There's More Upstairs at This Ohio Toy Mall

[00:00:00] Rob: Every cabinet in here is a different toy dealer, so the variety is just off the chain. You can find a $2 toy to a $2,000 toy. [00:00:08] Speaker 2: There's a room we might be able to take a look out back. [00:00:11] Rob: You want to see my mess? [00:00:13] Speaker 2: Yeah. [00:00:13] Rob: So we've got an old building. And then the mess begins in here. [00:00:20] Speaker 2: Okay. Wee. Whoa. That's what we're talking about, Rob. Yeah. That is a room of toys. Toy Overdose in America. So what is up, you guys, and welcome back to the channel. Today we are in Xenia in Ohio, and we're here to check out Route 68 collectibles and the really cool toy mall they've got next door as well. The toy mall and Route 68 collectibles have multiple levels of toys and stock. So we're going to have a wander around the toy mall. We're going to go and check out upstairs, and we're going to go and check out Route 68 collectibles. Are you ready? Let's go toy hunting. How are we doing, Rob? Doing great. We're in the toy mall, which I love this place. If you come to Xenia, this is the highlight of your trip. [00:01:08] Rob: Thank you. [00:01:09] Speaker 2: But for the people that don't know what the toy mall is, Rob, what is this place? [00:01:14] Rob: So the toy mall is consignment. So everything in here is toys, comics, and pop culture related. It was just a different concept versus our store two doors down. Every cabinet in here is a different toy dealer. So the variety is just off the chain. You can find a $2 toy to a $2,000 toy. There's about 50 showcases in here, all brand new showcases. Each one is a different dealer from all over the state of Ohio. We have one dealer from Indiana, one from Kentucky. And Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the Munsters, actually has a showcase here. [00:01:48] Speaker 2: Well, we haven't got time to look at everything in here, Rob. Right. But what are some of your particular favorite cabinets in here? [00:01:55] Rob: I would like to showcase some of the ones that are the most aggressive sellers that we have. This is Dan, who is a good friend of mine, a partner in shows. He helps me in the shows. And he has these cabinets. And Dan does really good. I mean, he's got great 80s toys from Transformers, GoBots, Voltron. I mean, he does have some Pokemon and stuff in there. But, I mean, you look down at the Dukes of Hazzard, the A-Team stuff. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Yeah. He's got an eye for the good stuff. [00:02:25] Speaker 2: It's pretty full up as well, isn't it? [00:02:26] Rob: Oh, yeah. He keeps it full. And we just had our show. [00:02:29] Speaker 2: Yeah. [00:02:29] Rob: I mean, look at the... [00:02:31] Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Skull Force. Yeah. Yeah. [00:02:34] Rob: The Dukes of Hazzard slide puzzle there is great. The Darkwing Duck. You know, he's got an eye for it. I mean, and over here, he's got everything from Furby's yo-yos to He-Man to wrestling to Darkwing Duck stickers. He's just got a little bit of everything. And Dan has been one of our top sellers. So, those are all trophies. I mean, he just won here just recently. So, this is his, you know, we give these little trophies to the one who sells the most. Just a little competition to keep things fun. And it works. [00:03:08] Speaker 2: So, do they also get the space above? [00:03:10] Rob: They get the top as well. So, everything up here is him. [00:03:13] Speaker ?: All right. [00:03:14] Rob: Now, see, there's your A-Team van on the card. Oh, yeah. [00:03:18] Speaker 2: Yeah, there he is. [00:03:20] Rob: And then, you know, if we're looking at, you know, showcasing my top salespeople, this case back here does really good. You know, for me and you, you know, it's 80s toys and things. But right now, the people that are in their 30s and coming up on their 40s, the 90s stuff. So, this is Kathleen's case. And Kathleen works here for us a couple days a week. And she's also one of our top sales always. She just recently won the previous month. And she's won other months as well. And she's always in the top three. But she sells 90s LPS like you would not believe. So, what is LPS? Littlest Pet Shops. Right, Littlest Pet Shops. So, the 90s stuff and the early 2000s, that stuff's coming up now. Those people want their collectibles back. She's got a little bit of My Little Pony, Monster High. She's got some awesome Argentina unused sticker boxes. 