Target has Pop vinyl figures $2-$5. Heaps left at Target Marion.
Selected Pop Vinyl Figures $2 - $5 @ Target
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Do any really "matter"?
they are made of matter….if that matters
Where’s Matt when you need his thoughts on these matters?
Not on the website, so may be store specific.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Funko-Pop-Jurassic-Park-Dr-Ian-Malcom… copped this for $2 from Target, easy resell profits.
Why the hell do most people keep these boxed. It boggles my mind - they're never going to appreciate in value so see them in all their glory!
Some do appreciate over time if there are semi-rare but i guess most just stack these on the floor so it is a lot more stack-able if you kept them in their box.
Many appreciate in value. I have managed to sell multiple pops for minimum 4 x what I paid for them. Patience is a virtue.
That's being greedy. It's rentier capitalism, unearned income. That said, there are people who specilize in these practices on sites like Amazon and Ebay, buying up all of stock of new highly in demand items and selling them at a significant markup; buying up limited edition collector's items so that items that retailed for $20 USD now sell for $100 USD +.
They said the same thing about matchbox cars in the 60s and 70s, pokemon cards in the 80s and 90s. These people are now having the last laugh. At the post office the clerk was saying that one guy sold a small part of his pokemon cards and it was enough to buy an apartment overlooking port phillip bay in docklands. So you never know.
That said, the marie kondo craze is sweeping the world and lots of goods are starting to flood the market and places like ebay, craigslist, gumtree etc so there may be a slight decline in value and desirability.
Hearsay.
as long as you didn't buy into the beanie babies craze
Or the limited edition pet rocks craze. Or the colored sand in a bottle craze. Or pogs.
They also said the same thing about Beanie Babies, basketball cards, Yowies and Tazos.
The items that appreciate in the long term are items where the prime purpose wasn't being a collectable.
Matchbox cars were made to be played with by children, Pokemon cards were made for kids to battle, and Pop Vinyl's were made to be kept in a box so you and the other million people collecting them would all believe they would cash in, in 10 years time.
Videogames are a great example of this too. It's not the collectors editions that fetch the money. Modern sealed games don't attract high prices because collecting sealed games is a thing now. Collectors editions generally devalue the moment the EB 7 day return period expires. 99+% of games devalue when you take inflation into account.
I will be surprised if more than 1% of vinyls outpace inflation.
A fair few are rare and have definitely appreciated in value. Short production runs on some that are popular characters. Simple business and maths.
@Garagesale: How does that model vary from the model that TY undertook with Beanie Babies? I'm not talking about the short term appreciating value in a hobby currently in a bubble. I'm talking about long term investments.
@[Deactivated]: As long term investments if you know and research the market these can provide a good return. It’s no different to artworks or shares. Do the research, know the market and go from there. I have some snowboards that I purchased for about $600. It is regularly selling for $1,500 to $2,000 now. Many shares from the 60s and 70s are now duds or gone. It’s no different with these toys. In the 70s I remember the matchbox caravan being dumped by toy stores for $0.20c. They’re easily selling for $20 now. That’s a better return than most stocks. Some children were the benefactors of parents who had foresight. These parents purchased two of every car. One for the child to play and one to store. I know as this is what some of the sellers on eBay said and they’re now reaping the rewards of their parent’s foresight.
@ibuy: In your examples though…. Matchbox, Lego, (even snowboards) etc were not initially set up to be collectibles. This is why I don't see the long term worth in Pop Vinyls.
Not real numbers obviously, but when you release 1000 units of a lego set, 20 years down the track, you have 200 sets left incomplete or lost, 500 end up loose/constructed/deconstructed, 50 end up loose with instructions, another 100 end up with instructions in a bad condition box, and of the remaining 150 sets, you might have 100 that are in good condition, 40 in great condition, and 10 left that are truly mint.
When you release 1000 units of a limited pop… 10 get opened, and 840 of them remain unopened, and 150 of them remain unopened with an additional plastic protector case.
