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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:29 PM
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anybody here know toys? i have some that i have saved
from my kids, now in their 20's, as well as some that i collected. i have a lot of the fisher price little people toys, including some of the old aqua and brown ones. not complete, definitely played with.
also have a couple of boxfuls of mcdonalds toys. i know that some are worth more because they were crossovers with movies, esp disney. i have some dalmatians that are still in the bag. others, too.
and needless to say, i have a bunch of beenie babies, including the teenies.
is any of this stuff worth anything, or should i just donate it and get my space back?
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 11:04 AM
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1. Give them a try.
I'm more up on sci-fi toys, but even those have dropped in value in recent years. I don't know the Fisher Price and McD stuff that well, but a few years ago there was a big market for the fast food collectibles. Some of it is very common, but if you happen to have a rare piece, you'll still attract the collectors. Do a search for what your particular pieces are selling for, and if you have a rare one, put it up by itself. Otherwise you'll get better results by grouping them.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 06:00 PM
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2. do you have wooden headed little people?
Edited on Tue Aug-25-09 06:01 PM by grasswire
I love them.

The best way to find value is to browse ebay for a few days to see what sort of prices are being asked and gotten.

Be sure to click on "completed" auctions to see the final values.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 10:31 PM
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3. i have a couple. personally, i love
the chickens. cows are good, too.
my kids had so much fun with these toys. the new fat ones just strike me as dumb personified.
we are white sox fans, and they have a kinda crazy lighted display thingie that is about 2' high, and about 30' long. i really admire the things the designers have found to do with this odd shaped little space. one of my favorites is to fill it with bouncing little people who are decorated with the sox logo. cracks me up every time.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 10:46 PM
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4. oh the fat FP people are really ugly
In fact, the whole FP line is awful, I think, these days.

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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 08:13 AM
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5. safety rears it's ugly head.
how did we all survive?
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-09-10 02:31 PM
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6. Check eBay- I think you will be amazed, especially the FP and McD....
I think there is even still a marked for the Beanies, but not what it once was....

Don't get rid of ANYTHING till you check it - I learned that the hard way, and it still took several times for me to grasp the concept.


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