11 Rare Toys Worth Way Too Much Money

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: What if I told you that a Pez dispenser could be worth tens of thousands of dollars? Would you believe that a Monopoly board could be worth hundreds of thousands? And can you even fathom a little Hot Wheels car helping you to pay rent for the next year? Well, I'm here to tell you today that those old toys in your attic can help you bring in loads of cash. We're going to be exploring 11 toys that can set you up and have you rolling in the dough. Fisher-Price has basically been sitting on the throne of the toy world since 1930. And one of its earliest toys was this dank boy, known as Push Cart Pete. This toy is apparently so rare that there's not even video footage of our boy Pete pushing around his little cart anywhere on the internet. So I'm just going to show you some simulations in the meantime. New Cart Pushing Montage Eh? Pretty cool, right? Okay, look. It may sound pretty lame as a toy, but Petey Boy can sell for upwards of $3,000 today. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to corporate America, where you can find some of the strangest collaborations in the world. This next toy on our list is a PepsiCo branded G1 Optimus Prime Transformers toy. And for real, this thing is more than meets the eye. A mint condition in-box version of this toy recently sold for $3,700. I mean, obviously people believe that the Transformers can somehow make money. Six bad movies and another one in development. Oh, you so offended and don't agree with me? See this real life clip from the fourth Transformers movie. "Search the property!" "What do you mean search the property, you don't have a warrant!" "My face is my warrant." The Transformers really died when Shia left. "We are in your debt." Anyways, so yeah, Pepsi thought it would be really dope to put some Pepsi decals on our dude Optimus and absolutely ruin the character for everybody. It's said that if Barbie is the queen of the doll world, then American Girl dolls are the princesses. And dang, this could not be more true. Started in 1986 by the Pleasant Company, American Girl doll hit the market to sell 18 inch dolls that lived in different times of American history. They absolutely exploded. "The American Girl doll phenomena is something of obsession." Now, people are spending upwards of $100 on these dolls when they first buy them. But, we're going to talk about one specific doll: Grace Thomas, the Baker. Grace has quite the resume of popularity that includes having a movie made about her. And, she even won the American Girl doll's prestigious Girl of the Year award in 2015, which I'm sure she was so honored to receive. "Um, thank you." Anyways, Grace and her bakery set, complete with an additional outfit, recently sold for a crazy $4,500. Grace, you're killing it, girl. Keep bringing in the big bucks. Alright, ready to see our next toy on the list? Um, yep, that's it. But while this little dude may not look like a lot, he recently sold on eBay for $5,000. This little beanie baby's name is Peanut, the royal blue elephant, and was introduced by Ty on June 3, 1995. Apparently, Ty realized after they released our guy that he was the wrong color altogether. They wanted to manufacture a lighter blue version of Peanut. So the royal blue version of Peanut retired just 4 months after he hit the shelves and a new light blue version was introduced. But this little mix up caused the royal blue version of him to become one of the rarest and most sought after beanie babies ever. Ty decided to introduce the royal blue version of this dude after the popularity of its skyrocket. But if you actually want to make $5,000 off of this bad boy, you're going to have to find one from 1995. Sorry, that $20 guy on Amazon is just not going to cut it. Look, I know we all love how Luke Skywalker's storyline came full circle in The Last Jedi. But did you know that a figurine of our favorite Padawans sold for a crazy $5,100 on eBay? The El Retorno del Jedi Luke Skywalker action figure with his quote "Jedi Knight" outfit included is known as the rarest Star Wars figure in existence. It definitely looks like he was about to use that Jedi knight suit to crush some kids in a potato sack race out on the playground. But anyways, I think we can all agree that El Retorno del Jedi is still one of our favorite installments of the Star Wars saga. Look, we all know The Last Jedi did us dirty. So fucking dirty. You know her, you love her, she's the one, the only, Barbie. The international icon that is Barbie was born back in the 1950s. Ruth Handler, who