Cool Reasons to Rummage in your Parents Basement

Cool Reasons to Rummage in your Parents Basement


Gumcards! Gumcards! Gumcards!


Vintage Valentines


What’s left of childhood friends.I also found several old Eaton’s catalogs, I can’t believe I moved out of there without this stuff. My wife was thrilled to see me pull up with a “basementy smelling” box…..

About The Author

Mantooth
AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others.

4 Comments

  • chunky B on July 26, 2007

    My wife was more than happy when I brought home Mego Spock, the die cast Falcon, and a whole set of Empire Strikes Back bubble gum cards… Like you I can’t believe I left this stuff behind!

  • Earth 2 Chris on July 26, 2007

    Cool stash Brian. Whath is that bottom picture of?

    I recently retrieved some more stuff from my dad’s basement. I went for some musty-smelling MOTU figures, but walked away with a Star Wars pop-up book I had completely forgotten about, and an Isis sticker fun/coloring book that must have belonged to my sister!

    Even my indulgent wife told me to keep that stuff outside until I de-funkified it.

    Chris

  • megomuseum on July 26, 2007

    that’s the shield from SuperJoe Chris, the figures have elastics that break. He also have a rotted battery inside (Boo Hoo!)

  • john on April 25, 2008

    I loved the collector cards. You would typically get a batch of cards and some stickers. The gum was this pink piece of sugary cardboard.

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