The Missus and me have been on our first post-Easter rummage ramble today.
There were some highs and some lows.
The lows were waiting an hour for our ordered lunch in a cafe, after which we cancelled and left; the cost of parking going up to 90p for two hours and some stuff in one antiques joint way overpriced, namely a Galaxy Warriors Lion figure at £40 loose and 2 loose Tonka Supernaturals with a pile of accessories at £30. No chance.
The highs: we got the last 60p car parking slot and picked up a few nice bits, namely some cute vintage matchboxes [still full of matches!] and a tin the Missus loved for £4 the lot.
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Some cheapo Timpo-style Western figs and a couple of dinos for a Squid.
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4 loose Hot wheels for £2 at a craft/ second hand market; pink Double Demon 1988, yellow Megadestroyer 1982, 2002 Super Chromes Dodge Van reissue and to make up the 4, Wild Thing 2002.
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Catch of the day had to be this 1960's Triang/ Transogram Dare Devil Trik-Trak boxed set for £8. It looks complete and the box is huge. Maybe a few rips, scuffs and biffs to the box and parts but it looks great. To be road tested later this week. Is this a toy you had readers?
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I did walk past life-size kids' 2003 Jakks WWF Wrestling belts in a charity shop, two of them for £4. Maybe I should have got them. Oh, and I passed a huge black RC Dodge Charger monster car from Fast and Furious [no remote] at £3.
All in all, a decent West Yorkshire stroll.
Have you picked up anything of late? Pictures welcomed!
Where were you in West Yorks Woodsy, and where did you wait an hour and not get fed ?
ReplyDeleteOssett Mish, near Wakey. The cafe were we walked was The Well. Went to Cooplands bakery across the road and got a pasty!
DeleteThink you did well to avoid the WWF stuff, that ship sailed a while ago. Theres no point buying an R/c model if there's no remote, it's dead in the water.
ReplyDeleteOMG Trik Trak! A friend had that in 1964 and we tried and tried to get the racer to "hit" the various traks, with little success. But what fun trying! Haven't thought of this toy in ages. SFZ.
ReplyDeleteThat was terrible 'service', no wonder you went elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteDoes that Trik-Trak box say Made in Northern Ireland by Spot-On Models Ltd, on the side ? I know Spot-On made die-casts, but I did not know they also produced Trik-Trak.
Good catch - yes it does! I thought the graphics looked a bit different from the US release. SFZ
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