Rummaging around the attic in mom and dad’s house might yield some valuable toys you discarded from your youth, isn’t it? Although the 80s and 90s weren’t that long ago, many toys from these eras are worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars! Before you declare millionaire status, research reselling tips.
Most 80s and 90s kids will easily understand the worth of toys and knows the extent to which a toy lover would go to purchase his or her favorite toy. Laurie Anderson Dowell, a toy collector in California says: The most important feature to a toy’s value is usually whether it is in its original packaging, and what kind of condition the box, card, or bubble the toy is placed. Mint in Package (MIP) and mint in Box (MIB) toys are more highly covetable owing to their associated prestige and uniqueness. Below is our list of valuable toys with their estimated original and potential selling prices. Perhaps you got one of these for Christmas and never opened it and maybe it’s time to make a few bucks from those toys now that you stopped playing with them.
Moon Shoes
AVERAGE OG PRICE: $37.52 (new)
MIGHT FLIP FOR: $200 (vintage)
Since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, (whether it was true or not), kinds have often fantasized being astronauts, and I bet you too nursed those fantasies. These fantasies were the reason behind the success of moon shoes. But since current kinds would rather look at an IPad instead of the night skies, the astronaut craze is dying, but not the moon shoes. These shoes look super weird, but they make you feel like you’re walking on the moon! Stomping around in these shoes with built-in trampolines mimics what the creators think walking on the moon is like. We can’t confirm the accuracy of the imitation but they’re fun either way.
These were first introduced in the 1950s and had success well into the 1990s. If you have any vintage pairs, you might be able to resell them for a couple hundred on eBay. As we’ve mentioned before, mint condition Moon Shoes in that original packaging will get you the most cash. However, even if they are not in their original package, Moon shoes will still make for you some good cash.