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July 2005 eBay Action Figures Barometer
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 August 23, 2005 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Action Figures section of eBay:
Top 10 Hot Categories
1. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) Mixed Lots
2. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) Power of the Force Figures
3. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) A New Hope Vehicles & Accessories
4. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) Empire Strikes Back Vehicles & Accessories
5. GI Joe 12" Pre 1980 Figures
6. Robotech
7. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) Other
8. Halo
9. GI Joe 3 3/4" 1980-Now
10. Dragon
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. star wars
2. transformers
3. power-rangers
4. batman
5. wwe
6. custom
7. lord-of-the-rings
8. marvel-legends
9. dragon
10. halo
Quote from eBay Category Manager, Jim Migdal: "Star Wars continues to dominate the interest of Action Figure collectors with the hottest categories and as the #1 search term in Toys for the 3rd month in a row."
  
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