Thift Stores: Still finding Megos!

[kryptosmaster]

The best dealers to get them off of are the little old ladies with booths.

Not by my experience. LOL
There was this one old lady who had an indoor booth and she had all kinds of toys going back to the 50's, maybe even older. I distinctly remember a ratty, beat-up batman & robin & the batmobile (Mego). This was back in the 80's-90's. She was asking some outrageus prices and every week not one thing seemed to change in her booth. I can't imagine she sold much at all. One week she was gone and then I found her at another indoor flea market some time later...same stuff..for at least 10 years I swear she had the exact same things and would never dicker on the prices.
Rich

[Marvelmania]

I've never found any at thrift stores but I have found a few at garage sales.

[Johnny]

Yeah. It sucks when the old ladies won't dicker.

[goldenryan]

Not by my experience. LOL
There was this one old lady who had an indoor booth and she had all kinds of toys going back to the 50's, maybe even older. I distinctly remember a ratty, beat-up batman & robin & the batmobile (Mego). This was back in the 80's-90's. She was asking some outrageus prices and every week not one thing seemed to change in her booth. I can't imagine she sold much at all. One week she was gone and then I found her at another indoor flea market some time later...same stuff..for at least 10 years I swear she had the exact same things and would never dicker on the prices.
Rich

yeah, there is a toy and comics dealer at a trade market and he has the same prices on the same unsold toys he had 10 years ago. you wonder how people like that afford their booth space.

[wayne foundation 07]

A Goodwill store near us has gone hightech.They sort out everything and have copys of similar items sell sheets from EBAY with them.You can't get anything good there for a cheap price anymore.

[goldenryan]

A Goodwill store near us has gone hightech.They sort out everything and have copys of similar items sell sheets from EBAY with them.You can't get anything good there for a cheap price anymore.

that sucks, it takes away the thill of the hunt.

[Riffster]

i went to a flea market Sunday and only found 2 megos in the wild a richie and Potsie, didn't bother with them. I did buy 2 classic Monkees teen beats though

[pmwasson]

I found a General Ursus in the wrong clothes (might have been Action Jackson reproduction clothes) for $1 a week ago at a flea market.

[roman]

I have tried two thrift stores out here in CA since moving but found nothing at all.
Ironically there's a comic shop on Sunset BLVD called Meltdown andthey have a hulk and a batmobile in the store. Neither is in great shape and both need radical cleaning. They have been there since I first vistied the place 7 months ago. I think $75 for Hulk and $100 for a batmobile needing work is too pricey.

I'm also puzzled as to why they're not selling either Castaway Cap Action or Doc's Ape / Trek figures ( great store none the less)

[Werewolf]

I have not seen a vintage toy at garage sale, flea market or thrift store in a good 20 years. The stuff I have seen looks like it came out of a landfill. The horrors I have seen. THE HORRORS I HAVE SEEN!!! Truly the stuff of nightmares. So I can no longer accept or believe that people still find Megos and cool vintage toys in the wild.

You are all lying to me just to mess with my head. Lalalalalalalal, I can't hear you, lalalalalalala.

[Earth 2 Chris]

It's all happy meal toys and crazy-haired Barbies around my neck of the woods. Years ago I did find a capeless Super Powers Superman for $1. But that's it.

Chris

[megoat]

I have not seen a vintage toy at garage sale, flea market or thrift store in a good 20 years. The stuff I have seen looks like it came out of a landfill. The horrors I have seen. THE HORRORS I HAVE SEEN!!! Truly the stuff of nightmares. So I can no longer accept or believe that people still find Megos and cool vintage toys in the wild.

You are all lying to me just to mess with my head. Lalalalalalalal, I can't hear you, lalalalalalala.

Hit 20-30 yard sales, 15 thrift stores, a couple estate sales and 5 flea markets every week for the next 6 months and I guarantee you will find vintage toys.

[kryptosmaster]

I don't think I've ever run across any Megos at yard sales, thrift stores or flea markets. I can't even recall any at antique malls but I wasn't really back into them until last June so I may not have actively noticed them and if they were there, they were likely way overpriced for their condition.
I plan on looking for them specifically when I go on vacation this summer.

I do believe they are out there (along with other vintage toys). I just really think the "hunters" are there before you and snatch all the good stuff up and sell it on ebay.
Rich

[deadpool]

i went to a grage sale a couple of weeks ago and found a undressed mistelplit not sure of the spelling but anyways ,i allready had an old one with clothes but his hand was broke so i swithed out fits and now have a complete one , you guys are right there are some treasures to be found out there for sure.

[blastphemey]

you guys are all lucky! not once have i ever found a mego in a thrift store, there was a bats and spidey once in a pawn shop( which is compareble, lol) but not at a thrift store