5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Fisher Price Sesame Street Playhouse (eBay Link) –
I cannot tell you all the hours of fun I had with this thing as a kid and later with my kids. This set now rests in my storage unit, awaiting grandchildren (of which there is no rush). I love this toy like an old friend.
Gabriel Lassie and Timmy set (eBay Link) –
I’ve seen this set in catalogs but never like this. I guess the Lassie license only extends to the dog as it’s just “The Boy.” Gabriel made nice toys and while this would have appealed more to my sister than me, I admire it.
Kooky Patches (eBay Link)
I’m not 100 percent sure but I think these are just a rip-off of Topps Whacky Packs. As a kid, I always seemed to miss when these came out, and i’d get them in trades, but I did not know what they were called. I remember asking for “weird food cards” at my local “MAC’S MILK” and getting odd looks.
Starroid Raiders Zing action figure (eBay Link) –
These late-model Tomland Figures are kind of a tough find; the cards are my favourite because of a cameo by the Thunderbirds.
Playmobile Space Store Display (eBay Link) –
Despite me growing up half-German, Playmobil completely skipped me as a child. It’s like a car full of your friends zooming by you while waiting for a bus. Playmobil looked cool AF especially the space stuff. I had no idea Mattel ever carried it and well this is a store display which gives me other stirrings. I’m complicated.
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I never had any Playmobile either. I think my younger brother might have had one small set. To this day, they make some of the coolest playsets (the recent wiltopia for example) . But… expensive, slightly too small scale for me, and the figures themselves were kinda hookey when you’ve got a box full of Star Wars, GI Joe (RAH) and the like