QUOTE(orestes @ Dec 9 2009, 04:41 PM)
and yeah.. this also got me thinking... when seller put at such price... usd1800 is more than rm6k ... will anybody gonna buy it actually? do ppl really2 gonna buy something at such pricee even they have the money? yeah, seller can easily put any price they feel like to... but buyers, do they easily gonna buy it? in what base they value it that high? because it's rare? or old? or demands? magic word, rare and hard to find.. hehehhee
any haul for today...? mirai stocks always late laa... i want alternity bb and cj.. iskkk.... which you guys think gonna price hike between those 2? alty 01 definitely the red.. alty 02 is silver meg... but alty 03, both is in their own league, different character and head mold.. i like the red...
Agreed with jeff_ckf.
Throughout the world there are rich people who buy such stuff. Some buy to collect, some buy to do "asset stripping". In any event, I have seen such things being sold although I am not the buyer. They can sell but slow. Eventually, it will move. MISB is in class of its own. If it is AFA graded, whoooo. The price is sure gonna go up by another 30 - 40%.
But bear in mind that MISB can also turn yellow. All plastics turn yellow over time due to chemical breakdown. Malaysian weather just hastens it only. Toys in Japan, Hong Kong, US, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand also turn yellow but at a slower pace due to the weather there. But all will still turn yellow over time. This is the inherent risk in buying toys more than 20 years old.
Alternity BB and CJ are 2 different characters. IMHO, both should fetch good prices over time. BB because of the movies and CJ because of the bling bling red.