Vintage April O'Neils

[bmw328i2008]

Hey everyone, what are people's take on vintage April Oneil. I have 55 of them that I'm trying to unload on ebay for anywhere from $7.99 to $9.99 a piece. I have all versions except the earliest one with white boots. They are all mint on card and unpunched. I figured with the new shows resurgence that these items would at least be selling by now. I was under the understanding that April's were the chase figure back in the day. Any truth to that? It now appears that Splinter is the new chase figure for the new series. What's ever bodies thoughts???

[Ninjinister]

55 of them? How'd that happen? Customizing attempt go botch?

[Shogun26]

I hate Aprils with a passion. Apparently back in the day they were hard to find. But I've been selling mine for around 6.99 + shipping via ebay.

I don't make a profit at all on her, but it gives me more space in my bins so that's what matters to me.

[pannoni1]

April O'Neil is akin to owning vintage country and soft rock music or popular baseball cards of players in their mid-to-late career along with commons. Its pleasant to own, but just doesn't rake goood money. That's because April is seen more as miniature dolls than an action figure, and those Aprils are very common still today. There is an excess of supply and since these are no longer current, are only worth in the eye of the beholders, and see little reason to pay more than $10 including shipping.

[Garfield]

I looked on Amazon and the Vintage April O'neil figure tend to be in the $20-35 dollar range, or in the $7-9 Dollar range.

But What I notice is that the more expensive ones are packaged in the character specific box that has drawings of April on it which is older and probably considered more vintage, while the cheaper ones have the more generic box packaging with the four turtles on it.

Personally, I wouldn't buy an April O'neil figure that cost more than $7-9 dollars plus shipping. Maybe, if you're trying to get rid of so many of them, selling them cheaper will help you to get rid of them faster, while makeing some money. But I don't know how fast an April O'neil figure will sell anyway.

[MrPliggins]

From what I can think of, there are only 3 April figures which are worth anything: First "no stripe" April, "no press" April, and Green April. The rest are some of the lowest valued Turtle figures around,

[mysterycolor]

in my personal experience as a seller- april really doesnt sell well MOC- especially the variants like ninja newscaster, ravishing reporter and even shogun... bride of frankenstein will always fetch a decent price- but she is the only one i have seen consistently sell well- but if you are only hoping for 7-10 USD you should be fine, but it will take a while to unload 55. good luck :)

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

I hate Aprils with a passion. Apparently back in the day they were hard to find. But I've been selling mine for around 6.99 + shipping via ebay.

You're lucky to get that. I don't think I've ever gotten more than $5.99 + shipping for one on there.

Edit: Bride of Frankenstein April is a cool figure despite the clunky accessories that she can't even hold and the lack of articulation, but extremely common. She is not worth more than $6 to $8 shipped MOC.

[bmw328i2008]

so far i've sold 8 in the last week. so not to bad. just keeping my fingers crossed.:D

[savagejon123]

I think I got mine for 7$ including shipping back in the day lol

[MrPliggins]

Well, I stand corrected..I thought this figure was worth like 10 bucks at the most: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-April-ONeil-1988-Playmates-RARE-/181033373631?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2a266e0fbf

I must be missing something here.

[NoPressApril]

Well, I stand corrected..I thought this figure was worth like 10 bucks at the most: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-April-ONeil-1988-Playmates-RARE-/181033373631?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2a266e0fbf

I must be missing something here.

I watched this auction (but never bid) as I too was interested in this figure. I was interested because her package is incredibly mint and also truly unpunched. That's the only explanation that I can come up with for this figure going for so much. It's a beautiful example of PRESS April though.

[Garfield]

I watched this auction (but never bid) as I too was interested in this figure. I was interested because her package is incredibly mint and also truly unpunched. That's the only explanation that I can come up with for this figure going for so much. It's a beautiful example of PRESS April though.

Yeah, I'd guess that it was because of the packaging.

THe ealier figures with the character specific art with the figuers in the dynamic poses at the top and bottom left corner will probably be the more expensive figure granted maybe you can get lucky and find someone who's selling one for cheap.

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

I don't think it went this high just because of the packaging condition, but also because it is the rarer packaging variant (a later release/new sculpt of April on the original April card back).

[high3]

Well seeing how at present I don't have any of the original toyline I'd love to get a few of the different April figures!

[AnarkyLantern]

I can't speak for packaging but the second April, as shown in the eBay auction, was plentiful at one point- my first memory of toy distribution, actually. :tgrin:

[Coola Yagami]

I got my April for like... 2 dollars at Toys R Us a few years back. It was the re-release line, but at the time TMNT was dead in stores after the Turtles Forever hype died down, and it was a leftover toy just there along with other older leftover toys, so not only was I able to get it, I had a discount since it was old (I think the original sticker price was 6 dollars or something). I was able to pick up Slash the following week.