Has the over blast of yo's made any of them worth collecting any more?

[*SID*]

Lots of yoyo's on ebay with no bidders...

Is the yoyo phase over until the next time around?
Feels like it.

Has the over blast of yo's made any of them worth collecting any more?

yes or no?

Just for my own curiosity.

[DrYoYo]

There are certainly alot more choices available.  There are also a flood of great insane deals on the BST's right now.  Could this be considered the normal Pre Words Dump?

[IV]

The answer is yes. However, it isn't in the eyes of the community, but rather, your eyes.

I have collected quite a few SPYY yo-yos that I am proud of but I'm sure doesn't make much difference in the long run to anyone but me.
They're worth no more together than separated but I'm proud of what I've got.

Some people collect for value and some just compulsively collect for the hell of it.
I just like SPYY and CLYW. 

[kretzschmar]

Limited run onedrops are worth collecting, same with General yo special editions.  It really depends on your preference, but those are sure to keep their value and are good investments f that's what you are asking.  If you have the cash, get a Magnum.  I'm pretty sure you could trade it for a Dodge Magnum in 10 years  .

[yoyofactoryben]

Its a buyer/players market

[popdada]

I would have to say….they have hit the fan as far as collecting for any kind of profit….I still have a few that I’ve held on to that I think will always have some value like my Ayya vs. CLYW…but for the most part you’d be better off with Hummel Plates….

[IanPkmnYo]

Collecting wise, the value is mostly sentimental.  That is, unless you have some insane pre production limited edition yoyo that everyone wants but nobody has lol.

[Fojo]

Unfortunately yoyos never had much strength as a collectible in terms of long-term value. The real issue with collectibles is that the only way they obtain real value is by being in high demand in a large market and having a large enough depth of variety from an early stage; and the yoyo community isn't large enough to support a collector's trade really and it was pretty much monopolized by Duncan early on.

It's why things like comics and stamps and the like work so well as collectibles: lots more people read comics than yoyo, and everybody who uses the mail uses stamps. Furthermore there's been a huge variety of comics and stamps for decades, lending to the back-stock of collectibles you can go after. My guess would be that the only way you'll really find a yoyo of real (as in big $$) value in a collectible sense is old Duncan's and similar products which would be valued by Toy Museums for their specific effect on "play" of the time - ie yoyos which gave birth to booms, early editions of the Brain, etc.

[popdada]

Fojo...
there was a time when you could turn over a yoyo that you paid 100 bucks for...and double it over night....that minty Bape's sold for hundreds of dollars...

[yoyofactoryben]

and I believe that time has passed supporting the statement

Unfortunately yoyos never had much strength as a collectible in terms of long-term value

[popdada]

and I believe that time has passed supporting the statement

Unfortunately yoyos never had much strength as a collectible in terms of long-term value

hey the bape had a good 4 year run...but, ok it's not really collecting per say…it was more like playing the stock market….the yoyo stock market...but it was fun!...and now it's gone... I turned a profit on a few of your yoyo’s Ben…..and I bet if I could ever get one of them spin tops from you I could get a nice profit for it...the next market will be spin tops...let's prove it...send me two yyf spin tops...(one to keep!) and see what I can get for the other....



try and sell some old stamps or comic books lately....not worth what you’d thought they be…that’s for sure….

[oldyoyoguy]

Unfortunately yoyos never had much strength as a collectible in terms of long-term value.

Perhaps, but I think it comes and goes.  For example, some of the early twentieth century yo-yos (Flores, Duncan, Royal, Goody) probably wouldn't have brought in more than a few dollars in the 1970s and 1980s, but in the 1990s some of them were fetching several hundred dollars and more.  However, you're right that we don't currently have a stable collectibles market in yo-yos.  Heck, we barely have a stable market in modern yo-yos!

[Fojo]

try and sell some old stamps or comic books lately....not worth what you’d thought they be…that’s for sure….

My roommate sold a 5 cent from 1964 for 500 dollars last month, and it wasn't even an extremely rare stamp, it's just rare. Comics not as much since the boom in the 70's because they print so many now (that being said I've got comics I could sell for hundreds of dollars...), but if you've got a nice rare comic from before then they're quite valuable. Ben got it right on though, the real issue is longevity. The comics I have which are worth something now will be worth more the longer I keep them, so long as I keep them well. The yoyos I own may at some point in the future shoot up in value during a boom, but it's highly unlikely that their value will remain anything close to that high once the boom dissipates.

[vegabomb]

Collectible in the sense that it's being used here happens for a couple reasons.
One is, as someone mentioned, the stock market effect. Everyone else wants it so I want it too. This can die a quick death.
Another is an above average product. The Torrent I think is an example of this. I've spoken in PMs with people about this yo-yo selling for quite a bit.
The third is the one that stands the test of time. Nostalgia. I had one of those when I was young...

Of the three that I mention the third is IMO the strongest. I collect Hot Wheel cars (hence my user name). Many fond memories of being a kid and playing with them. It will take some time but some of these yo-yos that we are buying and trading will eventually fall into this category for many of the younger players. (Hopefully some of us older guys too )

That's my two cents.

Edit - And for those concerned about comic book values, this sold on Feb. 24 of this year. Crushed the old record for highest sale price on a comic.

http://comics.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7017&Lot_No=91126&src=pr

Edit #2 - Just realized you can't see the price the comic sold for without making an account. It sold for  $1,075,500.00. More than doubled the old record.

[Clifford_Ball]

Limited run onedrops are worth collecting, same with General yo special editions.  It really depends on your preference, but those are sure to keep their value and are good investments f that's what you are asking.  If you have the cash, get a Magnum.  I'm pretty sure you could trade it for a Dodge Magnum in 10 years  .

LOL, that will NEVER happen 

[oldyoyoguy]

The third is the one that stands the test of time. Nostalgia. I had one of those when I was young...

Agreed.  I think that's what drove a lot of the interest in older yo-yos back in the 90s.  Makes me wonder who the big winners will be in another twenty years, Yomega because of its relative mass-market ubiquity (a la Duncan in the 1930s-1960s)?  That's sort of depressing.  It doesn't bode well for limited edition high-ends, particularly ones with no uniquely-identifying markings.
 
2030 Yo-Yo Collector, looking over a Liopleurodon: "Gosh, this is a beautiful yo-yo but I don't know who made it, so nah, not interested."

A lot of kids have high-ends these days, but are there enough to drive a nostalgia wave?

[Fojo]

A lot of kids have high-ends these days, but are there enough to drive a nostalgia wave?

I think the real issue with that notion is that most small companies with high end runs don't produce enough yoyos for everyone to feel that nostalgia. The Duncan Imperials of the 30's-60's were so common that almost everyone had one, whereas in 20 years I may be nostalgic for my Pure but how many other people out there will be? The other issue is that high quality, limited run yoyos are unlikely to ever become any rarer than it was when it was first made because people don't throw away their $115 Peak like they did their $2 Duncan Imperial. Even if every yoyoer my age wanted a Pure in twenty years there would probably still be enough floating around for most of us to get our hands on them because they're more likely to be hung on to. While you might think this would increase their value, the fact that so many people are going to be hanging on to them is going to keep their value relatively steady when not during a boom. Imperials and other old Duncans, on the other hand, very few people ever kept because it was "just a yoyo" and so the rarity of the yoyos went from extremely common to fairly rare, making the value skyrocket.

But seriously, how many of you will actually throw out a yoyo if you're finished with it? That's why we have the BST, and our yoyos stay in circulation and use long after most of us have moved on to newer yoyos or even hobbies.

[mgodinez]

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mgodinez

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