Toy Hunter Chicago

Jordan Hembrough and his friend and fellow dealer Mark Huckabone (not a collector as portrayed in season one) are going to do buying at Nerd Seum,  a museum, but first Mark takes Jordan to Rick a retired football player. Jordan buys some loose Mego Superheroes then buys  a Richmond Toys Remote Controlled Batmobile in the box for $200.00, which he will sell for $300.00. Checking Ebay, I found a Richmond Toy Remote Controlled Batmobile for $199.99.  Jordan also finds a 1966 Batman Space Probe on the card which he buys for $450.00 and will sell for $700.00. Checking Ebay and the Internet I could not find any recent sales.

Jordan next goes on his own to a collector called Bear. Bear has extensive collection of toys going back to the 30’s. The first item that Jordan buys is Staurn robot that was out in 1980’s.  Jordan pays $30.00 and will sell it for $50.00.  Checking Ebay, I found there a number of listings of this robot up on Ebay, many around the price that Jordan plans to sell his.  Bear next offers Jordan a 1930’s Daisy Buck Rogers Water Pistol. Buck Rogers was the Star Wars of its era. Bear wants $800.00 for it and Jordan  passes as he does not have cilentele for it. Checking the internet Hake’s sold one for $480.56 which includes a 15% buyers premiun.  The one that Hake sold the  bladder to hold the water is cracked and the gun is not functioning. Jordan was smart not to touch it as he did not have anyone for it.  Jordan buys some Archer Space figures for $15.00 each. These figures sell between $12.00 to $30.00 depending on who has them. The last item that Jordan buys  from Bear  is A Tom Corbett Space Patrol (Yes I know it is wrong and will say more on this at the end.) Space Helmet in the box.  Jordan pays Bear $800.00 for the helmet, which he plans to sell for $1000.00. No sales could be found for the Space Patrol helmet, Tom Corbett helmet which is different than the Space Patrol was sold by Hake’s in 20006 for $392.00. Another one in in l fair condition is being offered for $295.00.

Finally, Jordan goes to the Nerd Seum. The Nerd Seum is two collectors collections. First Jordan buys the Ninja Mutant Turtles Pizza Thrower for $50.00.  Checking Ebay there are several NMT Pizza Throwers on Ebay in various states of condition. Prices are running from $89.99 to $116.99. Next Jordan buys three LJN Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom action figures mint on the card for $120.00 and Jordan plans to sell them for $200.00. This purchase was a surpirse as LJN Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom action figures are being offered on Ebay from $200.00 to $300.00 each! The final item that Jordan buys is  The Real Ghostbusters Proton Pack  which Jordan buys for $225.00 and will sell for $400.00. Checking Ebay,  I found two for sale one at $1119.99, the other is $225.00. The second one is mint in the box.

Jordan finds a buyer for his space helmet who pays him $1100.00, three hundred more than he paid.

This episode is typical buying trip show.  Mark does a courtesy of letting Jordan buying first at Rick’s who is Mark’s contact, then Mark is frozen out of the show.  The next section with the collector Bear, Jordan goes alone, dealer courtesy would be since Mark gave you a contact, you give a contact in return. Finally, in the Nerd Seum section which Mark should be aware of it, but no where to be seen.

Next we have the major error on the Space Patrol Helmet. As I have said before in a previous post Tom Corbett and Space Patrol are two different shows.  The box shows Space Patrol on the box.  I checked the internet and while I did not find a price, I did find some interest photos of the Space Patrol Space Helmet. The helmet on the show is missing the decal  on the helmet and two breathing tubes on the sides. I can hear Jordan’s excuse Bear called it Tom Corbett Space Patrol.  My reply your researcher should have caught it.

I was surprise how low Jordan went on the three LJN Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom action figures.  As I noted before the examples that are up on Ebay and checking Internet gave me no other prices.  This is something I will be doing more research in the near future.