TRONNIE
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Posts: 1 | Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 5:33 AM
As an avid collector of Tron merchandise from the original film I made a decision not to start collection Legacy stuff so soon on the movies release. Over the years I have watched every big film for the past decade be released with a mass of merchandise and then within four month all of that merchandise has been sold on to the cheap bargain stores once it is no longer selling in the big branded outlets. Iron man, Fantastic Four, Wall-E, Transformers etc - all of their merchandise gets sold on to the bargain stores, and I see no reason why the same will not happen with Tron legacy. I think there is (and this sounds crazy coming form a life long fan) way too much merchandise for the new film and within three month that merchandise will be sold for a fraction of the current cost. The only movie that I can remember from the last decade which did not have enough merchandise on release was Shrek. Here in the UK the items for sale were very limited.
I believe if I wait another few month I will be able to snap up a great collection of Legacy stuff at a fraction of the current price, but unlike the original Tron stuff I bought I know it will never ever increase in value as there has been far too much of it released.
I love the fact that Disney have put so much faith in the Tron franchise, but as a collector with an eye on making money I will wait until everything is in my local bargain store because I know it will all be in there pretty soon.
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Re-Rez-Ram
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Posts: 52 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 7:02 AM
One thing to remember too is back when the original figures and merchandise came out we didn't really have a sense of collecting. Our parents bought us figures and we ripped into them not thinking twice about keeping the packaging pristine. Now with the new merchandise some of us buy two, one to open and one to keep in its packaging hoping that one day it might be worth something. Plus as you stated more of everything is circulating now with the Legacy stuff so thats going to lessen the values even more.
The advice I offer for the Tron Legacy merchandise is that if you are buying you just have to want to own it, display it, look at it etc and not so much worry about what its value will be down the road.
 
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Errex
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Posts: 168 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 9:09 AM
I think what Tronnie really meant is that he thinks it would be wise to play the long game with the TRON Legacy merchandise instead of buying all of it at the current market prices.
It all depends on availability, of course. If you walk into a store and see aisles full of product, it would be a fairly safe bet that the merchandise will remain available a few months down the road and possibly at a discount.
However, as is often the case, some specific segments of the line may outsell others, making it more difficult to gauge what to pass on right now.
Here in Mexico I got to see a fairly decent amount of product af a couple of retail chains, but ever since the movie premiered pretty much everything sold out by Christmas, and it doesn't look like the stores are getting any more soon. 
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WildWill
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Posts: 174 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 5:59 PM
As far as the mass-market stuff goes, I wouldn't really worry about missing anything to be honest - I don't think there's going to be anything that's overtly hard to find in the future. Even items that are in short supply in some places seem to be overflowing in others - so with a bit of work you'll be able to acquire all the mass-market Tron crap you could want.
BUT the nice thing is there are some really high-end pieces that most collectors couldn't afford - I'm talking the really nice art-pieces and some of the stuff that was at the Tron Pop-up Shop, and that stuff will hold it's value - especially the custom Vinylmations - I collected those things during their initial year and MAN some of the collectors go bat-shit crazy for the things. If you could afford one of the Noah Tron Vinyls, you should buy them ASAP.
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Daft Tron
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Posts: 230 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 9:23 PM
| RustyMuffler Wrote:Just looked up the Vinylmation's on eBay as I had never really given them a thought before. Saw the Star Wars ones and thought they were cute. Pretty fair prices. Then I looked up the Tron ones. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Wow. I guess a fool and his money are, in fact, very easily parted. $300-$800 for a little Mickey Mouse painted up like a program and called "art". Man, I guess I'm getting old. |
I remember going to downtown disney & asking about them & they were all sold out despite the initial prices they were going for. They're ok at most for collecting however not such a big market for such figures other than disney maniacs.
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Daft Tron
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Posts: 230 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Thursday, January, 20, 2011 9:33 PM
TRONNIE Wrote:
I love the fact that Disney have put so much faith in the Tron franchise, but as a collector with an eye on making money I will wait until everything is in my local bargain store because I know it will all be in there pretty soon.
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patience is a virtue however when it comes to these items & being a long time collector myself which I care not for profit (despite owning various rare items) you'll have to be persistent if you want to try & capitalize on these items on your end. All i can say really is good look on finding these in the bargain bin of cheapy stores (big lots) other than the mass retail stores.
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WildWill
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Posts: 174 | RE: Too Much Merchandise?
on Friday, January, 21, 2011 1:08 PM
The difference between the Star Wars Vinyls and the Tron vinyls is that the SW ones are mass produced and the Tron ones are hand done.
And believe me it took me a LOOOONG time to figure out the vinyl toy market, but it's really there and they really are art pieces with long-term investment value. NOAH the guy who did the Tron vinyls is well known in the Vinyl community and those prices are paltry compared to what his older pieces go for.
He did a series of 12 that sold out in a few days at Disneyland at something like $800 a pop. And they now sell for 3 to 4 times that.
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