Vintage & Collectors Stores

[blueshift]

Found a vintage toy shop in Leicester on the way back from a meeting. Picked up a Rock Pot (Rock Lords vehicle), G1 Cindersaur and a carded Powermaster Ironhide

The prices were really reasonable. Not cheap but not too expensive either. Ironhide was £20. They had a load of G1, and some nice carded G2 Gobots for £15 each

[Baron B of Triple B]

Apr 13, 2018 15:59:30 GMT blueshift said:

Found a vintage toy shop in Leicester on the way back from a meeting. Picked up a Rock Pot (Rock Lords vehicle), G1 Cindersaur and a carded Powermaster Ironhide

There used to be a good one in Glasgow but long gone, now A1 toys board Game shop.

I stumbled upon one in Blackpool. I was like a wean in a sweet shop. Unfortunately it was a disorganised mess and filled the Star Wars prequel toys. They had Pepsi Prime which I already had and a couple of Japanese exports as far as TFs went.

[The Doctor]

I know that shop in Blackpool. It was a bit annoying.

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

You must show me this shop next time we go to Blackpool.

[The Doctor]

Apr 1, 2019 18:59:47 GMT Baron B of Triple B said:

Bought from a vintage toyshop in Blackpool yesterday, for The Scorpion King figure. Never seen it in the packaging before. I could've spent all day and a small fortune in the shop.

Tell me more of this vintage toy shop in Blackpool!

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

Where is this Blackpool shop? I pop upto Blackpool every now and then!

[Baron B of Triple B]

It's I Collectibles, formerly Dream Maker toys and in a new shop (unless my memory is messing with me) with a much better layout. It's on Bond Street, pretty easy to find. Get off at Waterloo Road tramp stop, go up the road that runs between the Dutton Arms and McDonalds, the next street on your right will be Bond Street, I Collectibes is about 30 yards the corner. There's also Respawn Toys which is on Waterloo Road, about 200 yards away from I Collectibles. Not as big as I Collectibles but a slightly different focus with more loose toys.

Anyone who'd been in Dream Maker knows how much of a nightmare it was to find anything, now it's more of a proper shop, well laid out, clear sections, the owners a nice guy called Chris, if you're looking for anything specific just ask and he'll know where it is. Don't have much TFs, just a small cabinet under the cash register with some Japanese stuff, but plenty wrestling, Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR, Spawn, comics plus other miscellaneous stuff. I'm back in Blackpool in June and already planning when I can ditch my family and get along to the shop.

[Fortmax2020]

This appears to be close to our staging ground in Blackpool. Stand by to deploy, Mr Burns!

[The Doctor]

I stand ready.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

May 29, 2019 15:48:28 GMT blueshift said:

Stopped off at a vintage toy shop on the way back from a meeting and picked up the Micromaster Constructor Squad and Sixturbo

!&!&@&@

You have mentioned this MYSTERIOUS vintage toy shop but not the location! I am more nearby these days...

-Ralph

[blueshift]

It's tucked around the back of the big shopping centre, I had to follow Google maps to find it

They had a visionaries Dagger Assault!!!!

[The Doctor]

WHERE IS THIS SHOP??!!!

-Ralph

[blueshift]

Type "Leicester vintage toy shop" into Google maps. That's what I do, I don't know what it's called or where it is

[The Huff]

Apr 13, 2018 22:08:05 GMT The Doctor said:

Apr 13, 2018 20:37:47 GMT Baron B of Triple B said:

There used to be a good one in Glasgow but long gone, now A1 toys board Game shop.

I stumbled upon one in Blackpool. I was like a wean in a sweet shop. Unfortunately it was a disorganised mess and filled the Star Wars prequel toys. They had Pepsi Prime which I already had and a couple of Japanese exports as far as TFs went.

I know that shop in Blackpool. It was a bit annoying.

-Ralph

Sorry to bump this thread (I'm sure some one was talking about this shop more recently) but does anyone know the name of this place?
Or if it was another collector shop in Blackpool?

[Dezzeh]

I know of this one - pretty sure there is another:
www.facebook.com/brooksblackpool/

[Philip Ayres]

A search for "Vintage Toy Blackpool" suggests

Respawn Collective Toys
23 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool FY4 1AD
07464 933727

I Collectables
32-38 Bond St, Blackpool FY4 1BQ
01253 341798

[Philip Ayres]

Jun 12, 2019 13:19:23 GMT The Huff said:

Apr 13, 2018 22:08:05 GMT The Doctor said:

I know that shop in Blackpool. It was a bit annoying.

-Ralph

Sorry to bump this thread (I'm sure some one was talking about this shop more recently) but does anyone know the name of this place?
Or if it was another collector shop in Blackpool?

Matt, it got mentioned in the Misc Acquisitions thread earlier this year.

tmukhub.proboards.com/post/362266/thread

Posts retrieved, along with some from the TF acquisitions thread, for a new thread on the subject of Vintage & Collectors stores.

And it is iCollectables.

[Philip Ayres]

May 29, 2019 16:40:32 GMT The Doctor said:

May 29, 2019 15:48:28 GMT blueshift said:

Stopped off at a vintage toy shop on the way back from a meeting and picked up the Micromaster Constructor Squad and Sixturbo

!&!&@&@

You have mentioned this MYSTERIOUS vintage toy shop but not the location! I am more nearby these days...

-Ralph

www.leicestervintage.co.uk/

9 – 11 East Bond Street, Leicester, LE1 4SX
0116 262 2004

[The Doctor]

A FB post of 15th April claims they got in a G1 Overlord!!!

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

SEALED G2 TRANSFORMERS!!!!

-Ralph

[blueshift]

Their prices are good. Not especially cheap, but not especially expensive either. Pretty on the ball with what you'd expect to pay.

The guy who runs it is also really up on his names of Japanese micromasters

[Philip Ayres]

While we're on the subject, anyone know the name and address of the place in Wolverhampton? G's used them a few times....

<searches twitter>

King Street Toys
25a, 25 King Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1ST
01902 276222

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewindtoys/status/776079330300559360

[Dezzeh]

www.facebook.com/The-Vintage-Toy-Monster-377810396121506/

This is where I got my bargain of a sealed Highbrow from ^

[Dezzeh]

The Leicester store usually goes along to the Birmingham toy fairs btw, with a wide selection of stuff!

[The Huff]

Jun 12, 2019 19:01:47 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Jun 12, 2019 13:19:23 GMT The Huff said:

Sorry to bump this thread (I'm sure some one was talking about this shop more recently) but does anyone know the name of this place?
Or if it was another collector shop in Blackpool?

Matt, it got mentioned in the Misc Acquisitions thread earlier this year.

tmukhub.proboards.com/post/362266/thread

Posts retrieved, along with some from the TF acquisitions thread, for a new thread on the subject of Vintage & Collectors stores.

And it is iCollectables.

Thanks Phil. Greatly appreciated!

[Philip Ayres]

https://twitter.com/rocklordsrock/status/1141314752846684160

[The Doctor]

Not at those prices.

M found vintage Transformers shop yesterday...

-Ralph

[Dezzeh]

Those prices are alas, the going rate these days.

[Fortmax2020]

Jun 20, 2019 11:38:01 GMT The Doctor said:

Not at those prices.

M found vintage Transformers shop yesterday...

-Ralph

I did. I have alerted Team Toyfu to give them first opportunity though.

[Dezzeh]

My goodness.

www.facebook.com/pg/Leicester-vintage-old-toy-shop-267034229536/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156445964044537