I swore that I wouldn’t, I swore that I couldn’t, but I fed the Stash Monster in my closet again.
I really didn’t need it, I thought nobody would see it, but I fed the Stash Monster in my closet again.
What to do?, I thought it was through, but I fed the Stash Monster in my closet again.
I can’t close the door! It’s stacked from ceiling to floor, but I fed the Stash Monster in my closet again.
I know it’s a weakness, or possibly a sickness, but I’ll feed the Stash Monster in my closet again.
[(-D]
Hungry little monkeys! Aren’t they?[dinner][BG]
Look at it this way, it’s better than feeding his unthankful brother, the carpet monster [swg]
-Fred
Did the same thing this last Saturday - went out for the city-wide yard sale - picked up an unopened Revell P-47D-30 for 30 cents!
My Stash Monster is always hungry & requires constant feeding [:)].
Regards, Rick
Whoa! That is a really good find!!! Maybe that’s what i should start doing- hitting up some of the local swap meets and such. My tiny stash of only 10 looks a bit lonely here. What is it they say? “Variety is the spice of life?”
Roger,
I have several kits in the stash that I’ve picked up at yard sales although I will say it’s usually a case of “Feast or Famine” in the case of yard sales. You’ll find that you’ll have better luck if you would check some places you wouldn’t normally think of. Try the Salvation Army, Good Will, DAV and Church Thrift stores - you will be surprised at the number of models that can be found in them at very reasonable prices - and everyone is pleased with the deal.
My best find came when I flew into the Independence Ks airport to pick up my son who was in college there. There was a display of 60 or 70 models in the FBOs lounge and I asked about them and was told that they had been built by a local modeler who didn’t have room for them at home. I was further informed that the gentleman had recently died and his wife wanted to sell what kits he had left. Got lucky and managed to buy 800+ kits for 500 bucks - I sold off the 1/48 kits which meant the I got about 450 kits for the stash for nothing (actually had extra money to buy supplies with). Still building kits from that portion of the stash 15 year later.
Wow, Quincy! What a break! Though i’ve never been through that airport, i had been at others that had models being displayed (most notably O’Hare, in the windy city). But i never would have even thought to look at Thrift stores! Are they usually complete kits? Or do they tend to have parts missing? I’ll have to do a little looking out here in this area, it seems…
Thanks for the tip![tup]
Roger,
I’ve found kits in about every condition in the thrift stores - from unopened, complete kits to semi-assembled and even some missing a bunch of parts. However the prices have been such that I have bought a couple that were missing some major parts just to get the remaining parts for the the spares stash (which isn’t near as big as it used to be these days). Just don’t expect to score every time - ya visit a lot of them and strike out - then you find an amazing bargain (they think of them as toys). Definately a case of “nothing ventured, nothing gained”. besides which, SWMBO loves going to thrift shops (especially having a couple of three year old grandaughters)
OK-How many??? I feel guilty with my 10 kits in reserve,but I know I am a piker compared to some of you folks.
Well it’s definately a lead to look into. I haven’t been in a thrift store in at least 15 years or so. I’ll keep my eyes open here!
I have the same problem. Unbuilt kits are just piling up in my basement. Good news is that I’ve been building more kits in past few weeks than what I have in the past 10 years.
Maybe it’s eating for 2! Mine got fed twice in the past three weeks.
Big Lots and other close out stores are also a source of kits. I’ve gotten some fair deals in them. FreeCycle is an option I just thought of that might net you some booty. Flea markets are possibles, as well, and I have gotten some kits there - I have yet to see the first model at any of my local thrift stores.
I just gave away 2 large boxes full of kits and still have 50 or so. And I’ve sold off many on ebay in the last few years.
The Stash Monster is voracious but like most of us, it needs to be fed judiciously and occasionally to go on a diet…
Been to Big Lots more times than i care to admit, and i have yet to see a single kit there! What kits have you seen them carry in the Carolinas?
The Big Lots where I live closed some years ago, but when it was open I got several ESCI armor and aircraft models (my fav is a C-47 in Danish and Swedish livery!), Testors 1/72 scale aircraft and a 1/48 Testors Bearcat - all of which I still have. I guess it is just the luck of the draw…
Don’t forget Hobby Lobby’s occasional 25% plastic kit sales! Those are a great place to find good buys! The selection may be picked over after day 1 or 2, but there is still a lot to choose from!
Sadly, several LHS have had “Going Out of Business” sales recently…you can get really good prices there, but it’s kind of like shopping at someone’s funeral…it just doesn’t feel right. It seems like a sad sign of the times. The LHS that are left are mostly R/C and Train related, with only a minimum of plastic kits / supplies avail.
Ebay’s a way to stop the stash monster though I never use it my stash monster likes me.[:)]
Agreed! When i was growing up, there used to be 3 REALLY good LHS close to my parents house. Since then, 2 have closed down and all memory erased. The third is still there, but they deal almost exclusively in RC stuff. I was in there 6 months ago, and what scant few kits they had were just caked with dust![|(]
My stash monster must really like me then…I’ve been using eBay to feed the Stash monster quite a bit recently…
1/48 AMTech Ta 183
1/72 Hasegawa H8K Emily
1/48 Condor He 178
1/48 Tamiya Me 262A-2 & ‘Ketten-kart’
1/48 Azur VG-33/39
Oh and 90-some-odd back issues of FSM…woohoo!!
Yeah, you guessed it, I just discovered eBay…“Just one more hon…” [:)]
My theory (or excuse) is, if I’m kind to the stash monster, he’ll keep the carpet moster in line for me. [;)]