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January 2005 eBay Toys Barometer
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 March 3, 2005 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Toy & Hobbies section of eBay:
Top 10 Hot Categories
1. Lionel O Scale (1945-69)
2. Thomas the Tank Engine
3. Hot Wheels Red Line
4. Transformers G1
5. Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt
6. Vintage (Pre-1970) Slot Cars
7. American Flyer S Scale
8. War
9. MechWarrior
10. Magic The Gathering
The "hot categories" are the categories which had the highest conversion rates, meaning the categories which had the most successful listings (completed auctions) from the total number of listings.
Top 10 Buyer Searches
1. new leap
2. spiderman
3. new little (tikes, tykes)
4. free shipping
5. disney
6. yu-gi-oh
7. fisher price
8. little people
9. star wars
10. magic the gathering
Top 5 Individual Items Sold (based on price)
Listing Title -- Price
- Wonderfull ANTIQUE TETE JUMEAU DOLL Girl With Smile! -- $32,050
- Aster live steam NEW Big Boy kit gauge 1 (45mm) -- $17,500
- A Thuillier A T French Bisque Kid Antique Doll Rare -- $11,200
- Hotwheels Original Prototype Pink Nitty Gritty Kitty -- $10,800
- Old ~ German Bing ~ Toy Tin Model Car ~ -- $10,300
  
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