The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Aitsuki on March 06, 2014, 01:45:32 PM
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So I'm a big fan of the show Toy Hunter, and on this week's new episode, I saw something that got me all excited.... They found and bought an in-box Loving Family Sweet Celebrations!!!! The box was mint, the ponies were unfaded, the bubble wasn't even dented! Their hair was still super pink! While I'm not a G1 collector, I thought that was pretty awesome.
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That is so awesome!!
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Awesome! I love that program :D
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That's neat. What is the premise of the show? He finds rare collectible toys for celebrities? I wouldn't want to find them for rich people but I would love the title "toy hunter extraordinaire"!
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And they bought it for $50!
He doesn't always find toys for celebrities-- he usually buys toys to sell at different toy shows/cons. He'll go on hunts for celebrities/other people as well.
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I somehow missed this episode :cry: I better go check my DVR :bolt:
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I've watched that show and I've never seen him find any ponies! Of course! lol
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I absolutely love that show, even though I think the UK only gets older repeats on Freeview. Awesome to hear he bought a pony! :D
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@teacher- Not always. He has some celebrity clients, yes, but he himself is a toy collector, and has booths at the Comic Cons and such. He loves classic toys.
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I've watched that show and I've never seen him find any ponies! Of course! lol
Same here! I've always wanted to see him find some MLPs but all he ever seems to find are boyish toys like Star Wars, Star Trek, Ninja Turtles and stuff XD
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Awesome! :)
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i watch toy hunter but my problem is he doesnt give a fair price. like for example on one item he paid i think.. 100 and sold it for 1,300 or soemthign like that.
and then other items he gives like 10.00 for and hten sells for 65.00
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Hmm...I met him at New York ComicCon in October this past year and asked him about My Little Pony when he hunts. He told me he was not familiar with that market and to send him an email. Well never heard back from him.
Things that make you go hmm...
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I saw someone post a picture of it on facebook.
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i watch toy hunter but my problem is he doesnt give a fair price. like for example on one item he paid i think.. 100 and sold it for 1,300 or soemthign like that.
and then other items he gives like 10.00 for and hten sells for 65.00
I've watched the show a few times and in the episodes I've watched he tells the people he is buying from he intends to resell. So the people he buys from know he has to make a profit. I don't see why that is a problem considering he seems very open about it to the people he is buying from. He is running a business and I'm pretty sure the people who invite him into their homes to look at their collection are aware of this beforehand.
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Ive heard of that show!! I have always wanted to watch it but we have been watching Pokemon Indigo league on netflix LOL! I will definitly watch it with my husband-sounds like our kind of show! Any show with collectible toys and vintage license characters sounds like a dream! <3
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Hmm...I met him at New York ComicCon in October this past year and asked him about My Little Pony when he hunts. He told me he was not familiar with that market and to send him an email. Well never heard back from him.
Things that make you go hmm...
Yeah most of his shows concentrate on boys toys and maybe a handful of girl toys like She-Ra, early/pre-80s. He had some Care Bear and Strawberry Shortcake on one or 2 episodes but really, really overestimated their worth I think. At least the Care Bears as I don't remember the SSC episode as well. He bought some MIB 80s Care Bear plushies and estimated them to sell at really high prices. From what I have seen online, they don't really sell near those prices unless they are rare ones. Seems like the show would just make people think anything they have is worth big bucks.
Also, I looked at his page on Travelchannel.com and Facebook and there are tons of people that contact him but it shows no replies from him.
I don't know, I enjoy seeing the toys on the show but I think I would find him annoying to be around :lol: .
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gosh. I wonder if this episode is going to be online? i'm curious to see it now.
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Well, the main guy wasn't the one who bought the ponies, but his friend. This other guy is more expert on "girl's toys". He buys dolls a lot more, and was the one who found the ponies. He automatically knew the value of those ponies, and I loved it! He handed the box very carefully, showing off that it was perfectly mint, the ponies were mint, the bubble wasn't even dusty..... so for those who are disappointed by the main guy being a "boy's toy" kind of guy, worry not. Someone who knows what he got owns them!
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Thats very cool! I would love to spot ponies on one of these shows. :)
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You can see the Hasbro MLP booth at SDCC in one of the more recent episodes as the camera pans around. You can make out a very large white pony in a case. Kind of looks like DJ Pon-3
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My fiance gave up on watching that show after he give really unfair prices to the person he planned to buy some Transformers off of. One of them was the gold Optimus Prime where there are like only 2 in existence and the guy trying to buy was offering really weak amounts of money for it. That toy alone would cost more than an arm and a leg and he was offering only the minimum. Haven't watched the show since.
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I've never heard of this show. What network is it on?
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I think it's the travel Channel I found it on their website, but couldn't figure it out (only plays ads?)
does anyone have a link?
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Personally, the show (ie, the host) annoys me so I don't watch it, but my husband does. He actually got into some background shots on one of the episodes they were filming at C2E2 in Chicago :D From what my husband said happened after the cameras stopped rolling, the sales bit they aired on TV appears to have been staged. After the father and daughter left with the expensive vintage toy they "bought", someone from the crew got a handful of money from the cashbox, ran off, and came back with the same toy, which they put back up on the shelf. Hmmm....
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*hiss* I hate these kind of shows - the more publicity our collectibles get, the more people over-value them and the bargain hunting gets super hard. :( I would rather not have sellers claiming that Peachy is worth $60.00, thanks! It's bad enough that places like Goodwill pull ponies from general donations and then sell them on their overpriced auction site...
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That's awesome
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Well, number one these shows are pretty much all set up beforehand. They've learned from shows like American Pickers that going to a collector's home and then not being able to buy anything SUCKS, so they know prior to filming what the Collector is all about. Dude gives them a price, and it's up to the collector to accept or not. Noone can tell me that the Transformers collector had no clue what his Gold Optimus was worth!
Also, the people who are filmed are compensated for their time, so it's not like they're being taken advantage of, and they have to sign consent waivers and stuff as well. So really, it's pretty on the level, but of course if dude only made $10 bucks off each item it wouldn't spur people to want to look into their old boxes and then sign on to the website asking questions. It's all about ratings, with the added perk of dude gets to be paid to travel all over the place looking for something he loves...something he used to do for free :)