Vintage Toys????

na nah

Did your parents save any of your old toys? If so what are they and if you have kids do they play with them? I still have all my fisher price toys like the school house with the bell on top, the farm house, click camera with the zoo pic's in it, the red apple that would chime when you move it and lots others. what about you, just courious.
Or what was your favorite toy as a kid??

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yeah. I still have my teddy bear that I got for my first Christmas that was my favorite when i was litte. I think thats all I still have and I could never part with it and I am 20!

Does anyone here look for and purchase vintage toys to remember their childhood at all?

mailmetlc

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I love reliving old memories of toys I had back then. I still have all of my barbies and cabbage patch kids and care bears. I also have a popple, one of the furry rainbow bright things and a huggabunch kid. I'm always searching online for things I used to have when I was a kid, but I don't usually purchase them. I remembered a few weeks ago these lip glosses I used to have when I was a kid. They were so yummy and I searched for them and found them on ebay. They were Maybelline's Kissing Coolers and they had different flavors. I loved them.

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What toys are vintage?

Erica

I want to grab toys for my kids that will be a great buy for the future. Should I just look for unique toys or what? My friend had the McDonalds magic maker for French fries. Now the Nugget maker is $80.

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What you buy your kids now depends very much on the age, interests and personalities of your kids.
If/when they're old enough to appreciate toys as collectables rather than as toys, then you can begin to start a joint hobby for you and them of collecting vintage/antique toys as a more or less separate thing from the toys they actually play with.
The most valuable antique toys are not normally "unique", indeed their value often depends on them being known as a commercially made item, but are very, very, rare to have survived in reasonably good condition, even rarer still in their original box.
Perhaps the best way to kindle an interest your kids in the right directions for this purpose is to gently steer their interest towards the general types of modern toys which have been made a very long time, and have a 'back catalogue' of similar, very collectable, antique counterparts, such as toy cars, trains and soldiers for boys, and dolls, and doll houses for girls, and board games for both. If they grow to like the modern products, they are more likely to appreciate vintage examples of the same thing.

Do they make a modern "Jack in the Box" kids toy or is the only one available vintage?

babyeedoll

We all know the kids toy "Jack in the box" that plays the toon, "Pop goes the weasel." Is this toy no longer being made? Does anyone make a modern day version? I saw some on eBay, but and a sock monkey version, but wondered about other similar toys?

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here you go: http://www.tintoyarcade.com/categories/Tin-Toys-Games-and-Kits/Tin-Toys-Jack-in-the-Box/

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Vintage barbie toy hunt...can anyone remember this?

Q. did you happen to have as a kid the Barbie outfit design kit? Itâs like this plastic thing where the lid flips up and you can put different types of fabric on front of a doll and when you close the lid it looks like you designed a new outfit? Itâs tough to explain, but one of the volleyball parents let Adison play with the one that was their daughters 15 years ago and she absolutely loves it. I want to try and find one, but Toys R Us doesnât carry it anymore, and I canât find it on ebay or craigslist because I donât know what itâs called.

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http://ebay.com/vintage-barbie-toy-hunt/3856866.html

What toys are vintage?

Q. I want to grab toys for my kids that will be a great buy for the future. Should I just look for unique toys or what? My friend had the McDonalds magic maker for French fries. Now the Nugget maker is $80.

Answer
What you buy your kids now depends very much on the age, interests and personalities of your kids.
If/when they're old enough to appreciate toys as collectables rather than as toys, then you can begin to start a joint hobby for you and them of collecting vintage/antique toys as a more or less separate thing from the toys they actually play with.
The most valuable antique toys are not normally "unique", indeed their value often depends on them being known as a commercially made item, but are very, very, rare to have survived in reasonably good condition, even rarer still in their original box.
Perhaps the best way to kindle an interest your kids in the right directions for this purpose is to gently steer their interest towards the general types of modern toys which have been made a very long time, and have a 'back catalogue' of similar, very collectable, antique counterparts, such as toy cars, trains and soldiers for boys, and dolls, and doll houses for girls, and board games for both. If they grow to like the modern products, they are more likely to appreciate vintage examples of the same thing.

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Why are vintage board games worth money?

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touchingen

I have quite a few vintage board games that I'm selling on a thrift sale. I searched on ebay and noticed they were getting expensive - why is this?

