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| Attention Collectors and all Fisher-Price fans!
The Fisher-Price Collectors Club's next sale is
scheduled for Saturday July 27, 2019 in East Aurora NY at the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge
on Main Street. Hours will be 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Watch this page for more updates as the date gets closer!
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Information on Past Sales
The Fisher-Price Collectors Club usually holds an annual toy show and sale each year in
the East Aurora NY area. Club members along with other toy vendors
sell classic Fisher-Price and other related vintage toys from their collections. Some of our regular
sellers are retiring from the sale, so we hope to find new vendor to fill their spots to keep the sale going.
The sale is a proud part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk Sale, which is
held every year during the last full weekend in July. The sale has been held on the Saturday of that weekend, most
recently at the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge on Main Street in East Aurora NY.
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| Photos From Recent Sales (2016 and 2015)
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| Below are photos taken at the Fisher-Price Collectors Club's
2016 annual sale at the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge, plus a couple from the 2015 sale.
Our apologies for the quality of
the photos - the room does not have a lot of natural light and it was the best we could do
with an iPhone camera! This is just a sampling of what was for sale, there
were plenty more toys than what is shown in these few photos!
But hopefully it gives a representative idea of what kind of toys
could be for sale in future sales. (Inventory changes year to year, so what is seen here is not
exactly what will be for sale in the future).
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| General Toy Sale Info and History
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Most years, the Fisher-Price Collectors Club holds an Antique and Collectible Toy Show and Sale.
In recent years, the sale has taken place in the town of East Aurora NY, the home of the
Fisher-Price factory! The sale has been part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's
Street and Sidewalk Festival, a yearly event held during the last weekend of July. The sale typically has
about 8-12 vendors.
At the sale, you can find
vendors selling all types of Fisher-Price toys: classic Little People sets and parts; wooden pull toys;
miscellaneous Fisher-Price toys like dolls and Toyfest Replicas; some newer Little People sets;
other older toys by various toy makers; plus many more. You just never know what you may find!
Up until 2015, the sale was held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in
East Aurora, NY on Pine Street (right off of Main Street, behind Vidlers Store). As of 2016, The club no longer
has any affiliation with the Immanuel Church, and a new location is now being used: The Blazing Star
Masonic Lodge in East Aurora NY, located right on Main Street. The 2016 and 2017 Toy Sale went very well using
this new location, and if all goes well, the club hopes to continue using the Masonic Lodge in the future.
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| Sale History |
For many years, the members of the
Fisher-Price
Collectors Club have held sales
to sell their antique and collectible toys.
Most years (up to 2008), the members sold their toys at a sale during East Aurora's
annual event Toyfest. Toyfest was held during the last weekend in August, where East Aurora
celebrated their toy heritage. Members of our club, plus many other vendors, would
set up at the Middle School and sell collectible toys.
It really was quite a sight -
tables and tables of people selling classic Fisher-Price toys!
Need a certain piece or Little Person? Want a set in the
original box? Need a toy you had from childhood and want for your
kids? Chances are you would find it at the Toyfest sale!
Sadly, primarily due to financial reasons, Toyfest was discontinued in 2008.
Losing Toyfest meant the club members now had nowhere to sell their toys. We had no sale in 2009.
But for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 we found a new venue for our Toy Show and Sale -
we are now part of the
East Aurora's Chamber of Commerce Street and Sidewalk
Sale, held each year during the last weekend in July. This sale coincides with
Reunion Weekend, an event that brings many people to East Aurora. The Fisher-Price
Collectors Club is very happy that this event became our sale's new "home".
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| Information on Past Sales
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2018 Sale
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Like the previous year, the Fisher-Price Collectors Club held our 2018 sale at the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge
located on Main Street in East Aurora NY. The sale was on
Saturday July 28, and was once again part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street
and Sidewalk Sale. While not as busy as 2017, the vendors were pleased with the turnout.
Toys were flying off the shelves! Even better, some long-time members of the club were able
to attend, which is always a joy to see them. There is some concerns that with some sellers
retiring, it may be harder to make sure we have enough vendors to continue. But there has
been interest from newer collectors, so hopefully all will fall into place for 2019!
