retro/vintage toy collections 70s,80s

stone roses

hi

i attended a few of the toy shows in dublin and was wondering about toy collections!

im trying to set up a small display for my stuff but i have to wait to get glass displays which cause a fortune!! :-( i was wondering is tere indeed some nice collections of vintage toys to show us out tere, big or small dont matter as long as its vintage 70s, 80s

cheers :-)

retro child

hi roses i got a small collection of he-man , action force, gijoe will put a few up asap,if you like looking at toy collections of yesteryear look on youtube loads of stuff, tks

Imbatman

did you ever get your display cases? im thinking of building a pair for some old action and lead marvel figures,buying them is too expensive:)

stone roses

hi nice displays in ikea 50notes but i havent being spending my spear cash on glass displays lust yet , im still building my collection and it takes some time and money!! i hope to get glass displays asap,the glass i think makes it look much more rare and ads a bit of class to the collection,, plus it keeps them free from dust or smoke.keeps the collectables looking good

its really nice when all the vintage stuff is on display :-)

cheers

Imbatman

ya i sold off a lot due to job loss and tried to hold onto the best of the bits but would love to display the ones i have left properly,i must look at the ikea ones.

stone roses

Imbatman wrote: »

ya i sold off a lot due to job loss and tried to hold onto the best of the bits but would love to display the ones i have left properly,i must look at the ikea ones.

ya thats a shame , its hard to sell your collection but im glad to hear you still have some left, i collect vintage action man, g.i.joe, star wars and g1 transformers as my main theme!! i see you like the lead figures nice!! what else do you collect

cheers

Imbatman

i used to collect,comics,comic art,star wars toys,vintage 80s toys,battery operated robots and batman memorabilia,have still got most of my batman collection,had a nice range of action men but sold them off.gonna put up a few star trek model kits i found on ebay to pay for the ikea shelves:D

brianregan09

Hey just stumbled upon the thread is the lead figures you collect are the ones they sell in easons that come with a magazine profiling the characters , Very hard to find other people that collect stuff like that i started collecting those lead figures and plenty others i can find often end on e-bay as i collect Marvel Universe figures too and you can only really get them in Forbidden Planet up in Dublin

Imbatman

hi brian yes i collect the marvels but havent bought any in ages,i was going to make up a display unit from mdf and spray it black and display them but stoneroses i think mentioned the ikea units for 50 euro which are perfect,just have to organise a way of bringing them down from dublin to limerick,i would put lead figures in one and 80s toys in the other one or two.what do you collect yourself

stone roses

Imbatman wrote: »

hi brian yes i collect the marvels but havent bought any in ages,i was going to make up a display unit from mdf and spray it black and display them but stoneroses i think mentioned the ikea units for 50 euro which are perfect,just have to organise a way of bringing them down from dublin to limerick,i would put lead figures in one and 80s toys in the other one or two.what do you collect yourself

i think ikea deliver but if not its all flat pack you may be able to get them in the car!!,the glass displays are about 5ft tall all glass surround and a light i think, great value, check out the ikea web site and you will see them

i might try get one next week :-)
start putting some vintage in them

brianregan09

Hey man haven't had any display problems yet as im still fairly new to the collecting game if thats what you call it but me i collect pretty much any GI Joe scale figures like Star Wars, Tron,iron man 2 and stuff like that but my main collecting is Marvel Universe, has been tough getting them as smyths last year only ever got the 1st wave of figures in and theres been 13 waves since then but been slowly picking them up off ebay e-bay and such only started picking up the lead ones just before xmas had never noticed them before

tro81

brianregan09 if you collect marvel then i know there is some guys selling things like that at the forth coming dublin comic and toy mart on the sat 21st may

brianregan09

Nice one i have a christening on but im thinking of giving it a miss and going up

tro81

its on between 10-6 so you should have plenty of time

Imbatman

brianregan09 wrote: »

Nice one i have a christening on but im thinking of giving it a miss and going up

too right,its not like the kid will say where the f*ck is uncle brian,unless of course its one of your own kids then its a tough call lol