| rev:text
| - When it comes to money, I'm paranoid. You have to pay a dollar to get into this swap meet, and I can't justify spending money to get into a store unless I buy something (it's for this very reason that I have never visited The Attic.). Therefore, I rarely ever go to Fantastik, it's loaded with interesting junk that's awesome to look and laugh at but never worth buying.
For what it's worth, they DO give you a $1 off any purchase coupon when you pay the fare required for getting inside.
All that aside, the place is quite a sight on the inside. It's quite colorful to say the least, and to add to the kitsch factor each aisle is named after a casino. Kind of extreme, but cute.
Swap Meets are usually my kind of treasure trove, whenever I go to any Swap Meet I tend to buy so many random things (that said, it's kind of hard to find swap meets/flea markets in Vegas with extensive bootleg selections, not that I buy bootlegs that is). The thing that's so insane about Fantastik though is how impractical and out there the stuff sold in most of these booths really is. It has the obligatory fake sneakers, counterfeit purses and rip off perfume/cologne/cosmetics booths, and then you have a pet store in the back. Word has it you can find some rather out of the ordinary animals in there and it's actually more interesting than the so-called Zoo down the street from Texas Station, but it always looked creepy/dirty to me so I never walked in.
Walk a little further down that aisle, and you'll see a happy little lady selling various varieties of beef jerky. Never tried that either, because rumor has it once you try some she'll automatically remember you and every time you come back she will be practically begging you to get more. No thanks.
My personal favorite booth is the music booth in the back. They have a pretty decent selection despite the small space it's in, it's also pretty easy to find some rather obscure titles in here as well. Unfortunately I rarely ever buy anything from that specific booth seeing that it's kind of overpriced by my standards. I've been spoiled by the 1 Cent CD listings on eBay, if I saw it for a penny plus shipping and handling on the internet than I really don't want to pay more than I have to at Walmart or Target even.
There's also an "As Seen On TV" booth, and the clothes selection is strangely lacking at this particular swap meet. It's too focused on absurd stuff.
My stance on Fantasik is pretty love/hate as you can see from this review. Everything held within is quite absurd and I would never buy 90% of the things sold in this place, but it sure does make for an entertaining weekend afternoon.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)