One of our more surprising stops during our South Island road trip was the Wanaka National Transport and Toy Museum. We did not research beforehand our destinations and left the itinerary in the capable hands of our friends who have been in the South Island before. The name of the place is as obvious and as unassuming as it can get - it's a place with toys and cars. What an odd combination, I first thought to myself. And I wondered what sort of toys would be on display. Surely not the anime-related stuff that I've been so enamoured with in the not so distant past... those are not so popular here in New Zealand.
Well, it wasn't. But what I saw with my kids was something way beyond ordinary. The collection was colossal, to say the least! And I was very, very impressed. If I could spend an entire day checking out each and every nook and cranny and every single item in that place, I would!
Check out some of the photos (and video) we took from the Museum.
This is the front desk. It doesn't look much, but boy were we in for a surprise!
LEGO! A toy museum would not be complete without LEGO.
Nintendo Game and Watches -I haven't seen these in a long time. Very popular in the late 70s to 80s in the Philippines. In the mid-2000s a colleague and I searched and high and low for these portable games but never found any. Seeing these again brought back happy memories.