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Info Wanted: Sell/Trade large part of SW toy collection correctly

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Hi all, after doing some digging I realized I have far more SW toys than I ever realized. Sometime when I was a kid in the 90’s I got the collecting bug and wound up boxing up more unopened figures, sets and vehicles than I ever played with.

My question is how do you sell/trade this stuff properly? There doesn’t seem to be a huge value for POTFII and beyond merchandise, and I’m not about to dump my collection on craigslist. I’d really like to do something other than sell one by one on ebay, because there’s actually quite a bit.

Any ideas? I’ve been looking some items up online and in my old 2005 collector’s guide, but don’t think there’s really that much value. Some listings are insane that some people come up with. It’d be nice to have this in a good home of a collector, so that it would all be appreciated.

Checking through, my old collection ranges through POTFII through the end of AOTC/saga eras. 90% is unopened in box in largely perfect condition. Some things are opened but with all pieces and in original box.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Is there a comic con or swap meet you could perhaps get a space/table at? I sold the bulk of my collection to a local comic book shop owner, but that was back in the 90's.

There are several sites devoted to Star Wars toys like Rebelscum, that may have good selling info in their forums, or people looking to buy out a collection.

It might be prudent to wait until Episode 7 comes out, and the mania for everything Star Wars returns.

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I've got the same issue,

I have 300+  70mm frames from the original Star Wars Film. I am selling the whole batch; These are untouched and from the original editing room by a technician who collected them and kept them and who has since passed on. They are in good condition but of course I see about 10 of them have some sort of defect; that still leaves 300+. I believe they may be worth from $8 to $35 a frame and I have 300+.  Need to let go ASAP.  Do you know of anyone who would be interested in preserving these clips.

Dave 310-750-5892

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/atq/4564575930.html

Dave

310-750-5892

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I've been looking at various options, may just have to trade off to a local specialty shop etc. After digging through some boxes I found roughly 150 unopened figures, playsets, special editions and others which would mean some massive shipping on ebay.

Really need to get a bunch of this gone. No one here is interested in a bunch of 1995 and onward Hasbro material are they?

VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
“George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”-Harrison Ford
YT channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader