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Film Review – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen With the summer blockbuster motion picture season in full swing, it’s once again time for the shape-shifting Autobots to team up with humans in an Earth-spanning battle with the evil ... READMORE |
Hess trucks – 18-wheelers fueled by nostalgia For toy collectors, it's an event as anticipated as the arrival of Santa Claus. Every November, gas stations across the country sell limited-edition toy trucks for the holiday season, miniature ... READMORE |
Tackle the diode: 1970s handheld electronic games Forget the digital brilliance and complexity of a PlayStation Portable or a Nintendo DS. Think back to a time where portable handheld electronic games, packed with some AA batteries and ... READMORE |
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Choo Choo Barn At the Choo Choo Barn in Strasburg, Pa., it's the little things that count A model train layout is an individual thing. Every hobbyist creates his or her own vision in ... READMORE |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo Del Toro’s creative creatures translate into cool merchandise for fans “I am proud of this movie. I am proud of its scope and its breadth and its ambition, but I ... READMORE |
Tabletop Touchdowns Collectors get a jolt from electric football games Electric football, also known as “miniature football” or “tabletop football,” has returned from the attics and toyboxes of yesteryear to reclaim its position ... READMORE |
Fantastic Plastic: Designer Toys Soft toys have become the new blank canvases for cutting-edge artists, and savvy collectors are quietly buying them up It’s 6:20 p.m. on a Tuesday, and a line of mostly Asian-American ... READMORE |
Uncle Scrooge Disney’s penny-pinching duck inspired numerous toys and a new art exhibit about its creator, Carl Barks For every star, there must be a supporting cast. And sometimes, those supporting roles rise ... READMORE |
Noel Neill, Superman's Lois Lane To the Boomer generation, she personified Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane There have been many depictions of Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane, since she first came on the scene in comic-book form in ... READMORE |
Holy Grail Cache of Indiana Jones treasures whips up excitement I was 4 years old when Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark came out. It was 26 years ago, but ... READMORE |
Best in Show: Corgi Attention to detail put British toymaker atop the diecast pack Early die-cast vehicles produced in the first half of the 20th century usually consisted of a body, two axles and four ... READMORE |
La Isla Toys: Radical characters of the prewar era How La Isla gave Mickey and Felix a Spanish accent and a bad habit The origin of La Isla – the Spanish company behind those fantastic prewar tinplate sparklers and ... READMORE |
The Stationmasters Century-old train stations have arrived, with six-figure values While the great train sets tend to get most of the attention and glory in the world of model railroads, the early stations ... READMORE |
Doctor Who A time-traveller with a TARDIS full of toys He travels in time and space in his TARDIS – a time machine from his home planet Gallifrey that has been disguised (permanently ... READMORE |
International Toy Fair 2008 Where work is all play With thousands of toy manufacturers displaying their new products, and a multitude of attendees and corporate buyers looking at the possible hot toys for this year’s ... READMORE |
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