Character Warehouse opening 1/4 at Supermall, WA

[victorandbellasmom]

Just got an email about the disney character warehouse opening tomorrow(1/4/09) at the Supermall in AUburn, WA. It'll only be open for 36 days. It closes Feb 8.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

They are also opening on in Thousand Oaks, CA today and it will only be open until February 1st, for all you Ventura County folks.

I almost cried when I read that.

 

[DahliaRW]

Oooh, I must get down to the supermall before the 8th!

 

[Mom of three]

For those that are going, is there anyway you can check to see if they are coming back to Burlington, WA?

They were supposed to be, but havent seen them yet.

Much appreciated, and I shall return the favor.

 

[caligirl stuck in va]

Ahhh, good ole Supermall. When I lived in Tukwila we used to call it the Shoemall - a crazy ratio of number of shoe stores to total number of stores. We used to go there alot - we had no kids back then and I love shoes!

I wish there was a Character Warehouse coming near me! They closed our Disney Store and the closest one is at an Outlet Mall but selection of merchandise is typically poor and prices not that great. Plus it's over an hour away so we never make it up there.

 

[Mom of three]

AHA!! I found this link for Character Warehouse locations.

http://www.ams-liquidation.com/listings.aspx

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Mom of Three, I was just going to post that for you! Good to know you found it!

 

[Mom of three]

Mom of Three, I was just going to post that for you! Good to know you found it!

I was being lazy. Totally forgot that I could Google it.

Thank you for the effort though.

 

[mrsmoore]

So, what exactly can you find at the character warehouse? Is it worth it for me to drive an hour to Auburn?

 

[LOVEDISNEYLAND]

Just got an email about the disney character warehouse opening tomorrow(1/4/09) at the Supermall in AUburn, WA. It'll only be open for 36 days. It closes Feb 8.

OMG!! Well, I guess that answers my question about what to do with the next paycheck. After all, who needs food or power?

 

[disneyfan4ever54]

For those that are going, is there anyway you can check to see if they are coming back to Burlington, WA?

They were supposed to be, but havent seen them yet.

Much appreciated, and I shall return the favor.

I've heard that the store location that they were using is now permanently occupied, so I'm not sure if there are other unoccupied stores there so that they could still come back to the outlet mall or if they'd have to go somewhere else.

 

[bumbershoot]

So, what exactly can you find at the character warehouse? Is it worth it for me to drive an hour to Auburn?

You never know what you're going to find there. MIght be awful one day, then chock full of great things the next. And a different person might be there on the same days and feel the opposite way.

I could never manage to get myself from Tacoma to Burlington, or to Portland (though we adore Portland) when it was there, on the off chance that I might be there on a day when they would have things that interested us, but that drive is a bear anyway!

We'll likely brave the trip to this one (might actually go today, hmm). Only one I've actually been to (going by hearsay for my knowledge of what is there) was an accidental stop-in while camping in Lincoln City OR. We had NO idea that we would be Disney fans, had only been there once as adults, and they were full of the 50th merchandise...if only I'd stocked up!

 

[bumbershoot]

We went this afternoon!


They have a ton of clothes, mainly girls vs boys (and women vs men, too), though we weren't attracted to any of the clothes they had.


They had pins, mainly around 6.50 each.

Some "collectable" plates with, I think, some sort of crown theme?


They STILL have 50th birthday golden ears, which is difficult to understand, but is also good b/c we bought a pair. They are 1.50, and they ONLY have youth and infant sizes. We bought the infant size b/c we want it for display purposes, and actually if E uses the chin strap (the youth size does not have a chin strap) it looks cute on him. Our first trip there as adults/family was during that year, and we did it not even knowing about the anniversary and didn' tknow it was a big deal year. So we bought nothing and regretted it ever since!

They have the pirate Mickey ears for under 3 bucks.

I bought the light-up Dreams ears that you can (could?) buy in the parks for way too much IMO, but at the outlet they were about 2.50. I totally bought a pair, I've been wanting them for nighttime but could not spend that much on them.

Hubby got ears, for the first time (he looks ridiculous in hats), Haunted Mansion Holiday theme, for almost nothing...again, just over 2 bucks. They are on sale at mouseshoppe for 9.99 right now.

