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Brad is correct, but it has moved to the convention center in Edison from Secaucus.
IMO, a much better location, the hotel in Secaucus was a dump with lousy parking.
And yes, two shows a year in NJ are all that are left, although there was one this year in NJ in August.
There used to be a good one that the NJ club ran, it moved from Somerset to Wayne and it too has died.
If people don't show up and the vendors don't make money, the shows die, it's that simple.
IMO, a much better location, the hotel in Secaucus was a dump with lousy parking.
And yes, two shows a year in NJ are all that are left, although there was one this year in NJ in August.
There used to be a good one that the NJ club ran, it moved from Somerset to Wayne and it too has died.
If people don't show up and the vendors don't make money, the shows die, it's that simple.
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Ed Gries moved his PA Toy Soldier Show from Langhorne a couple of years ago, to a venue nearer to Bensalem, if I remember correctly, and a smaller venue. I went to that version of the show twice, the first 2 years. Most of the tables were Ed's. I can't remember the rest of the vendors, but the show was already on life support the last two years at Langhorne. I haven't seen any ads for it in a while, so I'm not sure he still holds it. I think he overstretched himself with the multiple shows he would stage. Along with the PA show, he holds shows down in Annandale, Virginia, as well as the show formerly in Secaucus.
The New Jersey Historical Miniature Associates staged their show for many years at a Ukrainian church near Somerset, as Brad mentioned. If I remember correctly, their show is the one that suffered the raid by the New Jersey Department of Revenue to enforce sales taxes, and that, along with some other issues, led them to drop the show. They held an exhibition, as well as having the vendor mart. Two years ago, they revived the show, staging it at the Police Athletic League center in Wayne. The vendor area was good, but the exhibition was thinly populated, coming on the same weekend, or close to the same weekend, as AMPS. I went to that one, but didn't go this time around. George is right--if a vendor can't make any money at a show, he won't take tables, and it's the vendor tables that pays for the hall for a show, and not so much the gate.
There was never a toy soldier show that I know of in Allentown, if we're talking about Allentown PA, not the one in Jersey, though there is an antique toy show, held every year at the Fairgrounds, on the Saturday of the weekend of the East Coast show. Some of the vendors we know would take tables at the antique toy show, too. I haven't been to the toy show for several years, though, so I don't know if those vendors still set up there.
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Brad
The New Jersey Historical Miniature Associates staged their show for many years at a Ukrainian church near Somerset, as Brad mentioned. If I remember correctly, their show is the one that suffered the raid by the New Jersey Department of Revenue to enforce sales taxes, and that, along with some other issues, led them to drop the show. They held an exhibition, as well as having the vendor mart. Two years ago, they revived the show, staging it at the Police Athletic League center in Wayne. The vendor area was good, but the exhibition was thinly populated, coming on the same weekend, or close to the same weekend, as AMPS. I went to that one, but didn't go this time around. George is right--if a vendor can't make any money at a show, he won't take tables, and it's the vendor tables that pays for the hall for a show, and not so much the gate.
There was never a toy soldier show that I know of in Allentown, if we're talking about Allentown PA, not the one in Jersey, though there is an antique toy show, held every year at the Fairgrounds, on the Saturday of the weekend of the East Coast show. Some of the vendors we know would take tables at the antique toy show, too. I haven't been to the toy show for several years, though, so I don't know if those vendors still set up there.
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Brad
Brad, Warrior and all thanks for the info. When the show was in Langhorne I thought it was really great. I agree it did look like it was on life support the last 2 year though. Too bad, I always looked forward to going to it the Sunday before Thanskgiving.
Is there a calendar posted anywhere of all US shows? I know some vendors list shows they attend, but would be nice if there was one location where all shows are listed. I know the major ones show up here in the forum. But I don't always know the dates, time, etc.
Anyway thanks again all.
Walt
Is there a calendar posted anywhere of all US shows? I know some vendors list shows they attend, but would be nice if there was one location where all shows are listed. I know the major ones show up here in the forum. But I don't always know the dates, time, etc.
Anyway thanks again all.
Walt
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Sure thing!
Regarding a calendar, yes and no. There is no one central location in cyberspace to track these things, though various forums and publications have calendars, and there's one here in Treefrog, too. However, they all have a design flaw, and that is, someone has to remember to update them.
Regarding Eddie's PA show, I don't recall having seen any fliers for it. I will check in the magazines when I get home tonight, especially in Old Toy Soldier, but he may have dropped it from his slate.
I just recalled now that his show in Virginia is called "The Heart of the South". He usually, stages that a couple of times a year, at least in June and in December. He stages shows for other collectibles, though, too, as well as attending various shows. He keeps a very full schedule.
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Brad