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Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 December Toys of Christmas Past Hotwheels 1968
Collecting Toys Magazine 1997 December Toys of Christmas Past
Collecting Toys Magazine is published bimonthly.
Contents
50 Toys of Christmas past COVER STORY
by Tom Hammel
If you think of them as mere catalogs, you've missed the point. Here are some past treasures from Sears' glorious Wish Books from 1957, '67, and '77. Remember these toys beneath your tree?
32 Toys of the year ballot and giveaway
by Jim Riccioli
It's our annual poll on what you think were the best action figures, character toys, and diecast models of 1997with something extra, a chance to win your own holiday season toy bonanza!
36 Hot Wheels 1968
by Bob Parker
In 1968, Mattel's Hot Wheels burst on the toy scene and changed diecast forever with cars that were "Too Hot not to handle."
42 Crazy for Crockett!
by Howard Bender
In 1955, Walt Disney's "Ballad of Davy Crockett," a song written as filler, launched careers, enthralled millions, and ignited a craze that still burns to this day. Dust off your coonskin cap and recall with us the "king of the wild frontier."
60Collection: Characteristically toy-like
by Jim Riccioli
For Arizona collector Bernie Resnick, home is where
the toys aremore of them than he can count!
68 The King of steel
by Bill Vossler
From the late 1800s through the early 1940s, Henry
Kingsbury's toys recorded an era gone by.
75 Flood of memories
by David Soma
A Marx Untouchables playset remained just that
untouchedfor nearly 30 years.
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