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 san jose super toy show dec. 1 
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just a heads up on a show that joe and his wife from time tunnel put on . its at the santa clara fairgrounds in san jose ca . the show should be over 200 tables and last time i went had lots of vintage stuff . i think the web site you can go to for more info is timetunneltoys.com


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I used to go to these all the time back in the 90's, but I was collecting Star Wars and LEGO back then. I never looked for vinyl so I was going to post here to ask if I could expect to find some there. Thanks, Jim. I might go to this.

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Didn't this used to be called the Humdinger? I went to one about 10 years ago and made out pretty swell. I'll be there. Thanks Jim!


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AWSOME!! Its only 5 bux for admission! I'm totally going! Lets have an SB field tirp~


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the humdinger was a show put on in san fran . mostly an antique show with the toy dealers in the second building . the price of admission for the san jose is 5 but to get an " early bird " is 15 . had a great time at the last show and hope i can find a way to make it to this one . wish super 7 was setting up a booth .


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Erik Sjoen wrote:
Didn't this used to be called the Humdinger? I went to one about 10 years ago and made out pretty swell. I'll be there. Thanks Jim!


great avatar. :D

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the humdinger was a show put on in san fran . mostly an antique show with the toy dealers in the second building . the price of admission for the san jose is 5 but to get an " early bird " is 15 . had a great time at the last show and hope i can find a way to make it to this one . wish super 7 was setting up a booth .


Is paying the extra money for the early bird actually worth it? Is there some kind of pre-show toy orgy that I'm missing by being too cheap to pay an extra $10?

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Erik Sjoen wrote:
Didn't this used to be called the Humdinger? I went to one about 10 years ago and made out pretty swell. I'll be there. Thanks Jim!


now THAT'S an avatar!

blue demon rules

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Erik Sjoen wrote:
Didn't this used to be called the Humdinger? I went to one about 10 years ago and made out pretty swell. I'll be there. Thanks Jim!


Tried to talk Rachel into flying down for it. It didn't go well.

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Erik's going? Hillsy risked asking his wife?

Maybe I should check this out.

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Thanks guys! Blue Demon indeed rules. LUCHA!!!

Hill, tell Rach I'll take her to Tia's again. That should get her down here. ;)

Chris, we should hook up down there man. LMK.

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blue demon was always my favorite luchadore......my wife lusted after him .... :lol:


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does anyone remember Mil Mascaras, tha man of a 1,000 masks?
damn,I'm getting old..

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yep, mil masceras, santo and blue demon....i still love watching those old b&w movies they were in.....some have been re-released on dvd......good times.....


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yep, mil masceras, santo and blue demon....i still love watching those old b&w movies they were in.....some have been re-released on dvd......good times.....

Yes indeed!! :D

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Funny, my wife grew up watching those and we catch them from time to time on tv here in SF. Always a total riot. We saw one recently where Santo and Blue Demon were fighing while driving a sports car really fast down a HILL... Nuff said.


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Image picked this up for a friend of mine at the last show . as far as paying 5 or 15 to get in i guess it came down to having to drive 8 hrs to get there and then get a hotel room so at that point 10bucks didnt mean that much . plus , not fighting the crowd for 2 hrs was nice even though i didnt really buy anything till near the end of the show .


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went to this show a couple of years ago. definitely fun, but not that much Japanese toys. I saw tons of hot wheels, GI Joe and Barbie....

worth the $5.....

unsure about the 8 hour drive and hotel though.... :?

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I used to go to this show regularly in the late 90's when the place was lousy with beanie babies. Ugh! I wasn't looking for vinyl back then, so I never noticed what the selection was like, but I did score some great vintage LEGO there. :D

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did not drive 8 hrs just to go to this show . that was just a good excuse to get off my ass and vist a couple of friends in the bay area . the show is mostly american toys with very little vintage japanese stuff . still , i did find that there was a lot more older stuff to look at then at SDCC .


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So... Who's going to this?


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Show SUCKED!! Nothing, nada, zip, zilch..


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good, I was about to kick myself for not seeing this till now


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