Creepy 50 year olds, eh?

Posted by Michaelson from leospace047.utsi.edu on April 09, 2001 at 11:43:58:

In Reply to: Woo-hoo! posted by The Big Red on April 08, 2001 at 20:08:20:

I'll have you know that the biggest collectors of old vinyl now are college students, thank you very much. To add a sad story here, my youngest daughter works at a local store that sells end of stock items (I won't name the name, by her request. Not sure why.), and when she was checking a lady out yesterday, the lady had one of those micro-machine Indy sets in her hand....for $2.50!! She actually tried to talk the lady out of the sale, resulting in getting her sent back to do stock for the rest of the day. (grins) Got to give her an "A" for effort, though. Unfortunately, that seemed to be the only set in the entire shipment of old stock they had received. I would be REALLY upset if I didn't already have this set in my collection, but to find one in mint condition for only $2.50! And I had an "insider" in place!! Dang it! Regards. Michaelson

: This morning I went to a Record/Comic fair and I managed to
: pick up an Indiana Jones Micro Machines set (the one from 6
: years ago that is now out of print) and the prize I almost won in
: the Indyfan Trivia contest of '99 - the Henry Jones, Sr. model kit!
: I would have preferred if they had done all the work and painting
: for me, but it'll look very nice next to my Indy underwear. :P

: They also had the 4" Indy Figure from Disneyland for $40!!
: Those mofo's! I was tempted to get it but that's too rich for my
: blood. The guy selling them recognized me as the person who
: nabbed several Indy posters from him the year before... Anyway,
: he said that Disneyland and Lucasfilm have halted production of
: those 4" figures. Has anyone else heard this? That sucks!
: Those tyrannical bastards! Oh well, at least my brother picked
: up an E.T. action figure. :)

: If you can mind the rabid Star Trek fans and the creepy 50 year
: olds looking at the vinyl records, I would definitely reccomend
: you guys to go out to a fair like this. I'm pretty sure I missed a
: whole bunch of Indy stuff. There's just too much to look at! Ah
: well, there's always next year.

: -The Big Red

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: I'll have you know that the biggest collectors of old vinyl now are college students, thank you very much. To add a sad story here, my youngest daughter works at a local store that sells end of stock items (I won't name the name, by her request. Not sure why.), and when she was checking a lady out yesterday, the lady had one of those micro-machine Indy sets in her hand....for $2.50!! She actually tried to talk the lady out of the sale, resulting in getting her sent back to do stock for the rest of the day. (grins) Got to give her an "A" for effort, though. Unfortunately, that seemed to be the only set in the entire shipment of old stock they had received. I would be REALLY upset if I didn't already have this set in my collection, but to find one in mint condition for only $2.50! And I had an "insider" in place!! Dang it! Regards. Michaelson

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: : This morning I went to a Record/Comic fair and I managed to 
: : pick up an Indiana Jones Micro Machines set (the one from 6 
: : years ago that is now out of print) and the prize I almost won in 
: : the Indyfan Trivia contest of '99 - the Henry Jones, Sr. model kit!  
: : I would have preferred if they had done all the work and painting 
: : for me, but it'll look very nice next to my Indy underwear. :P

: : They also had the 4" Indy Figure from Disneyland for $40!!  
: : Those mofo's!  I was tempted to get it but that's too rich for my 
: : blood.  The guy selling them recognized me as the person who 
: : nabbed several Indy posters from him the year before... Anyway, 
: : he said that Disneyland and Lucasfilm have halted production of 
: : those 4" figures.  Has anyone else heard this?  That sucks!  
: : Those tyrannical bastards!  Oh well, at least my brother picked 
: : up an E.T. action figure. :)

: : If you can mind the rabid Star Trek fans and the creepy 50 year 
: : olds looking at the vinyl records, I would definitely reccomend 
: : you guys to go out to a fair like this.  I'm pretty sure I missed a 
: : whole bunch of Indy stuff.  There's just too much to look at!  Ah 
: : well, there's always next year.

: : -The Big Red

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