Sailor chibimoon 6" adventure doll:  $2.99
Cutie moon rod/moon rod:  $2.99 for both

All @ Value Village

I've been getting all nostalgic for sailor moon toys lately, so I wanted to revisit my past finds.  All of the above were found on August 14, 2008, it was such a great day!

I think it was my first great thrift find.  The wands were in a bag together, the mini moon was in another.  I had wanted her for so long..I think she's the cutest north american mini doll.

I was with my family and hadn't even planned on thrifting.   I think my mom took a wrong turn and we ended up in that area, and I asked if we could make a stop.  Thank goodness she did!

The moon stick is north american, but the cutie moon rod is actually the asian version!  I do have an in box north american version from my childhood.  I remember that it only retailed for $14.99!!  What a difference.

I also had the pink sugar rod which was only $9.99!  I remember getting two 12 inch adventure dolls for $14.99, but I sold the tuxedo mask a few years ago.  I kept the wicked lady.  I never remembered seeing the 6" dolls, but maybe I just forgot because I didn't find them interesting.

The rest are from a year or two before that:

Bandai Europe/Asia Sailor Venus and Uranus:  $2.99 each, I believe from Value Village.  I sold the Uranus a while ago...now I wish I kept her!  Venus was shoeless, but I had the perfect shoes from another thrift find.

14" Korean Sailor moon:  $3.99 @ Toy Traders.  I sold this one too...and also kind of wish I hadn't!

Sailor moon world doll, Sailor moon and mercury pocket dolls:  $1.99 each. 

The first one was found at the Salvation army, the others were at Value Village (separate times!).  Dream pocket moon was nude, but the clothing is from an ugly face adventure doll that I redonated after taking the outfit.

The same chibimoon from the first post...but I found the Sailor moon and mercury adventure dolls for $1.99 together.  I thought I could make boots for my prettier mercury, but now I wish I didn't cut her legs off!

I haven't seen any dolls recently, besides the ugly face ones.  I actually see those every once in a while, nude too, so there's no appeal there!   I would only ever buy them if they had stuff to steal.  They're too ugly to keep as is!

Around this time I also found an in box 12" pretty face Venus, but I think she was missing her gloves..  She was only $2.99 at value village!  The box was really sun faded and ugly looking so I discarded it.

I also have a pretty face jupiter and mercury, I'm pretty sure I got them both at Value Village.  I think they were nude for $1.99 each.  Either that, or they were overpriced at $3.99 each.

I'm really hoping to find more pretty face dolls, especially a Mars so I can finish my light up doll set.  I'd like to start thrifting more regularly, so I hope there's more sailor moon in my future!

Bag of sailor moon toys:  $3.99 @ Value Village

Jackpot!!!!  I couldn't believe it when I found this.  It's got to be one of my best finds ever!  The total value is upwards of $500, depending on the market...pretty sure I could get at least $300 any time.

Not that I'll sell it.  I just like feeling like I won the lottery!

I actually saw that heart case first.  I felt dumbfounded when I saw it!  I really never expected to find it locally, though it is something I've always wanted.

I've always thought that was mirror sized..I never expected it to be so huge!

When I picked up the bag, that's when I noticed all of the other goodies.  The lockets!  I also recognized that the crown was a sailor moon item too.  I felt like I was in a dream!!

I have one of the lockets already, but my other one is sun faded.  They're actually different versions too!  Every thing in this bag was the Japanese version of things.  The other one I had was the Asian version.

There was also a Mahou Tsukai Sally case in there, pretty similar to the Sailor moon one.  Thank you to whomever got rid of these things!!

Sailor Moon - Kaleido moon scope wand:  $1.99

"The Unique Collection" rose/pearl resin frame:  $2.99

Both @ Value Village.

Total score on the wand!  Prices have gone up over the years, even for the american ones.  This one was only released in Japan, there was never a version here.

*edit*

Turns out there was a version released here, but it seems to be pretty rare.  It wasn't even marketed under the proper name!

I guessed that it went for around $50...turns out they've gone anywhere from $108 - $165!  This one's missing the battery cover, but some of those ones were in worse cosmetic shape.  A moot point anyway, there's no way I'm selling this! 

Actually, I just saw one with the battery cover missing an that one went for $120.  Score!

I was worried it wouldn't work, but it sounds just like new.  Actually, the sound is so loud it hurts my ears!  I wonder whose bright idea that was.

I wasn't sure about the frame because one of the roses was chipped, but I thought it was just so pretty and unique.  I've never seen a frame like that before!  It has 3D pearls and flowers, and the pearls do look very realistic.

It was a bit more than I wanted to pay, but I just couldn't pass it up. 

My brother was going to an anime convention (Anime Revolution), and he mentioned that these voice actors were going to be there.  I got him to bring these just in case, but I really didn't think he could meet them...they were only there for half hour slots afterall.

To my surprise, he met them both!  I like both of these shows a lot, so it was really nice to get some of my favourite items signed.

I think I bought the doll for $25 or less...I can't remember the exact price.  I was actually trying to sell it before, but there's no way now!  The guy even put my name on it, which I really appreciated.  It was the voice actor of Tuxedo Mask, Toru Furuya.

I think I bought the inuyasha plush for around $15..it was definitely less than $20.  That one was signed by Kappei Yamaguchi, who also does the voice of Usopp!  I had a backup in case they were willing to sign two, but that didn't pan out.