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29 childhood toys that could be worth a fortune

Could your toys of the past be worth big money?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Slam Dunkin’ Don: $100 (£79)
Vintage DAM Originals 1964 Purple Hair Troll Doll: $250 (£190)
Polly Pocket Lucy Locket Carry 'N Play Dream Home: $275 (£217)
Tamagotchi Ocean: up to $300 (£235)
Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera: $315 (£235)
Deluxe Talkboy: around $380 (£300)
Kenner Easy-Bake oven: $400 (£315)
G.I. Joe Gung Ho 1983 action figure: more than $550 (£432)
Kenner Ghostbusters ECTO-1A Vehicle: $590 (£485)
Sega Genesis 1: $940 (£739)
Vintage Furby: up to $1,000 (£787)
Commodore 64: $1,000 (£787)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum: up to $1,495 (£1.2k)
Little People Cabbage Patch Kid: $1,600 (£1.3k)
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back 1980 Yoda action figure: $2,000 (£1.6k)
LEGO Ultimate Collector Millennium Falcon: more than $2,000 (£1.6k)
Pleasant Company American Girl 1987 Kirsten doll: up to $2,500 (£1.9k)
Masters of the Universe Laser Light Skeletor: $2,570 (£2k)
Peanut Royal Blue Elephant Beanie Baby: $5,000 (£3.9k)
Raleigh Chopper: up to $5,000 (£3.9k)
Mega Man X2 Super NES game: up to $5,100 (£4k)
Original Nintendo Game Boy: up to $5,400 (£4.2k)
Pez Dispenser: up to $7,000 (£5.3k)
Matchbox cars: $17,500 (£13.5k)
First edition of Where the Wild Things Are: $25,000 (£18.76k)
Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus card: up to $26,500 (£19.9k)
Original 1959 Barbie: up to $27,450 (£20.6k)
First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling: up to $158,315 (£118k)
First-edition Pokémon Card: $5.3 million (£4.1m)
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Could your toys of the past be worth big money?

Still have some of your old childhood toys at home somewhere? It could be worth digging them out as many of these old Christmas or birthday presents can sell for small fortunes, especially if they’re in mint condition or still in their original packaging. 

Read on to discover the treasures of your childhood collectors are keen on and how much they sell for today. 

All dollar values in US dollars. Historic currency conversions correct for the time of sale.

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Alice Cattley

25 March 2025

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