What Nobody Tells You About the Chicago Toy Show (Pre-Show Hunt) π₯
Most people wait until Sunday morning to walk the Chicago Toy Show. By then, a lot of the best stuff is already gone. The hotel pre-show runs Wednesday through Saturday, it's free, and vendors set up right in their rooms. I spent a full day hunting it for the first time and the diecast finds were way better than I expected. In this one I break down what it's actually like walking the Chicago Toy Show hotel pre-show as a diecast collector. A bit of what's inside: π What the three floors of vendor rooms look like and when to show up... π The vintage red lines, carded Matchbox, and other cool stuff I came across... π A 48-car collector case score that made the trip worth it... π The inside scoop on Saturday early morning parking-lot line shopping at the toy show vendor set up... If you collect vintage, the pre-show is where the real hunt happens before the doors even open. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_v51wo41M