Zardnaar
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| | I have a minis collection and I haven't bought any since Angelfire. I went to Ebay and started checking out how much stuff was selling for and wow. Orc Champions $30+ (I have 4), LSD $60+ etc. I have a few chase minis from Archfiends and Harbinger. Sell now or sit on them for a bit longet? I'm not critically short of money but am thinking of disposing of a few in a month or two. My 2 Drizzts are lokking like $$$$ to me. | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 12:39 AM |
| | If you arent exactly needing the money, I'd just kind of sit on them for a little. But if you ended up needing the money for something, you could get a lot for them by selling them as singles instead of all together. | |
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Wayne
Underboss
1371 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 12:50 AM |
| | With the new Orc Wardrummer, those four Orc Champions are only going to appreciate. Drizzt, on the other hand, could drop significantly if another Drizzt sculpt is released. (That mini is one of the very few with "casual" collectors being the ones primarily driving the prices.) | |
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Jeb McDonald
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403 Posts
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| | 03/15/2006 12:51 AM |
| I agree with True_Blue. Having just sold many miniatures on ebay in lots, you will definitely maximize your money by selling them as singles (and at different times from each other).
I would sit on them as well. However, you should realize that if you need money quickly, you won't get $$ quickly via ebay unless you do a "buy it now" sale. | |
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Thenameless
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| | 03/15/2006 12:54 AM |
| | The price of Drizzt seems like the price of a tech-stock back in 1999. While he is very popular, I don't see him being worth that much more than every other mini out there. If you can get around $100 for him, you should probably take it. | |
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Daunte
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518 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:01 AM |
| I would probably hold on to them for a little while. If prices start to drop you can always start to sell.
But who knows, with another mini's game from WOTC coming out the prices may drop drastially soon.
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:11 AM |
| This is very true, especially if the other minis game starts to attract more ppl/money. But then again we dont know for sure what will happen.
I really dont think a new Drizzt would change a lot for the Drizzt in Archfiends. Dont get me wrong, I think it would take some of the rise out of his price, but ppl would still always want that one. Its a nice peice from a limited set, as in not as many made. There's still plenty of them out there, but not as much. Also I think a lot of ppl will want him to use in skirmish. I realize he isnt a badass in skirmish, but hes fun and useful enough that people will want to use him, etc. I think if a new one was released, he'd level off, but not go down =) | |
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Thenameless
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| | 03/15/2006 1:27 AM |
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Originally posted by Daunte
I would probably hold on to them for a little while. If prices start to drop you can always start to sell.
When the price of an item/stock begins to drop, it usually means there is negative public sentiment going around. During these times, it can be difficult to get the market price for the said item. | |
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Daunte
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518 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:35 AM |
| And a lot of people dont pay attention to rpices on a monthly basis. If someone were to keep track, like a lot of people here do, and start to notice a trend of mini's in general then it would probably be a good time to sell.
There is even a nice thread that someone has up in trading references that shows the trend in prices over a long period of time.
Its just a matter of paying attention and reacting before everyone else does. | |
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True_Blue
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2386 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:56 AM |
| | Well thats always easier said than done. Pretty much everyone would like to know the "best" time to sell or trade. But its not so easy to predict the market. Until D&DM is canceled, I'm pretty sure each set will increase in price because newer players, etc will want access to the older figures. | |
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Newtoncain
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2985 Posts
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| | 03/15/2006 10:46 AM |
| I f you don't use them anymore. Sell them off. Get a little return on your investment.
Maybe keep a couple cool looking ones.
Sure in 10yrs a Drizzt in the bag w/ mint stat card might be worth 1000. Then again it might be worth wiping your arse with too. | |
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Zaukrie
Underboss
2007 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 10:51 AM |
| | I'm with Newtoncain (as usual). If you aren't using them, and don't plan to, I'd strike while you know the iron is hot. But, it is like a stock - once you decide to sell, you can't beat yourself up if the item goes up in price. Just remember how much money you made and be happy. | |
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Sharn Inquisitor
Underboss
1623 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 11:04 AM |
| I personally have gone with selling off some extra figures. Before War Drums I sold a Drizzt ($71), Owlbear ($30) and Mind Flayer ($30) on eBay. I also sold a 185 figure lot of commons and uncommons for $105. All toll these bought me two cases of War Drums...which I fully intend to turn around and do the same with.
The figures aren't going to go up in value that much more...I think...and as time progresses, we get closer to the inevitable possible reprint. | | | |
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robby
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| | 03/15/2006 12:07 PM |
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If you have multiples, you should diversify. Sell some, keep the others. Get the benefits of both worlds. That way if prices drop, you will have at least sold some off, and if they continue to appreciate you can reap some of the extra profits. [:)]
You could also put up a store with higher than than the typical BIN prices and wait until someone bites ... and it seems like someone always does on those.
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 2:51 PM |
| I saw that if you are not using them any more and get no enjoyment from them, then sell then off. If you do enjoy them, then hold onto them. It is really simple like that.
