In this era, a lot of things are technical and digital now. Some of the primitive stuff we owned back then don’t really matter anymore when compared to things like smart phones. The thing is, smart phones are REALLY important and CRAZY expensive. You use them for communication and work, not to mention we rely on it too much to the point of it being unhealthy. The sad thing is that it’s normal to be obsessed over your phone now.
So what do a bunch of old toys we played as kids when smart phones haven’t been invented yet have against technology in this day and age?
I’ll tell you what.
Rarity. And novelty.
You wouldn’t believe how expensive they are now, what with people who like to collect “vintage” stuff spreading everywhere. It makes sense that they would want these and are willing to pay a price for them. You can’t exactly find them as easily as it had been back then. They’re like the rare baseball cards we used to collect a long time ago. So if you want to make a quick buck to increase the expenses you have at home, what with being a dad now and all, then go scavenge your old toy chest and see if you can sell them for a price. The expensive old toys are:
Beanie Babies
Rare ones – couple of hundred pounds.
Polly Pockets
Mint condition – £1,000 and over
Rare jewel cases – £10-£30
Pokémon Cards
Holographic Shadowless Charizard – £9,000
Shining Charizard – £2,600
Furbies
Most of them – £10-£30
Rare multi-coloured version – £200
Super Soakers
Monster XL regularly fetches – £130-200
Super Soaker 50 – £30-50
Tamagotchis
Still in their boxes – £50-100
Opened – £10-20
Special and rare editions – £80-100
Diamond tamagotchis – £30-60
Rare diamond – up to £100
Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards
Depends on the card number
Lego
Sometimes it depends on how much kilo you have
Specific bundles – £50
Larger bundles of mini figures – £100
Star Wars – up to £3,000
Taj Mahal set – over £1,000
Café Corner – over £2,000
Happy Meal Toys
101 Dalmatians toys from 1996 – £50
Disney VHS tapes
Not over £10 each
Harry Potter books
The original ones that were credited to Joanne Rowling rather than J.K. Rowling -£28,850 – 39, 700
Advance proof copies – £5000
First editions and deluxe -£320 – 1,800
Game Boy
Normally – £60
Still in sealed boxes – £250
Mario Kart 64
Normally – £30
With original box – £40-50
iPod Classic
first generation – £100-200
second generation – £50-100
My Little Pony
Mimic the twinkle eye Unicorn – £150
Barbie
From the 50’s and 60’s –over thousands of pounds