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Fisher-Price
Collectors Club's
"Usually-Annual"
Collectible Toy Show and Sale
NEXT SALE: JULY 24, 2010!
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Looking to Buy Some Toys?
Most years, the
Fisher
-
Price
Collectors Club has
a Collectible Toy Show and Sale, held at our annual get-together,
during the last weekend in August. In the past, the sale was held as
part of East Aurora's Toyfest weekend. It 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 sale!
Sadly, Toyfest was discontinued in 2008,
which left the future of the sale in jeopardy! We held the sale by
ourselves in 2008 (with great thanks to the Toytown Museum),
but could not organize one in 2009. But for 2010,
we are once again having a sale - scroll down for more details!
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GREAT NEWS!! WE'RE HAVING A 2010 SALE!
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2010 Sale - SATURDAY JULY 24th, 2010!
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The 2010 sale is set! Come and join us and buy some
classic toys!
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When:
Saturday July 24th, 2010 from (roughly) 9:00 am to 3:00ish pm.
We may be packing up before 3:00, since some sellers are heading
to a dinner later and may need to get going. So get here on
the earlier side!
Where:
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 43 Pine Street, East Aurora NY
(Behind Vidler's 5&10 Store on Main Street). This is the same
church where the Toyfest Toy sale was held in 2007.
What's Going On:
We have vendors (probably 8-9) who will set up tables
of their toys to sell. Most vendors will be selling classic
Fisher-Price toys, though there certainly will be other types of
toys, too (never know what you will find!). Classic Little People
sets; Little People parts and pieces; rare Fisher-Price toy
variations; wooden pull toys; musical
toys; and whatever else the vendors bring! Scroll down the page
to see photos of prior sales, to get an idea of what's for sale.
Other Events:
The Fisher-Price Collectors Club is a member of the East Aurora
Chamber of Commerce. Our Toy Sale is taking place as part of the
East Aurora Street and Sidewalk Sale, which is occurring on Main
Street right near our Toy Sale. So make a day of it - visit
the Toy sale, and visit the other vendors and stores out on Main Street!
Check the
East Aurora Chamber of Commerce Website for more info about
the Street and Sidewalk Sale.
Note: Keep an eye on this page for updates, just in case
anything changes! The club is pretty sure the sale is happening
as planned, but check back here to make sure since sometimes
things happen ...!
I hope to get a map up soon. See you at the sale!
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Information on Past Sales
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No 2009 Sale
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We are sad to report
that due to many different reasons
(bad economy, construction in East Aurora, Donna's old aching bones,
no Toyfest,
Toytown Museum closing,
some regulars being unavailable this year, etc etc) there
will NOT be an antique show and sale in 2009. It will be
missed by many of us! Having no sale makes some of us frown like
the Little People bullies shown here, but the decision was
made after a lot of careful thought and discussion.
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General Sale Info & Our 2008 Sale
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In prior years, The Annual Antique 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 chances are it will not be returning.
With Toyfest cancelled, it left our annual sale with no venue and
stuck in limbo! But fortunately, everything pulled together
and the sale moved 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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So if you are in the area,
come on by for the next antique toy show and sale!
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Photos from Prior Swaps and Sales
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Some years
during the convention, the Fisher-Price Collectors Club
would hold swap meets as well as the Toyfest sale. Here
are some photos, showing what toys just might be found!
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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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If we are having one, the sale is the place to be!
Thanks for visiting this site!
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Last Updated: June 30, 2010
www.fpclub.org
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