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Collecting Toys Magazine 1996 October Die-Cast Motorcycles Trendmasters
Collecting Toys Magazine 1996 October Die-Cast Motorcycles
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
COVER STORY
32Heavy metal thunderby Steve Ryan
Take a ride on the wild side as we look at the new generation of diecast moto-models.
Cover photo: That's Mister Fat Boy to you, Pal. Looking like it belongs parked in front of a biker bar is this 1:9 scale Harley Davidson Fat Boy made
by Matchbox. At last, a Harley your wife won't find objectionable.
25Broken Arrowby Gary Cook
This Aurora model immortalized Canada's greatest aviation mystery.
30Sotheby's auction preview by Catherine Saunders-Watson On November 7, for only the third time in seven years, a major robot collection will cross the auction block. One of two known Machine Man robots is expected to answer the $35,000 question.
40 A visit to the Patent Officeby Diane Oswald
A toy's journey from idea to store shelf is fraught with many dangers and obstacles. Successfully navigating the Patent Office clears a major hurdle, but it's no guarantee a toy will ever be produced.
44 Under construction
the Lee Haak collectionby Rhoda Sherwood
Lee Haak's childhood love of earth-moving toys has grown into a collection, a career, and a business.
50 Trendmasters Attacks!by Tom Hammel
First a motion-sensor roaring Godzilla, then Tarzan with computer disks. Now Independence Day, Mars Attacks, and Sinbad. This energetic young company is doing things seriously right.
56Diecast dream carsby Doug Breithaupt
Automakers have long tantalized car fans with unique dream cars that were often never meant for mass production. Fortunately, what a car maker may say you can never buy, a toymaker can put in your hand.
62Just playin' spookyby Bruce Whitehill
It's time for some hair-raising fun with these grim and grisly collectible board games.
86Not always lion aroundby Bill Warner
The hunt for this fanciful tin Wild Beast hunting truck may prove to be a safari on its own.
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