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March 2004 eBay Toys Barometer

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April 2004 - 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. Composition
2. Vogue
3. Bisque
4. Strawberry Shortcake
5. Vintage Dolls (pre-1990)
6. Hard Plastic Dolls
7. Vintage Toys
8. Other Games
9. Fast Food
10. Other Bears

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. marx
3. 15mm (miniatures)
4. lego
5. Hot Wheels
6. lionel
7. Star Wars
8. John Deere
9. elmo
10. Tonka

Top 10 Individual Items Sold (based on price)

Listing Title -- Price

- Whirly Bird RotorCam Turbo RC Jet Camera Helicopter -- $60,000
- HEUBACH KOPPELSDORF DOLL -- $18,605
- Steiff Limited Ed. 60 c.m. pooh from disneyworld 1994 -- $17,000
- 33 Room Handcrafted Dollhouse -- $15,300
- 1968 Hot Pink Beatnik Bandit -- $15,250
- HOT WHEELS RED LINE CUSTOM MUSTANG 1968 -- $14,241
- BOBA FETT ROCKET FIRING VINTAGE PROTOTYPE STAR WARS -- $14,000
- Wood-bodied Portrait Poupee by E. Jumeau -- $12,700
- Pink Silhouette Dressed Boxed Doll # 2 Blonde "Gay Parisienne -- $12,250
- Nancy Ann Dressed Doll -- $11,786

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