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Collecting Toys Magazine 1993 February Special Issue 40 years of Matchbox Marx F
Collecting Toys Magazine 1993 February Special Issue
Collecting Toys Magazine is published 6 times a year.
Contents
20 T-N's Robby Space Patrol
How one very rare Japanese robot caused so much speculation
22 Matchbox: the entry-level collectible
by Jim Bunte
If you like toys but think collecting takes millions, have a look at
one of the toy world's most revered and affordable products
28 Excellent D-cell finds
by Don Hultzman
An expert looks at some of today's rarest Japanese battery-ops
32 A passion for collecting
by George Hall
An up-close and personal look at two collectors and their toys
38 Fort Apache: every kid's playset
by Gary J. Linden
Louis Marx created a legend with this popular 1950s product
44 'Turning the past into the future at Hasbro
The inside story on the return of the big GI Joe figure line
50 The men behind the monsters
by Thomas Graham
Aurora's monster model kits almost didn't make it to market
56 The golden age of Structo
by Joseph E. Freed
The Freeport, Ill., toymaker created some of the most important
American pressed-steel toys during the Great Depression
70 Foresight and Blue Chip Stamps
by Jim Bunte
Your editor recalls the best but least tasteful way to acquire
between-holidays Tonka truckslicking trading stamps
72 Toys with history
Meccano's Dinky toys are poised for excellent appreciation
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