those?

[Mad Scientist]

I had no idea Bow and Whiplash had inflated values. Are there stories behind those?

I don't know about bow but whiplash price has a reason. Whiplash was released but never reissued. It was announced to be reissued in 2011 but there was a delay with the shipping. After that it was only seen in BF sale for minutes and it is supposed to be gone for good.

To the original list I suggest adding Roboto, another released but never reissued.

Anyway the prices began to grow (as expected) when it was announced that the last BF was the final chance to get old figures since some of them were gone for good. So there would be no price guide, the price is set by the demand.
Right now it happens with the 2002 figures, the last figures released are more difficult to get and more expensive since they had smaller production numbers.

[Stratos75]

Sorceress seems to be up there in price.

Shadow Weaver, Wundar, and Preternia Heman, plus a few of the SDCC excluisves are obivious as to higher value.

But did Mattel make less of Teela etc etc?

[Micro-Man]

When I was catching up with my collection, I kept a close watch on the going rates of figures in order to know which ones I could get right away and which would be the pricey ones. I listed MOTUC figures in four general categories:

1. Below Retail: These are the "pegwarmers" of MOTUC that sellers can't seem to get rid of at cost. (Star Sisters, Netossa, Dekker, etc.)
2. Around Retail: Most MOTUC figures are in the $35-$45 range. (Count Marzo, Adora, most variants, Matty Essentials, etc.)
3. Double Retail: These are usually the more popular core or exclusive figures that won't be re-released. (Ram Man, Wun-Dar, Tri-Klops, etc.)
4. Well Above Retail: Super-popular figures that are hard, and expensive, to find! (Teela, Scareglow, Shadow Weaver, Fisto, Sorceress, etc.)

Don't follow BIN prices, everyone on eBay keeps jacking those up. I look at the actual bids that people place.

Quickly looking through eBay, I see a majority of MOTUC figures Around Retail. However, it looks like a lot of the Double Retail figures are starting to move up in the Well Above Retail category. There only used to be a couple of figures that were in the $75+ range but now, there are a lot of them!

Using these categories as a rough guide, it wouldn't be too much work to assemble our own price guide. However, to be accurate, we'd also have to cross-reference places like Amazon and our own Marketplace forums. (Which I feel is a nicer place to get MOTUC figures anyway!)

[Vikor]

I'd add Ram Man to that list. He sold out so fast.
What about Preternia Disguise He-Man?

Yeah, both of those too.

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Bow is hard to come by now. His 2 very distinct heads and the fact that he is the only POP male to date put him in high demand.

[misterzaku]

Sorceress seems to be up there in price.

Shadow Weaver, Wundar, and Preternia Heman, plus a few of the SDCC excluisves are obivious as to higher value.

But did Mattel make less of Teela etc etc?

I know many people were waiting for a Teela rerelease, and when it happened (last year?), it again sold out immediately. Probably didn't help when Matty let buyers purchase 99 units at once.

[AuraBoyX]

I know many people were waiting for a Teela rerelease, and when it happened (last year?), it again sold out immediately. Probably didn't help when Matty let buyers purchase 99 units at once.

There used to be a cool site that averaged out completed recent auctions of MOTUC figures on eBay. I found it here in the forums years ago... But it may not exist anymore anyone remember what it was?

[Vikor]

There used to be a cool site that averaged out completed recent auctions of MOTUC figures on eBay. I found it here in the forums years ago... But it may not exist anymore anyone remember what it was?

I remember seeing that too, but have no idea where I found it.

[iron_pride]

Oh for the days of ToyFare magazine. Hey even though by the time we had it in hand it was about 3 months behind.... But really, I agree with Micro-Man. He is right on the money. I had to shell out 36 bucks for Bow, then a few months later they re-released him. I think the same holds true with the earlier figs, you just nver know Man-E-Faces and before, which ones are still layin around somewhere. Now the new ones, Fang Man and Ram Man and such, and if Sea Hawks comes shortly, with no or limited day of sales those cats will explode on the secondary market. Price guides have always been my enemy...dating back to the old baseball card days. I went with a buddy of mine (a long time ago and very naive...) who was trying to sell a Mark McGwire olympic card. It booked for something like 40 bucks in Beckett, the old dude at the shop offered him 10 bucks for it. Well, he took the ten bucks, and the next day the guy was listing it for sale at 45 dollars. A week later it was sold. Those price guides were just what you could expect to pay for one in a shop, not the real value if you had it for sale. Sorry for the long winded response, but the only real guide is "what are you willing to pay" as WDWfreak53 said, or which ones you know are popular and limited in release.

