Toy collecting tip of the day - 2

November 28, 2009 | By Juliana Heng In How to collect toys, Overview of collecting toys |

Marvel Universe Spiderman action figure.Avoid jumping from toyline to toyline.  This tends to happen when toy collectors “chase” the trends and collect whatever toys that are “hot” at the moment due to the related movie or cartoon releases then. 

Basically don’t buy on hype if you can help it.  You’ll tend to feel so hurt when you see the same ”ex-hot” toys go on clearance sales, and you paid much more for them just a few months ago. 

It’s feels worse when you realise that you don’t really like those toylines as you used to, after the hype has died down.  By then, you’re stuck with those toys that can be difficult to sell off because almost everyone else also gets tired of them like you have.

Other Related Posts:

  • The 5 stages of collecting toys
  • Toy collecting tip of the day - 1
  • My toy collecting takes a short break
  • A survival kit for new toy collectors
  • Introduction to collecting toys

    • 2 Comments so far

    1. Bany on December 1st, 2009

      i don’t chase trends actually, never did, i just buy what i want… :)

    2. Juliana Heng on December 10th, 2009

      Hi Bany,

      Good for you! :)

    Leave a reply