{"id":1704,"date":"2013-10-28T12:07:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T19:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2013-10-28T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T19:08:26","slug":"dke-toys-5th-annual-graveyard-garage-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/28\/dke-toys-5th-annual-graveyard-garage-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"DKE Toys 5th Annual Graveyard &#038; Garage Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Garage-Sale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1020\" alt=\"Garage Sale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Garage-Sale-764x1024.jpg\" width=\"458\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Garage-Sale-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Garage-Sale-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Garage-Sale.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>DKE Toys 5<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Graveyard &amp; Garage Sale<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Proceeds go to Los Angeles Fire Department \u201cSpark of Love\u201d Holiday Toy Drive<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Saturday, November 9 &amp; Sunday, November 10, 2013\u00a0 9am \u2013 5pm<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/b> What does a toy distributor do with damaged toys? Turns them into a fundraiser of course! All year DKE Toys puts broken toys under the stairs in the DKE warehouse in what has become known as \u201cThe Graveyard.\u201d At Designer Con 2009 DKE Toys had their first ever Graveyard Sale to incredible results. Now DKE is back with more fun stuff this year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Come shop for two days only at Designer Con 2013 in Pasadena in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices and feel good about it!\u00a0 Proceeds go to the Los Angeles Fire Department \u201cSpark of Love\u201d Holiday Toy Program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition visit the DKE Garage Sale where DKE will offer all kinds of action figures, new and loose from Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers and more. Dig through books, magazines, posters and other fun knick-knacks. Who knows what you will find!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pieces and parts are great for DYI customizers and who doesn\u2019t like a good toy sale?!\u00a0 Come buy some of our junk at drastically reduced prices and make the holidays a little brighter for some LA children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer &amp; Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys,\u00a0the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\">www.dketoys.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designercon.com\">www.designercon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2013:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>The Super Suck Up 2!<\/i><\/b> Customized Sucklord figure editions by actual artists! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersuckup.com\">www.supersuckup.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Third Annual<b><i> Suckathon<\/i><\/b> featuring The Super Sucklord and The Crystal Pharaoh broadcasting LIVE and UNCENSORED from the DCon stage. 2-4pm each day. Watch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toybreak.com\">www.toybreak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><i>The 99 Deaths of Jar Jar<\/i><\/b> art show!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>DKE news<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\">www.dketoys.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>DKE Facebook: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebookcom.com\/DKEdkeDKE\">www.facebookcom.com\/DKEdkeDKE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Sarah Jo on Twitter<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SarahJo\">www.twitter.com\/SarahJo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dke_graveyard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1019\" alt=\"dke_graveyard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dke_graveyard.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dke_graveyard.jpg 480w, https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dke_graveyard-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DKE Toys 5th Annual Graveyard &amp; Garage Sale Proceeds go to Los Angeles Fire Department \u201cSpark of Love\u201d Holiday Toy Drive Saturday, November 9 &amp; Sunday, November 10, 2013\u00a0 9am \u2013 5pm Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: What does a toy distributor do with damaged toys? 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