I bought a visor...red with Minnie on the brim, for something like 3.30.

Bought popcorn buckets for 79 cents each...DS got the 40th anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean theme, and hubby got Chip and Dale on them. They both have Orville Redenbacher logos on them, which my TSMM popcorn bucket (bought during our last trip) does not.

And I bought pirate themed scrapbooking "punch" doohickeys (the word Pirates, a bone, a skull/crossbones, a sword, and another one I can't recall) for half the listed price, at only 7.25.

Oh and DS got some other pirate stuff...he got a headband with Jack Sparrow hair that he really really wanted, but I know he'll hate as soon as the sun hits him while wearing it, for under $4. Since I know he'll rip it off his head in the heat, they also had a pirates themed sort of skull cap bandana for about a buck, and then there are snaps on it that go together with a much thinner set of Jack Sparrow dreads, also for about a buck, and we bought those. AND they have a soft/squishy tri-something (tricorn? tri...something) pirate captain hat, also with snaps on it, for about $4, AND some snap-on badges for nothing. One was 29 cents and the other two were NINE cents each.


We had three bags worth of stuff (though the popcorn buckets alone took up one of those bags) for $35 including tax.


So I feel we did well.

The place is HUGE, and they had many unpacked boxes and were working on those boxes in between customers.


OH I forgot. They have red with black strap Mickey Crocs there...the XL size, L size (I needed a Medium...I have size 8 feet in athletic shoes and the L Crocs were way too big), and they had a kid's size that said M 1/W 3 (or is it the opposite?). Too tiny for me, too huge for the 4 year old. Bummer, as they were under $13.

If anyone goes and finds a M size, I will absolutely pay you back, I would love them, please get me a pair.



Of course those items and these prices might not be there tomorrow (though we left around 7pm and the mall closes at 9 so it would be pretty amazing for all the stuff to disappear).


What else did we see? Both pirates Mickey hats, a couple princess ears, a couple infant-sized "bucket" princess hats. They had the big Mickey YinYang hat for, oh, $15? Less than in the parks but still not good enough for something that would never be worn, or at least not longer than 5 minutes, by members of our household. They also had another BIG hat like that, though I'm not recalling the theme of it.


They had ONE type of scrapbook/picture album...had spots for pages and had scrap pages and stickers, and it was under 11, but I just didn't like it enough. Also had a blue, zippered, with strap, autograph book/memorabilia/pin book/pressed penny holder doodad, but it was only 50 cents lower than the tag, at 14.49 or osmething like that. Not a value enough for me to buy.


Some older travel mugs, some ceramic mugs including one that is Donald's butt and feet (DS said "Donald is cut in half! He's dead."). Weird mug that one.

Oh all sorts of stuff.


It's right near the big play area.


Hope that helps!

 

[bumbershoot]

Also many other baseball caps and many types of the cute "newsboy" sort of hat, one with a Grand Californian logo on it with a golden metallic leaf sort of thing. Very cute, and I don't normally find metallic cute.

 

[alyca]

Oh, cool. Not too far from me....gotta go check it out!!

 

[DMP]

OK, I'm going. I'm going today. What time does the mall open? LOL!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Molly, we're going to the outlet that just opened a couple towns over from us and if I see size M black with red strap Crocs I'll pick them up for you!

Do you think what they have at our outlet would be similiar to what was at the one in WA even though it's a different state?

 

[DahliaRW]

I wonder if I can get there and back while ds1 is in school in the mornings...

 

[bumbershoot]

Molly, we're going to the outlet that just opened a couple towns over from us and if I see size M black with red strap Crocs I'll pick them up for you!

Do you think what they have at our outlet would be similiar to what was at the one in WA even though it's a different state?

I have NO idea if they'll be the same. I wish I did know!

That would be great if you found some! Are you going to the "ladies only" trip?

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

I have NO idea if they'll be the same. I wish I did know!

That would be great if you found some! Are you going to the "ladies only" trip?

No! I wish I was. I was originally going to, but I can't. Boo.

So we're going Sunday to the outlet, we'll see what they have! I'm excited!