This is my haul this week from Ebay, Goodwill & Walgreens.

First up, these guys arrived in the mail today. I scored them and their weapons for a great price on Ebay. I picked up a grab bag two years ago at Goodwill that had a few of the Batman EXP figures in it, and instantly fell in love with the style of these figures. I'm slowly trying to get all of the one's they released and the Riddler & Joker will be great additions. I love that they made the Riddler slim and bony and his long hair is pretty great. I'm not a hug fan of the pink and cream on the Joker's figure, but I love that he's in a straight jacket and has bare feet, because nothing's scarier than a crazy clown with no shoes on. Along the same style spectrum, are the other two Justice League Unlimited. My husband is a huge Martian Manhunter fan so I couldn't help but scoop this up for him. John Stewart is actually my first lantern figure (that's not a McDonald's toy), which is something I hope to remedy in the future.

So, to follow up on my addiction with this adorable minion guys, I picked up two more at Walgreens. I'm very surprised I haven't picked up a duplicate yet, but they are very clever in their packaging as they put a piece of thin cardboard around the figure so you can't tell what you really get until you open it. So to add to my collection, I have EL Macho & the purple minion. I'm continually surprised by the quality of these figures. I also, finally, found the bin for these DC surprise figures (I purchased Green Arrow previously, but found it laying on the shelf). I picked up two, but one was another Green Arrow (which then went to my husband) & this catwoman. I love that it includes a stand, but I have no idea why it has the figure float so high up.

Next up, I have a few books I nabbed at Goodwill. I loved these EverWorld books as a kid (as well as Animorphs). I've been on a hunt to collect them all as I never fully finished the series. I also picked up this Elf Realm book. It sounded like an interesting story and even though I had passed up buying it at another time, I figured since it was discounted to 79 cents, it wouldn't hurt to try it.

We passed up on quite a few adorable Halloween bowls & plates due to cracks or chips, but this candle holder crock was still in excellent condition!

This cute Scooby Doo was hidden on a bottom shelf. I love the witch costume (still wish he had the broom or whatever it was he was holding. When I got him home, I tried out some batteries and I guess he's supposed to sweep when he's turned on.

I almost missed this entirely as it was still new in it's box and was stocked with the board games.

I'm most excited about this Batman bank. He looks awesomely angsty with his single arm dramatically on his utility belt...now to just find the perfect spot for him..

Overall, I would say a pretty successful day!

Star Trek Phaser

This beauty was in a grab bag at Goodwill with a few other items for only $3.99!

This week's Goodwill Haul!

Here is this week's Goodwill haul:

The board games were on clearance for 79 cents each. I'm always nervous about buying board games at Goodwill since I've bought so many that were incomplete, but I figured it was worth the risk for less than a dollar. The little cavemen and the dog were in a $1.99 bag together with a few items I'm going to donate back. The Easter Island head was $2.99.

 I was pleasantly surprised to find that both games, though their boxes were opened, appeared to never have been played! I bought the 80's Trivial Pursuit thinking that at least I might keep any of the game pieces if they were still there. They include a care bear, computer, laser disc & trapper keeper. I think I might keep the whole game since it's complete. The Simpsons game also was unused, though I was a little disappointed to find that the game pieces were plastic and not metal like Monopoly. 

I also found these awesome cavemen (almost bought another bag just to get a third). I have no idea what these are from as there are no markings, but pretty cool. 

This (Bratz?) dog was also included with the cavemen...pretty cute!

So on rare occasions, I will get home from a thrift hunt and decide to go back the same day for an item I was really debating about at the store. This is one of those occasions. This super cool Easter Island head appears to be a mug or a vase. Upon looking at the back...

I found further hints to it's origin. We are still relatively new to Wisconsin as we last lived in California and are both originally from Indiana. Using my Google Fu, I found this is from a dinner theater called The Fireside. This mug will be excellent as a pen holder!

Alice in Wonderland figures I scored awhile ago at Goodwill for $1.99. These were made by Hamilton Gifts in 1990. I love that they have the vintage look of the original pictures from the story!

Only just a fraction...

Once More With Feeling...

So...life got in the way for a few months, but here's to trying to actually get this going for a change. I originally started this as a way to reach out and talk about a new hobby of mine. I've been out of the blogging habit for a few years and I do miss having that in my life. It's been weird not spending some time getting my thoughts out on paper...er text? So I guess it's always best to start talking about what you know first so I'm going to start sharing part of my collection and go from there. Here's some of what I first started hardcore collecting:

 This is my Invader Zim collection from 2009.

 It has since grown a little bigger...

Of Heroes & Castles

I have two Goodwills that I frequent (one in the town where I work & one in the town where I live) Today wasn't my most successful Goodwill trip after work, but after looking in the toys & ceramic/dishes with no luck, I made it to the wooden/metal section. I'd previously found an Enesco curio shelf, and decided to look at the pile of wooden shelves and found this beauty under the rubble:

After a good scrub, I've decided to use it to show off my Gasaphon Zelda Figures (w/ Yoshi & Donkey Kong thrown in for good measure). 

So until about a year ago, I'd never heard of Gashapon, and I don't remember exactly where I first saw them, but I sort of got hooked and bought a bunch of the Phantom Hourglass eggs on Ebay. It would have definitely need awesome to have found those at Goodwill, but alas...

I also, just last week, decided to frequent the book section again, as I finally figured out where they'd put comic books/graphic novels....I really didn't previously think to look in the kid's book section, but I should have figured. I'm not very versed on comics, as I never really had the money as a kid and my brothers were more into sports than comic books. Last week I scored a few graphic novels and this week I scored:

I'm really digging the artwork!



I'm not sure why, but I almost forgot to stop in the Halloween section (which is usually the first one I go to, but I was a bit tight on money this trip). I'm really glad I decided to look there, because I scored this Wicked Witch figure by Dave Grossman:

I love shopping at Goodwill, but I swear they use the stickiest price tags ever and they're usually put in the worst possible spot (such as on the front of a comic book or paper back book where it's impossible to not damage the cover when you remove it). I almost completely lost this sticker on the bottom of the witch when I went to remove the sticker, and it managed to take the ink off for the edition number (oh well not a huge deal but still slightly disappointing). 

Today was most definitely a quality Goodwill day over a quantity one!