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September 16, 2019 By Brian 2 Comments

This weekend’s finds

The DC Big Flea returned this weekend, and I found some fun things to add to the collection.

vintage space toys

Several great space-themed toys showed up at the show. I had no idea what that robot was, but I loved it as soon as I saw it. It reminded me of the old Cooties game and also resembles the Micronauts toy line, but it turned out to be an “Outer Space Spider” made by Tai Fong in 1984, just as the Transformers and Go-Bots were starting to appear. It walks, its eyes blink on and off, and a tiny astronaut pops out of its chest — it’s awesome!

Vintage tin Space Traveller bagatelle pinball game

This space-themed bagatelle is the perfect addition to my vintage space toy collection.

vintage tin litho tipping hat monkey coin bank

I can’t resist a great monkey toy, and this little J. Chein tin litho bank was too good to pass up. I have actually tried to buy one of these on several occasions but always lost out to higher bidders, so I’m thrilled to finally have one. This dapper little chimp tips his hat to you when you deposit a coin into the slot.

What did you find this week? Any grails acquired? Leave a comment below.

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: DC Big Flea, Space toys

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  1. george says

    October 3, 2019 at 9:25 am

    Ah man – nice score on the Shogun Warrior. Fantastic.

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  2. Chuck Vitale says

    January 18, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Awesome “Cool” website and collection.
    I see some organization there!

    I have a couple of images of my NASA/Apollo collections, if you would like to feature them.
    Man,,,,,I collect such a variety, it’s hard to pin point to anything, except maybe my Beatles collection.

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