1980s My Little Pony sticker sheets. And then over here, the La La Loopsies. I think I said that right. La La Loopsies. La La Loopsies. Those sell really well. So, we have, you know, the girls and the guys can come in here and find something from their childhood. And she's got all the top with the plush. And she does real well. [00:04:34] Speaker 2: Wow, look at that. Yep. If you are after ladies' toys. Oh, the A-teams. It's still here. It's still here, the drum set. [00:04:42] Rob: Yeah, somebody's got to have the right space for that one. But you can see the variety. I mean, Scooby-Doo wallet to, you know, there's a Godzilla. Ghidorah, you know, there's just everything. [00:04:53] Speaker 2: She's taking a lot of time and effort. It looks very nice, doesn't it? Yeah. It looks jam-packed as well. [00:04:58] Rob: Yep. [00:04:59] Speaker 2: Which, I guess, as a toy mall owner, that's all you can ask for. [00:05:02] Rob: That's what you want, yeah. You want it to look nice and the presentation is everything. [00:05:07] Speaker 2: You recently had the Greater Hyatt Toy Show, the 10th anniversary. Yeah, we just had our fall show. Yeah. [00:05:13] Rob: We had a great turnout and this place is always packed during that, yeah. [00:05:16] Speaker 2: And I know we come here, you know, we come here in Troves and our first port of call is coming to the toy mall. And next door to see Danielle at Route 68 Collectibles. You're always very welcoming to us. And it's great to have a walk around. [00:05:27] Rob: We love having you guys. We consider you a family. [00:05:30] Speaker 2: Do you have a date for the, do you have a date yet? [00:05:32] Rob: Yes. The March is March 27th. So that's Easter weekend. [00:05:36] Speaker 2: And that's the, it'll be before Easter Sunday. It'll be the Saturday. [00:05:38] Rob: It'll be the Saturday before, yeah. Some families are together. So it's always a good show for us. Then we have two new dealers over here that have a lot of great stuff and, and, and they've been doing really well. This is a new dealer, Sean. You can see his case has been hit pretty good because of the toy show because he had fabulous stuff, but, you know, food fighters. Yeah. [00:06:00] Speaker 2: I've been looking at these earlier. They're great. You don't see many, there's many food fighters in one spot like this, but. [00:06:09] Rob: And he had more, but he's sold, you know. [00:06:11] Speaker 2: I've also, I've been keeping an eye on these because these seem to be popping up a bit. They are, yeah. The Tonka, I've forgotten the name of them, but I know they're made by Tonka. Yeah. And look at the Rambo in the steel box. It's beautiful, isn't it? Yeah. [00:06:24] Rob: Rambo carded, loose. [00:06:25] Speaker 2: Rambo carded and loose. [00:06:28] Rob: Barnyard Commandos. [00:06:30] Speaker 2: Yeah. [00:06:31] Rob: You got the Filmation Ghostbusters or something. [00:06:33] Speaker 2: Yeah. And the PVC is up there as well. War A-Team. War A-Team. [00:06:37] Rob: But he was packed, you know, so it gets so busy in here. Dalton here, one of our, another new vendor, he really keeps his full. Just, you got to have variety, you know, and you got to keep it fresh and you got to keep it, you got to keep it updated and clean. Robocop, Muscleman. [00:06:55] Speaker 2: Yeah, look at all the, yes, look at all the boxed Robocop stuff. Oh my goodness. And there's a police academy car there as well. Yep. When the Brits come here, they do like this cabinet because. Yeah. There's quite a good amount of Tron in here normally. Yep, Tron, Clash of the Titans, yeah. Yeah, Clash of the Titans. And Remco, Remco Monsters. [00:07:16] Rob: Yep. In this case, as you can see, that it's been hit pretty good. They've been here. The