[shadowfall1976]

Yeah, there is....Fisto is worth $10, Ram-Man should sell for $10, and all of the more rare figures should be sold for $10 each....now....sell them to me!!!!

I usually go by Ebay and BBTS prices, as that is where most are sold, I've seen other sites with more ridiculous prices right off the bat whit PO's, BBTS is usually around $35 - $40 (now) with their PO's except for the more exclusives, and those are usually $60+, but still cheaper than most other places....I saw BBTS have Shadow Weaver for $60 PO right off, while another 2 sites had her at $100 - $120 right off the bat.

But on Ebay, you can't go by the BIN prices, or those too high with no bids, that is what people are asking for....asking and getting are two different things.

[Morbebanur]

not the best that out there but better than nothing

http://www.collector-actionfigures.com/dash/home/

[wyldman11]

I always check ended sales on ebay. things to keep in mind, higher ones could be flukes, and I know I at least when dealing with ebay realize part of the money I mam spending is going towards helping them overcome ebay and paypal fees.

[He-bro]

I made one, but I have not updated in a long time, but if I get enough people asking me to update it I will:

http://he-man.us/MOTUC_priceguide.html

[TCM Hitchhiker]

The only accurate price guide will ever be completed eBay auctions. You need to view the completed auctions, and see what the figure's selling AVERAGE is. Not the highest price, and not the lowest price.

[He-bro]

I agree, I would compile my prices from charting data from eBay auctions. Since you can only look so far back on eBay, I would use an equation that factored in averages, so that highs and lows caused from bidding frenzy or a expensive month on Matty wouldn't throw the prices off. Also there are other factors too. Tax time they go up, and the last 2 months of the year they always go up too.

A great tool is Terapeak, but at $30 a month it's not really worth it.

[kdawq]

is 79.99 retail too high for Ram Man? A local comic shop has him for that.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

I know many people were waiting for a Teela rerelease, and when it happened (last year?), it again sold out immediately. Probably didn't help when Matty let buyers purchase 99 units at once.

Technically that was left over customer service stock, which was very limited to begin with. Teela never had a true re-release/second run.

I really question what Mattel's logic was on who they reissued. I know that they've said the only reissue that ever sold really well was He-Man, but still, some figures that they did give a reissue to were things like Chief Carnivus if I recall correctly, which was a character that a lot of people weren't that excited about to begin with. They may as well have taken their money and literally flushed it down the toilet.

Of course I question some of the later "true" reissues. While the likes of He-Man and Skeletor got true second runs well after their original production runs, I think Mattel was pulling our chain with the later reissues. Sometimes when a brand new figure came out for the first time in this line, a handful of people would get them with that star burst that says "The original" on the insert card with the character's name, which was there to notate it as a reissue. The excuse that we were given was that even though the second run of figures is produced later on, the name insert cards for both the first run and second run were printed up all at the same time (with the second run cards being held for the reissue batch), but some of the second run cards accidentally got mixed in.

This to be made no sense. I think they were making the "reissues" at the same time as the "first run" to save money, making them technically all part of the same run, and a few of the yellow burst ones got mixed in with the initial shipments. Granted, in some respects that doesn't make much sense either.... why make a reissue before they know if the figure will perform well in sales? But at the same time, why even produce insert cards before they have that same information, especially if there's a chance that they wouldn't end up using them and throwing them away? They wouldn't want to waste resources like that. Two and two never quite added up to four with all of this reissue stuff.

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is 79.99 retail too high for Ram Man? A local comic shop has him for that.

Looking at completed ebay listings, that's roughly in line with what he is selling for on ebay. I just looked up some completed auctions, and most of them are in the $70 - $80 range and up, most of which also have a shipping charge on top of that price.

I'm not saying that $80 is a "good" price (I've never been a fan of resellers doing this kind of thing), but given what the market it, it is in line. And at least if you buy it from your local shop, you will have it in hand right away rather than waiting for it to be shipped.

[wyldman11]

Also note on Ebay auctions, because ebay now takes 10% off the shipping price many people are offering 'free shipping' which is built into the cost of the figure they are selling.

[GFunny]

I made one, but I have not updated in a long time, but if I get enough people asking me to update it I will:

http://he-man.us/MOTUC_priceguide.html

Please Update ... x1000000000000, is that enough of a request?