Six Million Dollar Monday

     Now this does not happen every Monday. If you have been reading this blog, you know this to be true. 'What is it?' you say. Your answer, finding something so awesome you want to keep it for yourself. Now, I know what some of you are thinking. You are thinking that it is very possible to find things every week, that if you were a collector, you would be happy to add to your collection. Not so, especially when you see the amount of 'stuff' I see. You are also wondering if I am ever going to get to the point. I am.

     This last Monday, January 7th, Andrea and I bid on, and won an entire collection of The Six Million Dollar Man action figures. In all honesty, this line of action figures shows up at least once a month, and by that I mean Steve Austin with his bionic eye. NOT what you are about to see however. This post will be picture heavy, and a little different in the fact that I will not be listing these pieces auction style on eBay, but rather a fixed price in my "store." That way you will see a projected profit and not have to look for an update. You can actually just click teen_titan_fan and look at 'sold listings' if you'd like to.

     When Andrea and I walked into the Auction House on Monday, we did what we always do, go right to Don's booth number one. Sitting underneath a table was a giant box of Six Million Dollar Man stuff. I was drawn to it immediately but then kind of passed it off as it looked like the normal stuff I see, Steve Austin and his outfit and what looked like pieces and parts of a playset. After looking around the rest of the booths Andrea came up to me. She simply said 'did you see the gold mine in booth one?' I answered correctly mentioning the Six Million Dollar Man box. She said 'I have a real good feeling about it, did you see everything?' I replied saying that I didn't really go over it with a fine tooth comb but I have learned to trust her gut and we simply agreed that it was a very good box and to take a chance on it. We agreed on a price and decided she would be the bidder, which is best, because when I get excited about bidding on something I get a nervous stomach.

     I was off at another booth trying to win a different item when I looked down the aisle and saw Andrea walking toward me. She was coming right at me empty handed with a look of indifference on her face. I was deflated. When she got right next to me she didn't say a word, she didn't have to, I knew the outcome, someone else wanted it more. So finally I asked 'didn't get it eh?' She sheepishly replied 'Are you kidding me? Of course I won. That box is too heavy!' I was happy. I asked what she ended up having to pay and she told me -----. You'll have to wait to the end for that.

     The Six Million Dollar Man was a television series that aired on ABC from 1974 to 1978. It turned Lee Majors into a 1970's icon as he played Astronaut Steve Austin. Steve Austin suffered injuries in an accident and had limbs and an eye replaced with cybernetic implants in a surgery that would supposedly cost six million dollars, hence the title. These robot replacements gave Steve Austin superhuman strength as he worked for the goverment agency that performed the surgery, the OSI or Office of Scientific Itelligence.

      In 1975, Kenner released the Six Million Dollar Man toy line featuring Steve Austin, his boss Oscar Goldman, and his arch-nemesis Maskatron. This line of toys ended up being a huge success for Kenner competing quite nicely with Hasbro's GI Joe Adventure Team.

     The Six Million Dollar Man himself, Steve Austin. This is the second edition version of him complete with outfit, shoes, and engine block. The way you can tell this is a second edition figure is because his left arm is detachable. Estimated Value $39.99.

     This is Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin. The only thing he is missing is one or two small files from his folder. Estimated Value $69.99.

     This action figure is the arch-nemisis of Steve Austin, Maskatron. As you can see from the picture he is only missing socks, however, he has a TON of extra pieces. There is a whole extra set of faces, bionic arms, head, arm, and leg. Estimated Value(including the extras) $110.

     This is the Mission to Mars outfit for Steve Austin. Not much to say except for it is complete! Estimated Value $21.99.

     This is the Test Flight at 75,000 Feet outfit for Steve Austin. It is 100% complete with the very hard to find goggles. Yes, all of this was in one big box and I am not even close to being done. Estimated Value $21.99.

     This is the OSI Undercover outfit for Steve Austin. It is probably the outfit with the less flare. It is complete. Estimated Value $21.99.

     This is the Mission Control Center. It has a vinyl playmat that you set the cardboard control center on top of. You then put the blow up dome over top of that. It is a pretty lame toy with huge design flaws. Still, this example you see is 100% complete and still desired by collectors. Estimated Value $39.99.

     This playset is the Bionic Transport and Repair Station. You could use it as a rocket to transport Steve Austin around or fold it out and use it to 'repair' Steve Austin. Estimated Value $24.99.

     You are now looking at the OSI Headquarters playset. It is complete except for two black clips that you place at the edge of the cardboard. I was a kid once, as I hope we all were, and I just can't believe cardboard playsets survived the wear and tear kids put on thier toys. Estimated Value $49.99.

     I hope you are still with me. This is the Bionic Mission Vehicle. It is actually 100% complete minus the lid of the depleted uranium case(not pictured). Estimated Value $29.99.

     Yes, once again, that was all in one giant box. I hope you looked at everything because you could quite literally use this blog entry as a guide to most items made for the Six Million Dollar Man toy line. If you added everything up that came to a total of $430.91. Keep in mind, this is still not everything that was in the box. I already felt like this post was too long and to add anymore I think everyone would have lost interest.

     Oh yes, you are all now wondering how much we paid for this box. I actually estimated that it would sell on Monday Night for $80 to $100. Remember that it was all jumbled up and no one there, including me, knew that almost everything was complete. Well, we set our limit at $80. We won it for $75.

     Remember to check my eBay store to see this wonderful collection that I would love to keep. This is just one more instance to remember that, when you're looking at what looks like a jumbled mess of toys, you need to Keep Your Eyes Open!