Storage find! NIB MBA Raiders strap

[Gater]

I recently had to relocate my storage locker, which is about 20% old junk and tools, 10% old Dodge Challenger collectibles and merch, and 70% is my Indy collection, spanning from 1981 until about 2010. I came across stuff like my Aldens, that I had been looking for, some collectibles that I didn't even know I had, some Gentle Giant and Sideshow figures and statues still new in the box, and stuff like unopened boxes of Indy KOTCS Poptarts and M&Ms, along with an 18" talking Indy, a Sideshow Raiders Indy figure that has never been opened and still has the tissue paper in the fold (!) and the entire 2008 Hasbro run of figures, including the ToD run, all unopened and sealed on the cards.

Now, like some of the veteran COW members, I made friends with Monty Berman of MBA in the late 1990's while on my quest for the film vendors. I bought all of the appropriate gear that MBA supplied for Raiders, in order to have an accurate Indy Raiders costume, and Monty and I chatted on the phone and shared Christmas cards every year. I knew that in storage I still have a Raiders shirt still in the original packaging, but I had forgotten that I still have a Raiders bag strap that has never been out of the original packaging. It was so fun to find it, still with the original Chicago screws and the hand drawn instructions to put it onto a Mark VII bag. Now, I already have 3 bags with MBA straps on them - my "Hero" bag Mark VII, a ToD Mark VI (bridge fight scene) and a beat to heck LC Mark VII, so I have no need to take the "new" one out of the package, especially after 20 years. I have no idea what, if anything, it is worth, but I have no immediate plans to sell, so it isn't a concern atm. It was just such a nice surprise to come across so many old memories inside a storage locker.

I just wanted to share my find, and relive some old COW vendor memories here.

Cheers!

[NicholasDrake]

It’s always fun to rediscover some old stuff you might have forgotten about!

[whipwarrior]

Sounds awesome, and need I say:

[Michaelson]

Always fun to find buried treasures!

Regards! Michaelson