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Updated: May 27, 2011
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What a Great Weekend!
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For the summer of 2010, the
Fisher - Price
Collectors Club
decided to try to something different -
we picked a new weekend to meet! And it worked great! We all got
together on July 24, 2010 and once again, we held our
Antique Toy Show and Sale, plus our annual dinner at night.
We had a very nice turnout, and overall had a fun
weekend catching up with our old friends (and meeting new ones!),
gabbing about our toy collections, and just
hanging out and enjoying the day!
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Below are the events that took place in East Aurora on July 24, 2010.
This weekend was chosen because there are events that weekend
(Main Street's Sidewalk Festival and a big high school reunion group)
in East Aurora that brought people to town. The traditional weekend
the club always had (the last weekend in August) used to coincide with
Toyfest, East Aurora's weekend-long festival celebrating toys.
But with Toyfest cancelled (last year it was held was 2007),
East Aurora is pretty dead
during the end of August, making a toy sale very difficult.
But this new weekend definitely brought in foot traffic
and life to the town, helping make our sale a success!
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July 24, 2010 Schedule of Events
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| 9:00 am to 3:00 pm |
Fisher-Price Collectors Club's
Antique/Collectible Toy Show and Sale |
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 43 Pine Street, East Aurora |
| 9:00 am to 4:30 pm |
East Aurora's Chamber of Commerce
Sidewalk Sale & Street Festival |
Main Street, East Aurora NY |
| 3:30 to 4:30ish |
Fisher-Price Collector Club Board Meeting
(for those on the board, we will tell you where!)
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East Aurora |
| 6:30 to 8:30ish |
Fisher-Price Collector Club Annual Dinner
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Village Kitchen Cafe, 40 Riley Street, East Aurora NY |
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Awesome!! We had a great time!
Many club members came to the events, including some
we haven't seen in years. It was great to see many old friends.
We even had our club founder join us
this year, and had others members fly in from states like
Arizona and Louisiana. And a couple of club members who worked at
the Fisher-Price factory joined us as well.
We had
about 70 club members, including their families
and friends, attend this
weekend. We had some new members come for the first time, as
well as some of us who have been coming for almost 20 years.
Old and new alike, we all enjoy gabbing about our toys and
collections!
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The sale was held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, the same place
where the Toyfest sale was held in 2007. We had about 12 vendors,
selling all things Fisher-Price, plus some other line of toys as
well! Parts and pieces, unopened boxes, pull toys from years past,
they were there! As always, a majority of the toys being sold
were the classic Fisher-Price Little People sets. And as always, I
spent too much money and had to run out to an ATM to get more.
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Like the last few years, the club held
our annual dinner at the Village Kitchen
Cafe (located right behind Main Street at 40 Riley Street). We
had about 35 people this year, with some new faces joining us.
Dinner was served buffet-style, with beef, salmon, fruit, and a
vegetable dish and something else
(ok, I am blanking on the rest of the food). Dessert included, too!
Our waitress worked incredibly hard to make it a great evening for us.
Dinner was served at 6:30. After eating, we gave the
Caring and Sharing Award to honor a long-time member, who was too ill
to come. We also raffled off new Fisher-Price ornaments, which was
won by a member who couldn't make it this year, but still sent in
her tickets (yes, you don't have to be present to win!!).
To our delight, we had a guest speaker this year. Diane (Jacquie's
daughter) presented a speech about the use of cloth in Fisher-Price's
many lines of toys. Rumor has it that Jacquie forced Diane to be
our speaker, but Diane assures us she enjoyed giving it and did it
through her own free will. Yes, whatever you say, Diane ...! :)
After our awesome speaker finished up, it was time for the
evening to come to a close. We said our bye's for now, and hopefully
we'll see everyone again next summer. The club is very much hoping
this new weekend in July will be our new "home" for our
annual convention!
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This year's sale was held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
on Pine Street in East Aurora, NY. It was HOT HOT HOT and
HUMID that day! Whew! Bring your water bottles.
Follow the "Toy Sale"
sign and come on in!
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Many club members, plus a few other toy vendors,
rent tables to sell their Fisher-Price toys. With the
Sidewalk Street Sale/Fair going on outside on Main Street,
getting foot traffic wasn't too much of a problem.
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| Toys for Sale: I see some Great
Adventures toys, a Little People Goldilocks Playhouse,
2 Play Family Parking Garages, a Teddy Tooter, A Brown Tudor
House #952 in the box, a Junior Circus. There are
plenty more in there, too!
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An oldie here - a Safety School Bus from the late 1950's;
plus a Little People Camper, a Snorky Fire Truck, plus some
collectible lunch boxes. You never know what you will find here.
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Here are some Club members chatting away about their collections. And
you got to see every table and see what everyone else brought!
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More toys for sale - Fisher-Price parts, pieces, figures,
and sets!
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During the sale, club members take breaks to go see
the Street and Sidewalk Sale taking place on Main Street.
Main Street was closed off for a few blocks in each direction
for the festivities.
Lots of vendors selling food, funnel cakes, pizza, hotdogs.
Many other booths selling all sorts of wares. Plus activities
for the kids, like sidewalk chalk. Tons of people everywhere
here. Fortunately the weather stayed dry, as thunderstorms held off
until late afternoon.
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More shopping! Check every table, and look in all the bins!
You may find that missing Fisher-Price piece you been
looking for.
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Besides the classic Little People sets, there are plenty of
other Fisher-Price toys for sale. This vendor is selling
many wooden pull toys from the pre-1970's era. Plus some
musical wind-up toys as well.
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Around 2:30 - 3:00ish, the sale winds down for the day.
People finish their shopping, and the sellers are overall
very pleased with today's turnout.
Now we pack up the toys, and put away the tables, and
plan to re-meet at 6:30 for our annual dinner!
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Back at the hotel to freshen up for dinner, current club
president Sue shows off her new mint-in-the-box Adventure
People Sky Surfer set that she just bought.
This set is extremely rare, since it
was only in production for a short time, since it was
deemed unsafe, and it really didn't fly anyways. The toy
is almost bigger than she is!
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The club re-meets at 6:30 at the Village Kitchen Cafe,
located one block off Main Street in East Aurora.
The schedule for the evening is gabbing, dinner, gabbing,
speaker, more gabbing, then saying our bye's until next year.
Food is served buffet style - help yourselves! About 35
club members and their friends and family attended the dinner.
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After the buffet dinner, dessert is served! YUM -
cake and ice cream! Ice cream is very appreciated since
it was so hot and humid during the day!
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| Diane is our guest speaker for this year,
talking about the use of cloth in Fisher-Price toys. She
promised to keep it short and sweet! Very interesting to
see how Fisher-Price used cloth through the years.
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| For the presentation on Fisher-Price toys
and their use of cloth, Diane brought some classic toys that
used cloth. Maybe you recognize one? Had one as a child?
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| This Mandy doll was used in the
presentation. I think a couple of club members
offered Diane money on the spot for this mint-in-the-box
Mandy doll!
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| So after the presentation, we all
gather up our stuff, say our goodbyes, wishing everyone a
wonderful year, and head on out of
the restaurant and call it a day.
Another Fisher-Price Collectors Club get-together
comes to a close. We were all very pleased with the day,
and hope to do it all again next summer!
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So until next year, collectors!
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Last Updated: May 27, 2011
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