| Looking at what prices the old retro toys are | | | | months and are retired afterwards never to |
| selling nowadays, I feel like pulling out the | | | | return again. Next year a new animal is |
| few hairs I've got left. If only I hadn't | | | | chosen to be the new seasonal Webkinz. So |
| trashed my old toys when I was a kid. If only | | | | within a year these retired Webkinz are |
| I had known the future value of my Dinky Toy | | | | flaming hot and really wanted by collectors. |
| cars, German train sets, and my made in Japan | | | | For instance a Webkinz Love Puppy ( last |
| robots then, my house would have had a drive | | | | years Valentines special) is being sold on |
| way and a classic Corvette would have been on | | | | Ebay for up to $250,- and more, the retail |
| it. If Only I Had. | | | | price would have been about $12,- thats a |
| | | | whopping 2000 return on investment and prices |
| Retro toys really are golden investments, as | | | | are still rising steeply. My wife who got |
| we grow older and get hit by nostalgia, many | | | | involved into Webkinz because of our kids, |
| of us are willing to splash out for the toys | | | | discovered what a good return buying and |
| we used to play with or didn't get when we | | | | selling retired Webkinz could give, she |
| were kids. A Japanese battery operated tin | | | | already sold dozens of them. The demand is |
| robot in good condition sold for $15000,- at | | | | still rising, just buy the retired ones and |
| a London toy auction. When I was a kid I had | | | | you almost can't go wrong, keep them for a |
| several of them, and their ending was | | | | while and then put them up for sale again. |
| gruesome as me and my best mate used the | | | | Eventually any Webkinz will retire but it |
| robo's for BB gun target practice, the robots | | | | takes much longer for them to retire than the |
| were the Martian aliens invading our garden | | | | seasonal ones who are only on the market for |
| and we had to fight them off. Bye bye | | | | a very limited time. |
| Japanese Robots. Bye Bye early retirement. If | | | | |
| Only I Hadn't. | | | | This is a pretty interesting toy niche that |
| | | | can only become more interesting when Webkinz |
| But for all of us a second chance has come | | | | is launched overseas. For the moment Webkinz |
| up, and the magic word is Webkinz. Not just | | | | are only being sold in the USA and Canada. |
| any Webkinz but the retired ones, the thing | | | | The Webkinz fans though already come from all |
| is Ganz ( the maker of Webkinz) releases | | | | over the world, and an international launch |
| special seasonal Webkinz for Christmas, | | | | will make the hype and demand for retired |
| Halloween, Easter and Valentines Day. These | | | | Webkinz only bigger. Go for it and grab a |
| Webkinz are only for sale for a couple of | | | | piece of the cake I would say. |