Posted 2 years ago
posterazzi
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Sooner or later, almost all of So CA Pop Culture ends up in the Tijuana Flea Markets. Hundreds of them, scattered all over the city.
As a self-appointed Urban Anthropologist, it has been my mission to return these precious relics to the US, one piece at a time.
15,000 pieces, and counting:
30 Bushel Boxes/appx15,000
Vintage Licensed Character PVC Figures:
Cartoon, Movie, TV, Advertising, etc.
All the Usual Suspects from the past decades.
Mostly: 1960s-1980s, Hong Kong.
---Cabbage Patch Miniatures, 1984
---Loony Tunes: Arby, 1980s; Pepsi/Macau, 1994
---Walt Disney Productions, Hong Kong, 1970s-1980s
---CA Raisins, Bullyland, Jay Ward, Warner, WDP, HannaBarbera, Terrytoons, etc
---Star Wars, GI JOE, He-Man, Action Figures from 1970s-80s Movies, etc
--- Hot Wheels, Tonka, Buddy L, Tootsie Toy, etc
---Set of 12 Bank Bali vinyl Dolls promoting Indonesia’s largest Bank
---Applause, Fast Food, Foreign Figures, Advertising Characters
---Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, limited China
---Vinyl, Rubber, PVC, Metal, Tin (no plush)
---Movie Characters, TV Characters, Licensed Characters, Comic Characters, etc etc etc
---Foreign: Bullyland, France, Italy, Mexico, etc.
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