Original Transformers Boxed Collection Sold for $1,000,000

[SoulManX]

Count them. 275 Tranformers from the '80s. 101 Autobots, 81 Decepticons, 92 licensed products, some never removed from box, some mint-in-box, all ready for the mother of all battles. Sold for $1,000,000 at eBay in a story full of drama, love and cartoon passion that started out of pity for Starscream.

Like all good stories, this one starts small and by accident.

Back in 1984, my husband, Anthony, was recovering from a serious motorcycle accident, which mostly meant spending his days in front of the television. Being like most 26-year-old men I know, cartoons were among his favorite form of television entertainment, so when Transformers was introduced that year it instantly became his favorite show. It just so happened we were walking around the La Mesa, California Toys r Us one fine day that year, shopping for a gift, when, lo and behold, we ended up in the action figure aisle, right smack in front of the Transformers section (which didn't take up an entire aisle back in the day.)
"I promise, I just want one," Anthony pleaded, as he slipped Starscream into the shopping cart. (He knew I felt sympathy for Starscream because Megatron was always picking on him.)



He got his one. And those trips to the Toys r Us kept on going until Anthony got his 275 Transformers. Sadly, he died of AIDS in 1988. He was infected with HIV during an anti-hemophilia treatment, while hospitalized for the bike accident in 1983.



But fear not, dear reader, because also like all good stories this one has a happy ending after the tears: thanks to his just-one-Starscream his widow is now getting just-one-million-dollars. And the lucky man with the Optimus Prime helmet in the third row is also getting two guns as a gift: two Megatrons that transform into gun replicas. Apparently, US law says "it is illegal for any business or individual to import or sell the MP-05 Megatron as it does not display a blaze orange safety tip on the end of the barrel," so she's giving them away to the buyer.



Check out the pics!



http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/megallec...-boxed-collection-sold-for-1000000-279598.php

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[dpm07]

That's one ugly woman, but those are some really cool toys. This is really a great story.

 

[SoulManX]

That's one ugly woman, but those are some really cool toys. This is really a great story.

Ouch! And yes the toys are cool...

 

[Immortalfire]

Holy Mackerel

 

[Jack Rabbit]

I'd take them out of their boxes and play with them.

 

[Catman]

I was gonna say, "A 40 Year Old Virgin got rich" when I read the title. Now...I'm speechless.

 

[SoulManX]

I'd take them out of their boxes and play with them.

NRFB

 

[Jack Rabbit]

You lost me.

 

[SoulManX]

You lost me.

Dexter's Lab

Never Remover From Box/

NRFB!

 

[Jack Rabbit]

Oh, okay.

**** that.

 

[Immortalfire]

Dexter's Lab

Never Remover From Box

NRFB!

I love that episode!

 

[souloffire]

I think whoever won really overpaid.

 

[POWdER-man]

I think Bill Gates can afford a measly Million......

 

[AhabTheArab]

like every other 26 year old, he watched cartoons? what?

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Wholly crap! Well good for her.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

The collection is only worth $15,000 dollars (generously). She is lying about the price too, there is no Transformer (including Japanese originals) that is worth $4000. Fortress Maximus is only worth $1000, maybe. Whoever bought that is an idiot.

 

[tzarinna]

God, I'm so jealous.
How do you not open the box?

 

[Shuley]

the winners feedback is a 6...she's lucky if the buyer pays up

 

[ShadowBoxing]

the winners feedback is a 6...she's lucky if the buyer pays up

I wouldn't. She is only overcharging him by 985,000 dollars. And completely lying about the individual value of "some characters". Her collection is nothing spectacular. And even if she had every Transformer (from every series), like DJ Soundwave, in box, it still wouldn't be worth 1 million dollars

 

[Shuley]

God, I'm so jealous.
How do you not open the box?

toys look cooler in the package...i used to have megatron,pepsi optimus prime,ironhide and rachet all mint and sealed...sold them though to buy comics.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

toys look cooler in the package...i used to have megatron,pepsi optimus prime,ironhide and rachet all mint and sealed...sold them though to buy comics.

I have this one...it's worth 174.

http://www.temptingtoys.net/news/data/upimages/1137889796.jpg

 

[Shuley]

I wouldn't. She is only overcharging him by 985,000 dollars. And completely lying about the individual value of "some characters". Her collection is nothing spectacular. And even if she had every Transformer (from every series), like DJ Soundwave, in box, it still wouldn't be worth 1 million dollars

wasn't it an auction? i do agree a million is too much

 

[ShadowBoxing]

wasn't it an auction? i do agree a million is too much

No, she set a "buy it now price" at a million with that as the minimum bid. Essentially just trying to swindle a million out of some poor sap.

 

[webhead731]

The voice in that voice changer sucks.

 

[souloffire]

The collection is only worth $15,000 dollars (generously). She is lying about the price too, there is no Transformer (including Japanese originals) that is worth $4000. Fortress Maximus is only worth $1000, maybe. Whoever bought that is an idiot.

That's what I thought when I read the article. No way this is worth a million bucks. Not even close.