@[Deactivated]: Something I have found with later generations. As we head further into the future the more virtual things become. There are much less physical toys on the market now than in the 60s and 70s. As a result for the later generations who are growing up they look to their parents or grandparents toys to relive a period that had physical toys. Previously in department stores toy sections would be an entire floor. Now it’s a small fraction of the store. The demand for these old toys will only increase. Lego is a classic example of this. It’s definitely not a bubble and as new sets are released there are some sets that have now increased in value to the point you pay thousands for them.
@ibuy: I don't disagree with anything you have said, only that the implication that it applies to Pops. Pops are not toys. They aren't designed to be played with, and you don't build fond memories of them doing anything apart from sitting on your wall inside a box.
it bobbles my mind
"never" was a strong word - the vast majority won't though. I just think they look like a store shelf stacked 10 high and 10 wide but each to his own I guess…
Several I got from years ago when they just started becoming popular has jumped up to about $200ea for the right buyer
You'd have to be knowledgeable on these things to find out which rare ones are produced these days.
I have one I paid $20 that is now selling regularly on eBay for around $300. Care to rethink your statement?
Care to keep reading
It looks like you are going to keep these for investment purposes and are going to hold onto them due to their value.
Considering that the market has reached saturation point with some major retailers (like the one in this thread) having them on clearance… I'm just curious as to what you think is going to continue to drive up prices in the long term?
What do you think Funko are doing that Ty failed to do when the price of Beanie Babies crashed?
I take mine out of the box's to display them
The only one I have in a pop and pop protector is a Grand admiral Thrawn because i have it signed by Timothy Zahn
Oop you've embarrassed yourself now hahaha
https://www.poppriceguide.com/guide/p/PopVinyl_PopFreddyFunk…
World has gone mad
bahahahahaha
some rare mistake and limited edition ones are worth thousands
I have a Rocky Balboa Pop Vinyl that was given to me by a friend for Christmas is current ebay value as mine is still in the box like new is almost $300.00. Not bad for a free Christmas Gift.
Nothing good at my target Robina
Nothing at Target Unley
Apart from nothing good there were none for $2 or $5
I scanned a bunch and all $10-19!!Yeah same here for the Target at Broadway Sydney. The only one I got to scan at $5 was the Jurassic World Owen Grady. Everything else Jurassic world was $10.
Fortnite and Captain Marvel pops were $19.
soy toys
Be cool one store discounts weren't posted here just wastes time for those thinking its replicated .
BTW for example one Woolies has LOL Confetti at $10 all the others are $20 .
Check Target Camberwell, still $19 there.
I have purchased hundreds of pops over the years and have noticed a big decline in popularity the past 6 or so months. It is hard to sell common pops with a RRP of $19 for even $10, and I am of the opinion that this will be the case for most pops released from now on.
It is still possible to purchase pops and make a profit, though you can't always predict which pops will go up in value. Most convention pops the past few years sold for $25 new to only end up being discounted to $19, rather than actually going up in value.
I have bought the chase versions of certain pops and sold them within a week for 2 to 3 time the purchase price
I collect certain lines like star wars and lord of the rings
Update the deal to specify that it only applies to some of them please.
Selected ones were $2 the rest were $5. They were all on special
None in my target…
Neither in any I checked. Or what others are posting here.
So this isn't nationwide? Only specific to certain stores? I went to a target and they were still RRP.
Went to target Myer Center QLD and only Elastigirl was discounted and some minecraft ones. ($5)
I collect them because I like them not for how much they might be worth in the future
I can think of a lot of other things I would buy before dropping the stupid $$$ on some of these pops
None at Target South.Point Tuggeranong.
Thanks Op. There were a few different ones at Erina Fair. Picked up Proxima Midnight for $2 and Ebony Maw for $5 (both from Infinity War). They also had Owen from Jurassic World for $5, and some Stranger Things ones for $10.
Any that matter?