Maslan Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I have a Taft General Store by Greenleaf purchased in 1983 and completed as a general store. I am now looking for, have been looking for about 10 years, another one to make into a western saloon. Anyone know where one would even start to look?? Thanks Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggi Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Nancy: Some others may be able to give you more ideas, but my first thought is Ebay. I know a lot of other dollhouses that are no longer manufactured show up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maslan Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Nancy: Some others may be able to give you more ideas, but my first thought is Ebay. I know a lot of other dollhouses that are no longer manufactured show up there. Thanks Peggi Believe me I have looked and looked. Ebay has everything but not a Taft General Store. Thanks Again for trying Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Nancy, I frequent ebay ALOT!! I have never seen one, but if I do, I'll PM you! margarita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakyshaky Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I have seen it on ebay but not often. I guess it is one of those right time right place things. They are not cheap either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maslan Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nancy, I frequent ebay ALOT!! I have never seen one, but if I do, I'll PM you! margarita Thanks Margarita If you see one let me know. I'm on ebay daily also, but I don't see everything, I try, but.... Hopefully I will beable to get a Taft again someday. I have seen it on ebay but not often. I guess it is one of those right time right place things. They are not cheap either. Since the 80's were so long ago for a lot of people, I think even the name of Taft General Store is odd, but I look on ebay everyday and I must have missed it. I will keep trying if you see one let me know, I would appreciate it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I think that Ebay now has a place where you can list items that you are looking for. Perhaps list it there. Also, be sure to subscribe to a Taft General Store search so that Ebay can alert you if someone puts one up for sale. You might also post in the various miniature communities that you are looking for this particular store. Miniaturists know a lot about little stuff. -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless1 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nancy -- Yard sales are another possibility, as people will keep an unopened kit under the bed for decades. If you can find a local hobby store that was open in 1983, ask them to check their back room to see if there are any old kits way back on the shelves. I got my American Craft Products "Golden Gate" because a nearby mini store happened to clean out their back room while I was there -- that thing's impossible to find, but they just set one out to get it sold. A few toy/dollhouse stores specialize in older stuff from estate sales. The one I'm most familiar with is Auntie Em's in Glendale, Arizona -- and I know they do mail order, as I was there when the guy who runs the antique toy side (Smilin' Jack's) was putting together his shipments for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Thanks Margarita If you see one let me know. I'm on ebay daily also, but I don't see everything, I try, but.... Thanks I still haven't seen one, but i'll keep an eye out! good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 You could try posting to "Want it Now" on eBay, or a want ad on iOffer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 You could try posting to "Want it Now" on eBay, or a want ad on iOffer . She found one! She bid, she won and it has arrived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I'm happy to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 There is a Taft store on ebay right now. Item # 9532979010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I was just over at my sister-in-laws today, and she had a partically built Brimbles General Store? Do you know who makes those ... she's had in for a number of years. -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrellandmelissa Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Thanks Tracy. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Greenleaf used to make the Brimbles Mercantile I have a picture of it in one of my albums :lol: Here is a picture of it You are welcome Melissa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Greenleaf used to make the Brimbles Mercantile I have a picture of it in one of my albums :lol: Here is a picture of it You are welcome Melissa! Wow I'd love one of those houses. Do you have any idea where I could get one? I was bidding on a Taft general store a few weeks back but it went for something like $150 and then there's shipping etc so I didn't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I wish Greenleaf would bring back the store kits, they'd be such fun to do, there are two really old stores in Lumpkin, GA, I'd like to try in mini, and Brimble's would make a great old-fashioned hardware store, complete with elevator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 There is also a little Brimbles Mercantile in the Greenleaf Town kit :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 You can see it by clicking here: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/i...&cmd=si&img=368 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless1 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Sigh... I'm having one of those days when EVERY Greenleaf kit ever made is devastatingly cute and bristling with a dozen creative ideas... This is an infallible sign that:I have a half-completed project on the dining table.I have an academic paper to write.My kitchen floor would frighten passers-by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I know what you mean Wende! Y'all see the Vineyard Cottage??? I so LOVE this house!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=9533315930 the house retailed for $89 back in the day but as low as $69 when it was first release. I don't know why there was ever a price different but the price sheets I got on it have these 2 prices quoted. I was so tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Every time I see a picture of one of these discontinued kits, I wonder why? That one is seriously cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless1 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Evil, evil Tracy, waving small cottages with lofts in front of me! I have sworn I am not buying any houses while so many projects are incomplete. Or at least not very MANY houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttiwebgal Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Did yall know that Taft only went for 33$ on e-bay. If I would have been home it would have been mine! great buy for someone! nutti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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