was the co-founder of Mattel Toys, saw that her daughter Barbara was spending hours upon hours playing with paper dolls. So Ruth sparked an idea. What if my daughter had a real, 3D doll to play and imagine with? Ruth got to designing right away and decided to name the doll after her daughter. In 1959, Barbie made her debut at the New York Toy Fair and has since skyrocketed in popularity. Since then, Barbie has starred in her own movies, TV shows, and has been a complete icon of popular culture. Anyways, if you get your hands on a first edition Barbie doll, you could be raking in a crazy $23,000. Do you guys remember those PEZ dispensers? Yeah, yeah, those cheap plastic things that carried candy that was, you know, fine, I guess? Yeah, so imagine one of those bad boys being worth $32,000. Yeah, so you're probably thinking this thing is pretty badass, right? Well, let me just show you. Seriously, that's all that it is. Please allow me to introduce you to the Astronaut B PEZ dispenser. This little space explorer was first introduced in 1982 at the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. Look, I know what you're thinking. This thing looks so trashy. Why is it worth so much? Apparently, there's only two Astronaut B PEZ dispensers in existence today. So when this guy dropped on eBay back in 2006, all the world's creepos who collect PEZ dispensers in their basement were drooling over the possibility of owning this little guy. But the top bidder handed over that crazy amount of $32,000. Look, I know when you think of Hot Wheels, you're thinking of the fastest, beefiest, guitar, solo, shreddiness cars to ever exist. But for these guys, we're driving low and slow to the beach to catch a couple of waves with the bros. This is the Volkswagen Beach Bomb Hot Wheels, which hit the market in 1969. It had it all. Removable surfboards on the side of the car, a white or brown interior, end of list. Sounds pretty sweet, right? But the problem with this car is that it had such a high center of gravity that it wouldn't be able to stay on the Hot Wheels tracks. Because of that, Hot Wheels decided to discontinue it, and that made it an extremely rare Hot Wheels car that recently sold for $125,000. Hey, remember a few videos back when we talked about John D. Rockefeller being the reason that we have this stupid board game? Next up, we have the game we all know and love from our childhood: Monopoly. But while we may hate this game collectively as a society, the story behind how we got it in the first place is actually pretty intriguing. Back in 1903, anti-monopolist Lizzie Maggie created the game in an attempt to easily explain the single-text theory of Henry George, which we all know of, right? Which is just a fancy way of saying that she was an activist and the game was made. Get this, ironically. Maggie. After a few decades, the game was passed down and eventually made its way to shelves. Unfortunately, Maggie was never given any credit for her game. But now if you can find a first-edition game of Monopoly in mint condition from the 1930s, it can be worth $146,000. Imagine this: it's 1963 and the United States is in the thick of the Vietnam War. The war doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. So what comes next to get the public on board for the war effort? How about G.I. Joe? Creator of the G.I. Joe series Don Levine hand-carved this G.I. Joe action figure prototype back in 1963, and it launched what would become one of the largest toy franchises in the country. And of course, he modeled his action figure off the manliest man in that point in time, Sean Connery. Unfortunately, you probably won't find one of these bad boys laying around your house, as Levine only made one of these. But this prototype sold at auction in 2008 for an insane $200,000. We're returning to one of our favorite girls for this last toy on our list. We have the Stefano Canturi Barbie. Back in 2010, Mattel called in the help of Australian jewelry designer Stefano Canturi to create a special edition Barbie doll in order to raise money for breast cancer research. Canturi handcrafted a stunning diamond necklace for Barbie that alone was worth $300,000. At an auction in 2010, the Canturi Barbie sold for $302,500, which was the most expensive Barbie ever sold. Well, that's it. Thanks for watching this video about some of the most expensive junk money can buy. Answer in the comments below what your favorite toy was growing up. Make sure to like, subscribe, and hit that bell button so you never miss another video. Thanks for watching the richest and we will see you next time.