>>7887674>Too few local venues exist to buy themThis has been my problem. Sure I can buy them online, and have done that on occasion. But hunting locally is (or was, years ago) fun too. There's a couple problems though. Someone here pointed out toys of these vintages have already been sold at rummage sales or donated years ago, usually when the kid got older or left for college. There will be the occasional find but good deals are increasingly rare.
Another problem is what thrift stores do with this stuff if and when it's donated. I still don't know how that lead paint law regarding used toy sales affected things. Does Goodwill just throw this stuff in the trash to comply with the law? Do they sell it at their online auction site? All I can say is finding 80's and 90's toys at thrift stores around here is rare. I only ever found one GI Joe figure at a Goodwill, and the two Night Ravens were completely stripped shells. Also local Goodwills have reduced or eliminated their toy section, likely due to the infestation of mexican children constantly tearing it apart.
I have heard people in Europe have "car boot sales" where they gather in a field or lot and sell stuff out of their car trunks. There's really no local equivalent here. One is called 7 Mile Fair but most of that is imported Chinese junk. In the last 10 years or so, any time there's been a big Rubbermaid tub of loose toys for sale, 99 percent of it is McDonald's junk. Like seriously, piles of it. Or maybe junk toys from Burger King. How do people amass so much of it?
