[eBay] "My" newest and likely last batch of auctions has begun...

Triglyph · 04-21-2008, 12:28 PM

Ok, if you were following what I was doing before with my last few batches of ebay auctions, I had a ton of contemporary turtles on ebay that all started at a penny. I didn't sell through everything and kept thinking "I'll finish it off this week"...about a month has gone by and I still haven't found the time to set up another batch of auctions. I just took on a new full time job on top of the projects I have been developing...so it was looking like I would never get around to listing stuff on ebay...

Last week, I ended up shipping everything I had in my "I gotta get this stuff listed pile" off to a friend who is now listing for me. His id on ebay is toyicons. You can find his current auctions here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtoy...QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0 There are some tough ones like karai and feudal shredder, some fan favorites like the toddler turtles and turtle titan mike...and a number of figures come with dvds. Additionally, he has a good 20-30 loose complete contemporary turtles figures that will also be listed...including both Quary and Gen. I am unsure of the starting prices on the loose complete figures, but one can assume they will be in the "start low and see where it goes" style of auctions that tend to perform well for me. Again, this is less about setting high prices and waiting for the right buyer to come along and more about clearing through a collection and taking whatever the auctions sell for.

Why am I selling? I need money for producing some of my own projects and I have decided to not only thin out my collection, but also to get out of the collectibles marketplace entirely. For those that know a little bit more about me, I was involved in toysandtoons.com as well, but as of this week, I am out of the picture there (though the website hasn't been updated yet to reflect this) and my former partner, Peter Lerose, will be the sole owner of the website and everything shown there. The contemporary loose complete turtles that were previously listed on the website are the ones that "toyicons" will be listing on ebay (plus a few more that weren't on the site like gen and quary). Pete was only interested in "vintage" items and has not followed the contemporary line of turtles.

Obviously you'll spend what you want to spend, so me asking for people to "bid high" doesn't mean much, but I paid to ship this stuff up to toyicons and he is taking a percentage of the total sales...so bid high

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After these sales, I just have a set of loose complete contemporary turtles still here with me in FL that I plan to hang onto at least for the time being...and some extra incomplete ones, misc. weapons, and other fun stuff that are open to trades should anyone have an interest in that stuff...but after being in the online collectible toys market for somewhere in the ballpark of ten years (including the time before toysandtoons.com existed), I am now making my exit. Don't hesitate to buy from toysandtoons.com if you see something you want. Pete has been doing this toy stuff for as long as I have and he is great to deal with. Same goes for toyicons...after he sells through my stuff, he still does quite a bit with power rangers and has talked about opening a .com store in the near future.

Triglyph · 04-21-2008, 08:45 PM

I just wanted to add, he has started listing loose figures. He plans to do a few each night this week until their all listed...so it will be a fun time next week watching them end throughout the weeknights. He picked them out randomly, but I suggested putting quary up in the first night...just to get people looking at them.

I looked at completed auctions and was shocked to see someone got a carded gen for $23 recently. I have no idea what the loose one will go for after seeing that, but I thought carded gen went for like $70 last time I saw one sell...so I dunno...I never saw him in the stores and I got mine on ebay for a handsome price so I was shocked to see him selling carded for what I perceived to be so low.

Anway everything was started at a penny. If you want something, nows the time to grab it and get it for whatever the ebay community feels the stuff should sell for.

Triglyph · 04-25-2008, 12:00 PM

Man...talk about taking a beating...We're looking at ending prices here so don't bother to try to bid:

MOC Leo with dvd...a penny
MOC Foot Soldier...a penny
MOC Nobody...a penny
MOC Donatello...a penny

I was amazingly let down when I saw this. I guess no one can accuse us of shill bidding

If I were in a position to be buying, I would have been all over these auctions. I don't know if we're hitting a bad time due to economy or what, but I was totally shocked to see four figures ending at a penny...Nobody...Leo with dvd!!!...man... Hell, I would have kept the foot soldier as another member of the foot army for my loose set had I known the results.

Get him while you can guys...I've seen fewer Gens than I have quarrys...

We're moving into the loose complete stuff now and I hope we don't see similar results...we're talking Bishop, Hamato Yoshi, Gen, Quarry, Jammerhead, and a while bunch more...MOST of these are still sitting at a penny with no bids. I'd hope to at least get an average of retail-ish prices on them by the time this is all said and done. Use them to make customs or somehing

*Ninjinister* · 04-26-2008, 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triglyph

Man...talk about taking a beating...We're looking at ending prices here so don't bother to try to bid:

MOC Leo with dvd...a penny
MOC Foot Soldier...a penny
MOC Nobody...a penny
MOC Donatello...a penny

I was amazingly let down when I saw this. I guess no one can accuse us of shill bidding

If I were in a position to be buying, I would have been all over these auctions. I don't know if we're hitting a bad time due to economy or what, but I was totally shocked to see four figures ending at a penny...Nobody...Leo with dvd!!!...man... Hell, I would have kept the foot soldier as another member of the foot army for my loose set had I known the results.

No, dammit! That's my Foot Soldier!!!

Yeah, I admit, I'm the culprit that got the Foot for a cent. But in all fairness, I was bidding on him to offset the shipping for your Karai I was bidding on... which... I... didn't... win >.<

But I do need the Foot, as I have no generic soldiers on my MOC wall. I kept getting outbid on all of the Triceratons, Foot Ninja, Dark Assassins and the like. Just like Karai.

Triglyph · 04-26-2008, 10:18 PM

I am glad someone here snagged something.

My buddy, toyicons, was suprised to see things sell low as well. He was offering to not take the commission on the items, but I said its not his fault they didn't see many bids. Hopefully the loose ones will do better.

Everyone here who is into the contemporary stuff should definitely keep an eye on these guys.

