Cincinnati Toy Show 2018

I was lucky enough to spend the weekend at the Cincinnati Toy Show. I drove down with a couple other Ontario collectors and we got to meet several amazing people and there were a ton of shocking items for sale.

I'm going to keep adding photos and details here today but I thought I'd get the ball rolling.

Some great pics there, looks like a good mix of stuff, I love seeing vintage on the pegs and on sale, costs a tad more than the original prices though
those silicone moulds look interesting, were they for star wars or something else?

I think they were superhero related 90's Kenner.

Chris, great pictures as always. I hope you had a great time. Who did you end up going to the show with?

Mike had decided to go much earlier and had a hotel booked. Then he chirped me till I decided to go, even though the weekend was 2/3 driving. Left 6am Saturday, got back 9pm Sunday. Certainly the most insane items I've ever seen when it comes to prototypes.

That large Alien figure is one of my grail items I would like to add to my collection some day

Great pictures Chris. Thanks for sharing.

ourchickenshack wrote:That large Alien figure is one of my grail items I would like to add to my collection some day

Yeah, it's pretty great. That one is even missing the clear dome and it was like 300 something USD.

I also met the guy who has almost all the pre-production items for the canceled 1979 3.75" Alien line from Kenner. I think he was a local guy in Cincinnati.

There are some very sweet items there, the Bona Fett is awesome looking I can imagine it was not cheap.

Looking at some of the prices made me want to know more about the figure, one that caught my eye was the R2-D2 in the 5th photo down above the Jurassic Park pin, if I read the price right it was over $400 but I wasn't sure on that. I would have loved to go through the beater section as well.

It looked like a fair size show with a nice variety as well.

Larry

arohk wrote:There are some very sweet items there, the Bona Fett is awesome looking I can imagine it was not cheap.

Looking at some of the prices made me want to know more about the figure, one that caught my eye was the R2-D2 in the 5th photo down above the Jurassic Park pin, if I read the price right it was over $400 but I wasn't sure on that. I would have loved to go through the beater section as well.

It looked like a fair size show with a nice variety as well.

Larry

Hey Larry, I think that was just a "pop-up saber" R2, yes, the prices for them are silly these days.

Fantastic pictures Chris, glad you had a great time in October.
Did you pick anything up?
Would love to get to a toy fair like this, bit of a long journey though!

mini99 wrote:Fantastic pictures Chris, glad you had a great time in October.
Did you pick anything up?
Would love to get to a toy fair like this, a bit of a long journey though!

I got some POTF2 Concept sketches (just cause I wanted something from the local Kenner office while it was still operating and that was cool and affordable ) and a vintage Star Wars Toy Center shelf talker as it was a great price at room sales from a very reputable source. I submitted it to CAS at the show so I haven't got it back yet.