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Pony Talk => Off Topic => The Dollhouse => Topic started by: Private_Bubbles on March 24, 2012, 03:26:52 AM
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My friend's been cleaning out her old toys and stuff, and she has uncovered some old Sailor Moon dolls. She checked them on eBay and saw some selling for quite a lot but I offered to ask on here for her to try and find out what they're really worth.
The dolls she has are called Sailor Moon Adventure Dolls and look like this (to the best of my recollection, I can ask her to take a pic if you'd like)
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(not my pic)
She has Queen Beryl, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon, I'm pretty sure they're unopened, they were in their boxes when I saw them, and look to be in good condition.
So does anyone know how much they're worth?
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Nope but now I wish I had some =0
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Oh dear, I had Mercury when I was little. I wonder what I did with her. DX
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It really alldepends on what year they were made. The ones from around 2000 are worth a lot more than the ones from 97' I believe it was. The ones from 97' i've not see them go for much but they can. Queen beryl is prob worth more then the others and could prob fetch around 50 or so.
Just to let you know what they can go for. I sold my whole collection a couple of years ago for 275. And the sailor moon dolls seem to go up in value.
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Unfortunately, the prices on these girls seems to have dropped recently. I've been seeing them selling individually on ebay for the past few months in the $4-$10 range apiece, even MIB, when only last year they were going for much higher (sometimes $20-$30 each). It seems like everything Sailor Moon went into a temporary high-demand once Italy re-released the cartoon last year, but everything has slowly been going down in value since.
I'd suggest that your friend hold onto them until the market picks back up if they can. Sailor Moon merchandise has a tendency to wax and wane and even some of the typically rarer/sought after dolls aren't selling at their best at the moment.
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On a off topic, but still a SM topic, is there a website where I can watch all of the shows? My daughter never got to see SM because she was a baby, but I think she'd really like them. I saw a DVD set once, but I just don't have the money to buy a collection like that.
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I'm not sure what year they're from, probably 2000 as she would have been too young to have seen/cared about Sailor Moon in '97.
Thanks for the advice guys :D
Psivampyr, I know you can watch some of the episodes on YouTube, but I'm not sure if all of them would be there :)
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I saw a whole bunch of them in a lot on eBay and it only went for £25 I'm afraid.
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They aren't going for much at all right now sadly. I was hoping with the comic re-release they would. I'd say MIB 5-10 each mabye 10-15 for beryl?
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This might help: http://www.sailormooncollectibles.com/
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Wait, really? They've gone down in price? I actually had to stop searching Sailor Moon on ebay because I knew I could never really afford anything. Now I just have to look for Sailor Venus stuff on ebay to see if I can finally afford a MIB doll of her. She was always my favorite.
Off I go to look!
EDIT:
Okay I can officially make a statement as to why the old stuff as dropped price. The new merch for Italy is AMAZING. It's a shame they didn't make it world wide! I wonder if their still in stores somewhere and if someone in Italy could do a pick up for a little something extra + shipping for us Sailor Moon fans. Would be nice lol
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As everyone has said, those dolls are not worth much, and honestly, probably won't ever be. The reason is the faces are a bit off. Irwin finally realized this and later produced the "pretty faced" SM dolls.
I don't see them going up past $15 for each, sadly.
I'm a huge SM toy collector - www.ochibawolf.tumblr.com
Also, the owner of that website www.sailormooncollectibles.com is a great friend and frequent buyer of mine :)
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Some stuff if worth a lot more than I thought! I picked this up at the flea market recently (not my auction) just cause it's gorgeous! But now, I'm thinking of selling it. Also, the other american toys, like the locket and wand (you know, people-sized?) They are going for like 60-90$ as well!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sailor-Moon-Stick-Cutie-Moon-Rod-used-Wand-Specter-1993-Japan-RARE-/290698231346?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aef6fe32
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Some stuff if worth a lot more than I thought! I picked this up at the flea market recently (not my auction) just cause it's gorgeous! But now, I'm thinking of selling it. Also, the other american toys, like the locket and wand (you know, people-sized?) They are going for like 60-90$ as well!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sailor-Moon-Stick-Cutie-Moon-Rod-used-Wand-Specter-1993-Japan-RARE-/290698231346?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aef6fe32
That auction you linked to is that actual Japanese version of the Cutie moon rod. It's the most sought after. It's also the only one with gold buttons. The rest(chinese, NA, Italian) have pink/red buttons.
But yes, you are correct. Sailor Moon RP toys have dramatically risen due to the manga, GEanimation merch, and other countries gaining rights to the anime again. And not to mention it's Sailor Moon's 20th anniversary. :)
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They drop, and they fluctuate, and... yeah.
I've been trying to sell a Queen Beryl for awhile, and no luck.
Like it was said before... Their faces are kinda eh, their proportions are wonky... They're scary dolls.
But maybe they MIGHT be worth something at some point, becaaaause nobody wants them now. They may become scarce. But who really knows.
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I totally found a box of these in my closet yesterday. u__u; I was like, grrr, i thought i sold them all off on ebay 10 years ago or something.
But, it was curious to me, I had all the characters with moon wands.. but the ones i found have the normal transformer sticks... sigh, I put them back in case I have a little girl one day... since it doesn't seem to be worth my time.
(On another note! I remember finding mercury in the store back in the day, and I screamed out loud with excitement because I read she was hard to find -- and she was htf for me. D: My dad yelled at me so much).
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Somewhere, I have a lot of the Canadian dolls and the 12" Queen Beryl. God, I was obsessed with getting those dolls.
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(On another note! I remember finding mercury in the store back in the day, and I screamed out loud with excitement because I read she was hard to find -- and she was htf for me. D: My dad yelled at me so much).
Hehe, I think I freaked out when I found her too, she was always short-packed in the doll assortments and so hard to find. I had the other girls for years before I finally found Mercury at a KB Toys for $2.99 in a clearance bin and grabbed the only two they had in a sea of the other characters, one for me and one for a friend who also collected them. I recall said friend spazzing out just as much, lol.
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I have no idea of values. I try to keep away from the Sailor Moon bug. (I'd still like to get the boxset tho)
My brother has all of the American/Canadian SM doll releases. Both the Barbie-sized ones and the little adventure dolls. You can re-body them if you don't like the odd-shaped bodies. I have a re-painted Sailor Pluto head on a belly button Barbie body. It looks fine if you don't mind a swan neck. (Similar look to the manga version, IMO) The colour match for that batch was spot on. :satisfied:
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Wow I used to have some of those dolls. Its great they are MIB but I have no idea on price. I wonder if they are worth more individually than a group or vice versa?
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I love the SM adventure dolls! I have a big collection from the 90's, though some need to be upgraded since I left them on a shelf near a window.. and some have faded..sigh. I also lost Tuxedo Mask's hat.. At least they won't be hard to replace when the time comes! I'm also lusting over the Italian dolls..
As to values, I have no idea.. I'm sorry I can't help.