About Atlanta senior life. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2016-2023 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 2019)
Left, Chris Shubert shows off some merchandise at his Transporter Vintage & Retro store in Little Five Points. One of his favorite toys there, the big green Great Garloo, stands watch from the shelves. (Collin Kelley) Center, a collection of some of the toys at Transporter. (Donna Williams Lewis) Right, shopping for a Christmas gift at Transporter, Manuel Llaneras is looking at the X-10 Space Tank, a sci-fi toy manufactured in the early 1960’s. (Phil Mosier) Bottom left, Scott’s Vintage Toys & Christmas sits beside the body shop in this former filling station in Dallas, Ga. (Scott Clonts) Bottom right, a few more vintage items available at Transporter. (Donna Williams Lewis) metal Raggedy Ann TV tray and a 1979 “Fabulous Las Vegas Showgirl” doll in head-to-toe pink feather boa were among some of the more unusual items recently for sale. “Some people have said I should charge at the door because this is like a museum,” Shubert said. His customers include people on the prowl for film sets and regulars who stay on the lookout for Star Wars, G.I. Joe and other collectibles. “Wonder Woman stuff goes so quick. So does My Little Pony and Rainbow Brite. And I can’t keep Barbie stuff,” Shubert said. He also loves to carry He-Man and other action figures he and his brother, Jason, played with as boys. His stock comes from individual sellers and from his forays through attics, auctioned storage units, sheds, flea markets and “anywhere I can scrape things up,” he said. While he’s definitely in business to sell, Shubert would be fine with one toy never leaving his store. That would be his two-foot, battery-controlled green monster, the Great Garloo. “They had a really great commercial for it in the ‘60s,” he said. “In the toy world it’s the holy grail.” Transporter Vintage and Retro, 1154 B Euclid Avenue, Atlanta 30307. Info: facebook.com/transporterl5p, Transporter Vintage/Retro on YouTube, transporterl5p@gmail. com. Scott’s Vintage Toys & Christmas Scott Clonts loves watching the reaction of visitors to his Dallas, Ga. store, fittingly located in a former Sinclair gas station/grocery store built in Continued on page 6 DECEMBER 2019 ATLANTASENIORLIFE.COM
