The Best Flea Market Day Ever......EVER! *Updated
Oct 5, 2013 21:15:53 GMT -5
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Post by Flair Forever on Oct 5, 2013 21:15:53 GMT -5
I love spending most Saturday and Sunday mornings going to the flea market.... going through other peoples junk, squabbling over whether something is worth $2 or $3..... debating over whether I can use another Amish wooden shelving unit in my house.... or wondering "does anyone really buy naked Barbie dolls?"
Of course - I'm really looking for wrestling figures. Many days I leave the flea market empty handed - I wonder whether it's worth heading up there on the weekends just hoping to find something worth adding to my collection.
The hope is that one day I'll walk up to a stand with a nice big box of wrestling figures, not yet pilfered by another collector, or worse yet - a scalper-type dude.
That day was today. Let's get to it....
The dude was selling his son's collection - $3 per figure, or two for $5. The box had just come off the fella's pickup.... my wife spotted it and pulled me over to inspect. I needed to go through the box of about 100 figures one-by-one, picking out "YES's"...."MAYBE's".... and throwing the "NO's" into a separate box, which the gentleman kindly provided. Here's what I brought home;
WWE CLASSICS:
Wow, this Chris Jericho is wearing the exact same tights he wore when I sat in the 3rd row at RAW several years ago.... and these Deluxe Classics are always welcome in my collection. I don't think I have a Sheik in this good condition.... mine.
WCW LEGENDS:
I've heard about this Wrath - never seen it. Not in perfect condition, but I doubt I'll ever see it again, at least not for $2.50....
TNA FIGURES:
I didn't really buy these at retail - but these actually look really nice, and this particular set is in GREAT condition! I'm thinking of doing a small "TNA" setup as part of my collection - might be cool to have once they go out of business next year.
UNKNOWN FIGURE?
By Gawddd...... this is The Great Muta? Where did this man get this? I don't have a Great Muta in my collection... UNTIL NOW! I already had the Flairs, but I brought these guys home to take their rightful place in my collection. Welcome home, boys...
WWE DIVAS:
I've never seen this Lita before - I swear, if her face was a little better, she could pass for a current-day Mattel. And this Deborah is great looking too!
AWA REMCO FIGURES:
Awww yea..... this is starting to feel like a dream, and I'm going to wake up and this won't be real - these things are in, like, BRAND NEW condition. I'll happily take them all..... including the referee, Dick Woehrle.... my wife asked me why I wanted him - my silly wife....
MY 4-YEAR OLD SON'S PICKS:
Of course, I had to let him pick some.... yea, he picked some odd ones - but hey, he's four....
WHAT'S NXT?
To introduce the final finds of this FLEA MARKET BONANZA - I'll allow my "WWE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS" to do the honors;
"MY GOD! IS IT REALLY HIM?"
Yes, here he is - in the bottom of the box was none other than Skip Sheffield.... a little worse for wear, but if you think I was leaving this baby behind, well you're crazier than a pet coon....
My wife asked me why I wanted him.... my silly, silly wife....
Yes, found Sheffield, Darren Young, and Justin Gabriel - along with an Elite Cody Rhodes and a Flex Force CM Punk....
So Friday, I found BOPPV (except Daniel Bryan), met Kevin Nash, and my E23 Macho Man came in the mail from Walmart.com...... then, this fabulous flea market today! I can only wonder what treasures the wrestling gods will pour down from the heavens tomorrow.....
I guess I'll go back and see if this guy has anything left.... and go through the box again! Or, maybe he'll bring some more!
Thanks for looking!
UPDATED 10/9/2013
I went back the next day to see if there was anything left, or if the guy had added anything. I've been working the later shift at work so this is the first chance I've had to do an update.
I'm not sure if these two just didn't make my final cut on Saturday, or if he added them on Sunday, but I picked these up; it's a "Figures Inc." King Kong Bundy, and a referee I don't recall seeing before....
I had this Punk already, but what the heck....
