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Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 April Vipers Midgetoys 50 yrs Racing Champions
Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 April Vipers
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
COVER STORY
34Viper fever!by Maurice Liang
Since its introduction in 1989, the Dodge Viper has electrified the automotive and collector worlds. Today, no self-respecting diecast company will be without a flashy RT10 or GTS in its lineup. As a result, the pursuit and capture of Vipers has become a passion for a new breed of collector.
Cover photo: Brookfield Collectors Guild's highly detailed 1:25 scale diecast
Dodge Viper GTS model is poised to leap off our cover and bite your wallet.
28Shows: Chiller Theaterby John Marshall
It's wild and weird, but this semi-annual extravaganza of the garage
kit industry's finest is becoming an important mainstream event.
30 Two in oneby Bill Warner
Kids in the 1940s and '50s flipped for this versatile tin car.
32Auctions: Riding highby Ed Pfeiffer
Transportation toys led the field in this recent auction at Phillips.
40 The 1996 Toys of the Year!by Tom Hammel
Some were obvious choices, others were surprising. Here are the results of our first Toys of the Year reader survey.
42Mighty Midgieby Mike Matejka
From 1946-81, brothers Earl and Al Herdklotz created durable and inexpensive diecast Midgetoys. After selling Midgetoy in 1981, a twist of fate made them owners again, this time of the dormant shell of their once thriving firm. Today, Earl and Al are slowly selling off their decades-old stock, and looking for "a few good young guys who want to make toys."
50Gotta have it!by Tom Hammel
Meet Milwaukee's toy collector and dealer extraordinaire J.R., "The Toy Wizard." In his elaborately customized Star Trek, Lone Ranger, and Six Million Dollar Man toy dioramas and superbly painted figural model kits, J.R. is living proof that you can have your toys and play with them, too.
58 Racing ChampionsBeyond the checkered flag
by Jim Riccioli
Having conquered the diecast NASCAR circuit, Racing Champions is branching out in some unpredictable waysinto diecast super heroes.
82Spaced-out thinkingby Cynthia Boris
Monogram's 1959 Space Taxi model kit helped launch America's space age.
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