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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:14:35 GMT -5
Staple-Hole Cheap Toy Sell Sheet  Here's both my Cheap Toy Sell Sheets together, like a double kick to the nutz:  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:16:41 GMT -5
Close up of Cheap Toy Case (24/24ct.) sheet details:  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:44:30 GMT -5
CRUMMY Candy! Sometimes I eat one, they still taste pretty good, I eat a lot of the vintage candy I collect, rarely is it soured. Gum is a different story, gum lasts about 4 years...  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:45:56 GMT -5
Series 2 Wrapper and contents:   |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 20, 2015 0:49:57 GMT -5
UK Garbage Gang wrapper WIRE VARIANT!!! This is the only known wire variant GG wrapper, it can with a built in wire, that was draw-stringed, and tied at one side, I've talked to 3 different UK collectors that remembered only finding this variant back in the day. The regular twist-tie GG wrappers also exist, and are rare too! Hard to find checklist, included in pic.  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 0:44:51 GMT -5
I quit GPK one friday, in early April 2013, and the next week Topps dropped a pic that showed a Spacey Stacy prototype toy next to a binder.... days later Minikins Series 1 was announced.
****I want to skip to Minikins for a while, this is a GPK collectible near and dear to my heart, for obvious reasons - modern Cheap Toys were brought back by Topps!
MODERN GPK CHEAP TOYS: TOPPS MINIKINS, ADAM BOMB & FRIENDS
In September of 2013 Topps held a special conference at the Philly Con, and showcased their upcoming Minikins toyline. A pack of the Minikins, NO YET RELEASED, was raffled off, along with a Gold variant Adam Bomb (won by GPK Detective, that was in attendance). I was not in attendance, but bought the FIRST PACK (won by my buddy Clint, GPK Warehouse) a few weeks later..
I took the pack to Cheap Toy Summit 9, to have Cheaptoyman film me opening it. I let him open my Magenta Lynn pack on camera, but this time, no. He narrated it, in a Robin Leach style we planned, with some other silly inside subtle jokes, our usual BS, lol.
In the video there's a close up of the date of the package, its 2 WEEKS BEFORE MINIKINS WAS RELEASED!
It was one of the best days of the last 5 years or so, for me, I was so happy.
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 0:52:07 GMT -5
Having won the FIRST MINIKIN PACK, 2 weeks advance of the October release date, I had a 2 week junp start on the then-upcoming, now legendary, Gold Minikin Contest! I started on the commute back home from Summit 9. I opened Nat Nerd and Bony Tony, and at the time I was listening to some old Descendants cds in my car, I had the two minikins sitting on my dash, and.... it hit me...
I produced the movie 2 weeks BEFORE the contest even began, and of course, my video was the first selected by the Topps Minikins YouTube page... then... I WON. I was the FIRST winner of the Topps Gold Minikins YouTube Video Contest. Here's my silly, scrappy, hurry-to-enter video:
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 0:59:16 GMT -5
Topps asked me for my home address via YouTube mail, I had no idea what figure I would get. I told them two times I loved Spacey Stacy the best, and really thought I would get her... Here's the toy I got:
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:08:29 GMT -5
The Contest letter:  1 of 1 Gold Nat Nerd!  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:13:32 GMT -5
Series 1 Blacks: Nat Nerd (bought from GPK Warehouse)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:14:23 GMT -5
Mark Bark (pulled from a Target 2-pack)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:16:57 GMT -5
Salted Sean (bought from my good friend GI JASON!!!, who had a KILLER Salty Sean ARMY -sounds awkward!) THANK YOU SO MUCH JASON!! Btw, he spent the earnings on.... knives.  I got the black rubber, he got the cold steel.  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:18:08 GMT -5
Muggin Megan (GPK Warehouse)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:22:02 GMT -5
Doug Plug X 2 (one I pulled out of a Jumbo, one was a trade from another collector)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:24:21 GMT -5
Buggy Betty (2nd Black I pulled -out of a Jumbo, the 1st was a Anna Banana I traded to another collector)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:24:59 GMT -5
Creepy Carol (pulled from Target Jumbo)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:25:54 GMT -5
Russell Muscle (via trade, HAD to get this one!)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:26:59 GMT -5
Spacey Stacy <3 (traded Black Lindsay -that I pulled from a Target Jumbo, to another collector, plus 50 dollars)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:27:58 GMT -5
Nasty Nick (eBay auction)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:28:43 GMT -5
D JAY (pulled from Target Jumbo)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:33:15 GMT -5
Series 2 Blacks: Slobby Robbie X 2 (One I pulled from a Hobby 2-pack, one I bought from GPK Warehouse)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:34:44 GMT -5
Yeti Eddie X 2 (pulled both out of hobby 2 packs out of same case, Case #12)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:34:59 GMT -5
Toady Terry (bought from another collector)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:36:15 GMT -5
Grim Jim (pulled from Case #12, hobby 2-pack)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:36:26 GMT -5
Many Lenny (pulled from Case #12, Hobby 2-pack)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:37:32 GMT -5
Hot Scott (pulled from Case #14, hobby 2-pack)  HAD to take this pic!  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:39:04 GMT -5
Bouncing Bert (opened out of my SECOND pack on OPENING DAY of Series 2 Minikins!!)  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:39:49 GMT -5
Group shot-BLACK RUBBER.  |
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Post by rusVan on Nov 22, 2015 1:42:30 GMT -5
Series 2 Hobby Ultra Rare PEACH! Mad Mike X 7 Remember about a year ago when about 3 people were on here looking for a Peach Mad Mike at the same time? LOL I had these. The reason I didn't say anything it I was putting together multiple peach sets.  |
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I got the black rubber, he got the cold steel. 
