Although he sees an equal number of male and female customers, Hsieh notices a difference in their shopping habits.
“Women like pieces that are more like sculpture, like the windup Ferris wheels and pink or red animals. Guys are more into ships and the robots. They love the big robots,” he says.
Prices range from NT$80 for a small windup frog to NT$2,200 for a vintage turquoise-blue robot that lights up and makes firecracker noises. “Deadstock,” or never sold, vintage plastic fashion dolls from the 1950s and 1960s are just NT$50 each. Lovers of vintage graphics will get a kick out of playing cards (NT$50), notebooks (NT$90) or postcards (NT$20), all of which are printed with advertisements or maps from 1960s and 1970s Taiwan.
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