A recollection of the 9/17 event on the New York State Fairgrounds by Connie Goodnow

"He who dies with the most toys, wins". -Old American proverb

While I am not normally one who likes to indulge in materialist consumptionism (ok ok so I like to buy shampoo and other stuff!) my stud muffin (MOSUGOJI) and I headed out to the Toyful Weekend just to see what we could see. We both had spoken to Bill Schweinsburg, a collector and importer in Cicero, about his toys and that is how we learned of it.
We paid the admittance fee at the gate and walked into a veritable flea market... dozens upon dozens of ToYs!! Some new, some old, all pretty interesting. There were Barbies and Kens (which Mosu rearranged into some very interesting positions... heh!) There were Wizard of Oz playsets (no, I don't want one!) Voltrons, Star Wars, and other collectibles.
But Scott and I hit the jackpot upon venturing to the very back of the building. There, staring us in the face, was a little thing of Bandais (Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, SpaceGodzilla and Destroyah.)
Scott picked out the Destroyah and mumbled thoughtfully to himself "I think I have enough to get this." It turned out to be $15. (It was $10 at the other tables. Had we not gotten an opportunity to hear the imbecile ask what the heck monster was this we were buying I would say we got ripped off! "The guy has no business selling Bandais," Scott griped."I should have confiscated them all!")
That said, we really hit the jackpot when we saw not one but two booths with Godzilla toys and videos. There at Bill Schweisburgs' booth Scott got me a Space Godzilla and a prison shirt with Godzilla emblazoned on the back. ("You're getting me a PRISON shirt? THANKS A LOT!!!") :)
Then back at the other place, Scott got himself a MOSU-GOJI bandai rearing back and roaring (SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION!) and a crawling Mothra larva, and this totally weird movie, The Magic Serpent. (Listen carefully for a familiar roar.... lol)
Then towards the end of our little excursion, Scott got some jets for him to crush in his Godzilla suit and earned himself an evil eye from the owner of a dollhouse he said he'd like to crush. He also found Aurora models of Godzilla, Rodan and Ghidora. ("Now you can play Monster Zero!")
All in all I would estimate we spent anywhere from $100 to $150 on G-stuff. (The Mosugoji bandai alone was $40! He said he couldn't believe that he'd spent that much on a bandai but I told him he deserved it.) But the best part of our excursion of all, and one I couldn't pay nearly enough for, was when he pulled me close and told me he cared about me. That was worth more than all the Bandais in the world. :)

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