A Rare 'Furry Simba' Toy From Lion King Sold For About Rs 47,00,000 & We're As Shocked As You
The first super rare furry Simba Ooshie went on auction on eBay. There are only a 100 of these rare furry collectiblesavailable in Australia. The Woolworths Lion King promotion ends on August 13 or until stocks run out.
Woolworths launched Lion King Ooshie collector promotional video, and people have been going crazy to complete their collections ever since.
Recently, the first 'super rare' furry Simba Ooshie went on auction on eBay. The price started at a whooping $10,000 (approximately Rs 4,74,000). Quite a few on the Internet were apprehensive and believed that the Simba Ooshie would not sell. But, five days after it was ¡®auctioned¡¯, not only it did sell, but it got almost 10 times more than the bidding price.
There are only a 100 of these rare furry collectibles available in Australia, and the price of almost $100k (approx Rs 47,46,000) at which this one piece was sold, shows how in-demand Ooshies are.
The 'Furry Simba' exactly sold for a mind boggling $99,900. A total of 108 bids were made in five days.
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7NEWS Australia Facebook community had ridiculed the starting price of the item which was $10,000.
A post there read, ¡®Yeah good luck selling a bit of plastic that you actually got for free on eBay for nearly 10 Grand', while top fan Kathryn commented that 'some people have more $$ than sense¡¯.
Now that people have an idea what an Ooshie can potentially fetch on eBay, the hunt for them has become more aggressive.
The Woolworths Lion King promotion ends on August 13 or until stocks run out.
A lot of us might not understand why would a 'fluff' toy sell for this crazy price, but collectors who spend millions on seemingly useless things, might argue that there is a lot more to them than just their production price.
