Reez's Gap Year: The Things I Deem Bloggable: collectibles

My little brother and I hit up an awesome event called the Nexus Toy Fair (they're also on facebook) out at the Leisurelife Centre in East Victoria Park. After all the fun I've had looking for vintage and rare collectors figurines and merchandise at various markets around Perth, I was keen to see what this fair had to offer.

Well, the Nexus Toy Fair did not disappoint. There were so many awesome things for sale from the weird and wonderful to the rare and expensive. But don't get me wrong, there were bargains a plenty. Most of the sellers were willing to take of a bit of the sale price. Always a bonus.

I love a bit of comic book hunting as well, and as of yet I have not been able to find any good vintage comics. Until today that is. There were so many people selling comics for dirt cheap prices starting from $1! I managed to get myself numbers #609-622 of the Batman Detective comics. It just blows my mind that they were all in order and only $1 each!

Another highlight of the day was the table selling the Lego mini figures. I love Lego, and so it was awesome to see all the different Lego characters. They were pretty expensive so I didn't get any this time round, but I will slowly build a collection.

Love the Hulk and Jaba the Hutt Lego!

Captain America <3

Although I enjoy finding a bargain and buying myself cool things, what I also really enjoyed about today was reminiscing about my childhood. Every now and then I'd see a toy that I hadn't seen since I was a wee little one and I would see something from a show that I haven't seen since I was young. It was nice to think back to when I was a kid...and funny to know that I haven't changed much since.

$120!!!

One. Hundred. and. Eighty. DOLLARS! wow.

All these 4 mugs for $8. I regret not buying them before someone else did.

I've been looking for the Gambit and Rogue set.

The A-Team. My brother wanted this but it was $75. Out of my budget. Sorry Peter!

I recently found out about a site called Weekend Notes which lets you know what events are happening in and around your state.While I was browsing through the calendar, I came across the Perth 3 in 1 Market being held at the Claremont showgrounds over this weekend.

I decided to check it out to see if I could find me some cute or quirky things at bargain prices. It turns out that some vintage antiques actually sell for really expensive prices, but the owners are always willing to sell it for a better price.

The market was held inside the large enclosed building. It was divided up into three sections: Handmade crafts; Antiques and Collectibles (Collectables? spell check says collectibles, but the flyer spells it collectables); and the Polka Dot Vintage Market.

The place was absolutely packed. People everywhere. I checked out the antiques and collectibles first because I wanted to try and find some old school super hero comics. Unfortunately I didn't find many, but there were so many other great things to browse. There really was just too many things for me to even begin to remember telling you about. There was just absolutely everything you could thing of from every century. Just about every table had beautiful china, pottery, tea sets and jewellery.

One table I was particularly fond of had an old traffic light head! They also had so many other great vintage things like a massive coffee grinder, a very beautiful vintage bicycle and an old gold cast iron waffle iron. You might think these are just things that you can kind anywhere, but these were vintage products that looked so amazing. If you've never been antique shopping before then you might not understand where I'm coming from, but definitely go some time and you will see.

The Polka Dot Vintage Market was mainly vintage clothing on sale. I didn't spend too much time in this section because I shouldn't be buying any more clothes, but it was very interesting to see all the different fashion. I even found a Royal Family pop-up book! It was hilarious. It was a short pop-up book about the life of the royal family. There was a page for Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding and when you pulled the tab, they kissed. I've never seen anything like it before. I'm sure there is a devout fan out there who would love this in their collection of royal family memorabilia.

The hand craft section of the market was lovely too. There were so many cute and creative things to buy, from stationary to clothing, jewellery and food products. Something for everyone.

I really enjoyed browsing through everything on display. I could have spent all day there, but I got incredibly hungry and the food was expensive :P

The markets will be back again at the Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday November 16th and Sunday November 17th. If you've never been to something like this before, then don't miss out on another chance.