Help give toys a good home

May 1, 2011 3:31 PM

I'd like to offload a bunch of vintage 80s toys. Any suggestions for specialist shops that might be interested? I'm in South London, UK.

I have lots of 80s-era toys, mostly Power Rangers, Thundercats, Transformers, etc. They're all in good condition, with even a few boxed, but nothing is mint and perfect. Several of the items are bulky (Castle Greyskull....) and are taking up a lot of space. As a result I'd love to offload all this onto a specialist second hand toy shop and get a bit of money for it (which will be donated to charity).

Does anyone know of any vintage toy or comic or TV-focused shops that might be interested? We went down the eBay route for an earlier batch of mostly Star Wars-focused stuff and though it went very well and raised a lot of money, it was utterly exhausting and is not something to repeat.

Many thanks in advance.

posted by jonathanbell to Shopping (1 answer total)

In the event you don't find a shop (and since Ebay worked before) you might consider making a few larger auctions rather than trying to sell the items one by one. I don't think you'd make much less than if you were to sell the whole lot to a shop.
posted by Glinn at 5:08 PM on May 1, 2011