Today, we're gonna take a look at some old stuff found and sold on ebay; things that we collector's search for on the daily, and all of which I have watched for a period of time in hopes that they'd end at an affordable price and also become genuinely sad when they don't. For you non-collectors, some of these things may be familiar. You may have seen them when they came out on store shelves or possibly you've just heard of them. You might not believe your eyes when you see the prices.

Something to keep in mind, prices are subjective. Sometimes you can get lucky and find a "buy it now" or another auction listing that has fewer bids and can be a little cheaper. Most items that are listed super expensive usually don't sell. It is important to note these items we are viewing are sold listings. It's money already spent. We aren't buzzfeed; this is stuff that has actually sold recently at the prices shown. No clickbait. Now that I've got all that out of the way.... on to the items!

EMPTY TMNT PIZZA CRUNCHABUNGAS BAG

Up first, sold at $86.00 and $14.90 for shipping, is an empty bag of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Crunchabungas, which were a pizza flavored crunchy corn snack similar to Cheetos from the early 90s. This is one that I don't typically see pop up on Ebay very often. In fact, this might be the first one I've ever seen and watched in my roughly 10 year Ebay experience. I have "crunchabungas" in my saved search list, which means that at any time an item with "crunchabungas" in the name is listed, I get a notification. So I was immediately interested to see what was listed when I was notified.

It appears to be in decent shape, the rip across the top to open the bag doesn't look like it affected the front and back images at all. One thing I love about the packaging is that they used an existing playmates toy product, the "Pizza Thrower," on the front. The turtles are just cruising down an NYC street slanging these pizza treats at will like some mutant equality parade.

Other Info: End Date/Time - FEB 22, 2020 @ 12:00 PM.

Bids/Bidders - 6/13

EMPTY TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES PIE WRAPPER

Another awesome Ninja Turtles food item from the 90s, sold at $127.50 with $7.75 shipping, an empty Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pie wrapper. As far as I know, there are 5 different variants of these wrappers; 4 of them have one of the turtles on each wrapper and then this one which has all 4 of the turtles. They all sell relatively high but this particular one is a little more sought after.

Conditions seem really good with minor fading on the back in the print which is noted in the listing. Usually you'll find icing marks that bleed through the packaging and this doesn't seem to have any of that. It's very clean. Side note, if you're interested in buying some sweet Turtle Pie stickers, check out ninjaturtlepies.com and leave your info and they'll get back to you when they're restocked! I purchased some recently and, I can tell you this, they're beautiful!

Other Info: End Date/Time - Feb 22, 2020 @ 12:21 PM.

Bids/Bidders - 8/3

8 SEALED ORBITZ DRINK BOTTLES

I remember trying these once and only once. I was a kid, probably around 8 or younger. The idea was cool but going through with consuming these little floating spongy balls was a task all on it's own that I wasn't able to uphold.

These pop up a little less often than most sealed bottles of old beverages but it does happen. It's usually a listing of 1 or 2 at a time. To find a listing with as many as 8 is pretty rare and a good start to a collection of expired drink gold.

The price sold... $305 big ones with $13.60 shipping. Holy shit. I thought at first.. well, they are sorta rare.. and finding 8 of them in one spot isn't all that common. However, a few days later, a listing for a complete 12 pack sealed in original packaging sold for about a 3rd of the price at $76 with $20 shipping. This is where the "price is subjective" part comes into play. Sometimes it's worth waiting out for a better option.

Other Info: End Date/Time - Feb 22, 2020 @ 10:49PM

Bids/Bidders - 25/4

SEALED THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS GRAPE BUBBLEGUM TUBE

If you don't know what this is or haven't seen these before, no it is not toothpaste... it's gum in a toothpaste style tube. Very expensive gum. Not to be confused with bubblegum flavoured flouride toothpaste gel, which also does exist and is listed on ebay at an insane price (it's $300 toothpaste, sheesh). This particular one sold for $125 with free shipping. I've seen them pop up a few times and they usually go a bit higher than this. One might consider this a pretty good deal seeing that similar items are all priced right now at the $300 mark.

This one is sealed and is in really good condition judging by the pictures. A very clean looking outside and the description also notes that the contents have not hardened or dried out which is also a plus.

This was a "buy it now" listing. It appeared and ended within the same day. As mentioned before, there are a few others listed at the moment of like this one and the a few Slimer variant gums at $305 for buy it now. Chances are, they won't sell at that price. This is where I like to play the watch game and see if any of them do eventually sell at that price.

Other Info: End Date/Time - Unknown

Bids/Bidders: "Buy it now" at the mentioned price.

MEDIA RELEASE KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE VHS

I will admit, I was pretty crushed to see yet again another Killer Klowns Media release VHS tape go for more than I was hoping. I've been after it for a bit and refuse to pay more than like $30-$50 range for a VHS tape. There are a few I'd undoubtedly go a little higher for, and Killer Klowns is for sure one of them. But, not this time. After reading a little further in the details, I'm glad I didn't throw down all I had and I'm wondering if the people who did bid even read the listing description.

This is a recorded tape; not an original Killer Klowns media release tape. How it caught $89.88 with $3.99 shipping, with the only authentic part being the case, is fucking beyond me! It's obvious to me that bidders, including myself at one point, weren't paying attention and didn't realize what they were bidding on.

I do see the authentic tape pop up every so often. I see the later and cheaper release a lot more than these, though. The case isn't near as cool on the later boxes.

Other Info: End Date/Time - March 10, 2020 @ 10:13 PM.

Bids/Bidders - 12/8

Final thoughts? Yes, it's true; some people will pay hundreds of dollars for empty old food wrappers that we use to simply throw away when they were readily available, single rare VHS tapes are selling at prices that could land you 10 vhs tapes back in the day, and, most importantly, sometimes it's a good idea to chill out and not jump the gun on some pricey auctions. Have an interesting Ebay experience of your own? Let us know! Perhaps we will feature them in a future article! Thanks for reading!

Rad eBay Finds - Part I