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Collecting Toys Magazine 1993 December When Slot cars ruled the world
Collecting Toys Magazine 1993 December When Slot cars ruled the world
Collecting Toys Magazine is published 6 times a year.
Contents
16 Arnold's TWA Constellation
by H. A. Ferme
One of the great tin airliners from one of the great toymakers
18 When slot cars were king
by Thomas Graham
The inside story of how the Aurora Plastics Corporation
created and defined the slot car craze of the early 1960s
26 The 10 best Dinkys ever made
by Tom Sanchirico
One intrepid collector offers his choices for Meccano's best
32 Wee folk
by Jack Tempest
A handful of diminutive mechanical penny toys from the Continent
36 Heavens on earth
by Jim Bunte
An amazing tale of stunning space toys, sci-fi movie props,
and the wonderful man who cares for them all
44 The mystery Chrysler
by Raymond R. Klein
On the hunt for Tootsietoy's 1955 Chrysler Regent hardtop
46 To catch a crook
by Gary J. Linden
When the rules say "put your hands on your head," they mean it!
54 At full throttle
TOYS visits Tyco as they prepare Matchbox for the 1990s
60 Fiery palms
by Catherine Saunders-Watson
Asakusa's Thunder Robotmore than just a mechanical head
63 The magic bus
by Jim Bunte
New tin toys from Eastern Europea communist legacy
74 Ready for battle
by Gary J. Linden
Gladiatorial memories and a Marx Ben-Hur sword and shield set
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