Thift Stores: Still finding Megos!

[Marvelmania]

It seems the same such people hit yard sales too. I've talked with many people who have yard sales and they say that their ad says they will open on Sat at such and such time but have many people who show up the day before, knocking on their door that Fri. evening.

[dawg99]

i haven't had any luck at thrift stores but on craig's list i found this guy selling gi joe stuff. so i contacted him and got a rubbermaid tool box full of vintage gi joe cobra figures 240 to be exact perfect shape for super cheap.. he stil has tons of great stuff to get.. i wish i could find some mego figures like this though

[livnxxxl]

The flea markets around me have tons of older toys, problem is, you have to get there at 4AM to get the stuff.

That is waaaay to early for me to even think about buying anything unless I was guaranteed something really good to be there when I arrived. Other wise forget it. I am not going to get out of bed that early. I will let someone else buy it and sell it to me later when they need the dough.

[livnxxxl]

It seems the same such people hit yard sales too. I've talked with many people who have yard sales and they say that their ad says they will open on Sat at such and such time but have many people who show up the day before, knocking on their door that Fri. evening.

I have heard of the same stuff happening around here as well. A lot of sellers are starting to get sick of other people showing up earlier and earlier. Some have started posting "no early birds" in their ads and on their signs. The sellers know that most of those people like that are just trying to beat others out and get something for nothing at the same time.

[megoat]

I guess this proves my point. I think a lot of folks get discouraged because they hit one thrift store every week or hit a few yard sales at 9 in the morning (way too late) and they don't find anything. It's competitive out there. Anything good that is tagged cheap is not going to sit there very long. It takes WORK to find good stuff along with good ol' intuition and know-how. I've been able to find stuff everywhere I've lived, although some parts of the country are better than others.....The key is that it takes a LOT of patience and hard work.....and a little luck

[goldenryan]

i bet it was alot easier to find good vintage stuff before the mid 90's. i mean how many people say check out these carded teen titans i found at the flea market for $10. if you find anything mego it's a beat to heck naked chips doll or something.

[livnxxxl]

It takes WORK to find good stuff

You summed it all up right there. That horrific four letter word. I cannot bare to say it. That word should be on the naughty word list here when posting. haha

I am sure that I may have missed out here and there some time or another by not getting up and getting out super early. It doesn't really bother me though as I feel as if I have done alright just by going to sales at normal times. The same holds true with the thrift stores. Earlier is not always better. Some people just think that it is. I have even found some good stuff around noonish. It just all depends on what one is looking for and how serious you are about finding something and how high your expectations are.

Have I found any carded teen Titans? Heck no! Then again it is impossible to be every where at the same time. Too many sales and not enough me to get around to all of them. That is why all of the various market place forums, eBay and Craig's list and other such entities were invented. I used to run the stores at all hours of the night back in the day looking for Hot Wheels. Since that time I have learned a valuable lesson. I have wised up and just let them come to me now. I still go to stores and look and buy when I find something good. I just don't sweat it any more.

My plan works and it works real well for me. So if it is not broke I am not even going to try and fix it. There is nothing out there that so rare that will never ever show up again as it pertains to collecting toys. The collectors, dealers and mfgrs. would like you to think that. That is what makes them money. Some people just have a fear of loss factor. I myself have gotten over that a long time ago. My philosophy is to let some one else go find it and have it for a while. I will buy it from one of them sooner or later. After all that is how they got it by buying it from someone else.

I collect for fun and not for profit so I guess that makes me a bit different as opposed to the dealers, scalpers and what have you out there trying to earn a buck to pay their rent. To each their own.

[livnxxxl]

i bet it was alot easier to find good vintage stuff before the mid 90's.

I would tend to think so as well. There are so many new collectors out there each and every day to. It is amazing that one can even find anything any more.

if you find anything mego it's a beat to heck naked chips doll or something.

I have found only but a few like those in the wild.

[bgrimm77]

I dont want to burst anyones bubble , but I have STOOPID GOOD LUCK when it comes to finding Megos and other vintage toy's here in N.H. There arent many thrift stores but N.H. is littered with antique stores a plenty....and the farther north you go , the better luck you have! For example about 2 months ago my wife and I stopped by an antique store in Franklin N.H. , it's about 2 towns over from Laconia (where all the bikers meet) and the first thing I see is a Mattel Godzilla ! It's missing his tail and both hands , his toe-nails are broken , and the mechanism for the tongue is long since gone....but for $1.00 I wasnt gonna let him sit there and rot!!!

[livnxxxl]

I dont want to burst anyones bubble

Too late you have already bursted my bubble. Good bye oh cruel Mego world! LOL!! kidding!

That is great Anderson. I find stuff similar every now and a then. I am like you as it pertains to leaving neat toys behind. I hate to leave even broken vintage toys behind some times as I think about using them for parts to stuff I have not found yet. The whole neat thing is that one just never knows what one will find next. That is the whole fun of it to me. It could be a treasure or it could be a dud? Who knows....what lurks around the corner waiting to be had.

[bgrimm77]

You got that right!!! One mans trash is another mans treasure....thats what they say , right ?!

[livnxxxl]

You got that right!!! One mans trash is another mans treasure....thats what they say , right ?!

That is what I have always heard.

[Gorn Captain]

the first thing I see is a Mattel Godzilla ! It's missing his tail and both hands , his toe-nails are broken , and the mechanism for the tongue is long since gone....but for $1.00 I wasnt gonna let him sit there and rot!!!

The King of Monsters is apparently also feeling the economic crisis.....

[yakkingwithfaze]

do most thrift stores carry or have megos?

[goldenryan]

the ones i've been to, hell no. but you never know what u might find.