There is a store in our town called the Tina Miller Thrift Store. Items are donated to the store and sold with the money going to the Tina Miller Teen Center. Pictured above are some of the items purchased there included in a bin of 55 light strings. The blowmolds are from the Empire Plastic Corp. (no longer in business) made in a period from 1968 to 1972. A visit to Ebay told us that some blowmolds are worth a considerable sum. Our "Frosty" from our show is going for about $80! Who knew? Of the six new ones we got, we found out that the one above with the wreath is worth about $30. Apparently, some of the others might be rare because a Google search turned up almost nothing on them. We don't really care what they are worth, just as long they bring smiles to the viewing public.
Just what i needed! A huge set of Red, White and Blue triple cluster lights was found midway down in the bin of lights! I will add these to my 4th of July Show after checking the operation of them. Hopefully, no major repairs will be needed.
This is what I bought for $25 bucks! What a deal! (sort of)
After sorting through approximately 55 strings of various types and stowing each string in a separate bag, we ended up with this (minus the blowmolds). Upon prelimanary examination of the strings, we found that about 15 or more strings had no plugs on them. So repairs or discarding them will be on a case by case basis.
