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Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 June Toy Fair! Toys R Him How Wheels
Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 June Toy Fair!
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
COVER STORY
58Toy Fair!by Tom Hammel and Jim Riccioli
What's in it for you? Plenty. While you may have missed the elaborate showrooms, scripted presentations, and choking crowds, we didn't. So here's your personal guided tour of the headliners, action-packed new figures, and hottest diecast wheelsour "short list" of the most collectible new toys from Toy Fair 1997.
Cover photo: One of only 2,500 made, this 1997 Matchbox Toy Fair car is a small
but valuable perk of the show. The cars are rationed out to toy buyers (none are given
to collectors), but we nabbed a few extra for you. See page 75 for your chance to win
one of this year's hottest cars.
30 Shows: The Florida Extravaganza!by Tom Hammel
FX '97, Orlando's Super Bowl of toy shows, mixes Star Wars, movie
stars, and a stellar toy lineup into a winning game plan. Let's play!
34 Auctions: A well-mannered eventby Ed Pfeiffer
We all know what happens when bidding fever erupts at an auctionegos inflate, reason fades, and prices go through the roof. This "well-mannered" Skinner sale painted a more realistic picture of the market.
36Hot Wheels' pocket-sized treasuresby Jim Riccioli
Limited edition Hot Wheels weren't born with Treasure Hunts. They've been here for years and have become a hot collecting field. And they keep on coming. Are we getting too much of a good thing?
42Collections: Toys R Himby William Holden
If you think actor Stan Lemkuil, man of 150 voices (and 300 sound effects), has a lot of character, just wait until you see his toy collection!
46 Megabuck model masterpiecesby Tom Hammel
When price is no object, here's what you buy. Just six years old, Detroit's Fine Art Models company is considered the world's premier scale metal model maker. These unnervingly realistic models grace the homes of kings, heads of state, movie stars, and "just plain" collectors.
54Bridging the gapby Peter Corrigan
Stanley Tools survived the Great Depression with the help of its short-lived Stanlo construction sets. Here's one set that survived even longer.
90 Sunken treasureby Cynthia Boris
Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea board game, despite its "deep-sixed" board graphics, is still a treasure worth diving for.
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