British attack. The British have invaded here. [00:07:25] Speaker 2: Oh, look at all the Indiana Jones stuff as well. Mm-hmm. [00:07:28] Speaker ?: Wow. [00:07:29] Speaker 2: And Flash Gordon, I don't know, at home, they're going a bit nuts for Flash Gordon at the moment. I heard that there might be, there's a rumor we might be able to take a look at our back. [00:07:37] Rob: You want to see my mess? [00:07:38] Speaker 2: Yeah. [00:07:39] Rob: Well, we'll have to go outside and go up. All right. [00:07:43] Speaker 2: We'll do that. [00:07:44] Rob: Let's do it. So, we've got an old building. This is our, this here is the way that we do our eBay. So, we have an eBay office upstairs. This is our shipping chute. We're doing really good on eBay. We've got a gentleman that works for us all the time for eBay. He's also a toy dealer. He has a cabinet in our booth, in our toy mall. And he packages everything up, shoots it down the chute, and picks it up and takes it to it. That's amazing. Yeah. So, we've tried to utilize this old building. If you would, shut that door. [00:08:18] Speaker 2: Yep. So, we will have a queue of ponsels down here. [00:08:22] Rob: Right. Yeah. Yeah. And we get so much stuff in all the time that, you know, sometimes it just piles up before you ever get a chance to, I mean, like right now, waiting to go into storage. Here's a whole box of, that's all marble. Everything's all complete marble. There's just all kinds of stuff that's just waiting to go in. [00:08:48] Speaker 2: A lot of model kits are there. Yeah. [00:08:49] Rob: To be, just things waiting to be, you know, you just never know what you're going to see. So, let's go in here and get the lights on. [00:09:01] Speaker 2: It's just the King Randall hanging out there. Yeah. [00:09:04] Rob: There's just, there's stuff everywhere. So, everything up here is, don't judge the shop by this, but this is our eBay operation up here. Wow. So, everything's organized. Everything on here is on eBay. And we add new items all the time. And our friend Chase runs our eBay. We'll put things on that side. Like, this whole tub right here is ready to be listed. He'll list everything right here. Here's his shipping department. [00:09:37] Speaker 2: I can see, like, you've got location numbers. So, you've got them on the shipping, on the eBay. So, you know exactly where the product is. [00:09:44] Rob: He knows exactly where it is. So, we sell a lot of, we sell a lot of, not so much a lot of modern, but, you know, there's 90s to 2000s. There is vintage. I mean, we've got a little bit of everything that's on eBay. You know, Fortnite figures, vintage, vintage Transformers cups, models. Sometimes things that doesn't sell as much in the shop we can put on eBay because we get more reach. [00:10:07] Speaker 2: Yeah. [00:10:08] Rob: Graded comics. Wow. I mean, we put a little bit of everything on there. And then the mess begins in here. Okay. So, this is just, this is a first room. So, what we do, what we do in here is this is a, this is a sorting room. So, when things are ready to go on the shelf, they've been ready to go, we'll bring them in here. Like, this is a, that is a Hulk Hogan promo plush from WrestleMania. So, that was never sold to the public. That was the promo for the 14-inch plush. [00:10:48] Speaker 2: That's amazing. Yeah. Wow. Never seen anything like that before. [00:10:53] Rob: Right. So, we got some castles that's ready to go. All this He-Man stuff's ready to go downstairs. I mean, we've got everything up here from garbage pill posters. Oh, yeah. You know, just things that we're going through to get down there. There's an old Beatles. Robotech stuff. Transformers. Some Star Wars. All this stuff's being prepped to go on the shelf. See, this is all, we're waiting, we're waiting for the guns for him. And then in here, oh, Lord. [00:11:28] Speaker 2: Whoa. Yeah, that's what we're talking about, Rob. Yeah. That is a room of toys. [00:11:35] Rob: So, everything on the left here is transformer. Those moving boxes are all full of third-party transformers. Also, Robotech, Yamato, robots, all those boxes are everything