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