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There are two main factors that drive pricing in the collectibles market. The primary one is availability. Games, particular older games, were considered "child's play" and so when your kid grew up, the games were thrown out, yard saled, etc. Supply diminishes. Games take a lot of abuse from young kids, and so games with any kind of potentially breakable components, most likely had broken components. A broken toy tends to end up in the bin, and supply decreases even more. So, now you've got a market where certain items are in very limited supply.

The second driving factor in all collectibles, and particularly the board game market, is memory. A game that you played as a child, summers at the beach house, etc. So, for the majority of nostalgia collectors, games which were readily available growing up are the target for collection.

Mainstream board games finally started to grow beyond the standards (Monopoly, Life, Risk, etc) in the mid-70's. All those kids who grew up in an era where there was a much wider variety of board games available are now hitting their late 30's, early 40's. They have money to spend, and often kids of their own that they want to share those positive gaming memories with. Decreased supply + increased demand = increased value.

When was the first series of charly brown dolls made, and when were they released?

Q. Simply put, i have a Charley Brown doll i want to sell and i got it when i was a little kid, however i can not remember exactly when i got this doll and i need to have some sort of proof that this doll is as old as i say it is.
I believe this doll to be the prototype for the entire Charley Brown doll line(or one of them) but i still have no tangible evidence.
if someone could give me some information on this i would be very great full.

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Well Im sure there were several different Charlie Brown series and unless you can describe them or post a pic, I'm not sure if I can find the one you have but this one here is a 1966 UFS Charlie Brown Pocket Doll. If it isn't the one you have please post the size and Toy company.

http://www.antiqnet.com/detail,1966-ufs-charlie,440061.html

there is a supposed 1950 one here on ebay too
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1950-CHARLIE-BROWN-TOY-FIGURE-NICE_W0QQitemZ230114757023QQihZ013QQcategoryZ19235QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The more information you can get me the better I can help...good luck :o)

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What was the name/brand of that vintage child storybook electronic toy?

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It was made of blue hard plastic. It opened like a storybook and there were several different categories. Each category had buttons that you could press to make up your own story. I used to play with it when I was a kid - during the '90s.Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

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Another person asked
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What toys should I buy now to put away for my kids in the future to make some money with?

Small Busi

I want to start buying toys, comics, etc now and keep them in the box and put away so when my kids are older they have some vintage toys that are worth something. So how do I know what type of toys, comics, etc that I should invest in now to put away for future investments?

If anybody has any idea what toy companies, toys, comics, etc will one day be worth something if kept in good mint condition in a sealed box please let me know

Any info would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer
- cards (such as yu-gi-oh, magic the gathering and pokemon) are usually worth a lot in the future if preserved in mint condition. ofc, most of these can only be obtainable through boosters and there isn't 100% chance that you'd be able to get a really rare card but you could get magazine exclusives (shonen jump magazines send promo cards if you subscribe to them)

- high-end figurines and toys, such as some transformer toys, as they go out of production over time, as well as online exclusives because they also only sell for a limited time, so once they become hard to obtain you could easily sell at collector's price on ebay etc. which is usually 2-3x more pricy than the rp.

- pretty much any online exclusive toy

- comics could be invested in but since its quite hard to tell which comics would be hard to obtain in the future its also quite hard to pick out the right ones. you could buy the entire collection and later on sell as a bulk if your willing to spend extra money, but the more recent comics would be less expensive than comics made 10-20 years ago.

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Is there a group or club for Toy collectors?

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John Arkan

I have old vintage toys, Japanese robots; Sideshow collectibles; action figures.,etc. I wanted to trade, buy or sell with other collectors.

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Howdy John, I'm a fellow toy collector and I have had no luck with any clubs, well none that are active anyway. I collect anything from Japan plus Legos , action figures (any) Pokemon (for the kids) , mostly 70's and 80's toys. Send me an email. I'd like to know what you have.

What should I buy the kids for Christmas?

Country Ch

My fiancé and I will be doing our Christmas shopping next week and I could use some help with ideas for his kids. His daughter is the easy one but his son isn't. He's 15, plays videogames, plays football, rides his bike even when it's cold and raining. I was thinking just get him a gift card of some kind but that's not all I want to give him. Any ideas would be very helpful.