that's in there. I mean, yeah, it's just loose. It's everything. You'll find everything from Tom and Jerry to, you know, there's vintage Star Wars. There's just everything. There's boxes and boxes of stuff. [00:12:04] Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Silver Hog. [00:12:07] Rob: I mean, there's just everything that needs to be sorted. And we do well with older toys, too. I mean, I still love the old stuff. Yeah. This is an old Mark's race car. And you just got to have the right, you got to have different places to put these items. [00:12:20] Speaker 2: You got to find the right buyer for that. [00:12:22] Rob: Right, right. [00:12:23] Speaker 2: I mean, this isn't a mess. [00:12:25] Rob: No, that's kind of just Dan's little area. [00:12:28] Speaker 2: Honestly, Rob, I've been in a lot worse. You've been in worse? A lot, a lot worse. [00:12:32] Rob: So, this is all Barbies. But these are good Barbies. These aren't junky Barbies. So, a lot of these are for the shop. This is backstop for the shop and also eBay. You can see there's just tubs and tubs of Joe's. I mean, there's vintage models. This is a prototype. [00:12:51] Speaker 2: Oh, that's what we're talking about now. A prototype. Is it a Neko or is it a... [00:12:55] Rob: I forget who made this one. This was a... I forget what the prototype is of this. But that's a prototype of Predator. [00:13:02] Speaker 2: So, why wouldn't that be out on the... Are you trying to figure out a price for it? [00:13:06] Rob: No, I had it on the shelf for a while and I had it at a show. So, we brought it up here to move it on somewhere else. And it's just been laying here and needs to move on. [00:13:16] Speaker 2: So, I mean, by the sounds of it that happens quite a lot. If something doesn't sell downstairs, toy shops will put it away for a bit. [00:13:25] Rob: Put it away for a little bit. Now, I have satellite shops, too, at some of the antique malls. [00:13:29] Speaker 2: Right. I've seen your one at... [00:13:31] Rob: So, Hartwell, Ohio and Springfield Antique Center. So, we'll try it there. And then, you know, we'll try it at eBay. And then, if things don't sell there, we'll end up doing a warehouse sale or something and moving it out. Here's a whole box full of the Bounce Transformers. 1970, 7-Eleven. Oh, wow. Superhero cups. Yeah. You know? Now, when you get back here, everything you can see is a little bit more organized. This is all sorted and organized, ready for the shop. That whole tub is strawberry shortcake, ready to go. Wow. Popples. G.I. Joe parts and pieces. Power Rangers. Star Wars, Star Wars. He-Man. Everything here is back stock and over stock for the shop. Working on some robots. [00:14:21] Speaker 2: All the castles. Oh, my God. It's a conservation graveyard over here. [00:14:29] Rob: But a lot of this stuff, you just have to come up when you own a shop like this. You get collections like you get. And you just have to come up here and you have to go box by box and just start going through it. You know? And see what you got. Star Wars. That whole box there is complete sets of Star Wars cards, sketchbooks, all kinds of things. So, you go over and grab this box and... Look at this free Hoffa play set. Yeah, there's a... Yeah. I mean, here's a box for a set of Star Wars cards. It's not the best box, but it's a box. I mean, everything that... Even old... Cap gun set. Cap gun set. [00:15:04] Speaker ?: Cap gun set. Cap gun set. Cap gun set. [00:15:04] Rob: Cap gun set. You know? G.I. Joe's. Everything. When you're a toy dealer, typically you have your homes full as well. You know, that's just part of it. You have... Your extra bedrooms are full of toys and your stock for this show is ready for that show. And then you've got another show coming up. So, it just depends. You're going to take different things to different shows. Space is always an issue for a toy shop. Yeah. I think any toy dealer will tell you that. Yeah. But there's just boxes and boxes and, you know, you've got to get up here and work on it. You know, there's just all kinds of stuff. You never know what you're going to come across