i had a good weekends shopping over there, scoring quite a bit for not much. the best find was a my child doll for $4. she will be resold at some stage hopefully. i bought a boxed tomy train 1 for $14, a few scene setting pieces for the christmas layout, and another different canadian grain hopper.
im really pleased with the tomy train 1. the engine works well, and the kids had fun playing with it during the test. when they saw me come out of the shop with it, they begged me to set it up. even though they are kids toys, its not often the niece and nephews get permitted to use any of it. they had been really well behaved, despite being tired, so thought they deserved a reward, small as it was. they had a blast flicking the reverse and stop levers, changing the points and such.
the engine was in bad need of de-fluffing, which im doing in between typing this. brings back memories.