Retro Saturday, March 29, 2008

When I was younger my dad worked at the General Office of Central Freight Lines. They had a warehouse where they sold damaged merchandise every Tuesday at noon. It was called Central Salvage. The company would bring in merchandise that they were shipping that had become damaged in transit. The purpose of the sale was to recoup the claims they paid out for the damaged merchandise.

I can remember quite well my mother packing me into the car and driving down to my dad's office just before lunch on Tuesdays and meeting my dad. Salvage would open at 12:00 Noon for Central employees and their families. Later in the afternoon it would open to the general public. By noon the crowd was pretty large and there was always jockeying for position. When the doors opened it was a race to see who could get the best items. My parent's did much of the Christmas shopping there throughout the year.

When I was in junior high in the late 60's my father got me Mattel's Major Matt Mason set from Salvage. I had great fun with it; playing with the set endlessly. I had the Major as well as Sgt. Storm. I had the crawler, space cannon, and several other extras. I still have the set in the original box. Needless to say, it is showing it's age. Below are a couple of YouTube videos showing the commercials for the set.

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