Went to an antique mall today.
Yes, I do think it is quite funny that every single thing here predates my own birth and yet it all still excites me.
While I was kind of hoping for a little more variety in what I would find (perhaps something that I would actually remember from my own childhood like classic Angry Birds or Cars stuff), 90’s/00’s NASCAR merchandise is super fucking awesome, super fucking plentiful in antique malls, and super fucking cheap, so I’m not going to complain.
I particularly like the Terry Labonte (#5 Kellogg’s car) battery pack-in thing. It just screams that it’s something that would have casually been at a store in that specific period in time, and maybe would have even been convenient for someone.
I’m reminded of the story in this S1apSh0es video (https://youtu.be/PVDoWEGA-VM) where he recounts asking his mom to pick up a specific thing of Spam so he could get the pack-in Lake Speed car as a kid in the 90’s.
Similarly, there were an absolute metric assload of #43 Petty cars being sold for extra cheap, and most of them seemed to be cereal box/snack pack-ins. We didn’t get any of those, though. Both of these (and the Tony Stewart one) are actually cars you would have bought on their own like the in-box Mark Martin one. One is Richard Petty and one is John Andretti. The only one I can firmly place a definitive manufacturer on is the Pop Secret Andretti car, it’s a Hot Wheel.
I feel the need to add that the only reason Bill Elliot Barbie was purchased was because my mom thought it was funny and interesting. I don’t mind owning it. She’s right. It is very funny and interesting.
If you too have an interest in stuff like this, I can only recommend you find an antique store somewhere; there’s going to be a lot of it and it’s all going to be a lot cheaper than if you got it on eBay or whatever. The small 1:64 cars were only, like, 1-5 dollars apiece, and the bigger Earnhardt and Gordon ones were both about 15. It feels almost unreal to me how reasonably priced everything was.
And if you aren’t interested in classic NASCAR, get into it. It’s cooler than it looks.
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Well, I did buy a door hanging shelf thing to put on my closet to hold my few Rainbow High dolls....
However, I was intending on using the bottom shelf to put my junior dolls, but they're, annoyingly, only just too tall to fit there.
But! The shelf is perfect for my few bigger diecast cars! And I'll still be using the top shelf to display a few of my Rainbow High dolls. So far, only Emi Vanda and Victoria Whitman are up there, but once I get a couple more, they'll be joining these two (hoping to get Olivia Woods and Jade Hunter, and maybe Priscilla at some point. Unfortunately these dolls are expensive in NZ....). Just wish the juniors actually fit on the bottom shelf.... But my juniors will be remaining with my Bratz dolls now.
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Got a cute yellow Volkswagen Bug car diecast!! This is the only car I’ll ever own since I don’t drive! :D
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Another thing I picked up before leaving
toys. I was looking for it pretty much
all month and thought it probably wouldn't
appear until around the time the movie
came out. I took a peek in the bins
at Wal-Mart a few times but never really
looked through the pegs much when when
we were leaving I went to look at the
Hot Wheels pegs and there it was!
it was right out in front! I didn't
even have to look through them
I was like "Wow! that was easy!"
I have to say I wish I could find
everything that quick but I was happy
to to get it.
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A collectible 2001 100% Hot Wheels “American Racing Equipped” Set with a red ’86 Mustang with flames and a white ’41 Willy’s Coupe with patriotic stars and stripes that comes in a collector's display case. Get it at https://collectiblesandmoreinstore.com/shop/2001-hw-american-racing-set/
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