http://www.pedlar.org Pedling Your Favorite Toys Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:56:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_138" align="alignnone" width="516" caption="Intelligent Qube"][/caption] I bought this game back in 1999 for the original Playstation because it was severely discounted.  You know, like when a game isn't doing to well sales-wise the store drops the price a lot.  It was called Intelligent Qube and I didn't like it at ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/06/19/intelligent-qube-for-playstation-1/ Mike Tysons Punchout is some OG Stuff!  Mike Tysons Pucnhout should really be considered one of the greatest games of all time.  The beginning of the game pits you, Lil' Mac, up against fictional boxers with the ultimate goal of reaching the final conflict against the one and only Mike ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/04/06/original-nes-mike-tysons-punchout/ [caption id="attachment_124" align="alignleft" width="296" caption="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Van"][/caption] Did it get much cooler the the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Van?  With the spoiler, room for all of your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures and the cool stickers, it was always one of my favorite toys.  I love ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/04/05/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-party-van/ [caption id="attachment_118" align="alignleft" width="312" caption="Original NES"][/caption] The Original NES is arguably the most collectible video game console around.  The NES was extremely popular in the late 80's/early 90's. The Nintendo Entertainment System offered classic games like Super Mario Brothers, Double Dragon, Mike Tyson's Punchout and many more classics.  My personal favorite was ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/25/find-an-original-nes-for-sale/ [caption id="attachment_113" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="G1 Optimus Prime"][/caption] Pictured left is an extremely well preserved G1 Optimus Prime.  Optimus Prime should be the first target for any G1 Transformers collector.  Thankfully Optimus Prime is fairly easy to find in eBay listings so tracking one down is not difficult. Optimus Prime is the leader ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/23/find-the-original-g1-transformers-optimus-prime/ [caption id="attachment_83" align="alignnone" width="378" caption="LEGO Volkswagen Beetle"][/caption] I came across an auction on eBay today of a LEGO Volkswagen Beetle LTD Edition.  I didn't know anything about this particular LEGO Set, so I went ahead and did a bit of research.  I actually found the LEGO Beetle for sale at LEGO.com ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/22/lego-volkswagen-beetle-ltd-edition/ G1 Transformers continue to demand a premium from collectors and sellers.  Transformers from the 80's are just so much better than the new releases since then.  Maybe it's because they were designed in the 80's. Or maybe it's because the original Transformers cartoon was so successful that the original figures just take ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/22/how-to-find-g1-transformers-in-mint-condition/ [caption id="attachment_66" align="alignnone" width="291" caption="Vintage LEGO Pirate Minifig"][/caption]   Vintage LEGO Pirate sets are becoming increasingly difficult to find.  I have always been a fan of the Pirate LEGO series, especially the early 90's, late 80's sets.  I use a custom search for LEGO Pirates using eBay to find some of the ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/22/finding-lego-pirate-collectors-sets/ What can you say?  The Holy Grail of Generation 1 Transformers, Fortress Maximus is as rare a find as it gets in vintage toy collecting.  A complete, mint, in the box G1 Fortress Maximus would fetch well over a thousand dolllars in an eBay auction (I have seen it happen.) [caption id="attachment_54" ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/20/transformers-g1-fortress-maximus/ One thing that is more appealing to me about collecting vintage Thundercats action figures is that there is no where near the amount of demand for these items as there is for other classic cartoon action figures, so you can generally pick them up a lot cheaper.  Scanning through a quick ... http://www.pedlar.org/2009/03/19/find-a-vintage-thundercats-lion-o-figure/