The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Surplus Sales => Local Finds => Topic started by: Darth More on August 31, 2023, 12:48:29 PM
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Found some neat stores in the beautiful city of Denver.
Here's a few that look most promising to me. I'll try to give you a full report next week:
Hero Headquarters Comics and Toys (https://goo.gl/maps/RTaeWpzn79dJunUXA)
Westminster, Denver
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Found all these images on google maps.
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The Gnarly Toybox (https://goo.gl/maps/qkdeyVftirKbjT2t6)
Lakewood, Denver
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All pictures above are taken from google maps.
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Fifty Two 80's A Totally Awesome Shop (https://goo.gl/maps/MQSRecdKD8syowN89)
1874 S Broadway, Denver
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Wow, looks like you are finding some great stuff. Love seeing all the vintage stuff.
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WALMART SUPERCENTER
Durango, CO
Tue, Sep 5, 2023
Yesterday, we drove 7 hours from Georgetown to Durango. Our group leader didn’t want to take a lunch break so we only stopped at a gas station to refuel and get some crackers.
We missed a Walmart and TARGET on our way, so the first store we could go to at all was Wally World here in Durango.
The size of these places always impresses me and they had a huge toy selection, of which most is LEGO.
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When I arrived at the toy section three young and very polite employees added new JW toys on top of the shelf. They got dozens of those small dinosaurs.
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CLEARANCE AISLE
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HOT WHEELS
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Apple Barrel
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Other Acrylic Paint
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Nice. I am gonna have to get that Walker.
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Nice. I am gonna have to get that Walker.
Well, it sure is a very nice piece and probably obligatory as an AT-AT driver Cosplayer ^^
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Today I went to a local mall before heading South-East to New Mexico.
ROSS
Durango Mall, Colorado
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Unfortunately, SEARS went out of business.
The Mall was shockingly empty.
I must say though that we were there at 10 am right when they opened.
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The Penguin was only $2.49. No Star Wars figures here though.
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Some LED strips and tools can be found here. Some nice items for collectors’ needs.
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T.J. MAXX
Durango, CO
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This dinosaur was $12.99.
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$29.99 for this RC vehicle from Matchbox.
No Star Wars here, either.
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$12.99 for this set of Disney figures.
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Today, I went back to Walmart before leaving town.
And it was well worth it to come back here a couple days later because the latest case of TVC figures is on pegs today!
WALMART
Durango, CO
Thu, Sep 7, 2023
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Those Podracers 2-Packs were added to the shelf over the last 48 hours. Never saw this set before! Now I see it for the first time AT RETAIL! Almost feels like the good ‘ole days.
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Now you are seeing the pegs like I usually find em. Well you are still finding more.
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Well, there’s a little bit of everything here.
But still nothing compared to what it used to be.
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TARGET
1630 E Cheyenne Mountain Blvd
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
On our 7 hour ride back to Denver today, we stopped at one of two TARGET stores in the South of the city.
I had to be quick so this is what I captured within 8 minutes:
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Pre school
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STAR WARS
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Dreams are made of these Multipacks!
MARVEL
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G.I. Joe
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JURASSIC PARK
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$14.99
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Found a Dreadnoughtus a few aisles further.
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Well, the so called Collector‘s spot was a pretty mess for being aimed at adult collectors.
Well done kids!*
*I guess some adults behave worse than children. The toys section was nice and tidy.
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Well...you're seeing stuff in stores (stuff I don't have in my own Targets). I hope you are having a good time seeing the amazing landscape of Colorado, and other sights as well.
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I captured as much as I could in the short time I had. Felt a little like super toy club from back in the days.
I picked up one of the dozen TVC Paz Vizla for $27.99.
With the 8.2% sales tax of Colorado, it was $30.29 at checkout. Those don’t move a bit for reasons! So I’m sure they will be on clearance soon. 28€ is hard to justify for me. But I wanted to support the line here as well and Paz is a nice memory of this amazing journey. Thanks for commenting, Jeff!
The biggest luck was yet to come yesterday!
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(The) Hero Headquarters Collectibles
8757 Sheridan Boulevard,
Westminster, CO 80003
It was a crazy coincidence that this stores was just in front of my Motel room’s door!
They close at 6 pm and we checked in at 5:38. It was 5:43 pm until I reached our room, so I ran there like a maniac.
When I arrived there, I had (yet again) 8 minutes to capture it all.
The right half of the store is Comics only.
The left half is Action toys from all eras!
Sit down and enjoy! Or in other words "hold on to your butts!"
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VINTAGE STAR WARS
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HASBRO STAR WARS
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* I HAVE TO POST THIS AS A LITTLE TEASE.
Gotta leave any minute so I won’t have wifi anymore. My flight is tonight and with 10 hours and 8 hours forward shift in time zones . I’ll arrive and post the rest tomorrow.
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Seems like a pretty nice store to me.
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It’s a fantastic store! Here’s more:
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$2,999.99 for the U.S.S. FLAGG
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$449 for the HasLab Skystriker in case you missed it.
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Man, that Flagg would be awesome. Nice store.
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Man, that Flagg would be awesome. Nice store.
I just updated the gallery above with all pictures in higher resolution. You can now enlarge them or zoom in to see the prices and other details better.
Here's a wall that I hadn't added completely, yet:
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And here's what I got from Hero Headquarters. I'm sure I would've found more to buy, if I had more time.
Piett was a little pricey, but I wanted to support this amazing store. Plus the card and bubble are damaged, so this unit was perfect for me to open!
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Not sure about opening the OTC figure though. What do you think? It survived almost 20 years. I remember getting OTC Lobot for $4.99 at an outlet store back in 2005. I might try to get it loose and keep the carded one on card.
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I thank I remember getting a Madine, but don't know what I did with it.
Nice finds.
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Thanks Shawn! I wasn't sure if I had Madine loose. So I thought I can't do much wrong with 10 bucks for a figure that's 20 years old by now! Where has the time gone?
It turned out it was the right decision to take it. But now I'm on the fence if I should really open it when it already survived 2 decades. I'm looking forward to the next convention and will take a short list of figures I'm looking for loose. I really want to get back to diorama building!
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So Hero Headquarters closed shortly after I left. But next door was arc Thrift Stores, which were open 'til 9 pm. I had never been to a thrift store before and just had to check it out.
Dan is so lucky and finds such awesome stuff! Make sure to check out his finds as well.
I've seen many YouTubers sharing their finds and also my sisters got lucky with some coats at Goodwill.
We stopped at a Goodwill in Durango, CO but there was nothing worth taking pictures of.
Both stores were very busy! The mall next door was pretty empty in contrast.
arc Thrift Stores
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Never saw this set before. It was just $3.
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It was nice to find some Star Wars stuff here, but I left the store empty handed.
If I lived in Denver I'd check out the thrift stores in the area on a regular basis.
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Thrift stores can be some great places to regularly check. Dan has gotten some awesome deals over the years.