Just remember that prices go up and down, and the minis is only worth as much as the buy is willing to pay. | |
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Thailfi
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956 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:03 PM |
| As someone who has numerous copies of all the valuable rares from the early sets I say you need to ask yourself the following questions:
Are you using these minis?
Will you miss them if they were gone?
If you can answer no to those questions, then sell. Up until War Drums I had eight Archfiends hill giants. Those suckers dropped in value as soon as people heard about the two hill giants in War Drums. I ended up trading four of them for premium War Drums rares. I realy doubt you are going to get a lot of appreciation in value on any of the earlier figures in the near future and you run the risk of their values dropping substantially with each set released.
Me I don't really need the money and I use the figures for D&D. I'll be mildly annoyed if another displacer beast gets made, but it won't make me regret not selling them when I had the chance. Your mileage may vary.
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1476 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:06 PM |
| | Sell. Sell. Sell. | |
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Zenako
Commander
3469 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 4:04 PM |
| Collectors will always want one of each set, but the other factors that drive demand are fickle. Those being RPG and Skirmish. As more and more similar minis are produced, the need for certain forms of minis (Hill Giants for example) is diminished and the demand/price will drop some. Skirmish will always be at the whims of the designers and the new pieces and how they interact with existing pieces. Sometimes old figures take on new life, other times they get rendered redundant.
As an investment, treat them like stocks. If they have appreciated enough to where you would be happy selling them, then sell. Pocket the proceeds and move on. Sure some might continue to climb, but others might drop. In absolute terms, only the high priced rares will be anixety inducers. If you have extra Drizzt's, sell them. There is probably not a lot of upside left and they could revert to their old $20 level sometime soon. Other rares have had booms and busts in pricing as well. For a while the Huge Dragons from GOL could be had for about $20 a pop on EBAY. Now they are pushing $40+ generally. However some of those same figures had the same premium pricing soon after they came out (past the initial stupid money week or so). Thayan Knight went up and down, other rares have varied as well.
Most of the older sets have priced themselves up to the point that only collectors are really supporting that portion of the secondary market. Drizzt has special fan interest driving the stupid pricing on that mini, since it is not all that special of a scuplt or particular useful in skirmish from what I know. I know I sold off / traded away close to a dozen of those dark elves over the past year, and if I let myself worry about lost potential sales it would be annoying. However, at each given transaction I felt I got good value for the exchange. I probably picked some of them up for around $10 a pop a good while back and was happy to sell them for $25 each. That kind of return is very satisfying. Sure had I gambled and held on longer I could have made more now, but I also could have ended up holding onto a bunch of $15 minis and lost the chance to sell them for $25.
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 03/15/2006 5:12 PM |
| IMO:
Orc Champs will go up in price more, or at least stay consistent.
Drizzt's price will drop a lot when/if a new scuplt is released. Though if an epic card is made for him his price will rise. | |
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sage_raistlin
Sergeant
377 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 9:07 PM |
| Personally I think we have just about maxed out on the figure prices. I'ld be surprised if we see any really big increases here. More and more figures are being release in the more recent sets that are better looking the the older sets and are basicly the same for RPG. Unless there is a big increase in the prize support for the Skirm, I don't see the figures being worth much more then they are currently.
I feel the new game is going to be what is going to effect the pricing. If the game takes off and does really well and keeps the prize support high, then it will most likely take some of the DDM players away and it could possible flood the market with the figures as these people look for ways to buy the new figs they need for the game.
On the other hand if the game tanks it might cause the price of DDM to drop some if there is enough figures in the game that could be used in RPG as people grab them up for playing. Personal, the quick look I took at the one figure that looked like a blue dragon, looked better then any blue that has been released for DDM and I would get that over the one in deathknell.
Either way this is a quirky market as Zenako pointed out. I'm just wishing when I had sold my figures all off, I had then taken the $5000 or so I got and bought some google shares with it when it went public. Between 50-60 shares at $350 would be nice right now..... | |
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Zardnaar
Sergeant
522 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 11:44 PM |
| Thanx for the advice guys. I checked completed auctions on Ebay and have notice the huge Red/Gold Dragon has gone up as well. I had 2 HRD but now I can only find one. Maybe I put it away somewhere. Thgink I'll sell of a few pieces as I don't play any more and are unlikey to start again. Might kick myself in 10 years time if any minis do a Black Lotus on me but I doubt some of them will jold their value and 4th edition could kill the line in its current form.
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 1:23 AM |
| | See I think certain ones will always cost a lot. I think the Huge Red and Gold's will cost a lot and keep going up. I mean seriously, do you honestly think we'll see a resculpt of one of those anytime soon? There arent enough Huge sets. Also, even if the line died, ppl would still like to have them because of what they are. Certain peices I think will always cost a little bit too because in skirmish its hard to actually have the same thing. They can release a new Drizzt, but he wont have the same CFX, and ppl like his CFX I think. For fun games, they like using Uniques, etc. I dunno, I really dont foresee many figures going down, only going up. As new players come into the game, they will want the old stuff, even if its not the best. | |
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