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Your Toy Collections => Show & Tell => Topic started by: Coma on Wednesday 27 October 2010, 11:58 pm
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Updating my thread from last year with my boot sale finds from this year!
2010:
So, this summer I hit the boot sales pretty hard for a couple of months - for anyone not in the UK, a boot sale is kind of like a yard sale... but one where the whole street is invited to sell all their junk for pennies from their car at 6am every Sunday :D
Since the season has pretty much ended now, I thought I'd show what I found from May-October this year... but be warned, I collect just about everything.
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Care Bears, My Little Ponies, Popples, Keypers, Fashion Star Fillies, Moondreamer
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Wuzzle, Wuzzle Baby, Fluppy Dogs, Pound Puppy, Nosy Bear, Wrinkles, Get Along Gang, Puffalump
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Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Ponies
Now everything above was found randomly... a Care Bear here, a Fashion Star Filly there, a Nosy Bear in the grass, a CPK in a bag... but the following was one overall find from one stall:
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Ponies?
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Yes, Ponies!
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But not just Ponies...
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Pony everything!
And this isn't all that I picked up... there are the odd few doubles that I found, and honestly, there was a ton of stuff I turned down, too!
This was so worth getting up early every Sunday for, right?! :D
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WOWZERS!~ I have dreamed of finding a big box like that. I bet you were so happy! I wish I could get out to garage sales more often. Seems like a lot of people know about eBay these days though. I remember about ten years ago I would come home with trunkloads of stuff like that but now everyone knows how to google!
I love your pictures thanks for sharing!
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Wow! That's a lot of ponies. Makes me won't to come visit you and play with them......uh I mean clean them up for you. ;) hehe
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WOW A wuzzle baby and keypers yep slightly jealous!!!!
bootsales down here are really pointless now (cardiff, wales) its got to the stage where everything is either new and expensive or just damaged so bad nothing can save it.
Last good find I had was my butterbear for 50p but literally that was sully bootsale (biggest in wales) and that was it! not even a fake mlp in sight and over 500cars
i hope next season brings me some more luck xxx
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I was so sure when I started going this summer that I'd find lots of ponies, but they actually seem to be quite rare, there were literally hundreds of G3's, but hardly any of the original release... so when I found that box, I quite literally seized it :D
The girl I bought it from said she didn't think anyone would be interested in the ponies, there were 40 in there altogether, but over 50 combs and accessories for other ponies that were not in the box... I can only imagine she had another huge stash still at home.
The Wuzzle Baby was ultimately the best find, although the sellers had lots of other toys for very high prices, they didn't attach any importance to him.
Now I just have to find somewhere to put it all...
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So what did you pay for the pony box?
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Oh wow, you found some amazing things! And look it all those G1 ponies! *dies*
Yard sales here very rarely have MLP anything... especially not G1s. What I wouldn't give to stumble upon a box like that!
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Yes! That's a crazy good deal! The best MLP find I've ever had was a handful of about ten for fifty cents each. Lucky you!
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Wow what a nice find at a sale you are so lucky . I want the Moondreamer lion some day he is so cute .
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I have an extra lion if you ever want to trade!
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Some recent finds since boot sale season started again this year:
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'96 Rainbow Brite Color Crew
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Ponies... plus a ton of accessories.
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Nosy Bear and Fluffy Surprise! If anyone here collects Fluffy Surprise let me know before I become attached to this one!
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Awesome finds so far.
I am planning some yard sale adventures next weekend. Wish me luck.
Thoses Rainbow brites are growing on me :)
LOVE the Fluffy Surprise.
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Ah!! Jealous of all your finds! :)
I know someone who might be interested in Fluffy Surprise but isn't on the boards. I will find out and possibly PM you! :)
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OMG... what do you want for the MLP wallet and the puffalump????????????????
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You're welcome to PM me if you want to make an offer :)
Most of this thread is just my own collection, but I do pick up some toys and things because I recognise them and I hate to think of them going unsold and ending up being thrown out when someone somewhere would love it!
I turn down a lot of stuff, which in hindsight I think I should have picked up anyway. I have already resisted buying several MLP's, Keypers, Get Along Gang etc. this year.
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oh am sooo very envious!!! who get this lucky!!! Congrats!!!
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TY, I know I have done pretty well!
