Where do you buy crane or carnival plush cheap?

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Theres lots of places that sell plush, but who has the good stuff, and who has the best prices, or both good and cheap? Where do you get the monster plush items at? Also, does anybody know where to buy the clear plastic boxes for prizes that fit in a Whistle Stop prize redemption machine? And does anybody have any parts for one like the rail that holds DVDs?
 
Master Sales in Corsicana can get you the stuff, but I don't know whether it'll be cheap or not.

If you ever make road trips to Houston, there are a lot of wholesalers there that you can stop in and buy bags of stuff like this pretty cheap...
 
Crane plush

Theres lots of places that sell plush, but who has the good stuff, and who has the best prices, or both good and cheap? Where do you get the monster plush items at? Also, does anybody know where to buy the clear plastic boxes for prizes that fit in a Whistle Stop prize redemption machine? And does anybody have any parts for one like the rail that holds DVDs?


Discount plush is about the best for small to medium volume. Price includes freight so no surprises.
They vacuum pack the bags so they can ship UPS and the product bounces back with no issues.

Pricing is inline with the others, I.E. you purchase based on average cost per piece.

www.discountplush.com

I've never found a reliable source for the exact empty cases for the WS. You can sometimes find containers with similar dimensions at uline and adapt with a little creativity. The window boxes used for jewelry with a little foam backing and shrink bags works well.
 
Master Sales has decent pricing on it. I am close to them and get it a day later so I usually order it from them. They are good people as well, highly recommended.
 
Theres lots of places that sell plush, but who has the good stuff, and who has the best prices, or both good and cheap? Where do you get the monster plush items at? Also, does anybody know where to buy the clear plastic boxes for prizes that fit in a Whistle Stop prize redemption machine? And does anybody have any parts for one like the rail that holds DVDs?
Peek-A-Boo Toys, Good Price, 50/50 Mix About 1.50 each delivered. But you have to call the them, There website sucks But it is good stuff .
 
ive had good luck with thrift stores and such.. my parents church has a big store and they cant sell plush due to concerns of lead etc(dumb in my opinion)

but the bonus is i get to take whatever i want which is plenty to fill the old skill crane. I only put stuff in there that is new looks new or at least decent with the tag still on.
 
I just bought out a floral shops excess inventory of new in the box TY Beanie Babys for $100 cash. (4 for a dollar LOL!) There were a few different ones in there, but mostly TY beanies. It was so incredibly hard to keep a straight face while I was doing the deal. Im sure I miscounted, but luckily in my favor. Then I sold half of it to my work for 50 cents each. ($111 worth LOL) This made my half of them free + $11 in my pocket. And now since the place where I have my crane splits the cost of the plush with me, I have more cash coming out of them. Then whatever the crane makes, we split it 50/50. Making out like a bandit has a whole new meaning to me now. Oh yea, the green frogs came with it all too. LOL



 
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I'm still looking for a CHEAP source of the alien guys from Toy Story for my crane.
 
After looking at the prices one of our suppliers (R+, if you work with them you'll recognize those acronyms), I think we've been doing it wrong... we're paying $2-$3 per for our plush! Though I think most of our crane stuff now comes from a different company:

http://coastentertainment.com/

They're pretty distinctive from the other companies listed here in that they're good at getting new, in-demand licensed plushes (most recently Angry Birds) for sometimes rather impressive prices. (Their 10% and 20% mixes work out to $5.29 per bird -- not bad for official, licensed plush toys that are $10 a pop retail.)
 
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Nanco Nancy Sales, Rhode Island Novelty, Redemption Plus, and Fun Express are all options, depending on your needs.
 
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