Q for Action Figure Collectors

[ben:friendship frog]

My sister is moving house and she found two Christmas presents she'd bought for me in 2002/2003 and never actually gave to me! Long story short she works in the offices for Hamleys Toy Store in London, I'm not sure if this still happens but they used to get wrestlers in there from time to time.

So, tonight she finally gave me those Christmas presents. They are boxed/sealed/etc action figures from the WWE Draft series from Jakks. I have Bradshaw and Ivory, both signed. It says limited edition on them, like Bradshaw's says '#11 of 13,750' or something.

I'm not into figures or collecting but would any of you know if these are rare at all, worth anything, or are just a nice cool thing to have as a fan? I'll be keeping them regardless, just intrigued. Cheers!

[JCBaggee]

Check eBay and see what they've sold for. Don't check active auctions, just look for ones that have ended and see what the going price is.

Odds are they aren't worth much. Being signed and in good condition helps a lot, but they're still fairly recent, and I'm thinking those figures aren't in high demand.

They'll look cool on a wall, though.

[DJ Maniak]

Yeah, The Jakks stuff, loose or MOC, usually fetches more based on the character, or rarity of production. The Draft figures were all over the place, regardless of the numbering they were pretty easy to find. But being these are signed, they may be worth a bit more.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Sept 26, 2015 1:46:09 GMT -5 DJ Maniak said:

Yeah, The Jakks stuff, loose or MOC, usually fetches more based on the character, or rarity of production. The Draft figures were all over the place, regardless of the numbering they were pretty easy to find. But being these are signed, they may be worth a bit more.

Some of the draft figures came signed already, my Billy Gunn was like that. Certain Jakks figures are worth more even some of the last series they did.

[sonofblaine]

[DJ Maniak]

Sept 26, 2015 6:38:32 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

Some of the draft figures came signed already, my Billy Gunn was like that. Certain Jakks figures are worth more even some of the last series they did.

Never knew about this.

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Sept 26, 2015 6:44:43 GMT -5 sonofblaine said:

Damn, beat me to it.

[PKO]

Those draft figures were so annoying. All repaints, and on the back of the box they had the production numbers for each figure...but they also had listing for figures that didn't even exist like Terri Runnels and Shawn Stasiak with sentences like "Only on Planet Stasiak!" and "In your dreams!" and stuff.

So the new and interesting figures didn't exist, but instead enjoy these same figures you already have.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Sept 26, 2015 6:44:43 GMT -5 sonofblaine said:

He was NOT in The Big Goodbye, I dispute this sticker!

[sonofblaine]

Sept 26, 2015 14:47:33 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Sept 26, 2015 6:44:43 GMT -5 sonofblaine said:

He was NOT in The Big Goodbye, I dispute this sticker!

Yeah, I saw that and thought "Encounter at Farpoint" would have been most accurate.

[Deleted]

The thing about something autographed to remember is that if there is no certificate of authenticity or something to that effect the signature doesn't really add value.

[Hit Girl]

I have that Q action figure.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Yeah, the signatures were just mass-produced and the figures with them are actually very common.

Honestly, almost any action figure from the 90's is worthless in terms of going price. The market was hugely oversaturated, so any toy of a well-known franchise was too common to be worth super much - especially since most of those well-known franchises have continued to get more and more collector-oriented action figures since.

If you are looking to sell an action figure for money...it's going to have to be from the 80's or earlier unless it's a very particular niche where it's popular enough to get collectors interested, but not popular enough to have had a toyline reboot in the 00's. It's a narrow field. I think any wrestling toy from that era would only really be worth much if there have not been many or any action figures of the wrestler since then.

[ben:friendship frog]

Sept 26, 2015 23:43:43 GMT -5 Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby said:

Yeah, the signatures were just mass-produced and the figures with them are actually very common.

Honestly, almost any action figure from the 90's is worthless in terms of going price. The market was hugely oversaturated, so any toy of a well-known franchise was too common to be worth super much - especially since most of those well-known franchises have continued to get more and more collector-oriented action figures since.

If you are looking to sell an action figure for money...it's going to have to be from the 80's or earlier unless it's a very particular niche where it's popular enough to get collectors interested, but not popular enough to have had a toyline reboot in the 00's. It's a narrow field. I think any wrestling toy from that era would only really be worth much if there have not been many or any action figures of the wrestler since then.

Well these two were actually signed in store where my sister worked, hence her getting them. Otherwise I'm sure she would have got the Rock and Hogan or something!

I'm not trying to sell them I was just intrigued that's all, I'm keeping them whatever their value

That's for the info though, interesting.

[Jiren]

Sept 26, 2015 14:55:12 GMT -5 sonofblaine said:

Sept 26, 2015 14:47:33 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

He was NOT in The Big Goodbye, I dispute this sticker!

Yeah, I saw that and thought "Encounter at Farpoint" would have been most accurate.

Or "All Good things", Since it's 7th Season based