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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Introductions => Topic started by: Mom on March 10, 2017, 02:41:37 PM
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Hi All! I'm really excited to be apart of this forum. Just to tell y'all about myself, I'm a stay at home Mom of two kids. I love doing art and creating things. What lead me to your website is my kid loves hot wheels and apocalyptic modified cars. I said we should create our own and here I am. I saw some amazing photos here and realized we need to start with a bit box! This is where y'all come in, I need your, the experts, advice! Any and all advice is welcome. What I would like to know is where do you find hotwheels size missiles, guns, bombs, grates, etc. I would like to go the prefab stuff because my boy wouldn't have the patience to make everything from stratch or from molds.
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Welcome Mom.
I'd recommend swap meets and thrift stores for second hand toys and model kits. Otherwise Tuesday Morning, Ross, etc has been pretty good for me for cheap 1/72 model kits (jet planes would be good for missiles, bombs, etc).
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Hello and welcome to the forum 8)
Cheap sci-fi plastic toys could provide a good source of bits.
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As was said before, old broken toys & models are a good source. Some times you can get old 1/72, 1/76, or 1/87 scale models cheap at hobby stores on clearance. If you have thrift stores near by, they are a good source for old/broken toys & models. Not far from me is a Goodwill & a St. Vincents bin stores. That is where the send their stuff that didn't sell at the stores & dump them into big bins & sell by the pound. I have found a lot of bit to build stuff really cheap that way. It also makes a fun little change in routine to look for things to use. BTW welcome to the forum. Will look forward to seeing some pictures of what you & your youngsters build.