Last week had some interesting listings. The 119 figure lot sold for $130 which is a little higher than I would have expected, but still a pretty decent price. The ring with the cardboard insert sold for $43. That price is surprisingly high. I wonder if AW #282 bumped that price higher?
Finally, we had the 10 Class A listings from gunsmoke.50. I expected the figures to sell around the $20-range and that is exactly what happened. Collectors may debate whether we are in a new period of M.U.S.C.L.E. pricing, but I think we have seen the bottom drop on the vast majority of Class A figures. I bet there are 20 or less that can still demand a premium price.
Here are the 10 Class A figures that were sold:
- Class A Light Blue #61 Figure – Sold for $11.51
- Class A Purple #93 Figure – Sold for $5.55
- Class A Purple #123 Figure – Sold for $15.50
- Class A Magenta #125 Figure – Sold for $18.00
- Class A Magenta #135 Figure – Sold for $13.63
- Class A Magenta #136 Figure – Sold for $35.00
- Class A Salmon #156 Figure – Sold for $20.50
- Class A Purple #156 Figure – Sold for $10.50
- Class A Salmon #165 Figure – Sold for $30.00
- Class A Dark Blue #168 Figure – Sold for $23.01
That’s an average per-figure price of $18.32. I hope that bottom has finally dropped out.
Since we saw a large wave of Class A figures last week I thought it might be interesting to continue the final price research. The first auction, RARE Muscle m.u.s.c.l.e men Kinnikuman KYOAKU CHOJIN Magenta 135 action Figure, features a figure that sold last week for $13.63. Before that, the last documented Magenta #135 sold for $7.80.
Is $20 a great deal? No. Is it the worst Class A BIN price? No.
There were 10 Class A figures that sold for an average of $18.32. It seems that Magenta #135 has an average of $10.72. Asking $20 is on the high side, but it’s not unthinkable. I’m not unreasonable when people add a convenience fee. I don’t love this price, but I can also understand it.
If sellers were going to exclusively sell with BIN’s, then I want them to be fairly reasonable like this one.
The second auction, HUGE Vintage Mattel M.U.S.C.L.E Men Lot 152pcs All Different!!!, has 152 figures which includes three Class A figures.
The three Class A figures are: (1) Dark Blue #47; (2) Dark Blue #92; and (3) Green #191. The lot has a $206.10 BIN. Is that good or bad?
The only documented Dark Blue #47 price I have is $13.29. Dark Blue #92 has two documented sale prices $27.89 and $6.49 which is an average price of $17.19. The only documented sale price for Green #191 was $36.20.
That means there is maybe $67 worth of Class A figures in this lot. The remaining 149 figures would then have a $139.10 BIN (which is $0.93 per-figure).
Is this a good $206.10 BIN for this lot?
Kind of? It’s not horrible, but some of the figures are quite faded. Spending $0.93 per-figure for the rest of the figures is tougher to swallow than the Class A values.
The third auction, M.U.S.C.L.E. MUSCLE MEN #124 FOXMAN MATTEL VINTAGE FLESH FIGURE 1985 1980’s, was previously featured in this Epilogue.
The original listing from the Epilogue did not sell, but this seller had my full attention.
I emailed the seller a simple message:
Will you be relisting this?
Their answer was equally simple:
yes, i can
Before I could ask anything else, the figure was relisted. That didn’t stop me from sending another message:
I saw that it is relisted. I am interested, but it is more than I was interested in spending. Do you mind if I ask how you landed on that price?
The response was…perfect. She responded in French. I have posted the French and Google-translation below.
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I told her, “That was interesting to hear. Thanks!” What more could have been said?
