on tuesday, mum and i went to tawa, wellington, to pick up a sodor quarry loader and cranky at the docks i bought online. coming back, we decided to stop at a place called trash palace.
its literally a rubbish shop and is located across the road from a tip. workers sort through the trash and pull out stuff that is half decent, such as bikes, prams, books, crockery and furniture.
as we pulled up, i saw a piece of thomas track in a free bin out the front. i just about fell trying to get out of the car. furthur digging uncovered another few bits of track, including trackmaster. we then went inside and attacked the toy bins, finding more track, gordons coal tender, annie and the bottom half of thomas with working motor. i grabbed them for parts. i also scored two snorks if you remember them. we got big eco bag full of stuff for $2, and mum got a bike for my nephew for $5. lol.
the tomica video was found in a salvation army store for .50c. havent watched it yet.
and then today, i got trackmaster thomas with hector! YAY! so now the only trackmaster engine im really looking for is flora.