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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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 san jose super toy show dec. 1
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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il_muffino
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Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:32 pm Posts: 835 Location: San Francisco
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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.
-Len
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Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:50 pm |
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Erik Sjoen
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Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 pm Posts: 220 Location: San Francisco
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:07 pm |
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mangakaben
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Joined: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:03 pm Posts: 1296 Location: Berkeley
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:04 pm |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:04 pm |
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atease
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Joined: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:23 pm Posts: 5382 Location: Boston, MA
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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. 
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Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:08 pm |
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il_muffino
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Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:32 pm Posts: 835 Location: San Francisco
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vintagevinyl wrote: 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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:56 pm |
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pickleloaf
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:01 pm |
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hillsy11
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:51 am Posts: 2981 Location: Seattle
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:42 pm |
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hypermook
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Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:02 pm Posts: 889 Location: San Francisco
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Erik's going? Hillsy risked asking his wife?
Maybe I should check this out.
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Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:54 pm |
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Erik Sjoen
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Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 pm Posts: 220 Location: San Francisco
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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.
Sjoen
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Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:56 pm |
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jojo the dog faced boy
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Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:03 am Posts: 2007 Location: Melting in the desert....
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blue demon was always my favorite luchadore......my wife lusted after him .... 
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Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:31 pm |
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Stone
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Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:18 pm Posts: 2251
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:45 pm |
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jojo the dog faced boy
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Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:03 am Posts: 2007 Location: Melting in the desert....
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:51 pm |
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Stone
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jojo the dog faced boy wrote: 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!! 
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Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:12 pm |
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Erik Sjoen
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Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 pm Posts: 220 Location: San Francisco
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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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Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:27 pm |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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 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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Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:56 pm |
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toybotstudios
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Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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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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Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:52 pm |
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il_muffino
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Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:32 pm Posts: 835 Location: San Francisco
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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. 
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Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:33 am |
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vintagevinyl
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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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Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:11 pm |
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Erik Sjoen
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Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 pm Posts: 220 Location: San Francisco
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So... Who's going to this?
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Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:58 am |
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Erik Sjoen
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Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 pm Posts: 220 Location: San Francisco
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Show SUCKED!! Nothing, nada, zip, zilch..
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:40 pm |
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Slack
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Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:34 am Posts: 4504
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good, I was about to kick myself for not seeing this till now
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:15 pm |
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