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There is royalty in various facets of life, and when it comes to collectible toy trains Lionel is it. The second edition of Warman's Lionel Train Field Guide, with its pricing and identification data for 2,000 trains and 500+ color photos, delivers the kind of details suitable for fitting of a portable and pocket-sized guide of the world's most famous line of toy trains. Plus, you gain access to a collection defining rarity rating system.
Presented here in lively text and over 650 color photographs are the toys that have been played with and collected by ardent fans of George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy for twenty years. The action figures, accessories, playsets, and spacecraft of the Rebellion and the Empire are displayed in a colorful and easily referenced format. The gaming equipment, model kits, playthings, promotional items, puzzles, and weapons produced from 1977 through 1997 are examined as well. Not stopping there, this sweeping survey includes an overview of the most popular items from the rest of the ever-expanding Star Wars collectibles universe. Newly revised prices are included in the captions; listings for toys both loose and mint-in-the-package are provided whenever appropriate. Rounding out this practical guide are a short history of science fiction films, an examination of action figures, and a bibliography.
Antiques aficionados and rummagers of every stripe: call to mind dimly lit attics, trunks smelling of old leather, dusty cartons, and that indescribable tingle of suspense aroused by the idea of a hidden prize which has been lying there, biding its time, waiting for you to find it. If you follow the instructions we have mapped out for you, you might discover almost anything. . . Armed with this list of Paris addresses, carefully selected to fulfill all your desires, you’ll be equipped with what you need to search for the unknown, unexpected surprise, be it large or small. Paris still contains many mysterious secrets and magical places, which you’ll discover, to your wonderment, as you explore its secondhand stores that are brimming with all sorts of decorative curiosities. At the rear of a courtyard or sheltered by a nineteenth-century arcade, in a Gothic stone basement or in an ordinary-looking shop, you will find a cornucopia of delights at a variety of prices, always with charm.Fifty-eight antique, vintage, and curiosity shops–as well as the Saint-Ouen flea market–are profiled and photographed in this lavish guide to all things collectible in Paris.
It’s rocky in the sea of office survival. And statistics show that workers are drowning: 80% are stressed; 77% are completely burned out. With waves of paperwork and pressure, who wouldn’t want to send distress signals from their desks? To save a friend-or yourself-with a sympathetic lifesaver, we offer you Desktop Titanic. With its mini maritime-disaster replica and 32-page book including life-saving tips to stay afloat in the office, life can go on!
The Star Wars Super Collector's Wish Book is an unabridged catalog of realistic values for merchandise spanning over 30 years. With this new fifth edition over 50,000 items can be appraised. The 16,000 photographs spread through the 464 glossy color pages have been selected especially for this edition, assisting with positive identification by adding to the growing library of unique photos available through each new book published. New Star Wars merchandise is being produced today to support the animated and live action television shows. With the Star Wars Super Collector s Wish Book you can count on keeping pace with the new toys, international entries, obscure variations, and inventorying any collection. 2010 values.
In barely a decade, the designer toy craze, which originated in Hong Kong, has taken the world by storm. Children and adults, celebrities and design aficionados now line up to pay anywhere from five dollars to thousands of dollars for these highly inventive designer creations. I Am Plastic provides a colorful visual history of the phenomenon, which has energized not only the toy world but the global art community as well. Fashion designers, comic book artists, underground illustrators, graffiti and fine artists now lend their creativity to the task of coming up with innovative and striking new toy designs. Artists and toys featured in this stunning overview include Frank Kozik, Dalek, Gary Baseman, Bounty Hunter, Junko Mizuno, Jason Siu, Devilrobots, and Pete Fowler.
This wonderful book shows a gigantic selection of over 1,000 child-pleasers exactly as they appeared in Sears catalogs from 1921 to 1939: space guns, wind-up toys, trains, bicycles, sleds, more.
Collecting diecast toy cars has become an increasingly popular hobby over the last 25 years. Many of the classic diecast cars of the 1950s and 1960s are now valuable collectors’ items, and surviving examples in mint and boxed condition regularly fetch significant sums at specialist auctions. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the companies that made these toys in the 1950s and 1960s, not only in Britain but in other European countries, the USA, Japan and beyond. Major names such as Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys, Spot-On and Matchbox (Great Britain), Solido (France), Marklin and Gama (Germany ), Tekno (Denmark) and Tootsietoy (USA) are examined, but a unique feature of the book is the wealth of information provided on many smaller and more obscure brands. These include Crescent, Budgie, Chad Valley and Lone Star (UK), CIJ and JRD (France), Dalia (Spain), Buby (Argentina), Gamda (Israel) and many others about which information is hard to come by. A special chapter is devoted to early Japanese diecast models by Cherryca Phenix, Model Pet and Diapet, which are among the rarest and most sought-after of all diecasts. Fascinating insights into company histories are provided, together with 250 photographs of rare examples of the toys themselves, in mint condition with their original boxes. A further unique feature is the inclusion of a large selection of colorful and evocative illustrations from catalogs and period trade advertisements. For the newcomer to the collecting hobby, this book will provide an ideal guide to the history of the manufacturers active in this field, while experienced collectors will make many new discoveries. At the end of the book, readers will find a handy glossary listing the names of many of the companies that manufactured diecast toy cars in the 1950s and 1960s.
Dinky Toys were produced from 1933 to 1980 and have formed the nucleus of many a hobbyist's collection. This book offers a concise history, a detailed listing of major variations, and a chronological list and new price guide. It includes all the Dinky Toys that ever were made in Britain, France, Spain and other parts of world, from the earliest model railroad accessories to the first Matchbox cars to bear the name of Dinky Toys.
Collectibles from over 50 of the most beloved shows from the 1960s and 1970s are featured in this comprehensive guide. More than 1,300 color photographs of popular TV collectibles not found in any other guide
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