When it Rains...

Tracking down MUZAs is tough business. Sometimes I can go months without seeing any (or without actually looking, for that matter.) Then sometimes they seem to pop up all over the place. Well not really "all over the place," but in more than one place at the same time. And for an uber-obscure toyline like the Mixed-Up Zoo Animals, that's no small feat!

I was recently searching through toys on eBay and came across a pile of cows. My eyes fell on one in particular. To quote Sesame Street, "One of these things does not belong here, one of these things just isn't the same!"


So I bid ($1.25) and won and now have a second Chickow (and a bunch of random cows) to add to my collection.

Then I'm looking at the trade boards of a toy forum I frequent a few days later, and four MUZAs appear in a pile of otherwise worthless (to me) plastic figures! Sadly (for me...hey, it's MY blog!) someone beat me to the punch and got these guys for .25 each! But happily they went to the newest member of the MUZA alliance, Patrick, who had been following this blog for a while.

Patrick scored Kangaboar, Catagator, Dacheer, and my personal favorite, Rabbagator! These are his first MUZAs. Congrats Patrick, and welcome to the club!

Meanwhile, my cow collection has been commandeered by my daughters. All but Chickow of course, who is being eyed by someone else entirely:

Three more in the hands of the MUZA alliance

Fellow MUZA collector Justin (Weirdo Toys) scored another bunch of these slippery fellows tonight by winning an eBay auction for three mixed up zoo animals!


Justin scored Kangaboar, Giraphant and Ostraphant (complete with name/price tag!)

Justin had called "dibs," spotting the auction first, and since all of his competition (namely, me) was un-dibbed, he got them for a song! Congrats Justin!

Note to would be MUZA eBayers: email Justin or I before wasting your money on eBay fees. We're the only ones who care. Or at least give us a heads up about your upcoming auctions. That way we can coordinate based on the characters we still need in our individual collections. :)

...and another one down...

Another eBay auction has come and gone.


These three guys popped up on eBay a couple weeks ago and were purchased by an unknown MUZA fan.

The people who put up these auctions are obviously finding this blog and using the info contained herein to sell their MUZAs...but strangely enough the buyers never pop in to say hello.

Who are you people?

Another auction ends

I was recently watching an eBay auction that just ended: $32.00 for three Mixed Up Zoo Animals!

The auction used the information I've discovered about these toys (almost verbatim) and I am glad they did - it makes me feel like I've contributed to the cyber world in some small way ;)

I can't help but wonder though, is there some underground collector's cult for these guys? There were 14 bids on this little set of three! And at $32.00, that's more than $10 each! (Me am smart! ;) )

So if you're someone who is collecting these toys, or bidding on them, or looking for them, or if you have them all, say "hi," leave a comment, or email me with pics of your collection. I'd love to hear from other mixed-up collectors ;)

Wow - $75.00!

A recent eBay auction for some really rough MUZAs sold for a whopping $75!

The auction started at $19.99 and with an undisclosed reserve. Personally I thought they were crazy and that they'd never even get one bid. Boy was I wrong! Good for them!

MUZA collectors unite!!!