My finds from this weekend's sales... this was a good one:
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Original 80's Talking CPK, Bedtime Bear, Mint Forest Friend Bear!!!, Woolma Get Along Gang Lamb, Fluffy Surprise Plush
Glo-Worm, Fairy Tails Baby and Egg, Moondreamers Sleep Creep, Snugglebumm, Fluffy Surprise, Keypers Finders, Snugglebumms Pet, Poseable CPK, Fashion Star Fillie, Baby Keyper (plus keys), Fluffy Surprise, Glo-Worm, Rub-A-Dub Doggie, Mint Care Bears Mug
Who is the blue bear next to the Fairy Tails Baby? I can't remember what it's called!
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26" My Pet Monsters, Were Bear
Sad to say that a lot of dealers were out and buying up everything they could get their hands on - missed out on a ton of MLP's, Keypers, Snugglebumms etc. - 'm pleased with what I got, but it's a shame to see so much of this go to professional sellers.
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Ah I am so jealous of all your awesome vintage finds!! I want to go thrifting with you haha.
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Ah I am so jealous of all your awesome vintage finds!! I want to go thrifting with you haha.
I agree! I can never find huge lots of stuff like you do. Though I do usually at least find 1 thing everytime I go to add to my collections :D
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I also found these MIB Skydancers!
Well put it this way.. I do look through a good couple of hundred stalls, but I am surprised by some of the things that turn up.
I always seens tons of G2 and G3 My Little Ponies - they are everywhere, often MIB - but I'm not a fan of those, so I don't know what is a good buy or an average buy, so I have never picked any up.
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You are so lucky thanks to the lead laws in NY I hardy see toys at flea markets any more. I will say there is a huge church sale in august this summer and I will be on the look out for toys from the 1980s if I find any thing I will post here later. I have a few months to wait although.
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wow u have a nosy bear! lucky! i almost want one someday. i had a puzzle of them when i was younger :)
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eee !!! You just bought MIB my only childhood skydancer :D now I have a name to go with her... If I ever find her. I've found her base but still have yet to find her.
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Why doesn't Camille have a base? did some of them come without? I have that doll, that's why I'm wondering :)
And JEEZ you are one lucky collector!! If I ever decide to play the lottery I'm flying out there to shake your hands first or something, maybe some of that will rub off!
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wow such great finds :o now i wish i could have the money to go to where you are just for the sales ! someday i may get lucky and find a box like you
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We don't get much in the way of decent bootsales here in West Cork - but when we lived in Wales, we'd get hauls like that (though not necessarily the same quality) every week pretty much. Can't wait to go over to Leeds this August and go bootsale/charity shop mental! :D
I did have an MLP haul like that once... about 6 years ago... :D
xx
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wow nice finds. ;D
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Yeah, I did pretty good recently - missed out on a bunch of MLP's and Keypers though, there are some dealers around who manage to get to things before I do!
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Wow you sure have found some great stuff and it all looks like it is in wonderful condition!! Thanks for the explanation of boot sales!! I was wondering what they were, I am kind of jealous that we don't really seem to have something as great in the US. Good luck with future sales and keep us updated!!!! :-)
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Ohhhhh, the Hallelujiah chorus played in my head so loudly when I saw all the ponies in that box from last year. Such pretty condition!
I remember once I was in a thrift store and I saw a pink plush pony with polka dots on her butt and thought to myself, "That looks like Cotton Candy." I checked the tag, and it was one of the plush MLPs, which I didn't know existed at the time!
Another time, same thrift store, I was digging through the barbies because the ponies were in there as well, and suddenly I pull out this beautiful white unicorn with long purple hair. I thought, "Well, this is a pretty fakie... OH MY GOD IT'S A REAL ONE!!!" It was Glory! It's been five or six years since I've found her and I've STILL never found a used G1 in her condition. I do have a few slightly baity ones and a flatfoot Butterscotch from a relative.
And congrats on those adorable brush-a-loves! I've never heard of them before. Are they a UK only thing or were they over here too?
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Wow your photos are beautiful. You found exceptional things : Care bears, Brush A Loves, Plush Pony, wuzzles ....
All these beautiful colors are a delight for the eyes!
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It's been forever since I checked this, but thanks for the last responses :) It's a little late but Kokiri - the Brush a Loves were both a UK and a US thing, but the UK did have it's own exclusives, too.
I need to get back on it and update with my newest additions!
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What great finds you come across. Lovely pictures of them too.
Thanks for sharing. :D