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when i was 15 i really did prefer gift cards. then i could get what i wanted. if he likes football, maybe you can get some tickets for a football game. doesnt necessarily have to be NFL but maybe a college game, or even a good highschool game. if he likes to ride his bike alot, you can get him some bike accessory to encourage him to keep using it and stay active. maybe like, i dunno, a trailor thing for the bike so he can go shopping with it, they have these weird covering things you put over your bike, and its like a kind of a shelter thing lol sounds weird but if he likes to bike in the rain its something to look into. i suppose you can get him a new video game but it might be better to get him a gift certificate for one, for an electronics store, or if he plays a certain game you can sometimes buy cards for the game itself so they can buy weapons and stuff for their characters. there are also all kinds of collectors items related to video games out there. toys and stuff related to the game. you can also try to find a vintage video game set, like an old original nintendo system or atari or something like that, with some games. you can try on ebay, or other local trading posts. if it works and has all the proper cords and paddles, they can be alot of fun for a video game fan. some of those old games are harder than new ones. so theres original Nintendo. called Nintendo entertainment system, or NES for short, then there is Super Nintendo System, SNES, and there are other brands, like Sega, You can get Sega Genisis, or Sega Saturn, Or SegaMegaDrive. There are older ones still, like Atari (remember Pong?) or a brand called Coleco. there are others still. you can check out http://www.old-computers.com/ for more information on those games and other old computer systems. they also sometimes feature items for sale on there. but at least it can give you brand names and games to look up. personally, if i was a 15 year old video game fan, i would want one of those old systems, because vintage is the cool thing these days. prices range from very cheap, like 20 dollars for the system with some games, to a hundred dollars or more, depending on the system, and how many games the person has to sell with them. you can also try to find some at pawn shops. some of those old systems also had alot of extra things you could purchase seperately. like the duck hunt gun for NES, Nes also had a glove controller, allowing you to control your man with your hand rather than a paddle, and there are those dance step mat thingies as well. NES was the most successful home arcade system in its day, and had the most extra features, which you can still find online sometimes, though they can be pricey sometimes because they are collectors items but hey you can tell him, i got ya the system if you want the added extra things do some housework and save your allowance. he can do his own hunting for them and learn how to make online purchases and go to yardsales etc

I've played a variety of different systems, and my personal favourites were my original Nintendo NES, and also sega genesis.they are probably the easiest ones to find these days as well, and had the most games which you can still find. one thing to beware of however, is that these old games are not on cd's like today, but old style cartridges that look kind of like an old 8track thing. and they can get dusty inside the game cartridge. if its dusty, it wont work right in the machine. you can sometimes fix this by blowing and blowing and blowing into the cartridge to get the dust out. you can also try those air can duster things you buy at walmart. the machines themselves can get dusty as well, and if it is, it wont load the game. i used to have to open the door of the machine and blow into it until my lungs fell out. but that usually did fix the problem. you can also use those air cans in the machine too. so if you purchase an old system like NES or any of those, make sure its not dirty and dusty, and i would ask the seller to plug in the machine and load a game up for you to see, to verify it works. .

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What toys should I buy now to put away for my kids in the future to make some money with?

best vintage kids toys image

Small Busi

I want to start buying toys, comics, etc now and keep them in the box and put away so when my kids are older they have some vintage toys that are worth something. So how do I know what type of toys, comics, etc that I should invest in now to put away for future investments?

If anybody has any idea what toy companies, toys, comics, etc will one day be worth something if kept in good mint condition in a sealed box please let me know

Any info would be appreciated

Thanks

Answer
- cards (such as yu-gi-oh, magic the gathering and pokemon) are usually worth a lot in the future if preserved in mint condition. ofc, most of these can only be obtainable through boosters and there isn't 100% chance that you'd be able to get a really rare card but you could get magazine exclusives (shonen jump magazines send promo cards if you subscribe to them)

- high-end figurines and toys, such as some transformer toys, as they go out of production over time, as well as online exclusives because they also only sell for a limited time, so once they become hard to obtain you could easily sell at collector's price on ebay etc. which is usually 2-3x more pricy than the rp.

- pretty much any online exclusive toy

- comics could be invested in but since its quite hard to tell which comics would be hard to obtain in the future its also quite hard to pick out the right ones. you could buy the entire collection and later on sell as a bulk if your willing to spend extra money, but the more recent comics would be less expensive than comics made 10-20 years ago.

Why are vintage board games worth money?

touchingen

I have quite a few vintage board games that I'm selling on a thrift sale. I searched on ebay and noticed they were getting expensive - why is this?

Answer
There are two main factors that drive pricing in the collectibles market. The primary one is availability. Games, particular older games, were considered "child's play" and so when your kid grew up, the games were thrown out, yard saled, etc. Supply diminishes. Games take a lot of abuse from young kids, and so games with any kind of potentially breakable components, most likely had broken components. A broken toy tends to end up in the bin, and supply decreases even more. So, now you've got a market where certain items are in very limited supply.

