Thift Stores: Still finding Megos!

[jwyblejr]

I use to find Megos at flea markets alot in the past. You would have the guys with the booths with nothing but toys that have them and of course they want to charge you for toy show prices. The best dealers to get them off of are the little old ladies with booths. I got a nude Hutch once for 2 bucks. Lady who was selling him was trying to tell me he was from Dukes of Hazzard. Another lady I bought from had one of those bible figures in an Action Jackson fishing outfit. Picked that one up for a dollar.

[davidb]

The only Megos I've seen over the last few years were at flea markets. John Boy Walton wearing only his jeans for $20, and a Spidey for about 10. Had to replace Spidey's left arm and now have a nice figure. As for John Boy... Well, I'm sure someone bought him eventually.

[Brue]

I haven't seen any megos at thrift stores in 20 years.
At fleamarkets and antique stores it is a lot more common to see them and it is a fun find but as stated earlier in this thread they want mint prices for trashed figures.

[Black_Towr]

Haven't found any Megos at thrift stores but i did find a bag of Thundercats and a resealed Mongor once.

[chalwa]

Good deals to be had...

As I noted when I joined, the main reason I got back into Megos was the great deal I got at a local 'antique mall'. I haggled and got Thor, Spidey, Green Arrow, Speedy, Batmobile, Batcopter, Captain Americar, Batbike, Hall of Justice, Falcon, and a handful of other figures for a NICE price.
Most of the loose figures were missing some accessories but it got me goin'.
I used to hit the thrift stores a LOT and found 60's-early 90's stuff regularly. I got a Voltron, Universal toys, Godzilla, micronauts, He-men galore, a few megos, and hot wheels going waaaay back. This was just a few months ago.
Since the Salvation Army stopped carrying toys due to the lead issue, pickings have been mighty slim, tho'.
I found some G.I. Joe toys at Goodwill, but that's not my bag. Getting harder and harder but some good items are there if you don't mind being consistant.
bestest

[toys2cool]

I haven't been to my thrift shops in a while,but I always found good stuff

[HardyGirl]

I haven't found any Megos in the wild but I found a sweet Big Jim deal at a local flea market once: A clothed Big Jim, (missing a hand) Camper w/ all the gear (except the boat and oar) tent w/ all the gear for (get this) $12! I've also found Dr. Steel and Big Jeff (nude) for $2 each at this place that used to be in WI called "Rummage-O-Rama". Man I miss that place! All kinds of good stuff there!

[megocrazy]

I've had a couple of nice thrift store hits in the past few years but no megos. I did hit a lionrock figure in nice shape which I got the hat for from Joe at the meet last year. My top five thrift store toy hits were a boxed Ultra Magnus transformer G1 original for $10.00. Flipped it for my Mego Wonder Woman and $10.00 cash. A small hat circus elephant footless Pez dispenser for $1.49, sold on ebay for $60.00. A mint POTF A-wing fighter, traded for a newly removed from card Invisible Woman, dead mint but zombie head and a very nice Falcon with a broken leg which I swapped out for a replacement I had but the store owner didn't. And my two best, a baggie containing about 80 transformers accessories with heads, fists, and feet for almost every combiner figure plus guns and all sorts of G1 original stuff. Cost was $2.99. I can't even calculate the amount I got for this bag but it was in the hundreds mostly trade. Complete transformers were going for huge dollars at the times and they were popular in the stores in the area. Finally a bag of 8 complete transformer cassettes that were dead mint except for one laserbeak with a broken piece on the head. All but one went for low to mid twenties but one broke the $30.00 mark so made about $170 plus I still have the laser beak waiting for a replacement head somewhere in a box of future sales/trade stuff. Everyone of these was found at a store called Savers, Canadian members know it as Value Village I believe. They're teamed with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization and donate a portion of all sales to that charity so it's good all around. There is one near my house so I hit it regularly once or twice a week. I've pulled about 300 items in the last 5 or 6 years out of there that I've flipped in trade or sale for more than I paid. Usually in bunches, redlines, T-cats, He-man, Wrestling stuff, etc. Kinda like hunting without all the camo suits and blood and guts.

[ScottA]

I saved a Fonzie from a flea market this past summer. It was $10 and I just couldn't leave it there. Before that it was a Glinda for $3.

I miss hitting the antique stores with Rob and Benjamin while I was out in CA. Nothing like spending all day looking for Megos and having In and Out for lunch!!

[toys2cool]

here in Miami there's just so many thrift shops and flea markets that if you take your time to check them out,you usually find some sort of vintage toy.I always find atleast one decent find

[Spyweb007]

I only check one thrift store near me about once a month, but in the last year I've found a Captain patch in good shape for $2.00, and a 1964 GI Joe also in good shape, but naked. There are always some cool mego scale vehicles too, like the Action Man sports car I used for my James Bond custom.

[wayne foundation 07]

It's like winning the toy lottery finding those lost treasures.I've always wondered the paths those toys take to end up there.Forgotten and unloved toys are always welcome at my house.Congrats on the find and may there be many more in your future.BEN

[goldenryan]

found a kinda fated 1976 flash moon glass for a buck once, but never any megos

[addicted2Mego]

I have 3 good finds at the local SAL-ARMY here in the last 6 months,I found a big jim figure complete with gear in a bag $1.99,a 1974 GI Joe figure all complete with guns,hat,dog tag ect $2.00 and my last find an evil knievel with his stunt cycle for $3.00..Can't go wrong for those prices.I probably will EBAY them or put them up here for trades.You know sometimes people just do spring cleanings and these things just go to the sal-army cuz they just don't wanna deal with it or just do not know thier values.keep sending them my way..

[toystalker]

my latest toystalk adventures found me at the local bootsale

1 x han in carbonite last 17 = £1 around $1.50

1x mego superman 8" = £5

2x bambi disney teddies = 0.50p each

i eat breathe and pooh toystalking
its all i live for lol

anyone wanting to trade there finds feel free to drop a line