Maybe Americans don't value Polly Pocket as much? Who knows. The most expensive Polly Pocket set on the American eBay site is a jewel magic ball set from 1996 selling for $800. dollars - according to The Debrief.Ĭollectors in the United States aren't aiming that high, though-at least not for Polly Pocket. In the United Kingdom, someone is selling a Peter Pan play set for £1,044 - or $1416 in U.S. Looking to collect some of your own? Well, you can find a ton of Polly Pocket limited editions on eBay. The items, manufactured by Bluebird Dolls Toys in the U.K., were sol in their original packaging and in mint condition. The Polly Pocket set that sold for £1421.29 on eBay in the United Kingdom included the Alice in Wonderland and Little Mermaid editions from 1996, according to The Sun. So, in that way, it makes sense that collectors would drop thousands on a vintage play set. And the new iteration of the toy line is available for sale in some stores. version of Polly Pocket, hosts a website dedicated to the tiny doll and her friends. And it's not as if the Polly Pocket line has disappeared completely Mattel, the multinational toy maker that made the U.S. Why? Because they're Polly Pockets! You didn't have to shell out much to buy a Polly Pocket in the '80s and '90s, so it's pretty weird knowing that someone will make more than $1900 on one set. I am not going to lie: I find this development pretty wild. eBay site, and you'll find similar price tags. And yes, you read right: People in the United Kingdom are selling vintage Polly Pocket toys - again, those less-than-an-inch dolls you shoved in your jacket before heading to school - for hundreds to thousands of dollars. dollars, that's as high as $1926 and as low as $950. In the United Kingdom, Polly Pockets are going for as much as £1421 on eBay, with others selling for around £700, according to The Sun. Turns out, your old Polly Pocket play sets are worth around the same amount you'd spend on one month's rent for a studio in South Brooklyn. And that's a big problem, because you can apparently make bank off of the miniature toy doll now.
Unfortunately, I didn't keep any of them, and if I have some stray ones, they are packed away somewhere in the basement of my mom's house. Honestly, though, what kid didn't? Polly Pockets were all the rage back in the 1980s and 1990s. As a kid, I carried my Polly Pocket around everywhere.
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