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« on: May 24, 2023, 04:39 PM »
Ultimately, there's a huge difference between selling your stuff for fair market value and scalping. If I know a hot new toy sells for more on eBay and I buy them up, that's kind of ******.
If I have something I've collected and it has more value now than when I bought it, there's nothing weird or wrong or questionable about selling it for it's going rate.
I love the Stan Solo stuff, I just paid an arm and a leg for a few of the ones I'd missed, and I'm lucky that I got into them when I did. Even ones I got for $40 a few months ago are $150 or $200 now... Someday when if I sell them, it'll be for whatever they're worth when that day comes.
As for ditching stuff... 3.75" Star Wars will be the last to go for me. If I sell those, it means I straight up quit collecting.
I quit collecting ReAction figures about 3 years ago, I have 450 of those I'm getting ready to throw onto eBay.
If I decide to keep pairing down, Gentle Giant Mini-Busts are on the chopping block next. The costs have gone up dramatically, and the sculpt quality has gone down dramatically (on some of them at least... some look great still).