80's Toybox: IL Torrion - my new best friend

Remember Your Toybox?

When you were a child, your whole Universe was contained within the toys you played with and collected. Obviously I can't talk for the ladies of the 80s, but us lads now in our late twenties and early thirties and beyond still have an enormous hankering for toys from the 80s.

I don't know how many times I've been in a grown up situation, talking about the new exhibit at the Nelson and next thing you know someone is saying "Ah man, I used to have Castle Grayskull and every He-man figure, and then when I went to college, my Mom sold them all at a garage sale for nothing, imagine how much that shit would be worth today." Then someone else would chime in with their 80s toy story.

This blog is going to chronicle toys I find and toys I already have. I'll try to keep to the 80s, but I know I'll wander into other time periods. And if you come across any great finds and want to share them, please be my guest.

Monday, March 7, 2011

IL Torrion - my new best friend

Not sure if this is the correct spelling, but IL Torrion (31st and Gillham) in KC is a-buzz with collectors and sellers every Sunday from 11am on. This was my first week to go there and I was stunned. Could have spent hours (and $$$$) just walking around there going from booth to booth. But it was cold as hell and the wife wanted to move on. So with just a few mins to work with here's a sample of what I snagged.

I already had She-Ra and Teila, but Evil Lynn was quite the find. Had to clean all these up as they all had about 25 years of grime and filth on them.