My year 2000 want ad
Found
Still Looking
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
2000
Going thru some old files on my computer and came across an old want ad I did for the Advertising Figures I was searching for back in the year 2000. The search was getting easier as Ebay had been getting more popular and that meant more opportunity to score a rare piece. Looking back that was also the time some of the high dollar figures ( Like the large Speedy Alka Seltzer ) that were thought to have been quite rare started turing up more often and the prices crashed. These days I enjoy what figures I have but have not been going crazy adding new ones partly because the ones I want still have big price tags or they just do not turn up anymore. I took the ad I did over 10 years ago and took out the ones I have,had ( ended up selling for some reason) or passed on ( too expensive) and left the ones I have yet seen for sale at any price. There might be a few that I just wanted if they were cheap ( Like the 2 faced Ritalin monster, Mido Robot Clock, came close with a response off a blog post but as usual the deal never came thru) but have not come across yet at a fair price. Maybe this coming year I will take all the other pics I have saved over the years and make a new want list then see where I am in 10 more years.
My year 2000 want ad
Found
Still Looking
My year 2000 want ad
Found
Still Looking
Wow, you've added some great ones! Quisp, that darn thing is never less than $400 when I find one. The Denon Space Girl is probably one of my "MOST WANTED" figures. And that Reddy Kilowatt, rare rare rare!
ReplyDeleteI don't even recognize some of your "still looking" figures. Is that Choo-Choo Charlie (and friend), for Good 'N Plenty? Rocky Taconite, he is usually $400 and up. The Ritalin figure is one that I didn't buy when I first saw it at $75 - and ever since then I have been kicking myself. Buffalo Bee, never seen that one!
Yes there are a few that are most elusive . The Choo Choo Charlie might have been some sort of store display figure ( as is the Twinkie the Kid Statue) I think I have only heard of 1 or 2 in all the years I have been collecting. The Buffalo Bee was a Sebastian promo figure and was possibly a prototype only know of 1 out there. The Rocky nodder is one of the last few ad nodders I have yet to get along with the killer Gas genie nodder. Fingers crossed for 2012 ad figure hunting.
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