Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve for sure noticed that money is getting a bit tight for a lot of folks. Having my comic and toy shop for 14 years now, we’ve seen this happen in several cycles throughout the years, for various reasons. Whatever the cause…and there are currently a bunch, the effect is that a large chunk of people end up off loading their precious collectibles to help make ends meat. Their car payment is due…a baby is on the way…maybe they need some more meth…I dunno…what I do know, is that I will be waiting with open arms for these little gold mines to enter my shop.
That’s where this hunk of yumminess comes in. This was one of those cases where the gentleman simply needed quick cash, and did not have the time or patience to offload online. That will always yield better results, but most wait until the point where that is no longer an option due to timing, or simply put…folks are just lazy sometimes. I get it! Selling anything online, especially collectibles…can be a chore. But it will always net you more $$$ than bulking out to a dealer. Regardless, I am always ready to snag a new collection for pennies on the dollar.
So this gent enters my shop with 10 pieces consisting of mostly Hot Toys 1/6 scale figures, a Sideshow Premium Format 1/4 scale statue, and a Boba Fett prop helmet that I believe was from Hasbro. The story was the same that we’ve been hearing alot lately when buying collections. Money is tight along with time, so this is the only real option.
After going back and forth for about 10 minutes on a price, we settled at $1800 bucks in cash and $100 bucks in store credit. I was over the moon at landing this lot for this price as Star Wars Hot Toys pieces have been flying out of my shop lately. This was a welcome restock on some hot pieces.
Upon his exit, my employee 
So let’s take a look at these beauties that were only a part of the Conquest family for mere days.
This Mandalorian with Grogu Deluxe piece went for around $300.
Emperor Palpatine In his light up chair fetched $600. Since we’ve sold it about a week and a half ago, it’s jumped another $100 on secondary markets. Madness!
This 501st Clone ended up moving for $250.
R2-D2 was $175. Funny part about this wax that we had one of these in our shop just several days prior and it moved quickly. So it was nice to be able to replace it on the cheap, and then have it fly out again days later.
This was the Boba Premium Format. We e had this one in the past as well about a year prior. Boba stuff always goes and outside of the first 2 pieces that sold the same day we got em in…this sold the next day for $800 smackers!
My business partner ended up moving the Vader on one of his days, but I believe if my dogshit memory serves correctly…that it went for $450.
Same goes for the Maul. I didn’t sell this one but I think it went for $350-ish?!?
As I mentioned, the Obi still remains but we will end up shedding it at some point. All in all, selling 9 of the 10 has resulted in over $3300 in sales, PLUS we still have the Obi-Wan which will put us close to or right around the $4k mark which be over double our investment. Best part about it was that it all happened in a flash, so those funds weren’t gone long.
Not too shabby. Anyway, thanks for taking this stroll down nerdy Virgin lane with me. May the force be with you.
Blewitt
