Should I keep this Indiana Jones toy in its packaging so as to retain its value?

Question

So, today in Woolworths I bought this Indiana Jones figure and accessories for, um, well someone who likes Indiana Jones a lot and I would like to unwrap it so the someone who likes Indiana Jones can you know, play with it and relive those memories of old.

Already my contacts know where I'm going with this one lol.

But would it be better to keep it packaged up and put in a bag then placed into a cupboard until the years go by and it will be worth something on ebay?

*Hums Indiana Jones theme*

Answer 1

Rip that plastic wrap off & play with that toy!!!

Answer 2

I know what I shall buy you on your next birthday :)

King, I think taking it out of the package & playing with it is preferable to keeping it around for the next thirty years.  

What about your future children?  

How will you keep them from playing w/your little men & aliens?  

No, it is better to play with your doll then save it.  

Although my unasked advice is for you to return the doll & donate the money to a food bank.

Answer 3

keep it :D

~i love Indie~

~peace~ ^_^

Answer 4

If you keep it in it's packaging, you can't play with it! That's no fun!!!! Use a basketball to mimic Indiana Jones being chased by that giant ball in the older movie!

Answer 5

Series figures are only good in these cases............

1) You have the first original movie figures (in box or out with slight damage)

2) You have the second movie figures as above condition

     or even better, an original movie poster from both films

     with them.

Now that you have the "new" or third generation of the movie I would make friends with the local movie theater owner or manager. Get as much promo memorabilia from them as possible, movie posters, ticket stubs, passed out promos at openings, ect. But usually, the third generation of the same movie is usually not as special as a collection unless you have history to back it up. Sorry to burst your hopes on this one. :( Play with your new toy and enjoy it. Since you are older and wiser you will take better care of it and you may be able to find the originals over the years. Make it a hobby if you want. I have the original Charlies angels dolls, treehouse, and car witht their clothes. I am so glad I kept them. I resold them to a collector for over $1000 when the first movie came out. Some pieces were missing and it had been played with by me so I had history to go with it. I also have the first anitomically correct male baby doll (Joey, Archi Bunkers grandson from All in the Family with his original box. His blanket and diaper are lost but for the most part he is really good condition. I have had it appraised at $600. I have some of the original Star Wars action figures from the original movie and together they could be sold (4) at $725 as the group. I even have an original Dolly Parton Doll (barbie like but a true rendition of Dolly) That was sold for $200 back in 1996. She was still in her original box, red rinestone jumpsuit outfit, b***s and all. Contact or look for collectors about your purchase and see what they say. But if I were you I would research the "need" of collectors for Indiana Jones first before I would make a decision on "collecting" this series.

Answer 6

King your best bet is to buy another to play with and save the other. That is the someone can play with it. You can save the other

Answer 7

Value is usually dominated by scarceness and demand; a toy from the fourth resurgence of interest in a franchise that's making the toys by the millions likely won't have a lot of scarcity or incredibly high demand.  You could if you wanted to and have lots of storage space to keep your toys in, but you might be lucky if you get as much as you paid for it, counting in inflation, in twenty years.

It's rather like the people who buy comic books, thinking "wow, I'll get so much money out of this in 20 or 30 years, look at what the old ones go for"... but they forget to factor in a few things.  The "old ones" had much smaller print runs, so were more scarce in the first place; many/most were recycled during the war, driving up scarcity sharply; and you didn't have the "collecting frenzy" that people get nowadays, where lots of people hoard their comics in hopes of returns someday.  I have a box myself that I collected in the 80's for my own reading; I remembered I had it and figured I might get some cash, but they're simply not valuable since so many other people have them too.