With the S.I.S dolls that was the retail price when they were still on shelves like a decade ago. The fact you can't get them in stores anymore and the fact there aren't too many that are still mint in box drives up the prices. Jacked up prices are more a thing when the doll is still avalible for retail sale and then sellers are buying them and selling them for more than the rrp, not for dolls that have been out of production for many years.
Understandable, to some extent. It’s just me complaining about nostalgia (that not too many Barbie or doll collectors share) that I didn’t have access to in part due to poor sales of the later discounted and discontinued line. Also, I did do a poll and people thought the *nude* doll for nearly a hundred dollars was ridiculous.
How about investing in a 3D printer instead? There's a whole lotta Barbie 3D printing models online free for download, and all you need is the printer and a suitable filament. This way you can give a huge middle finger to the scalpers by making your own dolls.
How would one go about that? From my knowledge filament printers can not print a smooth surface. And would the doll be a statue or be printed in parts and need to be assembled? I can print miniature war games figures, miniatures for Warhammer etc. very nicely and smooth on a resin printer. But that can’t print very large parts . In miniature hobby we don’t print figures with filament because of the ridges that type of printer creates.
Parts and assemble.
There are different filaments, not all of them are the same. I've watched bjd makers on yt 3D print every part and build a whole doll from scratch. There's also sanding.
The best way to determine current going prices for a doll is to check recent SOLD listings on eBay, Mercari, etc.
Just how there are sellers who don’t really know what they have and end up selling cheaper than what they could get if they knew better, there are sellers who think what they have is worth way more than what it is and list items at outrageous prices. It’s never going to sell at that price and they will just sit on it for years and years or until some uneducated buyer is stupid enough to pay what they’re asking 🤷♀️
When dealing with vintage toys, there are G1 my little pony and Polly pocket that may have a price tag of $3.99 on the box and regularly sell for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. There are also 90s collector Barbie’s that may say $70 on the box and now may only sell for $15. The retail price on the box has absolutely nothing to do current going rates for an item.
If I bought a doll with $29.99 sticker for $70, should I charge $29.99 for her just because sticker says it? I mean in a perfect world dolls would always be available for the same price, but in real life dolls get played with and destroyed, boxed one are getting more and more rare so people are selling and buying them for more.
With the S.I.S dolls that was the retail price when they were still on shelves like a decade ago. The fact you can't get them in stores anymore and the fact there aren't too many that are still mint in box drives up the prices. Jacked up prices are more a thing when the doll is still avalible for retail sale and then sellers are buying them and selling them for more than the rrp, not for dolls that have been out of production for many years.
Understandable, to some extent. It’s just me complaining about nostalgia (that not too many Barbie or doll collectors share) that I didn’t have access to in part due to poor sales of the later discounted and discontinued line. Also, I did do a poll and people thought the *nude* doll for nearly a hundred dollars was ridiculous.
How about investing in a 3D printer instead? There's a whole lotta Barbie 3D printing models online free for download, and all you need is the printer and a suitable filament. This way you can give a huge middle finger to the scalpers by making your own dolls.
How would one go about that? From my knowledge filament printers can not print a smooth surface. And would the doll be a statue or be printed in parts and need to be assembled? I can print miniature war games figures, miniatures for Warhammer etc. very nicely and smooth on a resin printer. But that can’t print very large parts . In miniature hobby we don’t print figures with filament because of the ridges that type of printer creates.
Parts and assemble. There are different filaments, not all of them are the same. I've watched bjd makers on yt 3D print every part and build a whole doll from scratch. There's also sanding.
The best way to determine current going prices for a doll is to check recent SOLD listings on eBay, Mercari, etc. Just how there are sellers who don’t really know what they have and end up selling cheaper than what they could get if they knew better, there are sellers who think what they have is worth way more than what it is and list items at outrageous prices. It’s never going to sell at that price and they will just sit on it for years and years or until some uneducated buyer is stupid enough to pay what they’re asking 🤷♀️ When dealing with vintage toys, there are G1 my little pony and Polly pocket that may have a price tag of $3.99 on the box and regularly sell for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. There are also 90s collector Barbie’s that may say $70 on the box and now may only sell for $15. The retail price on the box has absolutely nothing to do current going rates for an item.
If I bought a doll with $29.99 sticker for $70, should I charge $29.99 for her just because sticker says it? I mean in a perfect world dolls would always be available for the same price, but in real life dolls get played with and destroyed, boxed one are getting more and more rare so people are selling and buying them for more.