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| Updated: July 24, 2024 |
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The Fisher-Price
Collectors Club holds our annual sale (called "Toys From the Attic") during the last
full weekend of July. The location is the wonderful scenic village of East Aurora NY, about 20 miles southeast
of Buffalo. So why do we hold our sale and convention there? Why it's the home of Fisher-Price, of course!
Most Fisher-Price toys produced
from the 1930's to 1980's were made in East Aurora, and the corporate headquarters is still there to this day.
Our toy sale is a proud part of the larger East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and Sidewalk Sale,
an event that brings thousands of people to town.
Since resuming after covid, our sale has grown and we now completely fill our room with vendors selling classic Fisher-Price toys!
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To see this event on the Fisher-Price Collectors Club's Facebook Page,
Click here!
To read general information about East Aurora NY (hotels, things to do)
Click here!
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WHEN: Saturday July 27, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, rain or shine, we are indoors!
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WHERE: The Blazing Star Masonic Lodge located at 645 Main Street in East Aurora, New York. East Aurora is about
20 miles south-east of Buffalo. It is the same location the club has used since 2016. The sale will be inside in a
multi-purpose room on the lowest level. People can enter the building through the front door, or the back door near the tiny parking lot.
There are no stairs if using the back door. Strollers and wheelchairs can easily get around the room.
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PARKING: Parking can be annoying but it can be done! Main Street will be closed from Elm/Riley Street to
Olean Street for the street festival, so there is no parking or driving up to the front of the Masonic Lodge, but the back is open.
The nearest place to park is the area behind the building
on Millard Fillmore Place, but this fills up early. But there are some lots nearby, plus parking on nearby side streets.
If you don't mind the walk, there is a large parking lot on Riley Street (behind Vidlers) and one on Whaley Street.
You may have to hunt around a bit, but parking is definitely do-able, don't give up!
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PAYMENT: The sale consists of individual vendors selling toys, so it is up to each seller whether they take credit cards or checks or
online payments (ZELLE, Venmo, Paypal). But one thing is for sure - cash is king!
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WHAT'S FOR SALE: As of this writing, we have about 20 vendors set to sell Fisher-Price toys, so the room should
be quite full! ! We have many returning vendors so you will see plenty of familiar faces.
For those who know her, our sale's chairperson is coming with
tons to sell, single-handedly bringing bins and bins of
Little People sets, parts and people! In a typical sale, you can find vendors selling all sorts of Fisher-Price toys which usually include:
Pre-1990 classic Little People sets, figures, parts and boxed sets; boxed and loose sets of various 1970's - 1980's Fisher-Price toys;
Vintage Fisher-Price wooden pull toys, usually with some going back to the 1930's; musical wind-up toys;
Adventure People and Huskys parts and sets (usually only loose, rarely see boxed sets of these); newer Fisher-Price Little People (there
are usually some for sale);
puzzles and dolls; Toyfest replicas; Fisher-Price employee and factory memorabilia; and often other related collectible playset toys
(like Playskool "Blockheads", Weebles and the like).
Inventory changes from year to year, so you never know what may pop up!
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WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON: Our sale is a proud part of the East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street and
Sidewalk Sale, which is happening on
Main Street right outside the Lodge.
There will be plenty of food vendors, crafts, music, community booths, shopping, contests for the kids, and lots more! See
the The East Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Website
for more information. The Street Festival runs longer than the club's sale, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (though many vendors pack up earlier).
So come visit our club's sale, plus the street festival too!
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| Below is a map of East Aurora New York. Please note where Main Street
is closed for the Street Festival, as traffic can be tricky to navigate! Click on the map to
view in a larger size.
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After the horrible year of 2020 (which the club's sale and convention was cancelled) and then our quickly-planned-but-wonderful sale and convention in 2021, and
then our super awesome 2022 and 2023 sale and convention,
we invite all Fisher-Price fans
to join us in East Aurora - we need to keep getting together, seeing each other, reconnecting and HAVING FUN!
If you can make it, SEE YOU IN EAST AURORA NY!
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| Photos From Prior Sales (2019, 2016 and 2015)
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| To give a general idea of what toys may be found at a typical sale, below are photos taken at prior
sales at the Blazing Star Masonic Lodge. These photos are just a small sampling of what was for sale;
there are many tables of toys for sale at a typical sale.
Inventory changes year to year, so exactly what is seen here is not
what will be for sale in the future. But you never know which awesome toys may pop up!
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