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September 2005 eBay Action Figures Barometer
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 October 20, 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. McFarlane NFL Football Series 5, Series 1, Series 2
3. Six Million Dollar Man
4. Voltron
5. Micronauts
6. Marx
7. Star Wars Vintage (1977-89) Vehicles, Accessories, Figures
8. Thundercats
9. Mego
10. Masters of the Universe, She-Ra
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. transformers
2. star-wars
3. power-rangers
4. custom
5. batman
6. marvel-legends
7. wwe
8. lord-of-the-rings
9. dragon
10. mcfarlane
action-man
Quote from eBay Category Manager, Jim Migdal: "While Star Wars remains one of the hottest categories in Action Figures, Transformers are heating up and have finally surpassed Star Wars as the top search term in the category."
  
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