*Ninjinister* · 04-27-2008, 12:20 AM

Yeah, honestly, if I were ever selling any of my Turtles stuff, I'd much rather see someone that I know would appreciate it obtain it (like a fellow 'Dromer) than certain individuals who just turn around and resell them at outstanding markup or something equally insulting.

Triglyph · 04-28-2008, 07:42 PM

just a half hour to go on the first batch of loose stuff...a NUMBER of them are still at a penny. If you're into contemporary turtles, this all adult owned, 100% complete loose stuff. Don't miss out.

04-21-2008, 12:28 PM	#1
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	"My" newest and likely last batch of auctions has begun... Ok, if you were following what I was doing before with my last few batches of ebay auctions, I had a ton of contemporary turtles on ebay that all started at a penny. I didn't sell through everything and kept thinking "I'll finish it off this week"...about a month has gone by and I still haven't found the time to set up another batch of auctions. I just took on a new full time job on top of the projects I have been developing...so it was looking like I would never get around to listing stuff on ebay... Last week, I ended up shipping everything I had in my "I gotta get this stuff listed pile" off to a friend who is now listing for me. His id on ebay is toyicons. You can find his current auctions here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtoy...QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0 There are some tough ones like karai and feudal shredder, some fan favorites like the toddler turtles and turtle titan mike...and a number of figures come with dvds. Additionally, he has a good 20-30 loose complete contemporary turtles figures that will also be listed...including both Quary and Gen. I am unsure of the starting prices on the loose complete figures, but one can assume they will be in the "start low and see where it goes" style of auctions that tend to perform well for me. Again, this is less about setting high prices and waiting for the right buyer to come along and more about clearing through a collection and taking whatever the auctions sell for. Why am I selling? I need money for producing some of my own projects and I have decided to not only thin out my collection, but also to get out of the collectibles marketplace entirely. For those that know a little bit more about me, I was involved in toysandtoons.com as well, but as of this week, I am out of the picture there (though the website hasn't been updated yet to reflect this) and my former partner, Peter Lerose, will be the sole owner of the website and everything shown there. The contemporary loose complete turtles that were previously listed on the website are the ones that "toyicons" will be listing on ebay (plus a few more that weren't on the site like gen and quary). Pete was only interested in "vintage" items and has not followed the contemporary line of turtles. Obviously you'll spend what you want to spend, so me asking for people to "bid high" doesn't mean much, but I paid to ship this stuff up to toyicons and he is taking a percentage of the total sales...so bid high . After these sales, I just have a set of loose complete contemporary turtles still here with me in FL that I plan to hang onto at least for the time being...and some extra incomplete ones, misc. weapons, and other fun stuff that are open to trades should anyone have an interest in that stuff...but after being in the online collectible toys market for somewhere in the ballpark of ten years (including the time before toysandtoons.com existed), I am now making my exit. Don't hesitate to buy from toysandtoons.com if you see something you want. Pete has been doing this toy stuff for as long as I have and he is great to deal with. Same goes for toyicons...after he sells through my stuff, he still does quite a bit with power rangers and has talked about opening a .com store in the near future. Last edited by Triglyph; 04-21-2008 at 04:01 PM.

04-27-2008, 12:20 AM	#6
Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	Yeah, honestly, if I were ever selling any of my Turtles stuff, I'd much rather see someone that I know would appreciate it obtain it (like a fellow 'Dromer) than certain individuals who just turn around and resell them at outstanding markup or something equally insulting. __________________

04-21-2008, 08:45 PM	#2
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	I just wanted to add, he has started listing loose figures. He plans to do a few each night this week until their all listed...so it will be a fun time next week watching them end throughout the weeknights. He picked them out randomly, but I suggested putting quary up in the first night...just to get people looking at them. I looked at completed auctions and was shocked to see someone got a carded gen for $23 recently. I have no idea what the loose one will go for after seeing that, but I thought carded gen went for like $70 last time I saw one sell...so I dunno...I never saw him in the stores and I got mine on ebay for a handsome price so I was shocked to see him selling carded for what I perceived to be so low. Anway everything was started at a penny. If you want something, nows the time to grab it and get it for whatever the ebay community feels the stuff should sell for.

04-25-2008, 12:00 PM	#3
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	Man...talk about taking a beating...We're looking at ending prices here so don't bother to try to bid: MOC Leo with dvd...a penny MOC Foot Soldier...a penny MOC Nobody...a penny MOC Donatello...a penny I was amazingly let down when I saw this. I guess no one can accuse us of shill bidding If I were in a position to be buying, I would have been all over these auctions. I don't know if we're hitting a bad time due to economy or what, but I was totally shocked to see four figures ending at a penny...Nobody...Leo with dvd!!!...man... Hell, I would have kept the foot soldier as another member of the foot army for my loose set had I known the results. Get him while you can guys...I've seen fewer Gens than I have quarrys... We're moving into the loose complete stuff now and I hope we don't see similar results...we're talking Bishop, Hamato Yoshi, Gen, Quarry, Jammerhead, and a while bunch more...MOST of these are still sitting at a penny with no bids. I'd hope to at least get an average of retail-ish prices on them by the time this is all said and done. Use them to make customs or somehing

04-26-2008, 10:18 PM	#5
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	I am glad someone here snagged something. My buddy, toyicons, was suprised to see things sell low as well. He was offering to not take the commission on the items, but I said its not his fault they didn't see many bids. Hopefully the loose ones will do better. Everyone here who is into the contemporary stuff should definitely keep an eye on these guys.

04-28-2008, 07:42 PM	#7
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	just a half hour to go on the first batch of loose stuff...a NUMBER of them are still at a penny. If you're into contemporary turtles, this all adult owned, 100% complete loose stuff. Don't miss out.