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Collecting Toys Magazine 1998 February Wind ME Up! Aurora hot rods Brooklyn Mode
Collecting Toys Magazine 1998 February Wind ME Up!
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
COVER STORY
46 All wound upby Bruce Younger
First wound in the late 1800s, the great spring of windup toy history appears to be running down. As fewer new windups are made, demand for the entire category is rising, particularly for affordable tin and plastic toys of the 1960s through the current day.
Cover photo: Because they cost more to make than nonpowered toys, windups like
these may soon be an extinct species. The 1982 Masudaya Mickey Mouse Scooter,
and 1987 Masudaya Roger Rabbit, and 1996 Ladybug shown here may be among the
last descendants of a grand line more than 100 years old.
28Meet George Jetsonby Ed Balian
Blast off for some almost space-age fun with this 1985 board game.
30 Shows: Joe and Darth in Phillyby Tom Hammel
On the strength of sheer numbers, the Fourth Annual G.I. Joe Convention in Philadelphia might well have been a Star Wars show instead. Plus, here's bonus coverage on the 25th Anniversary Canadian Toy Collectors Society Show and the Chicago Old Toy Soldier Show.
34 Auctions: Goodbye, Howdy!by Tom Hammel
Leland's landmark auction of Buffalo Bob Smith's personal collection of Howdy Doody memorabilia made history, and broke hearts.
36And they're off!by Ed Balian
Kentucky Derby board games honor the grand old dame of horse races.
38Brooklin Models: Misplaced in history by Maxwell Deans
Neither misspelled nor from New York, England's Brooklin Models rank among the world's premier 1:43 scale white metal models.
4412-Back Jack and the Boba Fett-ishby Doug Bennett
If you understand all the inside jokes in these hilarious confessions of a Star Wars fanatic, then may the Farce be with you.
54 Lean mean street machinesby Tom Graham
Before most 1960s boys could drive to the pump, Aurora gassed them up with these original hot rod model kits.
60Renwal's classic playsetsby Evelyn Villanova
When Dad was a toymaker, getting toys was more fun.
64 Trucks A-plentyby Courtney Taylor
For Hess collectors, Thanksgiving means turkey and a brand new truck.
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