Once again, so many thanks to the wonderful Blazing Star Masonic Lodge for making us feel
at home and so welcomed.
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2017 Sale
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The Fisher-Price Collectors Club had our 2017 sale on Saturday July 29 at the Blazing Star
Masonic Lodge, located on Main Street in East Aurora NY. This is the second year at this location,
which puts us right in the action of the East Aurora Street and Sidewalk Sale (which we are a proud part).
The sale was a great success! It was PACKED for the first 2 hours!!! The sellers reported selling the most in years!
Toys were flying off the shelves!
the club was super pleased with the turnout! The weather was absolutely perfect which certainly helped - sunny with low
humidity and temps in the 70's! We had some concerns that some of our vendors are retiring and we may not
have enough vendors to continue, but we already had interest from new sellers to fill their spots, so
the sale will go on! We already booked the Lodge for the next sale for Saturday July 28th, 2018. (There
could always be changes, so keep an eye on this website for more details as they come).
The club can't thank the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge enough for being so wonderful and making us feel like at home.
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2016 Sale
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The Fisher-Price Collectors Club held our 2016 sale on Saturday July 30, 2016 at the Blazing Star
Masonic Lodge, located on Main Street in East Aurora NY. This is a brand new location for the sale, and
the club was extremely pleased with how well everything went! Like in prior years, the sale is part of the East Aurora
Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk Festival. By having the sale at the Masonic Lodge, it put
us right in the heart of the action on Main Street! Due to some rain, the festival was a tad slow for
an hour or two, but overall the toy sale did well in the new location. There were 8 vendors this year, selling
everything Fisher-Price: Classic Little People sets, figures and pieces; newer (1990 and later)
Little People sets; Fisher-Price employee and factory
memorabilia and exclusives; wooden pull toys galore; lots of boxed and never-opened sets, and more!
The new location worked wonderfully for the club, and we thank the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge
for being so welcoming and wonderful to work with!
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2015 Sale
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The Fisher-Price Collectors Club held our 2015 sale on Saturday July 25, 2015 at the Immanuel Lutheran
Church in East Aurora NY. Overall the sale went well though slower than last year, with plenty of foot traffic
at the beginning. The sale had 9 vendors this year. Our most interesting shoppers were 3 people from South Africa!
Yes, they were touring the area, and have no Fisher-Price where they live, and wanted to bring some toys back with
them! So they came to our sale to get their fill, and we were happy to oblige! There were plenty of pull toys, Little
People figures and pieces, puzzles, wind-ups, boxed toys - all sorts of Fisher-Price toys available for sale!
For a variety of reasons, this is the last year at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. The 2016 sale will have a new
location - the Blazing Stars Masonic Lodge on Main Street in East Aurora NY.
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2014 Sale
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The Fisher-Price Collectors Club held our 2014 sale on Saturday July 26, 2014 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
in East Aurora NY. The sale is part of the
East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk Festival, which was taking place all day on Main Street.
As with all of the club's sales, The sale was very much open to the public. Everyone was welcomed to stop by and purchase
classic toys, or just take a trip down memory lane! The sale had a nice rush of people at opening, and a steady flow of
people for the rest of the day. Overall the club was very pleased with the turnout. It was also the most beautiful day -
low humidity and just perfect temperatures for late July! Everyone appreciated that Mother Nature was so kind this year!
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2013 Sale
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The 2013 sale was a blast! Once again, the sale was held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, as part of the
East Aurora Street and Sidewalk Festival. 9 vendors selling their wares, and plenty of foot traffic coming through!
With the club more active now due to social media, we got to meet many new members and their families who came to buy
toys at the sale! It seems everyone spent too much and there were lots of people carrying heavy bags (yes how
terrible!). As always, the club members
chatted and gabbed away the afternoon, which we are really good at!
Overall everyone was pleased with the turnout and we hope to have a sale again
next year.
