We finally get to shop at the toy store of Elisaâs dreams, TOY FEDERATION! The market is pretty wild on toys as well as video games, but you wonât believe how expensive toy CLOTHES are! Come toy hunt with us, even though itâs not video game hunting. We appreciate you watching!
Top 10 Things Collectors Buy:
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Action Figures (a.k.a. âForever in the Package Prisonersâ)
Collectors buy plastic superheroes not to play with, but to lovingly stare at through the blister packaging like they’re priceless relics from a lost civilization. Open one? You might as well commit a felony. -
Coins (aka âMetal That Wonât Buy Anythingâ)
Thereâs nothing like spending hundreds of dollars on coins that canât even pay for a coffee. But hey, that 1909 wheat penny might be worth $1.07 someday. Maybe. -
Comic Books (a.k.a. âPaper Fortunesâ)
Collectors will handle a mint-condition comic with the same care as an organ transplant. Reading it? Absolutely not. Thatâs what the reprints are for, you animal. -
Shoes (a.k.a. âCloset Royaltyâ)
Who knew sneakers could cost more than a semester at college? Collectors will never wear them, of course. That would scuff the sacred rubber. Just look, admire, sniff… maybe cry. -
Vinyl Records (a.k.a. âRound Black Nostalgia Frisbeesâ)
Collectors will insist music sounds better on vinyl, even if their turntable is plugged into a Bluetooth speaker shaped like a cactus. Itâs not about the soundâitâs about the vibe. And shelf space. -
Stamps (a.k.a. âTiny Square Regrets from the Pastâ)
The worldâs quietest flex. Nothing says âIâm both refined and slightly unhingedâ like a binder full of microscopic portraits of Queen Elizabeth from 1963. -
Video Games (a.k.a. âDigital Hoarding, But Fancyâ)
Unopened NES games, sealed in plastic, encased in acrylic, stored in a vault… because nothing enhances the gaming experience like never actually playing them. -
Vintage Toys (a.k.a. âChildhood Memories, Marked Up 500%â)
That $3 My Little Pony from 1987 is now worth $800, and yes, collectors will judge you if it has âhair frizz.â Nostalgia has a price, and itâs apparently ridiculous. -
Baseball Cards (a.k.a. âCardboard Lottery Ticketsâ)
Collectors still pray to the gods of Topps and Upper Deck, hoping one day their garage full of mustachioed shortstops from 1989 will finally become worth enough to retire. -
Cars (a.k.a. âGarage Queensâ)
Classic car collectors are a special breed: they spend six figures on a vehicle, then treat it like an art exhibit. âDonât touch the paint. Donât drive it. Just bask in its chrome glory.â Theyâve driven it exactly onceâonto the trailer.
Collecting: because adulthood needs hobbies, and hoarding needs better branding.