Classics Question

[mooncatt]

I am selling more of my collection and have now started sorting my classic Doctors. I've been lucky enough to collect all the classic Doctor releases, all of the 11th and 9th Doctors and half of the twenty or so 10th Doctors. My question is which ones are worth the most and are most likely to sell?

I know the Time Crash 5th will be worth more than the 11 Doctors box set 5th, but I am having trouble gauging the true sell on value of the majority of my figures.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks

[van Statten]

The collector market for Doctor Who figures is dead!

I've had a few Time Crash figures on eBay and they just sit there at $50.00 for the set.

The 11 Doctors 10th Doctor is in demand
The Father's Day 9th Doctor gets Watchers but never any takers
SDCC 1st and 2nd Doctors are in demand at about 20 a pop
Regeneration figures are pretty slick still they move at about 20 a pop

[whotothecore]

Hopefully you're like me ( Don't cry ) and you've kept them all boxed which will increase the price when you sell your figures. I find the Magnus Greel set ( New) sells for over £40+ on ebay and even opened it sells really well and in the high twenties if not more on occasions. Also I find if you've got one the Colin Baker Build it Robot wave one figure in Multi coloured coat that always out sells other the Doctors, the blue coated real time Colin Baker figure does well too.

[The Eternal Dalek]

The collector market for Doctor Who figures is dead!

I've had a few Time Crash figures on eBay and they just sit there at $50.00 for the set.

The 11 Doctors 10th Doctor is in demand
The Father's Day 9th Doctor gets Watchers but never any takers
SDCC 1st and 2nd Doctors are in demand at about 20 a pop
Regeneration figures are pretty slick still they move at about 20 a pop

It's the scalpers faults I've been saying this for ages now, I said that one day people would stop paying those astronomical prices, and when they did that they would begin to look at fairly normal prices, where people have added on a small charge to cover various costs and will refuse to pay more than RRP even though the shops may have sold out of it long ago.

[van Statten]

Hopefully you're like me ( Don't cry ) and you've kept them all boxed which will increase the price when you sell your figures. I find the Magnus Greel set ( New) sells for over £40+ on ebay and even opened it sells really well and in the high twenties if not more on occasions. Also I find if you've got one the Colin Baker Build it Robot wave one figure in Multi coloured coat that always out sells other the Doctors, the blue coated real time Colin Baker figure does well too.

Magnus Greel is cold open and closed. Believe me, this market is drying up. It's the fact no one has extra money to spend on anything they have missed and want to stay current with what's coming out. It's the nature of collecting, it'll pass though.

[mooncatt]

Hmmmm, well thanks for the info people. Maybe I should hold off on a few of them. I'm only selling because I need money, so there is no point in letting them go for nothing.

I'm hoping my classic Sontarans and the Masters Data Bank Tardis will be worth something. Otherwise it's the Gold Pertwee Dalek!

[whotothecore]

The collector market for Doctor Who figures is dead!

I've had a few Time Crash figures on eBay and they just sit there at $50.00 for the set.

The 11 Doctors 10th Doctor is in demand
The Father's Day 9th Doctor gets Watchers but never any takers
SDCC 1st and 2nd Doctors are in demand at about 20 a pop
Regeneration figures are pretty slick still they move at about 20 a pop

It's the scalpers faults I've been saying this for ages now, I said that one day people would stop paying those astronomical prices, and when they did that they would begin to look at fairly normal prices, where people have added on a small charge to cover various costs and will refuse to pay more than RRP even though the shops may have sold out of it long ago.

I've always said this, Never buy at the first port of call. check at your local Tesco's, pound stretcher or whatever retailer that sell DR Who Toys for sales, indeed go onto Forbidden Planet website and order the classic figures wanted, They're are usually still on sale months after release, even when people are listing them on Ebay for ridiculous prices unless it's a Time Crash 100 set or Limited edition signed set which usually sell out and the only way to obtain it will be from the dreaded scalpers. Shop around, don't stick to one retailer that the best option in my humble opinion.

[DVD]

Keep them for another 40 years and the price you get will seem much better.
It's a side line, but the DF Giant Robot, all boxed up realistically sells for about 200 quid (it's 30+ years old). A new 11th Doctor BC figure is selling for 150 quid. Just something to think about.

Speaking as a collector, I wouldn't want to spend a lot on any figure that I missed. I would personally only want Who figures boxed up.

Best thing to do for you - list your figures you want to sell in a spread sheet. Check out the various prices asked on ebay, and record them. Do a quick average, and use that as your starting price for each. Tha way you are aiming to sell for a fair, but regulated price.

[mooncatt]

Keep them for another 40 years and the price you get will seem much better.
It's a side line, but the DF Giant Robot, all boxed up realistically sells for about 200 quid (it's 30+ years old). A new 11th Doctor BC figure is selling for 150 quid. Just something to think about.

Speaking as a collector, I wouldn't want to spend a lot on any figure that I missed. I would personally only want Who figures boxed up.

Best thing to do for you - list your figures you want to sell in a spread sheet. Check out the various prices asked on ebay, and record them. Do a quick average, and use that as your starting price for each. Tha way you are aiming to sell for a fair, but regulated price.

That's a good idea, thing is I always start my auctions at 99p with no reserve. So in some ways I am at the mercy of the market but I'd rather do that than ask for an inflated BIN price.

Having already sold all my boxed classics, the daleks, most of my cybermen and almost all the new series stuff, it's only really the Doctors I have left.
Oh well, see how things go!

[DVD]

May I ask why you sold them off? Over the past years, you've been keen on your new aquisitions of Who toys.