COREY: Hey, how's it going? Doing great. How are you? Looks like you
got a lot of stuff. Yeah. Tell me you didn't
rob a toy store, man. Tell me what you got here. DANIEL: I have all the
toys from "Toy Story." And, no, I did not
rob a toy store. OK. [laughter] DANIEL: I'm at the
pawn shop today to try and sell my toys from
the "Toy Story" collection. I started collecting
these toys in 2009. The condition of my toys
have never been played with. I think the set,
in general, I find really cool because it really
brings the movie to life. I'm looking to get $1,175 for
my "Toy Story" collection. COREY: Crazy movie
for its time, man. It really, really was. "Toy Story" came
out in 1995, and it was the first full-length
digital animation film. That's pretty amazing. COREY: I remember the
first movie really well. You know, Buzz Lightyear,
he actually thought he was a real astronaut. You know, "To
infinity and beyond." And then Woody wasn't
the cool guy anymore, Buzz Lightyear was. It was one of those movies where
adults and kids could relate to, and I'm assuming that's
where a lot of its success came from. Yeah. COREY: I mean, it's
been, what, 25 years, and this is still going on. I mean, the fourth one was the
highest grossing one of them all yet. So we got Buzz Lightyear. We got Woody. We've got Mr. Potato Head. I forget the dinosaur's name. Rex.
COREY: Rex? OK.
DANIEL: Yes. COREY (VOICEOVER): I know these
were originally made for kids, but now it seems adults are
really into collecting them, especially the certified ones. So you got COAs for
all this stuff, or? Some of it. Back in 2009, they came with the
Toy Story Signature Collection. So Woody, Buzz, Jessie,
the green aliens, Bucket O Soldiers, RC,
and Mr. Potato Head all came with a COA. COREY: OK. Give me an idea, what are
you looking to do with it? I'm looking to sell it. And how much are
you looking to get? 1,175. OK. I know that certain
collections of these toys can be worth a lot of money, but
you have so many pieces here. I don't really know how
to price this all out. I've got a buddy right across
the street, owns a toy shop. He can give me an idea of
what this stuff is worth. Do you mind if I have him come
down and take a look at it? No, that sounds good. COREY: All right,
well, look around. I got some pretty cool
stuff in here myself. And I'll-- I'll
be right back, OK? All right, I'll do that. Thank you. DANIEL: My biggest
concern with the expert is that I don't have all
the pieces still in the box, and that could lower the value. COREY: Got quite a bit
for you here today. STEVE JOHNSTON: What
a great collection. "Toy Story" was great because
it's the first time that Disney and Pixar worked together. And it really kicked off what we
see animation today in movies. And just think of what they did. They took the
child's imagination and put it on a screen and
brought all of those toys to life for you. And they had great
actors involved. You know, you had Tim Allen,
who was coming off of his hit with "Home Improvement," and he
was such a recognizable voice. You had Tom Hanks, who had
just come off "Forrest Gump." Took $50,000 to play Woody in
the first movie, and 5 million in the second. You had the great Don
Rickles playing a character like Mr. Potato Head. The pairing of the voice
actors to the actual toys that were put on screen was
perfectly fit to appeal to both kids and their parents. And, you know, collectors
clamor for this stuff, and there's tons of
editions because of that. COREY: I know he said something
about a Signature Collection. What do you know about that? STEVE JOHNSTON: Disney
knows merchandising, and they didn't miss a
beat with the merchandising for "Toy Story." The Signature
Collection is supposed to be kind of like
the Cadillac of them, where it's the best made
versions to date of these toys. What they did is they put them
in special collector boxes with little COAs, just to
kind of identify that they were a collector edition. Because that's how it was
sold, to be a collectible. So is there any
one in particular that stands out to you? Woody is the most collectible. This Woody in
particular is actually going to have more phrases
than any of the other editions of Woody to this point. And the voice on this
actually isn't Tom Hanks, it's actually his brother. Really? STEVE: Yeah. It was cheaper for
them to go and get him to voice it instead of
bringing Tom Hanks in to voice it at that point. DANIEL: Interesting. Very cool. COREY: So give me an idea of
what a collection like this could be worth. STEVE: Well, you know,
it's funny because you've got a mixture of toys here. Bullseye, Jessie, even the Woody
would actually have come out from the Signature Collection. However, because people
bought them to collect them, there's a lot on the market
that are actually still brand new sealed in the box. A purist collector is going to
want to have really mint boxes. Plus, some of the toys
that you have here, they're newer editions that
are still being produced today direct at retail. Like, for example, the
phone, I can get it brand new for around $15 to $18. COREY: OK, so all in all,
the whole set up here, what are we looking? STEVE: You know, if everything
was from the Signature Collection and in
the original box, I would think you would
have no problem getting somewhere between
$1,500 and $2,000 for the entire collection. As it sits, because of the
items that have been opened, and that some of the editions
are newer editions that are fairly common to find
in these collections, I would expect that you would
only be able to get $400 for this collection as it sits. COREY: Not what I was
hoping to hear, man, but thanks for coming down. Yeah, no problem.
Sorry. Good luck. DANIEL: Thank you. I kind of got a
feeling that wasn't what you were hoping for. No, it wasn't what
I was hoping for. You know, for me to
make any money off this, man, I'd offer you,
like, 300 bucks. DANIEL: 300. Could you possibly
do, like, 350? I'll go 325. OK, 325. Got a deal?
DANIEL: Yeah. All right. Head around the corner,
someone will write you up. You might want to order
lunch or something because there's a lot of
stuff to write up here. DANIEL: OK. COREY: All right, I
appreciate it, man. Take care. DANIEL: I didn't quite
get my asking price, but I'm happy I made the sale. I think the toys will
go to a good home.
I feel like That should have sold for more!
I think if this was a collection from the first two Toy Story films, they’d be a lot more valuable. This collection is still valuable though since it’s signature collection.
That toy shop owner is looking at that collection like ‘why did you bring in toys I can get on Amazon?’