The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire

Love that you threw them in. I’ve found this funny as an adult in my life— you may spend time collecting xyz, but suddenly letting it go can be easy in certain situations.

I have various things that I don’t really want but I’d hate to just toss in the trash. Would love to find someone who would value them for at least a while. I’m going to give moving a couple of them a shot in November.

If they're practically ship-able, eBay excels at this.

Or, some niche items can be sold on Web forums (e.g., for particular retrocomputing platforms).

I also give away stuff locally, on CraigsList and a nearby university list, and on the curb.

(But I never put an item in the "free stuff" category of CraigsList. Always list in the topical category, and don't label it as free in the metadata, even if it is. Too many aggressive flippers and mentally ill people monitoring specifically for anything free, and IME it'll tend to be a big time-waste and a questionable new home.)

I sold the last of my vector arcade games to a friend when I was moving (Tempest and Space Duel). I threw in a PCB from Major Havoc too just to give it a good home. A few days later I decided to price check that board and some collector had recently paid $1200 for one. I was happy it went to a decent home instead of sitting on my shelf.

I would give a limb to own a real Tempest arcade console. I cannot fathom how many quarters of mine the local box ate when I was a kid. To me, it was the best gameplay and graphics of the era.

The vibrancy of the color vector graphics made Space Invaders and Defender look lame by comparison.

“Thank you for bringing me joy”