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2012 Sale
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The club held their 2012 Toy Show and Sale on July 28, 2012 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
on Pine Street in East Aurora NY. We had more vendors than the prior years, which was great!
It was a fun day - lots of toys being sold, plus some new vendors to check out. Many club
members were selling or buying that day, and of course everyone was socializing left and right!
The sale was from 9:00 am until 2:30, and was once again held as
part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk
Sale, which was held right outside on Main Street.
To see photos of the sale, go to the Convention 2012 Page and scroll on down!
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2011 Sale
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The 2011 Toy Show and Sale was held on July 30, 2011 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
on Pine Street, in East Aurora NY. We had a great time!
The sale was from 9:00 am until around 2:30ish pm.
The sale was held as part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk
Sale, which was held right outside on Main Street. The sale went very well - lots of
foot traffic, with many classic toys being bought! Our vendors were pleased with the turnout.
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2010 Sale
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The 2010 Toy Show and Sale was a lot of fun and we were very pleased with
how it went! Click here to see photos
from the club's 2010 convention, which include many from the sale.
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No 2009 Sale
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Due to a variety of factors, the
Fisher-Price Collectors Club had no Toy Show and Sale this year.
The reasons were many - bad economy, construction in East Aurora, Donna's old aching bones,
no Toyfest, Toytown Museum closing, some regulars being unavailable this year, etc.
Like the Fisher-Price Little People bullies shown here, we were not
happy about this, but the decision was made
after a lot of careful thought and discussion.
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| Our 2008 Sale (At the Fisher-Price Factory Campus)
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In 2007 and the years prior to that, The Annual Toy Show and Sale
has taken place as part of the Toyfest Festival that was held
every August in East Aurora, NY. The sale usually was at the
Middle School on Main Street, in a large all-purpose room. Just
tables and tables of vendors selling their old toys! Boxes and bins
of Little People parts and pieces! Sets with original boxes and ones
mint-in-the-box too! Wooden pull toys, music boxes! Even other
lines of vintage car and truck toys. It was
the best place for club members and the public to buy the toys
they always dreamed about.
But sadly,
in 2008 East Aurora's Toyfest festival was cancelled,
and it isn't coming back.
With Toyfest cancelled, it left our annual sale with no venue and
stuck in limbo! But fortunately, everything pulled together
and the sale moved for one year to a new and very fitting location - the
Toy Town Museum!
(Sadly the museum closed in May 2009).
What a unique opportunity for the public who visit
the museum, as they could actually buy toys that they usually
only see behind the glass displays! So thanks to the museum,
the sale was a success. The club also held auctions of toy donations,
which raised money for local charities. The sale was held over
the last weekend in August.
Below are some photos
from the August 2008 sale:
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The 2008 sale was here at the
Toy Town Museum in East Aurora
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Classic toys for sale everywhere you look!
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Bins and baskets of parts and pieces!
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Wish you could wind one up and hear it play?
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How many wooden pull toys do you see?
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Lots of classic tin trucks and cars, too!
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Photos from Pre-2008 Swaps and Sales
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The Fisher-Price Collectors Club has been together since 1993. Back "in the day"
during the convention, the Fisher-Price Collectors Club
would hold swap meets as well as the Toyfest sale. At the swap meets, club members could buy and sell and
trade to their heart's content! Here
are some older photos from a swap meet in the mid 2000's. The scale of the sale is smaller nowadays.
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Got to look through all the toys .....
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Oh! I spy a castle with an original box! A McDonalds Set! And an
Amusement Park!
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Setting up for the sale - don't you wish you could
reach out and grab something!
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Would love to search every bin in there ....
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News and Updates /
Gabby Goose Newsletter /
Annual Toy Sale /
Convention 2019 /
Adventure People Figures ID Guide /
Adventure People Overview /
The Adventure People Illustrated Carded Figures
Wooden Pull Trains /
East Aurora Information /
Overview of Lines of Fisher-Price Toys /
History and Goals of the club /
Membership Information (Joining the club) /
Some member's Collection Photos /
Overview of Little People Toys /
Fisher-Price toy guide books /
More Links /
Member Memorials /
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