I'm pretty sure these guys were not in the box the first day, so the guy must have added stuff; I grabbed these up quickly.... he had also added some "grab bags" of loose belts & stuff, one of which included their hats (glad I checked)....
Thanks for looking!
Of course - I'm really looking for wrestling figures. Many days I leave the flea market empty handed - I wonder whether it's worth heading up there on the weekends just hoping to find something worth adding to my collection.
The hope is that one day I'll walk up to a stand with a nice big box of wrestling figures, not yet pilfered by another collector, or worse yet - a scalper-type dude.
That day was today. Let's get to it....
The dude was selling his son's collection - $3 per figure, or two for $5. The box had just come off the fella's pickup.... my wife spotted it and pulled me over to inspect. I needed to go through the box of about 100 figures one-by-one, picking out "YES's"...."MAYBE's".... and throwing the "NO's" into a separate box, which the gentleman kindly provided. Here's what I brought home;
WWE CLASSICS:
Wow, this Chris Jericho is wearing the exact same tights he wore when I sat in the 3rd row at RAW several years ago.... and these Deluxe Classics are always welcome in my collection. I don't think I have a Sheik in this good condition.... mine.
WCW LEGENDS:
I've heard about this Wrath - never seen it. Not in perfect condition, but I doubt I'll ever see it again, at least not for $2.50....
TNA FIGURES:
I didn't really buy these at retail - but these actually look really nice, and this particular set is in GREAT condition! I'm thinking of doing a small "TNA" setup as part of my collection - might be cool to have once they go out of business next year.
UNKNOWN FIGURE?
By Gawddd...... this is The Great Muta? Where did this man get this? I don't have a Great Muta in my collection... UNTIL NOW! I already had the Flairs, but I brought these guys home to take their rightful place in my collection. Welcome home, boys...
WWE DIVAS:
I've never seen this Lita before - I swear, if her face was a little better, she could pass for a current-day Mattel. And this Deborah is great looking too!
AWA REMCO FIGURES:
Awww yea..... this is starting to feel like a dream, and I'm going to wake up and this won't be real - these things are in, like, BRAND NEW condition. I'll happily take them all..... including the referee, Dick Woehrle.... my wife asked me why I wanted him - my silly wife....
MY 4-YEAR OLD SON'S PICKS:
Of course, I had to let him pick some.... yea, he picked some odd ones - but hey, he's four....
WHAT'S NXT?
To introduce the final finds of this FLEA MARKET BONANZA - I'll allow my "WWE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS" to do the honors;
"MY GOD! IS IT REALLY HIM?"
Yes, here he is - in the bottom of the box was none other than Skip Sheffield.... a little worse for wear, but if you think I was leaving this baby behind, well you're crazier than a pet coon....
My wife asked me why I wanted him.... my silly, silly wife....
Yes, found Sheffield, Darren Young, and Justin Gabriel - along with an Elite Cody Rhodes and a Flex Force CM Punk....
So Friday, I found BOPPV (except Daniel Bryan), met Kevin Nash, and my E23 Macho Man came in the mail from Walmart.com...... then, this fabulous flea market today! I can only wonder what treasures the wrestling gods will pour down from the heavens tomorrow.....
I guess I'll go back and see if this guy has anything left.... and go through the box again! Or, maybe he'll bring some more!
Thanks for looking!
UPDATED 10/9/2013
I went back the next day to see if there was anything left, or if the guy had added anything. I've been working the later shift at work so this is the first chance I've had to do an update.
I'm not sure if these two just didn't make my final cut on Saturday, or if he added them on Sunday, but I picked these up; it's a "Figures Inc." King Kong Bundy, and a referee I don't recall seeing before....
I had this Punk already, but what the heck....
I'm pretty sure these guys were not in the box the first day, so the guy must have added stuff; I grabbed these up quickly.... he had also added some "grab bags" of loose belts & stuff, one of which included their hats (glad I checked)....
Thanks for looking!
