Last Saturday the mobile Moonbase family visited a cool bijou vintage toy shop in Bradford, England, called 4everRetro.
Yours truly had a Christmas gift voucher for the shop from Miss Moonbase, so we took Junior along for a mooch.
The small shop is stuffed with boxed vintage toys, a cornucopia of 80's gold and 90's treasure, there were some older morsels for baby boomers like me as well such as Action Man.
We talked with the ever friendly owners, who are using social media to the max in their quest to find, stock and sell toy collectables. the reminded me of the American Toy Hunter Jordan and there's two of them! That's a lot of fab toy finds!
In the livestream they did the day we entered the shop you can see me and the kids, well, entering the shop and moseying around! The timer is set as we walk in. If you wish to see the shop's whole stream just play it back on You Tube.
If you're ever in the Eccleshill area of Bradford then a visit to the shop is well worth it and I for one was chuffed to meet the next generation of vintage toy fans, who have had the courage to open a shop. Kudos guys!
whos the creepy guy with the scarf in the background?
ReplyDeleteEasy, that's the rarest of them all, the Moonbase Supremo!
Deleteha ha! Thanks! I spoke to the guys about JR21 and SWORD but as I expected they're too young to know about them. The hobby has moved on to a new 80's generation with the toys they grew up with in their sights, just like us old giffers hankering after the Sixties and Seventies. Maybe even the Fifties!
ReplyDeleteJust about to watch the show. I was born in 1961, but I am trying to build up my collection of early Matchbox models from the 1950s and 1960s - I have a long way to go.
ReplyDeleteWhich show Paul?
DeleteThe video, the one in which you guest star.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! The uninvited guests!
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