>>11234509Yeah, I sorely miss all the mom-and-pop dollar and more shops that went under to the might of the duolith of Dollarama and Dollar Tree. Much of my collection was built on such foundations, from the dollar stores in Winnipeg to the buck-or-twos out west here. Much of my childhood was overseas where they didn't have dollar stores but flea markets and discount retailers made up for it, with just about every store there having a toy section (and some kind of army men in it too). Wonder if things have changed for the worse there since...
Pic related was one of my best dollar-plus store finds, close to 15 years on now I reckon. It was way on the northwest end of town so going out there was a rare occasion, but one day we happened to be in the area and had to check the place out. I don't remember much else of what they had but for army men they had bagged sets of that big Bradley or a large transport truck, with a few token troops. They were premium-priced relative to a lot of their other stuff as I recall, but even that would just be like 3 or 4 bucks a pop. Got myself all the Bradleys they had, plus a couple of the trucks.
