A Sunday morning car boot saunter always delivers! This week’s vintage toy haul includes early 2000s McDonald’s toys (Barbie, Furby, Muppets, Clangers, Hercules, Totally Spies and Mr Men), an Imperial Officer doll from Star Wars and an 80s Thundercats figure. Not a bad follow-up to last week’s finds: a handful of children’s coloured vinyl LPs and a naked Ken doll. I also found a couple of Fugglers to add to my growing collection.
A couple of weeks ago I found a wonderful old cloth doll fairytale storybook, produced by Dan-Dee in 1979. Each side has four faces, three of which flip over like pages, creating a new doll each time and revealing the next part of the tale. On one side of the doll is the story of Cinderella and the other Goldilocks. The print style brought back some early childhood memories of Clothkits.
An old school friend sent me some splendid gifts in the post a while back, including a squeaky baby and a Sindy pamphlet from 1986 which brought back lots of fond memories of the Television Studio playset. I’ve scanned the little booklet for others to enjoy, but you’ll just have to imagine what the baby sounds like!
Vintage toy finds from August include Action Man, Boglins, Brush-A-Loves, Clangers, Country Companions, DC Comics, Disney Princess, Diva Starz, Fisher Price, Frankenstein, Fred Basset, Ghostbusters, Gogo’s Crazy Bones, Holly Hobbie, Lapin And Me, Lone Ranger, Monster In My Pocket, Mr Men, My Little Pony, PET Aliens, PG Tips, Polly Pocket, Power Rangers, Quints Cousins, Roddy, Sooty, Subbuteo and Toy Story.
I recently had the opportunity to buy a large bundle of vintage Sky Dancers dolls, launchers and playsets. After much anticipation, two large boxes arrived safe and sound this morning. I have no idea where I am going to put them all!
I had another couple of successful couple weeks finding vintage toys, as well as a selection of modern toys, in my local charity shops and a carboot sale. Finds include Barbie, Beano, Care Bears, Dragon Flyz, Glo Friends, Masters Of The Universe, MegaMan, Moon Cat, Mr Men, Pony Club, Sooty, Star Wars, Trolls and Weebles.
Last week’s finds included a few gems, namely Tamagotchi, Bratz Ponyz and a Monster High pet. I also found a Womble and Bunnykins, a couple of vintage knitting patterns for dolls and a super 10″ vinyl record in a fabric cover.
I couldn’t resist buying a few of the “horror” movie buildable characters I came across on Temu when looking for Skeletor socks (as you do). There were lots to choose from, these being my favourites from the figures in stock.
The last couple of weeks has provided me with several weird and wonderful items, including several books, a sprinkling of LP’s and a handful of toys.
It’s been a long while since I’ve written a blog about the random items I find in charity shops. I buy so much these days for resale, that the things I buy for myself have become rather (and literally) lost in the pile. Today’s find offered the most excellent opportunity to start again, as everything I bought was for me. And what a random selection presented itself!
Action figures for resale include Big Hero 6, DC Comics & Marvel, Gormiti, Major Powers, Matchbox, Monster Wrestlers In My Pocket, Power Rangers, Roblox, Tomb Raider and Untamed.
Cute figure finds for resale include Animal Jam, Bananas, Barbie, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, Chubby Puppies, Crayola, Disney Princess, Fables, Fingerlings, Frozen, Hello Kitty, In The Night Garden, Lalaloopsy, Land of The Dragons, Littlest Pet Shop, M&Ms, Mr Chimney Pot, Pinypon, Polly Pocket, Postman Pat, Puppy In My Pocket, Ralph Breaks The Internet, Scooby Doo, Tangled, The Incredibles, Tiny Blessings, Tom & Jerry and Trolls.
Dolls for resale include Creatable World, Barbie, Disney Princess, What’s Her Face, DesignaFriend and Berenguer.
Plush toys for resale include Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Teletubbies, Pokemon, King Kong, Rainbocorn, Care Bears, Vampirina, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rupert the Bear, Spiderman, Goofy, Postman Pat, Winnie the Pooh, Tweenies, Minnie Mouse, Build-a-Bear, Puppy Surprise, Pikmi Pops and Lady & The Tramp.
These are all the goodies I found I June which I am keeping for myself!
I had a spot of good luck when charity shopping at the beginning of June, and found a whole basket of freshly donated My Little Ponies! I bought the whole basket, naturally.
I found quite a few large size action figures earlier this month, including Power Rangers, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I found lots of lovely little figures and playsets recently, included a couple of vintage 1990’s items (Play Kindergarten and Tiny Dreams).
Probably for the first time ever, all the dolls bought over the last couple of weeks will be resold. My best find was the 1970’s Sindy “Camping Scene”, which held extra delights inside too!
I found an interesting selection of plush toys and books recently, including some more Frizzys (which I love), three Raymond Briggs books and a vintage Star Wars sticker album. I’m rather taken by Bear In The Big Blue House, who “cha cha’s”, probably because it’s by Jim Henson.
