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This could be something that you bought for a higher price than what most people would guess based on the item, or it could be something you bought for a normal price that has gained significant value as time has gone on.

What made me think of this question is a LEGO minifigure I got with my "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" disc. It is Bilbo Baggins in a blue coat that was apparently only sold in that movie box only at Target stores. Even considering the exclusivity, I would have guessed maybe $10-20 for such a tiny piece of plastic, but there are sold listings on eBay from $80 to $225. I could possibly even get towards the higher end of that number since I still have everything in the original box in good condition. It's not worth a ton compared to some other items people may own, but I think most people would not expect nearly that amount.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I have a Lego ninjago mask that's worth like $80 with both parts of it. I didn't know how expensive it was until checking my collection a couple days ago.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The most valuable thing I own is my pokemon card collection. I was obsessed when I was kid, but unlike everyone, I kept going through Rocket, Gym heroes and challenge, all the way to Neo Destiny and Legendary Collection. Possibly the rarest cards I have are two 1ed foil discovery Tyranitars and one 1ed foil Blaine's Charizard. My cards are very well loved and things have calmed down since the pandemic, but it was very weird, especially considering I got a booster box of Neo Discover for 50 bucks in 2009

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

My two most valuable records are the Katamari Damacy vinyl from Fangamer & the Sonic Adventure 2 vinyl from Brave Wave. I got both for $40 at different conventions and they've never been re-pressed so they both go for $250 sometimes, even used.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Outside of a few comics, one of the unexpected items I have is Lego Wall-E. Even unboxed, it goes for several hundred. Don't underestimate retired sets.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That's a cool set! I am currently trying to sell a few retired sets (mostly Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Bionicle) and some surprise me in value. A few are about the price they originally cost, while others have tripled in value.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My copy of Iron Dragon by Mayfair would go for 225 on ebay. It's probably almost at the price point where they'll reprint it... which would be wonderful because it's probably the best Mayfair railgame and I'd love to see it surge in popularity.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

My pocket knife costs 200โ‚ฌ but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at it. Obviously it's not that valuable anymore especially now that it has my name and the purchase date engraved on it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a game boy game that was worth over $30 (which was fairly high for a game boy game at the time). AVGN made a video on the game and it shot up in price more than tenfold. Though it may have cooled down since I last checked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's cool. I wish I had kept some of my old Gameboy games, either to play or to sell. A lot of the games I had have jumped in price in recent years.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have an autograph of Jeremy Bulloch as Boba Fett I got when I was like 6. Still framed in my bedroom.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a Halo 4 gold Master Chief Funko that was exclusive to Blockbuster. My favorite thing about it is that it was before Funko switched to their current style. They used to have details and were cool.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I've seen that before! I got a Halo 3 Master Chief Funko bobblehead from my local Blockbuster when they were closing. He is sitting on my desk next to my gaming PC right now with my Atlas and P-Body Funko Pops from Portal 2. My Master Chief has gone up in price, but not nearly as expensive as yours seems to be.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The 10th anniversary Sonic the hedgehog crystal cube. Bought it on a whim back then, honestly don't even remember what website I got it on, and when I got it I pretty much just kept it in the closet because I never wanted to put it out because I figured one of my cats would knock the damn thing over.

It was actually only a few months ago that I was talking about it when Sonic the hedgehog came up and I decided to Google it and I found out they only made 500 of the fucker.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I own a Planet Arlia Vegeta Funko Pop. Currently worth approximately $5000 USD.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Because my wife liked it and wanted one. We got it many, many, many years ago before it cost that much. I think it was around $100 when I bought it. I had just got a new job that was paying me way more than I was being paid before, and it was her birthday, and she had been talking about how much she wanted one for years. I figured if $100 makes her happy, why not? It wasn't until shortly after that that the price started skyrocketing, and hasn't really stopped since.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I have season tickets for the Raiders. I had them in Oakland, and we got 1st priority when they moved to Vegas. I jumped at the opportunity bc I knew by Mark Davis moving the team to a tourist destination that there would be demand from both fan bases at every game. My theory is that the extra demand would allow me to sell most games for profit, and I could go to 1-2 /year fully paid with the profit. So far that's worked swimmingly well. I paid the PSL off in year 1 with the profit, and now make ~$3-5k / year selling tickets.

The PSL ran me about $4500/seat and I got 2 seats. They are selling at $30k apiece rn. It's very tempting to sell them for profit, but I enjoy having the ability to go to a few games and making a bit of profit selling the rest.

Yes, I realize I'm a scalper. Yes, I realize I'm part of the reason our home games have so many away fans. Having said that, I really don't care. Mark Davis made a business decision to move the team out of Oakland where we had die hard fans like myself going every week to instead moving to a tourist trap 10 hours away. In turn, I made a business decision to profit from that move.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I collected Marvel cards back in the 90s and I'm pretty sure I have at least a few that are official "collectors items" now. I've never looked into it very thoroughly since I just kept them in baseball card pages with no other particular protection from the climate, etc, but who knows?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Nothing crazy relative to some cards but I didn't expect this to be worth much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I've got a game in a pile of about 100 sandwiched in between some penny priced games that is worth $500. I'm not creating a shrine for it. Just putting in with the rest of the group.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I have some old magic cards. There's a few lotus in there. I don't do much with 'em now but they were fun at the time.

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