Was a little bit strange if you are not familiar with it, but indeed great to watch.
To bad that there weren't show in which the profit was explained, like they do sometimes for Pawn shop :)
They had an episode where they showed him selling at C2E2 here in Chicago, but it was total BS. You can't purchase items at the prices he would claim to pay and then turn a profit. It was much like American Pickers, the show is all staged and nothing is real.
He also knew exactly what someone had before agreeing to go to their house or store. Then he had the people hide the item in a place so he could "find it". No store owner or collector has zero idea that their best items are there.
It was only fun to watch for the details about the different toys. The rest was pretty frustrating as someone in the business.
I know the owners at 2 of the stores they filmed at plus watched them in action at the Chicago Toy Show. In that episode they "bought" a rare Mego figure for 5 figures. Talked with the guy after the 2 plus hours they had his booth blocked off and unable to sell anything due to filming and they actually didn't buy it. It was 100% for TV. They made the guy looked like he didn't know what he had, wasted over 2 hours of prime selling time at one of the busiest shows in the world, and then didn't even buy the item.
Pure staged nonsense...but still was fun to watch for the entertainment value of seeing a lot of rare toys.
Was a little bit strange if you are not familiar with it, but indeed great to watch.
To bad that there weren't show in which the profit was explained, like they do sometimes for Pawn shop :)
They had an episode where they showed him selling at C2E2 here in Chicago, but it was total BS. You can't purchase items at the prices he would claim to pay and then turn a profit. It was much like American Pickers, the show is all staged and nothing is real.
He also knew exactly what someone had before agreeing to go to their house or store. Then he had the people hide the item in a place so he could "find it". No store owner or collector has zero idea that their best items are there.
It was only fun to watch for the details about the different toys. The rest was pretty frustrating as someone in the business.
Can imagine!
Probably lots of these shows are fixed. Like pawn shop.
Those expert always do have time and all live around the corner! 😂
I know the owners at 2 of the stores they filmed at plus watched them in action at the Chicago Toy Show. In that episode they "bought" a rare Mego figure for 5 figures. Talked with the guy after the 2 plus hours they had his booth blocked off and unable to sell anything due to filming and they actually didn't buy it. It was 100% for TV. They made the guy looked like he didn't know what he had, wasted over 2 hours of prime selling time at one of the busiest shows in the world, and then didn't even buy the item.
Pure staged nonsense...but still was fun to watch for the entertainment value of seeing a lot of rare toys.