Tully Blanchard Figures: When a Horseman Out-Prices the Headliners
He never main-evented WrestleMania. His figures still out-price plenty of wrestlers who did. Scarcity is why.
Tully Blanchard was a tag-team specialist and a Horseman, not a headliner who got a figure in every wave for thirty years. That is exactly why his figures are worth more than you would guess, and in at least one case, worth more than a modern Ultimate Warrior.
The sold comps tell a story that runs opposite to fame. Tully was not printed endlessly, so the figures that exist clear at real numbers instead of bargain-bin prices.
What the sold comps say
- Jakks Classic Superstars Series 15: median $38 across 16 sold. This is the Tully to know. It out-medians the modern Mattel Elite Ultimate Warrior at $20, and the Warrior was a world champion. Sixteen sales is a real market, not a fluke.
- Mattel Elite Legends, the Four Horsemen two-pack: median $24.29 across 21 sold. A solid, liquid number, helped by the fact that you are buying a piece of the Four Horsemen, one of the most collected factions in wrestling.
- Remco All-Star Wrestlers (NWA, vintage): no sold comps in the window. The vintage Remco rarely trades, which is its own signal. You cannot quote a price on a figure nobody is selling, and an empty sold history means the next sale could land anywhere.
An empty sold history is not the same as worthless or priceless. It means the market is illiquid. Price it off the nearest real comps you can find, in the closest condition, and treat any single sale as an anecdote until a few more confirm it.
Scarcity beats fame
Here is the rule the Tully comps prove. A non-main-eventer who got a handful of figures can hold value better than a megastar who got hundreds, because the thing that moves price is how many exist, not how famous the wrestler was. Collectors chasing a complete Four Horsemen shelf have few Tully options to compete over, and limited supply against steady demand is the whole pricing equation.
It is the same reason a deep-cut character can quietly out-price a legend in the same line. Fame sets the demand. The print run sets the supply. Supply is usually the variable that decides what you actually pay.
What to check before you buy
Match the line and the condition to the comp. A loose Classic Superstars Tully and a sealed one are different markets, and the Horsemen two-pack is priced as a set, so a split or incomplete example is worth less than the $24.29 figure. With a vintage Remco that barely trades, lean on condition and patience rather than a confident number.
Pull the real history before you pay. Look up any Tully Blanchard figure for the median, the range, and the sale count behind it. If you are pricing a deep-cut wrestler in general, start with sold comps, not listings.