The doors of the Alberta Aviation Museum on Kingsway Avenue yesterday might as well have opened into a time machine.
Behind them, Edmonton's Pop Culture Fair lured a swarm of crazed collectors and nostalgic bargain hunters.
For children of the 1980s especially - mostly 30-something men - the bazaar made them feel a little younger.
Items for sale included countless figurines, Nintendo games and the usual Star Wars stuff, while rarities included an old Nabisco Shreddies box with the Freddie and Eddie mascots on it and an Atari 7800.
"I thought I'd feel old coming here but it's been great. Seeing these things brings back memories I thought I forgot," said Justin Marshall, 31.
He was one of dozens of men who lingered at James Thompson's Irresistible Collectibles booth.
Thompson, 31, has spent the last few years buying up mint quality Transformers and G.I. Joe toys like those he played with growing up in Leduc.
He marvels at the resale value of classic toys.
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