here. Creepy stuff. Look at that. [00:15:46] Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thank you very much, Rob. Now, I did see something in your... In the Route 68 shop that I wouldn't mind taking a closer look at. That's all right. Yeah, let's look at it. Yeah, thank you. I guess you've had a busy weekend with people coming in and out and grabbing stuff from these cabinets. [00:16:20] Rob: Yes, they're starting Monday before the toy show. Our shops really, really get busy. We get hit pretty good. [00:16:26] Speaker 2: What's a... Is there anything that's a particular bestseller in this store or does most of it sell very well? [00:16:34] Rob: Every week is different. We always do good with the LJNs. We also do good with the Hasbros, Wrestlers. We had a really good selection of Battle Beasts, you know, good He-Man, Thundercats. That all sells really good. The 80s toys does good. I'm known for my monster love and the Munsters and the classic horror stuff, so we always do good with that. Transformers are always good. And we sell, I mean, we sell a lot of girls' toys. Right. So Care Bears and Glow Worms and, you know, yeah, so we, you know, there's something for everyone in here. Popples, you know. Yep. Early 60s and 70s, Redline Hot Wheels, superhero stuff. You can see we're loaded on Godzilla. Tons of mask. [00:17:29] Speaker 2: Yeah. And obviously a load of carded stuff over here as well. Oh, yeah. Loads of carded stuff. Yeah. Yep. Anything you can want. 80s to 90s to early 2000s. Like 90s gargoyles and Lost Action Hero. There's some hook there. And even over here, there's some Robocop. [00:17:44] Rob: Robocop, Conan. [00:17:45] Speaker 2: And the aliens. Predators, yep. In your monster cabinet, you have a Palmolive bath soakie. [00:17:55] Rob: Yep. [00:17:57] Speaker 2: This guy. [00:17:58] Rob: Oh, yeah. That's the red pant variant. [00:17:59] Speaker 2: Yeah, because they've only got blue pants, haven't they? [00:18:03] Rob: That's a rare one. So, the reason he's that price is because he's got a little bad spot on his feet. [00:18:08] Speaker 2: Right. [00:18:09] Rob: Yep. [00:18:10] Speaker 2: Would we have to take a look at him? Absolutely. Thank you. [00:18:19] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:18:23] Speaker 2: These have become quite rare these days to find sort of the monster, the universal monster, Palmolive soakies. There was four of them. Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, which I'd really love to find one of those. But this guy is cool. Very cool. And I do see what you mean. He's got a little bit of damage on the bottom there. [00:18:45] Rob: I've seen those go for as high as close to $400. Really, really nice. And a red pants. [00:18:51] Speaker 2: Is there any wiggle room on that price? [00:18:53] Rob: There is a family and friends price. Okay. $200 for you. [00:18:57] Speaker 2: $200? Yes, sir. I will take him. All right. Thank you very much. That sounds good. Yeah. I'm hoping to pick up a couple more of these on, you know, I think the Frankenstein's a bit more common. [00:19:07] Rob: Yep. [00:19:08] Speaker 2: I'm hoping to pick up a couple more of these, but I love him. He's in great condition. Apart from that. Yeah. [00:19:14] Rob: It's fantastic. And a little bit of rub on his pants, but he's really hard to find. [00:19:18] Speaker 2: His face is beautiful. [00:19:19] Speaker ?: Yep. [00:19:20] Speaker 2: Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you very much, Rob. I'll take him. [00:19:22] Rob: Yeah, he's great. [00:19:30] Speaker 2: All good? Thank you, sir. I appreciate you, Rob. Appreciate you, buddy. Thank you very much. Thank you. What are your opening hours here in the 20 Mall? [00:19:36] Rob: We're 10 to 7 every day except Sunday. We may open on Sundays soon. There's a new antique mall coming down the street. So if they open on Sundays, we may be open on Sundays too. [00:19:45] Speaker 2: Great. Appreciate your time. Thank you, brother. Thanks a lot. [00:19:48] Rob: On the next episode! [00:19:50] Speaker 2: We'll be right back. 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