DragonBall Figures: Are They Really Worth This Much?

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:47 pm

Just out of curiosity, does anyone here seriously collect DragonBall figures. I know we all buy them at some point or another but, does anyone here really do it on a serious level where you would pay $75.00 for this:

I ask this because Toywiz.com has some crazy ass prices and Iam wondering for a while now if people who collect this stuff are willing to pay that much. They have always had really high prices but stuff like this (to me) is just stupid...

Is this normal?

http://www.toywiz.com/oldragzirtoy.html

chibi_goten · Post by **chibi_goten** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:03 pm

toyswiz wrote: Everyone is always asking us when we're gonna get some of the older Dragonball Z toys in. Well we finally got 'em. Check out some of the older action figures here, plus the mini figures available in the 6 packs. You can't go wrong with any of this stuff!

Except the prices!!

That is an extremely high price to pay for some really cheap made toys. I'm actually a little disgusted with how much they want for them! I've collected ''figures'' (they're not toys

) from the series, but haven't paid no where near as much as what they're asking for.

Kid Trunks · Post by **Kid Trunks** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:03 pm

$75 for that? No chance in hell. But I've seen some really sweet looking figures that I'd maybe pay that much for.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:16 pm

Those figure will never be worth that much. The only figures I've ever found to be worth paying over 100$ for are the Medicom Goku and SSj Goku figures.

http://unitoyzone.com/product_info.php?products_id=2411

http://www.unitoyzone.com/product_info. ... 2b6b8426f5

Also, see if the have the toys over at www.supersaiyantoys.com , you might find more information there.

Catterix2006 · Post by **Catterix2006** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:23 pm

I think they're largely expensive due to their value with time having gone up, the effort it took to get the toys and then Toywiz being a lil bit pricey!

It's like with import japanese toys often costing around £15 ($20-$25).

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:57 pm

No toy (really, that's all they are) of that size/quality is worth that much money. Not unless they're an antique or something.

They're nice and all, and if I really wanted some certain something I'd be willing to dish out some extra cash for it, but... $75 for a couple little standing figures? No thanks. I could sculpt my own for a fraction of that price.

LeprikanGT · Post by **LeprikanGT** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:05 pm

The brand new goku and super saiyan goku are def. worth that mouch but tiny movie 13 chars should be WAY cheaper than that.

djkalteraphine · Post by **djkalteraphine** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:34 pm

No, they aren't worth that much, but I'd sure love to have some of them.

Oldphan · Post by **Oldphan** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 pm

I seriously collect Dragonball figures, and I can assure you that that set is not worth $75 dollars. Toywiz always seems to have the most ridiculous prices - I really don't understand why, and I shudder to think that people are actually shelling out that much for mini figure sets that common. That set incidentally, is an American Irwin Toys re-release of much older figures from the French company AB. I don't think even in the original AB packaging, would that set set you back $75.

Mini figures are often times the most rare, so yes, there are sets (AB and others) that I'm sure a collector that needs the figures would pay that kind of amount for.... I've never made it my business to criticizes the way other fans choose to spend their money - all I know is if you want something in your collection bad enough, of course you'll do it! You got to be smart though, and quite frank there are few Dragonball figures in the world that are really worth that kind of money... Especially American figures.

Ebay is your best bet... I just saw this very set up for around 10 dollars on there just the other day.

Unfortunately the AB section of the site is not yet up, but if you want to learn more about Irwin toys and all the figures that they released before making their own, some of that info is now up here :

http://www.supersaiyantoys.com/

All the best,
Oldphan

Sn4tcH · Post by **Sn4tcH** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:11 am

I'm sure this is dumb, but how much would loose versions of the old Bandai figures go for?

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:37 am

Who the hell is the guy next to Kame-Sennin?

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:40 am

The oni-dude from movie twelve that turns into Janemba.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:53 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:No toy (really, that's all they are) of that size/quality is worth that much money. Not unless they're an antique or something.

They're nice and all, and if I really wanted some certain something I'd be willing to dish out some extra cash for it, but... $75 for a couple little standing figures? No thanks. I could sculpt my own for a fraction of that price.

I'd agree.. only I'm buying the RAH Goku next month for nearly £100.

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:06 am

$75...? Geez, I really wish I'd have kept these figures in the box when I got them forever ago.

Haha... Yeah, I honestly don't think anyone would pay anything more than... $10 for these figures, and thats stretching it. They honestly aren't that great (Well, I always thought the Baba figure was kinda cool, and I have a similar Mr. Popo and Ghost Kamikaze that are pretty cool too... But now I'm going off on a tangent), and from my experience they actually have trouble standing. Of course, if you're paying $75... One would hope that you're going to display them in the box.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:56 am

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... _804617438

Awesome coloring error! We finally see what android 19 would look like as an average human.

saiyanprincess · Post by **saiyanprincess** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:51 pm

DominatorLost wrote:Who the hell is the guy next to Kame-Sennin?

Isn't that one of Yamma's assistants in the other dimension? I could have sworn on one of the movies he was cleaning floors...

Oldphan · Post by **Oldphan** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:54 pm

Sn4tcH wrote:I'm sure this is dumb, but how much would loose versions of the old Bandai figures go for?

Not dumb at all. It really depends on what Bandai figures you meen (There's seemingly billions...) - are you talking about the Super Battle Collection line? You have to remember that that series was released tons of times in many places in the world, so a lot of those figures are pretty common. For loose Bandai originals though, it really depends... Some of them go for dirt cheep, but others like Super Monkey Baby can go for quite a lot depending on the condition. I would search around on Ebay to get a feel for the prices on the SBC's. If your buying them loose though, it might be really hard to determine if there are really Bandai originals, and not Irwins or some other company.

All the best,
Oldphan

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:59 pm

saiyanprincess wrote:
DominatorLost wrote:Who the hell is the guy next to Kame-Sennin?
Isn't that one of Yamma's assistants in the other dimension? I could have sworn on one of the movies he was cleaning floors...

"Other dimension."

Hehehe... I don't know how long it's been since I've heard the Afterlife referred to as anything but "the Afterlife."

LeprikanGT · Post by **LeprikanGT** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:34 pm

Thats the little kid that listened to music and he was turned into Janempa.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:40 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:Thats the little kid that listened to music and he was turned into Janempa.

That's the stupid brat who ended up leading Vegeta to tears! His blood shall poor!