The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 and some more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 and some more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 and finally...for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Robot and Son Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It must be fun liberating your collection from boxes. Just like when you were a kid at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 It must be fun liberating your collection from boxes. Just like when you were a kid at Christmas.It is, I'm opening boxes with toys I've forgotten I had (only because of a frenzied buying spree on *bay) with no room to display them I just packed them in boxes and that's where they stayed..until now :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 It is, I'm opening boxes with toys I've forgotten I had (only because of a frenzied buying spree on *bay) with no room to display them I just packed them in boxes and that's where they stayed..until now :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 more next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunkclick Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Its funny Noel how many space toy related collectors also collect cars including diecasts. More than once when I was younger with a good salary and no kids I had a serious diecast collection. More than once I spent more than a grand on a 'Pop Art' Mini. What finally killed me off so to speak was the mantra mint and boxed. I started looking at the paint finish under magnification and rejected many a dinky because of factory flaws. I then discovered pre war Dinky complete with the dreaded fat and sold the mint boxed. They seemed more honest somehow. I would like to say that I put the proceeds to buying high end Robots but they actually ended up in buying a house. Now those high end collecting days have passed what with kids starting University but I have no mortgage and just a few pre war Dinky. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Great looking Fanny Farmer truck. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Robot and Son Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I like the German roadster. Notice the box shows a woman driving the car. That is unusual. It looks like she is asking for directions. I guess they thought it was to unrealistic to have a man asking for directions. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Clunkclick, I empathised with every word, to aim for the biggest collection in the world, then take a step back and look at all the junk you've assembled, so you sell it off and concentrate on the finest ( most valuable) collection the world has ever seen, then...as the years go by you start to collect what you like, wether it be old and battered or mint and boxed, the main thing is that it's fun (and frustration) all the way. I've sold mint boxed Batman robots, the rarest Marx Batmobile, prototype Dinky toys, very rare 007 toys along with dolls trains and rare early Disney items and it doesn't bother me one bit (apart from the Nomura Batman robot...boxed!) :( Roboto, glad you like the Fanny Farmer truck, here's the other one I have, do you know of any more?Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I love seeing the trucks . I remember seeing at one time an older Abbotts milk truck still running on the streets of Philly. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 I love seeing the trucks . I remember seeing at one time an older Abbotts milk truck still running on the streets of Philly. :)Here's some of my trucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Here's some of my trucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 trucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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