Will Barzo's Dan Boone set go up in value? (1 Viewer)

[larso]

An awkwardly long title but I saw a couple of 'Last of the Mohican' playsets on the TSSD site and their price was way over the original purchase price. Such is the way of the world - providing you have the right product. What do people think of the Daniel Boone playset in this regard. Would it be as good an investment?

 

[eborris]

I think it will all depend on the number of sets made, I know on his earlier sets only a limited amount were manufactured. Generally speaking though his sets have a tendency to go up in value rather quickly. It is a great set though and surely worth the purchase price.

 

[thebritfarmer]

Personally myself I wouldn't buy any sets as an investment. Just buy them because you love them.

 

[gk5717]

I agree, don,t buy them as an investment. Having said that I had all of Barzsos playsets up to the Robin Hood.
I sold half of them on ebay and pretty much got 3 times what I paid for them.
Gary

 

[eborris]

There is one of the first sets that Barzso made on e-bay now, the opening bid is $399.00, if it goes for less then 800.00, I'd be surprised. Of course these days not too much surprises me.

 

[larso]

Yes the number of items produced is always important. I guess I was thinking along the lines of the potential for it to be a desired product. 'Last of the Mohicans' was a reasonably recent film (and a still published book) that will have made a mark on a considerable number of guys, some of whom could well want such a set. Perhaps this has already been the case to a fair degree.

Daniel Boon though was a show of the 60s, still shown in the 70s when I saw it. I wonder then if its fans are going to be more limited? Mind you I'm only 42 so there's a few decades yet where it will be in the minds of many.

I'm like you guys though, even if I got it, and funds are short sadly, there's no way I would leave it unplayed.

 

[eborris]

I have an unopened offically sealed Shores of Tripoli set that I heard recently sold for $800.00 , now that's a tempting price.

I was never fan of Wagon Train, and I personally don't undertand the attraction, but those Marx sets typically sell for amounts in the thousands, in good shape naturally. Recently a single Marx plastic figure sold for over 4k, mind boggling.

 

[larso]

A quick check shows that TSSD still has that 'Last of the Mohicans' and a 'Treasure Island' set for sale, both for $1000. I'd love them both.

A thought, as we've seen with the stock market and property there are upper limits. Now those both recover in time but as I suggested previously, some products have a shrinking potential market.

Kids don't play with toy soldiers to anywhere near the extent we did. It's action figures and computer games. So once the baby boomers are out of the market I doubt there will be much demand for these sorts of things. Generational attitudes have changed as well. The heroic characters and events our toy soldiers are based on are unknown to modern youth.

So again I agree, play with them to your hearts content. There probably won't be many buyers if you put them aside for too long.

 

[Beau]

Regarding the Baby Boomers being the last real market for toy soldiers, my hope is that like most everything else, attitudes will change. As they say, what goes around, comes around. If Bell Bottoms can come back in style, maybe toy soldiers will too someday.

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Funny...
I was given 'courtesy' sets by Ron as the sculptor of the first few sets, and I gave them away not long after I got them. I would have never guessed that these would increase that much in value.
With that said, I would agree that the only reason you should by any of these 'collectibles' is because you like them and not as an investment.
I still have a set of the original character figures from the 'Last of the Mohicans' playset too...I found those in the bottom of one of the drawers here along with samples of the large and small canoe. I think the only reason they are still here is because I liked the way they turned out at the time.
Ken

 

[Deitz]

Regarding the Baby Boomers being the last real market for toy soldiers, my hope is that like most everything else, attitudes will change. As they say, what goes around, comes around. If Bell Bottoms can come back in style, maybe toy soldiers will too someday.

I am doing my part, I am trying to get my nephews interested in TS. Two of them have already got the TS bug. I just need to make sure they do not lose interest in TS when they are teenagers.