ccdc11
Sergeant First Class
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September is here and for the first time in a long time I am not going to a show due to covid. Over the last 28 years the show has become a 3 day event to talk toy soldiers, see whats coming out, and catch up with people. One of the best parts is finding unique items that you just can't get online.
One of my favorites is pressed steel plane that I got years ago that to me still has the element of the TOY about it.
I saw one my first few years at the show and the seller had 35 dollars on it. I was still a plastic collector and young so I only brought a few hundred to the show. When I saw the plane I had about 50 bucks left and wanted to look around a bit more. A few rooms later I decided I would rather have that plane and went back to get it and it was gone. For years at the show I looked for one and only saw one other one about 10 years later and they wanted 250.00 for it. Yeah NO.. another 5 or 6 years go by and I walk into a room and up high on a shelf is the plane.
I casually (nervously) ask how much the and the guy goes I think I have 50.00 on it. I grab my wallet and as I pull down the plane from the shelf he says " Oh there is a tag on it what did I price it at?"
I look at the tag and it says 150.00 ...Yikes.
I do the right thing and with a sinking heart I say "you have 150.00 on it"
Seller says "well I said 50 so I'm good with that"
I likely got rug burns on my hands from pulling out my wallet so fast.
The observation balloon I got for 25 bucks about 6 years or so.
I have no idea who made it but it fit over my WW1 battlefield.
Great little piece.
Whats your best unique piece from OTSS
One of my favorites is pressed steel plane that I got years ago that to me still has the element of the TOY about it.
I saw one my first few years at the show and the seller had 35 dollars on it. I was still a plastic collector and young so I only brought a few hundred to the show. When I saw the plane I had about 50 bucks left and wanted to look around a bit more. A few rooms later I decided I would rather have that plane and went back to get it and it was gone. For years at the show I looked for one and only saw one other one about 10 years later and they wanted 250.00 for it. Yeah NO.. another 5 or 6 years go by and I walk into a room and up high on a shelf is the plane.
I casually (nervously) ask how much the and the guy goes I think I have 50.00 on it. I grab my wallet and as I pull down the plane from the shelf he says " Oh there is a tag on it what did I price it at?"
I look at the tag and it says 150.00 ...Yikes.
I do the right thing and with a sinking heart I say "you have 150.00 on it"
Seller says "well I said 50 so I'm good with that"
I likely got rug burns on my hands from pulling out my wallet so fast.
The observation balloon I got for 25 bucks about 6 years or so.
I have no idea who made it but it fit over my WW1 battlefield.
Great little piece.
Whats your best unique piece from OTSS
