Yard Sale Score! Major Matt Mason!

[megoat]

I waltzed into the best yard sale of my life today. I loaded up big time. Toy wise, I found these Matt Mason toys in the boxes. They set me back a whalloping 50 cents. Also scored a box of destroyed Best of the West but with tons of parts and a beat up Captain Action. That was a quarter. Picked up some genuine old lady antiques as well. Best yard sale ever!:music-smiley-010:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f340/cousinherb/mmm1.jpg
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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f340/cousinherb/mmm3.jpg
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Any Matt Mason experts out there? Anything special with this lot? Anything obviously missing (there aren't any figures here).....

[toys2cool]

awesome score man,I don't know much about Matt Mason,but I did see that big set a couple months ago sell really good :grin:

[palitoy]

#$%^@! That's awesome, that must have been a great feeling to get that stuff in the car. Oh and Jim Hampton knows his Matt Mason, maybe he can help.

[cjefferys]

Wow, awesome score! After years of going to yard sales, I have yet to find anything remotely as cool as that. It's hearing stories like this that makes me want to keep trying though.

[Marvelmania]

ALL RIGHT!!! That's great news! Congrats on those MM pieces in the box no less. Yep, Megojim can help you out on that stuff! Of course you asked if they had any old superhero toys, right?!

[saildog]

Well, at this moment, the Space Station w/box has a bid of $51 and the Reserve has not been met.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Major-Matt-Mason-Space-Station-and-Box-Mattel-1966_W0QQitemZ150142127654QQihZ005QQcategoryZ14336 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The Space Crawler is at $68
http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Crawler-w-box-Major-Matt-Mason-1960s-vintage-toy_W0QQitemZ250144525870QQihZ015QQcategoryZ733QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[The Toyroom]

What a truly fantastic haul! I'm green with envy! :)

[Grendel]

Fifty cents?

<digs in pocket for change>

Are you firm on that?

[megoat]

Thanks guys! The sale was one of the best ever. A family had cleaned out grandma's basement and were just getting rid of stuff for dirt cheap. The man who sold me the stuff said "these were my old toys when i was a kid!".

I just couldn't get over the prices. Almost anything i picked up and asked about was a quarter. Van Briggle Lorelei Vase? Sure, 25 cents. 1940's Roseville pottery! Why another 25 cents! I filled up a big box full of stuff for like 4 bucks. Another odd thing was I was nearly alone for a full 30 minutes digging thru this stuff. Usually these yard sales are swarming with other deal hunters. It was just an all around bizarre but awesome yardsale experience! Makes up for all the baby clothes and tupperware I've had to endure for the last few weeks.....

As for finding vintage toys at yard sales, I usually score stuff every yard sale season (though usually nothing this spectacular). The key is being diligent and focusing on older neighborhoods (also get up early! i hit this sale a half hour before it's scheduled start time). If you go to 20 sales every saturday for 20 weeks yr bound to turn somethin' up....

[HardyGirl]

Boy are you lucky! No one ever sells anything good around here. Congrats on your score!

[theantiquetiger]

Isn't that the best feeling in the world?!!!!

That is my first and true-love hobby, treasure hunting!!! There is nothing better than walking in to a garage sale and seeing something like this.

My favorite part is buying something you have no idea about, and getting it home and finding out it is worth 100 to 1000x more than you paid for it.

I have done this thousands of times just in the last five years when I started treasure hunting. I have found everything from about 50 mint Mego's pieces, everything still in the boxes except the figures, 1000's of model rockets (whole and parts) in one lot, to something as small as a box the size of a checkbook box full of antique railway yearly passes. All this stuff I bought not knowing the value, and getting home to find out I scored BIG!!

Lets see a pic of the Roseville if you could. I don't know much about them, i have bought a hand full of pieces and done quite well with them, but have yet to find one of the VERY rare pieces.

[toys2cool]

the hardest part is trying to keep a straight face and not show the seller how happy you are to have found that,me I always start getting nervous and start mumbling :grin:

[batmanmc]

great find i never go to yard sales and need to start going again so i can find stuff like this. mike

[Sowth]

Wow great score!

I have a few loose MMM figures, I love this line!

I'm no expert but I can't recall seeing that sticker (on the Crawler box) before. Looks to be a Special Offer sticker, advertising a free pack-in figure (usually in a baggie) and applied by the manufacturer when the line was slowing down in sales or as a sweetener to a large retailer.

Kenner did it with Star Wars all the time, in that line the Special Offer boxes are very highly sought after.

Congrats!
Will

Edit - This is my favourite MMM site (http://wildtoys.com/MMMPage/index.asp)!

[Goblin19]

Wow, that's a great find. I've never been quite so lucky.

[The Sentry]

I comb flea-markets and pray for a score like that man! Totally awesome! I had a few MMM hand-me-downs growing up but they were beat all to hell. I still have em around here somewhere.........*looks back to my room*

[Wee67]

Boy are you lucky! No one ever sells anything good around here. Congrats on your score!

No offense, but that sounds like more than luck. I mean, going to "20 sales every saturday for 20 weeks" seems like putting yourself in position to be lucky!

[Zemo]

Man you scored big! I collect MM and the little helmets rolling aroung on the ground go for $20 a pop!

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

If I'd found that stuff at a yard sale I'd be hard pressed not to keep it. I'm kinda young for Major Matt Mason; but I love the stuff. Don't HAVE any; but one day I plan to make a bunch on Mego scale.

Don C.