The second driving factor in all collectibles, and particularly the board game market, is memory. A game that you played as a child, summers at the beach house, etc. So, for the majority of nostalgia collectors, games which were readily available growing up are the target for collection.

Mainstream board games finally started to grow beyond the standards (Monopoly, Life, Risk, etc) in the mid-70's. All those kids who grew up in an era where there was a much wider variety of board games available are now hitting their late 30's, early 40's. They have money to spend, and often kids of their own that they want to share those positive gaming memories with. Decreased supply + increased demand = increased value.

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Is there a group or club for Toy collectors?

best vintage kids toys image

John Arkan

I have old vintage toys, Japanese robots; Sideshow collectibles; action figures.,etc. I wanted to trade, buy or sell with other collectors.

Answer
Howdy John, I'm a fellow toy collector and I have had no luck with any clubs, well none that are active anyway. I collect anything from Japan plus Legos , action figures (any) Pokemon (for the kids) , mostly 70's and 80's toys. Send me an email. I'd like to know what you have.

What should I buy the kids for Christmas?

Country Ch

My fiancé and I will be doing our Christmas shopping next week and I could use some help with ideas for his kids. His daughter is the easy one but his son isn't. He's 15, plays videogames, plays football, rides his bike even when it's cold and raining. I was thinking just get him a gift card of some kind but that's not all I want to give him. Any ideas would be very helpful.

Answer
when i was 15 i really did prefer gift cards. then i could get what i wanted. if he likes football, maybe you can get some tickets for a football game. doesnt necessarily have to be NFL but maybe a college game, or even a good highschool game. if he likes to ride his bike alot, you can get him some bike accessory to encourage him to keep using it and stay active. maybe like, i dunno, a trailor thing for the bike so he can go shopping with it, they have these weird covering things you put over your bike, and its like a kind of a shelter thing lol sounds weird but if he likes to bike in the rain its something to look into. i suppose you can get him a new video game but it might be better to get him a gift certificate for one, for an electronics store, or if he plays a certain game you can sometimes buy cards for the game itself so they can buy weapons and stuff for their characters. there are also all kinds of collectors items related to video games out there. toys and stuff related to the game. you can also try to find a vintage video game set, like an old original nintendo system or atari or something like that, with some games. you can try on ebay, or other local trading posts. if it works and has all the proper cords and paddles, they can be alot of fun for a video game fan. some of those old games are harder than new ones. so theres original Nintendo. called Nintendo entertainment system, or NES for short, then there is Super Nintendo System, SNES, and there are other brands, like Sega, You can get Sega Genisis, or Sega Saturn, Or SegaMegaDrive. There are older ones still, like Atari (remember Pong?) or a brand called Coleco. there are others still. you can check out http://www.old-computers.com/ for more information on those games and other old computer systems. they also sometimes feature items for sale on there. but at least it can give you brand names and games to look up. personally, if i was a 15 year old video game fan, i would want one of those old systems, because vintage is the cool thing these days. prices range from very cheap, like 20 dollars for the system with some games, to a hundred dollars or more, depending on the system, and how many games the person has to sell with them. you can also try to find some at pawn shops. some of those old systems also had alot of extra things you could purchase seperately. like the duck hunt gun for NES, Nes also had a glove controller, allowing you to control your man with your hand rather than a paddle, and there are those dance step mat thingies as well. NES was the most successful home arcade system in its day, and had the most extra features, which you can still find online sometimes, though they can be pricey sometimes because they are collectors items but hey you can tell him, i got ya the system if you want the added extra things do some housework and save your allowance. he can do his own hunting for them and learn how to make online purchases and go to yardsales etc

I've played a variety of different systems, and my personal favourites were my original Nintendo NES, and also sega genesis.they are probably the easiest ones to find these days as well, and had the most games which you can still find. one thing to beware of however, is that these old games are not on cd's like today, but old style cartridges that look kind of like an old 8track thing. and they can get dusty inside the game cartridge. if its dusty, it wont work right in the machine. you can sometimes fix this by blowing and blowing and blowing into the cartridge to get the dust out. you can also try those air can duster things you buy at walmart. the machines themselves can get dusty as well, and if it is, it wont load the game. i used to have to open the door of the machine and blow into it until my lungs fell out. but that usually did fix the problem. you can also use those air cans in the machine too. so if you purchase an old system like NES or any of those, make sure its not dirty and dusty, and i would ask the seller to plug in the machine and load a game up for you to see, to verify it works. .

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