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Collecting Toys Magazine 1995 February Gigantor Toy steam engines ot Wheels
Collecting Toys Magazine 1995 February Gigantor
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
28 Bandai's three-wheeled truckby Nobuo Kumagai
Mitsubishi's most famous 1950s vehicle was a tricycle turned truck.
COVER STORY
32 The robot that rebuilt a nationby Nobuo Kumagai
Tetsujin 28, a robot known as Gigantor in the U.S., was perhaps the most popular cartoon character of postwar Japan.
40 Atlantique Cityby Tom Hammel
TOYS' editor walks you through the jam-packed halls of this semi-annual toy collecting extravaganza.
44 Man on a missionby Jim Bunte
Charlie Mack's Matchbox museum is an excellent example of how collecting cars can be much more than just a hobby.
50 The world at your fingertipsby Earl Shores
England's ever-popular Subbuteo Table Soccer is gaining ground with World Cup lovers everywhere.
56 Playing under pressureby H. A. Ferme
The fascinating world of antique toy steam plants and the accessories that made them an integral part of 19th-century play.
64 Change is goodby Jim Bunte
COLLECTING TOYS visits Mattel, where the Hot Wheels line proves there is lifeand even successbeyond basic die-cast.
70 The micro frontierby John Michlig
The masters of miniature are building a galaxy of licensed figures and playsetshere's what's new.
74 On the marqueby Bill Coulter
If you like die-cast cars with incredible detail, you'll find Revell's Creative Masters Collection right on the marque.
80 Majorette and Solidodie-cast survivors by Dana Johnson By concentrating on simplicity and realism, these French firms produced distinctive pocket-money cars and trucks.
106 Doggone it!by Allan Schear
Pee Pee Puppy wags, waddles, and wets his way into battery-op lovers' hearts.
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