was just browsing on trademe and came across colin in the party surprise and percy at mccolls farm in one auction for $30. some tracks are missing from both, and thomas appears to be missing the magnetic box for colin, but i took the buy now mainly for the farm station and colin. wasnt expecting to find them in nz, so a nice bonus to an already good day.
mum rang me at work this morning saying karen from farmers had called and my tidmouth sheds set had arrived, finally! $99, instead of $119, which was good.
photos are here i would like to say thank you to the visitors who have found and made use of this site over the last 2 years. the emails i get are what makes it worthwhile. finally, here are the pictures of the bags from 0-5. originally they were in 4 bags, with 3 taped and sold together. i sorted them down into 3 bags to save room in the car. im also hoping to get a motorised tidmouth sheds from farmers, if they ever get any in stock. went in to day and there were none in stock, and none in any near by stores either. so, fingers crossed!!
mum and i got home yesterday afternoon. 5 hours is a long way to drive. absolutely exhausted, felt more like a month away than a week, lol. was good to see the kids, they are so awesome.
we went to both 0-5 stores. the one closest to us, i only found a modern popple. the other one i got 4 HUGE bags of tomy thomas and also a little wind up wall-e track set. i spent $219 NZD, but it was worth it. one of the bags had heaps of the colored track from the pull back range, and also 3 of the trees from the same range. i didnt have any of them before, so they were a welcome surprise. the bags also had a large number of engines... thomas, percy, duck, diesel 10 and a james. they will mostly be used for parts. the kids had great fun pushing them around the floor, hooking and unhooking wagons. we also hit the savemart stores and others like salvation army and st vinnies. got some awesome finds from them, too. one store had a robin rive teddy for $1, and another had a merrythought rhino for the same price. i got lots of things to use in my scrapbooks... stickers, pages, buttons and patches. will be good to work on them again. we stopped at taupo on the way up and i got a tomica over bridge and a box of girders from farmers as they were reduced. have taken a few photos of the bags, will upload them after work. its nice to be home and sleeping in my own bed again. |
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