Well this morning I saw something which struck terror into my old bones as a Project SWORD toy passed the one thousand pound mark on ebay. It was perhaps understandable as it was the elusive Nuclear Ferry, probably the third or fourth model known to exist. I can breathe slightly easier in the knowledge that I have the second model discovered, but it is dismaying to see toys reaching such astronomical prices.
Its probable that this was partly due to the ' blog effect ' as toys highlighted on the blog often appear for silly money at auction, but this model started at a very modest opener and was driven up by demand. I must say, however that it is easily worth the money too as it is a toy benchmark, beautifully designed and with a great backstory.
The other slight compensation is that there clearly are other rare models still out there after almost half a century, so we may yet see a moonbase on the blog...
I notice the same effect whenever the latest issue of 'Playset' magazine comes out. Collector's are suddenly reminded of how much they 'need' whatever is featured in the magazine!
ReplyDeleteMyself I cringe every-time one of the Sears exclusive packaged Remco Hamilton's Invader playsets appear on eBay, those seem to hit the $800 (US.D) mark within hours and close close to 1k with regularity.
ReplyDeleteSpotted this when it went up. Never even filed a single bid on it before it got out of control. Ridiculous thing is that they must have made a bunch of them. There's probably more out there and I wonder how many people are willing to pay such a price?
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