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Toy show packed with Peanuts, troll dolls and more

Published 3:30 am Wednesday, September 3, 2025

By Matthew Nash

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Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Catherine Lanham of Port Angeles stands at her table selling troll dolls at the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show for the first time. She bought her first troll in second grade, she said, and later in life her dad would go to garage sales, buy trolls and mail them to her. “They make you smile,” she said.
Azrael Diamond, 5, of Sequim looks through boxes of toys at the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show. He attended with his mom and grandmothers, with one of them saying Azrael is “down for any toys.”
Corey Edwards, organizer of the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show, chats with visitors of the show on Aug. 30. He’s planning to add more spaces to the show in 2026 while keeping it in the Guy Cole Event Center.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Noah (last name omitted at the family’s request) leads his mom, dad and grandma looking for fun toys at the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show. He soon found a dinosaur to take home.
This year’s Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectible Show featured 37 vendor tables of all kinds of toys, including Hot Wheels, Transformers, and more.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ This year’s Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectible Show featured 37 vendor tables of all kinds of toys, including Hot Wheels, Transformers, and more.

There was a little bit of everything toy-wise at the third Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show on Aug. 30 from Transformers to Legos to troll dolls.

Catherine Lanham of Port Angeles was one of the vendors participating in the show for the first time bringing 70 trolls with hair of all colors to sell. She visited last year’s show, didn’t see any trolls, and figured she’d sell some.

“They make you smile,” Lanham said.

She bought her first troll at a school sale in the second grade, and as an adult her father helped add to her collection by going to garage sales and mailing her what he found.

The Sequim toy show brought collectors and toy enthusiasts of all ages together too, including 5-year-old Azrael Diamond of Sequim who visited with his mom and grandmothers.

“He’s down for any toys,” one grandmother said.

This year the show also saw its first special guest. Melanie Kohn, who voiced Lucy van Pelt in 1970s “Peanuts” cartoons, and offered photo-ops with Lucy’s psychiatrist booth. Kohn, who also appeared in “The Godfather,” said she’s started making appearances since the pandemic

Organizer Corey Edwards said they had 37 tables this year and he had to turn away potential vendors. For next year’s show, he’s considering ways to expand the spaces available while keeping the accessibility and amenities of Carrie Blake Community Park.

Vendors sold toy-centric postcards, Hot Wheels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, various action figures and dolls, military toys, comic books, cards, 3-D printed items, and plenty of new and antique toys.

For more information about the Toy and Collectible Show, visit peninsulatoyshow.com and connect with other collectors at facebook.com/groups/peninsulatoyshow.

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