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COREY (VOICEOVER): I know these were originally made for kids,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.