Showing posts with label vespa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vespa. Show all posts

Saturday, April 26, 2014


Barbie Vespa scooter:  $2
Polly pocket convertible:  $.25

I picked up both of these at another kids swap meet today.  This one was kind of disappointing compared to the other one...it was so small!  I was literally done in ten minutes.

There was only one arena, whereas the other one had two.  Plus, this one arena was about 1/4 of the size as the ones there!  I spent over an hour at the other one.

I'm just glad I didn't leave empty handed.  I was pretty happy to find both of the above, especially the super cheap Polly Pocket car!  That's practically giving it away.  

If it were me, I probably wouldn't bother to price anything under $1....but of course, I'm happy I managed to get it so cheap.

The scooter was the first thing I picked up, pretty much seconds after I walked in!  I thought that made for a promising start, but I was wrong.  

At least the scooter came with a few surprises.  Turns out the helmet and one of the mirrors was in the trunk!

Thursday, April 10, 2014


Full set of Adventure Time Mcdonalds toys/baby alive bottle:  $1.99
Blue Barbie Vespa:  $.99

Both @ Salvation Army

I should come here more often, I found so much great stuff today!  

I've been interested in getting the adventure time set ever since I found out about it...which annoyingly, was only 10 days after they stopped offering them!  I would have been fine with paying $2 each, which is the price you can get them for new.

But I really can't complain with $2 for all of them.  Some of them have scuffs, plus the Ice King is missing his projectile, but I don't mind.

Besides the Ice King, most of them seem a bit better quality than normal.  The bendies are great quality!  I wouldn't have batted an eye if those were carded and sold normally for much more.

The bendy Jake is my favourite...I wouldn't mind picking up a few more!

The Vespa needed a ton of work, but thankfully it looks great now.  I got rid of all of the nail polish, plus, all of the stickers came off too.

This must have been thirdhand, at least!  There was a round sticker, which means it was probably at a garage sale first.  Then I saw a Talize sticker, then the one from the store today.  All of the residue came off and it looks great.

Saturday, March 15, 2014


Barbie Vespa:  $3.99
Barbie scooter:  $1.99
Polly Pockets "designables" convertible:  $1.99 (RSP:  ~$18)

All @ Value Village

I was so happy about this!  I was about to buy that exact same scooter just a few days ago (because it was half off), but there was a glitch and the discount wasn't coming off.  I'm so glad now, these were far cheaper!

The regular price was $30 (geez, just checked and it's $32 now!).  That includes a doll, but the dolls are cheap and have ugly outfits so their value is negligible.  Even at $15, I could have gotten around 5 used ones for that price!


I'm still hoping I find more, so we'll see how long it takes.  There are a bunch of ones in other colours I don't have!

Thank goodness I decided to take a few more looks.  I found the one pictured above on the third round!  I don't know how I missed it, it was under some other stuff or just tucked way behind.  I wonder if I've ever missed any other treasures that way?  I had no idea it was there!

Today I realized how awesome polly pocket vehicles were.  Most of them had opening parts and cute designs!  There was this helicopter van I really wanted, but sadly, they're too small for my big headed dolls.


I only got this one because I thought they would fit, but the windshield touches their faces.   Good enough!  At least I can sort of use it.  The design was so cute and cheery, I couldn't resist.

Lalaloopsy - Sir Battlescarred doll:  $3.99
Barbie - Lilac Vespa scooter:  $1.99

Both @ Value Village

Yep....that's the exact same doll I bought for TWICE the price a few days ago!  Really wish I didn't do that now.  I actually saw 4 of this doll today, but this was the only clothed one.  I couldn't resist!

I'm also happy about the scooter.  I want a ton of them to display my dolls on!

Funny thing about this location...I thought they didn't carry toys!  I always only saw a small display at the front so I assumed that was it.

Well...I happened to make my way to the very back, and I noticed there was a basement!  It only said there was furniture there, so never went down before.  Big mistake!

This was like toy heaven!!!  This had more toys than any of the ones I've been to, probably because other people don't know they're there either.

I'm so excited to go back!  Now I'll always make it a point to go to this location, whereas before, I was never very keen on going.

Monday, February 24, 2014


Bag of dolls:  $1.99
Barbie Vespa scooter:  $1.99

Both @ Value Village

It was snowing hard by the time I was done, so I wasn't sure if I should go to another one.  I ended up doing that because it was so nearby...it seemed like it would have been a waste not to.

Well, I'm glad I did!  3 LPS Blythes in one day makes me very happy.  Too bad one of them is a double, but at least these two came with their shoes!  Boots are easy enough to stay on, but these aren't, so I'm glad to finally have some other type of footwear.  This is what came in the bag:


I don't like the first two dolls, but I'll keep their stuff for later use.  The second doll looks like an ugly version of strawberry shortcake, but her clothes are nice quality.

Turns out the line is called "Rosie's World" and this girl is named Lily.  It would be complete if she had her helmet:


Retail price was $15, which is decent.  This is a UK brand though, I've never seen them for sale here!

I like having vehicles for my dolls, and $2 is the price I'd want to pay for something like this.  It looked new after I cleaned it up so I'm satisfied.  They're still selling the same one in different colours for $30 at toys r us!  Of course that comes with a doll too, but I wouldn't have wanted it anyway.

Right now they're on sale for $15, which is decent.  Still, I'd much rather pay the price I did!  I just hope I find some realistic cars soon.  I did see some more bikes today, but the colours were just too garish and unrealistic.

When I was coming out of the parking lot, the ice slid the car further into traffic than I wanted!  That was scary, but I'm thankful nothing happened.  I wasn't in the way, but I was sticking out in a way that was verging on it.  Thank goodness for that!