Anybody see the latest episode of Storage Wars?

[goddessofpeep]

The new season of Storage Wars started tonight, and I got a surprise while watching it.  They "found" a bin of G3 ponies and a large plush Pinkie Pie in one of the lockers.  It ended up being one of the featured items for the episode.  They went to get the  bin of G3s and the plush valued by a brony.   The information he gave was slightly less than accurate, and he sang a song about ponies.  It was quite weird. 



[Merged two threads to keep the conversation in one place ~ Thanks, Mirnyj]

[Snapdragon]

It was very strange!! I was wondering if this was an old episode and I'd somehow missed hearing about it until now, but what a wild ride from start to finish!

When I saw them going to get the toys valued by a toy/comic shop (which definitely didn't throw some G3 toys on the shelves to look like he was knowledgeable, wink wink), I thought, "any Brony isn't gonna give a hoot about those G3 ponies, he's gonna go straight for the gigantic G4 plush!!", and instead he completely ignored the massive Pinkie Pie and gave hugely inflated price checks for common G3s. $800 for a box of loose G3s with a few MIBs? Time to sell my doubles I guess, I'm sitting on a goldmine over here!!!

Seriously though, did anyone recognize the giant Pinkie Pie? Was it one of those rocking-horse plushies, or was it custom made? It looked almost too nice to be store-bought!

[goddessofpeep]

If what was in that bin is really worth as much as they said it was, I should probably sell what's in my closet so I can buy a bigger house and take the first class trip around the world I've always wanted to do:p

I found how he pulled out that G3 Rainbow Dash from the Core 7 years and said how that pony was worth more than the other ones because she's such a popular pony particularly hilarious.  I'm betting that we're in for a wave of "$uper Rare Rainbow Da$h" auctions hitting ebay soon.

[Snapdragon]

I found how he pulled out that G3 Rainbow Dash from the Core 7 years and said how that pony was worth more than the other ones because she's such a popular pony particularly hilarious.  I'm betting that we're in for a wave of "$uper Rare Rainbow Da$h" auctions hitting ebay soon.

YES, OH MY GOD!!!! I was like "UHHH, NO, WRONG, INCORRECT, HAVE YOU EVER MET ANY BRONIES, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????" at my screen. (I may need to relearn the 'people on the TV can't hear you in your house' lesson.)

[Al-1701]

They go to a brony to ask about G3's?  I wouldn't even trust them to know the true value of G4 toys.

[Marigold]

Interesting.  This leads me to believe most of these episodes are partially fake and they inflate the prices of things to make it more exciting for the viewer. 

[octocorn]

Ughhh now every flea market seller that saw this episode will think their baity ponies are worth a fortune and will jack the prices up even higher!

[Al-1701]

Well, the value of something is how much people are willing to pay for it.  Even if you get it appraised, that's not the price you will necessarily get in the end.

[Marigold]

Well, the value of something is how much people are willing to pay for it.  Even if you get it appraised, that's not the price you will necessarily get in the end.

Yes, but in this case the appraised value also sounds way off base.  Sounds like the guy had no idea what he was talking about, or like they purposefully made the episode more exciting by saying this was a fantastic find worth lots!

[Al-1701]

Yes, but in this case the appraised value also sounds way off base.  Sounds like the guy had no idea what he was talking about, or like they purposefully made the episode more exciting by saying this was a fantastic find worth lots!

Typically on these shows they go to someone who actually buys and sells the type of things they find.  In this case instead of going to a toy dealer they went to a brony.  Does the guy they went to see actually sell pony toys or was he just a fan?

[Marigold]

Good question!

[Artsy Craftsy]

I want to know more about the big Pinkie Plush!

But yeah, I don't even know that much about pricing, but I knew $15-$20 for the mib ones was waaaay off base. This episode made me cringe >.<

[Rainbowrific Renia]

Seems to me that they just wanted to shoehorn a brony in there because it's...topical?  "Bronies are a thing now, let's put that in the show because ratings!"  Yeah, I'm gonna go with that. 

I won't waste my time watching though.  I'm sure it's cringe-worthy.

[cutest-curtsey]

a small part of me died, reading this thread i will admit.

[Strawberry Swirl]

HA! 800$ my flank. Those people are doing to be severely disappointed.

But I can't say I'm surprised that these guys made such a huge mistake. Remember the "furry" episode? The one that they staged
to have actors in poorly made rental mascot costumes make the actual stars uncomfortable? Yeah. They don't know a thing.