thanks! and its good to see you are still amongst the skullbrain world too man. it actually was when I caught wind of the latest greatness of the super7 motu sdcc stuff that I found myself crawling back here. 2 of my favorite things collided into one, how could I not be stoked?! the last couple years have been pretty much filling in those wholes in the remco and sungold collection. slow paced, but still pretty steady. once I get around to getting stuff dusted off and with more of a focused display I will be sure to get some pics. thanks for the welcome back UK!

Samurai bottle opener . . . quite heavy. Made of various metals.
£2 at a boot-sale.

^ Nice!!

Vintage patches still in their bags with header. Possibly 70's or 80's.
I wished the seller had more of these . . . .

Boot-sale, 20p each.

Sweet finds moog, especially that Jerry patch!

Yeah that Jerry patch is excellent!

Found these two Kenner figures at a boot-sale. Both £1 each. The 'Scorpion' Alien has lost the tip
of its tail but i'm not too bothered at that price. There is a button on its back that you can push and
it 'explodes'. Fun stuff.

1992




1991

One of those ones you put your fingers in the back and you can bend the face around.
Never seen this one before. 20p at a Boot-sale.



Vintage skull keyring. Pretty old.
20p.

ALF

20p each, charity shop.

Awesome stuff once again. Love this thread.

Sun Arrow Totoro purse . . . . one whisker missing.
50p. Bargain.





Two more Blasters . . . the one with blue details is a battery-free friction sparker.
75p each.

^ Love that green one!

^^ Yeah, the 'Power Gear' stuff is always good. That one isn't very loud but it vibrates and the lights roll forward in a pleasing manner.
If you turn the orange dial at the back the lights speed up or slow down . . . .

Nice! That's a sweet feature

Old plastic figure from Italy made by 'Depose'.
50p at a boot-sale. I think these were usually set on a wooden base.

Anyone know off-hand what time-period, uniform, nationality etc?

Always a great thread to come to thanks to you Moog! I especially love the Alien and T2 figures. Perfect garage sale finds to rescue out of those forgotten toyboxes.

Thanks peeps. It seems i buy more second-hand stuff than other people -
or maybe i just enjoy posting photos of my finds the most.

C'mon fellow rummagers, get posting your finds!

I forgot I'd said I'd post pictures of our garage sale! As forecast, it made me hate the human race. I also sold a grand total of four toys (two bearbricks, two LEGO, all to a friend who dropped by).





We did sell a lot of the kid stuff though. Ah well.

That is such a fantastic table Oli!!! I can't believe all the goodies. yeah, the garage sale crowd is obviously going to be different, but I am truly surprised you weren't able to sell more stuff. Seems like even just for kids that stuff would fly out of the yard. Heck, even I didn't recognise the toys (and there are a lot that I don't) stumbling across a pile of goodies like that would have me drooling. The only pain would be what to limit myself to!

Thanks for sharing the pics.

^^ Yep, that is one hell of a cool garage sale!

Shows how niche that kinda toy collecting is . . . i'm surprised you did'nt sell more, too.

I kind of aimed my sale at myself fifteen years ago. I would have gone mad: Japanese noise zines, cool music, sci-fi books, toys... Location, I guess? Ottawa has got "Geek Garage Sales" happening every week or two where anyone can join at no cost (if the organizer approves). I'm planning on going to one soon, will try and post pics again.

This is all still for sale, obviously. (along with Miniverse pink Le Merde complete resin series which is off shot).

^^ 'Geek Garage Sales' . . . sounds like heaven!

Little push-button boxers. No idea if these are recent or from a while ago.
50p at a boot-sale.

^ hey it's Obama & Putin
awesome grab!

Haha, good call.


A couple more recent boot-sale bargains.
Its weird with M.U.S.C.L.E figures, i only ever seem to find them one at a time . . . . never a batch of them.

Wrestler with a crossbow? Thats cheating!
10p.


Currypanman gashapon 'dancer'. Wind him up and he shakes his money-maker.
50p.

A-Team bubble-bath container by Marks & Spencer.
I assume this was a Europe-only product . . . no idea when it was made.

£1 at a boot-sale.

"I ain't gettin' on no plane, Hannibal"