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                        Success with the Swap meet

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Success with the Swap meet
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 4, 2004 4:58 PM
                        Last Sunday there was a toy swap meet at the Dupage County Fairgrounds (found out through FSM's "upcoming events") and I managed to find some good deals.

                        I found a box full of Tamiya figures for $5 each, including a 20mm Flak gun. I also found a FAMO halftrack with a 20mm Flak gun, a Panther late, and an M3A2 halftrack all for $20 each. These were all Tamiya kits. All the kits have all their pieces, and were still shrink-wrapped.

                        My friend, a flyboy, found a 1/72 B-52 from monogram for $25.

                        Have any of you guys had success at swap meets? if so what were your best deals?

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                        JCon
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Northeast Washington State
                        Posted by JCon on Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:47 PM
                        I have never seen one in our area but it sounds like you got some fantastic buys!
                        Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Thursday, March 4, 2004 7:03 PM
                        Around my way , nothing ever happens. Wow, a Panther late for $20 and no shipping, what a kill.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        JCon
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Northeast Washington State
                        Posted by JCon on Thursday, March 4, 2004 10:10 PM
                        Hey Eric, do you know a young teacher there in Vancouver named Jeff Reed? He is my nephew...Moved to that area a year ago from Springfield, Oregon.
                        Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!
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                        nmayhew
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Kent, England
                        Posted by nmayhew on Friday, March 5, 2004 1:32 AM
                        please excuse me while i reincarnate myself as the World's Most Jealous Man!!Angry [:(!]Angry [:(!]Angry [:(!]
                        Tongue [:P]
                        Kind regards, Nicholas
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 6:30 AM
                        There isn't too much, around here, in the terms of swap meets. There is, however, a huge flea market about a 2 hr drive south of me.

                        They are supposed to be many kits regularly available there. I will have to make the drive down there to check it out.
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Friday, March 5, 2004 7:24 AM
                        wow, that's great ddayomaha. I"m dying of jealousy. You really got some steals there. Around here, I've never heard of a swap meet, so I've never been able to get anything like that, althought I"ve allways been hoping. You'd think in a city as big as Toronto there'd be something. Ah well. There is a modeling meet next weekend and I'm hoping I'll find something good there :)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 1:25 PM
                        I don't get to many swap meets, but I did find a Tamiya KV1 and an old Adams M52 155mm Howitzer Motor Carriage for $2 each in a local antique store. I also went to a garage sale where a woman was selling off her late husband's collection of 1/72 kits.. Lots of brail scale armor. Didn't buy any though... did get his M1 helmet with some nice original hand painted Korean War markings on it for the 3rd Infantry, 64th Armor and his 1st Lt. rank soldered to the front. Even some white paint scuffs on top from inside of his Sherman. Who can argue with that!?

                        Ron
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 2:45 PM
                        Thats cool Ron, a real Korean War helmet, used too!
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Friday, March 5, 2004 4:23 PM
                        I am glad you got some good deals Will. I have never seen a swap meet like that were I live.
                        mark956
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